The first Maccabiah Oylmpiad was held in 1932, and Winter Maccabiahs were held in 1933 and 1936. Ice hockey was featured in the program both times. Ice hockey re-entered the Maccabiah in 1997 with Canada winning the gold medal. The United States team was able to secure a silver place position. Ice hockey was not included in subsequent games but returned in 2013 as part of the 19th Maccabiah. The countries represented in three divisions were Canada, Israel, Russia, Ukraine and the USA. Canada won the Gold Medal in the Open Division after crushing USA 7-1. Canada also won the gold medal in the Juniors Division defeating USA 3-2. USA, however got some payback in the Masters Division as they defeated Canada 7-4, winning USA's first ever gold medal in Maccabiah ice hockey history.