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A rover was a position in ice hockey used in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. At the time ice hockey consisted of seven positions: the rover, along with the goaltender, two defencemen, and three forwards; the other positions still remain.
The following are the lineups based on the listings of the Czech Olympic Committee (COC), International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH). This table does not list the seven that are included in every source.
The following are the lineups based on the listings of the Czech Olympic Committee (COC), International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH). This table does not list the seven that are included in every source.
20 gru 2016 · Before the Olympic Winter Games were established, ice hockey featured once on the Olympic Summer Games programme in Antwerp 1920 where seven teams participated. It has been on the Olympic Winter Games programme since the 1st Olympic Winter Games Chamonix 1924.
21 cze 2021 · With just over one month to go until the start of Tokyo 2020, we provide a snapshot summary of the history of hockey at the Olympic Games, a saga that began well over a century ago. The inaugural Olympic Hockey Competition for men was held in London in 1908 with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales competing separately.
NHL players first competed at an Olympic ice hockey tournament at the Nagano 1998 Games, with most nations taking the opportunity to bring their big guns to Japan. Canada, for example, had a roster filled with future Hall of Famers, including Wayne Gretzky, Eric Lindros, and Patrick Roy.
Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Sweden were the top four teams heading into the Games, but were all defeated by the American team, which won all seven games en route to its first Olympic gold medal. Canada won the silver medal and the Soviet Union won the bronze.
