1974 Ice Hockey World Championships
The tournament took place in Finland from 5 to 20 April and the games were played in the capital, Helsinki.[1][2] For the first time in ice hockey World Championship history, two players were suspended for doping.They were the Swede Ulf Nilsson and the Finn Stig Wetzell who failed a drug test for the forbidden substance ephedrine.East Germany were very unlucky to be relegated to Group B, as Poland's only win was the awarded default for a doping violation against Sweden.Played in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia 21–30 March.