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At right is Page 9 featuring the Canadian Hockey Team, the “Edmonton Superiors” who signed this page 12.31.1932.

Also known as the “Edmonton Gainers Superiors,” the team took part in a three-month European tour (1932-33) in which they won 34 of 38 games with 1 tie.

In November 1932, the “Superiors” began a three-month odyssey that would eventually take them to the 1933 International Championships. The team sailed from Canada to Glasgow, where they began a series of games against Europe’s top clubs—and played in front of a throng of over 14,000 at the Stade de Paris.

The International Championship took place in St. Moritz, Switzerland and was the rival tournament to the newly-formed International Ice Hockey Federation’s World Championship, which was being held in Prague. In Prague, the Toronto “Nationals” (representing Canada) had to settle for silver after being upset by the United States team.

After three months, the “Superiors” had played 38 games, winning 34 and tying once.

The team showed no sign of a hangover when it returned to Alberta; two more provincial championships followed in 1933 and 1935. The 1933 final was a thriller. The “Superiors” faced the Calgary “Broncs” in the final; the “Broncs” had budding superstar Sweeney Schriner in their lineup, who would go on to a Hall of Fame career.

The “Superiors” won the deciding game 4-3 in overtime, but the truth is that they outplayed the “Broncs” for 59 of 60 minutes. The championship game saw the “Superiors” march into the last minute of regulation time with a 3-1 lead, but two goals in 20 seconds from the “Broncs” sent the game into overtime.