1933 World Ice Hockey Championships

1933 World Ice Hockey Championships
Tournament details
Host nation	Czechoslovakia
Dates	18–26 February
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	United States (1 title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	33
Goals scored	115  (3.48 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Josef Malecek 13 points

Program from the Canada-US game.

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	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	0	13: 2	+11	6:0
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	11: 3	+ 8	4:2
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	3: 6	- 3	2:4
4	Romania	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	Germany	2	2	0	0	8:0	+8	4:0
2	Poland	2	1	0	1	1:2	-1	2:2
3	Belgium	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	Switzerland	2	2	0	0	6:1	+7	4:0
2	Hungary	2	1	0	1	3:1	+2	2:2
3	Latvia	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	Canada	3	3	0	0	12: 1	+11	6:0
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	3: 4	- 1	4:2
3	Germany	3	1	0	2	4: 7	- 3	2:4
4	Hungary	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	United States	3	3	0	0	17: 0	+17	6:0
2	Czechoslovakia	3	2	0	1	2: 6	- 4	4:2
3	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3: 9	- 6	2:4
4	Poland	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

RF	Team
1	United States
2	Canada
3	Czechoslovakia
4	Austria
5	Germany
5	Switzerland
7	Hungary
7	Poland
9	Romania
10	Latvia
11	Italy
12	Belgium

Final Rankings – European Championship

RF	Team
1	Czechoslovakia
2	Austria
3	Germany
3	Switzerland
5	Hungary
5	Poland
7	Romania
8	Latvia
9	Italy
10	Belgium

Team rosters

Place	Team	Player
1	United States	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	Canada	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	Czechoslovakia	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	Austria	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	Germany	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	Switzerland	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	Hungary	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	Poland	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	Romania	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	Latvia	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	Italy	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	Belgium	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

United States

Austria

Belgium

Czechoslovakia

Latvia

Romania

Game action from USA-Poland.

Game action from USA-Austria.

Sources

• Complete results
• IIHF 100 top stories number 78
• Duplacey, James (1998). Total Hockey: The official encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Total Sports, 498–528. ISBN 0-8362-7114-9. 
• Podnieks, Andrew (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press, 26, 124.