1996 World Cup of Hockey

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1996 World Cup of Hockey
Tournament details
Host countries  CAN
 USA
 FIN
 SWE
Dates August 26 - September 14, 1996
Teams 8
Venue(s) 9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg  United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 19
Goals scored 140 (7.37 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Brett Hull (11 pts)
MVP United States Mike Richter

The first World Cup of Hockey (WCH), or 1996 World Cup of Hockey, replaced the Canada Cup as one of the premier championships for professional ice hockey.

The first edition of the Cup featured eight teams divided into two groups. The European Group, whose games were all played in Europe, included the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, and Sweden. The North American Group played in North American cities and included Canada, Russia, Slovakia, and the United States.

After the teams played a three-game group stage, the top team in each group advanced to the semi-finals, while the second and third place teams played cross-over quarter-finals. The quarter-finals and semi-finals were single elimination games. The championship final was a best-of-three. All playoff games were played in North America.

In the biggest surprise of the tournament, Germany defeated Czech Republic 7-1 in the European Group, which eliminated the Czechs and sent the Germans into the quarter-finals. In the biggest game of the North American Group, USA defeated Canada 5-3 to finish first and get a bye to the semi-finals. In the semis, they defeated Russia 5-2, while Canada beat Sweden 3-2 on Theoren Fleury's goal at 19:47 of the second overtime period, ending the longest game in international hockey history.

In the best-of-three final, Canada won the first game, in Philadelphia, 4-3 in overtime. Then the USA recorded a memorable pair of 5-2 victories in Montreal to win the series. In the third and decisive game, the US received spectacular goaltending from tournament MVP Mike Richter[1] and rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the third period by scoring four goals in the final 3:18 of the game. Tony Amonte scored the game-winning goal.

Contents

[edit] Rosters

Further information: 1996 World Cup of Hockey rosters

[edit] Venues

[edit] Results

[edit] Exhibition Games

  • Russia 5-4 Finland (Moscow)
  • Sweden 2-3 Russia (Stockholm)
  • Germany 2-4 Russia (Landshut)
  • Canada 4-4 Russia (Calgary)
  • USA 4-6 Russia (Detroit)


  • USA 1-3 Canada (Vancouver)
  • Canada 4-6 USA (San Jose)
  • Slovakia 4-7 Canada (Edmonton)
  • Slovakia 2-9 USA (Providence)


[edit] North American pool

Team GP W T L GF GA Dif Pts
 United States 3 3 0 0 19 8 +11 6
 Canada 3 2 0 1 11 10 +1 4
 Russia 3 1 0 2 12 14 -2 2
 Slovakia 3 0 0 3 9 19 -10 0

[edit] Scores

  • August 29, Vancouver: Russia 3-5 Canada
  • August 31, Montreal: Slovakia 4-7 Russia
  • August 31, Philadelphia: Canada 3-5 United States
  • September 1, Ottawa: Canada 3-2 Slovakia
  • September 2, New York City: Russia 2-5 United States
  • September 3, New York City : United States 9-3 Slovakia

[edit] European pool

Team GP W T L GF GA Dif Pts
 Sweden 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 6
 Finland 3 2 0 1 17 11 +6 4
 Germany 3 1 0 2 11 15 -4 2
 Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 4 17 -13 0

[edit] Scores

  • August 26, Stockholm: Germany 1-6 Sweden
  • August 27, Helsinki: Finland 7-3 Czech Republic
  • August 28, Helsinki: Germany 3-8 Finland
  • August 29, Prague: Sweden 3-0 Czech Republic
  • August 31, Garmisch: Czech Republic 1-7 Germany
  • September 1, Stockholm: Finland 2-5 Sweden

[edit] Knock-Out Bracket

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Finals (Best of 3)
                           
      NA3   Russia 2  
  NA3   Russia 5     NA1   United States 5    
  E2   Finland 0         NA1   United States 3,5,5
      NA2   Canada 4*,2,2
      NA2   Canada 3**    
  E3   Germany 1     E1   Sweden 2  
  NA2   Canada 4  

[edit] Quarterfinals

  • September 5, Montreal: Germany 1-4 Canada
  • September 6, Ottawa: Russia 5-0 Finland

[edit] Semifinals

  • September 7, Philadelphia: Canada 3-2 Sweden (2OT)
  • September 8, Ottawa: Russia 2-5 United States

[edit] Finals

  • September 10, Philadelphia: Canada 4-3 United States (OT)
  • September 12, Montreal: United States 5-2 Canada
  • September 14, Montreal: Canada 2-5 United States

[edit] Top players

Rk Player GP G A Pts PIM
1 United States Brett Hull 7 7 4 11 4
2 United States John LeClair 7 6 4 10 6
3 Sweden Mats Sundin 4 4 3 7 4
4 United States Doug Weight 7 3 4 7 12
5 Canada Wayne Gretzky 8 3 4 7 2
6 United States Brian Leetch 7 0 7 7 4
7 Canada Paul Coffey 7 0 7 7 12
8 United States Keith Tkachuk 7 5 1 6 44
9 Canada Theoren Fleury 8 4 2 6 8
10 Russia Sergei Fedorov 5 3 3 6 2


[edit] All-star team

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fleury, Theo; Kirstie McLellan Day (2009). Playing With Fire. HarperCollins. pp. 133–139. ISBN 978-1-55468-239-3. 

[edit] See also
Canada Cup
1976  · 1981  · 1984  · 1987 (rosters)  · 1991 (rosters)
World Cup of Hockey
1996 (rosters)  · 2004 (rosters) · Next
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