Sweden won their semifinal match against Finland
Canada won their semifinal match against the USA
The match for the gold medal was not today. Canada and Sweden will compete for the gold and silver medal, and the USA and Finland will compete for the bronze medal. The USA/Finland match will be tomorrow (2/22), and the gold medal match will be on Sunday, the 23rd.
Soviet Union. Canada did not compete in hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics to protest the perceived professionalism of teams from Communist countries.
mens gold 2010 winter Olympics
The first time Ice Hockey was included in the Olympics was in 1920 at the summer games in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1924, at the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France, Ice Hockey became an official, permanent sport in the Winter Olympics. At both games Canada won the gold medal. They went on to win 6 out of the 7 first ice hockey medals in the Olympics. Women's Ice Hockey was later introduced in 1998 in Nagano, Japan where the United States women's hockey team won the gold medal.
Canada at the 2010 games with 14 gold the record breaking gold was for mens hockey against U.S
Once, at the 1936 Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Ice Hockey: 1998 Winter Games in Nagano. Field Hockey: 1980 Summer Games in Moscow.
Great Britain did NOT win the Gold Medal in Ice Hockey in 1988 the Soviet Union did.Great Britain won the Gold Medal in Ice Hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
The Men's Ice Hockey gold medal match of the 2010 Winter Olympics is on Sunday, February 28th; Canada vs USA.
Soviet Union. Canada did not compete in hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics to protest the perceived professionalism of teams from Communist countries.
The United States
mens gold 2010 winter Olympics
Canada won 5 medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary Alberta: 2 silver and 3 bronze.
At the First Winter Olympics in 1924 in Chamonix, Canada won it second straight Gold medal in Ice Hockey. The sport made its debut at the Antwerp 1920 Summer Games, where Canada won Gold.
The first time Ice Hockey was included in the Olympics was in 1920 at the summer games in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1924, at the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France, Ice Hockey became an official, permanent sport in the Winter Olympics. At both games Canada won the gold medal. They went on to win 6 out of the 7 first ice hockey medals in the Olympics. Women's Ice Hockey was later introduced in 1998 in Nagano, Japan where the United States women's hockey team won the gold medal.
Canada won only one medal (gold in Hockey) at the 1924 Winter Olympics.
Because instead of having both the Summer and Winter Olympics in the same year, every 4 years, they decided to alternate every 2 years. So the Winter Olympics were held in 1992 and then again in 1994 while the Summer Olympics were not held again until 1996.
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