1981 CANADA CUP

The '1981 Canada Cup' was the second professional ice hockey world championship involving the world's top six ice hockey nations. The tournament was postponed from 1979 due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan as well as the US boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The playing format was different from the previous 1976 Canada Cup. The participating teams still played a Round-robin tournament to decide the standings, but the best-of-three final series was replaced with single final game.
The positive surprise of the tournament was the young Czechoslovak team, which (following disappointing results in the 1980 Winter Olympics and 1981 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments) managed to soundly beat Sweden and Finland as well as tie the USSR and Canada. The main flops were the Swedes and the Finns, who failed to win a single game despite fielding their best players from the NHL. On the other hand, the United States (featuring several promising NHL players) fared much better than in 1976, losing only the pre-tournament favorites Soviet Union and Canada.
The Czechs were joined in the semi-finals by Canada, the USSR and the United States. The two winners, USSR and Canada, met in the final where the host country suffered one of the worst defeats in its hockey history.

Contents
Rosters
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Sweden
USA
USSR
Round Robin Standings
Game Scores
Round-Robin
Semi-Finals
Final
Player Stats
Points Leaders
Goaltender Wins
Trophies and Awards
Tournament Champion
Tournament MVP
All-star team
See also
External links

Rosters


Canada

'Forwards and Defense': Barry Beck, Raymond Bourque, Mike Bossy, Marcel Dionne, Ron Duguay, Brian Engblom, Clark Gillies, Danny Gare, Bob Gainey, Robert Goring, Wayne Gretzky, Craig Hartsburg, Guy Lafleur, Ken Linseman, Rick Middleton, Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin, Paul Reinhart, Larry Robinson, Bryan Trottier. Training camp only -- Bill Barber, Randy Carlyle, Mike Gartner, Steve Payne, Rob Ramage, Jim Schoenfeld, Darryl Sittler, Steve Shutt, Bobby Smith, Dave Taylor

'Goaltenders': Mike Liut, Billy Smith, Don Edwards. Training camp only -- Mario Lessard

'Coaches': Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Pagé
Czechoslovakia

'Forwards and Defense': Frantisek Cernik, Milan Chalupa, Jiri Dudacek, Miroslav Dvorak, Stanislav Hajdusek, Miloslav Horava, Arnold Kadlec, Jindrich Kokrment, Jaroslav Korbela, Norbert Kral, Jiri Lala, Jan Neliba, Milan Novy, Dusan Pasek, Lubomir Penicka, Jaroslav Pouzar, Pavel Richter, Darius Rusnak, Radoslav Svoboda, Oldrich Valek

'Goaltenders': Karel Lang, Jiri Kralik

'Coaches': Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesel
Finland

'Forwards and Defense': Pekka Arbelius, Matti Hagman, Raimo Hirvonen, Juha Huikari, Kari Jalonen, Arto Javanainen, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Markku Kiimalainen, Jari Kurri, Mikko Leinonen, Tapio Levo, Kari Makkonen, Timo Nummelin, Jukka Porvari, Pekka Rautakallio, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Jorma Sevon, Risto Siltanen, Ilkka Sinisalo, Juha Tuohimaa

'Goaltenders': Hannu Lassila, Markus Mattsson

'Coaches': Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen
Sweden

'Forwards and Defense': Kent-Erik Andersson, Thomas Eriksson, Jan Erixon, Thomas Gradin, Anders Hakansson, Anders Hedberg, Peter Helander, Tomas Jonsson, Anders Kallur, Lars Lindgren, Bengt Lundholm, Lars Molin, Kent Nilsson, Ulf Nilsson, Stefan Persson, Jorgen Pettersson, Borje Salming, Thomas Steen, Patrik Sundstrom, Mats Waltin

'Goaltenders': Peter Lindmark, Pelle Lindbergh

'Coaches': Anders Parmström, Leif Boork, Curt Lindström
USA

'Forwards and Defense': Bill Baker, Neal Broten, Dave Christian, Steve Christoff, Richie Dunn, Mike Eaves, Robbie Ftorek, Tom Gorence, Mark Howe, Mark Johnson, Dave Langevin, Rod Langway, Reed Larson, Rob McClanahan, Bob Miller, Warren Miller, Ken Morrow, Mike O'Connell, Dean Talafous, Tom Younghans. Training camp only -- Jack Brownschidle, Alan Hangsleben, Paul Holmgren (injured/did not play), Steve Jensen, Joe Micheletti, Joe Mullen, Bill Nyrop, Mark Pavelich, Mike Ramsey, Gordie Roberts.

'Goaltenders': Tony Esposito, Steve Baker. Training camp only -- Jim Craig (injured/did not play)

'Coaches': Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith
USSR

'Forwards and Defense': Sergei Babinov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Nikolai Drozdetsky, Viacheslav Fetisov, Irek Gimayev, Vladimir Golikov, Sergei Kapustin, Alexei Kasatonov, Andrei Khomutov, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Alexander Maltsev, Vasili Pervukhin, Viktor Shalimov, Sergei Shepelev, Alexander Skvortsov, Valeri Vasiliev, Viktor Zhluktov, Vladimir Zubkov

'Goaltenders': Vladislav Tretiak, Vladimir Myshkin

'Coaches': Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov

Round Robin Standings


 GPWLTPts
Canada
5401'9'
USSR
5311'7'
Czechoslovakia
5212'6'
USA
5221'5'
Sweden
5140'2'
Finland
5041'1'

Game Scores


Round-Robin

LocationResult
Edmonton, Sept. 01, 1981
'USA 3'
Sweden 1
Winnipeg, Sept. 01, 1981
CSSR 1
USSR 1
Edmonton, Sept. 01, 1981
'Canada 6'
Finland 0
Edmonton, Sept. 03, 1981
'CSSR 7'
Finland 1
Winnipeg, Sept. 03, 1981
'USSR 6'
Sweden 3
Edmonton, Sept. 03, 1981
'Canada 8'
USA 3
Winnipeg, Sept. 05, 1981
'Sweden 5'
Finland 0
Edmonton, Sept. 05, 1981
'USSR 4'
USA 1
Winnipeg, Sept. 05, 1981
Canada 4
CSSR 4
Montreal, Sept. 07, 1981
'Canada 4'
Sweden 3
Winnipeg, Sept. 07, 1981
'USSR 6'
Finland 1
Montreal, Sept. 07, 1981
'USA 6'
CSSR 2
Montreal, Sept. 09, 1981
Finland 4
USA 4
Ottawa, Sept. 09, 1981
'CSSR 7'
Sweden 1
Montreal, Sept. 09, 1981
'Canada 7'
USSR 3

Semi-Finals

LocationResult
Ottawa, Sept. 11, 1981
'USSR 4'
CSSR 1
Montreal, Sept. 11, 1981
'Canada 4'
USA 1

Final

LocationResult
Montreal, Sept. 13, 1981
'USSR 8'
Canada 1

Player Stats


Points Leaders

PlayerGPGAPts
Wayne Gretzky
757'12'
Mike Bossy
783'11'
Bryan Trottier
738'11'
Guy Lafleur
729'11'
Alexei Kasatonov
7110'11'
Gilbert Perreault
436'9'
Sergei Makarov
736'9'
Sergei Shepelev
762'8'
Vladimir Krutov
744'8'
Viacheslav Fetisov
717'8'

Goaltender Wins

PlayerGPWLTGAA
Vladislav Tretiak
6'5'011.33
Mike Liut
6'4'113.17
Tony Esposito
4'2'203.80
Karel Lang
5'2'122.34
Peter Lindmark
4'1'303.17

Trophies and Awards


Tournament Champion


USSR
Tournament MVP


Vladislav Tretiak, USSR
All-star team


★ 'Goaltender:' Vladislav Tretiak, USSR

★ 'Defence:' Arnold Kadlec, CSSR; Alexei Kasatonov, USSR

★ 'Forwards:' Mike Bossy, Canada; Gilbert Perreault, Canada; Sergei Shepelev, USSR

See also



Summit Series

Canada Cup

World Cup of Hockey

External links



Hockey Canada Tournament Summaries

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