The Toronto National Sea Fleas were a senior men's amateur ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team that won the 1932 Allan Cup

1932 Allan Cup

The 1932 Allan Cup was won by the Toronto National Sea Fleas. This team went on to represented Canada at the 1933 World Ice Hockey Championships held in Prague, Czechoslovakia where the team lost the final game to the United States in overtime to capture the silver medal for Canada.The 1932 team...

, and also represented Canada at the 1933 World Ice Hockey Championships

1933 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1933 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between February 18 and February 26, 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.The championship by the United States was their first, and was also the first time Canada lost a hockey world championship...

 held in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

, Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 where the team lost the final game to the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 in overtime

Overtime (ice hockey)

Overtime is a method of determining the winner and loser of an ice hockey match when the scores are tied after regulation. The two main methods are the overtime period and the shootout.-Overtime periods:...

 to capture the silver medal for Canada.

The 1932 team which won the Alan Cup was coached by Harry Watson, who as a player had won an Olympic gold medal with a 1924 Toronto Granites

Toronto Granites

The Toronto Granites were an amateur senior ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario. The Granites were Allan Cup champions in 1922 and 1923. They were chosen to represent Canada at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France...

. Watson stepped down as head coach prior to the 1933 World Championships, to be replaced by Harold Ballard

Harold Ballard

Harold E. Ballard was an owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League as well as their home arena, Maple Leaf Gardens. A member of the Leafs organization from 1940 and a senior executive from 1957, he became part-owner of the team in 1961 and was majority owner from February...

for the 1933 tournament and season.