 | |
| Nickname(s) | Team Canada (Équipe Canada) |
|---|---|
| Association | Hockey Canada |
| GM |  Sean Burke |
| Head coach | Craig MacTavish |
| Assistants | Misha Donskov Paul Coffey |
| Captain | Maxim Noreau |
| Most games | Brad Schlegel (312) |
| Top scorer | Cliff Ronning (73) |
| Most points | Cliff Ronning (156) |
| IIHF code | CAN |
| IIHF ranking | 1 |
| Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (2003-2005, 2008, 2010, 2015-present) |
| Lowest IIHF ranking | 5 (2012-2013) |
| Team colours | |
| 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 | 72 (first in 1920) |
| Best result |  Gold: 26 - 1920, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016 |
| Canada Cup/World Cup of Hockey | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 1976) |
| Best result | Gold: 6 - 1976, 1984, 1987, 1991, 2004, 2016 |
| Olympics | |
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1920) |
| Medals |  Gold: 9 – 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002, 2010, 2014
 Bronze: 3 – 1956, 1968, 2018 |
| International record (W-L-T) | |
| 928–424–132 | |
| Olympic medal record | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1924 Chamonix | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1928 St. Moritz | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1932 Lake Placid | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1948 St. Moritz | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 1952 Oslo | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1960 Squaw Valley | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 1968 Grenoble | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1992 Albertville | Ice hockey |
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 2010 Vancouver | Ice hockey |
| Gold | 2014 Sochi | Ice hockey |
| Bronze | 2018 Pyeongchang | Ice hockey |
| World Championships medal record | ||
| World Championship | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1920 Belgium | Canada |
| Gold | 1924 France | Canada |
| Gold | 1928 Switzerland | Canada |
| Gold | 1930 Austria, France, Germany | Canada |
| Gold | 1931 Poland | Canada |
| Gold | 1932 USA | Canada |
| Silver | 1933 Czechoslovakia | Canada |
| Gold | 1934 Italy | Canada |
| Gold | 1935 Switzerland | Canada |
| Silver | 1936 Germany | Canada |
| Gold | 1937 Great Britain | Canada |
| Gold | 1938 Czechoslovakia | Canada |
| Gold | 1939 Switzerland | Canada |
| Gold | 1948 Switzerland | Canada |
| Silver | 1949 Sweden | Canada |
| Gold | 1950 Great Britain | Canada |
| Gold | 1951 France | Canada |
| Gold | 1952 Norway | Canada |
| Silver | 1954 Sweden | Canada |
| Gold | 1955 West Germany | Canada |
| Bronze | 1956 Italy | Canada |
| Gold | 1958 Norway | Canada |
| Gold | 1959 Czechoslovakia | Canada |
| Silver | 1960 USA | Canada |
| Gold | 1961 Switzerland | Canada |
| Silver | 1962 USA | Canada |
| Bronze | 1966 Yugoslavia | Canada |
| Bronze | 1967 Austria | Canada |
| Bronze | 1968 France | Canada |
| Bronze | 1978 Czechoslovakia | Canada |
| Bronze | 1982 Finland | Canada |
| Bronze | 1983 West Germany | Canada |
| Silver | 1985 Czechoslovakia | Canada |
| Bronze | 1986 Soviet Union | Canada |
| Bronze | 1989 Sweden | Canada |
| Bronze | 1991 Finland | Canada |
| Gold | 1994 Italy | Canada |
| Bronze | 1995 Sweden | Canada |
| Silver | 1996 Austria | Canada |
| Gold | 1997 Finland | Canada |
| Gold | 2003 Finland | Canada |
| Gold | 2004 Czech Republic | Canada |
| Silver | 2005 Austria | Canada |
| Gold | 2007 Russia | Canada |
| Silver | 2008 Canada | Canada |
| Silver | 2009 Switzerland | Canada |
| Gold | 2015 Czech Republic | Canada |
| Gold | 2016 Russia | Canada |
| Silver | 2017 Germany, France | Canada |
| Silver | 2019 Slovakia | Canada |
The Canadian national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing 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, 9 Winter Olympics (the most of any participating hockey nation), including the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Olympics, six consecutive IIHF World Championships, including twenty-six total, and the 2004 and 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
The current coach is Craig MacTavish. Canada is currently ranked first in the IIHF World Ranking and has 607,951 registered players (1.62 % of its population).
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 two Olympic gold medals, 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.
After not winning a gold medal for 33 years, Canada finally won the World Championship in 1994 in Italy. Since that time, they have won in 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2016.
At the 2010 Olympics, Canada won the gold medal with a 3-2 win against the USA in the final. Sidney Crosby's overtime goal secured Canada the final gold medal of the Games. [2] At the 2014 Olympics, Canada also won the gold medal after a 3-0 win against Sweden.
Retired Numbers[]
- #66 Mario Lemieux
- #99 Wayne Gretzky
List of teams representing Canada from 1920 to 1963[]
Coaches[]
List of coaches of the Canada men's national ice hockey team.
|
Olympics
Canada/World Cups
|
World Championships
|
Olympic Record[]
- 1920 -
Gold (Winnipeg Falcons) - 1924 - Gold (Toronto Granites)
- 1928 - Gold (Toronto Varsity Grads)
- 1932 - Gold (Winnipeg Hockey Club)
- 1936 - Silver (Port Arthur Bearcats)
- 1948 - Gold (Ottawa RCAF Flyers)
- 1952 - Gold (Edmonton Mercurys)
- 1956 - Bronze (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
- 1960 - Silver (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
- 1964 - Finished in 4th place
- 1968 - Bronze
- 1972-1976 - Did not participate
- 1980 - Finished in 6th place
- 1984 - Finished in 4th place
- 1988 - Finished in 4th place
- 1992 - Silver
- 1994 - Silver
- 1998 - Finished in 4th place
- 2002 - Gold
- 2006 - Finished in 7th place
- 2010 - Gold
- 2014 - Gold
- 2018 - Bronze
Gold (
Silver (
Bronze (Summit Series Record[]
Canada Cup Record[]
- 1976 - Won championship
- 1981 - Lost Final
- 1984 - Won championship
- 1987 - Won championship
- 1991 - Won championship
World Cup of Hockey Record[]
World Championship Record[]
- 1920 - Gold (Winnipeg Falcons)
- 1924 - Gold (Toronto Granites)
- 1928 - Gold (Toronto Varsity Grads)
- 1930 - Gold (Toronto Canadas)
- 1931 - Gold (University of Manitoba Grads)
- 1932 - Gold (Winnipeg Hockey Club)
- 1933 - Silver (Toronto National Sea Fleas)
- 1934 - Gold (Saskatoon Quakers)
- 1935 - Gold (Winnipeg Monarchs)
- 1936 - Silver (Port Arthur Bearcats)
- 1937 - Gold (Kimberley Dynamiters)
- 1938 - Gold (Sudbury Wolves)
- 1939 - Gold (Trail Smoke Eaters)
- 1947 - Did not participate
- 1948 - Gold (Ottawa RCAF Flyers)
- 1949 - Silver (Sudbury Wolves)
- 1950 - Gold (Edmonton Mercurys)
- 1951 - Gold (Lethbridge Maple Leafs)
- 1952 - Gold (Edmonton Mercurys)
- 1953 - Did not participate
- 1954 - Silver (East York Lyndhursts)
- 1955 - Gold (Penticton V's)
- 1956 - Bronze (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
- 1957 - Did not participate
- 1958 - Gold (Whitby Dunlops)
- 1959 - Gold (Belleville McFarlands)
- 1960 - Silver (Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen)
- 1961 - Gold (Trail Smoke Eaters)
- 1962 - Silver (Galt Terriers)
- 1963 - Finished in 4th place (Trail Smoke Eaters)
- 1964 - Finished in 4th place
- 1965 - Finished in 4th place
- 1966 - Bronze
- 1967 - Bronze
- 1968 - Bronze
- 1969 - Finished in 4th place
- 1970-1976 - Did not participate
- 1977 - Finished in 4th place
- 1978 - Bronze
- 1979 - Finished in 4th place
- 1981 - Finished in 4th place
- 1982 - Bronze
- 1983 - Bronze
- 1985 - Silver
- 1986 - Bronze
- 1987 - Finished in 4th place
- 1989 - Silver
- 1990 - Finished in 4th place
- 1991 - Silver
- 1992 - Finished in 7th place
- 1993 - Finished in 4th place
- 1994 - Gold
- 1995 - Bronze
- 1996 - Silver
- 1997 - Gold
- 1998 - Finished in 6th place
- 1999 - Finished in 4th place
- 2000 - Finished in 4th place
- 2001 - Finished in 5th place
- 2002 - Finished in 6th place
- 2003 - Gold
- 2004 - Gold
- 2005 - Silver
- 2006 - Finished in 4th place
- 2007 - Silver
- 2008 - Gold
- 2009 - Gold
- 2010 - Finished in 7th place
- 2011 - Finished in 5th place
- 2012 - Finished in 5th place
- 2013 - Finished in 5th place
- 2014 - Finished in 5th place
- 2015 - Gold
- 2016 - Gold
- 2017 - Silver
- 2018 - Finished in 4th place
- 2019 - Silver
- 2020 - canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Spengler Cup Record[]
Spengler Cup victories for Team Canada have occurred in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. 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.
Actual Roster[]
| Position | Number | Name | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots/Catches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | #1 | Brendan Burke | March 11, 1995 | 6ft 4in (193cm) | 185lb (84kg) | L |
| G | #30 | Zach Fucale | May 28, 1995 | 6ft 2in (188cm) | 187lb (85kg) | L |
| G | #31 | Matt Tomkins | June 19, 1994 | 6ft 3in (191cm) | 194lb (88kg) | L |
| D | #4 | Paul Postma | February 22, 1989 | 6ft 3in (191cm) | 198lb (90kg) | R |
| D | #5 | Ian Mitchell | January 18, 1999 | 5ft 11in (180cm) | 179lb (81kg) | R |
| D | #18 | Mathew Maione | November 21, 1990 | 5ft 9in (175cm) | 196lb (89kg) | L |
| D | #20 | Alex Grant | January 20, 1989 | 6ft 3in (191cm) | 209lb (95kg) | R |
| D | #28 | Patrick Wiercioch | September 12, 1990 | 6ft 4in (193cm) | 196lb (89kg) | L |
| D | #47 | Andrew MacDonald | September 7, 1986 | 6ft 1in (185cm) | 190lb (86kg) | L |
| D | #56 | Maxim Noreau | May 24, 1987 | 5ft 11in (180cm) | 196lb (89kg) | R |
| D | #81 | Nick Ross | February 10, 1989 | 6ft 1in (185cm) | 207lb (94kg) | L |
| F | #9 | Adam Tambellini | November 1, 1994 | 6ft 4in (193cm) | 194lb (88kg) | L |
| F | #10 | Kris Versteeg | May 13, 1986 | 5ft 11in (180cm) | 176lb (80kg) | R |
| F | #11 | Zach Boychuk | October 4, 1989 | 5ft 10in (178cm) | 185lb (84kg) | L |
| F | #15 | Dustin Jeffrey | February 27, 1988 | 6ft 1in (185cm) | 205lb (93kg) | L |
| F | #16 | Eric Fehr | September 7, 1985 | 6ft 4in (193cm) | 207lb (94kg) | R |
| F | #17 | Justin Danforth | March 15, 1993 | 5ft 9in (175cm) | 181lb (82kg) | R |
| F | #19 | Scottie Upshall | October 7, 1983 | 6ft 0in (183cm) | 201lb (91kg) | L |
| F | #21 | Dion Knelsen | January 4, 1989 | 5ft 9in (175cm) | 194lb (88kg) | L |
| F | #22 | Blair Riley | November 1, 1985 | 6ft 0in (183cm) | 216lb (98kg) | R |
| F | #26 | Daniel Winnik | March 6, 1985 | 6ft 2in (188cm) | 209lb (95kg) | L |
| F | #27 | Éric Faille | July 27, 1989 | 6ft 0in (183cm) | 179lb (81kg) | R |
| F | #32 | Kevin Clark | December 29, 1987 | 5ft 9in (175cm) | 172lb (78kg) | R |
| F | #49 | Ben Maxwell | March 30, 1988 | 6ft 1in (185cm) | 183lb (83kg) | L |
| F | #51 | David Desharnais | September 14, 1986 | 5ft 7in (170cm) | 176lb (80kg) | L |
| F | #86 | Josh Jooris | June 14, 1990 | 6ft 1in (185cm) | 196lb (89kg) | R |
| F | #89 | Chris DiDomenico | February 20, 1989 | 5ft 11in (180cm) | 183lb (83kg) | R |
Team Staff[]
| Role | Name | Born |
|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer | Tom Renney | March 1, 1955 |
| President and Chief Operating Officer | Scott Smith | November 27, 1966 |
| General Manager | Sean Burke | January 29, 1967 |
| Management Group | Shane Doan | October 10, 1976 |
| Director of Hockey Operations and Assistant Coach | Misha Donskov | April 24, 1977 |
| Head Coach | Craig MacTavish | August 15, 1958 |
| Assistant Coach | Paul Coffey | June 1, 1961 |
| Video Coach | James Emery | June 24, 1982 |
| Team Physician | Dr. Jim Thorne | |
| Therapist | Jeff Thorburn | May 14, 1974 |
| Massage Therapist | Andy Hüppi | December 2, 1969 |
| Equipment Manager | Robin McDonald | July 12, 1967 |
| Manager, National Teams | Ben Shutron | June 14, 1988 |
| Intern, Hockey Operations | Kurt Keats | August 16, 1995 |
Notes[]
- ↑ Hockey Canada
- ↑ "Canada win thrilling final gold of Winter Olympics", BBC Sport, 2010-02-28. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
References[]
- Podnieks, Andrew (1997), Canada's Olympic Hockey Teams: The Complete History, 1920–1998, Toronto: Doubleday Canada, ISBN 0-385-25688-4
- Wallechinsky, David (2002), The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics (2002 ed.), New York: The Overlook Press, ISBN 1-58567-185-1