Jkline3 Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) Trying to clean up and finish some of the random projects that I started and never got around to completing... 1952 was the last Canadian gold medal before a 50-year drought and was also the last Olympic games before the appearance of the USSR on ice in '56. Represented by the Edmonton Mercurys, a team sponsored by a local car dealership, the Canadians dominated the tournament. The US and Canadian teams were lambasted by the international media for their physical style of play with local newspapers predicting that relations between the US and the Europeans would suffer due to a fight between American defenseman Joe Czarnota and Swiss forward Gian Bazzi. The Norwegian crowds littered the ice with orange peels and labeled the US team "Chicago gangsters". After securing the gold medal the Canadian team was accused of colluding with their North American brethren in order to earn the silver medal for the US squad. Norway's Dagbladet newspaper described the game as a "friendly" and accused the Canadians of "making such mistakes that even the Norwegian hockey players would not have made". The biggest controversy of the Games was the award of the bronze medal. Czechoslovakia defeated Sweden 4-0 on the final day of the tournament, both teams finishing with identical 6-2 records and equal goal differentials. The Czechoslavaks believed that they had won the bronze based on their shutout of the Swedes, however it was determined that the two teams should play again the following day in order to break the tie. Tre Kronor overcame a 3-0 deficit and won the impromptu "playoff" by a score of 5-3 and sent Czechoslovakia home empty handed. Take mercy on the quality of the player photos - in a lot of cases it's the only known picture of a player... 1952 Olympics.bin Edited January 2, 2019 by Jkline3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch13 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) Thanks for this rom! Always nice to get a new historical version! Edited January 2, 2019 by mitch13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkline3 Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Apologies to my neighbors to the north... I used an earlier version of the Canadian flag that was incorrect. I've uploaded a corrected version and also added a couple screenshots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondearrow Posted October 3, 2019 Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thanks for this. As a kid growing up I used to deliver the Lethbridge Herald newspaper to Billy Gibson, who played on the Canadian team that won gold in 1952 and was the top scorer in the tournament, and the Lethbridge Maple Leafs who won the World Championship the year before in 1951. He was a neat old guy and it will be fun to tickle the twine with him on this mod. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkline3 Posted October 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2019 Thanks for the note - always nice to hear someone is using these! I've been working on some more era-realistic graphics and will make sure to update this one when I'm finished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukáš Posted December 27, 2023 Report Share Posted December 27, 2023 (edited) Fix so players dont have a helmet Edited December 27, 2023 by Lukáš Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkline3 Posted December 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 I've completely redrawn sprites since this was originally created 5 years ago and would also want to update many other things that I've improved upon since then. Unfortunately I'm working on some other things these days and this is not something I plan on updating soon. I do appreciate that someone is still playing this though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukáš Posted December 29, 2023 Report Share Posted December 29, 2023 Please Olympic st. Moritz 1948 please please please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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