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CANADA CUP 1976
First Canada Cup
The first Canada Cup was launched
on September 2-15, 1976. If the superseries of the
1970s were rather special occasions, the new tournament
was meant to become a regular face-off between the
top international hockey superpowers with many exciting
Cups to come in the following decades.
Canada Cup 1976:
Round Robin Sept. 2-11, 1976
# |
Team |
GP |
W |
L |
T |
PTS |
GF-GA |
1 |
Canada |
5 |
4 |
1
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0
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8 |
22-6 |
2 |
Czechoslovakia |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
19-9 |
3 |
USSR |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
23-14 |
4 |
Sweden |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
16-18 |
5 |
USA |
5 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
14-21 |
6 |
Finland |
5 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
16-42 |
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Canada Cup 1976:
Finals
Finals |
Game
Result |
Toronto, Sept. 13,
1976 |
Canada
6 CSSR 0 |
Montreal, Sept. 15,
1976 |
Canada
5 CSSR 4 (OT) |
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Canada Cup 1976 Winner: Team Canada
Team Canada 1976:
Players: Resch, Cheevers, Vachon;
Lapointe, Robinson, Savard, Orr, Watson, Potvin,
Vadnais;
Lafleur, P. Mahovlich, Shutt, Barber, Clarke, Leach,
Martin, Gare, Sittler, McDonald, Dionne, Gainey,
P. Esposito, Perreault, B. Hull
Coaches: Bowman, Kromm, MacNeill,
Cherry
Canada Cup 1976:
Awards
Awards |
Players |
Tournament
MVP |
Bobby
Orr, Canada |
Team
MVPs |
Rogie
Vachon, Canada Milan
Novy, CSSR Alexander
Maltsev, USSR Borje
Salming, Sweden Robbie
Ftorek, USA Matti
Hagman, Finland |
Scoring
Leader |
Victor
Zhluktov, USSR - 9pts (5g+4a) |
Best
Goalie |
Rogie
Vachon, Canada - 1.39 GAA |
All
Stars |
G:
R. Vachon, Canada
D: B. Orr, Canada - B.
Salming, Sweden
F: A. Maltsev, USSR -
M. Novy, CSSR - D.
Sittler, Canada |
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