Before making their international debut at the 1954 WC's, the Soviet national team played a handful of friendly exhibition games a year and a half prior:
11/9/1952 at East Berlin -- USSR 13-1 over East Germany
11/11/1952 at East Berlin -- USSR 4-1 over East Germany
3/20/1953 at Oslo -- USSR 10-2 over Norway
3/21/1953 at Oslo -- USSR 8-0 over Norway
3/25/1953 at Oslo -- USSR 5-2 over Norway
10/29/1953 at East Berlin -- USSR 15-0 over East Germany
11/1/1953 at East Berlin -- USSR 12-1 over East Germany
The Soviet nationals then played 8 "friendly" training matches a month before the start of the 1954 WC:
1/29/1954 at Tampere -- USSR 8-1 Finland (2:1, 3:0, 3:0)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Kuchevsky, Babich (2), Shuvalov, Bobrov (3), Khlystov
1/31/1954 at Helsinki -- USSR 8-2 Sweden (1:1, 3:0, 4:1)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Kuchevsky, Babich (2), Shuvalov, Bobrov (2), Kuzin (2)
2/8/1954 at Moscow -- USSR 14-1 East Germany (3:0, 3:0, 8:1)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Babich, Shuvalov, Bobrov (4), Uvarov (2), Kuzin, Cherepanov (2), Komarov (2)...plus East German player scored on his own goalie
2/10/1954 at Moscow -- USSR 14-1 East Germany (4:0, 6:1, 4:0)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Uvarov (3), Kuzin (2), Bychkov (2), Guryshev (2), Khlystov (2), Komarov, Petelin (2)
2/12/1954 at Moscow -- Czechoslovakia 5-3 USSR (2:1, 1:0, 2:2)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Babich, Kuzin, Petelin
2/14/1954 at Moscow -- USSR 2-0 Czechoslovakia (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Mkrtychan (G) -- GOALS: Shuvalov, Bobrov
2/16/1954 at Moscow -- USSR 13-1 Switzerland (3:1, 4:0, 6:0)
Mkrtychan (G), Puchkov (0:00, 3rd period) -- GOALS: Ukolov (2), Shuvalov (3), Bobrov (5), Bychkov, Guryshev (2)
2/18/1954 at Moscow -- USSR 3-1 Switzerland (0:1, 1:0, 2:0)
Mkrtychan (G) -- GOALS: Uvarov, Komarov, Petelin
1954 World Championships at Stockholm, Sweden:
2/26/1954 -- USSR 7-1 Finland (2:0, 3:1, 2:0)
Mkrtychan (G) -- GOALS: Bobrov (2), Krylov, Uvarov (2), Kuzin, Guryshev
2/27/1954 -- USSR 7-0 Norway (2:0, 4:0, 1:0)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Ukolov (3), Kuchevsky, Shuvalov, Guryshev, Komarov
3/1/1954 -- USSR 6-2 West Germany (1:0, 1:1, 4:1)
Mkrtychan (G) -- GOALS: Kuchevsky, Shuvalov, Krylov (2), Guryshev (2)
3/2/1954 -- USSR 5-2 Czechoslovakia (1:1, 2:1, 2:0)
Mkrtychan (G), Puchkov (9:00, 2nd period) -- GOALS: Shuvalov, Bobrov (3), Bychkov
3/3/1954 -- USSR 4-2 Switzerland (0:0, 2:1, 2:1)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Babich, Shuvalov, Bobrov (2)
3/5/1954 -- USSR 1-1 Sweden (0:0, 0:0, 1:1)
Puchkov (G) -- GOAL: Shuvalov
3/7/1954 -- USSR 7-2 Canada (4:0, 3:1, 0:1)
Puchkov (G) -- GOALS: Kuchevsky, Shuvalov (2), Bobrov, Kuzin, Bychkov, Guryshev