1996 World Cup of Hockey

1996 edition of the World Cup of Hockey August 2023 October 2021 World Cup of Hockey 1996 Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Sweden United States August 26 – September 14, 1996 8 9 9 ih USA 1 19 140 USA Brett Hull (11 pts) USA Mike Richter 1991 (Canada Cup) 2004 The first World Cup of Hockey (WCH), or the 1996 World Cup of Hockey,de Eishockey-Weltpokal 1996, fr Coupe du monde de hockey sur glace 1996, cs Světový pohár v ledním hokeji 1996, sv Världscupen i ishockey 1996, fi Jääkiekon maailmancup 1996 was the inaugural edition of the event, replacing the Canada Cup as one of the world championships of ice hockey. Inaugural World Cup of Hockey The first edition of the Cup featured eight teams divided into two groups. The European Group, whose games were all played in European cities, included the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, and Sweden. The North American Group played in North American cities and included Canada, Russia, Slovakia, and the United States. Some of the best players in the world were missing in the tournament, some either declined invitation, such as Dominik Hašek stating "I would love to play in (the competition), but the timing is bad",http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/athletes/110.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100224152217/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/events/1998/nagano/athletes/110.htm dead February 24, 2010 CNN/SI - Nagano Olympics - Athlete profile: Dominik Hasek - February 3, 1998 Sports Illustrated 1998-02-03 2013-08-15 or because of injuries, as Pavel Bure was injured during a Russia–USA exhibition game in Detroit. After the teams played a three-game group stage, the top team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the second and third place teams played cross-over quarter-finals. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were single elimination games. The championship final was a best-of-three. All playoff games were played in North America. In the biggest surprise of the tournament, Germany defeated the Czech Republic 7–1 in the European Group, which eliminated the Czechs and sent the Germans into the quarter-finals. In the biggest game of the North American Group, the USA defeated Canada 5–3 to finish first and get a bye to the semi-finals. In the semis, they defeated Russia 5–2, while Canada beat Sweden 3–2 on Theoren Fleury's goal at 19:47 of the second overtime period, ending the longest game in international hockey history. The tournament did see some controversy after the Canada–Russia game in Vancouver was played when Sweden's coach Kent Forsberg said he believed "Canada cheated its way to victory" through help of Canadian NHL referees that saw two goals disallowed and several controversial penalties for Russia.https://apnews.com/0109d5017b2f601e44d5d4ae750c1d7d Swedish Coach Accuses Canada Of Winning Unfairly Apnewsarchive.com 1996-08-31 2013-08-15http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=540479 https://web.archive.org/web/20131211211803/http://flyers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=540479 dead December 11, 2013 15th Anniversary Memories: 1996 World Cup of Hockey - Philadelphia Flyers - News Flyers.nhl.com 2013-08-15 The Russian team's coach Boris Mikhailov echoed a similar sentiment after the game saying "It was the referees' victory", as Russia felt there was "biased officiating"."Cup Runneth Over For Canada Disallowed Goals Wreck Russians" NY Daily News by Frank Brown, August 30, 1996https://apnews.com/e20c3bb239f779d7f855e60d4f388075 Swedish Coach Accuses Canada of Winning Unfairly www.apnewsarchive.com 13 April 2018 In the best-of-three final, Canada won the first game, in Philadelphia, 4–3 in overtime. Then the USA recorded a memorable pair of 5–2 victories in Montreal to win the series. In the third and decisive game, the USA received spectacular goaltending from tournament MVP Mike Richter Fleury Theo Theoren Fleury Kirstie McLellan Day Kirstie McLellan Day Playing With Fire HarperCollins 2009 133–139 978-1-55468-239-3 and rallied from a 2–1 deficit in the third period by scoring four goals in the final 3:18 of the game. Tony Amonte scored the game-winning goal. Rosters 1996 World Cup of Hockey rosters Venues North American pool and playoffs Corel Centre – Ottawa, Canada CoreStates Center – Philadelphia, U.S. General Motors Place – Vancouver, Canada Madison Square Garden – New York City, U.S. Molson Centre – Montreal, Canada European pool Garmisch Olympia Stadium – Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany Globen – Stockholm, Sweden Helsinki Ice Hall – Helsinki, Finland Sportovní hala – Prague, Czech Republic Results Exhibition Games (incomplete list) Russia 5–4 Finland (Moscow)http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/spbweb/times/189-190/dream.html Ľ189/14/Sports Friends-partners.org 2013-08-15 2018-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20181028181622/http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/spbweb/times/189-190/dream.html dead Sweden 2–3 Russia (Stockholm) Germany 2–4 Russia (Landshut)Joe Lapointe https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/18/sports/superpowers-lace-up-to-take-on-the-world.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm Superpowers Lace Up To Take On the World New York Times 1996-08-18 2013-08-15 Canada 4–4 Russia (Calgary)Joe Lapointe https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/sports/matchup-of-power-players.html Matchup of Power Players New York Times 1996-08-29 2013-08-15 United States 4–6 Russia (Detroit)Joe Lapointe https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/25/sports/russians-mix-and-match-for-world-cup.html Russians Mix and Match for World Cup New York Times 1996-08-25 2013-08-15 United States 1–3 Canada (Vancouver) https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Z_dLAAAAIBAJ&pg=6807,3800782&dq=en Canada beats U.S. in World Cup of Hockey competition Deseret News August 21, 1996 D5 June 13, 2014 Canada 5–7 United States (San Jose) http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB71FF011C79A0A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Spirited Victory for U.S. High Intensity: The Hits Just Keep on Coming in World Cup of Hockey Exhibition San Jose Mercury News August 22, 1996 13 June 2014 Slovakia 4–7 Canada (Edmonton) http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WT&p_theme=wt&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB0F20E3209EE2A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Team USA routs Slovakia in last tuneup for new tournament The Washington Times August 26, 1996 June 13, 2014 Slovakia 2–9 United States (Providence) North American pool main WDL Q n y 2 USA USA CAN CAN RUS RUS SVK SVK 3 0 0 19 8 2 0 1 11 10 1 0 2 12 14 0 0 3 9 19 #9f9 Advanced to semifinals A #cfc Advanced to quarterfinals Q Q complete Scores August 29, Vancouver: Russia 3–5 Canada August 31, Montreal: Slovakia 4–7 Russia August 31, Philadelphia: Canada 3–5 United States September 1, Ottawa: Canada 3–2 Slovakia September 2, New York City: Russia 2–5 United States September 3, New York City: United States 9–3 Slovakia European pool main WDL Q n y 2 SWE SWE FIN FIN GER GER CZE CZE 3 0 0 14 3 2 0 1 17 11 1 0 2 11 15 0 0 3 4 17 #9f9 Advanced to semifinals A #cfc Advanced to quarterfinals Q Q complete Scores August 26, Stockholm: Germany 1–6 Sweden August 27, Helsinki: Finland 7–3 Czech Republic August 28, Helsinki: Germany 3–8 Finland August 29, Prague: Sweden 3–0 Czech Republic August 31, Garmisch: Czech Republic 1–7 Germany September 1, Stockholm: Finland 2–5 Sweden Knockout stage Quarterfinals 3 September 6 FIN E2 0 RUS NA3 5 September 5 GER E3 1 CAN NA2 4 September 8 RUS 2 USA 5 September 7 CAN 3 SWE 2 September 10–14 USA 3 5 5 CAN 4 2 2 Quarterfinals September 5, Montreal: Germany 1–4 Canada September 6, Ottawa: Russia 5–0 Finland Semifinals September 7, Philadelphia: Canada 3–2 Sweden (2OT) September 8, Ottawa: Russia 2–5 United States Finals September 10, Philadelphia: Canada 4–3 United States (OT) September 12, Montreal: United States 5–2 Canada September 14, Montreal: United States 5–2 Canada Statistics and awards ih 1996 World Cup of Hockey winners USA 1st Tournament MVP USA Mike Richter All-star team Goaltender: USA Mike Richter Defence: SWE Calle Johansson; USA Chris Chelios Forwards: USA Brett Hull; SWE Mats Sundin; USA John LeClair Canadian Press No Canadian all-stars chosen http://www.southam.com/nmc/sports/shockeywcup/96sept/091896wcup.html https://web.archive.org/web/19970412194054/http://www.southam.com/nmc/sports/shockeywcup/96sept/091896wcup.html dead 1997-04-12 1996-09-18 2020-02-04 Final standings 1 USA2 CAN3 SWE4 RUS5 FIN6 GER7 SVK8 CZE Top scorers RkPlayerGPGAPtsPIM1United States Brett Hull7741142United States John LeClair7641063Sweden Mats Sundin443744United States Doug Weight7347125Canada Wayne Gretzky834726United States Brian Leetch707747Canada Paul Coffey7077128Russia Sergei Fedorov533629Russia Alexander Mogilny5246010United States Keith Tkachuk75164411Canada Theoren Fleury84268 Leading Goaltender: Canada Curtis Joseph (2.31 GAA) See also World Cup of Hockey List of international ice hockey competitions featuring NHL players 2004 World Cup of Hockey International Ice Hockey Federation Summit Series National Hockey League Notes References External links Southam Newspapers' 1996 World Cup of Hockey page Toronto Star's 1996 World Cup of Hockey page Canoe Sports' 1996 World Cup of Hockey page LCS Hockey's 1996 World Cup of Hockey page 1996 Category:1996–97 in American ice hockey Category:1996–97 in Canadian ice hockey Category:1996–97 in Czech ice hockey Category:1996–97 in Finnish ice hockey Category:1996–97 in German ice hockey Category:1996–97 in Russian ice hockey Category:1996–97 in Slovak ice hockey Category:1996–97 in Swedish ice hockey Category:August 1996 sports events in Europe Category:August 1996 sports events in North America Category:September 1996 sports events in Europe Category:September 1996 sports events in North America