# Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics

The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States, was the fourth Olympic Championship, also serving as the sixth World Championships. Canada, represented by the Winnipeg Hockey Club, won its fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal and sixth consecutive World Championship. The United States secured the silver medal and Germany claimed one of its three all-time hockey medals by taking the bronze (West Germany would win a bronze medal in 1976, and Germany's men's team would win silver in 2018). Overall, four teams participated, with only two European associations (Germany and Poland) making the trip due to the worldwide Great Depression. The other European teams instead played at the 1932 European Championship.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Canada (CAN)William Cockburn Clifford Crowley Albert Duncanson George Garbutt Roy Henkel Vic Lindquist Norman Malloy Walter Monson Kenneth Moore Romeo Rivers Hack Simpson Hugh Sutherland Stanley Wagner Alston Wise | United States (USA)Osborne Anderson Johnny Bent John Chase John Cookman Douglas Everett Franklin Farrel Joseph Fitzgerald Edwin Frazier John Garrison Gerard Hallock Robert Livingston Francis Nelson Winthrop Palmer Gordon Smith | Germany (GER)Rudi Ball Alfred Heinrich Erich Herker Gustav Jaenecke Werner Korff Walter Leinweber Erich Römer Martin Schröttle Marquardt Slevogt Georg Strobl |

## Participating nations

A total of 48(*) ice hockey players from four nations competed at the Lake Placid Games:
* Canada (14)
* Germany (10)
* Poland (10)
* United States (14)
(*) NOTE: Only players who participated in at least one game are counted.

## Final tournament

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 4 | +28 | 11 |
| 2 | United States | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 26 | −19 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 34 | −31 | 0 |
| Date | | Result | | P1 | P2 | P3 | OT1 | OT2 | OT3 | Stadium |
| 04 Feb | Canada | 2 - 1 | United States | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 1 | 0 - 0 | 1 - 0 | | Olympic Stadium, Lake Placid |
| 04 Feb | Germany | 2 - 1 | Poland | 0 - 0 | 1 - 1 | 1 - 0 | | | | Olympic Stadium, Lake Placid |
| 05 Feb | United States | 4 - 1 | Poland | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 1 - 1 | | | | Olympic Stadium, Lake Placid |
| 06 Feb | Canada | 4 - 1 | Germany | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 0 - 1 | | | | Olympic Stadium, Lake Placid |
| 07 Feb | Canada | 9 - 0 | Poland | 2 - 0 | 5 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | | | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| 07 Feb | United States | 7 - 0 | Germany | 3 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | | | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| 08 Feb | United States | 5 - 0 | Poland | 1 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 3 - 0 | | | | Olympic Stadium, Lake Placid |
| 08 Feb | Canada | 5 - 0 | Germany | 2 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 2 - 0 | | | | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| 09 Feb | Canada | 10 - 0 | Poland | 5 - 0 | 1 - 0 | 4 - 0 | | | | Olympic Stadium, Lake Placid |
| 10 Feb | United States | 8 - 0 | Germany | 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 | 4 - 0 | | | | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| 13 Feb | Germany | 4 - 1 | Poland | 0 - 0 | 2 - 1 | 2 - 0 | | | | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |
| 13 Feb | Canada | 2 - 2 | United States | 1 - 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | 0 - 0 | Olympic Arena, Lake Placid |

## Statistics
### Average age

Team Germany was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 25 years and 6 months. Gold medalists team Canada was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 24 years and 5 months. Tournament average was 24 years and 9 months.

### Top scorer

| Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Walter Monson | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 |

## Final ranking

| 1 | Canada (CAN) |
| 2 | United States (USA) |
| 3 | Germany (GER) |
| 4 | Poland (POL) |