<P> The men's tournament held at the 1920 Summer Olympics was organized by a committee that included future IIHF president Paul Loicq . The tournament used the Bergvall System, in which three rounds were played . The first round was an elimination tournament that determined the gold medal winner . The second round consisted of the teams that were defeated by the gold medal winner; the winner of that round was awarded the silver medal . The final round was played between teams that had lost to the gold or silver medal winners; the winner of that round received the bronze medal . </P> <P> The tournament was played from 23 to 29 April and seven teams participated: Canada, Czechoslovakia, the United States, Switzerland, Sweden, France and Belgium . Canada chose to send the Allan Cup - winning Winnipeg Falcons . The Americans began a tournament to determine their representative team but abandoned it, deciding instead to send an all - star team that included four Canadian - born players . The Swedish team consisted of mostly bandy players, many of whom had only started playing hockey in preparation for the tournament . Canada won all three of the team's games in the first round and won the gold medal, defeating Sweden in the final and outscoring opponents 27--1 . In the two subsequent rounds, the United States and Czechoslovakia won the silver and bronze medals respectively . The Bergvall System was criticized, especially in Sweden, because the Swedish team had to play six games (winning three) while the bronze medal winning Czech team only had to play three (winning one). Erik Bergvall, the creator of the system, stated that it was used incorrectly and that a tournament of all of the losing teams from the first round should have been played for the silver medal . Because of these criticisms, the Bergvall System was not used again for ice hockey . </P> <P> In 1924, the tournament was played in a round - robin format, consisting of a preliminary round and a medal round . The medals were awarded based on win--loss records during the medal round . This format was used until 1988, although the number of teams and games played varied slightly . The Toronto Granites, representing Canada, became one of the dominant hockey teams in Olympic history, outscoring opponents 110--3, led by Harry Watson, who scored 36 goals . The United States won silver and Great Britain won bronze . Watson's 36 goals remains the tournament record for career goals . He also set the record for career points with 36 (assists were not counted at the time), which stood until 2010 . </P> <P> Eleven teams participated in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland . The Canadian team was given a bye to the medal round and won all of its games by a combined score of 38--0 . The Swedish and Swiss teams won their first medals--silver and bronze respectively--and a German team participated for the first time, finishing ninth . At the 1932 Winter Olympics, Canada won gold in a tournament that consisted of four teams that played each other twice . Germany won bronze, the nation's first medal in the sport . </P>

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