Canada Cup

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The Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament that was held five times from 1976 to 1991. Canada won the Cup four out of five times, and the Soviet Union won it once.[1]

Competitions[change | change source]

Year Champion Runner-up Semi-finalists MVP
1976  Canada  Czechoslovakia N/A (round-robin system) Bobby Orr
1981  Soviet Union  Canada  Czechoslovakia and  United States Vladislav Tretiak
1984  Canada  Sweden  Soviet Union and  United States John Tonelli
1987  Canada  Soviet Union  Sweden and  Czechoslovakia Wayne Gretzky
1991  Canada  United States  Finland and  Sweden Bill Ranford

References[change | change source]

  1. Anderson, H. J. (2005). The Canada Cup of Hockey Fact and Stat Book. Trafford Publishing. p. 153. ISBN 978-1-4120-5512-3.
  • Müller, Stephan : International Ice Hockey Encyclopedia 1904-2005 / BoD GmbH Norderstedt, 2005 ISBN 3-8334-4189-5