Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Rosters explained

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The 1920 Summer Olympics ice hockey rosters consisted of 60 players on 7 national ice hockey teams.[1] Played at the Olympic Games for the first time, and later regarded by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) as the first World Championship. Teams were required to be strictly amateur, so players from the Canadian-based National Hockey League (NHL) or other professional leagues were excluded. Canada sent the Winnipeg Falcons, who had won the 1920 Allan Cup, the amateur championship in Canada.

The matches were played 7 per side with 3 forwards, 2 defencemen, a rover, and a goaltender with no substitutions during the match.[2] Due to the tournaments format that saw some teams only play a single match several teams brought players that would never see the ice.

Legend

Positions
F Forward
D Defenceman
R Rover
G Goaltender
Statistics
GP Games played
G Goals

Teams

Belgium

Coach: Paul Loicq

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club[3]
F 1 0 31N/A
R 1 0 ~32 CP Bruxelles
F 1 0 28 CP Bruxelles
F 1 0 31 CP Bruxelles
D 1 0 23N/A
D 1 0 25 CP Bruxelles
G 1 0 29 CP Bruxelles
[4] [5]

Canada

Canada elected to send the Winnipeg Falcons who won the 1920 Allan Cup, a championship to declare the top amateur hockey team in the country.[6]

Coach: Guðmundur Sigurjónsson

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club
D 3 1 25 Winnipeg Falcons
G 3 0 35 Winnipeg Falcons
F 3 12 24 Winnipeg Falcons
R 1 1 21 Winnipeg Falcons
F 3 3 22 Winnipeg Falcons
F 3 9 22 Winnipeg Falcons
D 3 2 23 Winnipeg Falcons
R 2 1 21 Winnipeg Falcons
[4] [7]

Czechoslovakia

Coach: Adolf Dušek

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club[8]
R 3 0 34 HC Sparta Praha
F 3 0 25 HC Slavia Praha
D 3 0 31 HC Slavia Praha
G 2 0 25 HC Sparta Praha
F 3 0 24 HC Sparta Praha
F 3 1 28 CSS Praha
D 3 0 31 HC Slavia Praha
G 1 0 31 CSS Praha
[4] [9]

France

Coach: Ernie Garon

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club[10]
D 1 0 38 Chamonix
R 1 0 32 Ice Skating Club Paris
D 1 0 18 Chamonix
F 1 0 30 Ice Skating Club Paris
F 1 0 32 Ice Skating Club Paris
G 1 0 28 Ice Skating Club Paris
F 1 0 24 Chamonix
[4] [11]

Sweden

Nils Molander, David Säfwenberg and Hans-Jacob Mattsson had ice hockey experience outside Sweden but the rest were drawn from local bandy clubs.[2]

Coach: Raoul Le Mat

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club
R/D 3 2 22 IK Göta
F 5 4 22 IK Göta
G 5 0 27 IFK Uppsala
G 1 0 22 Järva IS
F 6 3 21 IK Göta
F 6 3 24 IFK Uppsala
R/D 5 0 26 IK Göta
F/D 1 0 30 N/A
R 4 2 30 Berliner Schlittschuhclub
F 1 1 23 Berliner Sport Club
R 5 2 25 IK Göta
[4] [12]

Switzerland

Coach: Max Sillig

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club[13]
F 1 0 1891~25 Genève-Servette HC
R 2 0 18 HC Rosey Gstaad
D/F 1 0 37 Berliner Schlittschuhclub
D 2 0 22 CP Lausanne
F 1 0 34 HC Châteu d'Oex
D 2 0 26 Genève-Servette HC
G 2 0 24N/A
F 1 0 46N/A
D 1 0 ~47N/A
[4] [14]

United States

Originally the United States planned to send the winner of an elimination playoff but ultimately scrapped the idea.[2]

Coach: Cornelius Fellowes

Pos Player GP G Birthdate Age Club[15] [16]
G 2 0 28 Pittsburgh AA
F 4 10 24 St. Paul AC
R 4 14 24 Pittsburgh AA
D 2 1 28 St. Paul AC
D 2 3 23 Boston AA
R 4 7 26 St. Paul AC
F 3 8 25 Pittsburgh AA
F 1 7 31 Pittsburgh AA
R 2 1 29 Boston AA
D 2 1 28 Boston AA
G 2 0 25 St. Paul AC
[4] [17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ice Hockey at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060238/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1920/ICH/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 10 May 2019.
  2. Web site: The Birth of Swedish Ice Hockey – Antwerp 1920. Hansen. Kenth. May 1996. LA84 Digital Library. 2021-05-29.
  3. Web site: Belgium at eliteprospects.com . 2022-08-09 . www.eliteprospects.com . en.
  4. Web site: Ice Hockey, Men . . Olympedia . 2021-05-29.
  5. Web site: 1920 Belgium Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-28.
  6. News: Smith . Stephen . Remembering Canada's first Olympic hockey gold: Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada's team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games . 28 May 2021 . Canadian Geographic . 23 April 2020.
  7. Web site: 1920 Canada Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-28.
  8. Web site: Czechoslovakia at eliteprospects.com . 2022-08-09 . www.eliteprospects.com . en.
  9. Web site: 1920 Czechoslovakia Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-28.
  10. Web site: France at eliteprospects.com . 2022-08-09 . www.eliteprospects.com . en.
  11. Web site: 1920 France Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-28.
  12. Web site: 1920 Sweden Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-29.
  13. Web site: Switzerland at eliteprospects.com . 2022-08-09 . www.eliteprospects.com . en.
  14. Web site: 1920 Switzerland Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-28.
  15. Book: Report of the American Olympic Committee. 1920. Condé Nast Press. Greenwich, CT. 361.
  16. Book: Spalding's Athletic Library. Official Ice Hockey Guide and Winter Sports Almanac 1921. 1921. Howard. Tom. American Sports Publishing Co.. New York. 6, 17. Internet Archive.
  17. Web site: 1920 United States Men's Olympic Hockey . . Hockey Reference . 2021-05-29.