Canada men's national ice hockey team
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The Canadian National Men's Ice Hockey Team (also known as Team Canada) is the ice hockey team for Canada. The team is run by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963 Canada did not have one national hockey team. Instead, several senior amateur club teams played for Canada . Canada's national men's team was created in 1963 by Father David Bauer as a part of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. This team played out of the University of British Columbia.[2] During the 1972 Summit Series, the name "Team Canada" was first used.
Nickname(s) | Team Canada (Équipe du Canada) |
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Association | Hockey Canada |
General Manager | Jim Nill |
Head coach | Todd McLellan |
Assistants | Peter Bill Peters Jay Woodcroft |
Captain | Sidney Crosby |
Most games | Brad Schlegel (304) |
Most points | Cliff Ronning (156) |
IIHF code | CAN |
IIHF ranking | 1 3 (May 2015)[1] |
Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (2003–2005, 2008, February 2010) |
Lowest IIHF ranking | 5 (2012–2013) |
Team colors | |
First international | |
Canada 8–1 Switzerland (Les Avants, Switzerland; January 10, 1910) | |
Biggest win | |
Canada 47–0 Denmark (Stockholm, Sweden; February 12, 1949) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Soviet Union 11–1 Canada (Vienna, Austria; April 24, 1977) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 67 (first in 1920) |
Best result | Gold: 26 – 1920, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016 |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 21 (first in 1920) |
Medals | Gold: 9 – 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002, 2010, 2014 Silver: 4 – 1936, 1960, 1992, 1994 |
International record (W–L–T) | |
918–424–132 |
Medal record | ||
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Olympic Games | ||
1920 Antwerp | Team | |
1924 Chamonix | Team | |
1928 St. Moritz | Team | |
1932 Lake Placid | Team | |
1948 St. Moritz | Team | |
1952 Oslo | Team | |
2002 Salt Lake City | Team | |
2010 Vancouver | Team | |
2014 Sochi | Team | |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Team | |
1960 Squaw Valley | Team | |
1992 Albertville | Team | |
1994 Lillehammer | Team | |
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Team | |
1968 Grenoble | Team | |
World Championships | ||
1920 Antwerp | Team | |
1924 Chamonix | Team | |
1928 St. Moritz | Team | |
1930 Austria/France/Germany | Team | |
1931 Poland | Team | |
1932 Lake Placid | Team | |
1934 Italy | Team | |
1935 Switzerland | Team | |
1937 Great Britain | Team | |
1938 Czechoslovakia | Team | |
1939 Switzerland | Team | |
1948 St. Moritz | Team | |
1950 Great Britain | Team | |
1951 France | Team | |
1952 Oslo | Team | |
1955 West Germany | Team | |
1958 Norway | Team | |
1959 Czechoslovakia | Team | |
1961 Switzerland | Team | |
1994 Italy | Team | |
1997 Finland | Team | |
2003 Finland | Team | |
2004 Czech Republic | Team | |
2007 Russia | Team | |
1933 Czechoslovakia | Team | |
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Team | |
1949 Sweden | Team | |
1954 Sweden | Team | |
1960 Squaw Valley | Team | |
1962 United States | Team | |
1985 Czechoslovakia | Team | |
1989 Sweden | Team | |
1991 Finland | Team | |
1996 Austria | Team | |
2005 Austria | Team | |
2008 Canada | Team | |
2009 Switzerland | Team | |
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | Team | |
1966 Yugoslavia | Team | |
1967 Austria | Team | |
1978 Czechoslovakia | Team | |
1982 Finland | Team | |
1983 West Germany | Team | |
1986 Soviet Union | Team | |
1995 Sweden | Team | |
Winter Universiade | ||
1981 Jaca | Team | |
1991 Sapporo | Team | |
2007 Turin | Team | |
2013 Trentino | Team | |
1972 Lake Placid | Team | |
2001 Zakopane | Team | |
2009 Harbin | Team | |
1968 Innsbruck | Team | |
1987 Štrbské Pleso | Team | |
1997 Muju-Jeonju | Team | |
1999 Poprad-Tatry | Team | |
2003 Tarvisio | Team | |
2011 Erzurum | Team |
Team Canada has been one of the leading national ice hockey teams playing around the world. They won the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups since 1976, nine Olympic gold medals (the most of any hockey nation); Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014. They are 25-time IIHF World Champions and winner of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.