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The Canada men's national ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; French: Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior amateur club teams.
Picture of the gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons (representing Canada) taken en route to the 1920 Summer Olympics. Ice hockey is a sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's ice hockey tournament has been held every Winter Olympics (starting in 1924); an ice hockey tournament was also held at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [1]
The gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons en route to the 1920 Olympics (photo includes an unidentified ships' officer and a woman). A game between Canada and Sweden during the 1928 Winter Olympics. (Left to right) Ryan Smyth, Martin Brodeur and Chris Pronger were part of the gold medal winning team in 2002. The gold medal winning Canadian men's ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The ...
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, was the 16th Olympic Championship. The Soviet Union won its seventh gold medal. The silver medal was won by Finland, marking its first ever Olympic ice hockey medal. Sweden won the bronze medal. Games were held in the Olympic Saddledome, the Stampede Corral ...
TV ratings for Canada vs USA gold medal matchup were the highest in Olympic history to that time. In the United States, NBC's live coverage of the gold medal hockey game drew a 10.7 rating, the highest-rated hockey game, Olympic or NHL, since the 1980 Winter Olympics and was the largest network hockey audience in the U.S. in 22 years.
The 2001–02 Canada men's national ice hockey team represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics officially hosted by Salt Lake City in Utah . Team Canada, coached by Pat Quinn, won the gold medal. It was the first Olympic gold medal for Canada in men's ice hockey since the Edmonton Mercurys won gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
The Canadian team rebounded from a disappointing first round and defeated the American team (who eliminated Russia 3–2 in the semi-final) in the gold medal game, winning their first gold medal in 50 years and seventh in men's hockey overall. [90] The tournament format was adjusted for 2006.
e. Hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Rogers Arena (then known as GM Place, and renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Games due to IOC sponsorship rules) in Vancouver, home of the National Hockey League 's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport 's UBC Thunderbirds ...