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Disguised as winter season activity event, the initial Planet Championship online games ended up a demonstration occasion at the 1920 Summer season Olympic Game titles. A single stipulation was that, if hockey was played, determine skating had to be provided. Sweden blanked the host Belgium workforce 8 – April 23, 1920 in Antwerp in activity #1. Invoice Hewitt refereed the 1st hockey game. Kristmundur “Chris” Fridfinnson scored the purpose that gave Canada its 1st Olympic Gold medal. Einar Svenson scored the 1st purpose against Canada in Olympic level of competition. Nursing a 3 – lead, Svenson scored for the Swedes at 15:58 of the 1st fifty percent. It need to be observed that the initially Olympic hockey online games had been divided into 2 – 20 moment halves.

MEDALS: GOLD – CANADA… Silver – United States… Bronze – Czechoslovakia

1924: The 1924 Wintertime Olympics, formally acknowledged as the First Olympic Winter season Online games, had been held in Chamonix, France. Originally known as Semaine des Sports activities d’Hiver “Intercontinental Wintertime Sporting activities 7 days” and held in affiliation with the 1924 Summertime Olympics, the athletics competitions held at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix, Haute-Savoie in between January 25th and February 5th. Harry Watson played 5 games and scored a hat trick in each contest. Off to a speedy start off, Harry scored totals 11, 13 and 6 ambitions – 3 online games in a few days. Soon after a day off, Watson scored hat methods from Great Britain and the U.S.A. in medal competition. Nonetheless a scoring whole file…36 ambitions for the event. Canada divided 17 hat tips among 4 gamers. After representing the U.S.A. in the 1924 Olympic Game titles, Al “Frenchy” Lacroix grew to become George Vezina’s backup with the Canadiens. Lacroix relieved Vezina for the duration of the 1925 – 26 season. Alphonse Albert Lacroix hailed from Newton, Massachusetts.

MEDALS: GOLD – CANADA… Silver – United States… Bronze – Excellent Britain

1928: At the 1928 Olympics, the Canadian Gold Medal winners fully “shutout” the opposition. Represented by the U. of Toronto Grads, Canada blanked the European opposition a few straight. Due to the fact of their perfectly recognized superiority, Canada was given an computerized “bye” into the medal spherical. They claimed Gold by blanking Sweden 11 – , Great Britain 14 – and Switzerland 13 – . Dr. Joe Sullivan recorded the shutouts in online games #1 and #3. “Stuffy” Mueller blanked Terrific Britain. Potential Montreal Maroons teammates Hugh Plaxton and Dave Trottier led the Canadian scoring with 12 goals just about every. Despite not currently being at the rear of the bench, Conn Smythe was awarded a Gold Medal at the 1928 Olympics. Two of Canada’s gamers, Hugh Plaxton and Joe Sullivan, lobbied to get their family members on the 1928 Olympic staff. Smythe did not concur. Frank Sullivan, Roger and Bert Plaxton ended up included. The players won the dispute. They went for the Gold. Conn Smythe stayed house. Manager Invoice Hewitt was left in demand of the Canadian squad.

MEDALS: GOLD – CANADA… Silver – Sweden… Bronze – Switzerland

1932: The procedures concerning the amateur standing of players competing at Olympic tournaments ended up very stringent. As soon as all over again the U.S. Olympic Committee bent the principles of beginner vs. experienced in 1932. Just before the Lake Placid video games the U.S. workforce performed the Boston Bruins. The U.S. Olympic group acquired the receipts from the match. The Us residents claimed that they could not afford to vacation to the game titles if they did not take the income. The Canadians declined to file a protest. The opening encounter-off of the 1932 Olympic matchup Canada vs. U.S. was delayed. Prior to the motion, U.S. goaltender Frank Farrell experienced his goalie pads strapped so tightly that they were within just the authorized width. When the goalie’s knees ended up collectively the pads could not be wider than 20 inches. The two referee system was approved. Only two adult males officiated all contests…Canada’s Lou Marsh and Don Sands from the United States. The tournament was a double round-robin collection. The groups performed 3 – 15 minute durations.

MEDALS: GOLD – CANADA… Silver – United States… Bronze – Germany

1936: The Port Arthur Bearcats had been chosen as Canada’s associates in the 1936 Olympic Video games by default. The regular treatment was that the past several years Allan Cup champions would be Canada’s workforce of preference. However the 1935 Halifax Wolverines dropped most of their leading gamers after their Allan Cup victory. Unachievable to assemble a competitive group, the Olympic committee chose the runner-up Bearcats. Canada’s Olympic streak achieved 20 just before suffering their 1st defeat. Pursuing 3 wins in Group “A”, the Canadian squad were being upended by Great Britain 2 – 1. February 10, 1936 – Chirp Brenchley scored the winner at 13:48 of the 3rd time period. Carl Erhardt was the oldest player to acquire an Olympic Gold medal for hockey. Born February 15, 1897, Erhardt was captain of the 1936 Olympic champions. Carl was 39 several years of age at the time.

MEDALS: GOLD – Good BRITAIN… Silver – Canada… Bronze – United States