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Canada men's national ice hockey team

Canada men's national ice hockey team

Men's national ice hockey team representing Canada

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The Canada men's national ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; French: Équipe Canada) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior amateur club teams. Canada's national men's team was founded in 1963 by Father David Bauer as a part of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, playing out of the University of British Columbia.[3] The nickname "Team Canada" was first used for the 1972 Summit Series and has been frequently used to refer to both the Canadian national men's and women's teams ever since.

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Canada is the leading national ice hockey team in international play, having won the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, a record four Canada Cups dating back to 1976, a record two World Cups of Hockey, a record nine Olympic gold medals, and a record 28 World Championship titles.

Canada is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Russia, the United States, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic.[4]

History

Hockey is Canada's national winter sport,[5] and Canadians are extremely passionate about the game. Canada was first represented internationally at the 1910 European Championships by the Oxford Canadians, a team of Canadians from the University of Oxford. They represented Canada again at the 1912 World Championships.

From 1920 until 1963, the senior amateur club teams representing 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. The responsibility of choosing which team represented Canada belonged to Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) secretary-manager; George Dudley from 1947 to 1960, and Gordon Juckes from 1960 to 1963.[6]

Following the 1963 World Championships, Father David Bauer founded the national team as a permanent institution. The new permanent national team first competed in ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics. His philosophy was to simply win the games against the weaker countries instead of running up the score.[7] Canada, Czechoslovakia and Sweden finished with identical records of five wins and two losses. Canada thought they had won the bronze medal based on the goal differential in the three games among the tied countries. When they attended the presentation of the Olympic medals, they were disappointed to learn they had finished in fourth place based on goal differential of all seven games played. The players and CAHA president Art Potter accused that International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Bunny Ahearne, made a last-minute decision to change the rules and take away a medal from Canada.[8] Marshall Johnston summarized the team's feeling that, "The shepherd and his flock had been fleeced".[7][9]

Before the Soviet Union began international competition in 1954, Canada dominated international hockey, winning six out of seven golds at the Olympics and 10 World Championship gold medals. Canada then went 50 years without winning the Winter Olympic Gold medal and from 1962 to 1993, didn't win any World Championships. This was in part because Canada's best professional players were unable to attend these events as they had commitments with their National Hockey League teams.

Canada was awarded hosting duties of the 1970 Ice Hockey World Championships with the limited use of former professionals. The IIHF later reversed the permission after International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage objected to professionals at an amateur event. CAHA president Earl Dawson withdrew the national team from international competitions against European hockey teams until Canada was allowed to use its best players.[10]

Canada returned to the IIHF in 1977 after a series of negotiations between IIHF President Dr. Sabetzki and top officials of professional ice hockey in Canada and the United States. As a result, professionals are allowed to compete at the World Championship and the tournament is scheduled later in the year to ensure more players are available from among the NHL teams eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. In return, a competition for the "Canada Cup" was to be played every four years on North American territory with the participation of Canada, the United States, and the four strongest European national teams, including professionals.[citation needed]

In 1983, Hockey Canada began the "Program of Excellence", whose purpose was to 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, and often attracted top NHL prospects. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee voted to allow professional athletes to compete in Olympic Games, starting in 1988.[11] Veteran pros with NHL experience and, in a few cases, current NHLers who were holding out in contract disputes joined the team. This program was discontinued in 1998, when the NHL began shutting down to allow its players to compete.

After not winning a gold medal for 33 years, Canada won the 1994 World Championship in Italy. Since that time, they have won in 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2023. Canada captured 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 secured Canada the final gold medal awarded at the Games.[12] 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.

Canada successfully defended gold at Sochi 2014, becoming the first men's team to do so since the Soviet Union in 1988, the first to finish the tournament undefeated since 1984 and the first to do both with a full NHL participation. Their relentless offensive pressure and stifling defence has earned the 2014 squad praise as perhaps the best, most complete Team Canada ever assembled.[13] Drew Doughty and Shea Weber led the team in scoring, while Jonathan Toews scored the gold medal-winning goal in the first period of a 3–0 win over Sweden in the final. The architect behind the 2010 and 2014 teams, Steve Yzerman, immediately stepped down as general manager following the win.[14]

Led by general manager Jim Nill, head coach Todd McLellan, and the late addition of captain Sidney Crosby, Canada won the 2015 IIHF World Championship in dominating fashion over Russia, their first win at the Worlds since 2007. By winning all 10 of their games in regulation, Hockey Canada was awarded a 1 million Swiss franc bonus prize in the first year of its existence.[15] Canada scored 66 goals in their 10 games and had the top three scorers of the tournament: Jason Spezza, Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall. Tyler Seguin also led the championship with nine goals. The win secured Canada's return to number one on the IIHF world rankings for the first time since 2010.[16]

At the 2021 IIHF World Championship, following a cancelled 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada returned to the competition with a roster weaker than most years, featuring rare inclusions of draft prospects and other non-NHL prospects. The team lost three games in regulation to start the tournament, the first Canadian team in Worlds history to do so,[17] and needed 10 points over the final four round robin games to make the playoff round. Winning the tiebreaker over Kazakhstan, Canada qualified for the playoff round as the lowest seed and managed wins over Russia and the United States before playing Finland for a rematch of the 2019 final in the gold medal game. Nick Paul's goal won the game for Canada in overtime, despite the Finns having either led or been tied the entire game, capping off a most unlikely Canadian IIHF men's gold.

List of teams representing Canada from 1920 to 1963

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Competition achievements

Olympic Games

See also: List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Canada

All Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships.[18]

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World Championships

See also: List of Men's World Ice Hockey Championship players for Canada (1977–present)

All Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships.[18] World Championships were not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II and during the Winter Olympic years of 1980, 1984 or 1988.[18] The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[38]

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Canada Cup / World Cup of Hockey

  • 1976 – Champions
  • 1981 – Runners-up
  • 1984 – Champions
  • 1987 – Champions
  • 1991 – Champions
  • 1996 – Runners-up
  • 2004 – Champions
  • 2016 – Champions

Summit Series

Spengler Cup

In the Spengler Cup, Team Canada competes against European club teams, such as HC Davos who host the tournament every year in Eisstadion Davos. Canada used to be represented by the standing national team at this event, but is now usually made up of Canadians playing in European leagues or the American Hockey League. In 2019, Team Canada won its 16th Spengler Cup, passing the host team HC Davos (last win in 2011) for the most titles.

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Team

Main article: List of Canadian national ice hockey team rosters

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[39][40]

Head coach: André Tourigny

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Roster for the 2023 Spengler Cup.[41]

Head coach: Bruce Boudreau

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Coaches

List of coaches of the Canada men's national ice hockey team.

Olympics
  1. Gordon Sigurjonsson, 1920
  2. Frank Rankin, 1924
  3. Conn Smythe, 1928
  4. Jack Hughes, 1932
  5. Al Pudas, 1936
  6. Sgt. Frank Boucher, 1948
  7. Louis Holmes, 1952
  8. Bobby Bauer, 1956, 1960
  9. Father David Bauer, 1964
  10. Jackie McLeod, 1968
  11. Clare Drake, 1980
  12. Dave King, 1984, 1988, 1992
  13. Tom Renney, 1994
  14. Marc Crawford, 1998
  15. Pat Quinn, 2002, 2006
  16. Mike Babcock, 2010, 2014
  17. Willie Desjardins, 2018
  18. Claude Julien, 2022
Summit Series, Canada Cup, World Cup
  1. Harry Sinden, 1972 Summit Series
  2. Bill Harris, 1974 Summit Series
  3. Scotty Bowman, 1976, 1981 Canada Cups
  4. Glen Sather, 1984 Canada Cup, 1996 World Cup
  5. Mike Keenan, 1987, 1991 Canada Cups
  6. Pat Quinn, 2004 World Cup
  7. Mike Babcock, 2016 World Cup
World Championships
  1. Les Allen, 1930
  2. Blake Wilson, 1931
  3. Harold Ballard, 1933
  4. Johnny Walker, 1934
  5. Scotty Oliver, 1935
  6. John Achtzener, 1937
  7. Max Silverman, 1938, 1949
  8. Elmer Piper, 1939
  9. Jimmy Graham, 1950
  10. Dick Gray, 1951
  11. Greg Currie, 1954
  12. Grant Warwick, 1955
  13. Sid Smith, 1958
  14. Ike Hildebrand, 1959
  15. Bobby Kromm, 1961, 1963
  16. Lloyd Roubell, 1962
  17. Gord Simpson, 1965
  18. Jackie McLeod, 1966, 1967, 1969
  19. Johnny Wilson, 1977
  20. Harry Howell, 1978
  21. Marshall Johnston, 1979
  22. Don Cherry, 1981
  23. Red Berenson, 1982
  24. Dave King, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
  25. Doug Carpenter, 1985
  26. Pat Quinn, 1986
  27. Mike Keenan, 1993
  28. George Kingston, 1994
  29. Tom Renney, 1995, 1996, 2000
  30. Andy Murray, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007
  31. Mike Johnston, 1999
  32. Wayne Fleming, 2001, 2002
  33. Mike Babcock, 2004
  34. Marc Habscheid, 2005, 2006
  35. Ken Hitchcock, 2008, 2011
  36. Lindy Ruff, 2009, 2013
  37. Craig MacTavish, 2010
  38. Brent Sutter, 2012
  39. Dave Tippett, 2014
  40. Todd McLellan, 2015
  41. Bill Peters, 2016, 2018
  42. Jon Cooper, 2017
  43. Alain Vigneault, 2019
  44. Gerard Gallant, 2021
  45. Claude Julien, 2022
  46. André Tourigny, 2023

Uniform evolution

  • National team jerseys
  • 1988 Olympic jerseys
  • 1994 Olympic jerseys
  • 1998 Olympic jerseys
  • 1998 IIHF jerseys
  • 1999–2001 IIHF jerseys
  • 2008–2014, 2016 IIHF jerseys
  • 2014 Olympic jerseys
  • IIHF jerseys 2014, 2016
  • Centennial IIHF jerseys 2015
  • 2016 WCH jerseys
  • 2017–present (with modifications) IIHF jerseys
  • 2018 Olympic jerseys
  • IIHF jerseys 2018
  • IIHF jerseys 2021
  • 2022 Olympic jerseys
  • IIHF jerseys 2022
  • IIHF jerseys 2023

Notable jerseys

  • Team Canada
  • 1928 Olympic jerseys
  • 1936 Olympic jerseys
  • 1964–1969 Olympic and IIHF jerseys
  • 1980 Olympic jerseys
  • 2002–2006 Olympic alternate jerseys
  • 2007 IIHF jerseys
  • 2010 IIHF alternate jerseys

See also

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