Hockey's flag bearers
Hockey's flag bearers
Only Vancouver had more hockey players
Only Vancouver four years ago had better puck representation when seven hockeyists held their nation’s flag. Interestingly, the only two female hockey players to act as flag bearers are Canadian. Prior to Hayley Wickenheiser last night, Danielle Goyette carried the flag in 2006.
Additionally, the participation of Vladislav Tretiak in the lighting of the cauldron marked only the third time hockey had been involved. In 2002, the 1980 Miracle on Ice team had the honours in Salt Lake City, and in 2010 it was Wayne Gretzky.
Herewith is a complete history of hockey’s flag bearers.
Chamonix 1924
Canada—Ernie Collett
Sweden—Ruben Rundquist (official)
United States—Clarence "Taffy" Abel
St. Moritz 1928
Canada—Red Porter
Sweden—Viking Harbom (official)
Lake Placid 1932
Canada—Harold “Hack” Simpson
Germany—Martin Schrottle
Poland—Jozef Stogowski
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
Canada—Walter ”Pud” Kitchen
Latvia—Leonids Vedejs
St. Moritz 1948
Canada—Hubert Brooks
Czechoslovakia—Vladimir Zabrodsky
Oslo 1952
Czechoslovakia—Vaclav Bubnik
Switzerland—Uli Poltera
Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956
Czechoslovakia—Vaclav Bubnik
Squaw Valley 1960
Australia—Vic Ekberg
Czechoslovakia—Jan Starsi
Soviet Union—Nikolai Sologubov
Sweden—Einar Granath
Innsbruck 1964
Hungary—Lajos Koutny
Grenoble 1968
None
Sapporo 1972
None
Innsbruck 1976
Czechoslovakia—Oldrich Machac
Soviet Union—Vladislav Tretiak
Lake Placid 1980
Czechoslovakia—Bohuslav Ebermann
Japan—Osamu Wakabayashi
Sarajevo 1984
Czechoslovakia—Jiri Kralik
Finland—Jorma Valtonen
Soviet Union—Vladislav Tretiak
Sweden—Mats Waltin
Calgary 1988
Poland—Henryk Gruth
Albertville 1992
Finland—Timo Blomqvist
Poland—Henryk Gruth
Lillehammer 1994
Slovakia—Peter Stastny
Salt Lake 2002
Latvia—Harijs Vitolins
Slovakia—Robert Petrovicky
Turin 2006
Canada—Danielle Goyette
Kazakhstan—Alexander Koreshkov
Latvia—Arturs Irbe
Vancouver 2010
Belarus—Oleg Antonenko
Czech Republic—Jaromir Jagr
Finland—Ville Peltonen
Norway—Tommy Jakobsen
Russia—Alexei Morozov
Slovakia—Zigmund Palffy
Sweden—Peter Forsberg
Sochi 2014
Canada—Hayley Wickenheiser
Latvia—Sandis Ozolins
Slovakia—Zdeno Chara
Slovenia—Tomaz Razingar
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