Ice Hockey Canada Gold Medals

The soviet union began competing at the olympics in 1956 and won nine straight olympic medals including seven gold.

Ice hockey canada gold medals. Canada has won a total of 22 medals in ice hockey at the winter olympics 13 gold six silver and three bronze medals. Canada dominated the early years of olympic hockey winning gold at six of the first seven games between 1920 and 1952. From 1920 to 1952 teams from canada dominated the men s tournament winning six gold and one silver medal. Canadian history pre pyeongchang 2018 with 20 medals including 13 gold canada is the most successful country in olympic ice hockey.

Canada is the leading national ice hockey team in international play winners of the 1972 summit series against the soviet union four of five canada cups dating back to 1976 nine olympic gold medals the most in the world including three of the last five. But its domination was not to last. Subscribe to the of. Canada dominated the early years of olympic ice hockey winning the gold medal in five of the first six tournaments.

Canada won the men s tournament at six of the first seven olympic games in which ice hockey was included beginning with the debut during the summer games at antwerp 1920. The gold medal winning winnipeg falcons representing canada pictured en route to the 1920 olympics which were counted as the first ice hockey world championships the modern format for the world championship features 16 teams in the championship group 12 teams in division i and 12 teams in division ii. Tretiak anatoli firsov viktor kuzkin andrei khomutov alexander ragulin and vitali davydov. It has stood atop the podium at three of the last five olympics including ending a 50 year drought in 2002 and a home ice victory in vancouver in 2010 and owns a record 16 olympic hockey medals nine of which are gold.

All time medal table for ice hockey in the winter olympics as of 2018 by. Six have won three gold medals.