Before the Winter Olympics even existed there was Olympic ice hockey We know It's weird Here's how it happened Hockey is a really old sport It was mentioned in a book way back in 1773 So by the time the modern Olympic Games were formed in 1896 everybody knew all about hockey As it turns out in the beginning the Olympics featured summer sports Photo far left Montreal Amateur Athletic Association team posing with the first Stanley Cup in 1893
Figure skating came to the Olympics in the 1908 Summer Olympics More and more people wanted to see winter sports in the Olympics 1908 skating gold medalist Sweden's Ulrich Salchow Winter sports were popular at the 1908 games in London
Finally ice hockey made its Olympic debut in the 1920 Summer Olympics It was the first winter team sport to be held at the Olympics In fact ice hockey was the first event held in the 1920 Games The Canadian team was unstoppable In their first game they beat Czechoslovakia 15 0 In the next game they beat the United States 2 0 At least the Americans kept it close Canada then won the gold medal game 12 1 against Sweden Olympic hockey was a hit fans loved it USA hockey team in 1920 Summer Olympics
