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This Week in Sports History: 1924 Canadian hockey team brings home olympic gold


February 5, 2021
    In 1924, the Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France. Significant for Olympics history, this year’s contests would do away withy the Bergvall System a knockout method that involved the losing teams beaten by the first-place country to compete amongst themselves for the silver medal, and those defeated by the second-place squad would fight for bronze. Instead, the 1924 overseers of the games installed a round-robin method of elimination, which increased the amount of title games played and allowed for the truly better teams to shine among their inferiors. This playoff system was a great benefit to the Canadians, who thrived off of being able to play consistently and effectively, and brought back their second hockey gold on Feb. 4, 1924. ....

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