Canada men's national ice hockey team
The Canadian national men's hockey team is overseen by Hockey Canada. The team participates in international ice hockey competitions.
Canada has been one of the leading national ice hockey teams in international play, winning the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups dating back to 1976, winning the 2002 Winter Olympics, two recent IIHF World Championships and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
Canada was able to win only four World Championships and no Winter Olympic Gold medals between 1954 and 1991 when the Soviet, Czechoslovak, and Swedish teams dominated. This was in part because Canada's best professional players were unable to attend these events as they had commitments with their respective National Hockey League teams, although it is noted that in 1998 Canada had an all-NHL professional team and still failed to win a medal, losing to both the Czech Republic and Finland in their final two games. Prior to 1977, professionals were not allowed to play in these events. Before the emergence of the Soviet Union, Canada dominated hockey, winning six out of seven golds at the Olympics before 1956 and 13 world championship gold medals before 1961. Canada has a total of 574,125 players(1.76% of its population) and the current coach is Pat Quinn.
See also: Canadian national women's hockey team
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Association |
Hockey Canada |
Current Olympic/World Cup coach |
Pat Quinn, 2002- |
Current national team coach |
Marc Habscheid 2004- |
Most Games* |
Ryan Smyth:50 |
Most Points* |
Wayne Gretzky:68 |
First Game |
Canada 8 - 1 Switzerland (Les Avants, Switzerland; January 10, 1910) |
Largest win |
Canada 47 - 0 Denmark (Stockholm, Sweden; February 12, 1949) |
Largest defeat |
Canada 1 - 11 Soviet Union (Vienna, Austria; April 24, 1977) |
Summit Series, Canada Cup and World Cup |
Winners: 6- 1972, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1991, 2004 |
Olympics |
Gold medalists: 7- 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002 |
World Championships |
Gold medalists: 17- 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004 |
* Includes Professional ice hockey world championships and the 1998 and 2002 Olympics only ** Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups, and Summit Series' |
2006 World Championship Roster
Goaltenders
- 35 Alex Auld
- 30 Marc Denis
Defencemen
- 16 Trevor Daley
- 25 Micki DuPont
- 2 Dan Hamhuis
- 3 Stephane Robidas - A
- 55 Nick Schultz
- 5 Brent Seabrook
- 6 Brad Stuart
Forwards
- 37 Patrice Bergeron
- 26 Brad Boyes
- 19 Kyle Calder - A
- 13 Mike Cammalleri
- 7 Jeff Carter
- 89 Mike Comrie
- 87 Sidney Crosby - A
- 17 Scott Hartnell
- 12 Glen Metropolit
- 27 Matt Pettinger
- 18 Mike Richards
- 14 Brendan Shanahan - C
- 29 Jason Williams
2006 Olympic Roster
Goaltenders
- 30 Martin Brodeur
- 1 Roberto Luongo
- 35 Marty Turco
Defencemen
- 4 Rob Blake-A
- 3 Jay Bouwmeester*
- 52 Adam Foote
- 24 Bryan McCabe**
- 44 Chris Pronger-A
- 6 Wade Redden
- 28 Robyn Regehr
Forwards
- 14 Todd Bertuzzi
- 9 Shane Doan
- 33 Kris Draper
- 21 Simon Gagné-A
- 15 Dany Heatley
- 12 Jarome Iginla-A
- 40 Vincent Lecavalier
- 61 Rick Nash
- 39 Brad Richards
- 91 Joe Sakic-C
- 94 Ryan Smyth
- 26 Martin St. Louis
- 97 Joe Thornton
Reserves
*Was on the reserves replacing Bryan McCabe; replaced Scott Niedermayer
**Was on the reserves; replaced Ed Jovanovski
***Replaced Jay Bouwmeester who was on the reserves replacing Bryan McCabe
Former rosters
- Main article: List of Canadian national hockey team rosters
Captains
Coaching history
Olympics
- Gordon Sigurjonson, 1920
- Frank Rankin, 1924
- Conn Smythe, 1928
- Jack Hughes, 1932
- Al Pudas, 1936
- Sgt. Frank Boucher, 1948
- Lou 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
Canada/World Cups
- Harry Sinden, 1972 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
- Joel Quenneville, 2004
- Marc Habscheid, 2005, 2006
Olympic record
- 1920 - Gold medal winner - exhibition (Winnipeg Falcons)
- 1924 - Gold medal winner (Toronto Granites)
- 1928 - Gold medal winner (University of Toronto)
- 1932 - Gold medal winner (The Winnipegs)
- 1936 - Silver medal winner (Port Arthur Bearcats)
- 1948 - Gold medal winner (RCAF Flyers)
- 1952 - Gold medal winner (Edmonton Mercurys)
- 1956 - Bronze medal winner (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
- 1960 - Silver medal winner (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
- 1964 - Finished in 4th place*
- 1968 - Bronze medal winner
- 1972 - Did not participate
- 1976 - Did not participate
- 1980 - Finished in 6th place
- 1984 - Finished in 4th place
- 1988 - Finished in 4th place
- 1992 - Silver medal winner
- 1994 - Silver medal winner
- 1998 - Finished in 4th place
- 2002 - Gold medal winner
- 2006 - Finished in 7th place
* Disputed see Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
Summit Series record
Canada Cup record
- 1976 - Won championships
- 1981 - 2nd Place
- 1984 - Won championships
- 1987 - Won championships
- 1991 - Won championships
World Cup of Hockey record
World Championships record
- 1930 - Gold medal winner (Toronto CCM)
- 1931 - Gold medal winner (Manitoba Grads)
- 1933 - Silver medal winner (Toronto National Sea Fleas)
- 1934 - Gold medal winner (Saskatoon Quakers)
- 1935 - Gold medal winner (Winnipeg Monarchs)
- 1937 - Gold medal winner (Kimberly Dynamiters)
- 1938 - Gold medal winner (Sudbury Wolves)
- 1939 - Gold medal winner (Trail Smoke Eaters)
- 1947 - Did not participate
- 1949 - Silver medal winner (Sudbury Wolves)
- 1950 - Gold medal winner (Edmonton Mercurys)
- 1951 - Gold medal winner (Lethbridge Maple Leafs)
- 1953 - Did not participate
- 1954 - Silver medal winner (East York Lyndhursts)
- 1955 - Gold medal winner (Penticton Vees)
- 1957 - Did not participate
- 1958 - Gold medal winner (Whitby Dunlops)
- 1959 - Gold medal winner (Belleville McFarlands)
- 1961 - Gold medal winner (Trail Smoke Eaters)
- 1962 - Silver medal winner (Galt Terriers)
- 1963 - Finished in 4th place (Trail Smoke Eaters)
- 1965 - Finished in 4th place
- 1966 - Bronze medal winner
- 1967 - Bronze medal winner
- 1969 - Finished in 4th place
- 1970 - Did not participate
- 1971 - Did not participate
- 1972 - Did not participate
- 1973 - Did not participate
- 1974 - Did not participate
- 1975 - Did not participate
- 1976 - Did not participate
- 1977 - Finished in 4th place
- 1978 - Bronze medal winner
- 1979 - Finished in 4th place
- 1981 - Finished in 4th place
- 1982 - Bronze medal winner
- 1983 - Bronze medal winner
- 1985 - Silver medal winner
- 1986 - Bronze medal winner
- 1987 - Finished in 4th place
- 1989 - Silver medal winner
- 1990 - Finished in 4th place
- 1991 - Silver medal winner
- 1992 - Finished in 7th place
- 1993 - Finished in 4th place
- 1994 - Gold medal winner
- 1995 - Bronze medal winner
- 1996 - Silver medal winner
- 1997 - Gold medal winner
- 1998 - Finished in 6th place
- 1999 - Finished in 4th place
- 2000 - Finished in 4th place
- 2001 - Finished in 5th place
- 2002 - Finished in 6th place
- 2003 - Gold medal winner
- 2004 - Gold medal winner
- 2005 - Silver medal winner
- 2006 - Finished in 4th place
Spengler Cup
Spengler Cup victories for Team Canada have occurred in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003.
External links
- Hockey Canada home page
- Video of 2002 Final 404 error - page not found
- CNNSI's 2002 hockey coverage
- All-time results: IHF Hockey Forums - sorted by country