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34-479: Tomas Jonsson , Mats Näslund , and Håkan Loob became the first members on 27 February 1994 when Sweden won the gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics . The term first entered popular use following the 2002 Winter Olympics , which saw the addition of the first Canadian members. On 8 May 2007, the IIHF announced it would formalize the club and recognize the players who had won the three championships. The induction ceremony

68-595: A Stanley Cup, a World Championship and an Olympic gold medal. Jonsson was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2000. Frank Frederickson Sigurdur Franklin Fredrickson (Sigurður Franklín Friðriksson; June 3, 1895 – May 28, 1979) was an Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey player and aviator. As a player and coach, he was significant to both the amateur and professional ice hockey as it evolved in North America in

102-480: A Stanley Cup. Those Olympic ice hockey tournaments are also World Championships as there was not a separate world championship tournament until 1930. The five are Frank Frederickson , Haldor Halderson , Dunc Munro , Hooley Smith , and Dave Trottier . The IIHF does not recognize these players as members of the Triple Gold Club. The men's tournament was first held at the 1920 Summer Olympics and integrated in

136-630: A company ( aircraft industry , food workers , tractor industry ) or organization ( KGB , Red Army , Soviet Air Force ) that sponsored what would be presented as an after-hours social sports society hockey team for their workers. Additionally, many Eastern bloc players were not allowed (some defected) to play in the NHL and win the Stanley Cup before the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989 . Five Canadians won an Olympic gold medal in 1920, 1924 or 1928 as well as

170-619: Is crowned. It is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management and club staff engraved on its chalice . Originally inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup , the trophy was donated in 1892, by then Governor General of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston , as an award for Canada's top-ranking amateur ice hockey club. The competition for the Cup went through several eras, with teams challenging for it, inter-league competition, and finally

204-521: Is the championship trophy awarded to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs champion. The Stanley Cup is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America and is surrounded by numerous legends and traditions . Unlike the trophies awarded by the other three major professional sports leagues of North America , a new Stanley Cup is not made each year; winners keep it until a new champion

238-520: The 1957–58 NHL season his name was engraved, contrary to NHL rules, on the Cup with the 1929 Bruins. Fredrickson was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates the day Boston won the Cup. This made him ineligible to be on the cup with Boston. Fredrickson coached hockey and lacrosse after his retirement. He coached the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1929–1930 season, when he also played 9 games, but

272-700: The 196th Battalion in February 1916 to join the First World War , but soon transferred to the 223rd Battalion , and by May 1917 was in Europe. Prior to leaving for Europe he played for the battalion's hockey team in the Winnipeg Amateur Patriotic league, scoring 17 goals in 6 games. He transferred once again to the Royal Flying Corps , and was sent to Egypt for training. While on his way back from Egypt

306-591: The 2018 Winter Olympics . The Ice Hockey World Championship is an annual tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament held at the 1920 Summer Olympics is recognized as the first Ice Hockey World Championship. Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year. The first World Championship that

340-730: The Boston Bruins , Pittsburgh Pirates , and Detroit Falcons in the National Hockey League . He helped Victoria win the Stanley Cup in 1925 . Fredrickson signed a professional contract with the Victoria Aristocrats of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) in 1920, being offered C$ 2,500 for the season. However he initially hesitated, and missed the first 3 games of the regular season before joining

374-459: The 2nd round, the 25th overall pick. During the 1980 World Junior Championships he and Reijo Ruotsalainen were the media's selections as the best defencemen of the tournament. Jonsson made his debut for the Islanders in the 1981–82 season, winning a Stanley Cup championship with the team in his first season. The Islanders repeated as Cup champions again the following season. Jonsson played with

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408-619: The Islanders until 1989, when he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers . He played with the Oilers only for the remainder of the 1988–89 season. After that he moved back to Sweden, playing with Leksands IF until 1998. He was named Swedish Player of the Year in 1994–95. In 1994 Jonsson won an Olympic gold medal. That made him one of the first three members of the Triple Gold Club , players who have won

442-536: The NHL championship. After a series of league mergers and folds, it became the de facto championship trophy of the NHL in 1926 and the official trophy in 1947. Tomas Jonsson Alf Tomas Jonsson (born 12 April 1960) is a former ice hockey player from Sweden . He is assistant coach for the Danish national ice hockey team . Jonsson was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in

476-572: The NHL. On January 18, 1927, Fredrickson scored four goals in a single game for Boston in the Bruins' 7–3 victory over the New York Rangers. He became the second Bruin to achieve this feat. Teammate Harry Oliver had done it exactly one week before. On December 21, 1928, Fredrickson was traded from the Boston Bruins to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Mickey MacKay . When the Stanley Cup was redone during

510-639: The Victoria Aristocrats on January 1, 1921. Fredrickson was a natural centre forward , a left-hand shot, and with all the valuable traits of a franchise pivot man: skating, speed, stick-handling, size and a terrific shot. When Fredrickson made his long-awaited professional debut in the PCHA with the Victoria Aristocrats against the Vancouver Millionaires on New Year's Day 1921 he was already 25 years old and an Allan Cup and Olympic champion, and

544-475: The Winter Olympic program starting with the 1924 Winter Olympics . The Olympic Games were originally intended for amateur athletes , so the players of the NHL and other professional leagues were not allowed to play. Canada dominated the first three decades, winning six of seven gold medals. The Soviet Union first participated in 1956 , and overtook Canada as the dominant international team, winning seven of

578-564: The ability to use professional and amateur players. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to allow all athletes to compete in Olympic Games held after 1988. The NHL was initially reluctant to allow its players to compete because the Olympics are held in the middle of the NHL season. An agreement was later reached and NHL players began competing in 1998. The NHL rescinded their agreement for allowing their players to participate beginning at

612-459: The age of 22 years, 42 days; Pavel Datsyuk is the oldest, winning Olympic gold at 39 years, 220 days. Russians Fetisov and Igor Larionov , and Swede Peter Forsberg are the only players to have won each of the three championships more than once. Ten members of the Triple Gold Club have won the Stanley Cup as part of the Detroit Red Wings, more than any other NHL team. Mike Babcock became

646-459: The anticipations among the home fans in Victoria were sky high, although there were also some doubters who wondered if he could star in the PCHA circuit. Fredrickson did not let anyone down, when he was finally let on by coach Lester Patrick after 10 minutes of play, after he had shaken off his last nerves. During the last period of the game Fredrickson had one goal and two assists when Victoria turned

680-599: The early 20th century. Fredrickson's career was interrupted by military service during the First World War and prematurely ended by a knee injury in 1931. Fredrickson was the center for the Winnipeg Falcons, the Canadian team which won the Olympic gold medal in 1920. Fredrickson then joined the Victoria Aristocrats/Victoria Cougars and helped them win the Stanley Cup in 1925. On both occasions he

714-526: The first airliner in the country, in introducing airplanes to the local population. On 25 June 1920, he became the second man to pilot a plane in Iceland, after Cecil Faber. While in Iceland, he competed in track and field and set a new national record in discus . In October, he moved back to Canada. Professionally, Fredrickson played for the Victoria Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and

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748-477: The first, and so far only, coach to win all three components of the Triple Gold Club on 28 February 2010 when he led Canada to a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics . He won the World Championship in 2004 and coached the Red Wings to a Stanley Cup win in 2008 . In 2015, Sidney Crosby became the first Triple Gold Club member to captain all three of his winning teams. On 29 May 2022, Valtteri Filppula became

782-669: The latest member of the club, playing for Finland in the 2022 IIHF World Championship . The IIHF considers the components of the club to be "the three most important championships available to the sport". The club has been described as "a modern fraternity" because NHL players were not allowed to play in the World Championships until 1977 and not allowed in the Olympics until 1988 (with NHL co-operation beginning in 1998), as both were amateur championships. The Soviet and Czechoslovak teams were populated with amateur players who were actually full-time athletes hired as regular workers of

816-577: The least time to join the club, winning the Olympics and World Championships in 2006 (as members of the Swedish national team) and the Stanley Cup in 2008 (as members of the Detroit Red Wings ). In contrast, it took Russian Viacheslav Fetisov 19 years from his first victory to become a member. Jonathan Toews is the youngest player to accomplish the feat, winning the third championship (the Stanley Cup) at

850-655: The nine tournaments in which they participated. The only two tournaments that the Soviets failed to win, in 1960 and 1980 , were hosted and won by the United States . Other nations to win gold include Great Britain in 1936 , Sweden in 1994 and 2006 , and the Czech Republic in 1998 . Many of Canada's top players were NHL professionals, so the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) pushed for

884-616: The ship he was on, the SS Leasowe Castle , was hit by a German torpedo and sank. Fredrickson was then posted to Scotland to serve as a trainer and test pilot, where he ended the war. Back in Winnipeg, Frederickson captained the Winnipeg Falcons , to the 1920 Allan Cup and then to the first gold medal offered in ice hockey at the 1920 Olympics at Antwerp . Following the Olympics he moved to Iceland to work for Flugfélag Íslands ,

918-624: The team went 5-36-3 and moved to Philadelphia the next season before folding. In 1933, Fredrickson was named coach of the Princeton University ice hockey team. While at Princeton he befriended Albert Einstein , who was working as a professor there; the two shared an interest in the violin. Fredrickson was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958 and is also a member of the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum . "... Freddie

952-399: The team; he made his debut on January 1, 1921. Fredrickson finished the season tied with Smokey Harris for the most points in the PCHA, with 32, but as Fredrickson had more goals (20 to 15), he was credited as the league's scoring champion. He finished the following season with 15 goals and 10 assists. During the 1926–27 season Frederickson's salary was reportedly $ 6,000, the highest in

986-473: Was a bit nervous at the start, and was cut across the legs by the hot Skinner , who drew a penalty. In the second period Freddie got his legs, and in the final session he was a perfect marvel. His skating, stickhandling and dazzling speed as well as his terrific shot made him a most dangerous man. Vancouver tried to box him, but he was too fast, and was continually on top of Lehman ." Victoria Daily Times describing Fredrickson's first professional game with

1020-442: Was a teammate of fellow Icelandic-Canadian ice hockey star Haldor Halderson , making them the first players to win an Olympic gold medal and a Stanley Cup. Fredrickson became one of the pioneers of flight in Iceland when he arrived there in 1920 to fly for the countries first airline, Flugfélag Íslands . The Icelandic spelling of his last name is Friðriksson and the alternate English spelling Frederickson . Fredrickson

1054-573: Was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Sigurður Franklín Friðriksson, to Icelandic immigrants Jón Vídalín Friðriksson and Guðlaug S. Sigurðardóttir. He spoke Icelandic at home, and learned English when he started school. Fredrickson attended Kelvin Technical Institute and Central Collegiate before enrolling at the University of Manitoba law school, where he captained the hockey team. He enlisted in

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1088-427: Was held as an individual event was in 1930 in which twelve nations participated. The modern format for the World Championship features 16 teams in the championship group. The teams play a preliminary round and the top eight teams play in the playoff medal round. Canada was the first dominant team, winning the tournament 12 times between 1930 and 1952. The Soviet Union first participated in 1954 and from 1963 until 1991

1122-605: Was held, with all 22 members at the time present, at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , on 22 February 2010. There are 30 player members of the Triple Gold Club—eleven Canadians, nine Swedes, seven Russians, two Czechs, and one Finn. Eleven of the players are defencemen and the remaining players are forwards ; to date, no goaltender has achieved the honor. From the time of their first victory, Niklas Kronwall , Mikael Samuelsson and Henrik Zetterberg took

1156-534: Was the dominant team, winning 20 championships. During that period, only three other nations won medals: Canada, Czechoslovakia and Sweden. Russia first participated in 1992 and the Czech Republic and Slovakia joined in 1993. In the 2000s, the tournament became more competitive as the " big six " teams (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States) became evenly matched. The Stanley Cup

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