Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter 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.[1]

Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics
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  Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up  Sweden
Third place   Switzerland
Fourth place Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored89 (4.94 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Dave Trottier 15 points

Medalists
Gold Silver Bronze
 Canada (CAN)
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)
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.
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:

(*) 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.[2] The other 10 teams were placed in three groups for the first round.

Group A

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

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Great Britain32011064
 France3201654
 Belgium32019104
 Hungary3003260
February 11 Great Britain7:3
(3:1,2:0,2:2)		 Belgium
February 11 France2:0
(0:0,2:0,0:0)		 Hungary
February 12 France3:2
(0:1,3:1,0:0)		 Great Britain
February 12 Belgium3:2
(0:1,3:1,0:0)		 Hungary
February 13 Belgium3:1
(2:0,0:0,1:1)		 France
February 15 Great Britain1:0
(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
 Sweden2110523
 Czechoslovakia2101352
 Poland2011451
February 11 Sweden3:0
(1:0,1:0,1:0)		 Czechoslovakia
February 12 Sweden2:2
(1:0,1:2,0:0)		 Poland
February 13 Czechoslovakia3:2
(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
  Switzerland2110543
 Austria2020442
 Germany2011011
February 11  Switzerland4:4
(2:4,1:0,1:0)		 Austria
February 11 Austria0:0
-		 Germany
February 16  Switzerland1:0
(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.

The match between Canada and Sweden was refereed by Paul Loicq, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.[3]

Team GP W T L GF GA Pts
 Canada33003806
 Sweden32017124
  Switzerland31024172
 Great Britain30031210
February 17 Canada11:0
(4:0,4:0,3:0)		 Sweden
February 17  Switzerland4:0
(0:0,2:0,2:0)		 Great Britain
February 18 Canada14:0
(6:0,4:0,4:0)		 Great Britain
February 18  Switzerland0:4
(0:1,0:0,0:3)		 Sweden
February 19 Sweden3:1
(2:1,0:0,1:0)		 Great Britain
February 19  Switzerland0:13
(0:2,0:6,0:5)		 Canada

Statistics

Average age

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.[4]

Top scorer
Team GP G A Pts
Dave Trottier 312315

Final ranking
1 Canada (CAN)
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,[5] however the IOC does not rank the teams below 4th[6]

European Championship medal table
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 Great Britain
4 Austria
4 France
4 Czechoslovakia
7 Belgium
7 Germany
7 Poland
10 Hungary

References
  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. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 564. ISBN 0140066322.
  3. "Varsity Grads Defeat Sweden In First Of Final Series For Title". Lethbridge Herald. Lethbridge, Alberta. 17 February 1928. p. 3.
  4. "Team Canada - Olympics - Sankt Moritz 1928 - Player Stats". QuantHockey. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. IIHF Media Guide and Record Book (2011) pgs. 17 and 104
  6. IOC database of results

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