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Picture of the gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons (representing Canada) taken en route to the 1920 Summer Olympics. Ice hockey is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's ice hockey tournament has been held every Winter Olympics (starting in 1924); an ice hockey tournament was also held at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1]
Between 1920 and 1952, seven Olympic ice hockey tournaments were held and Canada won six gold medals and a silver in 1936. [4] The Soviet Union began competing in 1956 and frequently defeated the Canadian team. The Soviets won seven gold medals in nine tournaments; during that period Canada won a silver and two bronze medals. [5] The Olympic ...
Representing Canada, the Winnipeg Falcons (pictured en route to the 1920 Summer Olympics) were the first Olympic champions in ice hockey. The first Olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. [4] At the time, organized international ice hockey was still relatively new. [5]
The Canada men's national ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; French: Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior amateur club teams.
The games used the Canadian ice hockey rules, and the Bergvall system to determine medal winning teams. [ 5 ] The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Winnipeg Falcons as the 1920 Allan Cup champions to represent the Canada men's national team , instead of forming a national all-star team on short notice.
3.4 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey ... team ice hockey team rosters of Canada. ... the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics. [9 ...
The 1963–64 Canada men's national ice hockey team represented Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. The matches were played in the Olympiahalle Innsbruck . For the first time in Canadian Olympic hockey history, the nation was represented by a national team rather than a club team.
The gold medal-winning Canadian women's ice hockey team celebrates at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Women's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1998. [1] Nine goaltenders and sixty-one skaters have played for Canada. Men's ice hockey had been introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and added to the Winter Olympic ...