1991 Canada Cup

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1991 Canada Cup
Tournament details
Host nation  Canada
Dates August 31 – September 16, 1991
Teams 6
Venue(s) 8 (in 8 host cities)
Champions Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada (4 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 19
Goals scored 113  (5.95 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Canada Wayne Gretzky (12 pts)
MVP Flag of Canada Bill Ranford, Canada,[1][2]

The 1991 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in August and September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeated the USA in a two game sweep, to win the fifth and final Canada Cup. The tournament was replaced by the World Cup of Hockey in 1996.

Of the five Canada Cup tournaments, this is the only one in which a team went undefeated, with two ties. Canada compiled a record of six wins and two ties in eight games. The first tie was a stunning 2-2 result with underdog Finland on the opening day of the tournament, who got spectacular goaltending from Markus Ketterer. Finland surprised many by finishing in third place in the round robin; the first time they had ever qualified for the semi-finals in the history of the Canada Cup. The Americans were also very strong, as they iced their best international line-up to date. They went a perfect 5-0 against European competition in the tournament, while losing three times to Canada. The team representing the USSR was relatively weak compared to past tournaments, it did not have many of its top stars due to severe political turmoil at home, many players declining to play for the team, and purposely left off the roster (such as Pavel Bure, Vladimir Konstantinov, etc.) for fears of defection. [3] It was not known until weeks before the start of the tournament that they would even send a team. This was the final major senior event in which a team representing the USSR would play.

Game 1 of the final is best remembered for the check on Wayne Gretzky by American defenseman Gary Suter, which knocked the Canadian captain out of the tournament and forced him to miss the first month of the NHL season. Game 2 was tied until late in the third period when Steve Larmer scored the tournament winner on a short-handed breakaway.

Standings

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS
Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada 5 3 0 2 21 11 +10 8
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States 5 4 1 0 19 15 +4 8
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland 5 2 2 1 10 13 –3 5
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden 5 2 3 0 13 17 –4 4
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union 5 1 3 1 14 14 0 3
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 11 18 –7 2

Results

Round-robin

August 31, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 2–2
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
August 31, 1991 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 6–3
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
August 31, 1991 Czechoslovakia Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png 5–2
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
September 2, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–3
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
September 2, 1991 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 3–2
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
September 2, 1991 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 1–0
 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
September 5, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
September 5, 1991 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–2
 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
September 5, 1991 Soviet Union Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png 6–1
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
September 7, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 6–2
 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia
September 7, 1991 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 2–1
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
September 7, 1991 Finland Flag of Finland.svg.png 3–1
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
September 9, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 3–3
 Flag of the Soviet Union.svg.png Soviet Union
September 9, 1991 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 4–3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
September 9, 1991 Sweden Flag of Sweden.svg.png 5–2
 Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg.png Czechoslovakia

Playoff round

Semi-finals

September 11, 1991 United States Flag of the United States.svg.png 7–3
 Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
September 12, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–0
 Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden

Finals (best-of-3)

September 14, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–1
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
September 16, 1991 Canada Flag of Canada.svg.png 4–2
 Flag of the United States.svg.png United States

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ranford gives net results and earns MVP honors". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/466010821.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+17%2C+1991&author=STAFF&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Ranford+gives+net+results+and+earns+MVP+honors&pqatl=google. 
  2. ↑ "Backchecking: Ranford caps off a dynasty". thehockeynews.com. 2010-05-09. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/33460-.html. 
  3. ↑ "Russians regroup on other side of the red line?". espn.com. 2002-02-14. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter02/hockey/story?id=1326249. 

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