Ice Hockey At Summer Olympics

4 the international ice hockey federation iihf the sport s governing body was created on 15 may 1908 and was known as the ligue internationale de hockey sur glace lihg until 1947.

Ice hockey at summer olympics. Figure skating was not included on the olympic programme in 1912 but returned in antwerp in 1920 where it was joined for the first time by ice hockey. The matches were played between april 23 and april 29 1920. The tournament also served as the 1st world championships. Ice hockey was introduced to the olympic games at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp.

When ice hockey was a summer sport. While we re on the topic you ll need to field i mean ice a team in both the men s and women s tournament. As the 2012 summer olympic games get set to kick off tonight in london it s hard to imagine a bunch of hockey players lacing up their skates and grabbing their sticks to compete in an international competition with national pride and glory on the line. Ice hockey at the summer olympics ice hockey which is currently a part of the quadrennial winter olympics was first introduced in the summer olympics in 1920.

The 1920 olympics took place from 20 august to 2 september but due to the impossibility of creating an ice rink in the middle of summer the two winter sports were instead contested in april at the city s palais de glace. Canada represented by the winnipeg falcons won the gold medal. As the broadcast showed fans leaving the exits emrick uttered this line that he repeated monday. Emrick noted that 34 years earlier the u s.

Ice hockey has been part of the olympics since the summer olympics of 1920. The matches were played between april 23 and april 29 1920. After the sochi game emrick asked the producer to get a shot of the crowd leaving the arena. Unsurprisingly canada dominated the first tournaments.

At the time organized international ice hockey was still relatively new. Ice hockey spread to europe around the turn of the century and the first olympic games to include ice hockey for men were the 1920 antwerp summer games. Women s ice hockey was accepted as an olympic sport in 1992 and made its official debut in 1998 in nagano. The tournament also served as the 1st world championships.

It s tradition for the host country to have an automatic berth in the tournament even if they are terrible at the sport. Olympic success for grafström. Ice hockey was introduced to the olympic games at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp. But what is ice hockey rogge it is a tremendous summer sport.

Played an even more memorable olympic game against the soviet union the miracle on ice in lake placid. The first olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp belgium. Six a side men s ice hockey has been on the programme of every edition of the winter games since 1924 in chamonix. That was the only time the sport was played in the summer games after which it was moved to the winter games.

Olympic men s ice hockey team won the silver medal in the first ever olympic ice hockey tournament. Because the official rules for ice hockey were developed in canada and ice hockey is the country s national winter sport there ll be a lot of pressure for the canadian team to bring home the gold this year.