NHL players are back at the Winter Olympics for the first time since 2014, and Canada and its loaded roster of hockey stars are the gold medal frontrunners.
Team USA also has a strong roster and could compete with Canada if things go right. It’s led by captain Auston Matthews and assuredly wants another shot at the Canadians after losing an overtime heartbreaker, 3-2, in the 4-Nations Face-Off final last February.
USA hasn’t won a gold medal since 1980, when the underdog group of amateurs defeated the Soviet Union in the famed ‘Miracle on Ice’ game before taking down Finland in the championship. Finland is the defending gold medalist from the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Here’s a look at every gold medal winner in the history of Winter Olympics hockey:
Olympic hockey gold medal winners: Complete list
Here’s the full list of gold medal countries by year in Olympic hockey:
- 2022: Finland
- 2018: Olympic Athletes from Russia
- 2014: Canada
- 2010: Canada
- 2006: Sweden
- 2002: Canada
- 1998: Czech Republic
- 1994: Sweden
- 1992: Unified Team (after Soviet Union dissolved)
- 1988: Soviet Union
- 1984: Soviet Union
- 1980: United States
- 1976: Soviet Union
- 1972: Soviet Union
- 1968: Soviet Union
- 1964: Soviet Union
- 1960: United States
- 1956: Soviet Union
- 1952: Canada
- 1948: Canada
- 1936: Great Britain
- 1932: Canada
- 1928: Canada
- 1924: Canada
- 1920: Canada
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