Canadian War Museum Displays Hockey Jersey from Canada’S Legendary Gold Medal-Win

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► Ottawa Event 2014 ► Ice Hockey Player ► Ottawa Canada ► NHL Hockey Games Canadian War Museum displays hockey jersey from Canada’s legendary gold medal- winning team at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Events & Entertainment • Posted by OttawaStart on February 11, 2014

The Royal Canadian Air Force Flyers hockey team were the underdogs at the 1948 Winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and went on to win the Gold Medal. A jersey belonging to a member of this team will be on display in the Lobby of the Canadian War Museum starting today until March 16, 2014.

Many of the RCAF Flyers were veterans of the Second World War, which had ended less than three years earlier. Formed at the last minute with 17 Air Force and ex-Air Force players, the team lost several exhibition games and was not expected to do well in the medal competitions. Defying the odds, the Flyers won six games in a row before registering a scoreless tie with Czechoslovakia, the team heavily favoured to win. In their final game, against the host Swiss team, 22-year-old goaltender Murray Dowey helped the Flyers to a 3–0 shutout win and a historic gold medal for Canada.

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The RCAF Flyers jersey on display is number 18, worn by team forward, Wing Commander Hubert Brooks, M.C., C.D. In 1942, Commander Brooks, who served with 419 Squadron, was shot down near Oldenburg, Germany and made a prisoner of war. In 1943, he escaped to Poland where he joined the underground army. He was subsequently awarded two Polish medals.

The light blue wool sweater, which has dark blue and red stripes, bears the RCAF roundel on the front with the word CANADA below the maple leaf. The back has the number 18 in dark blue.

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