Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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Canada's 1928 Olympic Gold Medal team, the Toronto Varsity Blues | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | |
| Dates | 11–19 February |
| Teams | 11 |
| Venue(s) | St. Moritz (outdoors) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runner-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 89 (4.94 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) | |
← 1927 Europeans or 1924 Olympics 1929 Europeans or 1930 Worlds or 1932 Olympics → | |
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the 3rd Olympic Championship, also serving as the 3rd World Championships and the 13th European Championships. Canada, represented by the Conn Smythe-coached Toronto Varsity Blues, won its third consecutive gold medal. Highest finishing European team Sweden won the silver medal and its third European Championship.
Contents
1 Medalists
2 Participating nations
3 Final tournament
3.1 First round
3.2 Group A
3.3 Group B
3.4 Group C
3.5 Final round
4 Top scorer
5 Final ranking
6 European Championship medal table
7 References
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Charles Delahay Frank Fisher Grant Gordon Louis Hudson Norbert Mueller Herbert Plaxton Hugh Plaxton Roger Plaxton John Porter Frank Sullivan Joseph Sullivan Ross Taylor Dave Trottier | Carl Abrahamsson Emil Bergman Birger Holmqvist Gustaf Johansson Henry Johansson Nils Johansson Ernst Karlberg Erik Larsson Bertil Linde Sigfrid Öberg Wilhelm Petersén Kurt Sucksdorff | Giannin Andreossi Mezzi Andreossi Robert Breiter Louis Dufour Charles Fasel Albert Geromini Fritz Kraatz Arnold Martignoni Heini Meng Anton Morosani Luzius Rüedi Richard Torriani |
Participating nations
The Polish national team during the Olympics. This marked Poland's debut at Olympic ice hockey.
A total of 128(*) ice hockey players from eleven nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
Austria (12)
Belgium (12)
Canada (12)
Czechoslovakia (11)
France (12)
Germany (11)
Great Britain (12)
Hungary (11)
Poland (11)
Sweden (12)
Switzerland (12)
(*) NOTE: Only counts players who participated in at least one game. Not all reserve players are known.
Final tournament
Defending champion Canada, which outscored its opponents 132–3 in the previous competition, was granted a bye to the medal round, after officials realised how superior they were to all of the other teams.[1] The other 10 teams were placed in three groups for the first round.
First round
Group A
The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| February 11 | 7:3 (3:1,2:0,2:2) | ||
| February 11 | 2:0 (0:0,2:0,0:0) | ||
| February 12 | 3:2 (0:1,3:1,0:0) | ||
| February 12 | 3:2 (0:1,3:1,0:0) | ||
| February 13 | 3:1 (2:0,0:0,1:1) | ||
| February 15 | 1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0) |
Group B
The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| February 11 | 3:0 (1:0,1:0,1:0) | ||
| February 12 | 2:2 (1:0,1:2,0:0) | ||
| February 13 | 3:2 (1:1,1:1,1:0) |
Group C
The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| February 11 | 4:4 (2:4,1:0,1:0) | ||
| February 11 | 0:0 - | ||
| February 16 | 1:0 (1:0,0:0,0:0) |
Final round
The top teams from each of the three groups were joined by defending champion Canada in the medal round, playing a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| February 17 | 11:0 (4:0,4:0,3:0) | ||
| February 17 | 4:0 (0:0,2:0,2:0) | ||
| February 18 | 14:0 (6:0,4:0,4:0) | ||
| February 18 | 0:4 (0:1,0:0,0:3) | ||
| February 19 | 3:1 (2:1,0:0,1:0) | ||
| February 19 | 0:13 (0:2,0:6,0:5) |
Top scorer
| Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
Final ranking
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5–7 | |
| 5–7 | |
| 5–7 | |
| 8–10 | |
| 8–10 | |
| 8–10 | |
| 11 |
European Championship medal table
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 4 | |
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 7 | |
| 10 |
References
^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 564. ISBN 0140066322..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
1928 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)- International Olympic Committee results database