<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UPickard waya engqungqutheleni ye-IIHF eyayidingida ukuthi i-ice hockey kuma-Olympics asebusika ka-1948 izodlalwa ngokuya ngencazelo eqinile ye-International Olympic Committee IOC yama-amateur, noma ngabe i-IIHF izobamba i-Ice Hockey World Championships yayo ehlukile emidlalweni yama-Olympic. ICanada ayizange ihlanganyele  <response>: I-1947 Ice Hockey World Championships kanye ne-CAHA banqume ukungahlanganyeli emidlalweni yama-Olympic yasebusika ka-1948 ngokungavumelani nencazelo yama-amateur yi-IOC. UPickard wacabanga ukuthi iCanada iphoqelekile ukuthumela iqembu labesilisa laseCanada leqhwa leqhwa elimele izwe elikhulu kunawo wonke le-hockey emhlabeni, futhi bathathe isifungo se-Olympic njengama-amateurs. Wathi iCanada yayiyoqondwa ngokungeyikho, uma sasenqabile ukuhlanganyela ngenxa yokuthi asizange siyithole indlela yethu. 