Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics
At the 1928 Winter Olympics, the ice hockey event was contested by 11 teams. The competition was held from Saturday, February 11, 1928 to Sunday, February 19, 1928.
The gold medal was won by Canada whose player roster was made up of the Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team coached by Conn Smythe.
Medalists
1928 Olympic Gold Medal winning Canadian men's ice hockey team
Participating nations
A total of 128(*) ice hockey players from eleven nations competed at the St. Moritz Games:
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Austria (12) -
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Belgium (12) -
Canada (12) -
Czechoslovakia (11) -
France (12) -
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Germany (11) -
Great Britain (12) -
Hungary (11) -
Poland (11) -
Sweden (12) -
Switzerland (12)
(*) NOTE: There are only players counted, which participated in one game at least.
Not all reserve players are known.
Final tournament
Group A
The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
 Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Poland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
 Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 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, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3 game round-robin to determine the medal winners.
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| 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 |
Top scorer
| Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Trottier |
3 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
Final ranking
| 1 | Canada (CAN) |
| represented by: University of Toronto Grads Coach: Conn Smythe | |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) |
| Carl Abrahamsson (Södertälje SK) Emil Bergman (Nacka SK) Birger Holmqvist (IK Göta) Gustaf Johansson (IK Göta) Henry Johansson (Södertälje SK) Nils Johansson (Djurgårdens IF) Ernst Karlberg (Djurgårdens IF) Erik Larsson (Hammarby IF) Bertil Linde (Karlbergs BK) Sigfrid Öberg (Hammarby IF) Wilhelm Petersén (Södertälje SK) Kurt Sucksdorff (IK Göta) | |
| 3 | Switzerland (SUI) |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) |
| Wilbert Brown Colin Carruthers Eric Carruthers Ross Cuthbert Bernard Fawcett Harold Greenwood Frederick Melland John Rogers Blaine Sexton William Speechly Victor Tait Charles Wyld | |
| 5 | Austria (AUT) |
| Herbert Brück Walter Brück Jacques Dietrichstein Hans Ertl Josef Göbl Hans Kail Herbert Klang Ulrich Lederer Walter Sell Reginald Spevak Hans Tatzer Harry Weiß | |
| 6 | France (FRA) |
| André Charlet Raoul Couvert Alfréd de Rauch Albert Hassler Jacques Lacarrière Philippe Lefebvre François Mautin Calixte Payot Philippe Payot Léonhard Quaglia Georges Robert Gérard Simond | |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) |
| Wolfgang Dorasil Karel Hromádka Jan Krásl Johann Lichnowski Josef Maleček Jan Peka Jaroslav Pušbauer Jaroslav Řezáč Josef Šroubek Miroslav Steigenhöfer Jiří Tožička | |
| 8 | Belgium (BEL) |
| André Bautier Roger Bureau Hector Chotteau Albert Collon François Franck William Hoorickx Jean Meens David Meyer Mark Pelzer Jan Van der Wouwer Jacques Van Reyschoot Pierre Van Reyschoot | |
| 9 | Poland (POL) |
| Tadeusz Adamowski Edmund Czaplicki Aleksander Kowalski Włodzimierz Krygier Lucjan Kulej Stanisław Pastecki Aleksander Słuczanowski Józef Stogowski Karol Szenajch Aleksander Tupalski Kazinierz Żebrowski | |
| 10 | Germany (GER) |
| Gustav Jaenecke (Berliner SC) Wolfgang Kittel (Berliner SC) Franz Kreisel (SC Riessersee) Matthias Leis (SC Riessersee) Fritz Rammelmayr (SC Riessersee) Erich Römer (Berliner SC) Walter Sachs (Berliner SC) Hans Schmid (SC Riessersee) Martin Schröttle (SC Riessersee) Marquardt Slevogt (SC Riessersee) Alfred Steinke (Berliner SC) Rolf Reschke | |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) |
| Miklós Barcza (BBTE) Frigyes Barna (BKE) Mátyás Farkas (BKE) Tibor Heinrich (BKE) Péter Krempels (BKE) István Krepuska (BKE) Géza Lator (BKE) Sándor Minder (BKE) Béla Ordódy (BKE) József Révay (BKE) Béla Weiner (BKE) |
European Championship medal table
 | Sweden |
 | Switzerland |
 | Great Britain |
| 4 | Austria |
| 4 | France |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia |
| 7 | Belgium |
| 7 | Germany |
| 7 | Poland |
| 10 | Hungary |
References
- 1928 Olympic Games report (digitized copy online)
- International Olympic Committee results database
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