Canada men's national ice hockey team
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| Nickname(s) | Équipe Canada (Team Canada) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Hockey Canada | ||
| GM |  Steve Yzerman | ||
| Head coach | Mike Babcock | ||
| Assistants | Jacques Lemaire Ken Hitchcock Lindy Ruff | ||
| Captain | Scott Niedermayer | ||
| Most games | Sean Burke: 156 | ||
| Most points | Cliff Ronning: 156 | ||
| IIHF ranking | 2 | ||
| Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (first in 2003) | ||
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 3 (2006) | ||
| Team colours | |||
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| First international | |||
 Canada 8–1 Switzerland  (Les Avants, Switzerland; January 10, 1910) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Canada 47–0 Denmark  (Stockholm, Sweden; February 12, 1949) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Soviet Union 11–1 Canada (Vienna, Austria; April 24, 1977) | |||
| IIHF World Championships | |||
| Appearances | 67 (first in 1920) | ||
| Best result |  Gold: 18 - 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007 | ||
| Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 20 (first in 1920) | ||
| Medals |  Gold: 7 – 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002
 Bronze: 2 – 1956, 1968 | ||
| International record (W–L–T) | |||
| 839–410–123 | |||
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Men's ice hockey | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | Team |
| Gold | 1924 Chamonix | Team |
| Gold | 1928 St. Moritz | Team |
| Gold | 1932 Lake Placid | Team |
| Silver | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Team |
| Gold | 1948 St. Moritz | Team |
| Gold | 1952 Oslo | Team |
| Bronze | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Team |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | Team |
| Bronze | 1968 Grenoble | Team |
| Silver | 1992 Albertville | Team |
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Team |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Team |
The Canadian national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Canada. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and participates in international competitions. 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.[1]
The nickname "Team Canada" was christened for the 1972 Summit Series and has been frequently used to refer to the Canadian national team ever since. Canada has been one of the leading national ice hockey teams in international play, winning the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups dating back to 1976, winning the 2002 Winter Olympics, four consecutive IIHF World Championships and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.
The current coach is Mike Babcock. Canada is currently ranked second in the IIHF World Ranking.
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[edit] History
From 1920 until 1963, the senior amateur club teams representing Canada, were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions. The last senior team to win a gold medal at the World Championship was the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1961.
Following the 1963 World Championships, Father David Bauer founded the national team as a permanent institution. The new permanent national team first competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics. Since 1964, the national team has one Olympic gold medal, and five world championship wins.
Before the emergence of the Soviet Union, Canada dominated hockey, winning six out of seven golds at the Olympics before 1956 and 13 world championship gold medals before 1961. From 1954 to 1991, Canada was able to win only four World Championships and no Winter Olympic Gold medals when the Soviet, Czechoslovak, and Swedish teams dominated. This was in part because Canada's best professional players were unable to attend these events as they had commitments with their respective National Hockey League teams.
Canada withdrew from official IIHF events in 1970 and the National Team programme was suspended after they were refused permission to use semi-professional players at the world championship. 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 of America. Canadians and Americans were allowed to enhance their world championship teams with professional players; and the world championships were scheduled as late as possible to ensure more players would be 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.
In 1983, Hockey Canada began the "Programme 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, veteran pros with NHL experience and, in a few cases, current NHLers who were holding out in contract disputes. This programme was discontinued in 1998, when the NHL began shutting down to allow its players to compete.
In 2007, the Canadians regained their world title and won the world championship in Russia. The next year, in Canada, the team lost in the championship final to the Russians 5-4, and received the Silver Medal. This year, in Switzerland, the Canadians dominated the preliminary round; winning all three games, scoring 22 goals, and only giving up 4 goals. The scores were 6-1 (Belarus), 9-0 (Hungary), and 7-3 (Slovakia). After two other big wins against Norway (5-1) and Czech Republic (5-1), the team had its first loss against Finland (4-3). They then made it to the finals, but lost to Russia (2-1) and got the silver medal for the second year in a row.
[edit] Retired numbers
[edit] List of teams representing Canada from 1920 to 1963
[edit] Coaches
List of coaches of the Canada men's national ice hockey team.
| Olympics
Canada/World Cups
| World Championships
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[edit] Competition achievements
[edit] Olympic Games
All Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships.[2]
Gold
Silver
Bronze[edit] Summit Series
[edit] Canada Cup
- 1976 - Won championship
- 1981 - Lost Final
- 1984 - Won championship
- 1987 - Won championship
- 1991 - Won championship
[edit] World Cup of Hockey
[edit] World Championships
All Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships.[2] The 1920 Olympics were the first world championship. IIHF World Championships were not held during the Winter Olympic years of 1980, 1984 or 1988.[2]
[edit] Spengler Cup
Spengler Cup victories for Team Canada have occurred in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2007. In this tournament, Canada competes against European club teams, not against national teams. These opposing teams often have Canadians on their rosters. Canada used to be represented by the standing national team at this event, but since its dissolution is usually made up of Canadians playing in European leagues.
[edit] Rosters
[edit] 2010 Olympics roster
No.  | Pos. | Name | Height | Weight | Birthdate | Birthplace | 2009–10 team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | G | Martin Brodeur | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 98 kg (220 lb) | 6 May 1972 | Montreal, QC | New Jersey Devils (NHL) |
| 29 | G | Marc-André Fleury | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 82 kg (180 lb) | 28 November 1984 | Sorel, QC | Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) |
| 1 | G | Roberto Luongo | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 93 kg (210 lb) | 4 April 1979 | Montreal, QC | Vancouver Canucks (NHL) |
| 22 | D | Dan Boyle | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 86 kg (190 lb) | 12 July 1976 | Ottawa, ON | San Jose Sharks (NHL) |
| 8 | D | Drew Doughty | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 92 kg (200 lb) | 8 December 1989 | London, ON | Los Angeles Kings (NHL) |
| 2 | D | Duncan Keith | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | 85 kg (190 lb) | 16 July 1983 | Winnipeg, MB | Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) |
| 27 | D | Scott Niedermayer – C | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 91 kg (200 lb) | 31 August 1973 | Cranbrook, BC | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) |
| 20 | D | Chris Pronger – A | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | 101 kg (220 lb) | 10 October 1974 | Dryden, ON | Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) |
| 7 | D | Brent Seabrook | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 20 April 1985 | Richmond, BC | Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) |
| 6 | D | Shea Weber | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 97 kg (210 lb) | 14 August 1985 | Sicamous, BC | Nashville Predators (NHL) |
| 37 | F | Patrice Bergeron | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 88 kg (190 lb) | 24 July 1985 | L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC | Boston Bruins (NHL) |
| 87 | F | Sidney Crosby – A | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 90 kg (200 lb) | 7 August 1987 | Cole Harbour, NS | Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL) |
| 51 | F | Ryan Getzlaf | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 10 May 1985 | Regina, SK | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) |
| 15 | F | Dany Heatley | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 21 January 1981 | Freiburg im Breisgau, West Germany | San Jose Sharks (NHL) |
| 12 | F | Jarome Iginla – A | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | 1 July 1977 | Edmonton, AB | Calgary Flames (NHL) |
| 11 | F | Patrick Marleau | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 100 kg (220 lb) | 15 September 1979 | Swift Current, SK | San Jose Sharks (NHL) |
| 10 | F | Brenden Morrow | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | 16 January 1979 | Carlyle, SK | Dallas Stars (NHL) |
| 61 | F | Rick Nash | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 99 kg (220 lb) | 16 June 1984 | Brampton, ON | Columbus Blue Jackets (NHL) |
| 18 | F | Mike Richards | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | 91 kg (200 lb) | 11 February 1985 | Kenora, ON | Philadelphia Flyers (NHL) |
| 24 | F | Corey Perry | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | 95 kg (210 lb) | 16 May 1985 | Peterborough, ON | Anaheim Ducks (NHL) |
| 21 | F | Eric Staal | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 93 kg (210 lb) | 29 October 1984 | Thunder Bay, ON | Carolina Hurricanes (NHL) |
| 19 | F | Joe Thornton | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | 107 kg (240 lb) | 2 July 1979 | London, ON | San Jose Sharks (NHL) |
| 16 | F | Jonathan Toews | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | 96 kg (210 lb) | 29 April 1988 | Winnipeg, MB | Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) |
[21] The current captain is Scott Niedermayer. (C)
The alternate captains are Jarome Iginla, Chris Pronger and Sidney Crosby. (A)
[edit] 2009 World Championship roster
[edit] 2006 Olympic roster
- Goaltenders
- Defencemen
- Rob Blake (A) - Colorado Avalanche
- Jay Bouwmeester* - Florida Panthers
- Adam Foote - Columbus Blue Jackets
- Bryan McCabe** - Toronto Maple Leafs
- Chris Pronger (A) - Edmonton Oilers
- Wade Redden - Ottawa Senators
- Robyn Regehr - Calgary Flames
- Forwards
- Todd Bertuzzi - Vancouver Canucks
- Shane Doan - Phoenix Coyotes
- Kris Draper - Detroit Red Wings
- Simon Gagné (A) - Philadelphia Flyers
- Dany Heatley - Ottawa Senators
- Jarome Iginla (A) - Calgary Flames
- Vincent Lecavalier - Tampa Bay Lightning
- Rick Nash (A) - Columbus Blue Jackets
- Brad Richards - Tampa Bay Lightning
- Joe Sakic (C) - Colorado Avalanche
- Ryan Smyth - Edmonton Oilers
- Martin St. Louis - Tampa Bay Lightning
- Joe Thornton - San Jose Sharks
- Reserves
*Was on the reserves replacing Bryan McCabe; replaced Scott Niedermayer - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
**Was on the reserves; replaced Ed Jovanovski - Vancouver Canucks
***Replaced Jay Bouwmeester who was on the reserves replacing Bryan McCabe - Toronto Maple Leafs
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