1987 CANADA CUP

The '1987 Canada Cup' was a Professional ice hockey world championships series in 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11, 1987 and Hamilton, Ontario on September 13, and September 15 1987 and were won by Team Canada.
While the 1980 contest known as the Miracle on Ice is thought to be the most famous hockey game in history, the final three-game series of this tournament between Canada and the USSR is considered by many to be the best exhibition of hockey in history. At the time, the USSR players were not allowed to pursue playing careers in North America, and so it was only through tournaments like this one where hockey fans could see their skills head-to-head against the best of the NHL. However, within two years, many of the Soviet players would be allowed to play in the NHL after the fall of communism. While many fans may have rooted against the USSR team, they never questioned their skills.
Canada Cup 1987 Final Canada vs. USSR. This game is considered as one of the best in hockey history, but it should be noted that the
The tournament also was the first time ever that the two most dominant players of the last quarter century, Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, played on the same forward unit, and as expected dazzled fans with electrifying goals. Only three players are still active in the NHL today from that tournament: Dominik Hasek, Chris Chelios and Teppo Numminen

Contents

Rosters

Canada

Czechoslovakia

Finland

Sweden

USA

USSR

Round Robin Standings

Game Scores

Round-Robin

Semi-finals

Final (best of 3)

Stat Leaders

Points

Goals

Assists

PIM

Goaltender Wins

Goaltender Save Percentage

Goaltender Goals Against Average

Trophies and Awards

Tournament Champion

Tournament MVP

All-star team

See also

External links

Rosters

Canada

'Forwards and Defense': Glenn Anderson, Dale Hawerchuk, Mark Messier, Mike Gartner, 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 Defense': Petr Rosol, Igor Liba, Jan Jasko, Jiri Kucera, Jiri Dolezal, Vladimir Ruzicka, Ladislav Lubina, David Volek, Petr Vlk, Dusan Pasek, Jiri Sejba, Jiri Hrdina, Rostislav Vlach, Miloslav Horava, Drahomír Kadlec, Ludek Cajka, Bedřich Ščerban, Jaroslav Benák, Antonin Stavjana, Mojmir Bozik

'Goaltenders': Petr Briza, Dominik Hasek, Jaromir Sindel

'Coaches': Dr. Ján Starsi, Frantisek Pospisil

Finland

'Forwards and Defense': Timo Blomqvist, Jari Gronstrand, Matti Hagman, Raimo Helminen, Iiro Jarvi, Timo Jutila, Jari Kurri, Markku Kyllonen, Mikko Makela, 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 Defense': Tommy Albelin, Mikael Andersson, Peter Andersson, Jonas Bergqvist, Anders Carlsson, Thom Eklund, Anders Eldebrink, Peter Eriksson, Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, Tomas Jonsson, Lars Karlsson, Mats Naslund, Kent Nilsson, Lars-Gunnar Pettersson, Magnus Roupe, Thomas Rundqvist, Tommy Samuelsson, Hakan Sodergren, Peter Sundstrom, Mikael Thelven

'Goaltenders': Anders Bergman, Ake Lilljebjorn, Peter Lindmark

'Coaches': Tommy Sandlin, Curt Lindstrom, Ingvar Carlsten

USA

'Forwards and Defense': 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 Wood

USSR

'Forwards and Defense': Vyacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Gusarov, Igor Stelnov, Vasily Pervukhin, Mikhail Tatarinov, Alexei Kasatonov, Sergei Starikov, Anatoli Fedotov, Igor Kravchuk, Andrei Chistiakov, Yuri Khmylev, Vladimir Krutov, Andrei Lomakin, Igor Larionov, Valeri Kamensky, Andrei Khomutov, Sergei Svetlov, Alexander Semak, Sergei Kharin, Sergei Nemchinov, Sergei Makarov, Vyacheslav Bykov, Gerhan Volgin, Anatoly Semenov, Mikhail Kravets

'Goaltenders': Vitali Samoilov, Sergei Mylnikov, Evgeny Belosheikin

'Coaches': Viktor Tikhonov, Igor Dmitriev

Round Robin Standings

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada	5	3	0	2	19	13	'8'
USSR	5	3	1	1	22	13	'7'
Sweden	5	3	2	0	17	14	'6'
Czechoslovakia	5	2	2	1	12	15	'5'
USA	5	2	3	0	13	14	'4'
Finland	5	0	5	0	9	23	'0'

Game Scores

Round-Robin

★ Canada 4-4 Czechoslovakia (Calgary, Alberta)

★ United States 4-1 Finland (Hartford, Connecticut)

★ Sweden 3-2 Soviet Union (Calgary, Alberta)

★ Canada 4-1 Finland (Hamilton, Ontario)

★ Soviet Union 4-0 Czechoslovakia (Regina, Saskatchewan)

★ United States 5-2 Sweden (Hamilton, Ontario)

★ Soviet Union 7-4 Finland (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

★ Canada 3-2 United States (Hamilton, Ontario)

★ Sweden 4-0 Czechoslovakia {Regina, Saskatchewan)

★ Soviet Union 5-1 United States 1 (Hartford, Connecticut)

★ Czhechoslovakia 5-2 Finland (Sydney, Nova Scotia)

★ Canada 5-3 Sweden (Montreal, Quebec)

★ Czechoslovakia 3-1 United States (Sydney, Nova Scotia)

★ Canada 3-3 Soviet Union (Hamilton, Ontario)

★ Sweden 3-1 Finland (Sydney, Nova Scotia)

Semi-finals

★ September 8, Hamilton: Soviet Union 4-2 Sweden

★ September 9, Montreal: Canada 5-3 Czecholslovakia

Final (best of 3)

★ September 11, Montreal: Soviet Union 6-5 Canada (OT)

★ September 13, Hamilton: Canada 6-5 Soviet Union (OT)

★ September 15, Hamilton: Canada 6-5 Soviet Union
Three thrilling 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 a brilliant end-to-end rush by Valeri Kamensky with 1:04 remaining in regulation time. After a scoreless period of overtime, which featured some brilliant 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 euphoria from Game 2 didn't carry over long into the third and decisive game, however. The Soviets stunned all of Canada by scoring 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 sent the Gretzky-Lemieux-Hawerchuk line out to play, with a faceoff in Canada's end. The rest is history as Hawerchuk tripped up Vyacheslav Bykov and Gretzky, Lemieux and Larry Murphy rushed down the ice on a three-on-one. Young Soviet defenseman Igor Kravchuk was the only man back. Once again, Gretzky set up 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 hockey history.

Stat Leaders

Points

Rk	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1	Wayne Gretzky	9	3	'18'	'21'	2
2	Mario Lemieux	9	'11'	7	18	8
3	Sergei Makarov	9	7	8	15	8
4	Vladimir Krutov	9	7	7	14	4
5	Vyacheslav Bykov	9	2	7	9	4
6	Ray Bourque	9	2	6	8	10
7	Valeri Kamensky	9	6	1	7	6
8	Andrei Khomutov	9	4	3	7	0
9	Viacheslav Fetisov	9	2	5	7	9
10	Anatoli Semenov	9	2	5	7	2

Goals

Rk	Player	GP	G
1	Mario Lemieux	9	'11'
2	Sergei Makarov	9	7
2	Vladimir Krutov	9	7
4	Valeri Kamensky	9	6
5	Dusan Pasek	6	4
6	Andrei Khomutov	9	4
7	Dale Hawerchuk	9	4
8	Sergei Svetlov	6	3
9	Rick Tocchet	7	3
10	Wayne Gretzky	9	3

Assists

Rk	Player	GP	A
1	Wayne Gretzky	9	'18'
2	Sergei Makarov	9	8
3	Vladimir Krutov	9	7
3	Vyacheslav Bykov	9	7
3	Mario Lemieux	9	7
6	Larry Murphy	8	6
7	Ray Bourque	9	6
7	Mark Messier	9	6
9	Viacheslav Fetisov	9	5
10	Anatoli Semenov	9	5

PIM

Rk	Player	GP	PIM
1	Chris Nilan	5	'14'
2	Drahomir Kadlec	3	12
3	Wayne Presley	5	12
3	Mikko Makela	5	12
5	Dusan Pasek	6	12

Goaltender Wins

Rk	Player	GP	Min	GA	GAA	W	L	T	SO
1	Grant Fuhr	9	'575'	'32'	3.34	'6'	1	'2'	0
2	Sergei Mylnikov	6	365	18	2.96	5	1	0	1
3	Peter Lindmark	6	360	18	3.00	3	3	0	1
4	John Vanbiesbrouck	4	240	9	'2.25'	2	2	0	0
5	Dominik Hasek	6	360	20	3.33	2	3	1	0

Goaltender Save Percentage

Rk	Player	GP	Shots	GA	Sv.%
1	John Vanbiesbrouck	4	116	9	'.922'
2	Dominik Hasek	6	189	20	.894
3	Sergei Mylnikov	6	170	18	.894
4	Grant Fuhr	9	298	32	.893
5	Peter Lindmark	6	152	18	.882

★ minimum 120 minutes played

Goaltender Goals Against Average

Rk	Player	GP	Mins	GA	GAA
1	John Vanbiesbrouck	4	240	9	'2.25'
2	Sergei Mylnikov	6	365	18	2.96
3	Peter Lindmark	6	360	18	3.00
4	Dominik Hasek	6	360	20	3.33
5	Grant Fuhr	9	'575'	'32'	3.34

★ minimum 120 minutes played
''All numbers in 'bold' represent that was tournament high''

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

★ Summit Series

★ Canada Cup

★ World Cup of Hockey

External links

★ Greatest Hockey Ever Played

★ Hockey Hall of Fame Tournament Summary

★ Hockey Canada Tournament Summaries