1933 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1933 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
The championship by the United States was their first, and was also the first time Canada lost a hockey world championship. The American team, the Massachusetts Rangers, was made up of mostly university students and led by the stand out performances of Gerry Cosby in goal and team captain Ben Langmaid on defence. Canada was represented by the Toronto National Sea Fleas, winners of the 1932 Allan Cup, and coached by the controversial hockey personality Harold Ballard. The teams met on February 26 at Zimni Stadion in Stvanice. Tied 1-1 after 45 minutes of regulation time, on goals by Sherman Forbes for the United States and an equalizer by Canadian Tim Kerr, defenseman John Garrison beat Canadian goalie Ron Geddes at the 6 minute mark of a dramatic "non-sudden death" overtime period. A team photograph and a gold medal on loan from the family of Sherman Forbes, are currently on display at the Sports Museum in Boston.
==First Round==
February 18 to February 20. Ten nations played in three groups with the top two in each group advancing to the second round to join Canada and the USA.
===Group A===
*Austria 3 - 0 Italy
*Czechoslovakia 8 - 0 Romania
*Italy 2 - 0 Romania
*Czechoslovakia 2 - 1 Austria
*Austria 7 - 1 Romania
*Czechoslovakia 3 - 1 Italy
Final Standings – Group A
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	13: 2	+11 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	11: 3	+ 8 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	3: 6 	- 3 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	1:17 	-16 	0:6
===Group B===
*Germany 6 - 0 Belgium
*Germany 2 - 0 Poland
*Poland 1 - 0 Belgium
Final Standings – Group B
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	8:0 	+8 	4:0
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	1:2 	-1 	2:2
3 	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	0:7 	-7 	0:4
===Group C===
*Switzerland 5 - 1 Latvia
*Switzerland 1 - 0 Hungary
*Hungary 3 - 0 Latvia
Final Standings – Group C
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	2 	2 	0 	0 	6:1 	+7 	4:0
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	1 	3:1 	+2 	2:2
3 	 	2 	0 	0 	2 	1:8 	-7 	0:4
==Second Round==
February 21 to February 23. Eight teams played in two groups with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.
===Group D===
*Austria 1 - 0 o.t. Hungary
*Canada 5 - 0 Germany
*Germany 4 - 0 Hungary
*Canada 4 - 0 Austria
*Canada 3 - 1 Hungary
*Austria 2 - 0 Germany
Final Standings – Group D
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	12: 1	+11 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	3: 4 	- 1 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	4: 7 	- 3 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	1: 8 	- 7 	0:6
===Group E===
*United States 7 - 0 Switzerland
*Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Poland
*United States 4 - 0 Poland
*Czechoslovakia 1 - 0 Switzerland
*Switzerland 3 - 1 Poland
*United States 6 - 0 Czechoslovakia
Final Standings – Group E
Pos.	Team	GP	Wins	Ties	Losses	Goals	Goal Diff.	Points
1 	 	3 	3 	0 	0 	17: 0	+17 	6:0
2 	 	3 	2 	0 	1 	2: 6 	- 4 	4:2
3 	 	3 	1 	0 	2 	3: 9 	- 6 	2:4
4 	 	3 	0 	0 	3 	1: 8 	- 7 	0:6
==Final Round==
===Semi-Finals===
February 25
*United States 4 - 0 Austria
*Canada 4 - 0 Czechoslovakia
Consolation round 9–12 February 24
*Romania 3 - 2 Belgium
*Latvia 2 - 0 Italy
===Finals===
Gold Medal Game February 26
*United States 2 - 1 o.t. Canada
Third place Game February 26
*Czechoslovakia 2 - 0 Austria
Fifth place game February 24
*Germany 1 - 1 Switzerland
Seventh place game February 24
*Hungary 1 - 1 Poland
Ninth place game February 24
*Romania 1 - 0 Latvia
Eleventh place game
*Italy w/o Belgium (Belgium declined to play)
==Final Rankings – World Championship==
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==Team rosters==
Place	Team	Player
1 	 	Goaltender: Gerard Cosby. Defensemen: Benjamin Langmaid, John Garrison. Forwards: Frank Holland, Lawrence Sanford, Winthrop Palmer, Stewart Inglehart, Channing Hilliard, Sherman Forbes, James Breckinridge. Coach: Walter Brown.
2 	 	Goaltenders: Ron Geddes, Norbert Mueller. Defensemen: Jack Hearn, Clark McIntyre. Forwards: Kenny Kane, Cliff Chisholm, Scotty McAlpine, Frank Collins, Lloyd Huggins, Gordon Kerr, Marty Nugent. Coach: Harold Ballard.
3 	 	Goaltenders: Jan Peka, Jan Vorel. Skaters: Lolek Cetkovsky, Wolfgang Dorasil, Karel Hromadka, Olda Kucera, Josef Malecek, Jan Mattern, Jan Michalek, Zbynek Petrs, Jaroslav Pusbauer, Tomas Svihovec, Jiri Tozicka.
4 	 	Goaltenders: Otto Amenth, Hermann Weiss. Skaters: Herbert Bruck, Franz Csöngei, Fritz Demmer, Jacques Dietrichstein, Hans Ertl, Sepp Göbl, Karl Kirchberger, Lambert Neumaier, Karl Rammer, Hans Tatzer, Hans Trauttenberg.
Coach: Hans Weinberger.
5 	 	Goaltenders: Wilhelm Egginger, Gerhard Ball. Skaters: Rudi Ball, Gustav Jaenecke, Werner Korff, Hans Lang, Horst Orbanowski, Erich Romer, Martin Schröttle, Hans Schutte, Georg Strobl, Toni Wiedemann.
5 	 	Goaltenders: Arnold Hirtz, Emil Eberle. Skaters: Jurg Bachtold, Pic Cattini, Hans Cattini, Charly Kessler, Emil Meerkamper, Paul Muller, Bar Torriani, Bibi Torriani. Coach: Mezzi Andreossi.
7 	 	Goaltenders: Istvan Hircsak, Ferenc Monostori. Skaters: Pal Bekesi-Bliesener, Istvan Bethlen, Laszlo Blazejovsky, Andras Gergely, Bela Haray, Zoltan Jeney, Gyorgy Margo, Sandor Miklos, Sandor Minder, Ferenc Szamosi, Bela Weiner. Coach: Frigyes Mindér.
7 	 	Goaltenders: Jozef Stogowski, Jan Sznajder. Skaters: Tadeusz Adamowski, Czeslaw Godlewski, Witalis Ludwiczak, Czesaw Marchewczyk, Kazimierz Materski, Jan Piechota, Roman Sabinski, Kazimierz Sokolowski, Karol Szenajch, Ryszard Werner, Andrzej Wolkowski. Coach: Tadeusz Sachs.
9 	 	Goaltenders: Mircea Ratiu, Ion Doczi. Skaters: Paul Anastasiu, Riri Aslan, Alexandru Botez, Franz Brackl, Gheorghe Buia, Constantin Cantacuzino, Petre Grant, Serban Grant, Nicu Polizu, Iuliu Rabinovici, Bobby Tucker, Lajos Vakar. Coach: Walter Sell.
10 	 	Goaltenders: Herberts Kuskis, Pēteris Skuja. Skaters: Roberts Blukis, Arvids Jurgens, Herberts Keslers, Arvids Petersons, Eriks Petersons, Adolfs Petrovskis, Indrikis Reinbahs, Johans Skadins, Leonids Vedejs.
11 	 	Goaltenders: Augusto Gerosa, Enrico Calcaterra. Skaters: Gianmario Baroni, Tino de Mazzeri, Francesco de Zanna, Ignazio Dionisi, Giampiero Medri, Camillo Mussi, Decio Trovati, Luigi Venosta.
12 	 	Goaltenders: Hector Chotteau. Skaters: Jean De Beukelaer, Louis De Ridder, Francois Franck, Willy Kreitz, Jef Lekens, Jean van de Wouwer, Pierre Van Reysschoot, Willy Van Rompaey.
==Photographs==
32-33USA.jpg|United States
33Aus.jpg|Austria
33Belgium.png|Belgium
33Cze.png|Czechoslovakia
33Lat.png|Latvia
33Rom.jpg|Romania
33 US-POL.jpg|Game action from USA-Poland.
33US-AUS.jpg|Game action from USA-Austria.
==Sources==
*Complete results
*IIHF 100 top stories number 78
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==References==
Men's World Championships
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships