To Canadians Hockey is not just a game, it's OUR Game.....!

Bill Satko

Member
Messages
3,208
Location
Methow Valley
Let me start off by saying that I am proud of the effort put forth by the USA team, especially coming back from two down. I think the almost universal feeling here where I live (just across the border in Bellingham) is that if the USA could not win, it was most fitting that the Canadians came through and won the Gold. I could not imagine the pressure their players must have felt.

After noticing Stu's signature line, I wondered just how dominate the Canadians have been in Olympic Hockey. It was most interesting, and since I can not refrain from "tweaking" our good neighbors to the north, here is the result:

YearGoldSilverBronze
1920 Canada, United States, Czechoslovakia
1924 Canada, United States, Great Britain
1928 Canada, Sweden, Switzerland
1932 CanadaUnited StatesGermany
1936 Great Britain, Canada, United States
1948 Canada, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland
1952 Canada, United States, Sweden
1956 Soviet Union, United States, Canada
1960 United States, Canada, Soviet Union
1964 Soviet Union, Sweden, Czechoslovakia
1968 Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Canada
1972 Soviet UnionUnited StatesCzechoslovakia
1976 Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, West Germany
1980 United States, Soviet Union, Sweden
1984 Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sweden
1988 Soviet Union, Finland, Sweden
1992 CIS, Canada, Czechoslovakia
1994 Sweden, Canada, Finland
1998 Czech RepublicRussia, Finland
2002 Canada, United States, Russia
2006 Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic
2010 Canada, United States, Finland


Not bad, but I would not consider it domination. Note that Canada did not play in 1972 & 1976 due to protest of the "professional" Soviet teams.

Domination looks more like this:

Olympic Basketball

1936: United States, Canada, Mexico
1948: United States, France, Brazil
1952: United States, Soviet Union, Uruguay
1956: United States, Soviet Union, Uruguay
1960: United States, Soviet Union, Brazil
1964: United States, Soviet Union, Brazil
1968:United States, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union
1972: Soviet Union, United States, Cuba
1976: United States, Yugoslavia, Soviet Union
*1980: Yugoslavia, Italy, Soviet Union
1984: United States, Spain, Yugoslavia
1988: Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, United States
1992: United States, Croatia, Lithuania
1996: United States, Yugoslavia, Lithuania
2000: United States, France, Lithuania
2004: Argentina, Italy, United States
*The United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games.

I liked the Olympics better when it was comprised of amateurs.
 
Last edited:
"Domination" is actually bad.

Canada and the US both dominate Women's hockey at the Olympics.
After the gold medal game, the IOC warned the Women's Hockey groups that they need to become more competitive or they will be removed from the Olympics.
 
Top