Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Canada's 1928 Olympic Gold Medal team, the Toronto Varsity Blues
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	11–19 February
Teams	11
Venue(s)	St. Moritz (outdoors)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (3rd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Switzerland
Fourth place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	89 (4.94 per match)
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 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]

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.

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.^[2] 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	3	2	0	1	10	6	4
France	3	2	0	1	6	5	4
Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	10	4
Hungary	3	0	0	3	2	6	0

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	2	1	1	0	5	2	3
Czechoslovakia	2	1	0	1	3	5	2
Poland	2	0	1	1	4	5	1

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	2	1	1	0	5	4	3
Austria	2	0	2	0	4	4	2
Germany	2	0	1	1	0	1	1

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.

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
Canada	3	3	0	0	38	0	6
Sweden	3	2	0	1	7	12	4
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	4	17	2
Great Britain	3	0	0	3	1	21	0

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

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	3	12	3	15

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] The IOC, however, 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[]

Sources[]

• 1928 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
• International Olympic Committee results database