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1979–80 Canada Men's National Ice Hockey Team
The 1979–80 Canada men's national ice hockey team represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid in the United States. This was the first men's ice hockey team to compete for Canada at the Olympics since the 1968 Winter Olympics held at Grenoble, France. Canada's team placed sixth in the tournament to finish out of the medals. History Canada returned to ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics after missing both the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics due to a dispute with the International Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF over the use of Professional sports, professional athletes at world championships. 1980 Winter Olympics roster *Head coaches: Lorne Davis, Clare Drake, Tom Watt (ice hockey), Tom Watt *Glenn Anderson *Warren Anderson (ice hockey), Warren Anderson *Dan D'Alvise *Ken Berry (ice hockey), Ken Berry *Ron Davidson *John Devaney (ice hockey), John Devaney *Bob Dupuis *Joe Grant (ice hockey), Joe Grant *Randy Gregg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected as the host city for the 1980 Winter Games at the 75th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Vienna, Austria in 1974. This marked the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Winter Games, after 1932. The only other candidate city to bid for the 1980 games, Vancouver- Garibaldi withdrew before the final vote. This was the second of two consecutive Olympic games held in North America, following by the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Some venues from the 1932 Games were renovated for use in the 1980 Games, and events were held at the Olympic Center, Whiteface Mountain, Mt. Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run, the Olympic Ski Jumps, the Cascade Cross Country Ski Center, and the Lake Placid High Schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
