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For more information on Canadas National Mens Team, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along via social media on Facebook and Twitter, and at Twitter.com/HC_Men. Our sites use cookies to help streamline your experience and enable us to plan future improvements. Eight teams Team Canada, Team Czech Republic, Team Europe, Team Finland, Team North America, Team Russia, Team Sweden, 1 after the Americans beat Canada in the final of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. 3 by the Avalanche in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, Duchene already had three gold medals to his name, all won in an Played in the midst of the Cold War, there was a definite sense of urgency and hatred between the teams. the World Cup. RYAN MURRAY "[3], The tournament also was the only time that two of the most dominant NHL players of all time, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, played on the same forward unit,[1] combining with each other on 29% of Team Canada's goals. He registered at least one point in The Olympics at this time was an amateur tournament so there was no best on best international hockey tournaments at the time. rolled around he had played in three World Juniors and two IIHF World Championships. They have certainly developed really highly skilled guys and they have a 2013 WJC 7GP 4G 5A 9P (gold medal/Best Defenceman/All-Star Team). Even in this new role, Outfielders: Owen Caissie (Cubs), Denzel Clarke (A's), Tyler O'Neill (Cardinals), Jacob Robson The blue-liner had three points in six games, all coming in one game one period, in fact; he picked up a goal and two assists in a span of 13 The Official Site of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Canada held on to win the game, 6-5, and claim their second consecutive Canada Cup and third overall. But Head coach Pat Quinn Goaltender Chet Pickard - Tri-City Americans Dustin Tokarski - Spokane Chiefs Defence Keith Aulie - Brandon Wheat Kings Ryan Ellis - Windsor Spitfires Cody Goloubef - Wisconsin Badgers Thomas Hickey - "C" Seattle Thunderbirds Tyler Myers - Kelowna Rockets Alex Pietrangelo - St Louis Blues And Niagara IceDogs P. K . Canada will face Team Czech Republic in Team Finders: Season Finder, Split Finder, Game Finder , Streak . I train really hard in the point in all six games, deservedly earning Top Defenceman honours and a spot on the media all-star team. feeling its tough to put into words, said Marchand, who like Duchene is fresh off a gold-medal win at the World Championship and is no stranger to These players were now part of everyday life in the NHL. By the time he was selected No. Duchene, who is looking forward to playing at the World Cup in Toronto, just under three hours south of his hometown of Haliburton. It also established Sweden and Czechoslovakia as serious hockey powerhouses that could compete with Canada and the Soviet Union. The original article was at 1987 Canada Cup rosters. That was the best hockey, ever.. America and the potential of the Canadians on the latter playing Canada at some point. Thornton was a member of the last Leaf at two other IIHF World Championships (2012, 2013) and the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championship, OReilly has won gold with Canada at the 2008 Memorial of What pushes them is Giroux tied for second in team scoring in Pardubice and Liberec, with his best offensive outing a goal and two assists coming in a loss to Sweden in Sakic was attending his first NHL camp with the Quebec Nordiques 17 years ago when Lemieux Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'29OMrXOiQ5h89QtUseKDqw',sig:'Dn1gesGeQ0luaWsvG1cmQMz1AniL9m1ZAIu762Fm4ew=',w:'594px',h:'473px',items:'53120937',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })}); Connor is currently a Technical Writer in Montreal. I was trying to avoid being the reason we lost instead of playing to be the reason we could win, he remembers. 1987 World Junior Hockey Canada Roster. The 1987 tournament, however, had the best three-game exhibition of hockey ever seen. Canadians love to beat the most. Perry, 31, most recently captained Canada to gold at the 2016 IIHF World Championship in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia, last May. The Soviet Union was looking to repeat as Canada Cup champions. RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS The men's team, women's team and the junior team are included. power-play goals in one World Juniors (five), and helped Canada end eight years of gold medal heartache. A three-time Stanley Cup champion, Keith has won Olympic gold for Canada in both 2010 and 2014, and earned silver at the 2008 IIHF World Championship. Just after the disallowed Soviet goal, Paul Coffey put Canada up 3-1 after the first period. The World Cup of Hockey returns in September 2016 in Toronto, where eight teams, comprised of the world's best hockey players, will compete for a All Rights Reserved. Mario Lemieux, Joe Sakic and Martin Brodeur. For the first time ever in a Canada Cup, there would be a winner take all Game three in the final. They did not disappoint. 1987 In 1987 all the stars aligned to deliver some of the best hockey ever seen. Ottawa and Canadian Tire Centre will welcome Team Canadas World Cup of Hockey training camp and host a pre-tournament game against Team USA this World Cup of Hockey 2016 is a joint effort of the National Hockey League and National Hockey League Players Association, in cooperation with the for Canadian players; to be selected from among all of that talent is a feeling I just cant really describe. The ones I have been around have been clearly high-motivated people. Sweden was full of confidence after knocking off the Soviets, 5-3 in the round robin. The Soviet Union completely embarrassed Canada 8-1. For me it is right at the top with the Stanley Cups obviously, says Lemieux. Tickets | Awards | Jobs | EP Shop | EP Rinkside Premium Features Bookmarks Player Tracker Compare Players Agent . Thats That is a skilled team and they came here to play. Hes also won gold at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship, and was part of the 2006 IIHF 2013 WJC 6GP 4G 11A 15P (Best Forward/All-Star Team). For someone who is too young to remember: what were the line combos for team Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup? I wasn't born yet, but just looking at that roster that's 3/4 Hall of Famers, it looks like the most dominant team Canada ever iced. The response came from unlikely sources. Then a best of three final would determine the champion. (As a member of HC Davos during two NHL lockouts, Thornton twice The Stanley JOHN TAVARES It produced the seminal hockey moment for most Canadians of a certain age. The score stayed the stayed the same well into the third period. The youngest player to ever score for Canada at the World Juniors when he tallied against Switzerland in 2004, Crosby made his biggest impact one year More than 160 years later, Colorado remains home to a large collection of gold although now it all belongs to Matt Duchene. It has been updated to reflect the full Team North Trailing 4-2, Canada scored three unanswered goalssix minutes apart. [2] Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov said he felt the main reason his team lost was because of "bias and errors in refereeing. Team win the 2012 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. joining what many believe is the best Canadian team ever. Thats just the way it goes., Were the last standing guys, says Thornton, laughing. JONATHAN TOEWS In the second period of overtime, Mario Lemieux scored his third goal of the game to give Canada the 6-5 win and force a winner take all game three. over Switzerland and the Czech Republic in six games playing on a line with Jeff Carter and Ryan Getzlaf. 2002 WJC 7GP 0G 2A 2P (silver medal/All-Star Team). The duo accounted for 29% of Canada's offence during the tournament. muscle injury, the Stars announced in July. West Germany participated in one Canada Cup, replacing Finland in 1984. I remember going to the Canada Cup in 91 in Hamilton as a 12-year-old boy and I thought, if I could ever do this would be amazing, says Thornton. RYAN GETZLAF Data tables and visualizations available under, Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation. The Ontario Women's Hockey Association hosted the tournament. A three-game series pitting the Soviet Union against Canada. Plenty of highlights remain Obviously winning it was a pretty exciting time, says Thornton high among them meeting and competing with heroes like Just being named is always an honour, Duchene says. In the second period, it was Canada that came out strong. Tom Renney We were joking about that all of a sudden were the old guys. Germans, setting up Anthony Mantha for all three of his hat-trick goals. Turning it up is something Duchene is confident he can do to help Canada defend its World Cup title and add one of the few missing pieces to his Pl. Peter Stastny, who had defected from Czechoslovakia, laced up with Team Canada for this tournament also. The game also produced one of the most underrated moments in Canadian Hockey. Mike Gartner scored to give Canada a 1-0 lead just 1:49 into the game. After a scoreless period of overtime, which featured tremendous goaltending from Grant Fuhr, Gretzky and Lemieux hooked up for the third time of the evening at 10:07 of the second overtime. Canada sent a much younger team to the 81 tournament. 2007 WJC 6GP 4G 3A 7P (gold medal). Near the end of the 1850s, thousands of prospectors made their way to the Southern Rocky Mountains, part of present-day Colorado, in search of a Below are the rosters for the 1987 Pan American Games. The goal revitalized the crowd and team. 2016 WJC 7GP 7G 4A 11P (bronze medal/All-Star Team), J.T. know that I could just go out there, be me, and play my game.. The 1981 Canada Cup saw the Soviets looking to re-establish themselves at the top of the hockey world. We were laughing the first day we got together because all of a sudden it was 12 years, says Bouwmeester. Canada scored twice more, each time Mario Lemieux assisted by Wayne Gretzky, but the Soviets replied each time. It doesnt hurt that he thrives on the big stage, and embraces his Team Canada opportunities. He added a Spengler Cup title in 2012 during the NHL lockout, an Olympic gold medal in 2014, and back-to-back IIHF World Championship gold medals in 2015 Sweden would score very late to give the game a respectable scoreline of 4-2. Canada, for the only time ever, was able to produce a lineup with both Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux. Its never easy to lose a player to injury, let alone one of Tylers caliber, but once again, it speaks to the depth of talent in the country to be able The Soviets were in danger of running away with the game, similar to what happened in 1981. Team Canada - International - hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at Eliteprospects.com. The final, at the time, was the most-watched sporting event in Canadian history. helped win a dozen years ago. great system for doing that and we know that from the number of high level players in our league, he Larry Murphy, Brent Sutter and Dale Hawerchuk all scored to give Canada a 5-4 lead heading into the third period. general manager for Team Canada at the World Cup of Hockey. The World Cup of Hockey, hosted by the NHL and NHLPA, runs Sept. 17 through Oct. 1, exclusively at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto and features players the Salt Lake Winter Games. Canada West and Canada East earned wins with strong start in Cornwall. Sharks. Marchand scored Tocchets Flyers teammate,Brian Propp, scored with just over five minutes left in the first period to cut the deficit to one goal. In what would prove to be a trend in the series, there was an early goal. of hardware; Perry joins Team Canada alumnus Scott Niedermayer as the only players to earn membership to the IIHF Triple Gold Club (Olympic gold, IIHF They joined 76 alumni Larry Robinson, Denis Potvin, Bob Gainey, Marcel Dionne and Guy Lafleur on the team. The second-youngest player on the roster, Drouin recorded points in three of four preliminary round games at the 2013 World Juniors, including a goal and 30 seconds after that, Andrei Khomutov tied the game at five. I think they are no different from us in that manner. Darryl Sittler would score the series-clinching goal in overtime. If you watched those games [from 2004] and then the games in this tournament, thered be a pretty noticeable difference, says Bouwmeester, now 32. 2006 WJC 6GP 0G 2A 2P (gold medal) representing more than 15 countries. Just over five minutes into the extra frame, Alexander Semak went bar down on Fuhr to give the Soviets the victory in Game one, 6-5. As to not interfere with the NHL schedule, the tournament would be held in the off-season. After the success of the Summit Series and Super Series, the demand for a best on best tournament was at an all-time high. Franchise All-Time Goals per Season # forced Chris Pronger out and brought Bouwmeester in. There was also Super Series 76, which saw teams from the Soviet Championship league tour North America and play exhibition games against NHL teams. Toews, 28, was an alternate captain with Team Canada when he won his second IIHF World Junior Championship gold medal in 2007, on his way to two Olympic After scoring once and adding three assists in seven games at the 2014 World Juniors, McDavid turned the 2015 tournament into his personal playground on Hasek proved to be quite the thorn in Team Canadas side. It was also the debut of the Russian Five a unit that played together at the club level with CSKA Moscow and with the Soviet national team. Bouwmeester and Thornton are the elder statesmen now, if you will, but in a room full of leaders 13 players presently wear letters with their NHL clubs native dominated from the blue-line, tying Bryan McCabes Canadian record for points by a defenceman in one year (12). For more information on the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, visit WCH2016.com. First and foremost, we want to wish Duncan the best in his continued rehabilitation, and welcome Jay to the team, said Doug Armstrong, general manager for Team Canada. picking up Player of the Game honours in Canadas 2-1 bronze medal game loss to Russia. The pressure that we had in the final game and the way it came down in the final minute, I The 31-year-old Weber has won gold for Canada at the IIHF World Junior Championship and IIHF World Championship, and at two Olympic Winter Games. Back then Thornton was one of the up-and-coming young guns in the game, a 25-year-old top-line centre who within two years would win the Hart Memorial I'd love to know. The Canadians are 2-0 and a win would clinch top spot in the North American pool. We are excited to add Logan to Team Canada. international debut as a forward on Canadas National Junior Team. Team Canada: 4 3 1 12:12 6:2 3. Dale Hawerchuk beat Hasek to get Canada back in the game. If no results appear, use Enter to do a full site search. ), as well as Andrew Brewer (Fredericton, N.B./Toronto, NHL) as video coach. was referring to the championship series of the 1987 Canada Cup which was a best-of-three final between Every fan can think of a moment when they saw their national team do something incredible. The first Canada Cup established a new era in international hockey. Below are the national team rosters for the 1987 Canada Cup ice hockey tournament. For more information on Canadas National Mens Team, please visit HockeyCanada.ca, or follow along via social It seemed no matter what team Canada did, they could not solve the Czech netminder. The decisions werent easy, and with the depth of player talent we have in Canada, we knew it would be a difficult process to finalize our roster but Its always a huge honour, especially me being 37; to play here with these guys is special, knowing I can be with these guys still, its pretty cool., I think health, says Thornton. By the time the World Cup The Soviet Union would send their amateur athletes to these competitions and dominated them. [1], Forwards and defence: Dale Hawerchuk, Mark Messier, Mike Gartner, Glenn Anderson, Kevin Dineen, Michel Goulet, Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet, Brian Propp, Doug Gilmour, Claude Lemieux, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Doug Crossman, Craig Hartsburg, Normand Rochefort, James Patrick, Raymond Bourque, Larry Murphy, Paul CoffeyGoaltenders: Ron Hextall, Kelly Hrudey, Grant FuhrCoaches: Mike Keenan, John Muckler, Jean Perron, Tom Watt, Forwards and defence: Petr Rosol, Igor Liba, Jan Jasko, Jiri Kucera, Jiri Dolezal, Vladimir Ruzicka, Ladislav Lubina, David Volek, Petr Vlk, Dusan Pasek, Jiri Sejba, Jiri Hrdina, Rostislav Vlach, Miloslav Horava, Drahomr Kadlec, Ludek ajka, Bedich erban, Jaroslav Benk, Antonin Stavjana, Mojmir BozikGoaltenders: Petr Briza, Dominik Haek, Jaromir SindelCoaches: Dr. Jn Star, Frantiek Pospil, Forwards and defence: Timo Blomqvist, Jari Grnstrand, Matti Hagman, Raimo Helminen, Iiro Jrvi, Timo Jutila, Jari Kurri, Markku Kyllonen, Mikko Mkel, Jouko Narvanmaa, Teppo Numminen, Janne Ojanen, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Christian Ruuttu, Jukka Seppo, Ville Siren, Petri Skriko, Raimo Summanen, Esa Tikkanen, Hannu VirtaGoaltenders: Jarmo Myllys, Kari Takko, Jukka TammiCoaches: Rauno Korpi, Juhani Tamminen, Forwards and defence: Tommy Albelin, Mikael Andersson, Peter Andersson, Jonas Bergqvist, Anders Carlsson, Thom Eklund, Anders Eldebrink, Peter Eriksson, Bengt-ke Gustafsson, Tomas Jonsson, Lars Karlsson, Mats Nslund, Kent Nilsson, Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, Magnus Roup, Thomas Rundqvist, Tommy Samuelsson, Hkan Sdergren, Peter Sundstrm, Michael ThelvnGoaltenders: Anders Bergman, ke Lilljebjrn, Peter LindmarkCoaches: Tommy Sandlin, Curt Lindstrm, Ingvar Carlsten, Forwards and defence: Joe Mullen, Curt Fraser, Corey Millen, Aaron Broten, Kelly Miller, Mark Johnson, Bob Brooke, Wayne Presley, Pat LaFontaine, Bobby Carpenter, Ed Olczyk, Joel Otto, Chris Nilan, Dave Ellett, Mike Ramsey, Kevin Hatcher, Rod Langway, Phil Housley, Gary Suter, Chris CheliosGoaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Bob Mason, John VanbiesbrouckCoaches: Bob Johnson, Ted Sator, Doug Woog, Forwards and defence: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Stelnov, Vasily Pervukhin, Alexei Kasatonov, Anatoli Fedotov, Igor Kravchuk, Yuri Khmylev, Vladimir Krutov, Andrei Lomakin, Igor Larionov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Sergei Svetlov, Alexander Semak, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Makarov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Anatoly SemenovGoaltenders: Vitali Samoilov, Sergei Mylnikov, Evgeny BelosheikinCoaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev, Three closely fought 65 games decided the '87 Canada Cup.[1]. But Mario Le Magnifique says the 87 Canada Cup may be the greatest single moment of his In overtime, Paul Coffey gave Canadian hockey fans a great memory. Canada West and the U.S. were Wednesday winners in Cornwall. Unfortunately, Jamie will not be available and we wish him a speedy recovery.. got a chance to play with all the great players, Gretzky, (Mark) Messier, (Glenn) Anderson, all these guys. The Burnaby, B.C., native didnt lead Canada to a medal, but led the tournament in assists and points on his way Planning began in 1974 when then NHLPA president Alan Eagleson started negotiating with Soviet hockey officials about a best on best world hockey championship. Our The United States shut out Sweden to earn its first win. The Soviets finished runners-up with a 3-1-1 record. to the team.. Crosby, 29, has won the Stanley Cup twice since becoming captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins prior to the 2007-08 season. At the 2014 Olympics, Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock who is back behind the bench at the World Cup asked Duchene if he planned on sitting back and It is what everyone wanted. One thing that has always been consistent is the standard that Hockey Canada brings, Duchene says. And theyll be ready to make the nation proud come September.. Team Canada Roster @ Ice Hockey World Championships 1987 GOALIES Name Pos Age Birthdate Birthplace HT WT SC Sean Burke G 20 1967-01-29 Windsor, Ontario 6'4" 212 L Bob Froese G 28 1958-06-30 St. Catharines, Ontario 5'11" 176 L DEFENSEMEN Name Pos Age Birthdate Birthplace HT WT SC Larry Murphy D 26 1961-03-08 Scarborough, Ontario 6'2" 209 R Denis Potvin was conceivably the best player in the world at the time, having one of those two- or three-year runs that break up those six-to-10-year streaks that the likes of Gordie Howe, Bobby. Sakic was referring to the championship series of the 1987 Canada Cup which was a best-of-three final between Canada and the Soviet Union. Player birthdate, birthplace, height and weight information for Team Canada. His most important point, however, making this decision the management group consulted with our coaching staff and determined that Logan was the best fit to help fill the role that Jamie was Thornton still thrived offensively, recording a goal and five assists, good for second in team scoring. Championship (2005) and a Memorial Cup joining Team Canada alumnus Scott Niedermayer. The teams had 12 representatives on the roster and the team was coached by the Oilers coaching staff. The 1987 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. Team Canada was heavily favoured to win their first game against South Africa, a team made up almost entirely by amateurs. While he registered JACK EICHEL under the microscope in Russia, displaying his rare combination of speed and skill. Canada and the Soviet Union played in the final. Canada roster - 2020 Summer Olympics Qualifier; Players: . The 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union produced some exceptional hockey. This year its the inclusion of two non-national teams Europe and North Viacheslav Fetisov scored a minute later to give the Soviets a 3-0 lead eight minutes in. MARK SCHEIFELE I stay on top of my fitness. While Canada did their part, Czechoslovakia finished ahead of the Soviet Union in the standings. The defence was led by Alexander Ragulin, who had played in three Olympics and nine world championships. medal. In 1981, the tournament adopted a one-game winner take all final. 2012 WJC 1GP 0-1-0 4.00GAA .852SV% 0SO and those whove won in best-on-best tournaments themselves. NOTE: This story was originally published March 2 with the announcement of the first 16 players. The tournament gave fans the realized dream of seeing a Gretzky-Lemieux combination. Tickets are now available on a priority-access basis to Ottawa Senators season-seat members until June 8. The Soviets tied it back up in the third and the game looked like it would head to overtime again. [The World Cup] brings together the top They are always dangerous with their speed and their skill. The 17-year-old six months from being the first-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft was The final best-of-three series of this tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union is considered by many to be the best exhibition of hockey in history. Ten times Duchene has worn the red and white of Team Canada the 2016 World Cup of Hockey is his 11th appearance and seven times the Haliburton, Ont., The Soviets brought a very strong team to the tournament. Team Canada: December 1987 HC Davos: 4:2 (2:0, 2:0, 0:2) Frjestads BK December 1987 HC Davos 1:7 (1:3, 0:3, 0:1) Krylja Sowetow Moskau: December 1987 Frjestads BK: 3:1 . Wayne Gretzky setting up Mario Lemieux for the winning goal in a 6-5 triumph. 2013 WJC 7GP 7G 2A 9P (gold medal/All-Star Team), JOHN GIBSON Not a bad start to his international career. SIDNEY CROSBY The World Cup of Hockey is a joint effort of the NHLPA and the NHL, in cooperation with the International This is a List of Canada Junior Men's National Team rosters. Paul Hendersons last-minute game-winner in Game 8 secured Team Canadas victory. Two minutes later, Vladimir Krutov scored shorthanded to tie the game at three. status of also-ran. 44 seconds later, Alexei Khomutov tied the game at one. The Soviets would boast about being the World Champions of hockey, despite not playing against the best teams from every country. In 1987 all the stars aligned to deliver some of the best hockey ever seen.

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