Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics

during the Olympics. This marked Poland's debut at Olympic ice hockey. A total of 128(*) ice hockey players from eleven nations competed at the St. Moritz Games: • • • • • • • • • • • (*) NOTE: Only counts players who participated in at least one game. Not all reserve players are known. Defending champion Canada, which outscored its opponents 132–3 in the previous competition, was granted a bye to the medal round, after officials realised how superior they were to all of the other teams. The other 10 teams were placed in three groups for the first round. ==First round==

Group A Group B Group C ==Final round==

The top teams from each of the three groups were joined by defending champion Canada in the medal round, playing a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners. The match between Canada and Sweden was refereed by Paul Loicq, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. ==Statistics==

Average age Team Hungary was the oldest team in the tournament, averaging 31 years and 6 months. Team Belgium was the youngest team in the tournament, averaging 21 years and 6 months. Gold medalists Canada averaged 24 years and 10 months. Tournament average was 26 years and 9 months. Top scorer ==Final ranking==

The IIHF Guide and Record Book has two different rankings for this tournament. The IOC, however, does not rank the teams below 4th ==European Championship medal table==