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Teams were required to be strictly amateur, so players from the Canadian-based National Hockey League (NHL) or other professional leagues were excluded. Canada sent the Winnipeg Falcons, who had won the 1920 Allan Cup, the amateur championship in Canada.
The games used the Canadian ice hockey rules, and the Bergvall system to determine medal winning teams. [5] The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Winnipeg Falcons as the 1920 Allan Cup champions to represent the Canada men's national team, instead of forming a national all-star team on short notice.
Members of the gold medal-winning Canadian men's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. . The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924
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.
On both occasions he was a teammate of fellow Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey star Haldor Halderson, making them the first players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup. [5] Fredrickson became one of the pioneers of flight in Iceland when he arrived there in 1920 to fly for the countries first airline, Flugfélag Íslands. [6] [7]
Magnus "Mike" Goodman (18 March 1898 – 18 July 1991) was an Icelandic-Canadian athlete. He was a member of the Winnipeg Falcons ice hockey team, who represented Canada at the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. [1]
He is also the only player in NHL history to score six goals in a game more than once. [26] He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1950 and is also a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, inducted in 1975. [36] [37] In 1998, he was ranked number 39 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. The list was announced 74 ...
NHL players were not allowed to participate. [4] The following is the Canadian roster for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [5] [6] [7] Head coach: Willie Desjardins Assistant coaches: Dave King, Scott Walker, Craig Woodcroft