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Ice Hockey, Men1

Date30 January – 8 February 1948
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympia-Eisstadion Badrutts Park, St. Moritz / Palace-Hotel, St. Moritz / Suvretta-Haus, St. Moritz
Participants139 from 9 countries
FormatRound-robin tournament.

The Canadians were represented by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Flyers, but controversy enveloped this tournament over the eligibility of the American team. Two teams attempted to compete for the United States, one representing the American Hockey Association of the United States (AHAUS) and one representing the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). The USOC wanted the AAU team to compete, but the AHAUS team was affiliated with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), while the AAU team was not. The IIHF threatened to withdraw ice hockey from the Winter Olympics if the AHAUS team was not allowed to compete. Eventually, they did compete and initially finished fourth. However, they were later disqualified and their finish was not counted in the final standings. Because of the controversy, the IOC originally announced that the 1948 ice hockey results would be unofficial, but they reversed this decision during the Olympic tournament.

The tournament was a nine-team round robin. Canada played eight games, winning seven, and skating to a scoreless tie against Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakia also won seven games and the two teams finished with equal records of 7 wins and 1 tie. The gold medal was decided on goal margin, Canada outscoring their opponents 69-5 (+64), while Czechoslovakia had a margin of “only” +62 (80-18).

PosNrTeamNOCWTLPtsGoalsGPMPGLSSOGASSPTS+/-PIMSVSSV%GAA
1CanadaCAN7101569–5Gold
2CzechoslovakiaTCH7101580–18Silver
3SwitzerlandSUI6021267–21Bronze
4SwedenSWE404855–28
5Great BritainGBR305639–47
6PolandPOL206429–97
7AustriaAUT107233–77
8ItalyITA008024–156
DQUnited StatesUSA[5][0][3][10][86]–[33]

Round-Robin (30 January – 8 February 1948)

Round-robin pool.

PosNOCWTLPtsGoals
1CAN7101569–5
2TCH7101580–18
3SUI6021267–21
4SWE404855–28
5GBR305639–47
6POL206429–97
7AUT107233–77
8ITA008024–156
DQUSA[5][0][3][10][86]–[33]

Match #1 30 Jan 11:00SUI 5 – 4USA
Match #2 30 Jan 14:00CAN 3 – 1SWE
Match #3 30 Jan 14:00TCH 22 – 3ITA
Match #4 30 Jan 14:00POL 7 – 5AUT
Match #5 31 Jan 10:30USA 23 – 4POL
Match #6 31 Jan 14:00TCH 6 – 3SWE
Match #7 31 Jan 14:00GBR 5 – 4AUT
Match #8 31 Jan 14:00SUI 16 – 0ITA
Match #9 01 Feb 10:00CAN 3 – 0GBR
Match #10 01 Feb 10:00USA 31 – 1ITA
Match #11 01 Feb 15:00TCH 13 – 1POL
Match #12 01 Feb 15:00SUI 11 – 2AUT
Match #13 02 Feb 10:00SWE 7 – 1AUT
Match #14 302 Feb 15:00CAN 15 – 0POL
Match #15 402 Feb 15:00TCH 11 – 4GBR
Match #16 04 Feb 10:00USA 5 – 2SWE
Match #17 03 Feb 10:00CAN 21 – 1ITA
Match #18 04 Feb 8:00TCH 17 – 3AUT
Match #19 504 Feb 8:00SUI 12 – 3GBR
Match #20 04 Feb 10:00POL 13 – 7ITA
Match #21 06 Feb 8:00SUI 8 – 2SWE
Match #22 605 Feb 9:00CAN 12 – 3USA
Match #23 05 Feb 10:00AUT 16 – 5ITA
Match #24 06 Feb 8:00GBR 7 – 2POL
Match #25 06 Feb 8:00CAN 0 – 0TCH
Match #26 06 Feb 8:00SWE 4 – 3GBR
Match #27 706 Feb 10:00USA 13 – 2AUT
Match #28 06 Feb 8:00SUI 14 – 0POL
Match #29 07 Feb 10:00CAN 12 – 0AUT
Match #30 07 Feb 9:00TCH 7 – 1SUI
Match #31 07 Feb 8:00USA 4 – 3GBR
Match #32 07 Feb 9:00SWE 23 – 0ITA
Match #33 808 Feb 10:00TCH 4 – 3USA
Match #34 08 Feb 10:00SWE 13 – 2POL
Match #35 08 Feb 13:45CAN 3 – 0SUI
Match #36 908 Feb 10:00GBR 14 – 7ITA

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