Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

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Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

1928 Canada Olympic Hockey Team.jpg
Canada's 1928 Olympic Gold Medal team, the Toronto Varsity Blues

Tournament details
Host country
  Switzerland
Dates11–19 February
Teams11
Venue(s)
St. Moritz (outdoors)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg
 Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg
 Sweden
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg
  Switzerland
Fourth place
 Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored89 (4.94 per match)
Scoring leader(s)
Canada Dave Trottier 15 points

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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

 Canada (CAN)

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

 Sweden (SWE)

Carl Abrahamsson
Emil Bergman
Birger Holmqvist
Gustaf Johansson
Henry Johansson
Nils Johansson
Ernst Karlberg
Erik Larsson
Bertil Linde
Sigfrid Öberg
Wilhelm Petersén
Kurt Sucksdorff

 Switzerland (SUI)

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

 Great Britain
32011064

 France
3201654

 Belgium
32019104

 Hungary
3003260
























February 11
 Great Britain

7:3
(3:1,2:0,2:2)

 Belgium
February 11
 France

2:0
(0:0,2:0,0:0)

 Hungary
February 12
 France

3:2
(0:1,3:1,0:0)

 Great Britain
February 12
 Belgium

3:2
(0:1,3:1,0:0)

 Hungary
February 13
 Belgium

3:1
(2:0,0:0,1:1)

 France
February 15
 Great Britain

1:0
(1:0,0:0,0:0)

 Hungary


Group B


The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.


































Team
GP
W
T
L
GF
GA
Pts

 Sweden
2110523

 Czechoslovakia
2101352

 Poland
2011451












February 11
 Sweden

3:0
(1:0,1:0,1:0)

 Czechoslovakia
February 12
 Sweden

2:2
(1:0,1:2,0:0)

 Poland
February 13
 Czechoslovakia

3:2
(1:1,1:1,1:0)

 Poland


Group C


The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.


































Team
GP
W
T
L
GF
GA
Pts

  Switzerland
2110543

 Austria
2020442

 Germany
2011011












February 11
  Switzerland

4:4
(2:4,1:0,1:0)

 Austria
February 11
 Austria

0:0
-

 Germany
February 16
  Switzerland

1:0
(1:0,0:0,0:0)

 Germany


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

 Canada
33003806

 Sweden
32017124

  Switzerland
31024172

 Great Britain
30031210
























February 17
 Canada

11:0
(4:0,4:0,3:0)

 Sweden
February 17
  Switzerland

4:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0)

 Great Britain
February 18
 Canada

14:0
(6:0,4:0,4:0)

 Great Britain
February 18
  Switzerland

0:4
(0:1,0:0,0:3)

 Sweden
February 19
 Sweden

3:1
(2:1,0:0,1:0)

 Great Britain
February 19
  Switzerland

0:13
(0:2,0:6,0:5)

 Canada


Top scorer












Team
GP
G
A
Pts

Canada Dave Trottier
312315


Final ranking
























1
 Canada (CAN)
2
 Sweden (SWE)
3
 Switzerland (SUI)
4
 Great Britain (GBR)
5–7
 Austria (AUT)
5–7
 France (FRA)
5–7
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
8–10
 Belgium (BEL)
8–10
 Poland (POL)
8–10
 Germany (GER)
11
 Hungary (HUN)


European Championship medal table






















Gold medal icon.svg
 Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg
  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg
 Great Britain
4
 Austria
4
 France
4
 Czechoslovakia
7
 Belgium
7
 Germany
7
 Poland
10
 Hungary


References



  1. ^ 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










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