Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Pickard ya halarci taron majalisa na IIHF wanda ya yi muhawara kan ko za a buga wasan hockey na kankara a wasannin Olympics na 1948 bisa ga tsauraran ka'idojin kwamitin wasannin Olympic na kasa da kasa (IOC) na mai son, ko kuma IIHF za ta gudanar da Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta Ice Hockey daban da Wasannin Olympic. Kanada ba ta halarci taron ba
1947 Ice Hockey World Championships da CAHA sun yanke shawarar kada su shiga cikin wasannin Olympics na 1948 a cikin rashin jituwa da ma'anar mai son ta IOC. Pickard ya ji Kanada ya zama tilas ya aika da 'yan wasan hockey na maza na Canada da ke wakiltar "babbar kasar hockey" a duniya, kuma da gaskiya sun dauki rantsuwar wasannin Olympics a matsayin masu son. Ya bayyana cewa Kanada ba za a fahimta ba, "idan mun ƙi shiga saboda ba mu sami hanyarmu ba".