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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 ...
At the 1914 Olympic Congress in Paris, ice hockey was added to the list of optional sports that Olympics organizers could include. [7] The decision to include ice hockey for the 1920 Summer Olympics was made in January, three months before the start of the Games. [8] Several occurrences led to the sport's inclusion in the programme.
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.
In 88 games wearing Canada's maple leaf in international play, Agosta recorded 94 points on 47 goals and 47 assists. Meghan Agosta, a 3-time Olympic hockey champion with Canada, announces her ...
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 ...
The 1979–80 Canada men's national ice hockey team represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid in the United States. This was the first men's ice hockey team to compete for Canada at the Olympics since the 1968 Winter Olympics held at Grenoble, France. Canada's team placed sixth in the tournament to finish out of the medals.
Only the 2010 Vancouver Olympics Gold Medal match between the USA and Canada drew a larger audience at 27.6 million for NBC. 4 Nations Face-Off: USA-Canada championship hockey game draws record 9. ...