The RCAF Flyers was a senior amateur Canadian ice hockey team, based out of Ottawa. The club won the gold medal in the 1948 Winter Olympics. The club also won the Allan Cup Canadian championship in 1942. In 2001 the Gold Medal winning team was honoured by the Canadian Forces when it was announced that the 1948 RCAF Flyers were selected as Canada s greatest military athletes of the 20th century. The IOC lists that all players, including reserves, were given an Olympic Gold Medal.