The 1984 Canada Cup Tournament
The 1984 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three final took place between Canada and Sweden, with Canada winning a two game sweep. Canadian forward John Tonelli was named the tournament's most valuable player. The Canadian team was a disappointing 2–2–1 in the round-robin. In one semifinal, fourth place Canada faced first-place USSR, who were a perfect 5–0 in the round-robin defeated the USSR 2 to 1 in overtime. In the other semi-final, Sweden scored on its first four shots on goal and cruised to a stunning 9–2 victory over the United States. The Americans had beaten Sweden 7–1 in the round robin and had looked very impressive prior to collapsing in this game. Canada won Game 1 of the final 5–2. In Game 2, they built up a commanding 5–0 lead in the first period before Sweden mounted a comeback that fell just short. The final score was 6–5. |
World Hockey Main Page 1976 Canada Cup Recap |
Round Robin Standings | |||||||
Country | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
USSR | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 |
USA | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 7 |
Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 6 |
Canada | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 5 |
West Germany | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 1 |
CSSR | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 1 |
Semi Finals | ||
Date
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Venue
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Game
Results
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September
12
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Edmonton
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Sweden 9, USA 2
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September
13
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Calgary
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Canada 3, USSR 2 (Overtime)
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Final | ||
September
16
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Calgary
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Canada 5, Sweden 2
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September
18 |
Edmonton |
Canada 6, Sweden 5 |
Leading Scorers | ||||||
Player | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
Wayne Gretzky | Canada | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
Michel Goulet | Canada | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
Paul Coffey | Canada | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
Kent Nilsson | Sweden | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
Hakan Loob | Sweden | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
Mike Bossy | Canada | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
John Tonelli | Canada | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
Thomas Steen | Sweden | 8 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Rick Middleton | Canada | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Vladimir Krutov | USSR | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
Goaltending Leaders | |||||||||
Goaltender | Team | GP | MINS | GA | SO | AVG. | W | L | T |
Vladimir Myshkin | USSR | 4 | 252 | 6 | 1 | 1.43 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Pete Peeters | Canada | 4 | 234 | 13 | 0 | 3.33 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Tournament MVP - John Tonelli, Canada
All Star Team
G - Vladimir Myshkin, USSR
D - Paul Coffey, Can
D - Rod Langway, USA
F - Wayne Gretzky, CAN
F - Sergei Makarov, USSR
F - John Tonelli, CAN