| Winnipeg Falcons | |
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| City | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Founded | 1908 |
| Colours | Green, blue, yellow |
| Website | winnipegfalcons.com |
The Winnipeg Falcons were a senior men's amateur ice hockey team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Winnipeg Falcons won the 1920 Allan Cup. That team went on to represent Canada in the 1920 Olympic games held in Antwerp, Belgium. There the Falcons, soundly beating all their opponents, won for Canada the first Olympic gold medal in ice hockey.[1][2][3][4]
The Winnipeg Falcons hockey team was founded in 1911 with a roster made almost entirely of Icelandic Canadian players who had not been able to join other Winnipeg teams due to ethnic prejudice. In their first season, 1911–1912, they finished at the bottom of their league. The next year, Konnie Johannesson and Frank Fredrickson joined the team. That team turned out to be a winner in the league.[1]
- ^ a b Johannesson, Brian. "The Winnipeg Falcons Hockey Club: the world's first Olympic Hockey Champions.." winnipegfalcons.com , 2010. Retrieved: January 10, 2017.
- ^ Holland 2008, pp. 22–23.
- ^ Smith, Stephen (April 23, 2020). "Remembering Canada's first Olympic hockey gold: Winning gold 100 years ago in Antwerp, Belgium, Canada's team set a standard for Olympic hockey dominance that would last for three more successive Games". Canadian Geographic. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
- ^ "Íslendingar vinna sér frægð!". Voröld (in Icelandic). December 30, 2019. p. 1. Retrieved November 28, 2022 – via Tímarit.is.
