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Allan Opsahl
Alan
William
"Al" Opsahl
is an
American
ice hockey
defenseman
who
competed
in
ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics
which took place in
St
.
Moritz
,
Switzerland
.
Opsahl was a member of the
Amateur Hockey Association
and the
co-captain
of the
American ice hockey team
which played eight games at the
1948 Winter Olympics
. Although the
US
secured a fourth-place
finish
, their official
standing
was stripped from the records due to a dispute between the
United States Olympic Committee
, the
Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace
, and the
Swiss
organizing committee
.