Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Canada's 1928 Olympic Gold Medal team

Tournament details
Host country|  Switzerland
Venue(s)| Olympic Ice Rink, St. Moritz (outdoors)
Dates| 11–19 February 1928
Teams| 11
Final positions
Champions |  Canada (3rd title)
Runners-up |  Sweden
Third place |  Switzerland
Fourth place|  Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Games played| 18
Goals scored| 89 (4.94 per game)
Scoring leader(s)|  Dave Trottier 15 points

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The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, was the third Olympic Championship, also serving as the third World Championships and the 13th European Championships. Canada, represented by the University of Toronto Graduates, won its third consecutive gold medal. Highest finishing European team Sweden won the silver medal and its third European Championship.[1]

Conn Smythe coached the Graduates to the 1927 Allan Cup championship during the Ontario Hockey Association season, but refused to go to the Olympics due to disagreements on which players were added to the team by the Canadian Olympic Committee. The Graduates went without Smythe, led by team captain Red Porter.[2] Canadian Olympic Committee member W. A. Hewitt was opposed to the format of the hockey tournament, which saw the Canadian team receive a bye into the second round. He wanted the team to have more games, rather than be idle for a week.[3] Despite the wait to play, the Graduates won all three games by scoring 38 goals and conceding none, to win the gold medal.[4]

## Medalists

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Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Canada (CAN)

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Charles Delahaye
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)

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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)

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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

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The Polish national team during the Olympics. This marked Poland's debut at Olympic ice hockey.

See also: Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics – Rosters

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.

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.[5] The other 10 teams were placed in three groups for the first round.

## First round

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Great Britain | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 10  | 6  | +4  | 4  | Advanced to Final Round
2  |  France | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 5  | +1  | 4  |
3  |  Belgium | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 9  | 10  | −1  | 4
4  |  Hungary | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: HockeyCanada.ca

Date  |  | Result  |  | P1  | P2  | P3

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11 Feb |  Great Britain | 7 \- 3 |  Belgium | 3 \- 1 | 2 \- 0 | 2 - 2
11 Feb |  France | 2 \- 0 |  Hungary | 0 - 0 | 2 \- 0 | 0 - 0
12 Feb |  France | 3 \- 2 |  Great Britain | 0 - 1 | 3 \- 1 | 0 - 0
12 Feb |  Belgium | 3 \- 2 |  Hungary | 0 - 1 | 3 \- 1 | 0 - 0
13 Feb |  Belgium | 3 \- 1 |  France | 2 \- 0 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1
15 Feb |  Great Britain | 1 \- 0 |  Hungary | 1 \- 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Sweden | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 2  | +3  | 3  | Advanced to Final Round
2  |  Czechoslovakia | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 5  | −2  | 2  |
3  |  Poland | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | −1  | 1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: HockeyCanada.ca

Date  |  | Result  |  | P1  | P2  | P3

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11 Feb |  Sweden | 3 \- 0 |  Czechoslovakia | 1 \- 0 | 1 \- 0 | 1 \- 0
12 Feb |  Sweden | 2 - 2 |  Poland | 1 \- 0 | 1 - 2 | 0 - 0
13 Feb |  Czechoslovakia | 3 \- 2 |  Poland | 1 - 1 | 1 - 1 | 1 \- 0

### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Switzerland | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 3  | Advanced to Final Round
2  |  Austria | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 2  |
3  |  Germany | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | −1  | 1

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: HockeyCanada.ca

Date  |  | Result  |  | P1  | P2  | P3

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11 Feb |  Switzerland | 4 - 4 |  Austria | 2 - 4 | 1 \- 0 | 1 \- 0
11 Feb |  Austria | 0 - 0 |  Germany | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0
16 Feb |  Switzerland | 1 \- 0 |  Germany | 1 \- 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0

## Final round

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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.

The match between Canada and Sweden was refereed by Paul Loicq, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[6]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts

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1  |  Canada | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 38  | 0  | +38  | 6
2  |  Sweden | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 12  | −5  | 4
3  |  Switzerland | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 17  | −13  | 2
4  |  Great Britain | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 21  | −20  | 0

Source: HockeyCanada.ca

Date  |  | Result  |  | P1  | P2  | P3

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17 Feb |  Canada | 11 \- 0 |  Sweden | 4 \- 0 | 4 \- 0 | 3 \- 0
17 Feb |  Switzerland | 4 \- 0 |  Great Britain | 0 - 0 | 2 \- 0 | 2 \- 0
18 Feb |  Canada | 14 \- 0 |  Great Britain | 6 \- 0 | 4 \- 0 | 4 \- 0
18 Feb |  Sweden | 4 \- 0 |  Switzerland | 1 \- 0 | 0 - 0 | 3 \- 0
19 Feb |  Sweden | 3 \- 1 |  Great Britain | 2 \- 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 \- 0
19 Feb |  Canada | 13 \- 0 |  Switzerland | 2 \- 0 | 6 \- 0 | 5 \- 0

## Statistics

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### Average age

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Team Hungary was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 6 months. Team Belgium was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 21 years and 6 months. Gold medalists Canada averaged 24 years and 10 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 9 months.[7]

### Top scorer

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Team  | GP  | G  | A | Pts

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Dave Trottier | 3 | 12 | 3 | 15

## Final ranking

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1 |  Canada (CAN)

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

The IIHF Guide and Record Book has two different rankings for this tournament.[8] The IOC, however, does not rank the teams below 4th[9]

## European Championship medal table

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|  Sweden

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|  Switzerland
|  Great Britain
4 |  Austria
4 |  France
4 |  Czechoslovakia
7 |  Belgium
7 |  Germany
7 |  Poland
10 |  Hungary

## References

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1. ^ "Ice Hockey at the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 23–25
3. ^ "Want Canadians To Play Winners". The Kingston Whig-Standard. Kingston, Ontario. 8 February 1928. p. 9.
4. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (1997), pp. 28–29
5. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 564\. ISBN 0140066322.
6. ^ "Varsity Grads Defeat Sweden In First Of Final Series For Title". Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. 17 February 1928. p. 3.
7. ^ "Team Canada - Olympics - Sankt Moritz 1928 - Player Stats". QuantHockey. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
8. ^ IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011) pgs. 17 and 104
9. ^ IOC database of results

## Sources

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* Podnieks, Andrew (1997). Canada's Olympic Hockey Teams: The Complete History 1920–1998. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada. ISBN 0-385-25688-4.
* 1928 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
* International Olympic Committee results database

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