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1987 Canada Cup
1987 edition of the Canada Cup
1987 edition of the Canada Cup
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | Canada Cup |
| year | 1987 |
| other_titles | fr |
| country | Canada |
| dates | August 28 – September 15, 1987 |
| num_teams | 6 |
| venues | 7 |
| cities | 7 |
| type | ih |
| winners | Canada |
| count | 3 |
| games | 20 |
| goals | 139 |
| scoring_leader | CAN Wayne Gretzky (21 pts) |
| mvp | CAN Wayne Gretzky |
| prevseason | [1984](1984-canada-cup) |
| nextseason | [1991](1991-canada-cup) |
The 1987 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team Canada.
The final best-of-three series of this tournament between Canada and the Soviet Union is considered by many to be the best exhibition of hockey in history. The United States and Soviet Union teams complained about the neutrality of the officiating in the tournament. Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov said he felt the main reason his team lost the final match was because of "bias and errors in refereeing."
The tournament was the only time that arguably two of the most dominant NHL players of all time, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, played on the same forward unit, combining with each other on 29% of Team Canada's goals. The winning Canadian team had 12 future Hockey Hall of Fame members on the roster.
Rosters
Canada
Forwards and defence: Dale Hawerchuk, Mark Messier, Mike Gartner, Glenn Anderson, Kevin Dineen, Michel Goulet, Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet, Brian Propp, Doug Gilmour, Claude Lemieux, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Doug Crossman, Craig Hartsburg, Normand Rochefort, James Patrick, Raymond Bourque, Larry Murphy, Paul Coffey
Goaltenders: Ron Hextall, Kelly Hrudey, Grant Fuhr
Coaches: Mike Keenan, John Muckler, Jean Perron, Tom Watt
Czechoslovakia
Forwards and defence: Petr Rosol, Igor Liba, Ján Jaško, Jiří Kučera, Jiří Doležal, Vladimír Růžička, Ladislav Lubina, David Volek, Petr Vlk, Dušan Pašek, Jiří Šejba, Jiří Hrdina, Rostislav Vlach, Miloslav Hořava, Drahomír Kadlec, Luděk Čajka, Bedřich Ščerban, Jaroslav Benák, Antonín Stavjaňa, Mojmír Božík
Goaltenders: Petr Bříza, Dominik Hašek, Jaromír Šindel
Coaches: Ján Starší, František Pospíšil
Finland
Forwards and defence: Timo Blomqvist, Jari Grönstrand, Matti Hagman, Raimo Helminen, Iiro Järvi, Timo Jutila, Jari Kurri, Markku Kyllonen, Mikko Mäkelä, Jouko Narvanmaa, Teppo Numminen, Janne Ojanen, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Christian Ruuttu, Jukka Seppo, Ville Siren, Petri Skriko, Raimo Summanen, Esa Tikkanen, Hannu Virta
Goaltenders: Jarmo Myllys, Kari Takko, Jukka Tammi
Coaches: Rauno Korpi, Juhani Tamminen
Sweden
Forwards and defence: Tommy Albelin, Mikael Andersson, Peter Andersson, Jonas Bergqvist, Anders Carlsson, Thom Eklund, Anders Eldebrink, Peter Eriksson, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Tomas Jonsson, Lars Karlsson, Mats Näslund, Kent Nilsson, Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, Magnus Roupé, Thomas Rundqvist, Tommy Samuelsson, Håkan Södergren, Peter Sundström, Michael Thelvén
Goaltenders: Anders Bergman, Åke Lilljebjörn, Peter Lindmark
Coaches: Tommy Sandlin, Curt Lindström, Ingvar Carlsten
United States
Forwards and defence: Joe Mullen, Curt Fraser, Corey Millen, Aaron Broten, Kelly Miller, Mark Johnson, Bob Brooke, Wayne Presley, Pat LaFontaine, Bobby Carpenter, Ed Olczyk, Joel Otto, Chris Nilan, Dave Ellett, Mike Ramsey, Kevin Hatcher, Rod Langway, Phil Housley, Gary Suter, Chris Chelios
Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Bob Mason, John Vanbiesbrouck
Coaches: Bob Johnson, Ted Sator, Doug Woog
Soviet Union
Forwards and defence: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Stelnov, Vasily Pervukhin, Alexei Kasatonov, Anatoli Fedotov, Igor Kravchuk, Yuri Khmylev, Vladimir Krutov, Andrei Lomakin, Igor Larionov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Sergei Svetlov, Alexander Semak, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Makarov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Anatoly Semenov
Goaltenders: Vitali Samoilov, Sergei Mylnikov, Evgeny Belosheikin
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev
Round robin standings
Game scores
Round-robin
1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 4–3 4–4
(Bourque, Messier) Hawerchuk 1 – 17:38 (Dineen, M.Lemieux) C.Lemieux – 28:33
(M.Lemieux, Gretzky) Coffey – 42:06 10:22 – Pašek (Liba, Vlach) 12:18 – Hořava (Volek, Doležal)
35:19 – Vlk (Hořava, Kadlec)
47:00 – Volek (Hrdina, Stavjaňa) 0–2 0–3 0–4 1–4
(Helminen) Jutila – 58:29 44:47 – LaFontaine (Suter, Housley) 47:31 – Presley (Suter) 57:49 – Mullen 1 (Ramsey) 1–1 2–1 3–1 3–2 3–3 4–3 5–3 (Naslund, Thelven) Gustafsson – 5:50 (Eldebrink, Nilsson) Albelin – 6:38 (Karlsson, Jonsson) Carlsson – 7:37
Karlsson – 36:09 (Nilsson) Sundstrom – 59:29
31:49 – Krutov – sh 35:14 – Khomutov 1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4
(Hannu Virta, Mikko Mäkelä) Christian Ruutu 1 – 27:22 4:50 – Rick Tocchet 2 22:49 – Kevin Dineen 1 (Larry Murphy)
33:15 – Mark Messier 1 (Claude Lemieux, Ray Bourque) (Igor Kravchuk, Sergei Priakhin) Alex Semak 1 – 18:17 (Igor Kravchuk) Igor Stelnov 1 – 26:27 (Viacheslav Fetisov, Andrei Lomakin) Anatoli Semenov 1 – 46:03 (Bob Carpenter, Joel Otto) Ed Olczyk 1 – 22:54 (Phil Housley, Curt Fraser) Chris Nilan 1 – 26:15 (Rod Langway) Bob Brooke 1 – 32:51 (Mark Johnson, Neal Broten) Joe Mullen 2 – 42:13
35:55 – Bengt Gustafsson 2 (Mats Näslund, Anders Eldebrink) 47:34 – Mats Näslund 1 (Anders Eldebrink, Kent Nilsson) 33:15 – Anders Eldebrink 1 (Mikael Andersson) 49:04 – Lars Pettersson 1 (Thom Eklund, Michael Thelven) 57:40 – Thom Eklund 1 (Tommy Samuelsson, Mikael Andersson) (Alex Semenov) Andrei Lomakin 1 – 2:51
(Sergei Bykov, Vladimir Krutov) Sergei Makarov 1 – 5:02
(Vasily Pervukhin, Sergei Svetlov) Andrei Lomakin 2 – 22:03 (Igor Larionov, Igor Stelnov) Sergei Makarov 2 – 23:45 (Yuri Khmylev, Igor Larionov) Sergei Makarov 3 – 39:24 (Igor Kravchuk, Sergei Bykov) Valeri Kamensky 3 – 42:28
3:59 – Teppo Numminen 1 (Jari Kurri, Christian Ruutu)
13:14 – Raimo Summanen 1 (Raimo Helminen) 14:05 – Jukka Seppo 1 (Janne Ojanen, Markku Kyllonen)
55:47 – Mikko Mäkelä 1 (Raimo Helminen, Raimo Summanen)
(Chris Chelios, Gary Suter) Corey Millen 1 – 56:60 25:57 – Mario Lemieux 1 (Craig Hartsburg) 39:57 – Mario Lemieux 2 – pp (Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier) 45:59 – Mario Lemieux 3 – pp (Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier) Jarmo Myllys (20:00) (Miloslav Hořava, Dušan Pašek) pp – Jiří Šejba 1 – 9:40 (Mojmír Božík, Ladislav Lubina) Jaroslav Benák 1 – 32:22 Vladimír Růžička 1 – 36:57 (Luděk Čajka) Petr Vlk 2 – 47:29
53:54 – Matti Hagman 1 (Markku Kyllonen, Esa Tikkanen) 56:58 – Jari Kurri 1 (Petri Skriko) (Vladimir Krutov, Alexei Kasatonov) Sergei Makarov 4 – pp – 16:16
(Andrei Lomakin) Sergei Svetlov 1 – 38:40 (Sergei Makarov, Alexei Kasatonov) Vladmir Krutov 3 – 54:31 (Sergei Svetlov) Anatoli Semenov 2 – 59:07
30:28 Joe Mullen 3 (Chris Chelios) 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 3–3 4–3 5–3
(Paul Coffey, Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 4 – pp – 17:10 Mike Gartner 1 – 38:23
(Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 5 – 45:40 (James Patrick, Wayne Gretzky) Michel Goulet 1 – 51:20 10:01 – Bengt Gustafsson 3 (Magnus Roupe) 11:26 Lars Pettersson 2 (Tommy Albelin, Mikael Andersson)
42:12 – Mikael Andersson 1 (Thom Eklund) (Thomas Rundqvist, Kent Nilsson) Tommy Albelin 2 – 38:04 Magnus Roupe 1 – 48:53
50:17 – Christian Ruutu 2 Chris Nilan 2 – 22:29
34:12 – Dušan Pašek 3 – pp (Jaroslav Benák, Mojmír Božík) 56:04 – Jiří Hrdina 1 – sh (Luděk Čajka)
(Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky) Ray Bourque 1 – pp – 31:16 (Glenn Anderson, Mark Messier) Wayne Gretzky 2 – 57:33 21:32 – Sergei Svetlov 2 (Anatoli Semenov, Andrei Lomakin) 23:27 – Vladimir Krutov 4 (Sergei Makarov, Igor Stelnov) 28:15 – Sergei Svetlov 3 – sh (Viacheslav Fetisov, Anatoli Semenov)
Semi-finals
(Vladimir Krutov) Viacheslav Bykov 1 – 27:29 (Viacheslav Fetisov, Sergei Makarov) Igor Larionov 1 – 28:37
(Viacheslav Fetisov, Vladimir Krutov) Sergei Makarov 5 – 47:42
34:39 – Jonas Bergqvist 2 (Hakan Sodergren, Mikael Andersson)
53:47 – pp – Peter Andersson 1 (Mikael Andersson, Thomas Rundqvist)
(Michel Goulet, Larry Murphy) Dale Hawerchuk 3 – 30:43 (Michel Goulet) Mario Lemieux 6 – 31:25 (Wayne Gretzky, Ray Bourque) Mario Lemieux 7 – 33:08 (Brent Sutter, Wayne Gretzky) Michel Goulet 2 – 48:16
(Brent Sutter, Mario Lemieux) Brian Propp 1 – 57:56 13:41 – Jaroslav Benák 2 (Igor Liba, Jiří Šejba)
55:26 – David Volek 2 (Jiří Hrdina, Jaroslav Benák)
Final (best of three)
(Anatoli Semenov, Viacheslav Fetisov) Alexei Kasatonov 1 – pp – 9:34 (Sergei Makarov, Viacheslav Fetisov) Vladimir Krutov 6 – pp – 13:53 (Vladimir Krutov) Sergei Makarov 6 – sh – 17:44 (Alexei Gusarov, Andrei Khomutov) Valeri Kamensky 5 – 22:10
(Viacheslav Bykov) Andrei Khomutov 2 – 57:33 (Anatoli Semenov, Andrei Lomakin) Alexander Semak 2 – 65:33
39:18 – pp – Ray Bourque 2 (Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux) 41:35 – Doug Gilmour 1 (Mike Gartner, Craig Hartsburg) 54:39 – Glenn Anderson 2 (Mark Messier, Larry Murphy) 57:01 – Wayne Gretzky 3 (Ray Bourque)
(Wayne Gretzky, Normand Rochefort) Doug Gilmour 2 – 3:48 (Mike Gartner, Wayne Gretzky) Paul Coffey 2 – 12:41
(Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 8 – 36:32
(Paul Coffey, Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 9 – pp – 50:14
(Larry Murphy, Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 10 – 90:07
32:11 – pp – Viacheslav Fetisov 1 (Vladimir Krutov, Alexei Kasatonov) 34:17 – sh – Vladimir Krutov 7 (Sergei Makarov)
44:45 – Viacheslav Bykov 2 (Andrei Khomutov, Valeri Kamensky)
58:56 – Valeri Kamensky 6 (Viacheslav Bykov, Vasily Pervukhin)
(Larry Murphy, Michel Goulet) Rick Tocchet – pp – 3 – 9:50 (Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet) Brian Propp 2 – 15:23
(Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky) Larry Murphy – pp – 1 – 29:30 (Doug Crossman, Dale Hawerchuk) Brent Sutter 1 – 31:06 (Brian Propp, Larry Murphy) Dale Hawerchuk 4 – 35:32
(Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 11 – 58:34 7:04 – Alexei Gusarov 1 8:00 – Viacheslav Fetisov 2 (Sergei Makarov)
19:32 – Andrei Khomutov 4
52:21 – Alexander Semak 3 (Andrei Lomakin)
Three closely fought 6–5 games decided the '87 Canada Cup.
In Game 1, Canada erased a 4–1 second period deficit to send the game to overtime, only to lose on Alexander Semak's goal at 5:33 of the extra frame.
In Game 2, which is considered by some to be the greatest hockey game ever played, Canada led 3–1 after one period, but this time it was the Soviets who came from behind to tie it 3–3 in the second. Canada scored twice more, each time Mario Lemieux assisted by Wayne Gretzky, but the Soviets replied each time. The tying goal was an end-to-end rush by Valeri Kamensky with 1:04 remaining in regulation time. After a scoreless period of overtime, which featured tremendous goaltending from Grant Fuhr, Gretzky and Lemieux hooked up for the third time of the evening at 10:07 of the second overtime. It was the fifth assist for Gretzky on the night and completed a hat trick for Lemieux.
The Canadians got off to a slow start in the decisive third game. The Soviets scored three times in the first eight minutes to take a 3–0 lead. Canada's grinders took over after that (particularly Rick Tocchet, Brent Sutter, and Dale Hawerchuk), and pulled Canada into a 5–4 lead after two periods. The Soviets tied it back up in the third and the game looked like it would head to overtime again. But late in the third period, Canada coach Mike Keenan, who had been juggling lines all series, sent the trio of Gretzky, Lemieux and Hawerchuk out to play with a faceoff in Canada's end. After Hawerchuk won the faceoff, Gretzky, Lemieux and Larry Murphy rushed up the ice. Soviet defenseman Igor Stelnov was the only man back and he fell down to block a pass across but Gretzky fed the puck back to Lemieux, who fired a shot over the glove of goaltender Sergei Mylnikov with 1:26 remaining. The Gretzky to Lemieux play is one of the most memorable plays in Canadian sports history.
Stat leaders
Points
| Rk | Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Wayne Gretzky | 9 | 3 | **18** | **21** | 2 |
| 2 | Canada Mario Lemieux | 9 | **11** | 7 | 18 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union Sergei Makarov | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| 4 | Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov | 9 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 5 | Soviet Union Vyacheslav Bykov | 9 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | Canada Ray Bourque | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | Soviet Union Valeri Kamensky | 9 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Soviet Union Andrei Khomutov | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Soviet Union Anatoli Semenov | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Goals
| Rk | Player | GP | G |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Mario Lemieux | 9 | **11** |
| 2 | Soviet Union Sergei Makarov | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov | 9 | 7 |
| 4 | Soviet Union Valeri Kamensky | 9 | 6 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia Dušan Pašek | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Soviet Union Andrei Khomutov | 9 | 4 |
| 7 | Canada Dale Hawerchuk | 9 | 4 |
| 8 | Soviet Union Sergei Svetlov | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Canada Rick Tocchet | 7 | 3 |
| 10 | Canada Wayne Gretzky | 9 | 3 |
Assists
| Rk | Player | GP | A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Wayne Gretzky | 9 | **18** |
| 2 | Soviet Union Sergei Makarov | 9 | 8 |
| 3 | Soviet Union Vladimir Krutov | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Soviet Union Vyacheslav Bykov | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada Mario Lemieux | 9 | 7 |
| 6 | Canada Larry Murphy | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Canada Ray Bourque | 9 | 6 |
| 7 | Canada Mark Messier | 9 | 6 |
| 9 | Soviet Union Viacheslav Fetisov | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | Soviet Union Anatoli Semenov | 9 | 5 |
PIM
| Rk | Player | GP | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Chris Nilan | 5 | **14** |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia Drahomír Kadlec | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | United States Wayne Presley | 5 | 12 |
| 3 | Finland Mikko Mäkelä | 5 | 12 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia Dušan Pašek | 6 | 12 |
Goaltender wins
| Rk | Player | GP | Min | GA | GAA | W | L | T | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada Grant Fuhr | 9 | **575** | **32** | 3.34 | **6** | 1 | **2** | 0 |
| 2 | Soviet Union Sergei Mylnikov | 6 | 365 | 18 | 2.96 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Sweden Peter Lindmark | 6 | 360 | 18 | 3.00 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | United States John Vanbiesbrouck | 4 | 240 | 9 | **2.25** | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia Dominik Hašek | 6 | 360 | 20 | 3.33 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Goaltender Save Percentage
| Rk | Player | GP | Shots | GA | Sv.% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States John Vanbiesbrouck | 4 | 116 | 9 | **.922** |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia Dominik Hašek | 6 | 189 | 20 | .894 |
| 3 | Soviet Union Sergei Mylnikov | 6 | 170 | 18 | .894 |
| 4 | Canada Grant Fuhr | 9 | 298 | 32 | .893 |
| 5 | Sweden Peter Lindmark | 6 | 152 | 18 | .882 |
- minimum 120 minutes played
Goaltender Goals Against Average
| Rk | Player | GP | Mins | GA | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States John Vanbiesbrouck | 4 | 240 | 9 | **2.25** |
| 2 | Soviet Union Sergei Mylnikov | 6 | 365 | 18 | 2.96 |
| 3 | Sweden Peter Lindmark | 6 | 360 | 18 | 3.00 |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia Dominik Hašek | 6 | 360 | 20 | 3.33 |
| 5 | Canada Grant Fuhr | 9 | **575** | **32** | 3.34 |
- minimum 120 minutes played
All numbers in bold represent that was tournament best
Trophies and awards
Tournament champion
- Canada
Tournament MVP
- Wayne Gretzky, Canada
All-star team
- Goaltender: Grant Fuhr, Canada
- Defence: Ray Bourque, Canada; Viacheslav Fetisov, Soviet Union
- Forwards: Wayne Gretzky, Canada; Mario Lemieux, Canada; Vladimir Krutov, Soviet Union
References
References
- (September 15, 2017). "Thirty years later, 1987 Canada Cup still represents the best hockey ever played". The Hockey News.
- "The Canada Cup of Hockey Fact and Stat Book" (2005), (p. 114), By H. G. Anderson.
- "Archives – Philly.com".
- (2012-10-05). "The World Cup of Hockey – The History of the Canada Cup and World Cup of Hockey".
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