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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
0
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

 Canada Cup 1976: Finals

Finals Game Result
Toronto, Sept. 13, 1976 Canada 6 CSSR 0
Montreal, Sept. 15, 1976 Canada 5 CSSR 4 (OT)

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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