Triple Gold Club

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The Triple Gold Club is a term used for an exclusive group of ice hockey players who have won Olympic gold, World Championship gold, and the Stanley Cup. The three are widely considered the greatest regularly scheduled championships in Ice Hockey.

On May 8, 2007, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced it "will also formalize the Triple Gold Club by awarding commemorative medals" to the 19 players who (at the time) had won the three most prestigious championships in world hockey: Olympic gold, Stanley Cup, and World Championship gold. The ceremony was to take place in Canada during the 2008 World Championship but it was later changed to occur during the inaugural Victoria Cup in September 2008.[1] [2]

Later in 2008, after the Stanley Cup finals, another three players qualified for membership, bringing the current total to 22 members.

Contents 1 Members 2 Other international tournaments 3 References 4 See also 4.1 Similar concepts

[edit] Members

Player	Membership gained	Olympic Gold	World Championship	Stanley Cup
Jonsson, TomasTomas Jonsson	01994-02-27 27 February 1994	Sweden 1994	Sweden 1991	New York Islanders 1982, 1983
Naslund, MatsMats Näslund	01994-02-27 27 February 1994	Sweden 1994	Sweden 1991	Montreal Canadiens 1986
Loob, HakanHåkan Loob	01994-02-27 27 February 1994	Sweden 1994	Sweden 1987, 1991	Calgary Flames 1989
Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	01996-06-10 10 June 1996	USSR 1988	USSR 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993	Colorado Avalanche 1996
Gusarov, AlexeiAlexei Gusarov	01996-06-10 10 June 1996	USSR 1988	USSR 1986, 1989, 1990	Colorado Avalanche 1996
Forsberg, PeterPeter Forsberg	01996-06-10 10 June 1996 2006 (double)	Sweden 1994, 2006	Sweden 1992, 1998	Colorado Avalanche 1996, 2001
Fetisov, ViacheslavViacheslav Fetisov	01997-06-07 7 June 1997 1998 (double)	USSR 1984, 1988	USSR 1978, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990	Detroit Red Wings 1997, 1998
Larionov, IgorIgor Larionov	01997-06-07 7 June 1997 1998 (double)	USSR 1984, 1988	USSR 1982, 1983, 1986, 1989	Detroit Red Wings 1997, 1998, 2002
Mogilny, AlexanderAlexander Mogilny	02000-06-10 10 June 2000	USSR 1988	USSR 1989	New Jersey Devils 2000
Malakhov, VladimirVladimir Malakhov	02000-06-10 10 June 2000	Unified Team 1992	USSR 1990	New Jersey Devils 2000
Blake, RobRob Blake	02002-02-24 24 February 2002	Canada 2002	Canada 1994, 1997	Colorado Avalanche 2001
Sakic, JoeJoe Sakic	02002-02-24 24 February 2002	Canada 2002	Canada 1994	Colorado Avalanche 1996, 2001
Shanahan, BrendanBrendan Shanahan	02002-02-24 24 February 2002	Canada 2002	Canada 1994	Detroit Red Wings 1997, 1998, 2002
Niedermayer, ScottScott Niedermayer	02004-05-09 9 May 2004	Canada 2002	Canada 2004	New Jersey Devils 1995, 2000, 2003 Anaheim Ducks 2007
Jagr, JaromirJaromír Jágr	02005-05-15 15 May 2005	Czech Republic 1998	Czech Republic 2005	Pittsburgh Penguins 1991, 1992
Slegr, JiriJiří Šlégr	02005-05-15 15 May 2005	Czech Republic 1998	Czech Republic 2005	Detroit Red Wings 2002
Lidstrom, NicklasNicklas Lidström	02006-02-26 26 February 2006	Sweden 2006	Sweden 1991	Detroit Red Wings 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008
Modin, FredrikFredrik Modin	02006-02-26 26 February 2006	Sweden 2006	Sweden 1998	Tampa Bay Lightning 2004
Pronger, ChrisChris Pronger	02007-06-06 6 June 2007	Canada 2002	Canada 1997	Anaheim Ducks 2007
Kronwall, NiklasNiklas Kronwall	02008-06-04 4 June 2008	Sweden 2006	Sweden 2006	Detroit Red Wings 2008
Zetterberg, HenrikHenrik Zetterberg	02008-06-04 4 June 2008	Sweden 2006	Sweden 2006	Detroit Red Wings 2008
Samuelsson, MikaelMikael Samuelsson	02008-06-04 4 June 2008	Sweden 2006	Sweden 2006	Detroit Red Wings 2008

[edit] Other international tournaments

Other international tournaments, like the World Cup of Hockey, the Canada Cup, the World Junior Hockey Championship, the Izvestija/Channel One Cup, the Karjala Cup or the Sweden Hockey Games are sometimes suggested for a possible "Quadruple Gold Club". However, the only tournaments that are officially recognized as counting towards the club are the Olympics, the Stanley Cup, and World Championships.

[edit] References

• IIHF's official Triple Gold Club list

[edit] See also

• Olympic Ice Hockey Tournaments
• Ice Hockey World Championship
• Stanley Cup champions

[edit] Similar concepts

• Grand Slam
• Triple Crown

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