|
Edmonton Mercurys
The Edmonton Mercurys were a Canadian intermediate-level senior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, during the 1940s and 1950s. The team represented the Canada men's national ice hockey team twice, winning the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships in London and the Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1952 Winter Olympics Gold Medal in Oslo. History The Mercurys formed in 1949, and were named for the Mercury (automobile), Mercury automobile sold by dealer Jim Christianson, who established and sponsored the team.Michael McKinley. It's Our Game: Celebrating 100 Years Of Hockey Canada'. Penguin Canada; 28 October 2014. . p. 107–.Dan Robson. Quinn: The Life of a Hockey Legend'. Penguin Canada; 3 November 2015. . p. 29–. A number of the players were employees of the dealership, Waterloo Mercury. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
