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Lone Star: On the ice at Chamonix in France’s Haute-Savoie, a meeting of the French and Belgian national teams in January of 1922. Two years later, Chamonix would host the first official Winter Olympic hockey tournament, featuring eight teams. Canada won gold ahead of the U.S. and Great Britain. France would finish in a tie for fifth place, while the Belgians came in tied for seventh. (Image: Agence Rol, Bibliothèque nationale de France)