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The Winnipeg Falcons won the first Olympic hockey gold, 1920

The Winnipeg Falcons team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
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The Winnipeg Falcons, a hockey club made up almost entirely of Icelandic Canadian players, won the Allan Cup as Canada’s senior amateur champions in 1920. That year they represented Canada in Antwerp, Belgium, and won the first Olympic gold medal for hockey.

Scope & context

The club’s 1920 victories, not individual players or later Olympic hockey.

Sources behind this record

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Winnipeg Falcons Hockey Club National Historic Event ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text