page_title: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada
section_title: Skaters
hierarchical_section_title: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada / Skaters
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo I took of Paul Kariya at the 2008 Blues FanFest.
context_page_description: Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. Canada has participated in 21 of 23 tournaments, sending 38 goaltenders and 307 skaters.
  For the first 40 years of the tournament, Canada did not have a national team, instead choosing to send a club team, typically the Allan Cup winner. In 1960, the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen became the final club team to represent Canada at the Olympics. In 1962, Canada implemented a national team program, led by Father David Bauer. Between 1920 and 1952, seven Olympic ice hockey tournaments were held and Canada won six gold medals and a silver in 1936. The Soviet Union began competing in 1956 and frequently defeated the Canadian team. The Soviets won seven gold medals in nine tournaments; during that period Canada won a silver and two bronze medals. The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes, so the players of the National Hockey League and other professional leagues were not allowed to compete.
caption: Paul Kariya won a silver medal in 1994 and a gold medal in 2002.
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