1956 Winter Olympics Cortina Italy Postcard Ice Stadium Hockey Postmarked1956 Cortina, Italy Winter Olympic Games postcard from the Men's Ice Hockey Stadium venue 1956, the Soviet Union won their first of seven Olympic Gold Medals in Men's Ice Hockey over the course of nine tournaments The United States won the Silver Medal, while Canada won the Bronze Medal, with a team featuring Denis Brodeur, who went on to become a long term professional hockey photographer, and father to two time Olympic Gold Medalist, three time