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Ed Belfour, Sean Burke, Paul Coffey, Shayne Corson,

Russ Courtnall, Eric Desjardins, Theoren Fleury, Dirk Graham,

Wayne Gretzky CAPTAIN, Dale Hawerchuk, Steve Larmer,

Eric Lindros, Al MacInnis, Mark Messier, Larry Murphy,

Bill Ranford, Luc Robitaille, Brendan Shanahan, Steve Smith,

Scott Stevens, Brent Sutter, Mark Tinordi, Rick Tocchet

Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster,

Tom Watt COACHES

CANADA FINAL CANADA CUP CHAMPIONS

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1991 CANADA CUP

Saturday, August 31 1400 h et

SWEDEN 3 v. UNITED STATES 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. UNITED STATES, Jeremy Roenick 1 (Gary Suter, Chris Chelios) 8:33 2. UNITED STATES, Jeremy Roenick 2 (Mike Modano, Tony Granato) 10:41

3. UNITED STATES, Tony Granato 1 (Mike Modano) 13:08

Penalties ― Hatcher U 6:12, Roenick U 17:13

SECOND PERIOD 4. UNITED STATES, Brett Hull 1 (Craig Janney) 5:14 GWG

5. UNITED STATES, Chris Chelios 1 (Craig Janney, Gary Suter) 13:47 PPG

Penalties ― Johnson U 5:58, Albelin S 6:17, K. Samuelsson S 10:27, U. Samuelsson S 12:17, Salming S 14:29

THIRD PERIOD 6. SWEDEN, Mats Naslund 1 (Tomas Sandstrom, Johansson) 4:41

7. SWEDEN, Kjell Samuelsson 1 (Johan Garpenlov, Rolf Ridderwall) 14:51 PPG 8. SWEDEN, Charles Berglund 1 (Jonas Bergqvist) 15:07

9. UNITED STATES, Craig Janney 1 (Joe Mullen, Kevin Hatcher) 17:17 PPG

Penalties ― Johnson U 13:04, K. Samuelsson S 15:35

Shots on goal by

SWEDEN 15 6 9 30

UNITED STATES 12 13 5 30 SWEDEN, Rolf Ridderwall; UNITED STATES, Mike Richter

Power play: SWE ― 1 for 4, USA ― 2 for 5

Coaches: SWEDEN, Conny Evensson, Curt Lundmark; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna

13 676 at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

On Thursday 29 August, American head coach Bob Johnson, 60, was diagnosed with a brain tumour and underwent emergency surgery. He regained consciousness on Friday and was left partially paralyzed. He

could not speak, but sketched out a line-up and some strategy for this game v. Sweden with Team USA GM Craig Patrick. Johnson would never coach again and passed away on 26 November 1991…just 89 days after

being diagnosed. “(Bob Johnson) was on everybody’s minds,” said USA’s Tim Taylor. “Here’s a man in the hospital, battling for

his life and he’s worried about beating Sweden.” Brett Hull USA tumbled to the ice in the third period with a sprained left knee, left the game and did not

return

Saturday, August 31 2000 h et

FINLAND 2 v. CANADA 2

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Luc Robitaille 1 (Russ Courtnall, Mark Messier) 14:08

Penalties ― Jarvenpaa F 2:22, Gretzky C 3:06, Smith C 9:31

SECOND PERIOD

2. FINLAND, Janne Ojanen 1 (Hannu Jarvenpaa, Ville Siren) 2:45 3. CANADA, Brendan Shanahan 1 (Eric Lindros, Paul Coffey) 17:40 GTG

Penalties ― Messier C 4:06, Numminen F 7:47

THIRD PERIOD

4. FINLAND, Janne Ojanen 2 (Jyrki Lumme, Teemu Selanne) 14:18 GTG

Penalties ― Robitaille C 11:39

Shots on goal by FINLAND 9 10 11 30

CANADA 12 20 12 44 FINLAND, Markus Ketterer; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: FIN ― 0 for 4, CAN ― 0 for 2

Coaches: FINLAND, Pentti Matikainen; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt 14 375 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

“We clearly didn’t have the respect for the Finns that we needed to have,” said Canada’s head coach Mike

Keenan

“It’s the old story,” said Dale Hawerchuk CAN. “The longer they stayed in it, the more they started to

believe in themselves.”

“I was surprised that we were able to do what we wanted to and that they didn’t change their style at all,” said Finnish coach Pentti Matikainen.

Forwards Theoren Fleury and Steve Yzerman were the designated scratches for Canada Canada was without 1987 Canada Cup star Mario Lemieux in this tournament as a back injury

prevented him from playing

Saturday, August 31 1500 h cst

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5 v. SOVIET UNION 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Lubomir Kolnik 1 (Jergus Baca) 6:26 2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Richard Zemlicka 1 (Michal Pivonka, Tomas Jelinek) 8:19

3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Tomas Jelinek 1 (Kamil Kastak, Robert Reichel) 18:14 GWG

Penalties ― Gudas C 0:44, Khaidarov U 0:58, Rucinsky C 11:33, Baca C 12:01, Kovalenko U 13:57, Jelinek C Malakhov U 15:31

SECOND PERIOD

4. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Zigmund Palffy 1 (Martin Rucinsky) 2:47

Penalties ― Musil C 3:21, Tatarinov C 7:32, Reichel C 7:40, Gudas C Khaidarov U 10:37, Slegr C (major, game misconduct) 11:12, Khaidarov U 12:42, Kozlov U 16:01

THIRD PERIOD

5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Richard Zemlicka 2 (Tomas Jelinek, Michal Pivonka) 1:53 6. SOVIET UNION, Alexei Zhamnov 1 (Galchenyuk) 9:56

7. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Fedorov 1 (Vyacheslav Kozlov) 19:38

Penalties ― Kozlov U 14:56

Shots on goal by

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 9 10 5 24 SOVIET UNION 16 12 11 39

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Dominik Hasek; SOVIET UNION, Alexei Marjin, Mikhail Shtalenkov

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 5, USSR ― 0 for 6 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dimitriev, Vladimir Yurzinov

5 769 at SaskPlace in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

“I was playing for Czechoslovakia when we beat Team Canada (1-0) at the 1976 Canada Cup and I know what a great moment it was for our players and for our hockey program,” said Czech coach Ivan Hlinka.

“This win over the Russians is much the same.” “Beating the Russians is the best thing that can happen to a Czechoslovakian hockey player,” said

G Dominik Hasek TCH. “It’s even better than beating Canada. We played very well as a team in every area of the game. We did not have a player who did not play well.”

Monday, September 2 1400 h et

SOVIET UNION 2 v. SWEDEN 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. SWEDEN, Mats Sundin 1 (Mats Naslund, Thomas Rundqvist) 17:26

Penalties ― Mironov U 1:13, Kravchuk U 9:10, Sandstrom S 17:55

SECOND PERIOD

2. SWEDEN, Thomas Rundqvist 1 (Mats Sundin, Mats Naslund) 7:14

Penalties ― M. Andersson S 2:35, Fedorov U Forslund S 10:23

THIRD PERIOD 3. SOVIET UNION, Alexei Zhamnov 2 (Alexander Semak, Andrei Lomakin) 4:37

4. SOVIET UNION, Alexander Semak 1 (Andrei Lomakin) 13:13 5. SWEDEN, Tomas Sandstrom 1 (Thomas Steen) 16:06 GWG

Penalties ― K. Samuelsson S 2:35, P. Andersson S 9:50

Shots on goal by

SOVIET UNION 8 7 15 30 SWEDEN 5 6 4 15

SOVIET UNION, Mikhail Shtalenkov; SWEDEN, Tommy Soderstrom

Power play: USSR ― 0 for 4, SWE ― 0 for 2 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dimitriev, Vladimir Yurzinov; SWEDEN, Conny Evensson, Curt Lundmark

9 275 at Montreal Forum

Top ticket price for this game was $44.50

“The goalie was standing at the far post so I had to hit the short side,” said winning-goal scorer F Tomas

Sandstrom SWE. “The shot wasn’t that hard but I wanted to get it on the net and force him to make a save. Both teams lost the other night so this was a big game for both of us.” Sandstrom added that the Soviets,

troubled by political changes at home and the loss of players to the NHL, are not what they once were.



1991 CANADA CUP

Monday, September 2 1500 h cst

FINLAND 1 v. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 0

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING

Penalties ― Gudas C 8:33, Jarvi F 15:05, Rucinsky C 18:46

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Lumme F 2:00, Lumme F 4:08, Jelinek C 8:18, Skriko F Musil C 10:38, Siren F Reichel C 19:50

THIRD PERIOD 1. FINLAND, Teemu Selanne 1 (Christian Ruuttu) 19:43 GWG

Penalties ― Pivonka C 1:45, Kurri F Slegr C 3:13, Siren F 4:18, Laukkanen F 7:13

Shots on goal by

FINLAND 13 13 10 36 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 7 6 6 19

FINLAND, Markus Ketterer; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Dominik Hasek

Power play: FIN ― 0 for 4, TCH ― 0 for 5

Coaches: FINLAND, Pentti Matikainen; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter

5 298 at SaskPlace in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

The winning goal went in when F Martin Rucinsky TCH tried to stop a pass across the slot and deflected the puck with his stick past netminder Dominik Hasek TCH

“Pure, blind luck! That’s all it was,” said F Christian Ruuttu FIN of the winning goal. “I figured Petri (Skriko)

would be breaking for the net on the other wing. I was in fairly deep for a shot so I tried to get the puck across so he could one-time it. Okay, it was a fluke goal, but I thought our team deserved a good bounce.

Usually in big tournaments, all the luck we have is bad. One lucky bounce and great goaltending! How many NHL games are decided that way over a season?” The goal was credited to Teemu Selanne because he was

the closest player to the puck when it went in. “What can you say after such a game and such a goal,” said Czech coach Ivan Hlinka. “Both teams gave

every ounce they had to the game. The defensive play was very strong and the goaltending, too. It is very difficult to lose on a small mistake.”

Thursday, September 5 1700 h et

FINLAND 1 v. SOVIET UNION 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. SOVIET UNION, Vyacheslav Butsayev 1 (Alexei Gusarov, Viktor Gordyuk) 2:07 2. SOVIET UNION, Vitali Prokhorov 1 (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Sergei Fedorov) 10:04 GWG

3. SOVIET UNION, Ravil Khaidarov 1 (Alexei Gusarov) 18:30 SHG

Penalties ― Lumme F 4:44, Prokhorov U (double minor) Eloranta F 14:41, Siren F 16:19

SECOND PERIOD 4. FINLAND, Jari Kurri 1 (Pekka Tirkkonen, Esa Tikkanen) 6:55 PPG

5. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Fedorov 2 (Prokhorov, Alexei Kasatonov) 8:38 PPG 6. SOVIET UNION, Vyacheslav Kozlov 1 (Sergei Fedorov, Prokhorov) 19:39 PPG

Penalties ― Siren F 3:07, Mironov U 6:40, Huura F 8:16, Zhitnik U 10:43, Zhamnov U 12:21, Finland bench

(served by Ojanen) 13:41, Tikkanen F 18:55

THIRD PERIOD 7. SOVIET UNION, Vyacheslav Butsayev 2 (Viktor Gordynuk) 9:46 PPG

Penalties ― Semak U 4:28, Jarvi F 8:28, Tatarinov U (major, game misconduct) 10:24, Huura F 15:56

Shots on goal by

FINLAND 8 11 9 28 SOVIET UNION 16 16 14 46

FINLAND, Markus Ketterer, Jukka Tammi; SOVIET UNION, Mikhail Shtalenkov, Andrei Trefilov

Power play: FIN ― 0 for , USSR ― 0 for

Coaches: FINLAND, Pentti Matikainen; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dimitriev, Vladimir Yurzinov 5 325 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario

“The kind of game we played tonight won’t be enough in Chicago or Quebec City,” snorted Soviet assistant

coach Igor Dimitriev


UNITED STATES 3 v. CANADA 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Eric Lindros 1 (Luc Robitaille, Wayne Gretzky) 7:48 PPG

2. CANADA, Steve Larmer 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 13:24 SHG 3. CANADA, Dale Hawerchuk 1 (Theoren Fleury, Mark Messier) 15:05 PPG

Penalties ― Granato U 1:01, Larmer C 4:54, Hatcher U 7:22, Messier C 12:12, Hatcher U (double minor)

13:52

SECOND PERIOD 4. CANADA, Scott Stevens 1 (Eric Desjardins, Shayne Corson) 8:00 GWG

5. CANADA, Brendan Shanahan 2 (Wayne Gretzky) 8:33 PPG 6. UNITED STATES, Craig Janney 2 (Kevin Hatcher, Tony Granato) 10:40 PPG

7. UNITED STATES, Brett Hull 2 (Miller, Kevin Hatcher) 18:34

Penalties ― Smith C 1:12, Coffey C 3:34, Shanahan C 6:21, United States bench (served by D. Brown) 7:37,

Fleury C 9:02, Larmer C Lindros C Otto U 11:17, Lindros C Sutter U Chelios U 18:42

THIRD PERIOD 8. UNITED STATES, Craig Janney 3 (Brett Hull) 6:14

9. CANADA, Wayne Gretzky 1 (Eric Lindros) 10:57 PPG

Penalties ― Olczyk U 10:00, Smith C 11:31, Weinrich U Fleury C 17:16

Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 6 10 7 23

CANADA 12 8 13 33 UNITED STATES, Mike Richter; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: USA ― 1 for 8, CAN ― 4 for 7

Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt

17 044 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario

“Team Canada really came out strong,” said F Brett Hull USA. “Of course, we had to expect that after the beating they took in the papers (following Canada’s tournament-opening tie with Finland).”

“We needed to score some goals; we needed to be strong; we needed to dominate,” said a relieved F Dale Hawerchuk CAN

“We thought about things (Sunday) night,” said F Eric Lindros CAN. “We knew we had spent 29 days together at camp getting ready, and that this was no time to screw things up.”

Wayne Gretzky CAN has been nursing a sore thumb, but he discarded a brace he had been wearing before this game


CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 v. UNITED STATES 4

FIRST PERIOD

1. UNITED STATES, Pat LaFontaine 1 (Doug Brown, Dave Christian) 3:55 2. UNITED STATES, Jeremy Roenick 3 (Brett Hull, Brian Leetch) 7:53 PPG

3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Tomas Jelinek 2 (Richard Zemlicka, Richard Smehlik) 15:37

Penalties ― Granato U 3:58, Baca C 6:46, Granato U 10:22, Johnson U 18:10

SECOND PERIOD 4. UNITED STATES, Joel Otto 1 (Ed Olczyk, Mike Modano) 1:25 GWG

Penalties ― Suter U 14:11

THIRD PERIOD

5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jaromir Jagr 1 (Josef Beranek) 1:30 6. UNITED STATES, Mike Modano 1 (Brett Hull, Brian Leetch) 5:50 PPG

Penalties ― Beranek C 5:28, Baca C 8:41, Roenick U 13:04, Miller U (minor, 10-minute misconduct) 17:01,

Jelinek C Granato U 19:58

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 8 11 6 25

UNITED STATES 10 7 4 21 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Dominik Hasek; UNITED STATES, Mike Richter

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 6, USA ― 2 for 3

Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna 7 844 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan

“We were asleep at the start and, in the end, it cost us the game,” said Czechoslovak coach Ivan Hlinka. “We

made some line changes in the second period and started to play our game, but we just couldn’t get the goal we needed.”

“Good goalies make the big saves at critical moments in a game and that’s what Mike did,” said USA acting

coach Tim Taylor, who replaced the ailing Bob Johnson. “We improved our defensive play, a fairly big achievement for a team of offensive players. But we also had an edge in other important areas – power play

and penalty killing.” Pat LaFontaine USA played his first tournament game for the American squad, after a hip injury



1991 CANADA CUP


SWEDEN 1 v. CANADA 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Steve Larmer 2 (Wayne Gretzky) 4:09 SHG

2. CANADA, Paul Coffey 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Steve Larmer) 4:43 SHG GWG 3. CANADA, Dirk Graham 1 (Wayne Gretzky) 7:29

Penalties ― Fleury C 2:55, Salming S 9:03, MacInnis C 11:46

SECOND PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― U. Samuelsson S 1:41, U. Samuelsson S Corson C 5:21, Lindros C 8:09, Messier C Garpenlov S 10:54, Sutter C 12:53, Messier C 13:34, Lidstrom S 13:48

THIRD PERIOD

4. CANADA, Eric Lindros 2 (Dale Hawerchuk) 2:51 5. SWEDEN, Tomas Forslund 1 (Lars Edstrom, Niklas Andersson) 17:59

Penalties ― Tocchet C 3:00, Garpenlov S Corson C 5:59, Salming S 6:39, Smith C (minor, major) Sundin S (minor,

10-minute misconduct) 15:08, Stevens C Sandstrom S 19:15

Shots on goal by

SWEDEN 11 13 11 35

CANADA 10 2 11 23 SWEDEN, Tommy Soderstrom; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: SWE ― 0 for 6, CAN ― 0 for 3

Coaches: SWEDEN, Conny Evensson, Curt Lundmark; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt

15 322 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario

D Ulf Samuelsson SWE suffered broken collarbone, after a collision along the boards with 18-year old F Eric Lindros CAN, and is out for the tournament

“Our best player was the best player out there,” Canada’s coach Mike Keenan said of Wayne Gretzky. “You can’t say enough about him. I’m just glad he’s on our side.”

“I guess this was one that coaches would call ugly, but we showed a tremendous amount of emotion early in the game and with a 3-0 lead it’s sometimes hard to sustain that emotion,” Keenan said.

Saturday, September 7 2000 h et

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 v. CANADA 6

FIRST PERIOD

1. CANADA, Wayne Gretzky 2 (Steve Larmer, Shayne Corson) 3:04 2. CANADA, Al MacInnis 1 (Russ Courtnall, Shayne Corson) 6:16

3. CANADA, Al MacInnis 2 (Steve Larmer, Wayne Gretzky) 9:25 PPG GWG 4. CANADA, Theoren Fleury 1 (Mark Messier) 10:32

5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Kamil Kastak 1 (Robert Reichel, Jergus Baca) 17:26 PPG

Penalties ― Slegr Cz 0:39, Gudas Cz 9:14, Tocchet Ca 16:18, Jelinek Cz 17:57

SECOND PERIOD 6. CANADA, Wayne Gretzky 3 (Paul Coffey, Shayne Corson) 0:34

7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Josef Beranek 1 (Martin Rucinsky, Jergus Baca) 15:14

Penalties ― Desjardins Ca 1:40, Coffey Ca 9:01, Kolnik Cz 11:30, Slegr Cz MacInnis Ca 14:31

THIRD PERIOD 8. CANADA, Dale Hawerchuk 2 (Dirk Graham, Paul Coffey) 5:29

Penalties ― Fleury Ca 1:10, Slegr Cz Tocchet Ca 6:47, Jelinek Cz Musil Cz Smith Ca 7:28, Ciger Cz 13:19, MacInnis

Ca 15:39

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 9 5 9 23

CANADA 16 7 13 36 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Dominik Hasek; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: TCH ― 1 for 5, CAN ― 1 for 6

Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt


Czech power play was 0-for-17 going into tonight’s game v. Canada…it was the only team in the

tournament without a power-play goal At one point in the first period, the SOG were 11-1 Canada

“I can’t remember having this much fun playing hockey,” F Wayne Gretzky CAN said after his two-goal, one-assist performance. “We’re feeling strong as a team and confident that if we can go out and get ahead, we’re

strong enough defensively that it’ll be tough for anyone to come back on us.”


FINLAND 3 v. SWEDEN 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. FINLAND, Petri Skriko 1 (Christian Ruuttu, Kari Eloranta) 5:21 PPG

2. FINLAND, Janne Laukkanen 1 (Christian Ruuttu, Petro Skriko) 13:16 GWG

Penalties ― Albelin S 4:05, Sundin S Sandstrom S Selanne F 19:19, Kurri F (major) 19:26

SECOND PERIOD 3. FINLAND, Teppo Numminen 1 (Esa Tikkanen, Janne Ojanen) 10:59 PPG

Penalties ― Garpenlov S 10:11, Dahlen S (major) 14:41, Ruuttu F 15:57, Siren F 17:25

THIRD PERIOD

4. SWEDEN, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Mats Naslund, Mats Sundin) 17:06 PPG

Penalties ― Ojanen F 0:43, Peltomaa F 3:37, Albelin S Steen S Siren F 7:54, Tikkanen F 15:27, Lumme F 16:51

Shots on goal by

FINLAND 6 4 4 14 SWEDEN 12 8 11 31

FINLAND, Markus Ketterer; SWEDEN, Rolf Ridderwall

Power play: FIN ― 2 for 6, SWE ― 1 for 7 Coaches: SWEDEN, Conny Evensson, Curt Lundmark; FINLAND, Pentti Matikainen

8 307 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario

At 7:54 of the third period, F Tomas Sandstrom SWE was mistakenly ejected by Soviet referee Viktor Yakushev – because the referee confused Sandstrom’s #7 with teammate Thomas Steen’s #17. Sandstrom

later returned to the game. “Why would a Russian referee want us to lose?” asked Sandstrom after the game. “Because it’s the only way the Russians can still get into the playoffs.”

“Winning this game was special because Finland doesn’t usually win critical games,” said F Christian Ruuttu FIN, who recorded two first-period assists

Saturday, September 7 1930 h ct

SOVIET UNION 1 v. UNITED STATES 2

FIRST PERIOD

1. UNITED STATES, Mike Modano 2 (Jeremy Roenick, Brett Hull) 3:00

Penalties ― Kasatonov URS 5:41, Leetch USA 12:25, Kovalenko URS 16:26, Kozlov URS Fedorov URS Otto USA Johnson USA (double minor) 19:52

SECOND PERIOD

2. UNITED STATES, Pat LaFontaine 2 (Brian Leetch, Mike Modano) 17:43 PPG GWG

Penalties ― Zhitnik URS 5:55, Kovalenko URS 12:33, Hatcher USA 13:50, Kovalenko URS 16:27

THIRD PERIOD 3. SOVIET UNION, Alexei Zhamnov 3 (Dmitri Mironov) 0:51

Penalties ― Kasatonov URS 14:33

Shots on goal by

SOVIET UNION 16 10 11 37 UNITED STATES 6 11 5 22

SOVIET UNION, Mikhail Shtalenkov; UNITED STATES, Mike Richter

Power play: USSR ― 0 for 3, USA ― 1 for 6 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dimitriev, Vladimir Yurzinov;

UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna 13 842 at Chicago Stadium

This victory guaranted the United States a spot in the tournament semi-finals. “We played as hard as

a team can play tonight,” said U.S. acting coach Tim Taylor. In order for the Soviets to make the tournament’s medal round, they must defeat Canada and Sweden

and Czechoslovakia must tie tomorrow.

The Soviets have only failed to make the medal round of one previous international tournament.

That was the 1987 IIHF U20 World Junior Hockey Championship in Czechoslovakia, when both the Soviets

and Canada were disqualified for brawling.



1991 CANADA CUP


SWEDEN 5 v. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 5

FIRST PERIOD 1. SWEDEN, Thomas Rundqvist 2 (Mats Sundin, Mikael Andersson) 7:10

Penalties ― Sundin S 3:46, Gudos C 10:29, Garpenlov S 11:59

SECOND PERIOD 2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Robert Reichel 1 (Kamil Kastak, Jiri Slegr) 3:26

3. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Leo Gudas 1 (Tomas Jelinek, Michal Pivonka) 16:22 4. SWEDEN, Calle Johansson 1 (Nicklas Lidstrom, Tomas Sandstrom) 16:49

5. SWEDEN, Mats Sundin 2 (Ulf Dahlen, Thomas Rundqvist) 18:27 PPG

Penalties ― Lidstrom S 10:15, Kucera C Garpenlov S 13:23, Smehlik C 16:49, Steen S 19:33

THIRD PERIOD 6. SWEDEN, Ulf Dahlen 1 (Thomas Steen, Mats Sundin) 9:35

7. SWEDEN, Ulf Dahlen 2 (Thomas Steen, Calle Johansson) 18:14 PPG

Penalties ― Kucera C 2:37, Slegr C 17:33, Reichel C 18:04

Shots on goal by

SWEDEN 7 8 10 25

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 8 8 4 20 SWEDEN, Tommy Soderstrom; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Dominik Hasek

Power play: SWE ― 2 for 5, TCH ― 0 for 5

Coaches: SWEDEN, Conny Evensson, Curt Lundmark; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ivan Hlinka, Jaroslav Walter 7 147 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

This victory by Sweden eliminated both Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union from tournament’s medal

round “We can now start the tournament in a new way,” said Sweden’s assistant coach Curt Lundmark. “We can

now play as an underdog, which is a good thing for us. Swedish sportsmen usually give their best performances when they are underdogs.”

Sweden became first team to qualify for Canada Cup medal round with fewer than five points

Monday, September 9 1930 h ct

UNITED STATES 4 v. FINLAND 3

FIRST PERIOD

1. UNITED STATES, Craig Janney 4 (Brett Hull) 8:05 2. FINLAND, Petri Skriko 2 (Jyrki Lumme, Christian Ruuttu) 8:17

3. UNITED STATES, Joel Otto 2 (Craig Wolanin, Joe Mullen) 15:30 4. UNITED STATES, Joel Otto 3 (Joe Mullen) 15:41

Penalties ― Modano U 0:26, Jarvi F 3:17, Jarvenpaa F Granato U 7:02, Peltomaa F 13:11

SECOND PERIOD

5. FINLAND, Esa Tikkanen 1 (Janne Ojanen) 9:19

Penalties ― Siren F 11:37, Tikkanen F 18:10

THIRD PERIOD 6. FINLAND, Esa Tikkanen 2 (Raimo Summanen, Timo Peltomaa) 10:21

7. UNITED STATES, Pat LaFontaine 3 (Kevin Miller, Gary Suter) 17:27

Penalties ― Ruotanen F 3:46, Jutila F 12:36


FINLAND 3 4 9 16 UNITED STATES, John Vanbiesbrouck; FINLAND, Jukka Tammi

Power play: USA ― 0 for 6, FIN ― 0 for 1

Coaches: FINLAND, Pentti Matikainen; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna 8 732 at Chicago Stadium

United States finished round robin with a 4-1-0 record – their best ever in the Canada Cup

Finland finished 2-2-1 and reached the medal round for the first time ever in a Canada Cup


SOVIET UNION 3 v. CANADA 3

FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Ravil Khaidarov 2 (Andrei Kovalenko) 3:13

2. CANADA, Eric Lindros 3 (Theoren Fleury, Paul Coffey) 14:47 PPG

Penalties ― Coffey C 4:43, Robitaille C 9:46, Fedorov U 13:28, Kasatonov U 17:16

SECOND PERIOD 3. SOVIET UNION, Andrei Kovalenko 1 (unassisted) 7:46

Penalties ― Messier C 2:09, Malakhov U 5:37, Kozlov U Robitaille C 8:50, Semak U (major) MacInnis C (major,

game misconduct) 10:26, Robitaille C 11:38

THIRD PERIOD 4. CANADA, Steve Larmer 3 (Larry Murphy, Theoren Fleury) 7:15 PPG

5. SOVIET UNION, Alexander Semak 2 (Mikhail Tatarinov, Andrei Kovalenko) 13:14 GTG

6. CANADA, Brent Sutter 1 (Steve Smith, Rick Tocchet) 14:42 GTG

Penalties ― Kovalenko U 1:50, Soviet Union bench (served by Gordyuk) 2:49, Shtalenkov U 6:50

Shots on goal by SOVIET UNION 12 11 11 34

CANADA 11 10 15 36 SOVIET UNION, Mikhail Shtalenkov; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: USSR ― 0 for 4, CAN ― 2 for 6

Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dimitriev, Vladimir Yurzinov; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt

14 275 at Le Colisée in Quebec City

D Al MacInnis CAN was ejected in the second period for slashing F Alexei Zhamnov USSR across the mouth

This game presented some uncomfortable moments as F Eric Lindros CAN was playing in Quebec City. He was chosen first overall by the Nordiques in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft, but refused to play for the

team. Prior to the game, at a hotel in Ste-Foy, QC, Eric’s parents (Bonnie and Carl), his agent Rick Curran, Nordiques’ director of player personnel Gilles Leger and Nordiques’ GM Pierre Page met with each other.

“They certainly expressed themselves and their feelings,” said Page. “It’s interesting to see how people react to pressure. It’s always emotional when we get together.”

“We had a tough time finding our emotion in this game, but we were able to come from behind on several occasions and earn a point in different fashion from what we’re used to,” said Canadian coach Mike Keenan.

The Soviet Union was actually eliminated from medal round before this tie, when Sweden defeated Czechoslovakia earlier in the day

1991 CANADA CUP

FINAL STANDINGS

GP W L T GF GA PTS

Canada 5 3 0 2 21 11 8

United States 5 4 1 0 19 15 8

Finland 5 2 2 1 10 13 5

Sweden 5 2 3 0 13 17 4

Soviet Union 5 1 3 1 14 14 3

Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 11 18 2

1991 CANADA CUP SCORING LEADERS THROUGH ROUND ROBIN

G A P

Wayne Gretzky CAN 3 7 10

Brett Hull USA 2 5 7

Craig Janney USA 4 2 6

Steve Larmer CAN 3 3 6

Mike Modano USA 2 4 6 Mats Sundin SWE 2 4 6

Eric Lindros CAN 3 2 5

Tomas Jelinek TCH 2 3 5

Paul Coffey CAN 1 4 5 Jeremy Roenick USA 3 1 4

Sergei Fedorov USSR 2 2 4

Janne Ojanen FIN 2 2 4

Thomas Rundqvist SWE 2 2 4 Esa Tikkanen FIN 2 2 4

Theoren Fleury CAN 1 3 4

Christian Ruuttu FIN 0 4 4

TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM

Goaltender Bill Ranford CAN Defence Al MacInnis CAN

Defence Chris Chelios USA

Forward Wayne Gretzky CAN

Forward Mats Sundin SWE Forward Jeremy Roenick USA



1991 CANADA CUP

SEMI – FINALS

Wednesday, September 11 2000 h et

FINLAND 3 v. UNITED STATES 7

FIRST PERIOD 1. UNITED STATES, Dave Christian 1 (Brian Leetch, Mike Modano) 12:19

2. UNITED STATES, Joe Mullen 1 (Ed Olczyk, Pat LaFontaine) 17:36

Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD 3. FINLAND, Petri Skriko 3 (Janne Laukannen, Christian Ruuttu) 4:39

4. UNITED STATES, Brian Leetch 1 (Chris Chelios) 11:24 PPG

Penalties ― Eloranta F 10:31

THIRD PERIOD 5. UNITED STATES, Joe Mullen 2 (Ed Olczyk) 2:17 GWG

6. UNITED STATES, Kevin Miller 1 (Brett Hull, Craig Wolanin) 4:03 7. UNITED STATES, Joel Otto 4 (Doug Brown, Kevin Miller) 11:07

8. UNITED STATES, Doug Brown 1 (Randy Wood, Kevin Hatcher) 14:30 9. FINLAND, Jari Kurri 2 (Jarmo Kekalainen, Teppo Numminen) 16:25

10. FINLAND, Christian Ruuttu 1 (Janne Laukkanen, Petri Skriko) 17:37

Penalties ― None

Shots on goal by FINLAND 6 10 17 33

UNITED STATES 9 11 7 27 FINLAND, Markus Ketterer; UNITED STATES, Mike Richter

Power play: FIN ― 0 for 0, USA ― 1 for 1

Coaches: FINLAND, Pentti Matikainen; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna 9 913 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario

Several hours before this game, the American players were read a letter from Bob Johnson, who is

fighting brain tumours in a Pittsburgh hospital. “The last line (of the letter) was ‘I only wish I was on a plane to Hamilton,’” said American interim coach Tim Taylor. “He told us to play with pride. He said that every

Canadian boy wants to grow up to be like Gretzky, and one day he hopes American children will want to grow up to be like the stars of this team.”

“It’s amazing that with everything he’s gone through, he could write a letter wishing he could be with us,”

said F Pat LaFontaine USA. “He is a great man.”


SWEDEN 0 v. CANADA 4

FIRST PERIOD

NO SCORING

Penalties ― Sandstrom S 13:29, Sutter C Tocchet C Salming S 16:28, Steen S 17:46

SECOND PERIOD 1. CANADA, Wayne Gretzky 4 (Steve Larmer) 16:10 GWG

2. CANADA, Rick Tocchet 1 (Dale Hawerchuk, Shayne Corson) 19:50

Penalties ― Salming S Shanahan C 15:45

THIRD PERIOD 3. CANADA, Brent Sutter 2 (Al MacInnis, Mark Messier) 4:44

4. CANADA, Dirk Graham 1 (Paul Coffey, Brent Sutter) 13:34 PPG

Penalties ― Steen S 2:54, Fleury C 3:54, Sweden bench (served by Garpenlov) 11:50, Tinordi C 14:00

Shots on goal by

SWEDEN 5 13 12 30

CANADA 18 10 19 47 SWEDEN, Tommy Soderstrom; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: SWE ― 0 for 2, CAN ― 1 for 4

Coaches: SWEDEN, Conny Evensson; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt 15 795 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto

“I think the people will be genuinely interested in this series (Canada v. USA),” said F Dale Hawerchuk

CAN. “It will provide a flavour that’s never been there before.” “This game showed the characteristics that make up this team,” said Canada’s head coach Mike Keenan.

“This is a strong-willed, determined bunch.” “Overall, I think this is a better team than in ’87,” said F Wayne Gretzky CAN. “I don’t think we’re as

talented in the top three or four players as we were back then, but we can keep throwing five guys over the boards and playing relentlessly. As a team, I think we just overpowered the Swedes tonight.”



1991 CANADA CUP

BEST-OF-THREE FINAL



FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Eric Desjardins 1 (Mark Messier, Luc Robitaille) 4:22

Penalties ― Johnson U 5:12, Smith C 8:14, Smith C 13:26, United States bench 15:06,

Johnson U 17:34

SECOND PERIOD 2. CANADA, Steve Larmer 4 (Wayne Gretzky, Al MacInnis) 5:20 GWG

3. UNITED STATES, Gary Suter 1 (Jeremy Roenick, Mike Modano) 10:31

Penalties ― Fleury C 7:57, Smith C 12:08, MacInnis C 13:49, Otto U Corson C (double rough) Chelios U Lindros C Tocchet C 16:37

THIRD PERIOD

4. CANADA, Mark Messier 1 (Al MacInnis) 11:42 5. CANADA, Brent Sutter 3 (Al MacInnis) 16:17

Penalties ― Wolanin U Shanahan C 4:05, Smith C 8:32, Miller U 9:36, Johnson U 12:20, Granato U Desjardins C

15:24, Otto U Stevens C 16:59, Corson C 18:49


CANADA 13 11 13 37 UNITED STATES, Mike Richter; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: USA ― 0 for 8, CAN ― 0 for 5

Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna; CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt


D Gary Suter USA drilled F Wayne Gretzky CAN face first into the boards at 8:48 of the second period. Gretzky left the game, with back spasms and a knee injury…and did not play again in this

tournament. “I didn’t see him coming,” said Gretzky during a 10-minute, post-game media availability. “I’m surprised

there wasn’t a penalty because I was only four feet from the boards, but I don’t think he tried to hurt me.” “It was an illegal hit, no doubt about it,” snorted Canadian coach Mike Keenan. “He was definitely hit from

behind with no chance to protect himself. You certainly don’t like to see something like that happen, and it’s unfortunate that it happened on an incident that was uncalled for.”

“If it hadn’t happened to the greatest player in the world, we wouldn’t be here talking about it,” said D Gary Suter USA. “He just didn’t see me coming. It was either hit him or probably give up a goal.”

1991 CANADA CUP FINAL SCORING LEADERS

G A P

Wayne Gretzky CAN 4 8 12 Steve Larmer CAN 6 5 11

Brett Hull USA 2 7 9

Mike Modano USA 2 7 9

Mark Messier CAN 2 6 8 Paul Coffey CAN 1 6 7

Craig Janney USA 4 2 6

Mats Sundin SWE 2 4 6

Christian Ruuttu FIN 1 5 6 Jeremy Roenick USA 4 2 6

Eric Lindros CAN 3 2 5

Theoren Fleury CAN 1 4 5

Dale Hawerchuk CAN 2 3 5

Petri Skriko FIN 3 2 5 Tomas Jelinek TCH 2 3 5

Joe Mullen USA 2 3 5

Kevin Miller USA 1 4 5

Shayne Corson CAN 0 5 5



FIRST PERIOD

1. CANADA, Mark Messier 2 (Theoren Fleury, Eric Desjardins) 13:39 2. CANADA, Steve Larmer 5 (Dale Hawerchuk) 13:59

Penalties ― Miller U Robitaille C Johnson U 7:14, Olczyk U 10:32, Suter C 14:40

SECOND PERIOD

3. UNITED STATES, Jeremy Roenick 4 (Mike Modano, Kevin Miller) 3:45 PPG 4. UNITED STATES, Kevin Miller 2 (Chris Chelios) 11:02

Penalties ― Desjardins C 1:57, LaFontaine U 14:59, Hatcher U 17:26

THIRD PERIOD

5. CANADA, Steve Larmer 6 (unassisted) 12:13 SHG 6. CANADA, Dirk Graham 3 (Mark Messier, Steve Larmer) 19:18 ENG

Penalties ― Smith C 10:15, Johnson U 12:53, Coffey C 13:18, Corson C 19:59

Shots on goal by

UNITED STATES 6 12 11 29 CANADA 10 11 19 40

UNITED STATES, Mike Richter; CANADA, Bill Ranford

Power play: USA ― 1 for 5, CAN ― 0 for 5 Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, Mike Eaves, Jay Leach, Joe Bertagna;

CANADA, Mike Keenan, Pat Burns, Brian Sutter, Tom Webster, Tom Watt 17 051 at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario

“This team just had so much character, it’s unbelievable,” said F Steve Larmer CAN. “When it came time to

play, everybody showed up.” “Things went exceptionally well for me,” understated G Bill Ranford CAN. “When the guys you have playing

in front of you play as well as these guys did for me, well, it’s a special feeling.” “This was one heckuva group of committed athletes and I’m extremely proud of them,” said Canada’s head

coach Mike Keenan. “There were a lot of controversies and distractions that they have to overcome, as well as playing every night under the pressure of being expected to win.”



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