Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics
The Toronto Granites, representing Canada, won the gold medal
Tournament details
Host country  France
Dates January 28–February 3
Teams 8
Venue(s) Chamonix (outdoors)
Final positions
Champions   Canada (2nd title)
Runner-up   United States
Third place   Great Britain
Fourth place  Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 310 (19.38 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Canada Harry Watson 46 points
1920
1928

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France, was the 2nd Olympic Championship, also serving as the 2nd World Championships. The competition was held from Monday, January 28, 1924, to Sunday, February 3, 1924. Canada, represented by the Toronto Granites, defended its championship from the 1920 Summer Olympics. The United States and Great Britain took the silver and bronze respectively, while other contenders included Czechoslovakia, France, and Sweden.

The Bergvall system used in the 1920 Olympics was discarded in favor of a two-level round-robin tournament. Qualifying teams were placed in pools for the opening round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the final round. The medals were awarded based on the record in the final round. This format would remain in use until the 1992 Winter Olympics, when the final round-robin was replaced with a medal-round single-elimination tournament.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Canada (CAN)
Jack Cameron
Ernie Collett
Bert McCaffrey
Harold McMunn
Dunc Munro
Beattie Ramsay
Cyril Slater
Hooley Smith
Harry Watson
 United States (USA)
Clarence Abel
Herbert Drury
Alphonse Lacroix
John Langley
John Lyons
Justin McCarthy
Willard Rice
Irving Small
Frank Synott
 Great Britain (GBR)
William Anderson
Lorne Carr-Harris
Colin Carruthers
Eric Carruthers
Guy Clarkson
Ross Cuthbert
Geoffrey Holmes
Hamilton Jukes
Edward Pitblado
Blane Sexton

Participating nations

A total of 82(*) ice hockey players from eight nations competed at the Chamonix Games:

(*) NOTE: Only counts players who participated in at least one game. Not all reserve players are known.

Final tournament

Group A

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 330850
 Sweden3211825
 Czechoslovakia3121441
  Switzerland303253
28 Jan Sweden9:0
(3:0,3:0,3:0)
  Switzerland
28 Jan Canada30:0
(8:0,14:0,8:0)
 Czechoslovakia
29 Jan Canada22:0
(5:0,7:0,10:0)
 Sweden
30 Jan Canada33:0
(8:0,11:0,14:0)
  Switzerland
31 Jan Sweden9:3
(5:1,1:1,3:1)
 Czechoslovakia
1 Feb Czechoslovakia11:2
(4:0,3:2,4:0)
  Switzerland

Group B

Match between France and the United States

The top two teams (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L GF GA
 United States 330520
 Great Britain 3213416
 France312942
 Belgium303845
28 Jan United States19:0
(9:0,6:0,4:0)
 Belgium
29 Jan France2:15
(1:5,1:3,0:7)
 Great Britain
30 Jan Great Britain19:3
(8:1,6:1,5:1)
 Belgium
30 Jan France0:22
(0:12,0:1,0:9)
 United States
31 Jan France7:5
(3:3,3:1,1:1)
 Belgium
31 Jan United States11:0
(6:0,2:0,3:0)
 Great Britain

Final round

Canada and Great Britain in the final round.
The final game, between Canada and the United States.
Team GP W L GF GA
 Canada 330473
 United States 321326
 Great Britain 312633
 Sweden 303346

Note: The CAN v SWE and USA v GBR games were carried forward from the previous round.

1 Feb Canada19:2
(6:2,6:0,7:0)
 Great Britain
1 Feb United States20:0
(5:0,7:0,8:0)
 Sweden
2 Feb Great Britain4:3
(0:1,2:2,2:0)
 Sweden
3 Feb Canada6:1
(2:1,3:0,1:0)
 United States

Top scorer

Team GP G A Pts
Canada Harry Watson 537946

Final ranking

The French national team.
1 Canada (CAN)
2 United States (USA)
3 Great Britain (GBR)
4 Sweden (SWE)
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
6 France (FRA)
7 Belgium (BEL)
8 Switzerland (SUI)

References

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