The Edmonton Mercurys were an intermediate senior-A ice hockey team that played in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in 1940s and 50s. Known as the Forgotten Team, the Mercurys won the 1950 World Hockey Championship in London, England, and the 1952Olympic gold medal in Oslo, Norway - the last Canadian team to win the gold until 2002. Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the north central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farm land on the prairies. ... The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation since 1930. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ... Ice hockey medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway. ... The VI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1952 in Oslo, Norway. ... County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... 2002 Winter Olympic Games Ice hockey games were held at the E Center and Peaks Ice Arena in Salt Lake City and Provo, Utah. ...
Ice hockey tournaments have been competed at the Olympic Games since the 1920 Summer Olympics. ... The following is a list of ice hockey teams in Alberta, past and present. ...
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3-3 tie gives Mercurys Olympic Hockey Crown, Edmonton Journal, February 25, 1952
Edmonton Mercurys page from canoe.ca's 2002 Winter Olympics page
EDMONTON (CP) -- Water and ice are a common theme for the 2002 inductees into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
On the other end were the people from the EdmontonMercurys trying to convince the 35-year-old sensational centreman to lead their team at the 1952 Oslo, Norway Olympics as both a player and manager.
He met American actress Janet Jones in 1984 when he was a judge on the show "Dance Fever" and she was a dancer, but they didn't begin dating until 1987.
Their July 17, 1988 nuptials at St. Joseph's Basilica in Edmonton was dubbed "The Royal Wedding" by the press and broadcast live throughout Canada.
While in Edmonton, he endorsed everything from soft drinks and blue jeans to his own wallpaper, pillow cases, breakfast cereal, chocolate bars, and a Mattel "Great Gretzky" doll.
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