1996 World Cup of Hockey

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Lead too short Template:Infobox international ice hockey competition The first World Cup of Hockey (WCH), or the 1996 World Cup of Hockey,Template:Efn was the inaugural edition of the event, replacing the Canada Cup as one of the world championships of ice hockey.

Inaugural World Cup of Hockey

The first edition of the Cup featured eight teams divided into two groups. The European Group, whose games were all played in European cities, included the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, and Sweden. The North American Group played in North American cities and included Canada, Russia, Slovakia, and the United States. Some of the best players in the world were missing in the tournament, some either declined invitation, such as Dominik Hašek stating "I would love to play in (the competition), but the timing is bad",<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> or because of injuries, as Pavel Bure was injured during a Russia–USA exhibition game in Detroit.

After the teams played a three-game group stage, the top team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the second and third place teams played cross-over quarter-finals. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were single elimination games. The championship final was a best-of-three. All playoff games were played in North America.

In the biggest surprise of the tournament, Germany defeated the Czech Republic 7–1 in the European Group, which eliminated the Czechs and sent the Germans into the quarter-finals. In the biggest game of the North American Group, the USA defeated Canada 5–3 to finish first and get a bye to the semi-finals. In the semis, they defeated Russia 5–2, while Canada beat Sweden 3–2 on Theoren Fleury's goal at 19:47 of the second overtime period, ending the longest game in international hockey history.

The tournament did see some controversy after the Canada–Russia game in Vancouver was played when Sweden's coach Kent Forsberg said he believed "Canada cheated its way to victory" through help of Canadian NHL referees that saw two goals disallowed and several controversial penalties for Russia.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">Template:Cite web</ref> The Russian team's coach Boris Mikhailov echoed a similar sentiment after the game saying "It was the referees' victory", as Russia felt there was "biased officiating".<ref name="autogenerated1"/><ref>"Cup Runneth Over For Canada Disallowed Goals Wreck Russians" NY Daily News by Frank Brown, August 30, 1996</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In the best-of-three final, Canada won the first game, in Philadelphia, 4–3 in overtime. Then the USA recorded a memorable pair of 5–2 victories in Montreal to win the series. In the third and decisive game, the USA received spectacular goaltending from tournament MVP Mike Richter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> and rallied from a 2–1 deficit in the third period by scoring four goals in the final 3:18 of the game. Tony Amonte scored the game-winning goal.

Rosters

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Venues

North American pool and playoffs
European pool

Results

Exhibition Games (incomplete list)

North American pool

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Scores

  • August 29, Vancouver: Russia 3–5 Canada
  • August 31, Montreal: Slovakia 4–7 Russia
  • August 31, Philadelphia: Canada 3–5 United States
  • September 1, Ottawa: Canada 3–2 Slovakia
  • September 2, New York City: Russia 2–5 United States
  • September 3, New York City: United States 9–3 Slovakia

European pool

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Scores

  • August 26, Stockholm: Germany 1–6 Sweden
  • August 27, Helsinki: Finland 7–3 Czech Republic
  • August 28, Helsinki: Germany 3–8 Finland
  • August 29, Prague: Sweden 3–0 Czech Republic
  • August 31, Garmisch: Czech Republic 1–7 Germany
  • September 1, Stockholm: Finland 2–5 Sweden

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals

  • September 5, Montreal: Germany 1–4 Canada
  • September 6, Ottawa: Russia 5–0 Finland

Semifinals

  • September 7, Philadelphia: Canada 3–2 Sweden (2OT)
  • September 8, Ottawa: Russia 2–5 United States

Finals

  • September 10, Philadelphia: Canada 4–3 United States (OT)
  • September 12, Montreal: United States 5–2 Canada
  • September 14, Montreal: United States 5–2 Canada

Statistics and awards

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Tournament MVP

All-star team

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Final standings

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Top scorers

Rk Player GP G A Pts PIM
1 Template:Flagicon Brett Hull 7 7 4 11 4
2 Template:Flagicon John LeClair 7 6 4 10 6
3 Template:Flagicon Mats Sundin 4 4 3 7 4
4 Template:Flagicon Doug Weight 7 3 4 7 12
5 Template:Flagicon Wayne Gretzky 8 3 4 7 2
6 Template:Flagicon Brian Leetch 7 0 7 7 4
7 Template:Flagicon Paul Coffey 7 0 7 7 12
8 Template:Flagicon Sergei Fedorov 5 3 3 6 2
9 Template:Flagicon Alexander Mogilny 5 2 4 6 0
10 Template:Flagicon Keith Tkachuk 7 5 1 6 44
11 Template:Flagicon Theoren Fleury 8 4 2 6 8

See also

Notes

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References

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