 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Makwikwi evarume akatanga kuitwa kumaOlympics ezhizha ra1920 uye akabatanidzwa muchirongwa cheMitambo yeOlympic yechando kutanga nemaOlympics ezhizha ra1924. Mitambo yeOlympic pakutanga yakanga yakagadzirirwa vatambi veamateur, naizvozvo vatambi veNHL nemamwe makwikwi ehunyanzvi vakanga vasingabvumirwi kutamba. Canada yakatonga makore makumi matatu okutanga, ichikunda menduru dzendarama nhanhatu panomwe. Soviet Union yakatanga kutora chikamu muna 1956, ndokukunda Canada sechikwata chenyika dzakawanda chinotonga, ichihwina mitambo minomwe yemitambo mipfumbamwe yavakapinda. Mitambo miviri bedzi iyo maSoviet akakundikana kukunda, muna 1960ne1980, dzakatambirwa ndokukundwa neUnited States. Dzimwe nyika dzakakunda ndarama dzinosanganisira Great Britain muna 1936, Sweden muna 1994 na2006, uye Czech Republic muna 1998. 