Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics

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Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics
IJshockeyteam tijdens Olympische Winterspelen, SFA022000505.jpg
The Toronto Granites, representing Canada, won the gold medal
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of France.svg  France
Venue(s) Stade Olympique de Chamonix (outdoors)
DatesJanuary 28 – February 3, 1924
Teams8
Final positions
Champions  Gold medal blank.svg Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up  Silver medal blank.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States
Third place  Bronze medal blank.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Fourth placeFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played16
Goals scored310 (19.38 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Harry Watson 46 points
  1920
1928  

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, was the second Olympic Championship, also serving as the second World Championships. The competition was held from Monday, January 28, 1924, to Sunday, February 3, 1924. Canada, represented by the Toronto Granites, defended its championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics. The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively, while other contenders included Czechoslovakia, France, and Sweden. [1]

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The Bergvall system used in the 1920 Olympics was discarded in favor of a two-level round-robin tournament. Qualifying teams were placed in pools for the opening round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the final round. The medals were awarded based on the record in the final round. This format would remain in use until the 1992 Winter Olympics, when the final round-robin was replaced with a medal-round single-elimination tournament.

The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) chose the Toronto Granites as the 1923 Allan Cup champions to represent Canada, and W. A. Hewitt was chosen oversee the national team's finances at the Olympics. [2] [3] Hewitt was empowered by the CAHA to name replacement players as needed, [4] and recruited Harold McMunn and Cyril Slater as replacements when four players from the Granites were unable to travel to the Olympics. [5] In his weekly report to the Toronto Daily Star , Hewitt wrote that the Granites would face multiple changes in conditions compared to hockey games in Canada. He did not feel the team would be affected by playing outdoors on natural ice in the morning or afternoon, despite that the team was accustomed to playing indoors with electric lighting on artificial ice. He also felt that the larger ice surface and lack of boards around the sides of the rink would mean more stick handling and less physical play. [6]

Austria was eligible to compete after having been excluded in 1920, but they withdrew just before the tournament due to the ineligibility of three international players. [7]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN)
Jack Cameron
Ernie Collett
Bert McCaffrey
Harold McMunn
Dunc Munro
Beattie Ramsay
Cyril Slater
Hooley Smith
Harry Watson
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
Clarence Abel
Herbert Drury
Alphonse Lacroix
John Langley
John Lyons
Justin McCarthy
Willard Rice
Irving Small
Frank Synott
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
William Anderson
Lorne Carr-Harris
Colin Carruthers
Eric Carruthers
Guy Clarkson
Ross Cuthbert
Geoffrey Holmes
Hamilton Jukes
Edward Pitblado
Blane Sexton

Participating nations

A total of 82(*) ice hockey players from eight nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

(*) NOTE: Only counts players who participated in at least one game. Not all reserve players are known.

First round

Group A

PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPCTQualification
1Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 330850+851.000Advanced to Final Round
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 32118257.667
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 312144127.333
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 30325351.000
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateResultP1P2P3
28 JanFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9 - 0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 3 - 03 - 03 - 0
28 JanCanadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 30 - 0Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 8 - 014 - 08 - 0
29 JanCanadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 22 - 0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5 - 07 - 010 - 0
30 JanCanadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 33 - 0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 8 - 011 - 014 - 0
31 JanFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9 - 3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 5 - 11 - 13 - 0
01 FebFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 11 - 2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 4 - 03 - 24 - 0


Group B

Match between France and the United States Etats-Unis-France, Hockey sur glace aux JO de Chamonix 1924 (22-0, le 30 janvier).jpg
Match between France and the United States
PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPCTQualification
1Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 330520+521.000Advanced to Final Round
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 3213416+18.667
3Flag of France.svg  France 31294233.333
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 30384537.000
Source: [ citation needed ]
DateResultP1P2P3
28 JanFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 19 - 0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 9 - 06 - 04 - 0
29 JanFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 15 - 2Flag of France.svg  France 5 - 13 - 17 - 0
30 JanFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19 - 3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8 - 16 - 15 - 1
30 JanFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 22 - 0Flag of France.svg  France 12 - 01 - 09 - 0
31 JanFlag of France.svg  France 7 - 5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3 - 33 - 11 - 1
31 JanFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 11 - 0Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6 - 02 - 03 - 0


Final round

Canada and Great Britain in the final round. Hockey chamonix 1924.jpg
Canada and Great Britain in the final round.
The final game, between Canada and the United States. Finale de Hockey sur glace aux JO de Chamonix 1924, deux contre-attaques canadiennes (en blanc) face aux USA.jpg
The final game, between Canada and the United States.
PosTeamPldWLGFGAGDPCT
Gold medal icon.svgCanadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 330473+441.000
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 321326+26.667
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 31263327.333
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30334643.000
Source: [ citation needed ]

Note: The CAN v SWE and USA v GBR games were carried forward from the previous round.

When the Olympics organizers wanted to select hockey referees by drawing names out of a hat, Hewitt and United States Amateur Hockey Association president William S. Haddock agreed to a coin toss to decide on the referee for the game between Canada and the United States men's national team. Hewitt feared having an inexperienced referee for the game, and his suggested to have Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG) president Paul Loicq officiate the game was confirmed by the coin toss. [8] The Granites defeated the United States team by a 6–1 score, and won all six games played to be the Olympic gold medallists. [9]

DateResultP1P2P3
01 FebCanadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 19 - 2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 6 - 06 - 07 - 0
01 FebFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 20 - 0Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5 - 07 - 08 - 0
02 FebFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 4 - 3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0 - 12 - 22 - 0
03 FebCanadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 6 - 1Flag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States 2 - 13 - 01 - 0

Statistics

Average age

Team Czechoslovakia was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 5 months. Team Belgium was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 24 years and 1 months. Gold medalists Canada averaged 25 years and 2 months. Tournament average was 27 years and 11 months. [10]

Top scorer

TeamGPGAPts
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg Harry Watson 537946

Final ranking

The French national team. French Ice Hockey Team.jpg
The French national team.
1Flag of Canada (1921-1957).svg  Canada  (CAN)
2US flag 48 stars.svg  United States  (USA)
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
5Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)
5Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)
7Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them, [11] however the IOC does not rank the teams below 4th [12]

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