assembled team of free agents, players from European leagues, AHLers on one-way contracts, and college players. The team proved unsuccessful, losing to Slovenia and the Olympic Athletes from Russia in the preliminary round, and being eliminated by the Czechs in the quarterfinals. The OAR team benefited most from NHL's absence and ultimately won the tournament with a team that was composed primarily of SKA Saint Petersburg and HC CSKA Moscow players from the Russia-based KHL and featured ex-NHL all-stars Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk and Vyacheslav Voynov (all SKA). On March 31, 2021, Stan Bowman was appointed the general manager of the U.S. Olympic men's hockey team for the 2022 Beijing Games. On October 26, 2021, Bowman resigned in response to the results of an independent investigation into allegations of sexual assault committed by a member of the Blackhawks' video coaching staff. The lead investigator stated that Bowman's failure to report the alleged assault had eventually led to the perpetrator committing further acts of sexual abuse. Competitive record Olympic Games Results by "Big Six" opponent World Championships Note: Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year. Note: World War II forced cancellation of all tournaments from 1940 to 1946. Note: In 1972, a separate tournament was held both for the World Championships and the Winter Olympics for the first time. Note: No World Championships were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988. Note: the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 1920 – 1924 – 1928 – did not participate 1930 – did not participate 1931 – 1932 – 1933 – 1934 – 1935 – did not participate 1936 – 1937 – did not participate 1938 – 7th place 1939 – 1947 – 5th place 1948 – 4th place 1949 – 1950 – 1951 – 6th place 1952 – 1953 – did not participate 1954 – did not participate 1955 – 4th place 1956 – 1957 – did not participate 1958 – 5th place 1959 – 4th place 1960 – 1961 – 6th place 1962 – 1963 – 8th place 1964 – 5th place 1965 – 6th place 1966 – 6th place 1967 – 5th place 1968 – 6th place 1969 – 6th place (relegated to Group B) 1970 – 7th place (1st in Group B, promoted to Group A) 1971 – 6th place (relegated to Group