Canada men's national ice hockey team
The Canadian National Men's Ice Hockey Team (also known as Team Canada) is the ice hockey team for Canada. The team is run by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963 Canada did not have one national hockey team. Instead, several senior amateur club teams played for Canada . Canada's national men's team was created in 1963 by Father David Bauer as a part of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. This team played out of the University of British Columbia.[2] During the 1972 Summit Series, the name "Team Canada" was first used.
Nickname(s) | Team Canada (Équipe du Canada) |
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Association | Hockey Canada |
General Manager | Jim Nill |
Head coach | Todd McLellan |
Assistants | Peter Bill Peters Jay Woodcroft |
Captain | Sidney Crosby |
Most games | Brad Schlegel (304) |
Most points | Cliff Ronning (156) |
IIHF code | CAN |
IIHF ranking | 1 ![]() |
Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (2003–2005, 2008, February 2010) |
Lowest IIHF ranking | 5 (2012–2013) |
Team colors | |
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First international | |
![]() ![]() (Les Avants, Switzerland; January 10, 1910) | |
Biggest win | |
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Biggest defeat | |
![]() ![]() (Vienna, Austria; April 24, 1977) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 67 (first in 1920) |
Best result | ![]() |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 21 (first in 1920) |
Medals | ![]()
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International record (W–L–T) | |
918–424–132 |
Team Canada has been one of the leading national ice hockey teams playing around the world. They won the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups since 1976, nine Olympic gold medals (the most of any hockey nation); Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014. They are 25-time IIHF World Champions and winner of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
History
changeFrom 1920 to 1963 the senior amateur club teams that played for Canada were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions. The last amateur club team from Canada to win a gold medal at the World Championship was the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1961. After the 1963 World Championships, Father David Bauer founded the national team to play hockey for Canada in games around the world. This new team had it's first games at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Before the Soviet Union began playing international hockey in 1954, Canada won most of the international hockey games. Team Canada won six out of seven golds at the Olympics and 10 World Championship gold medals. After Canada won the Winter Olympic Gold medal in 1952, they did not win another gold medal for 50 years. From 1962 to 1993 the team was not able to win any World Championships. It was difficult for Team Canada to win because the country's best professional players were not able to play for Team Canada. Instead, they were playing for their National Hockey League teams.
Canada stopped playing in IIHF events in 1970 and Team Canada stopped playing in any games after the team was told they could not use semi-professional players at the World Championship. Canada once again began playing in the IIHF in 1977 after the IIHF President Dr. Sabetzki and top officials of professional ice hockey in Canada and the United States were able to come to an agreement. They agreed that professionals would be allowed to play hockey at the World Championship and the tournament would be scheduled later in the year. This allowed players from the NHL to play, after their teams were no longer playing in the Stanley Cup playoffs. They also agreed to create the "Canada Cup". This championship would be played every four years in North America. Canada, the United States, and the four best European national teams would play in this championship.
In 1983, Hockey Canada began the "Program of Excellence". This program was made to help prepare a team for the Winter Olympics every four years. This new National Team played a full season together all over the world against both national and club teams. Young players hoping to play in the NHL would play on this new team. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee voted to allow professional athletes to compete in Olympic Games, starting in 1988.[3] This allowed many experienced NHL players to join the team. In 1998 the NHL decided to stop letting players compete in the Olympics, so the Program of Excellence was shut down.
After not winning a gold medal for 33 years, Canada won the 1994 World Championship in Italy. Since 1994, Team Canada won in 1997, 2003, 2004, and 2007. Canada won its first Olympic gold medal in 50 years at Salt Lake City 2002. At Vancouver 2010, Canada won the gold medal with a 3–2 win against the United States in the final. Sidney Crosby's overtime goal won Canada the final gold medal awarded at the Games.[4] At the 2012 World Championship in Finland and Sweden, Ryan Murray became the first draft eligible prospect to represent Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championship.
After winning the Gold medal in the 2010 Winter Olympics, Team Canada was able to win gold again at the Sochi 2014 Olympic games. This was the first time a team had won Gold medals twice in a row since the Soviet Union in 1988. Team Canada was also the first to finish the tournament without losing any games since 1984. The team played so well that it was said they may be the best team that Canada had ever had.[5] Drew Doughty and Shea Weber scored the most goals for the team, while Jonathan Toews scored the gold medal-winning goal in the first period of a 3–0 win over Sweden in the final. After the 2014 Olympics Steve Yzerman, stepped down as general manager of the team.[6] In 2015, Team Canada was able to win their first hockey World Championship since 2007.[7]
List of teams representing Canada from 1920 to 1963
changePlayers
change2014 Winter Olympics roster
changeRoster for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 8–23, 2014.[8][9]
- Head coach: Mike Babcock
- Assistant coach: Lindy Ruff
- Assistant coach: Claude Julien
- Assistant coach: Ken Hitchcock
2014 IIHF World Championship roster
changeRoster for the 2014 IIHF World Championship in Minsk, Belarus, from May 9–25, 2014.[10]
- Head coach: Dave Tippett
- Assistant coach: Peter DeBoer
- Assistant coach: Paul Maurice
Number | Position | Player | Club |
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3 | D | Kevin Bieksa – C | Vancouver Canucks |
4 | D | Ryan Ellis | Nashville Predators |
5 | D | Jason Garrison | Vancouver Canucks |
7 | F | Kyle Turris – A | Ottawa Senators |
10 | F | Brayden Schenn | Philadelphia Flyers |
11 | F | Jonathan Huberdeau | Florida Panthers |
14 | F | Alexandre Burrows | Vancouver Canucks |
19 | F | Cody Hodgson | Buffalo Sabres |
20 | F | Troy Brouwer | Washington Capitals |
21 | F | Matt Read | Philadelphia Flyers |
23 | F | Sean Monahan | Calgary Flames |
24 | D | Morgan Rielly | Toronto Maple Leafs |
25 | F | Jason Chimera – A | Washington Capitals |
27 | D | Braydon Coburn | Philadelphia Flyers |
29 | F | Nathan MacKinnon | Colorado Avalanche |
30 | G | Ben Scrivens | Edmonton Oilers |
34 | G | James Reimer | Toronto Maple Leafs |
35 | G | Justin Peters | Carolina Hurricanes |
42 | F | Joel Ward | Washington Capitals |
43 | F | Nazem Kadri | Toronto Maple Leafs |
44 | D | Erik Gudbranson | Florida Panthers |
55 | F | Mark Scheifele | Winnipeg Jets |
57 | D | Tyler Myers | Buffalo Sabres |
2014 Spengler Cup roster
changeRoster for the 2014 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland, from December 26–31, 2014.[11]
- Head coach: Guy Boucher
Number | Position | Player | Club |
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1 | G | Nolan Schaefer | SC Bern |
2 | D | Jim Vandermeer | Kloten Flyers |
4 | F | Bud Holloway | SC Bern |
5 | F | Colby Genoway | Lausanne HC |
6 | D | Brendan Mikkelson | Toronto Marlies |
7 | F | Jeff Tambellini | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
8 | D | Joel Kwiatkowski – A | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
9 | F | Curtis Hamilton | Oklahoma City Barons |
10 | F | Alexandre Giroux | HC Ambrì-Piotta |
11 | F | Ben Walter | EC Salzburg |
12 | F | Stefano Giliati | Espoo Blues |
15 | F | Brett McLean – A | HC Lugano |
17 | D | Marc-André Gragnani | SC Bern |
19 | D | Steve McCarthy | Springfield Falcons |
21 | F | Jérôme Samson | Syracuse Crunch |
22 | G | Drew MacIntyre | Charlotte Checkers |
25 | D | Micki DuPont | Kloten Flyers |
26 | F | Mike Hedden | Ässät |
43 | D | Derrick Walser | Rapperswil-Jona Lakers |
47 | D | Ryan Parent | St. John's IceCaps |
77 | F | Ryan Martindale | San Antonio Rampage |
78 | F | Marc-Antoine Pouliot | HC Fribourg-Gottéron |
89 | F | Chris DiDomenico | SCL Tigers |
93 | F | Byron Ritchie – C | SC Bern |
Competition achievements
changeOlympic Games
changeAll Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships. Team Canada has won a total of 15 Olympic medals.[12]
World championships
changeAll Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships.[12] The 1920 Olympics were the first world championship. IIHF World Championships were not held during the Winter Olympic years of 1980, 1984 or 1988.[12]
Year | Location | Result |
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1920 | Antwerp, Belgium | Gold |
1924 | Chamonix, France | Gold |
1928 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Gold |
1930 | Chamonix, France; Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Austria | Gold |
1931 | Krynica, Poland | Gold |
1932 | Lake Placid, US | Gold |
1933 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Silver |
1934 | Milan, Italy | Gold |
1935 | Davos, Switzerland | Gold |
1936 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | Silver |
1937 | London, Great Britain | Gold |
1938 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Gold |
1939 | Zürich / Basel, Switzerland | Gold |
World Championships not held from 1940–1946 during World War II. | ||
1947 | Did not participate | |
1948 | St. Moritz, Switzerland | Gold |
1949 | Stockholm, Sweden | Silver |
1950 | London, Great Britain | Gold |
1951 | Paris, France | Gold |
1952 | Oslo, Norway | Gold |
1953 | Did not participate | |
1954 | Stockholm, Sweden | Silver |
1955 | Krefeld / Dortmund / Cologne, West Germany | Gold |
1956 | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | Bronze |
1957 | Did not participate | |
1958 | Oslo, Norway | Gold |
1959 | Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | Gold |
1960 | Squaw Valley, US | Silver |
1961 | Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland | Gold |
1962 | Colorado Springs / Denver, US | Silver |
1963 | Stockholm, Sweden | 4th place |
1964 | Innsbruck, Austria | 4th place |
1965 | Tampere, Finland | 4th place |
1966 | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | Bronze |
1967 | Vienna, Austria | Bronze |
1968 | Grenoble, France | Bronze |
1969 | Stockholm, Sweden | 4th place |
Canada did not participate in IIHF events from 1970–1976. | ||
1977 | Vienna, Austria | 4th place |
1978 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Bronze |
1979 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 4th place |
1981 | Gothenburg / Stockholm, Sweden | 4th place |
1982 | Helsinki / Tampere, Finland | Bronze |
1983 | Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany | Bronze |
1985 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Silver |
1986 | Moscow, Soviet Union | Bronze |
1987 | Vienna, Austria | 4th place |
1989 | Stockholm / Södertälje, Sweden | Silver |
1990 | Bern / Fribourg, Switzerland | 4th place |
1991 | Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, Finland | Silver |
1992 | Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 8th place |
1993 | Dortmund / Munich, Germany | 4th place |
1994 | Bolzano / Canazei / Milano, Italy | Gold |
1995 | Stockholm / Gävle, Sweden | Bronze |
1996 | Vienna, Austria | Silver |
1997 | Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland | Gold |
1998 | Zürich / Basel, Switzerland | 6th place |
1999 | Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway | 4th place |
2000 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | 4th place |
2001 | Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany | 5th place |
2002 | Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Sweden | 6th place |
2003 | Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland | Gold |
2004 | Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic | Gold |
2005 | Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria | Silver |
2006 | Riga, Latvia | 4th place |
2007 | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia | Gold |
2008 | Quebec City / Halifax, Canada | Silver |
2009 | Bern / Kloten, Switzerland | Silver |
2010 | Cologne / Mannheim | 7th place |
2011 | Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia | 5th place |
2012 | Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden | 5th place |
2013 | Stockholm, Sweden / Helsinki, Finland | 5th place |
2014 | Minsk, Belarus | 5th place |
Summit Series
changeCanada Cup
changeWorld Cup of Hockey
changeSpengler Cup
changeIn the Spengler Cup, Team Canada competes against European club teams such as HC Davos who host the tournament every year in Vaillant Arena. Canada was initially represented by the standing national team at this event, but subsequently is usually made up of Canadians playing in European leagues or the AHL.
Results | Years |
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Winner | 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012 |
Runners-up | 1985, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010 |
Coaches
changeList of coaches of the Canada men's national ice hockey team.
Olympics
- Gordon Sigurjonson, 1920
- Frank Rankin, 1924
- Conn Smythe, 1928
- Jack Hughes, 1932
- Al Pudas, 1936
- Sgt. Frank Boucher, 1948
- Louis Holmes, 1952
- Bobby Bauer, 1956, 1960
- Father David Bauer, 1964
- Jackie McLeod, 1968
- Lorne Davis, Clare Drake, Tom Watt (co-coaches), 1980
- Dave King, 1984, 1988, 1992
- Tom Renney, 1994
- Marc Crawford, 1998
- Pat Quinn, 2002, 2006
- Mike Babcock, 2010, 2014
Summit Series, Canada Cup, World Cup
- Harry Sinden, 1972 Summit Series
- Bill Harris, 1974 Summit Series
- Scotty Bowman, 1976, 1981 Canada Cups
- Glen Sather, 1984 Canada Cup
- Mike Keenan, 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups
- Glen Sather, 1996 World Cup
- Pat Quinn, 2004 World Cup
World Championships
- Les Allen, 1930
- Blake Wilson, 1931
- Harold Ballard, 1933
- Johnny Walker, 1934
- Scotty Oliver, 1935
- John Achtzener, 1937
- Max Silverman, 1938
- Elmer Piper, 1939
- Max Silverman, 1949
- Jimmy Graham, 1950
- Dick Gray, 1951
- Greg Currie, 1954
- Grant Warwick, 1955
- Sid Smith, 1958
- Ike Hildebrand, 1959
- Lloyd Roubell, 1961, 1962
- Bobby Kromm, 1963
- Gordon Simpson, 1965
- Jackie McLeod, 1966, 1967, 1969
- Johnny Wilson, 1977
- Harry Howell, 1978
- Marshall Johnston, 1979
- Don Cherry, 1981
- Red Berenson, 1982
- Dave King, 1983
- Doug Carpenter, 1985
- Pat Quinn, 1986
- Dave King, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
- Mike Keenan, 1993
- George Kingston, 1994
- Tom Renney, 1995, 1996
- Andy Murray, 1997, 1998
- Mike Johnston, 1999
- Tom Renney, 2000
- Wayne Fleming, 2001, 2002
- Andy Murray, 2003
- Mike Babcock, 2004
- Marc Habscheid, 2005, 2006
- Andy Murray, 2007
- Ken Hitchcock, 2008
- Lindy Ruff, 2009
- Craig MacTavish, 2010
- Ken Hitchcock, 2011
- Brent Sutter, 2012
- Lindy Ruff, 2013
References
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