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Bill Barber, Gerry Cheevers, Bobby Clarke CAPTAIN, Marcel Dionne,

Phil Esposito, Bob Gainey, Danny Gare, Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur,

Guy Lapointe, Reg Leach, Richard Martin, Peter Mahovlich,

Lanny McDonald, Bobby Orr, Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin,

Glenn Resch, Larry Robinson, Serge Savard, Steve Shutt,

Darryl Sittler, Rogatien Vachon, Carol Vadnais, Jimmy Watson

Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil CO-COACHES

CANADA INAUGURAL CANADA CUP CHAMPIONS

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1976 CANADA CUP

Thursday, September 2 2000 h et

FINLAND 2 v. CANADA 11

FIRST PERIOD

1. CANADA, Richard Martin 1 (Guy Lapointe, Guy Lafleur) 3:54 PPG 2. CANADA, Bobby Hull 1 (Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin) 6:38

3. CANADA, Phil Esposito 1 (Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr) 7:11 GWG 4. CANADA, Bobby Hull 1 (unassisted) 12:20

5. FINLAND, Lasse Oksanen 1 (Jouni Peltonen) 17:09

Penalties ― Hagman F 3:15, Lapointe C 14:23, Dionne C 17:46

SECOND PERIOD 6. CANADA, Reg Leach 1 (Bobby Orr, Richard Martin) 3:13 PPG

7. CANADA, Steve Shutt 1 (Serge Savard, Peter Mahovlich) 6:06

Penalties ― Saari F 3:04, Orr C 7:48, Shutt C Rautakallio F 14:20

THIRD PERIOD 8. CANADA, Richard Martin 2 (Denis Potvin, Gilbert Perreault) 0:58

9. FINLAND, Kari Makkonen 1 (Tapio Levo, Tapio Koskinen) 1:42 10. CANADA, Phil Esposito 2 (Peter Mahovlich, Serge Savard) 8:25

11. CANADA, Richard Martin 3 (Gilbert Perreault, Guy Lafleur) 11:12 12. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 1 (Guy Lafleur, Richard Martin) 11:38

13. CANADA, Darryl Sittler 1 (unassisted) 15:52

Penalties ― Watson C 14:04, Orr C 17:16

Shots on goal by FINLAND 5 10 9 24

CANADA 13 15 14 42 FINLAND, Antti Leppanen, Markus Mattsson (7:11 of first period); CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: FIN ― 0 for 5, CAN ― 2 for 2

Coaches: FINLAND, Lasse Heikkila, Carl Brewer; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil 9 500 at Ottawa Civic Centre

F Richard Martin CAN and F Matti Hagman FIN named game’s top players

In 1972, Richard Martin left Team Canada (with permission) after failing to see any action in the first five games. He was labelled, by some, as a deserter. “I didn’t like what happened then and I

guess I had it in the back of my mind that I’d like to rectify it.”

Team Canada’s captain F Bobby Clarke CAN suffered a sprained Achilles tendon in right leg in third period. After his x-rays, Clarke said, “If I can skate, I’ll be playing (in Canada’s next game).

I didn’t come this far to sit back and watch.”

Friday, September 3 2000 h et

SOVIET UNION 3 v. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Milan Novy 1 (Frantisek Pospisil) 12:09 2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Frantisek Pospisil 1 (Josef Augusta, Milan Novy) 19:21

Penalties ― Repnev U 1:58, Repnev U 4:44, P. Stastny C 7:03, Babinov U 10:43,

P. Stastny C 10:54, M. Stastny C 14:17, Repnev U 19:43

SECOND PERIOD

3. SOVIET UNION, Alexander Maltsev 1 (unassisted) 1:07 SHG 4. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Milan Novy 2 (Peter Stastny, Oldrich Machac) 19:38

Penalties ― Babinov U 2:20, Chalupa C 6:00, Chalupa C 10:43

THIRD PERIOD

5. SOVIET UNION, Helmut Balderis 1 (Viktor Shalimov) 4:00 6. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Bohuslav Stastny 1 (Vladimir Martinec, Jiri Novak) 4:33 GWG

7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Vladimir Martinec 1 (Jiri Bubla) 13:06 8. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Kovin 1 (Aleksandr Skvortsov, Alexander Gusov) 13:59

Penalties ― Lutchenko U 6:40, Augusta C 10:53

Shots on goal by

SOVIET UNION 9 3 6 18 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 12 14 4 30

SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Holecek

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 6, USSR ― 0 for 6 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Boris Mayorov, Robert Cherenkov; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi

16 193 at Montreal Forum

“The Czechs have been together many years and their team play is strong,” Soviet coach Robert Cherenkov said. “Our team is in the development stage with many new players and our play as a team

is not good. We’ll improve as the tournament advances.” Team Canada players and coach attended this game to do a little scouting. “We figured the Czechs

hadn’t showed us everything,” said Canada’s head coach Scotty Bowman. “The (exhibition) game against us was their first one here and they were a little tense. They’re a good, smart, physically

strong team with poise and discipline. They’ll be very tough and so will the Soviets for that matter.”

Friday, 3 September 1700 h et

SWEDEN 5 v. UNITED STATES 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. SWEDEN, Borje Salming 1 (Bjorn Johansson, Inge Hammarstrom) 6:56 PPG 2. SWEDEN, Roland Eriksson 1 (Anders Hedberg, Mats Waltin) 7:39 PPG

3. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 1 (Roland Eriksson, Thommie Bergman) 14:16 PPG GWG 4. SWEDEN, Juha Widing 1 (Tord Lundstrom, Inge Hammarstrom) 15:45

5. SWEDEN, Tord Lundstrom 1 (Juha Widing, Borje Salming) 19:27 PPG

Penalties ― Nilsson S Talafous U 2:05, Nanne U 2:33, Lundstrom S 4:14, Talafous U 5:21, Milbury U (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 6:22, Lundstrom S (major) Norris U 7:47, Chartraw U 11:38, Christie U 12:49,

Sargent U 19:04

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Bergman S 1:20, S. Salming S 3:38, Sjoberg S 18:55

THIRD PERIOD

6. UNITED STATES, Dean Talafous 1 (Robbie Ftorek) 4:21 7. UNITED STATES, Dean Talafous 1 (Robbie Ftorek) 18:26

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by

SWEDEN 23 8 6 37 UNITED STATES 5 13 11 29

SWEDEN, Hardy Astrom; UNITED STATES, Mike Curran

Power play: SWE ―4 for 6, USA ― 0 for 5

Coaches: SWEDEN, Hans Lindberg; UNITED STATES, Bob Pulford, Harry Neale 12 211 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

American netminder Mike Curran said of Sweden’s club, “Not only are they pros, they are pros

who are all playing well in North America. Against these kind of players, you can’t afford to be a man short and, in the case of some times tonight, two men short.”

USA was handed 24 minutes in penalties in first period by referee Bill Friday of the World Hockey Association “We were a little rusty because we have not played for a week,” said Sweden’s winger Inge

Hammarstrom. “In my opinion, we began to play a little poorly on defence. There was a lot of yelling and screaming on our bench and some guys exhausted themselves. We’ll have to get together,

slow things down and just play our positions. If we do that, we can beat most teams here.”

Sunday, September 5 1300 h et

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 8 v. FINLAND 0

FIRST PERIOD 1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Vladimir Martinec 2 (Jiri Novak, Bohuslav Stastny) 10:34 GWG

Penalties ― Litma F 3:01, Ebermann C 17:31, Repo F 18:35

SECOND PERIOD

2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Josef Augusta 1 (Milan Novy, Peter Stastny) 4:11 3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Bohuslav Ebermann 1 (Milan Kajkl, Ivan Hlinka) 11:22

4. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Bubla 1 (Jiri Holik) 19:21

Penalties ― P. Stastny C 7:35, Ebermann C 8:35, Dvorak C 11:40, Riihiranta F 15:55

THIRD PERIOD 5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Milan Novy 3 (Frantisek Cernik) 0:24

6. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Bubla 2 (Marian Stastny) 10:24 7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Miroslav Chalupa 1 (Miroslav Dvorak) 15:26 PPG

8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jaroslav Pouzar 1 (Marian Stastny, Peter Stastny) 19:00

Penalties ― Levo F 1:48, Koskinen F 5:08, Hagman F 8:24, Flinck F 13:34, Pouzar C Litma F 14:19

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 17 14 18 49

FINLAND 2 7 6 15 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Holecek; FINLAND, Antti Leppanen

Power play: TCH ― 1 for 7, FIN ― 0 for 4

Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi; FINLAND, FINLAND, Lasse Heikkila, Carl Brewer 16 309 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

Finland’s goaltender Antti Leppanen was named his team’s best player, despite letting in eight goals

Newspaper reports, following the game, indicated that the Czechs laughed at the Finns following each goal scored. “I think this team, like most, prefers to win with humility and lose gracefully,” fumed

Finland co-coach Carl Brewer, the former NHL and WHA star. “A lot of (those teams) will be pulling for Team Canada to wipe those smiles off their faces.”



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SOVIET UNION 3 v. SWEDEN 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. SWEDEN, Ulf Nilsson 1 (Anders Hedberg, Thommie Bergman) 7:48

2. SWEDEN, Borje Salming 2 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Ulf Nilsson) 13:12 PPG

Penalties ― Balderis U 2:57, Belousov U 3:36, U. Nilsson S 4:40, Balderis U 11:51, Babinov U 12:50, Hedberg S 13:35

SECOND PERIOD

3. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Kapustin 1 (Alexander Maltsev, Valeri Vasiliev) 9:42

Penalties ― Bergman S 5:51, Brasar S 13:47

THIRD PERIOD 4. SOVIET UNION, Helmut Balderis 2 (Viktor Zhluktov, Sergei Babinov) 9:46

5. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Kapustin 2 (Alexander Maltsev, Vladimir Repnev) 11:24 GTG 6. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 2 (Borje Salming) 17:28 GTG

Penalties ― Kulikov U Lundstrom S 6:39, Bergman S 7:01, Vasiliev U 18:32

Shots on goal by

SOVIET UNION 3 8 9 20

SWEDEN 15 4 14 33

SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak; SWEDEN, Hardy Astrom

Power play: USSR ― 0 for 5, SWE ― 1 for 5 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Boris Mayorov, Robert Cherenkov; SWEDEN, Hans Lindberg


Following this game, the Soviet Union informed Canada Cup chairman Alan Eagleson that they were

“considering” pulling out of the tournament unless they received guarantees of improved refereeing in future games

In this tie v. Sweden, Canadian referee Andre Legsse awarded Sweden two separate 5-on-3 power plays in the first period

After the game, Sweden’s defenceman Borje Salming said, “I wish I knew why we’ve been very strong in the first period and then our legs just go like fence posts in the second. We got some of

it back in the third but we just have to be more consistent, especially against the Czechs and Canada.”

Tuesday, September 7 1700 h et

FINLAND 3 v. SOVIET UNION 11

FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Alexander Maltsev 2 (Valeri Vasiliev, Sergei Kapustin) 3:27 PPG

2. FINLAND, Pekka Rautakallio 1 (Matti Hagman, Hannu Kapanen) 3:57 3. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 1 (Helmut Balderis, Boris Alexandrov) 7:19

4. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 2 (Valeri Vasiliev, Sergei Kapustin) 9:14 PPG 5. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Repnev 1 (Alexander Gusev, Alexander Maltsev) 13:49 PPG GWG

6. FINLAND, Kari Makkonen 2 (Tapio Koskinen, Matt Rautianen) 18:23

Penalties ― Alexandrov U 0:22, Koskinen F 2:21, Riihiranta F 7:28, Vehmanen F 11:58

SECOND PERIOD 7. FINLAND, Matti Hagman 1 (Timo Nummelin) 3:09 PPG

8. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 3 (Alexander Gusev, Helmut Balderis) 5:11 9. SOVIET UNION, Alexander Maltsev 3 (Sergei Kapustin) 6:42

10. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Kapustin 3 (Vladimir Repnev, Alexander Maltsev) 8:55 11. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 4 (Helmut Balderis, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov) 10:12

Penalties ― Balderis U 1:56, Kovin U 2:38

THIRD PERIOD

12. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Vikulov 1 (Boris Alexandrov, Viktor Zhluktov) 9:09 13. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Vikulov 2 (Viktor Zhluktov, Alexander Gusev) 16:25

14. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Kovin 2 (Aleksandr Skvortsov, Valeri Belousov) 17:12

Penalties ― Hagman F 5:48, Bilyaletdinov U 13:45

Shots on goal by FINLAND 9 10 12 31

SOVIET UNION 14 15 12 41

FINLAND, Markus Mattsson, Antti Leppanen; SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak

Power play: FIN ― 0 for 4, USSR ― 3 for 4 Coaches: FINLAND, Lasse Heikkila, Carl Brewer; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Boris Mayorov, Robert Cherenkov


“It’s a great disappointment to us to be losing by such big scores after we played well in the exhibitions in Europe,” Finnish centre Veli-Pekka Ketola, of the WHA’s Winnipeg Jets, said. “But I

think the short camp is hurting us now. We just don’t have the stamina of, say, the Soviets and Czechs, who have been in training since who knows when. The Soviets set a pretty fast pace and when

we did get to within one goal of them with a big effort in the second period, they just had more zip left than we did.” The majority of Finland’s players hold regular jobs and are using their vacations

for the series. Prior to the game, the Soviet Union admitted its players are paid to play hockey. “The team is

subsidized by the government,” said Viktor Khotochkil, secretary and public relations director for the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation. “That is allowed by the International Olympic Committee.”


UNITED STATES 2 v. CANADA 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Phil Esposito 3 (Marcel Dionne, Bobby Orr) 4:47 PPG

2. CANADA, Peter Mahovlich 1 (Bobby Orr, Steve Shutt) 12:51 PPG 3. CANADA, Bobby Hull 3 (Marcel Dionne, Denis Potvin) 18:15 GWG

Penalties ― Shutt C 0:21, Potvin C Nanne U 1:14, United States’ bench (served by Jensen)

4:24, Polich U 12:39

SECOND PERIOD 4. UNITED STATES, Fred Ahern 1 (Harvey Bennett, Bill Nyrop) 10:53

5. UNITED STATES, Steve Jensen 1 (unassisted) 16:37

Penalties ― Perreault C 0:10, Fogolin U 2:45, Fogolin U 12:33, Polich U 18:26

THIRD PERIOD

6. CANADA, Darryl Sittler 2 (Peter Mahovlich) 19:47 ENG

Penalties ― Leach C 2:25

Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 3 8 5 16

CANADA 17 8 10 35 UNITED STATES, Peter LoPresti; CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: USA ― 0 for 3, CAN ― 2 for 5

Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Pulford, Harry Neale; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil 16 339 at Montreal Forum

Team Canada captain Bobby Clarke did not play, after suffering an Achilles tendon injury in Canada’s

tournament opener v. Finland Defenceman Jim Watson CAN suffered a broken cheekbone and slight concussion after being struck

by a shot in the second period from Gary Sargent USA After the tight game, Canadian coach Scotty Bowman said, “It would be easy to criticize us,

but give the American team credit. Sure, we were flat but they played it very smart. We had them down 3-0 very quickly but they plugged away and, because they had more guys working in the trenches

than we did, they gave us a good scare.”


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 v. UNITED STATES 4

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Hangsleben U 2:44, Ftorek U 7:36, Ftorek U 15:44, Ftorek U 19:54

SECOND PERIOD

1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka 1 (Jiri Holik) 1:06 2. UNITED STATES, Alan Hangsleben 1 (Joe Noris, Gerry O’Flaherty) 5:21

3. UNITED STATES, Craig Patrick 1 (Harvey Bennett, Butch Williams) 8:35 4. UNITED STATES, Craig Patrick 2 (Butch Williams, Harvey Bennett) 9:26

5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Bubla 3 (Ivan Hlinka) 10:13 6. UNITED STATES, Robbie Ftorek 1 (Mike Milbury, Dean Talafous) 11:02 GTG

Penalties ― B. Stastny C 6:25, Noris U 18:17

THIRD PERIOD

7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka 2 (Marian Stastny) 5:30 8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Josef Augusta 2 (Milan Novy) 14:06 GTG

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 15 11 9 35 UNITED STATES 9 7 9 25

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Holecek, Vladimir Dzurilla (start of third period); UNITED STATES, Mike Curran

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 5, USA ― 0 for 1 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi; UNITED STATES, Bob Pulford, Harry Neale

9 565 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia (not 17 077 as is published in many places)

“We have been called half-wits and just terrible hockey players,” said Team USA centre Harvey Bennett. “And I think we’ve fooled a lot of people”

“Their forechecking in our end bothered us,” said Jan Starsi, one of the two Czech coaches. “They outmuscled us.”



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SWEDEN 0 v. CANADA 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Bobby Hull 4 (Phil Esposito, Marcel Dionne) 4:12 GWG

Penalties ― Potvin C 0:47, Lundstrom S 9:30, Shutt C 11:59

SECOND PERIOD

2. CANADA, Bob Gainey 1 (Lanny McDonald, Serge Savard) 11:11 3. CANADA, Marcel Dionne 1 (Peter Mahovlich) 19:40

Penalties ― Johansson S 6:57, Hedberg S 17:27

THIRD PERIOD

4. CANADA, Bob Gainey 2 (Larry Robinson, Darryl Sittler) 10:26

Penalties ― B. Salming S 3:35, Lafleur C (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 6:59, Barber C 15:28

Shots on goal by SWEDEN 15 6 7 28

CANADA 8 15 10 33 SWEDEN, Hardy Astrom; CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: SWE ― 0 for 4, CAN ― 0 for 4

Coaches: SWEDEN, Hans Lindberg; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil 16 485 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

Players of the Game were Sweden defenceman Lars-Erik Sjoberg and Canadian forward Bob Gainey

Claude Mouton, the regular announcer for the Montréal Canadiens at the Forum, was booed when he

used French and English to address the Toronto crowd…Scotty Bowman said the booing was ignorant. “I think it was just a few people,” he said…centre Peter Mahovlich was particularly angered. “It

was busy,” he said after the game. “It made me sick. It’s part of our country, and we have to live with it.”


SOVIET UNION 5 v. UNITED STATES 0

FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Boris Alexandrov 1 (Alexander Gusev, Vladimir Vikulov) 4:39 GWG

2. SOVIET UNION, Boris Alexandrov 2 (Viktor Zhluktov, Vladimir Vikulov) 10:39 3. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 5 (Boris Alexandrov, Vladimir Vikulov) 13:54

Penalties ― Talafous USA 1:00, Jensen USA 5:37, Kovin URS Noris USA 11:06

SECOND PERIOD

4. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Vikulov 3 (Aleksandr Kulikov) 2:41

Penalties ― Vasiliev URS 8:01, Belyaletdinov URS H. Bennett USA 8:36, Curran USA (served by Jensen) 13:36

THIRD PERIOD 5. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Repnev 2 (Aleksandr Golikov) 17:46

Penalties ― Chartraw USA 9:58, Golikov URS 12:57, Ftorek USA (10-minute misconduct) 14:55, Hangsleben USA

(match penalty, served by Noris) Vasiliev URS 16:00

Shots on goal by SOVIET UNION 12 9 9 30

UNITED STATES 5 13 4 22 SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak; UNITED STATES, Mike Curran

Power play: USSR ― 0 for 5, USA ― 0 for 2

Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Boris Mayorov, Robert Cherenkov; UNITED STATES, Bob Pulford, Harry Neale 13 776 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia

D Alan Hangsleben USA earned his match penalty by landing several punches on D Alexander Gusev URS,

who doubled up in an attempt to protect himself and refused to retaliate “We tried to use the same strategy that we used against the Czechs,” said C Robbie Ftorek USA.

“We were to rely on heavy forechecking after we had dumped the puck in. But for some reason

it broke down on our very first shift. I can’t give any reason as to why it broke down, it just did.” Voted game’s top performers were F Vladimir Vikulov URS and D Gary Sargent USA

Thursday, September 9 1600 h ct

SWEDEN 6 v. FINLAND 8

FIRST PERIOD 1. SWEDEN, Bjorn Johansson 1 (Borje Salming, Tord Lundstrom) 10:15

2. FINLAND, Matti Rautiainen 1 (Seppo Repo, Tapio Koskinen) 14:51 3. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 3 (Dan Labraaten) 16:55

4. SWEDEN, Inge Hammarstrom 1 (Bjorn Johansson) 17:16

Penalties ― Riihiranta F 5:58

SECOND PERIOD 5. SWEDEN, Mats Ahlberg 1 (Stig Salming, Lars-Eric Ericsson) 2:04 PPG

6. FINLAND, Matti Hagman 2 (Juhani Tamminen) 2:21 7. FINLAND, Kari Makkonen 3 (Pekka Rautakallio, Heikki Riihiranta) 4:12 PPG

8. FINLAND, Tapio Levo 1 (Kari Makkonen, Pertti Koivulahti) 8:02 9. SWEDEN, Lars-Eric Ericsson 1 (Mats Ahlberg, Per-Olov Brasar) 10:56

10. FINLAND, Juhani Tamminen 1 (Matti Hagman, Tapio Levo) 14:35

Penalties ― Ketola F 0:47, Hammarstrom S 3:21

THIRD PERIOD

11. FINLAND, Lasse Oksanen 2 (Pertti Koivulahti, Rinne) 2:55 12. FINLAND, Lasse Oksanen 3 (Pertti Koivulahti) 12:55 GWG

13. FINLAND, Juhani Tamminen 2 (Seppo Repo, Matti Hagman) 14:24 PPG 14. SWEDEN, Roland Eriksson 2 (unassisted) 17:14 PPG

Penalties ― Sjoberg S 4:29, Labraaten S Riihiranta F 9:18, U. Nilsson S 13:18, Makkonen F 15:34

Shots on goal by

FINLAND 8 13 10 31 SWEDEN 13 11 12 36

FINLAND, Antti Leppanen; SWEDEN, Hardy Astrom

Power play: FIN ― 2 for 3, SWE ― 2 for 3 Coaches: FINLAND, Lasse Heikkila, Carl Brewer; SWEDEN, Hans Lindberg

8 037 at Winnipeg Arena

“It’s not a very great feeling, playing as badly as we have and having people laugh at us,” said Finland captain Veli Pekka Ketola. “We were unhappy with our last three games (which were

all losses.” Sweden’s forward Anders Hedberg said the Finns “had something to prove…and in every tournament

they always play their best against us.” But Hedberg added, “There’s no excuse, it just didn’t work for us. They were skating harder and, defensively, nothing worked for us. When

you score six goals, you should win.”


CANADA 0 v. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1


Penalties ― Potvin Ca 1:54, Martinec Cz 2:28, Dionne Ca 12:33, Chalupa Cz 15:02

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― None

THIRD PERIOD 1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Milan Novy 4 (Augusta, Martinec) 15:41 GWG

Penalties ― Potvin Ca 11:24

Shots on goal by

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3 8 12 23 CANADA 9 11 9 29

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Vladimir Dzurilla; CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 3, CAN ― 0 for 2 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil


Following this win over Canada, Czechoslovakia was in top spot in the tournament standings “Yes, it must rank as the biggest victory in Czechoslovakian hockey history because this is the finest

Canadian team ever assembled,” said Czech coach Jan Starsi. “Winning the World Championship in 1972 and 1974, of course, was very important, but this victory was against a simply great

team of brilliant players.” Vladimir Dzurilla was Czechoslovakian national team netminder for eight years until he was

mysteriously dropped from the club following the 1972 World Championship win. There were rumbles that his brother’s defection to Canada motivated the move.

Czechoslovakia opened its training camp as a unit on 23 July and played five exhibition games in Europe before coming to North America



1976 CANADA CUP

Saturday, September 11 1300 h et

FINLAND 3 v. UNITED STATES 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. FINLAND, Seppo Repo 1 (Pekka Rautakallio, Matti Hagman) 17:12

2. FINLAND, Lasse Litma 1 (Pertti Koivulahti) 19:45

Penalties ― Milbury U Koivulahti F 4:08, Riihiranta F 6:55, Chartraw U 13:31, Talafous U 20:00

SECOND PERIOD

3. UNITED STATES, Fred Ahern 2 (Mike Polich, Curt Bennett) 7:20 4. UNITED STATES, Robbie Ftorek 2 (Alan Hangsleben, Mike Milbury) 12:29

5. UNITED STATES, Mike Milbury 1 (Craig Patrick, Butch Williams) 16:03 6. UNITED STATES, Robbie Ftorek 3 (Mike Milbury, Dean Talafous) 19:48 GWG

Penalties ― Nanne U 16:42

THIRD PERIOD

7. UNITED STATES, Bill Nyrop 1 (Lou Nanne, Craig Patrick) 8:05 8. UNITED STATES, Mike Polich 1 (Lou Nanne, Curt Bennett) 10:24

9. FINLAND, Pekka Rautakallio 2 (Harri Linnonmaa, Heikki Riihiranta) 15:55 PPG

Penalties ― Palazzari U 0:16, Riihiranta F 1:00, Milbury U 3:40, Williams U 8:28, Koskinen F 9:50, Fogolin U 12:35,

Chartraw U 15:13

Shots on goal by

FINLAND 10 6 7 23 UNITED STATES 7 10 7 24

FINLAND, Antti Leppanen; UNITED STATES, Peter LoPresti

Power play: FIN ― 1 for 8, USA ― 0 for 3 Coaches: FINLAND, Lasse Heikkila, Carl Brewer; UNITED STATES, Bob Pulford, Harry Neale


“It would have been real disappointing to have lost today and ended the tournament on that note,” said Team USA right wing Dean Talafous. “I’m proud of our team. This was a great way

to end the tournament.” Finland and United States each won just one game in the six-team tournament


CANADA 3 v. SOVIET UNION 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 2 (Denis Potvin, Guy Lafleur) 7:08 PPG

2. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Vikulov 4 (Boris Alexandrov, Vladimir Lutchenko) 10:22

3. CANADA, Bobby Hull 5 (Gilbert Perreault, Guy Lapointe) 17:02 GWG

Penalties ― Maltsev U 5:34, Potvin C 13:16

SECOND PERIOD

4. CANADA, Bill Barber 1 (Bobby Clarke, Guy Lapointe) 17:33

Penalties ― Potvin C 3:20, Kovin U Sittler C 19:09

THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Krikunov U 9:34

Shots on goal by

SOVIET UNION 12 8 8 28 CANADA 18 10 15 43

SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak; CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: USSR ― 0 for 2, ― 1 for 2 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Boris Mayorov, Robert Cherenkov;

CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil 16 485 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

Canada’s two back-up netminders, Gerry Cheevers and Glenn “Chico” Resch, have not seen

any action in the tournament. Los Angeles Kings’ G Rogatien Vachon has played every minute. Canadian coach Scotty Bowman said, “It was easier getting the guys up for this one than it was

for the Czechs.” The morning after this game, as Canada had a light skate at Maple Leaf Gardens, Soviet netminder

Vladislav Tretiak showed up and gave a brown fur hat to Team Canada captain Bobby Clarke as a

thank-you for all Clarke had done for the Soviet teams during the times they’ve visited North America

Due to Bowman’s line juggling, C Phil Esposito was benched for much of the game. “It’s the coach’s decision and I guess it was the right one,” said Esposito. “We won, didn’t we?

But any player who tells you he likes sitting out like that is a bleeping idiot.”


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 v. SWEDEN 2


Penalties ― Dvorak C 14:18

SECOND PERIOD

1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Vladimir Martinec 3 (Oldrich Machac) 11:03 PPG

Penalties ― R. Eriksson S 3:07, Esbjors S 10:04, Bubla C 19:05, Augusta C 19:59

THIRD PERIOD 2. SWEDEN, Borje Salming 3 (Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Lars-Erik Ericsson) 0:31 PPG

3. SWEDEN, Borje Salming 4 (Roland Eriksson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg) 14:42 GWG

Penalties ― Machac C 7:04, Machac C 11:37, Sjoberg S 14:42

Shots on goal by

SWEDEN 10 6 9 25 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 8 10 10 28

SWEDEN, Goran Hogosta; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Vladimir Dzurilla

Power play: SWE ― 1 for 5, TCH ― 1 for 3 Coaches: SWEDEN, Hans Lindberg; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi

9 000 (estimated) at Le Colisée in Quebec City

Sweden’s coach, Hans Lindberg, called this game “a great victory for Swedish hockey. The people appreciate most when we can tie or beat Czechoslovakia or the Soviet Union.”

D Borje Salming SWE had seven points in the tournament, making him the top-scoring blueliner in the 1976 Canada Cup

1976 CANADA CUP

FINAL STANDINGS

GP W L T GF GA PTS

Canada 5 4 1 0 22 6 8

Czechoslovakia 5 3 1 1 19 9 7

Soviet Union 5 2 2 1 23 14 5

Sweden 5 2 2 1 16 18 5

United States 5 1 3 1 14 21 3

Finland 5 1 4 0 16 42 2

1976 CANADA CUP SCORING LEADERS

G A P

Viktor Zhluktov USSR 5 4 9

Milan Novy TCH 4 3 7 Vladimir Vikulov USSR 4 3 7

Borje Salming SWE 4 3 7

Alexander Maltsev USSR 3 4 7

Bobby Hull CAN 5 1 6

Sergei Kapustin USSR 3 3 6 Boris Alexandrov USSR 2 4 6

Matti Hagman FIN 2 4 6

Richard Martin CAN 3 2 5

Robbie Ftorek USA 3 2 5 Vladimir Martinec TCH 3 2 5

Helmut Balderis USSR 2 3 5

Anders Hedberg SWE 2 3 5

Gilbert Perreault CAN 2 3 5 Peter Mahovlich CAN 2 3 5

Alexander Gusev USSR 0 5 5

Bobby Orr CAN 0 5 5

TEAM MVPs

Canada G Rogatien Vachon Czechoslovakia F Milan Novy

Finland F Matti Hagman

Sweden D Borje Salming

United States F Robbie Ftorek USSR G Vladislav Tretiak



1976 CANADA CUP

BEST-OF-THREE FINAL

Monday, September 13 2000 h et

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0 v. CANADA 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 1 (Bobby Hull, Marcel Dionne) 1:05 GWG

Shot from tough angle beats Dzurilla through the legs…a weak one 2. CANADA, Denis Potvin 1 (Darryl Sittler, Guy Lapointe) 7:58

Takes Sittler’s pass as he’s flying into slot and fires a 30-footer past Dzurilla 3. CANADA, Bobby Orr 1 (Phil Esposito) 13:34 PPG

On PP, Esposito opened up some ice for Orr and he caught top corner w/ soft backhand to short side 4. CANADA, Guy Lafleur 1 (Steve Shutt, Bobby Orr) 17:01

After Czechs blocked Shutt’s shot, Lafleur picked up rebound and fired it home from fifteen feet

Penalties ― Sittler Ca 1:22, Chalupa Cz 12:56

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Orr Ca 3:23, Shutt Ca 9:12, Orr Ca Chalupa Cz 15:42

THIRD PERIOD

5. CANADA, Bobby Orr 2 (Phil Esposito, Guy Lapointe) 11:35 PPG On PP, Orr took Esposito’s pass at blueline and fired a shot through traffic past Holecek

6. CANADA, Darryl Sittler 1 (Denis Potvin) 19:59 Holecek stopped Potvin’s shot, then Sittler took several whacks to score on rebound as time expired

Penalties ― Cernik Cz 4:23, Novy Cz 10:24, Hull Ca 15:22

Shots on goal by

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 10 10 4 24 CANADA 14 8 11 33

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Vladimir Dzurilla, Jiri Holecek (start of second period); CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 4, CAN ― 2 for 3 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil

16 485 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

Referee for this game was Gordon Lee of the United States but, in the first period, he was struck over the left eye by a Lanny McDonald shot and required 17 stitches. Sweden’s Ove Dahlberg

stepped in to finish the game as referee.

“Three goals came directly from their forechecking,” said Czech coach Karel Gut. “After going down four goals, there isn’t much we could say to the players. It was bad. We just gold them to score

some goals.” “We’ve been told that psychology is everything with Holecek,” said Team Canada co-coach

Don Cherry. “If he gets nervous, they have to yank him because he’s useless. But if things start going right for him, he can become unbeatable and that’s what I was petrified of. See, I wouldn’t

think they could possibly beat us now any other way except if they get redhot goaltending like last week.”

“I’ve said it before and it’s even clearer to me now,” Bobby Hull CAN said. “The trouble with these European teams is that they simply can’t make adjustments during a game. They’ve practiced

their set patterns and they stick with them, no matter what. Occasionally, they win with them and

it looks beautiful. But a Canadian team will alter its plans if they see it’s not working. Not these

people. They just won’t change.”

Wednesday, September 15 2000 h et

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 v. CANADA 5

FIRST PERIOD

1. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 2 (Guy Lafleur, Denis Potvin) 1:25 Perreault took pass in full flight, swept past Bubla, tucked backhand past Holecek

2. CANADA, Phil Esposito 1 (Denis Potvin) 3:09

Using Machac as a screen, Espo fired a low, 35-foot shot into net

Penalties ― Cernik Cz Leach Ca 0:25, B. Stastny Cz 3:40, Potvin Ca 9:38, Gainey Ca 16:15

SECOND PERIOD 3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Milan Novy 1 (Vladimir Martinec, Oldrich Machac) 9:44 PPG

On PP, Czechs work puck nicely and Novy scores from an angle

Penalties ― Pouzar Cz 5:49, Barber Ca 8:07, B. Stastny Cz 10:38, Augusta Cz 15:39

THIRD PERIOD 4. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jaroslav Pouzar 1 (Marian Stastny, Milan Chalupa) 2:14

Pouzar took pass and was a step ahead of Orr when he fired 40-footer over Vachon’s shoulder 5. CANADA, Bobby Clarke 1 (Bobby Hull, Gilbert Perreault) 7:48 PPG

On PP, from in close, stuffed home rebound of Hull’s shot 6. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Josef Augusta 1 (Oldrich Machac, Vladimir Martinec) 15:01 PPG

On PP, Vachon stops Machac’s shot but Augusta is right there to casually tuck home rebound 7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Marian Stastny 1 (Jiri Holik, Jiri Bubla) 16:00

Savard blocks Holik’s shot, but puck squirts to Stastny, who drills home shot from 30 feet 8. CANADA, Bill Barber 1 (Reg Leach, Bobby Clarke) 17:48

Clarke lofts puck into Czech zone and Leach wins race for it…then hits Barber who fires it home

Penalties ― Kjkl Cz 6:18, Potvin Ca 14:23

FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 9. CANADA, Darryl Sittler 1 (Marcel Dionne, Lanny McDonald) 11:33 GWG

Dionne sends Sittler down left side alone…he freezes Dzurilla, then slides puck past blocker and in

Penalties ― Czechoslovakia bench (served by Pouzar) 8:30

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 8 6 7 4 25

CANADA 9 11 14 5 39 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Holecek, Vladimir Dzurilla (3:09 of first period); CANADA, Rogatien Vachon

Power play: TCH ― 2 for 4, CAN ― 1 for 6

Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Gut, Jan Starsi; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Don Cherry, Bobby Kromm, Al MacNeil 18 040 at Montreal Forum

After the game, F Darryl Sittler CAN credited Team Canada co-coach Don Cherry with guiding

his decision on the game-winner in overtime. “Don came down to the dressing room in the intermission before the overtime and gave us some advice I had in mind when I scored. He said

the Czech goalie was coming awfully far out of his net any time we were shooting from the wings. He was cutting down the angles so much our shots were all hitting him. Don suggested we try

delaying a bit, taking an extra stride or two and then shooting.”

Following the game, Team Canada captain Bobby Clarke received the Canada Cup from Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Ontario Premier Bill Davis and American tennis player Bobby Riggs were in the crowd Prior to game, standing room tickets were still available for $8

Players of the Game were F Darryl Sittler CAN and G Vladimir Dzurilla TCH. Each received the customary Eskimo soapstone carvings.

After the game, in the dressing room, D Bobby Orr CAN enjoyed a cigar and a beer with Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot. Following this tournament, Orr would only play 26 more NHL games, all

with Chicago Black Hawks, before retiring in 1978. 18 players on Canada’s 25-man roster in this tournament were later elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame

It was estimated that nearly half of all Canadians watched this final game…with 10.7M viewers, it was the most watched television event in Canadian history at the time



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