Australia's ice hockey team has participated in just one Winter Olympics: the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley, California.
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A heavy defeat by Sweden prompted President John F. Kennedy to complain about their performance in a telephone call to David Hackett.
The tournament did see some controversy after the Canada-Russia game in Vancouver was played when Sweden's coach Kent Forsberg said he believed "Canada cheated its way to victory" through help of Canadian NHL referees that saw two goals disallowed and several penalties for Russia.
It was the first Olympic gold medal for Canada in men’s ice hockey since the Edmonton Mercurys won gold at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
Australia and Iceland won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2004 IIHF World U18 Championships.
Also, sophomore forward Chris Kreider was selected to the United States national team that competed at the 2011 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia.
The salary cap changed from a soft cap to a hard cap, set at 1.1 billion rubles (approx. US$36.5 million), but each club can waive the cap for one player transferred directly from the NHL, if he is eligible to play for the Russian national team.
In March 2011, she was invited to the Canada women's national ice hockey team selection camp to determine the final roster for the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.
Anna Vanhatalo (born February 29, 1984) is a hockey and ringette player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team and for Finland women's national ringette team.
The Argentina men's national ice hockey team played its first game in February 2012 against Mexico in an exhibition game being held in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.
Barry Dancer/Brent Dancer and Ric Charlesworth/Jonathan Charlesworth are two pairs of father as coach and son as player while both were affiliated with the national team in those positions.
Goalball national team members who have been part of this program include Warren Lawton, Robert Crestani and Kevin Frew.
Australia ice hockey team has never qualified for an Olympic tournament.
The Bavaria women's national ice hockey team played its first game in 2009 against Spain during the 16th International Women Tournament being held in Cergy, France.
This successful tenure also lead to him being selected in the Boomers squad for the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Nick Cerrone, 1990
Rick Polutnick, 1992
Les Lawton, 1994
Shannon Miller, 1997–1998
Danièle Sauvageau, 1999
Melody Davidson, 2000
Danièle Sauvageau, 2001–2002
Karen Hughes, 2004
Melody Davidson, 2005–2007
Peter Smith, 2008
Melody Davidson, 2010
Matt Perisa, 2011
Ryan Walter, 2012
Dan Church, 2012–2013
It then went on to be a top ten hit in Belgium, New Zealand and the United Kingdom and the goal song of world champions Czech Republic at the 2010 Ice Hockey World Championships in Germany.
The tournament was played between January 10, and January 12, 1910, in Les Avants, near Montreux, Switzerland, and it was won by Great Britain.
Jan Hrbatý (born January 20, 1942 in Stražisko, Bohemia and Moravia, German-occupied Czechoslovakia) is an ice hockey player who played for the Czechoslovak national team.
Jokila has represented the Finland men's national ice hockey team at the Under 18's World Championship in 2000 and the Under 20's World Championship in 2002.
He played for the United States at the 1981 World Junior Championships.
He joined the Kookaburras in 2009, where he was coached by his father Ric Charlesworth.
Josephine Pucci (born December 27, 1990) is a women's ice hockey player for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program who made her debut for the United States women's national ice hockey team at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship.
Davidson was named a member of the Australian Boomers squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games but injury prevented him from playing with the gold medal team.
The Macau women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team in Macau.
The Mexico women's national ice hockey team played its first game in February 2012 against Argentina in an exhibition game being held in Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico.
Dunlap is credited as the coach who kick-started the NBL career of the 36ers all-time leading home grown player Brett Maher in the 1994 season (Maher had debuted for the 36ers in 1992 and would go on to be the leading point scorer (8,941) and games record holder at the club (526), captaining the team to 3 NBL titles as well as having a distinguished international career for the Australian Boomers before retiring in 2009).
She was named to the United States women's national ice hockey team for the 2010 Winter Olympics as was her twin sister Jocelyne, where they captured a silver medal with Team USA.
After recovering from his injury, Crosswell suited up for the 36ers in the 2012–13 NBL season and was named as co-captain of the team along with new recruit, Aussie Boomers 2012 London Olympian Adam Gibson.
Their son Luke is a member of the Australian water polo team, playing as a goalkeeper.
The next year, at the 2006 FIBA World Championship, which was held in Japan, Zisis hit a game winning 3-point shot at the end of the game against the Australian national basketball team to give Greece a 72-69 victory.
Finally, in 1953, Norway became the first Western nation to play the Soviet Union, an event that was overshadowed by the death of Joseph Stalin shortly after the team's arrival in Moscow.
When the 1935 Allan Cup champion Halifax Wolverines was unavailable, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association chose the runnerup Bearcats to be Canada's representative at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Moon received his first and only callup to represent Australia in 2001 where he joined the national senior team to compete in the 2001 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Majadahonda, Spain.
Howell was first called up to represent Australia in 2001 where he joined the national senior team to compete in the 2001 IIHF World Championship Division II Group A tournament being held in Majadahonda, Spain.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon played its first game in 2008 against France in Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Greer was first called up to represent Australia in 2006 where he joined the national under-18 team to compete in the 2006 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group B tournament being held in Elektrėnai and Kaunas, Lithuania.
Oultram was first called up to represent Australia in 2004, where he joined the national under-20 tean to compete in the 2005 IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B tournament being held in Puigcerdà, Spain.
She was a member of the 2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team which won the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics and earned two shutouts, including the final game against the United States women's national ice hockey team.
The date of the final was pushed forward from 28 February after the recent success of the Slovak men's ice hockey team at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Spain won their first international game against Belgium in the Challenge de Haute–Garonne tournament held in Bagnères-de-Luchon, France.
Stephen Monteith (born September 21, 1943 in Stratford, Ontario) is an ice hockey player who played for the Canadian national team.
He averaged over 20 minutes of ice time per game and earned an invitation to join Team Canada at the 2013 IIHF World Championship.
During the 2009-2010 season she was temporarily given the head coaching position while Mark Johnson took a leave of absence in order to coach the United States women's national ice hockey team in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The senior team also won two Ice Hockey World Championships playing for Canada in 1939 and 1961; they were the last independent ice hockey club to represent Canada in international competition before the Canada men's national ice hockey team was established in 1963.
Sweden men's national ice hockey team, which has the Swedish national emblem on its jersey
On 10 August 2006, Bykov was named as the new head coach of the Russian national hockey team taking over from Vladimir Krikunov.