Ice Hockey

Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games program in 1924, in France.

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The ice hockey competitions of the 2018 Winter Olympics will be played at two venues within the Gangneung Coastal Cluster in Gangneung, South Korea.

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, Korea between 14 and 25 February 2018.

The NHL announced that it will not attend the 2018 Winter Olympics because of how much it disrupts the season.

The league announced last month that it would not release players for the Winter Games, and teams preparing for 2018 are struggling to adjust.

The U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team will be one of 12 teams competing at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games between February 14-25, 2018.

After reaching a landmark deal with the U.S. women, USA Hockey seemed poised to yield two gold-contending teams at the 2018 Games. The NHL changed that, delivering the federation yet another hit.

About Ice Hockey at the Winter Olympic Games

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Medal Winners: Gold: Soviet Union, Silver: Sweden, Bronze: Czechoslovakia, Summary The ice hockey world was slowly changing. The USSR was considered the best team in the world now, possibly the equal of some of the NHL teams. But Sweden and Canada still challenged them, winning the 1961 and 1962 World Championships, respectively. However, the Soviets did not compete in the 1962 event, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and then easily won the 1963 World Championship. They were heavy favorites at the 1964 Winter Olympics, and they did not disappoint, winning all 7 games, and outscoring their opponents 54-10 in the final round. But it was actually closer than that. The final game matched Canada and the Soviets, and if Canada won, they would have identical 6-1 records, and Canada would win by virtue of the head-to-head victory. Canada led 2-1, near the end of the second period, but the Soviets scored to tie it up heading into the locker room. In the third period, the USSR scored one unanswered goal to win, 3-2, and earn another gold medal. This dropped Canada into a three-way tie for second with Sweden and Czechoslovakia. The tiebreak rule, announced before the tournament, was that in such a situation, the goals differentials would be used in games involving the tied teams. But the IIHF ruled late during the tournament that goal differential for all games would be the deciding factor. Under either rule, Sweden earned the silver medal. But under the original rule, Canada would be the bronze medalist, while under the revised rule, the bronze went to Czechoslovakia. In 2005, the IIHF corrected this problem by awarding bronze medals to the Canadians as well, for the concurrent 1964 World Championships, although the IOC has never done this.

Medal Winners: Gold: United States, Silver: Canada, Bronze: Soviet Union, Summary Many people look back at the 1960 Winter Olympic ice hockey event, and assume the Soviet Union was a heavy favorite. But that belied recent tournament history. Sweden had won the 1957 World Championship, with the USSR second. Canada had won the 1958 and 1959 World Championships. With Czechoslovakia, it was thought that any one of four teams could have won the 1960 Olympic ice hockey gold medal. The Canadian team was again the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen as the Allan Cup champions, the Whitby Dunlops, declined the invitation to skate in the Olympics. The United States was represented by a young team of players from Boston and Minnesota and was not expected to challenge for the gold medal. They played an 18-game tour prior to the Squaw Valley Games, winning 10, tying 4, and losing 4 games, hardly scaring anyone. But in their first Olympic match, they upset Czechoslovakia, 7-5, and advanced to the medal round. On February 27, the Americans faced the Soviets, and prevailed 3-2, led by the goaltending of Jack McCartan. The next day the Americans again met the Czechoslovak team, and trailed 4-3, after two periods. In the US locker room between periods, Soviet player Nikolay Sologubov came in and showed the US players that they should take oxygen to give them more stamina for the final period. They did so, and trounced the Czechs in the 3rd period, winning 7-5.

Medal Winners: Gold: Canada, Silver: United States, Bronze: Great Britain, Summary Canada was represented by a team of ex-serviceman from World War I, who had formed the [Toronto Granites]. They began competing in the Ontario Hockey Association in 1919-20 and were virtually unbeatable until their retirement after the 1924 Winter Olympics. They won the John Ross Robertson Cup in 1920, 1922, and 1923, and by winning the Allan Cup in 1922-23, they were chosen as Canada's ice hockey team in 1924. The Toronto Granites displayed the most outstanding supremacy of any Olympic ice hockey team, outscoring their opponents 110-3. They defeated Czechoslovakia 30-0, Sweden 22-0, Great Britain 19-2, and Switzerland 33-0. In the final round, they had their closest game, out-skating the United States 6-1. The Canadian goalie was [Jack Cameron] and he had so little to do that he had difficulty maintaining his interest in the game. The legend survives that he often skated to the boards to chat up any attractive ladies he could find in the audience. The Granites were led by [Harry Watson], who scored 13 goals against both Switzerland and Czechoslovakia, and 37 goals in the tournament, both Olympic records which have never been approached.

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