Canada men's national ice hockey team

The Canada men's national ice hockey team (popularly known as Team Canada; ) is the ice hockey team representing Canada internationally. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior amateur club teams. Canada's national men's team was founded in 1963 by Father David Bauer as a part of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, playing out of the University of British Columbia.Hockey Canada
The nickname "Team Canada" was first used for the 1972 Summit Series and has been frequently used to refer to both the Canadian national men's and women's teams ever since.
Canada is the leading national ice hockey team in international play, winners of the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups dating back to 1976, nine Olympic gold medals (the most in the world), including three of the last five: Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014. They are 27-time IIHF World Champions and winner of the 2004 and 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
Canada is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Russia, the United States, Sweden, Finland, and the Czech Republic.
==History==
Hockey is Canada's national winter sport, and Canadians are extremely passionate about the game. Canada was first represented internationally at the 1910 European Championships by the Oxford Canadians, a team of Canadians from the University of Oxford. They represented Canada again at the 1912 World Championships.
From 1920 until 1963, the senior amateur club teams representing Canada, were usually the most recent Allan Cup champions. The last amateur club team from Canada to win a gold medal at the World Championship was the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1961. The responsibility of choosing which team represented Canada belonged to Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) secretary-manager; George Dudley from 1947 to 1960, and Gordon Juckes from 1960 to 1963. 
Following the 1963 World Championships, Father David Bauer founded the national team as a permanent institution. The new permanent national team first competed in ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics. His philosophy was to simply win the games against the weaker countries instead of running up the score.Oliver, Greg (2017), p. 120 Canada, Czechoslovakia and Sweden finished with identical records of five wins and two losses. Canada thought they had won the bronze medal based on the goal differential in the three games among the tied countries. When they attended the presentation of the Olympic medals, they were disappointed to learn they had finished in fourth place based on goal differential of all seven games played. The players and CAHA president Art Potter accused that International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Bunny Ahearne, made a last-minute decision to change the rules and take away a medal from Canada.McKinley, Michael (2014), p. 148 Marshall Johnston summarized the team's feeling that, "The shepherd and his flock had been fleeced".
Before the Soviet Union began international competition in 1954, Canada dominated international hockey, winning six out of seven golds at the Olympics and 10 World Championship gold medals. Canada then went 50 years without winning the Winter Olympic Gold medal and from 1962 to 1993, didn't win any World Championships. This was in part because Canada's best professional players were unable to attend these events as they had commitments with their National Hockey League teams.
Canada was awarded hosting duties of the 1970 Ice Hockey World Championships with the limited use of former professionals. The IIHF later reversed the permission after International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage objected to professionals at an amateur event. CAHA president Earl Dawson withdrew the national team from international competitions against European hockey teams until Canada was allowed to use its best players.
Canada returned to the IIHF in 1977 after a series of negotiations between IIHF President Dr. Sabetzki and top officials of professional ice hockey in Canada and the United States. As a result, professionals are allowed to compete at the World Championship and the tournament is scheduled later in the year to ensure more players are available from among the NHL teams eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs. In return, a competition for the "Canada Cup" was to be played every four years on North American territory with the participation of Canada, the United States, and the four strongest European national teams, including professionals.
In 1983, Hockey Canada began the "Program of Excellence", whose purpose was to prepare a team for the Winter Olympics every four years. This new National Team played a full season together all over the world against both national and club teams, and often attracted top NHL prospects. In 1986, the International Olympic Committee voted to allow professional athletes to compete in Olympic Games, starting in 1988. Veteran pros with NHL experience and, in a few cases, current NHLers who were holding out in contract disputes joined the team. This program was discontinued in 1998, when the NHL began shutting down to allow its players to compete.
After not winning a gold medal for 33 years, Canada won the 1994 World Championship in Italy. Since that time, they have won in 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015 and 2016. Canada captured its first Olympic gold medal in 50 years at Salt Lake City 2002. At Vancouver 2010, Canada won the gold medal with a 3–2 win against the United States in the final. Sidney Crosby's overtime goal secured Canada the final gold medal awarded at the Games. At the 2012 World Championship in Finland and Sweden, Ryan Murray became the first draft eligible prospect to represent Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championship.
Canada successfully defended gold at Sochi 2014, becoming the first men's team to do so since the Soviet Union in 1988, the first to finish the tournament undefeated since 1984 and the first to do both with a full NHL participation. Their relentless offensive pressure and stifling defence has earned the 2014 squad praise as perhaps the best, most complete Team Canada ever assembled. Drew Doughty and Shea Weber led the team in scoring, while Jonathan Toews scored the gold medal-winning goal in the first period of a 3–0 win over Sweden in the final. The architect behind the 2010 and 2014 teams, Steve Yzerman, immediately stepped down as general manager following the win.
Led by general manager Jim Nill, head coach Todd McLellan, and the late addition of captain Sidney Crosby, Canada won the 2015 IIHF World Championship in dominating fashion over Russia, their first win at the Worlds since 2007. By winning all 10 of their games in regulation, Hockey Canada was awarded a 1 million Swiss franc bonus prize in the first year of its existence. Canada scored 66 goals in their 10 games and had the top three scorers of the tournament: Jason Spezza, Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall. Tyler Seguin also led the championship with nine goals. The win secured Canada's return to number one on the IIHF world rankings for the first time since 2010.
===List of teams representing Canada from 1920 to 1963===
Event 	Team 	Hometown
1920 Summer Olympics 	Winnipeg Falcons 	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1924 Winter Olympics 	Toronto Granites 	Toronto, Ontario
1928 Winter Olympics 	University of Toronto 	Toronto, Ontario
1930 World Championships 	Toronto CCMs 	Toronto, Ontario
1931 World Championships 	University of Manitoba 	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1932 Winter Olympics 	Winnipeg Hockey Club 	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1933 World Championships 	Toronto National Sea Fleas 	Toronto, Ontario
1934 World Championships 	Saskatoon Quakers 	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1935 World Championships 	Winnipeg Monarchs 	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1936 Winter Olympics 	Port Arthur Bearcats 	Port Arthur, Ontario
1937 World Championships 	Kimberley Dynamiters 	Kimberley, British Columbia
1938 World Championships 	Sudbury Wolves 	Sudbury, Ontario
1939 World Championships 	Trail Smoke Eaters 	Trail, British Columbia
World Championships not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II.	World Championships not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II.	World Championships not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II.
1947 World Championships 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
1948 Winter Olympics 	Ottawa RCAF Flyers 	CFB Ottawa, Ontario
1949 World Championships 	Sudbury Wolves 	Sudbury, Ontario
1950 World Championships 	Edmonton Mercurys 	Edmonton, Alberta
1951 World Championships 	Lethbridge Maple Leafs 	Lethbridge, Alberta
1952 Winter Olympics 	Edmonton Mercurys 	Edmonton, Alberta
1953 World Championships 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
1954 World Championships 	East York Lyndhursts 	East York, Ontario
1955 World Championships 	Penticton Vees 	Penticton, British Columbia
1956 Winter Olympics 	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen 	Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario
1957 World Championships 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
1958 World Championships 	Whitby Dunlops 	Whitby, Ontario
1959 World Championships 	Belleville McFarlands 	Belleville, Ontario
1960 Winter Olympics 	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen 	Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario
1961 World Championships 	Trail Smoke Eaters 	Trail, British Columbia
1962 World Championships 	Galt Terriers 	Galt, Ontario
1963 World Championships 	Trail Smoke Eaters 	Trail, British Columbia
==Competition achievements==
===Olympic Games===
All Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships. They have won a total of 15 Olympic medals.Hockey Canada-IIHF World Men's championship
Games 	Representative 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	GF 	GA 	Coach 	Manager/GM 	Captain 	Finish 	Ref.
1920 Antwerp 	Winnipeg Falcons 	3 	3 	0 	0 	21 	1 	 	 	 	 	
1924 Chamonix 	Toronto Granites 	5 	5 	0 	0 	110 	3 	 	 	 	 	
1928 St. Moritz 	University of Toronto Grads	3 	3 	0 	0 	38 	0 	 	 	 	 	
1932 Lake Placid 	Winnipeg Hockey Club 	6 	5 	0 	1 	32 	4 	 	 	 	 	
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Port Arthur Bearcats 	8 	7 	1 	0 	54 	7 	 	 	 	 	
1948 St. Moritz 	Ottawa RCAF Flyers 	8 	7 	0 	1 	69 	5 	 	 	 	 	
1952 Oslo 	Edmonton Mercurys 	8 	7 	0 	1 	71 	14 	 	 	 	 	
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	8 	6 	2 	0 	53 	12 	 	 	 	 	
1960 Squaw Valley 	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	7 	6 	1 	0 	55 	15 	 	 	 	 	
1964 Innsbruck 	National team program 	7 	5 	2 	0 	32 	17 	 	 	 	4th 	
1968 Grenoble 	National team program 	7 	5 	2 	0 	28 	15 	 	 	 	 	
1972 Sapporo 	Did not participate 	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
1976 Innsbruck 	Did not participate 	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate	Did not participate
1980 Lake Placid 	National team program 	6 	3 	3 	0 	29 	18 	 	 	 	6th 	
1984 Sarajevo 	National team program 	7 	4 	3 	0 	24 	16 	 	 	 	4th 	
1988 Calgary 	National team program 	8 	5 	2 	1 	31 	21 	 	 	 	4th 	
1992 Albertville 	National team program 	8 	6 	2 	0 	37 	17 	 	 	 	 	
1994 Lillehammer 	National team program 	8 	5 	2 	1 	27 	19 	 	 	 	 	
1998 Nagano 	  	6 	4 	2 	0 	19 	8 	 	 	 	4th 	
2002 Salt Lake City 	  	6 	4 	1 	1 	22 	14 	 	 	 	 	
2006 Turin 	  	6 	3 	3 	0 	15 	11 	 	 	 	7th 	
2010 Vancouver 	  	7 	6 	1 	— 	32 	14 	 	 	 	 	
2014 Sochi 	  	6 	6 	0 	— 	17 	3 	 	 	 	 	
2018 Pyeongchang 	  	6 	4 	2 	— 	21 	12 	 	 	 	 	
===World Championships===
All Olympic ice hockey tournaments between 1920 and 1968 also counted as World Championships. World Championships were not held during the Winter Olympic years of 1980, 1984 or 1988.
Year 	Location 	Result
1920 	Antwerp, Belgium 	Gold
1924 	Chamonix, France 	Gold
1928 	St. Moritz, Switzerland 	Gold
1930 	Chamonix, France; Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Austria 	Gold
1931 	Krynica, Poland 	Gold
1932 	Lake Placid, US 	Gold
1933 	Prague, Czechoslovakia 	Silver
1934 	Milan, Italy 	Gold
1935 	Davos, Switzerland 	Gold
1936 	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 	Silver
1937 	London, Great Britain 	Gold
1938 	Prague, Czechoslovakia 	Gold
1939 	Zürich / Basel, Switzerland 	Gold
World Championships not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II.	World Championships not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II.	World Championships not held from 1940 to 1946 during World War II.
Canada did not participate in 1947. 	Canada did not participate in 1947. 	Canada did not participate in 1947.
1948 	St. Moritz, Switzerland 	Gold
1949 	Stockholm, Sweden 	Silver
1950 	London, Great Britain 	Gold
1951 	Paris, France 	Gold
1952 	Oslo, Norway 	Gold
Canada did not participate in 1953. 	Canada did not participate in 1953. 	Canada did not participate in 1953.
1954 	Stockholm, Sweden 	Silver
1955 	Krefeld / Dortmund / Cologne, West Germany 	Gold
1956 	Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 	Bronze
Canada did not participate in 1957. 	Canada did not participate in 1957. 	Canada did not participate in 1957.
1958 	Oslo, Norway 	Gold
1959 	Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 	Gold
1960 	Squaw Valley, US 	Silver
1961 	Geneva / Lausanne, Switzerland 	Gold
1962 	Colorado Springs / Denver, US 	Silver
1963 	Stockholm, Sweden 	4th place
1964 	Innsbruck, Austria 	4th place
1965 	Tampere, Finland 	4th place
1966 	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 	Bronze
1967 	Vienna, Austria 	Bronze
1968 	Grenoble, France 	Bronze
1969 	Stockholm, Sweden 	4th place
Canada did not participate in IIHF events from 1970 to 1976. 	Canada did not participate in IIHF events from 1970 to 1976. 	Canada did not participate in IIHF events from 1970 to 1976.
1977 	Vienna, Austria 	4th place
1978 	Prague, Czechoslovakia 	Bronze
1979 	Moscow, Soviet Union 	4th place
1981 	Gothenburg / Stockholm, Sweden 	4th place
1982 	Helsinki / Tampere, Finland 	Bronze
1983 	Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany 	Bronze
1985 	Prague, Czechoslovakia 	Silver
1986 	Moscow, Soviet Union 	Bronze
1987 	Vienna, Austria 	4th place
1989 	Stockholm / Södertälje, Sweden 	Silver
1990 	Bern / Fribourg, Switzerland 	4th place
1991 	Turku / Helsinki / Tampere, Finland 	Silver
1992 	Prague / Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 	8th place
1993 	Dortmund / Munich, Germany 	4th place
1994 	Bolzano / Canazei / Milan, Italy 	Gold
1995 	Stockholm / Gävle, Sweden 	Bronze
1996 	Vienna, Austria 	Silver
1997 	Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland 	Gold
1998 	Zürich / Basel, Switzerland 	6th place
1999 	Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar, Norway 	4th place
2000 	Saint Petersburg, Russia 	4th place
2001 	Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg, Germany 	5th place
2002 	Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping, Sweden 	6th place
2003 	Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland 	Gold
2004 	Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic 	Gold
2005 	Innsbruck / Vienna, Austria 	Silver
2006 	Riga, Latvia 	4th place
2007 	Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia 	Gold
2008 	Quebec City / Halifax, Canada 	Silver
2009 	Bern / Kloten, Switzerland 	Silver
2010 	Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen, Germany 	7th place
2011 	Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia 	5th place
2012 	Helsinki, Finland / Stockholm, Sweden 	5th place
2013 	Stockholm, Sweden / Helsinki, Finland 	5th place
2014 	Minsk, Belarus 	5th place
2015 	Prague / Ostrava, Czech Republic 	Gold
2016 	Moscow / Saint Petersburg, Russia 	Gold
2017 	Cologne, Germany / Paris, France 	Silver
2018 	Copenhagen / Herning, Denmark 	4th place
2019 	Bratislava / Košice, Slovakia 	Silver
2020 	Zürich / Lausanne, Switzerland 	Cancelled
2021 	Riga, Latvia 	Gold
2022 	Tampere / Helsinki, Finland 	
===Summit Series===
*1972  – Won
*1974  – Lost
===Canada Cup===
*1976 – Champions
*1981 – Runners-up
*1984 – Champions
*1987 – Champions
*1991 – Champions
===World Cup of Hockey===
*1996 – Runners-up
*2004 – Champions
*2016 – Champions
===Spengler Cup===
In the Spengler Cup, Team Canada competes against European club teams such as HC Davos who host the tournament every year in Vaillant Arena. Canada was initially represented by the standing national team at this event, but subsequently is usually made up of Canadians playing in European leagues or the American Hockey League. In 2019, Team Canada won its 16th Spengler Cup, passing the host team HC Davos (last win 2011) for the most titles.
Results 	Years
Winner 	1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Runners-up 	1985, 1988, 1990, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2018
Third place	1989, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009
==Team==
===Current roster===
Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.
Head coach: Gerard Gallant
No.	Pos.	Name 	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2 	D 	Braden Schneider 	 	 	 	Brandon Wheat Kings
5 	D 	Jacob Bernard-Docker	 	 	 	Ottawa Senators
6 	D 	Colin Miller – A 	 	 	 	Buffalo Sabres
8 	F 	Liam Foudy 	 	 	 	Columbus Blue Jackets
11 	F 	Jaret Anderson-Dolan	 	 	 	Los Angeles Kings
13 	F 	Gabriel Vilardi 	 	 	 	Los Angeles Kings
14 	F 	Adam Henrique – C 	 	 	 	Anaheim Ducks
17 	F 	Justin Danforth 	 	 	 	HC Vityaz
21 	F 	Nick Paul 	 	 	 	Ottawa Senators
22 	F 	Brandon Hagel 	 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks
25 	D 	Owen Power 	 	 	 	Univ. of Michigan
26 	D 	Sean Walker 	 	 	 	Los Angeles Kings
27 	F 	Michael Bunting 	 	 	 	Arizona Coyotes
28 	F 	Connor Brown – A 	 	 	 	Ottawa Senators
33 	G 	Adin Hill 	 	 	 	Arizona Coyotes
35 	G 	Darcy Kuemper 	 	 	 	Arizona Coyotes
38 	D 	Mario Ferraro 	 	 	 	San Jose Sharks
44 	F 	Max Comtois 	 	 	 	Anaheim Ducks
65 	G 	Michael DiPietro 	 	 	 	Vancouver Canucks
70 	D 	Troy Stecher 	 	 	 	Detroit Red Wings
73 	F 	Brandon Pirri 	 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks
74 	D 	Nicolas Beaudin 	 	 	 	Chicago Blackhawks
88 	F 	Andrew Mangiapane 	 	 	 	Calgary Flames
91 	F 	Cole Perfetti 	 	 	 	Manitoba Moose
===Coaches===
List of coaches of the Canada men's national ice hockey team.
;Olympics
;Summit Series, Canada Cup, World Cup
;World Championships
==See also==
*Canada men's national junior ice hockey team
*Canada men's national ice sledge hockey team
*List of Canadian national ice hockey team rosters
*List of IIHF World Under-20 Championship players for Canada
==References==
==Bibliography==
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* Meltzer, Bill NHL.com article on 2007 IIHF World Championship gold medal. Retrieved 2008-03-25.
==External links==
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*IIHF profile
Category:Ice hockey in Canada