Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics , and permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924. Belgium has participated in four tournaments: 1920, 1924 , 1928 , and 1936 . The 1920 Olympics was hosted by Belgium, in the city of Antwerp . A total of 5 goaltenders and 27 skaters have represented Belgium at the Olympics.
Pierre Van Reysschoot has scored the most goals , 6; assists and penalties were not accurately recorded in the early Olympic tournaments. Roger Bureau , François Franck , Willy Kreitz , and Van Reysschoot all played in the most games, 6. Those four plus Louis De Ridder , Charles Van den Driessche , Gaston van Volxem , and Philippe Van Volckxsom all played in two Olympics, the most for Belgium. Only one player, Paul Loicq has been inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame , as a builder (executive) in 1997.[ 1]
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References
Podnieks, Andrew ; Szemberg, Szymon (2008), IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All-Time , H. B. Fenn & Company, Ltd., ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4
Podnieks, Andrew, ed. (2010), IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011 , Toronto: Moydart Press
Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew, eds. (2007), World of Hockey: Celebrating a Century of the IIHF , Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing, ISBN 978-1-55168-307-2