The 1933

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were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933, in

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. By winning its first-ever world championship, the

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deprived

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of the world title for the first time in tournament history. The American team, the Massachusetts Rangers, was mostly made up of university students and led by standout 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

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, and coached by the controversial hockey personality

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. The teams met on February 26 at Zimní stadión on

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island. 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, defenceman John Garrison beat Canadian goalie Ron Geddes at the 6-minute mark of a dramatic "non-sudden death" overtime period. Ten nations played in three groups, with the top two in each group advancing to the second round to join Canada and the United States, who both were automatically qualified through to the next round. In the second round, eight teams played in two groups; the top two teams from each group advancing to the semifinals, where the top qualifier in each group were seeded against the second qualifier in the opposing group. The winners of the semifinal matches played in the gold medal game, while the losers played for third place. Fifth and sixth places were decided by a match between the third-place finishers in the two second ground groups; similarly seventh and eighth places were decided between the two last-place finishers in the second round groups. For the final four places, two classification matches were played between the bottom four finishers in the first round, which provided the seedings for the ninth and eleventh place matches.

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

Group B

*Germany 6 - 0 Belgium *Germany 2 - 0 Poland *Poland 1 - 0 Belgium Final Standings – Group B

Group C

*Switzerland 5 - 1 Latvia *Switzerland 1 - 0 Hungary *Hungary 3 - 0 Latvia Final Standings – Group C

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

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

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

Championship team

Final Rankings – European Championship

Legacy

The United States' oldest active college hockey award, the

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, was created in 1953 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of this championship team and its coach, the eponymous Walter A. Brown.
A team photograph, and a gold medal on loan from the family of Sherman Forbes, are currently on display at

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in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sources

Complete results
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References

{{IIHF Ice Hockey European Championships IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships International ice hockey competitions hosted by Czechoslovakia

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Sports competitions in Prague 1930s in Prague