Edmonton Mercury

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The Edmonton Mercury were an amateur hockey team from Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta . The team represented the Canadian national ice hockey team at the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1950 and 1952 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo .

The Mercurys existed in the 1940s and 1950s and got their name from an Edmonton car dealer who sponsored the team and whose best-selling model was the Ford Mercury . The team was honored in 2002 with the admission into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (German: Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame ).

Up to and including 1963, Canadian amateur clubs were sent to international tournaments as the Canadian national team. In 1950, the Mercurys represented Canada as Western Canada Intermediate Champions at the World Cup and won these championships. Seven Canadian teams from the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association competed to compete in the 1952 Winter Olympics - the Edmonton Mercurys, Winnipeg Buffalos , St Francis Xavier University, Trail Smoke Eaters , Noranda Copper Kings , Cornwall Falcons and the Smith Falls Rideaus . Originally an elimination tournament was planned among these teams, but due to the size of Canada and the associated travel costs, the Mercurys were selected as participants without further ado, as they had already successfully represented Canada at the 1950 World Cup.

The Olympic victory of the Mercurys was Canada's fifth at six Winter Olympics and the last for the next 50 years. It was not until the 2002 Winter Olympics that a Canadian national ice hockey team was able to win a gold medal again. Since the Olympic ice hockey tournaments were also considered the ice hockey world championship until 1968 , the Mercurys were also ice hockey world champions in 1952.

Squad of the Canadian national ice hockey team at the Olympic Winter Games and the 1952 Ice Hockey World Championship
Frank Sullivan, John Davies, Bob Dickson, Bob Meyers, Bill Gibson, Ralph Hansch, Bob Watt, Eric Paterson, George Abel, Gord Robertson, Bill Sawe, Louis Secco, Al Purvis, Dave Miller, Don Gauf, Gord Stagryn and Tom Pollock . Coach: Lou Holmes

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