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Winnipeg Falcons on route to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman) The early roots of the Winnipeg Falcons can be traced back to the Icelandic Athletic Club which was formed in 1898. [5] The club consisted of a two team league called the Icelandic Athletic Club (IAC) and the Vikings.
Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. [1] [2] The tournament also served as the first World Championships. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. Canada, represented by the Winnipeg Falcons, won the gold medal. [3] The silver went to the United States and Czechoslovakia took ...
The Winnipeg Falcons en route to the 1920 Olympics, where they won the inaugural gold medal in ice hockey (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman) The 1920 Summer Olympics ice hockey rosters consisted of 60 players on 7 national ice hockey teams. [ 1 ]
Hewitt and the Winnipeg Falcons at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Winnipeg Falcons as the 1920 Allan Cup champions to represent the Canada men's national team in ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics, instead of forming a national all-star team on short notice.
Back in Winnipeg, Frederickson captained the Winnipeg Falcons, [15] to the 1920 Allan Cup and then to the first gold medal offered in ice hockey at the 1920 Olympics at Antwerp. [16] Following the Olympics he moved to Iceland to work for Flugfélag Íslands , the first airliner in the country, in introducing airplanes to the local population.
Winnipeg Falcons: 3 3 0 0 21 1 Gordon Sigurjonsson: H. A. Axford: Frank Fredrickson Gold [19] 1924 Chamonix: Toronto Granites: 5 5 0 0 110 3 Frank Rankin: William Hewitt: Dunc Munro Gold [20] 1928 St. Moritz: University of Toronto Grads: 3 3 0 0 38 0 Conn Smythe: William Hewitt: John Porter Gold [21] 1932 Lake Placid: Winnipeg Hockey Club: 6 5 ...
Representing Canada, the Winnipeg Falcons (pictured en route to the 1920 Summer Olympics) were the first Olympic champions in ice hockey. The first Olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. [4] At the time, organized international ice hockey was still relatively new. [5]
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]