1987 Canada Cup

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1987 Canada Cup
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)7 (in 7 host cities)
DatesAugust 28 – September 15, 1987
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  Canada (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played20
Goals scored139 (6.95 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Wayne Gretzky (21 pts)
MVPCanada Wayne Gretzky
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The 1987

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.

Viktor Tikhonov said he felt the main reason his team lost was because of "bias and errors in refereeing."[3]

The tournament was the only time that two of the most dominant NHL players of all time, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, played on the same forward unit,[1] 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.[1]

Rosters

See also: 1987 Canada Cup rosters

Canada

Forwards and defence:

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:

Ludek 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:

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:

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:

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

USSR

Forwards and defence:

Anatoly Semenov

Goaltenders:
Evgeny Belosheikin

Coaches:
Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev

Round robin standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Canada 5 3 2 0 19 13 +6 8
 Soviet Union 5 3 1 1 22 13 +9 7
 Sweden 5 3 0 2 17 14 +3 6
 Czechoslovakia 5 2 1 2 12 15 −3 5
 United States 5 2 0 3 13 14 −1 4
 Finland 5 0 0 5 9 23 −14 0
Source: https://internationalhockeywiki.com/ihw/index.php/1987_Canada_Cup

Game scores

Round-robin

Friday, 28 August 1987
18:00
Kadlec)
(M.Lemieux, Gretzky) Coffey – 42:064–3
4–447:00 – Volek (Hrdina, Stavjaňa)
4 minPenalties10 min40Shots36
Friday, 28 August 1987
19:30
LaFontaine (Suter, Housley)
0–347:31 – Presley (Suter)
0–457:49 – Mullen 1 (Ramsey)
(Helminen) Jutila – 58:291–4
12 minPenalties16 min23Shots40
Saturday, 29 August 1987
12:00 MDT
Sundstrom
– 59:29		5–3
6 minPenalties6 min20Shots14
Sunday, 30 August 1987
20:00 EDT
Christian Ruutu 1 – 27:22
1–3
1–433:15 – Mark Messier 1 (Claude Lemieux, Ray Bourque)
18 minPenalties12 min40Shots54
Monday, 31 August 1987
12:00
Sergei Priakhin) Alex Semak 1 – 18:17
(Igor Kravchuk) Igor Stelnov 1 – 26:27
(Viacheslav Fetisov, Andrei Lomakin) Anatoli Semenov
1 – 46:03		Goals
19 minPenalties24 min27Shots23
Monday, 31 August 1987
19:30 EDT
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
Goals



35:55 – Bengt Gustafsson 2 (Mats Näslund, Anders Eldebrink)
47:34 – Mats Näslund 1 (Anders Eldebrink, Kent Nilsson)
10 minPenalties6 min30Shots28
Wednesday, 2 September 1987
12:00
Mikael Andersson
)
14 minPenalties18 min26Shots28
Wednesday, 2 September 1987
12:00
Markku Kyllonen)



55:47 – Mikko Mäkelä 1 (Raimo Helminen, Raimo Summanen
)
8 minPenalties6 min37Shots22
Wednesday, 2 September 1987
20:00 EDT
Pat Lafontaine 3 – 10:40


(Chris Chelios, Gary Suter) Corey Millen 1 – 56:60
Goals
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)
28 minPenalties12 min30Shots40
Friday, 4 September 1987
14:00 ADT
Markku Kyllonen, Esa Tikkanen)
56:58 – Jari Kurri 1 (Petri Skriko
)
10 minPenalties8 min35Shots22
Friday, 4 September 1987
19:30 EDT
Viacheslav Bykov) Valeri Kamensky 4 – 4:30
(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
Goals

30:28 Joe Mullen 3 (Chris Chelios)
6 minPenalties19 min27Shots20
Friday, 4 September 1987
20:00 EDT
Mikael Andersson 1 (Thom Eklund)
(Wayne Gretzky) Mario Lemieux 5 – 45:404–3
(James Patrick, Wayne Gretzky) Michel Goulet 1 – 51:205–3
10 minPenalties10 min23Shots22
Sunday, 6 September 1987
12:00 ADT
Christian Ruutu
2
8 minPenalties6 min21Shots23
Sunday, 6 September 1987
16:00 ADT		United States 1–3
( 0–1, 1–1, 0–1 )		 CzechoslovakiaCentre 200, Sydney
Attendance: 4,500
John VanbiesbrouckGoaliesDominik Hašek

Chris Nilan 2 – 22:29		Goals13:38 – Vladimír Růžicka 2 (Petr Rosol)

34:12 – Dušan Pašek 3 – pp (Jaroslav Benák, Mojmír Božík)
56:04 – Jiří Hrdina 1 – sh (Luděk Čajka)
10 minPenalties12 min
37Shots25
Sunday, 6 September 1987
20:00 EDT
Evgeny Belosheikin
Referee:
Mike Noeth (USA)
(Mario Lemieux) Glenn Anderson 1 – 5:37


(Mark Messier, Wayne Gretzky) Ray Bourque 1 – pp – 31:16
(Glenn Anderson, Mark Messier) Wayne Gretzky 2 – 57:33		Goals
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)
4 minPenalties12 min
30Shots36

Semi-finals

8 September 1987
20:00 EDT		 
Mikael Andersson, Thomas Rundqvist
)
12 minPenalties10 min24Shots26
9 September 1987
20:00 EDT		 Canada5–3Czechoslovakia The Forum, Montreal
Attendance: 10,262
Grant FuhrGoaliesDominik Hašek


(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		Goals8:06 – Dušan Pašek 4 (Igor Liba, Jiří Šejba)
13:41 – Jaroslav Benák 2 (Igor Liba, Jiří Šejba)



55:26 – David Volek 2 (Jiří Hrdina, Jaroslav Benák)
6 minPenalties6 min
37Shots24

Final (best of three)

11 September 1987
20:00 EDT		 
Viacheslav Bykov) Andrei Khomutov 2 – 57:33
(Anatoli Semenov, Andrei Lomakin) Alexander Semak 2 – 65:33
Goals1:49 – Mike Gartner 2 (Mario Lemieux, Normand Rochefort)



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)
16 minPenalties12 min43Shots33
13 September 1987
20:00 EDT		 
Vasily Pervukhin
)
16 minPenalties12 min43Shots33
15 September 1987
20:00 EDT		 
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton
Attendance: 17,026
Grant FuhrGoaliesSergei MylnikovReferee:
Canada Don Koharski



(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		Goals0:26 – Sergei Makarov 7 (Vladimir Krutov)
7:04 – Alexei Gusarov 1
8:00 – Viacheslav Fetisov 2 (Sergei Makarov)


19:32 – Andrei Khomutov 4



52:21 – Alexander Semak 3 (Andrei Lomakin)
6 minPenalties10 min
46Shots23

Three closely fought 6–5 games decided the '87 Canada Cup.[1]

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,[1][4] 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.[1]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Campbell, Ken (September 15, 2017). "Thirty years later, 1987 Canada Cup still represents the best hockey ever played". The Hockey News. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "The Canada Cup of Hockey Fact and Stat Book" (2005), (p. 114), By H. G. Anderson.
  3. ^ "Archives – Philly.com". articles.philly.com. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "The World Cup of Hockey – The History of the Canada Cup and World Cup of Hockey". October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

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