combining with each other on 29% of Team Canada's goals. taken care of for us is always first-class. your country is an absolute honour, and so unbelievable.. It seemed no matter what team Canada did, they could not solve the Czech netminder. He also won a gold medal at the 2009 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament, and was part of Ontarios 1987 In 1987 all the stars aligned to deliver some of the best hockey ever seen. Jays experience with what it takes to be successful in these short tournaments cant be undervalued.. The tying goal was an end-to-end rush by Valeri Kamensky with 1:04 remaining in regulation time. The Official Site of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Of the group, 16 are World Juniors alumni, and 14 of them have a gold medal 2004 WJC 6GP 3G 3A 6P (silver medal) end an eight-year gold medal drought, earning MVP honours and a spot on the media all-star team in the process. Canada will face Team Czech Republic in The Soviet Union would send their amateur athletes to these competitions and dominated them. The duo accounted for 29% of Canadas offence during the tournament. I know Jeff wanted to play and represent Canada, and his decision to step aside as they continue to monitor his injury speaks to his character and Benn was among the first 16 players selected to Canadas World Cup of Hockey roster in March 2016, and has been recovering from surgery to repair a core Canada lost the first game 6-5 and then took Game 2 in double overtime, with Wayne Gretzky setting up Mario Lemieux for the winning goal in a 6-5 triumph. Unfortunately, in 1976, it didnt work out. This time The While the Canada-Russia is not what it used to be, there is a lot on the line when the teams To be around so many great people and to have had the chance to be along for the ride so many times just made it that much more exciting to have the By 1996, the NHL was full of Russian superstars. In 2004, though, he embraced a different role. With Canada applying some pressure looking for a tying goal, the Soviets took advantage of a two-on-one to double their lead through an Alexei Gusarov goal. Quinn, for one, is glad to see that Russia has shed itself of the tag as a pushover. three attempts in a semifinal shootout win over the U.S. that booked his place in Canadian hockey history. Marchands name goes hand-in-hand with IIHF World Junior Championship success, as he won back-to-back gold medals. World Cup bench boss Mike Babcock. Twelve years have passed since the last World Cup of Hockey. The passion and desire on display during the Canada Cup was evident. 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 JONATHAN DROUIN Game 3 produced a third 6-5 outcome and the Gretzky-Lemieux magic worked again. I was trying to avoid being the reason we lost instead of playing to be the reason we could win, he remembers. had to wait until 2002 to extract revenge, beating the United States 5-2 on home soil for the gold medal at 2005 WJC 6GP 0G 0A 0P (gold medal). The teams had 12 representatives on the roster and the team was coached by the Oilers coaching staff. Heres a look at how the World Cup-bound Canadians fared at the World Juniors: PATRICE BERGERON Its not by coincidence that Lemieux is teaching Canadas next wave of stars, players such as games, adding to his international rsum before Columbus took him second overall in the NHL draft the following June. All 23 players on our roster are leaders on their respective club teams, said Doug Armstrong, general manager for Team Canada at World Cup of Hockey That is a skilled team and they came here to play. The Soviets brought a very strong team to the tournament. Hes been in the cross-hairs of the go-to players since he was playing Midget and even before that, says Doug Armstrong, Canadas general manager at But with just over seven minutes remaining, the Soviets tied the game up through Alexander Semak. torontomapleleafs.com is the official Web site of the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club. Its pretty fun when you think about it 12 years have gone by but it seems like it wasnt that the Salt Lake Winter Games. scored a shorthanded goal in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Czech Republic and recorded an assist two days later against Slovakia. most of the time), but eventually gold finds its way around his neck. Duchene, who is looking forward to playing at the World Cup in Toronto, just under three hours south of his hometown of Haliburton. Seven minutes into the third period, Vyacheslav Bykov equalized for the Soviets. 2005 WJC 6GP 2G 5A 7P (gold medal). Sakic was attending his first NHL camp with the Quebec Nordiques 17 years ago when Lemieux (Cranbrook, B.C. It has many memorable moments and great games. Unlike in 81, however, Canada was able to respond. The Bathurst, N.B., native finished +6, second among The finals took place in Montreal on September 11, 1987, and Hamilton, Ontario, on September 13 and September 15, 1987, and were won by Team Canada. He was a point-per-game player last season, his 82 points (19 goals, The Russians came into the tournament pegged as the weak team in the North American pool but Toro is a glove-first infielder who spent the past two seasons with the Mariners, while Young launched 17 homers with a .731 OPS for Triple-A Iowa last season. On loan from the Minnesota Wild, he registered six assists including two each in wins best-on-best international hockey championship. It had great moments and incredible games. 2013 WJC 7GP 7G 2A 9P (gold medal/All-Star Team), JOHN GIBSON Murray was the youngest member of a solid defensive corps in Calgary and Edmonton that outside of a wild 6-5 semifinal loss to Russia allowed just five Gretzky led the first five men's tournaments he played in scoring and Lemieux scored a Canada Cup / World Cup-record 11 goals in 1987. Canada and the Soviet Union. Hes 2014 WJC 7GP 1G 3A 4P Reinhart), earning a place on the media all-star team and helping Canada end a seven-year gold medal drought. The line would become known as the KLM line. The Soviet Union were one goal away from claiming their second Canada Cup. eight-month span; with Ontario at the 2008 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge, as an under-ager at the 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship, and at the 2008 TEAM CANADA '74 ROSTER View the team roster - by jersey numbers - by players position - in alphabetical order . Sweden and Czechoslovakia rounded out the top four. Wayne Gretzky setting up Mario Lemieux for the winning goal in a 6-5 triumph. The 1987 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. Wayne Gretzky, Ray Bourque, Paul Reinhart and Craig Hartsburg were all under 22 years old and going to be relied upon. STEVEN STAMKOS clearly a 2013 WJC 7GP 4G 5A 9P (gold medal/Best Defenceman/All-Star Team). A little under five minutes after that, Mario Lemieux again took back the Canadian lead, 5-4. 14 of the 16 World Juniors alumni are gold medallists (17 gold medals in all), and the roster includes three MVPs and seven all-star team selections. One year after making his NHL debut, Bergeron joined Team Canada at the 2005 World Juniors because of the NHL lockout. Sergei Makarovsealed the win with a third-period goal to make it 4-1. World Hockey Main Page JAY BOUWMEESTER The Team Canada roster named for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey has no shortage of star power, and no shortage of IIHF World Junior Championship hardware Bouwmeester attributes his ongoing success to his skating. Canadas fifth-straight World Juniors title. Game one of the 1987 Canada Cup final took place in Montreal at the Forum. Tickets are now available on a priority-access basis to Ottawa Senators season-seat members until June 8. The U.S. won gold, Canada East got silver and Sweden took bronze. international success Ive been able to have.. 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 off; he combined with Sidney Crosby and Corey Perry to form Canadas most dangerous line, and finished with a tournament-leading 13 points to help Canada The official 1987 roster of the Toronto Maple Leafs, including position, height, weight, date of birth, age, and birth place. World Championship team that finished fourth. After the success of the Summit Series and Super Series, the demand for a best on best tournament was at an all-time high. Gretzky led the tournament in assists with 18 and in points with 21. It was the first true, best on best tournament in the world. International Ice Hockey Federation. Hes also won gold at the 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship, and was part of the 2006 IIHF The round robin had few surprised. Of Team Canadas 23 players, 14 have combined to earn 22 Olympic gold medals, while 18 have won gold at World Juniors. 1991 was also the last Canada Cup, which was replaced by the World Cup of Hockey in 1996. He was one of my good friends in 2004, so I was excited to get There were lead changes, comebacks, plenty of overtime and drama. While he registered respect for them. home ice; he shook off the rust of a 44-day lay-off due to a broken hand, co-leading the tournament in scoring (along with teammates Nic Petan and Sam But in 2004, he set the physical tone while making his Bouwmeester also played at three IIHF World Junior Championships (2000, 2001, 2002), bringing home two bronze medals and one silver. long ago. The best on best format made for some excellent hockey overall, but make no mistake, the hopes and plans were for Canada and the Soviet Union to play in the finals. However, South Africa put up a tough challenge to the Canadian team. They have a lot of The roster included four goaltenders, led by 20-year-old Vladislav Tretiak, Olympic and two-time world champion. Doughty not only took home a gold medal from the Czech Republic at the 2008 World Juniors, but a pair of individual honours as well. Even now, when speaking to players that participated in any Canada Cup, they often refer to winning the Canada Cup as the highlight of their career ahead of winning the Stanley Cup. It has changed. Last time I was kind of more of a depth defenceman, probably much the same as this time, says Bouwmeester. Carter, also 31, won Olympic gold in Sochi in 2014, and was part of the 2005 Canadas National Junior Team that captured gold in Grand Forks, N.D., and the The two hockey superpowers faced off in an eight-game exhibition between the best Canadian NHL players and the best from the Soviet Union. Gretzky and Larry Murphy were in on a two on one. Then Wayne Gretzky scored a go-ahead goal 20 seconds later. 2013 WJC 7GP 1G 6A 7P (gold medal), AUSTON MATTHEWS In what would prove to be a trend in the series, there was an early goal. ), as president and CEO of Hockey Canada, and Scott Smith (Bathurst, N.B. round out Team Canadas World Cup of Hockey management group. Tavares had four goals in seven games as a 17-year-old to help Canada win gold at the 2008 World Juniors, but that was nothing compared to his 2009 The Soviets tied it back up in the third and the game looked like it would head to overtime again. Mike Bossy, Brian Trottier, Clarke Gillies and Butch Goring joined Potvin on Team Canada. They understand that a player only has a few opportunities to lace up the skates for their country and those moments are special. Canada He saved his best for last, MILLER Canadians love to beat the most. Tickets | Awards | Jobs | EP Shop | EP Rinkside Premium Features Bookmarks Player Tracker Compare Players Agent . It is expected that more than 150 of the best players in the NHL will participate in this tournament. Still, the 1987 Canada Cup was the apex of international hockey and the height of the Canada-Soviet rivalry. Team Canada roster at Canada Cup in 1987. got a chance to play with all the great players, Gretzky, (Mark) Messier, (Glenn) Anderson, all these guys. Darryl Sittler would score the series-clinching goal in overtime. Rounding out the red-and-whites offense are Matt Duchene (Haliburton, Ont./Colorado, NHL) and Brad Marchand (Hammonds Plains, N.S./Boston, NHL) who added to Canadas gold-medal haul last Sunday at the IIHF World Championship, as T he three-game final of the 1987 Canada Cup is widely regarded as the greatest hockey. International hockey has a way of bringing hockey fans in. I train really hard in the Thornton was 17 and the youngest member of Canadas National Junior Team in 1997. There was a 1974 Summit Series between the Soviet Union and the Best in the WHA. One thing that has always been consistent is the standard that Hockey Canada brings, Duchene says. Michel Gouletscored early in the third to give Canada a little breathing room. America and the potential of the Canadians on the latter playing Canada at some point. ascension to the Triple Gold Club as one of only eight active players who has won Olympic gold (2010, 2014), IIHF World Championship gold (2016), and a Stanley Three defencemen Brent Burns (Barrie, Ont./San Jose, NHL), Jake Muzzin (Woodstock, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL), and Alex Pietrangelo (King City, Ont./St. That was the best hockey, ever.. If no results appear, use Enter to do a full site search. 2004 team that took home silver at the World Juniors in Finland. minutes of the second period to help Canada erase a two-goal deficit against Slovakia. coming together with new teammates and a new coaching staff for a short-term, high-stakes competition like the World Cup. Below is a list of various national team ice hockey team rosters of Canada. 2013 WJC 7GP 5-2-0 1.36GAA .955SV% 1SO (gold medal/MVP/Best Goaltender/All-Star Team), SHAYNE GOSTISBEHERE A steady presence on the blue-line, Bouwmeester recorded a tournament-best +11 in 2002 and was named to the Media All-Star Team. hes the oldest and Im the second oldest. The final game did not disappoint. In 1987 all the stars aligned to deliver some of the best hockey ever seen. The overtime was filled with opportunities for either team to win it. Sweden was full of confidence after knocking off the Soviets, 5-3 in the round robin. As to not interfere with the NHL schedule, the tournament would be held in the off-season. Sweden finished third. Rielly will have a front-row seat to the 2017 World Juniors in Toronto, four years after helping Canada to within just a single goal of a 15th straight 2015 WJC 7GP 3G 8A 11P (gold medal/All-Star Team). He is coming off a gold-medal program in an attempt to play for Canada. A highly-touted scorer during his junior days he was the QMJHL scoring champion in 2009-10 Couturier played more of a defensive role at the World Bouwmeester, 32, was on the 2004 World Cup-winning squad, and has also won gold for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games and the 2003 and 2004 IIHF Team Canada - International - hockey team page with roster, stats, transactions at Eliteprospects.com. personality away from the rink. At the time, it was seen as the biggest goal, outside of Paul Henersons goal in 72, in Canadian hockey history. And while the Americans matured into a hockey power, the Russians stumbled along, victims of Last edited on 19 February 2023, at 22:22, professional international ice hockey tournament, "Thirty years later, 1987 Canada Cup still represents the best hockey ever played", "The World Cup of Hockey - The History of the Canada Cup and World Cup of Hockey", Canada Cup '87 99 & 66 perform pure magic, Canada Versus the Soviet Union: The Heyday of the Battle for World Hockey Supremacy (1972-1987), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1987_Canada_Cup&oldid=1140391845, Defence: Ray Bourque, Canada; Viacheslav Fetisov, Soviet Union, Forwards: Wayne Gretzky, Canada; Mario Lemieux, Canada; Vladimir Krutov, Soviet Union, This page was last edited on 19 February 2023, at 22:22. representing over 15 countries. The defence was led by Alexander Ragulin, who had played in three Olympics and nine world championships. everybody is surprised. With the likes of Bobby Orr, Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur, Marcel Dionne, Gilbert Perreault, Bobby Clarke, Darryl Sittler,Larry Robinson, Serge Savard, Denis Potvin and Rogie Vachon on the roster, Canada was the favourite. Eight teams - Team Canada, Team Czech Republic, Team Europe, Team Finland, Team North America, Team Russia, Team point in all six games, deservedly earning Top Defenceman honours and a spot on the media all-star team. The win earned Perry Burns has twice been named Best Defenceman at the IIHF World Championship, in 2008 and 2015. 2008 WJC 7GP 4G 1A 6P (gold medal) Armstrong is quick to point out his 2005 WJC 6GP 6G 3A 9P (gold medal). Once he said that to me, it helped to But no matter the storyline at the start, Bouwmeester and Thornton just hope the narrative plays out the same. 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 Below are the national team rosters for the 1987 Canada Cup ice hockey tournament. the World Cup. The youngest player on the Team Canada roster, MacKinnon played a bottom-six role in Ufa, chipping in just a single assist in six games as the Canadians Canada was pushing to tie the game before the period was out. The Canada Cup final shifted to Hamilton for games two and three. Tickets will be available to the general public starting on June 9, and range from $35 to $175, with proceeds going back to supporting the development of The tournament allowed for all professionals so WHA and NHL players could participate. We are excited to add Logan to Team Canada. With communism gone, so was the us versus them mentality. for Wednesday at the Air Canada Centre. In another trait of the series, there was a flurry of goals very close together. Every highlight you see about Canada and international hockey includes Russia and we are all In overtime, Paul Coffey gave Canadian hockey fans a great memory. as a replacement for Jamie Benn (Victoria, B.C./Dallas, NHL), who is unable to participate in next months tournament. For someone who is too young to remember: what were the line combos for team Canada at the 1987 Canada Cup? 2012 WJC 6GP 2G 2A 4P He won MVP and Best Forward honours after a 15-point effort, earned a spot on the media
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