2004 World Cup of Hockey

The 2004 World Cup of Hockey is the second World Cup of Hockey (WCH), an international tournament. Prior to the first World Cup of Hockey in 1996, the Canada Cup was the name of this international competition between nations. The World Cup of Hockey was held from August 30 to September 14, 2004, in various venues in North America and Europe; Canada won the final against Finland.
The NHL announced the lockout two days after the tournament final was played.
==Team participants==
North American Pool	European Pool
Canada 	Czech Republic
Russia 	Finland
Slovakia 	Germany
United States 	Sweden
==Venues==
* Air Canada Centre - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Bell Centre - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* Kölnarena - Cologne, Germany
* Globe Arena - Stockholm, Sweden
* Hartwall Areena - Helsinki, Finland
* Sazka Arena - Prague, Czech Republic
* Xcel Energy Center - St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
==Results==
===North American pool===
　 	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	3	0	0	0 	10	3 	6
 	3 	2	1	0	0 	9 	6 	4
 	3 	1	2	0	0 	5 	6 	2
 	3 	0	3	0	0 	4 	13	0
* Thursday, August 19 - Training camps open
 	 	 	 		
August 31	 	 	 		
 	United States 	1 – 2 	Canada 		Montreal (1930*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Brad Watson, Paul Devorski
 	 	 	St. Louis (Thornton, Niedermayer) pp 16:01		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Sakic (Redden, St. Louis) pp 3:05 		
 	Guerin (Gomez) 10:40	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 1	 	 	 		
 	Canada 	5 – 1 	Slovakia 		Montreal (1930*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Vanmassenhoven, Stephen Walkom
 	Thornton 3:02 	 	 		
 	Smyth (Foote, Lecavalier) 4:43 	 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Gagne (St. Louis) 4:07 	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	St. Louis (Richards, Foote) pp 0:58	 	 		
 	 	 	Cibak (Bartecko, Radivojevič) 4:53		
 	Smyth (Lecavalier, Heatley) 7:11 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 2	 	 	 		
 	United States 	1 – 3 	Russia 		St. Paul (1930*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Brad Watson, Paul Devorski
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Zubrus (Kvasha, Yashin) 12:20		
 	Tkachuk (Modano, Rafalski) pp 13:44	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	 	Kovalev (Khavanov) 5:05 		
 	 	 	Kozlov (Samsonov) 18:02 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 3	 	 	 		
 	Slovakia 	1 – 3 	United States 		St. Paul (1900*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Vanmassenhoven, Stephen Walkom
 	 	 	Smolinski (Leetch, Amonte) pp 3:09		
 	Nagy (Demitra, Chara) pp 11:14	 	 		
 	 	 	Blake (Chelios, Gomez) 13:27 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	 	Guerin (Modano) 16:17 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 4	 	 	 		
 	Canada 	3 – 1 	Russia 		Toronto (1930*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Brad Watson, Paul Devorski
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Richards (Gagne, Hannan) sh 3:40	 	 		
 	Draper (Doan, Lecavalier) 5:17 	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Sakic (Lemieux) 5:43 	 	 		
 	 	 	Gonchar (Afinogenov) 12:46		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 5	 	 	 		
 	Russia 	5 – 2 	Slovakia 		Toronto (1930*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Vanmassenhoven, Stephen Walkom
 	Datsyuk (Markov, Frolov) 8:10 	 	 		
 	 	 	Hossa (Demitra, Chara) 10:27		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Kovalev (unassisted) 12:01 	 	 		
 	Samsonov (Zubrus, Gonchar) 15:47	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Yashin (Frolov) sh 0:59 	 	 		
 	 	 	Gaborik (unassisted) 5:47 		
 	Ovechkin (Afanasenkov) 7:10 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
===European pool===
 	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
 	3 	2	0	1	0 	11	4 	5
 	3 	2	0	1	0 	13	9 	5
 	3 	1	2	0	0 	10	10	2
 	3 	0	3	0	0 	4 	15	0
* Thursday, August 19 - Training camps open
 	 	 	 		
August 30	 	 	 		
 	Czech Republic	0 – 4 	Finland 		Helsinki (1300*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Marc Joannette, Don Koharski
 	 	 	Hentunen (Kapanen, Numminen) 6:33		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	 	S. Koivu (Lehtinen) 0:30 		
 	 	 	Kapanen (Salo, Peltonen) pp 4:54 		
 	 	 	Eloranta (Timonen, M. Koivu) 8:51		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
August 31	 	 	 		
 	Germany 	2 – 5 	Sweden 		Stockholm (1300*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Dan Marouelli, Kevin Pollock
 	 	 	Holmström (Näslund, Forsberg) pp 16:44		
 	Sturm sh 17:57 	 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Sundin 1:59 		
 	 	 	Johnsson (Alfredsson, Modin) 7:26 		
 	 	 	Nilson (Sundin, Holmström) 11:51 		
 	Kreutzer (Boos) sh 13:00	 	 		
 	 	 	Modin (Johnsson) 16:25 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 1	 	 	 		
 	Czech Republic 	3 – 4 	Sweden 		Stockholm (1300*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Dan Marouelli, Kevin Pollock
 	 	 	Modin (Sundin) 11:49 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Forsberg (Holmström, Näslund) pp 2:58		
 	 	 	Öhlund (Alfredsson, Modin) pp 4:28 		
 	 	 	Zetterberg (Johnsson) pp 10:30 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Rucinsky (Havlat) 3:20	 	 		
 	Zidlicky 5:16 	 	 		
 	Eliáš (Hamrlik) 14:25 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 2	 	 	 		
 	Finland 	3 – 0 	Germany		Cologne (1330*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Koharski, Marc Joanette
 	Timonen (Lehtinen, Selänne) pp 10:47	 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Selänne (Timonen, S. Koivu) pp 11:27	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Lehtinen (Timonen) 15:38 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 3	 	 	 		
 	Germany 	2 – 7 	Czech Republic 		Prague (1330*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Koharski, Marc Joanette
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Zidlicky (Straka, Prospal) pp 2:56		
 	 	 	Slegr (Dopita, Sykora) 4:27 		
 	 	 	Jágr (Prospal) 5:52 		
 	 	 	Hejduk (Eliáš) pp 10:50 		
 	 	 	Eliáš (Havlat) 15:48 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Boos (Lewandowski) 3:55	 	 		
 	 	 	Havlat (Vlasak, Hamrlik) 10:59 		
 	Hecht (Leask) 17:19 	 	 		
 	 	 	Prospal (Jágr) 18:36 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 4	 	 	 		
 	Sweden 	4 – 4 	Finland 		Helsinki (1330*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Dan Marouelli, Kevin Pollock
 	 	 	Peltonen (Ruutu, Väänänen) 1:39 		
 	 	 	Väänänen (Lydman, Hentunen) pp 4:34		
 	Modin (unassisted) pp 12:27 	 	 		
 	 	 	S. Koivu (Lehtinen, Selänne) 12:46 		
 	Lidström (Alfredsson, Sundin) pp 17:24	 	 		
 	Modin (Johnsson) 19:17 	 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Jokinen (Ruutu, Peltonen) 0:38 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Holmström (Forsberg, Modin) 19:15 	 	 		
 	 	Overtime 	 		
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
==Playoffs==
===Quarter-finals===
 	 	 	 		
September 6	 	 	 		
 	Finland 	2 – 1 	Germany 		Helsinki (1300*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: N/A
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Hagman (Kapanen, Timonen) pp 10:50	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	 	Sturm (Goc, Kreutzer) 13:58		
 	Eloranta (Timonen, Jokinen) 16:38 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 7	 	 	 		
 	Sweden 	1 – 6 	Czech Republic 		Stockholm (1300*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Koharski, Marc Joanette
 	 	 	Straka (Prospal) 6:15 		
 	 	 	Havlat (Elias) 13:30 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Zidlicky (Straka) 16:08 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	 	Dvorak (Cajanek) sh 8:17 		
 	 	 	Hejduk (Zidlicky) 14:37 		
 	Holmström (Näslund, Forsberg) pp 16:29	 	 		
 	 	 	Hejduk (Cajanek) en 18:15		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 7	 	 	 		
 	Russia 	3 – 5 	United States 		St. Paul (1900*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Brad Watson, Paul Devorski
 	 	 	Tkachuk (Modano) 10:20 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Tkachuk (Guerin, Modano) 1:56 		
 	Afanasenkov (Chubarov, Gonchar) 7:14 	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Zubrus (Yashin, Kasparaitis) 0:36 	 	 		
 	 	 	Gomez (Tkachuk) 4:25 		
 	 	 	Tkachuk (Guerin, Modano) 4:47 		
 	Kovalchuk (Samsonov, Kovalev) pp 11:04	 	 		
 	 	 	Tkachuk (Modano, Rafalski) en 19:05		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 8	 	 	 		
 	Canada 	5 – 0 	Slovakia		Toronto (1900*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Vanmassenhoven, Stephen Walkom
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Lecavalier (Richards, Brewer) pp 2:28	 	 		
 	Iginla (Sakic, Brewer) 5:26 	 	 		
 	Smyth (Lecavalier, Heatley) 11:29 	 	 		
 	Sakic (Iginla, Lemieux) 11:48 	 	 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Iginla (Lemieux, Sakic) 7:49 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
===Semi-finals===
 	 	 	 		
September 10	 	 	 		
 	Finland 	2 – 1 	United States 		St. Paul (1900*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Don Koharski, Marc Joanette
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	 	 	Weight (Gomez, Martin) pp 12:57		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Jokinen (Numminen) 5:04 	 	 		
 	S. Koivu (Väänänen, Selänne) 16:06	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
 	 	 	 		
September 11	 	 	 		
 	Canada 	4 – 3 	Czech Republic 		Toronto (1830*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Paul Devorski, Stephen Walkom
 	 	no scoring 	 		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Brewer (Draper, Thornton) 11:15 	 	 		
 	Lemieux (Lecavalier, Richards) pp 14:25	 	 		
 	 	 	Cajanek (Hejduk, Rucinsky) 15:07		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	 	 	Havlat (Kaberle, Hejduk) pp 7:21		
 	Draper (Thornton) 13:47 	 	 		
 	 	 	Elias (Havlat) 13:53 		
 	 	Overtime 	 		
 	Lecavalier (Smyth) 3:45 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
===Final===
 	 	 	 		
September 14	 	 	 		
 	Canada 	3 – 2 	Finland 		Toronto (1900*)
 	 	First period 	 		Refs: Paul Devorski, Stephen Walkom
 	Sakic (Lemieux, Brewer) 0:52 	 	Hahl (Lydman, Berg), 6:34		
 	 	Second period	 		
 	Niedermayer (Thornton, Draper), 3:15	 	T. Ruutu (Lydman), 19:00 		
 	 	Third period 	 		
 	Doan (Thornton, Foote), 0:34 	 	 		
 	 	Game stats 	 		
Note: All times Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (UTC - 4 h)
==Ranking and statistics==
 	
===Tournament awards===
*Tournament MVP
** Vincent Lecavalier
*All-star team
**Goaltender: Martin Brodeur
**Defence: Adam Foote, Kimmo Timonen
**Forwards: Vincent Lecavalier, Saku Koivu, Fredrik Modin
===Final standings===
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4 	
5 	
6 	
7 	
8 	
===Scoring leaders===
Player	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	4	8	2
 	6	2	5	7	8
 	5	5	1	6	23
 	5	3	3	6	2
 	6	3	3	6	2
 	6	1	5	6	2
 	5	0	6	6	0
 	4	0	6	6	2
 	5	3	2	5	2
 	5	3	2	5	10
===Leading goaltenders===
Player	 	 	 	
 	300	5 	1.00	0.961
 	60 	1 	1.00	0.941
 	365	9 	1.50	0.939
 	60 	2 	2.00	0.895
 	180	7 	2.34	0.897
 	238	10	2.53	0.909
 	64 	3 	2.82	0.925
 	302	15	2.98	0.881
 	60 	3 	3.01	0.893
 	180	10	3.34	0.905
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