Rauzulu's Street
Home
Baseball
Hockey
Football
Racing
Basketball
Events
PrivacyThe 1976 Canada Cup Tournament
The 1976 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament held September 2 to 15, 1976, in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Quebec City in Canada as well as in Philadelphia, in the United States. It was the first of five Canada Cup tournaments held between 1976 and 1991, organized by Alan Eagleson, and sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Hockey Canada and the National Hockey League (NHL). The six-team, round robin tournament ended with a best-of-three final between the top two teams. Canada finished atop the standings and defeated Czechoslovakia in the final in two consecutive games . The Canada Cup was the first true best-on-best world championship in hockey history as it allowed any player to represent their team regardless of amateur or professional status. The success of the event paved the way for greater use of professional players in the World Championship and Winter Olympics. |
World Hockey Main Page 1976 Canada Cup Recap |
| Round Robin Standings | |||||||
| Country | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 8 |
| CSSR | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 7 |
| USSR | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 14 | 5 |
| Sweden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 5 |
| USA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 21 | 3 |
| Finland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 42 | 2 |
| Finals | ||
Date |
Venue |
Game Results |
September 13 |
Toronto |
Canada 6, CSSR 0 |
September 15 |
Montreal |
Canada 5, CSSR 4 (Overtime) |
| Leading Scorers | ||||||
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
| Victor Zhluktov | USSR | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Bobby Orr | Canada | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
| Denis Potvin | Canada | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| Bobby Hull | Canada | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Milan Novy | CSSR | 7 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Gilbert Perreault | Canada | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| Vladimir Vikulov | USSR | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Borje Salming | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Phil Esposito | Canada | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Alexander Maltsev | USSR | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Vladimir Martinec | CSSR | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Goaltending Leader | |||||||||
| Goaltender | Team | GP | MINS | GA | SO | AVG. | W | L | T |
| Rogatien Vachon | Canada | 7 | 432 | 10 | 2 | 1.39 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
Tournament MVP - Bobby Orr, Canada
All Star Team
Canada - Rogie Vachon
CSSR - Milan Novy
Finland - Matti Hagman
Sweden - Borje Salming
USA - Robbie Ftorek
USSR - Alexander Maltsev