 at the 1936 winter olympics, in garmisch-partenkirchen, great britain pulled off a what was seen as a major upset when they won the men's ice hockey competition. previously, the british team had finished third (1924), and fourth (1928) but with teams that were, "largely composed of canadian army officers and university graduates living in the u.k."duplacey p. 459 it was decided that their team must be british-born this time, and while only one player on the team was born in canada, nine of the thirteen players on the roster grew up in canada, and eleven had played previously in canada. the caha, upon discovering that the rosters of the british and french teams were made up of primarily canadians, whom they believed were ineligible, lodged a protest, and suspended the players in question.tournament summary as a result, the iihf voted unanimously to ban alex archer and james foster, however before tournament play began, canada withdrew their protest.wallechinsky p. 609 still unhappy with the state of affairs were the americans, who believed the rules were not being followed, and the french who were very angry that canada did not repeal their protest with them. the tournament itself featured very close play for the medals. it was played in three rounds beginning with four groups, where the two best teams moved on to two groups of four, where again the two best moved on to a final round robin group of four, to determine the medals. in the first round the italians pulled off the biggest upset of the tournament, beating the usa two to one. while that result had no real impact on the tournament, when edgar brenchley scored late in the third to defeat canada two to one, history was made. the common practise for outdoor tournaments was to have results carried forward, so when the british team shocked the canadians by defeating them in the semi-finals, that result also counted in the final round. the british team then tied germany, advancing to the finals, where they proceeded to beat czechos
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