Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics

The Ice hockey medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. Games were mainly played at the Jordal Amfi Arena, as well as the stadiums at Dælenenga, Kadettangen, Marienlyst and Lillestrøm. The Edmonton Mercurys represented Canada and won the gold medal.

The jersey of the Edmonton Mercurys, the gold medal winners.

Medalists

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Canada Eric Paterson Ralph Hansch John Davies Don Gauf Robert Meyers Thomas Pollock Al Purvis Billy Gibson David Miller George Abel Billy Dawe Robert Dickson Gordon Robertson Louis Secco Francis Sullivan Robert Watt	United States Alfred Van Allen André Gambucci Arnold Oss Clifford Harrison Donald Whiston Gerald Kilmartin James Sedin John Mulhern John Noah Joseph Czarnota Kenneth Yackel Leonard Ceglarski Richard Desmond Robert Rompre Ruben Bjorkman	Sweden Göte Almqvist Hans Andersson-Tvilling Stig Andersson-Tvilling Åke Andersson Lars Björn Göte Blomqvist Thord Flodqvist Erik Johansson Gösta Johansson Rune Johansson Sven "Tumba" Johansson Åke Lassas Holger Nurmela Lars Pettersson Lars Svensson Sven Thunman Hans Öberg

World Championships Group A (Norway)

• February 15
  • Norway 2-3 USA
  • Sweden 9-2 Finland
  • Czechoslovakia 8-2 Poland
  • Canada 15-1 Germany

• February 16
  • Switzerland 12-0 Finland
  • USA 8-2 Germany
  • Norway 0-6 Czechoslovakia
  • Sweden 17-1 Poland

• February 17
  • Norway 2-4 Sweden
  • Czechoslovakia 6-1 Germany
  • Canada 13-3 Finland
  • Switzerland 6-3 Poland

• February 18
  • USA 8-2 Finland
  • Sweden 7-3 Germany
  • Canada 11-0 Poland
  • Norway 2-7 Switzerland

• February 19
  • USA 8-2 Switzerland
  • Canada 4-1 Czechoslovakia

• February 20
  • Norway 2-5 Finland
  • Poland 4-4 Germany

• February 21
  • Sweden 4-2 USA
  • Norway 2-6 Germany
  • Canada 11-2 Switzerland
  • Czechoslovakia 11-2 Finland

• February 22
  • USA 5-3 Poland
  • Finland 5-1 Germany
  • Canada 3-2 Sweden
  • Czechoslovakia 8-3 Switzerland

• February 23
  • USA 6-3 Czechoslovakia
  • Poland 4-2 Finland
  • Norway 2-11 Canada
  • Sweden 5-2 Switzerland

• February 24
  • Czechoslovakia 4-0 Sweden
  • Canada 3-3 USA
  • Norway 3-4 Poland
  • Switzerland 6-3 Germany

PLAYOFF

• February 25 *
  • Sweden 5-3 Czechoslovakia

* Sweden and Czechoslovakia were tied with identical record and goal differentials, so a tie breaker game was played.

Final round

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	8	7	0	1	71	14	15
United States	8	6	1	1	43	21	13
Sweden	8	6	2	0	48	19	12
Czechoslovakia	8	6	2	0	47	18	12
Switzerland	8	4	4	0	40	40	8
Poland	8	2	5	1	21	56	5
Finland	8	2	6	0	21	60	4
Germany	8	1	6	1	21	53	3
Norway	8	0	8	0	15	46	0

World Championships Group B (Belgium)

Date	Matches B World Championships 1952	Result	Period.
15 March	France - Netherlands	7 - 3	1-0,3-1,3-2
16 March	Belgium - Italy	1 - 3	1-0,0-0,0-3
16 March	Austria - Netherlands	5 - 5	1-2,4-1,0-2
17 March	Belgium - Great Britain	5 - 1	4-1,0-0,1-0
17 March	Austria - Italy	5 - 1	1-1,0-0,4-0
18 March	Great Britain - Netherlands	8 - 1	3-0,3-0,2-1
18 March	Belgium - France	3 - 3	0-2,2-0,1-1
19 March	Italy - Netherlands	5 - 3	1-2,1-0,3-1
20 March	Great Britain - France	10 - 0	4-0,5-0,1-0
20 March	Belgium - Austria	7 - 10	2-2,2-6,3-2
21 March	Italy - France	14 - 5	4-1,5-1,5-3
21 March	Great Britain - Austria	2 - 1	0-0,2-1,0-0
22 March	Austria - France	11 - 4	3-0,0-4,8-0
22 March	Great Britain - Italy	7 - 3	2-1,1-1,3-1
22 March	Belgium - Netherlands	1 - 7	1-3,0-3,0-1

Table

Place	Team	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Difference	Points
10	Great Britain	5	4	0	1	28 - 10	8
11	Austria	5	3	1	1	32 - 19	7
12	Italy	5	3	0	2	26 - 21	6
13	Netherlands	5	1	1	3	19 - 26	3
14	Belgium	5	1	1	3	17 - 24	3
15	France	5	1	1	3	19 - 41	3

Top scorers

Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Billy Gibson	8	15	7	22
David Miller	8	10	2	12

References

• Jeux Olympiques d'Oslo 1952
• Ishockey VM OS 1947-1954