Saturday marks the 100th anniversary of an Olympic Winter Games milestone in hockey. Hockey historian Eric Zweig talks with Ken Campbell about Canada's massively lopsided scores and whether some of those players deserve to be in the Triple Gold Club.
As the best players in the world assemble for the NHL All-Star Game this afternoon, today also marks the 100th anniversary of the day the best players in the world demolished the competition to give Canada the first Olympic gold medal for hockey in Winter Games history.
On Feb. 3, 1924, in Chamonix, France, Canada defeated the United States 6-1 to win the gold medal. That was the closest anyone came to the juggernaut Canadian team by a long shot. All told, over five games, Canada outscored its opponents 110-3. That’s even worse than some of the scores we’ve seen in the All-Star Game.
To break it down, I’m joined by hockey historian extraordinaire Eric Zweig, a prolific author who has written extensively on the game's early days.