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The Canadian national mens hockey team is overseen by Hockey Canada. The team participates in international ice hockey competitions.

Canada has been the most dominant national ice hockey team in international play, winning the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups dating back to 1976, winning the 2002 Winter Olympics, two recent IIHF World Championships and the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.

Canada was able to win only four World Championships and no Winter Olympic Gold medals between 1954 and 1991 when the Soviet, Czechoslovakian, and Swedish teams dominated. This was in part because Canada's best professional players were unable to attend these events as they had commitments with their respective National Hockey League teams, although it is noted that in 1998 Canada had an all-NHL professional team and still failed to win a medal, losing to both the Czech Republic and Finland in their final two games. Prior to 1977, professionals were not allowed to play in these events. Before the emergence of the Soviet Union, Canada dominated hockey, winning six out of seven golds at the Olympics before 1956 and 13 world championship gold medals before 1961. Canada has a total of 574,125 players(1.76% of its population) and the current coach is Pat Quinn.

See also: Canadian national women's hockey team

Team Jersey
Association
Hockey Canada
Current Olympic/World Cup coach
Pat Quinn, 2002-
Current national team coach
Marc Habscheid 2004-
Most Games*
Ryan Smyth:50
Most Points*
Wayne Gretzky:68
First Game
Canada 8 - 1 Switzerland
(Les Avants, Switzerland; January 10, 1910)
Largest win
Canada 47 - 0 Denmark
(Stockholm, Sweden; February 12, 1949)
Largest defeat
Canada 1 - 11 Soviet Union
(Vienna, Austria; April 24, 1977)
Summit Series, Canada Cup and World Cup
Winners: 6- 1972, 1976, 1984, 1987, 1991, 2004
Olympics
Gold medalists: 7- 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002
World Championships
Gold medalists: 17- 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004
* Includes Professional ice hockey world championships and the 1998 and 2002 Olympics only
** Includes Olympics, World Championships, World Cups, Canada Cups, and Summit Series'

2006 World Championship Roster

Goaltenders 35 Alex Auld 30 Marc Denis

Defencemen 16 Trevor Daley 25 Micki DuPont 2   Dan Hamhuis 3   Stephane Robidas - A 55 Nick Schultz 5   Brent Seabrook 6   Brad Stuart

Forwards 37 Patrice Bergeron 26 Brad Boyes 19 Kyle Calder - A 13 Mike Cammalleri   7 Jeff Carter 89 Mike Comrie 87 Sidney Crosby - A 17 Scott Hartnell 12 Glen Metropolit 27 Matt Pettinger 18 Mike Richards 14 Brendan Shanahan - C 29 Jason Williams

2006 Olympic Roster

Goaltenders 30 Martin Brodeur 1 Roberto Luongo 35 Marty Turco

Defencemen 4 Rob Blake-A 3 Jay Bouwmeester* 52 Adam Foote 24 Bryan McCabe** 44 Chris Pronger-A 6 Wade Redden 28 Robyn Regehr

Forwards 14 Todd Bertuzzi 9 Shane Doan 33 Kris Draper 21 Simon Gagné-A 15 Dany Heatley 12 Jarome Iginla-A 40 Vincent Lecavalier 61 Rick Nash 39 Brad Richards 91 Joe Sakic-C 94 Ryan Smyth 26 Martin St. Louis 97 Joe Thornton

Reserves Dan Boyle*** Jason Spezza Eric Staal

*Was on the reserves replacing Bryan McCabe; replaced Scott Niedermayer

**Was on the reserves; replaced Ed Jovanovski

***Replaced Jay Bouwmeester who was on the reserves replacing Bryan McCabe

Former rosters

Main article: List of Canadian national hockey team rosters

Ed BelfourRob Blake - A Eric BrewerMartin BrodeurShane DoanKris DraperAdam Foote - A Simon GagnéDany HeatleyJarome Iginla - A Ed JovanovskiVincent LecavalierMario Lemieux - C Roberto LuongoKirk MaltbyPatrick MarleauBrenden MorrowScott NiedermayerChris ProngerWade ReddenRobyn RegehrBrad RichardsJoe Sakic - A Ryan SmythMartin St. LouisJose TheodoreJoe Thornton

Dan BoyleMartin BrodeurShane DoanKris DraperMike FisherSimon GagnéScott HannanDany HeatleyEd Jovanovski - A Roberto LuongoKirk MaltbyPatrick Marleau - A Brendan MorrisonBrenden MorrowRick NashChris PhillipsWade ReddenRobyn RegehrRyan Smyth - C Sheldon SourayJoe Thornton - A Marty TurcoScott Walker
2004 World Cup Roster 2005 World Championship Roster

Captains

See: List of Team Canada captains

Coaching history

Olympics
  1. Gordon Sigurjonson, 1920
  2. Frank Rankin, 1924
  3. Conn Smythe, 1928
  4. Jack Hughes, 1932
  5. Al Pudas, 1936
  6. Sgt. Frank Boucher, 1948
  7. Lou Holmes, 1952
  8. Bobby Bauer, 1956, 1960
  9. Father David Bauer, 1964
  10. Jackie McLeod, 1968
  11. Lorne Davis, Clare Drake, Tom Watt (co-coaches), 1980
  12. Dave King, 1984, 1988, 1992
  13. Tom Renney, 1994
  14. Marc Crawford, 1998
  15. Pat Quinn, 2002, 2006

Canada/World Cups

  1. Harry Sinden, 1972 Summit Series
  2. Scotty Bowman, 1976, 1981 Canada Cups
  3. Glen Sather, 1984 Canada Cup
  4. Mike Keenan, 1987 and 1991 Canada Cups
  5. Glen Sather, 1996 World Cup
  6. Pat Quinn, 2004 World Cup

World Championships since 1977

  1. Johnny Wilson, 1977
  2. Harry Howell, 1978
  3. Marshall Johnston, 1979
  4. Don Cherry, 1981
  5. Red Berenson, 1982
  6. Dave King, 1983
  7. Doug Carpenter, 1985
  8. Pat Quinn, 1986
  9. Dave King, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
  10. Mike Keenan, 1993
  11. George Kingston, 1994
  12. Tom Renney, 1995, 1996
  13. Andy Murray, 1997, 1998
  14. Mike Johnston, 1999
  15. Tom Renney, 2000
  16. Wayne Fleming, 2001, 2002
  17. Andy Murray, 2003
  18. Joel Quenneville, 2004
  19. Marc Habscheid, 2005, 2006

Olympic record

* Disputed see Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

Summit Series record

Canada Cup record

  • 1976 - Won championships
  • 1981 - Finished in 2nd place
  • 1984 - Won championships
  • 1987 - Won championships
  • 1991 - Won championships

World Cup of Hockey record

  • 1996 - Lost final
  • 2004 - Won the World Cup

World Championships record

Spengler Cup

Spengler Cup victories for Team Canada have occurred in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003.

External links

National ice hockey teams | Ice hockey in Canada

Kanadische Eishockeynationalmannschaft | Équipe du Canada de hockey sur glace | Kanadské národné hokejové mužstvo | Kanadas herrlandslag i ishockey

 

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