Ice hockey at the 1952 winter Olympics

 Ice hockey went from February 15-25. Canada was represented by the Edmonton Mercurys. 6 of the nine teams in this tournament were in the last tournament (Canada, United States, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and Poland). Finland, Germany and Norway returned. There were serious discussions about whether to drop hockey. IOC wanted to keep the amateur code instead of the iihf code. It was dropped in 1951 but reinstated later in the year. W.G. Hardy wanted to include the Soviet Union providing there were no political interference. Soviet Union didn't apply in time to participate. Canada won gold, USA won silver and Sweden won bronze. Canada and USA tied on the 24th prompting a Moscow paper to write they predetermined the result to prevent Czechoslovakia from medaling. Czechoslovakia had beaten Sweden on the 24th figuring they had won bronze. Czechoslovakia and Sweden had identical records and goals differential. Czechoslovakia thought it would be head to head results. Officials decided they should have a "playoff" game. Sweden won it 5-3 after trailing 3-0.  Yikes. So that is 1952. Next tournament is 1956.

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