1984 Canada Cup

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The 1984 Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning two games to nil. Canadian forward John Tonelli was named the tournament's most valuable player.

This was the only Canada Cup to feature a team from West Germany, who managed a single point in five games based on a 4-4 tie with Czechoslovakia. This was also the only point for the Czechoslovaks, whose lineup had been decimated by recent defections. One of these defections was Slovak star Peter Stastny, who was playing for Canada at this event. The Canadian team was a disappointing 2-2-1 in the round-robin. There was inner turmoil on the roster, which was dominated by players by two NHL powerhouses, the Edmonton Oilers and the New York Islanders--these two teams had faced off in the past two Stanley Cup Finals, and there were bitter feuds between players that had to be overcome. In one semifinal, fourth place Canada faced first-place USSR, who were a perfect 5-0 in the round-robin. Canada dominated the first two periods, but managed only a 1-0 lead due to spectacular goaltending from Vladimir Myshkin. The Soviets scored twice in the third to take the lead, but defenseman Doug Wilson tied the game late in regulation. In overtime, Myshkin continued his brilliant play. The Soviets got a two-on one against the flow of the play, but were thwarted by a brilliant poke-check by Paul Coffey, who was normally an offensive defenseman. Later on that play, Coffey's point shot was deflected in front of the net by Mike Bossy for the winning goal. In the other semi-final, Sweden scored on its first four shots on goal and cruised to a stunning 9-2 victory over the USA. The Americans had beaten Sweden 7-1 in the round robin and had looked very impressive prior to collapsing in this game.

Canada won Game 1 of the final 5-2. In Game 2, they built up a commanding 5-0 lead in the first period before Sweden mounted a comeback that fell just short. The final score was 6-5.

1 Rosters
2 Round Robin Standings
- 2.1 Round-Robin
3 Playoff Round
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Rosters

[edit] Canada

Forwards and Defense: Steve Yzerman, Glenn Anderson, Brent Sutter, Mark Messier, Bob Bourne, Michel Goulet, Rick Middleton, Mike Gartner, Mike Bossy, Brian Bellows, Peter Stastny, John Tonelli, Wayne Gretzky, Charlie Huddy, Kevin Lowe, Raymond Bourque, Randy Gregg, Doug Wilson, Paul Coffey, Larry Robinson
Goaltenders: Pete Peeters, Rejean Lemelin, Grant Fuhr
Coaches: Glen Sather, John Muckler, Ted Green, Tom Watt

[edit] Czechoslovakia

Forwards and Defense: Petr Rosol, Igor Liba, Petr Klima, Jiri Dudacek, Vladimir Ruzicka, Vladimir Caldr, Jiri Lála, Dusan Pasek, Ladislav Svozil, Vladimir Kames, Jiri Hrdina, Jaroslav Korbela, Vincent Lukác, Miloslav Horava, Frantisek Musil, Eduard Uvira, Arnold Kadlec, Jaroslav Benák, Antonin Stavjana
Goaltenders: Dominik Hasek, Jaromir Sindel
Coaches: Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesel

[edit] Sweden

Forwards and Defense: Håkan Loob, Kent Nilsson, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Patrik Sundström, Peter Sundström, Thomas Steen, Anders Håkansson, Thomas Gradin, Per-Erik Eklund, Mats Näslund, Tomas Sandström, Jan Claesson, Mats Thelin, Anders Eldebrink, Jan Lindholm, Michael Thelvén, Bo Ericson, Peter Andersson, Thomas Eriksson
Goaltenders: Rolf Ridderwall, Peter Lindmark, Göte Wälitalo
Coaches: Leif Boork, Curt Lindström

[edit] USA

Forwards and Defense: Neal Broten, Bobby Carpenter, Ed Olczyk, Mark Johnson, Bob Brooke, Joe Mullen, Bryan Trottier, Brian Mullen, Aaron Broten, Bryan Erickson, Dave A.Jensen, Brian Lawton, Mark Fusco, Mike Ramsey, Phil Housley, Rod Langway, Gordie Roberts, Chris Chelios, Tom Hirsch
Goaltenders: Glenn "Chico" Resch, Tom Barrasso
Coaches: Bob Johnson

[edit] USSR

Forwards and Defense: Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Svetlov, Irek Gimayev, Mikhail Varnakov, Sergei Shepelev, Sergei Makarov, Sergei Yashin, Alexandr Skvortsov, Mikhail Vasiljev, Alexandr Kozhevnikov, Anatoli Semenov, Vladimir Kovin, Vladimir Zubkov, Igor Stelnov, Vasili Pervukhin, Alexei Kasatonov, Alexei Gusarov, Sergei Starikov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov
Goaltenders: Vladimir Myshkin, Alexandr Tyznykh
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov

[edit] West Germany

Forwards and Defense: Peter Schiller, Ernst Höfner, Franz Reindl, Manfred Wolf, Peter Obresa, Marcus Kuhl, Holger Meitinger, Gerd Truntschka, Roy Roedger, Dieter Hegen, Helmut Steiger, Michael Betz, Andreas Niederberger, Udo Kiessling, Rainer Blum, Joachim Reil, Peter Scharf, Dieter Medicus, Ignaz Berndaner, Uli Hiemer
Goaltenders: Karl Friesen, Bernard Engelbrecht
Coaches: Xaver Unsinn