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The 1987 Canada Cup was a Professional Ice Hockey World Championships series in 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 , 1987 and Hamilton, Ontario on September 13 , and September 15 1987 and were won by Team Canada . The tournament is considered by many to be the best exhibition of hockey in history, with the greatest players in the world playing very exciting hockey.


ROSTERS


Canada

Forwards and Defense: Glenn Anderson , Dale Hawerchuk , Mark Messier , Mike Gartner , Kevin Dineen , Michel Goulet , Brent Sutter , Rick Tocchet , Brian Propp , Doug Gilmour , Claude Lemieux , Mario Lemieux , Wayne Gretzky , Doug Crossman , Craig Hartsburg , Normand Rochefort , James Patrick , Raymond Bourque , Larry Murphy , Paul Coffey

Goaltenders: Ron Hextall , Kelly Hrudey , Grant Fuhr

Coaches: Mike Keenan , John Muckler , Jean Perron , Tom Watt


Czechoslovakia

Forwards and Defense: Petr Rosol , Igor Liba , Jan Jasko , Jiri Kucera , Jiri Dolezal , Vladimir Ruzicka , Ladislav Lubina , David Volek , Petr Vlk , Dusan Pasek , Jiri Sejba , Jiri Hrdina , Rostislav Vlach , Miloslav Horava , Drahomir Kadlec , Ludek Cajka , Bedrich Scerban , Jaroslav Benák , Antonin Stavjana , Mojmir Bozik

Goaltenders: Petr Briza , Dominik Hasek , Jaromir Sindel

Coaches: Dr. Ján Starsi , Frantisek Pospisil


Finland

Forwards and Defense: Timo Blomqvist , Jari Gronstrand , Matti Hagman , Raimo Helminen , Iiro Jarvi , Timo Jutila , Jari Kurri , Markku Kyllonen , Mikko Makela , Jouko Narvanmaa , Teppo Numminen , Janne Ojanen , Reijo Ruotsalainen , Christian Ruuttu , Jukka Seppo , Ville Siren , Petri Skriko , Raimo Summanen , Esa Tikkanen , Hannu Virta

Goaltenders: Jarmo Myllys , Kari Takko , Jukka Tammi

Coaches: Rauno Korpi , Juhani Tamminen


Sweden

Forwards and Defense: Tommy Albelin , Mikael Andersson , Peter Andersson , Jonas Bergqvist , Anders Carlsson , Thom Eklund , Anders Eldebrink , Peter Eriksson , Bengt-Ake Gustafsson , Tomas Jonsson , Lars Karlsson , Mats Naslund , Kent Nilsson , Lars-Gunnar Pettersson , Magnus Roupe , Thomas Rundqvist , Tommy Samuelsson , Hakan Sodergren , Peter Sundstorm , Mikael Thelven

Goaltenders: Anders Bergman , Ake Lilljebjorn , Peter Lindmark

Coaches: Tommy Sandlin , Curt Lindstrom , Ingvar Carlsten


USA

Forwards and Defense: Joe Mullen , Curt Fraser , Corey Millen , Aaron Broten , Kelly Miller , Mark Johnson , Bob Brooke , Wayne Presley , Pat Lafontaine , Bobby Carpenter , Ed Olczyk , Joel Otto , Chris Nilan , Dave Ellett , Mike Ramsey , Kevin Hatcher , Rod Langway , Phil Housley , Gary Suter , Chris Chelios

Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso , Bob Mason , John Vanbiesbrouck

Coaches: Bob Johnson , Ted Sator , Doug Wood


USSR

Forwards and Defense: Vyacheslav Fetisov , Alexei Gusarov , Igor Stelnov , Vasily Pervukhin , Mikhail Tatarinov , Alexei Kasatonov , Sergei Starikov , Anatoly Fedotov , Igor Kravchuk , Andrei Chistiakov , Yuri Khmylev , Vladimir Krutov , Andrei Lomakin , Igor Larionov , Valeri Kamensky , Andrei Khomutov , Sergei Svetlov , Alexander Semak , Sergei Karin , Sergei Nemchinov , Sergei Makarov , Vyacheslav Bykov , Gerhan Volgin , Anatoly Semenov , Mikhail Krvetz

Goaltenders: Vitali Samoilov , Sergei Mylnikov , Evgeny Belosheikin

Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov , Igor Dmitriev (ice-hockey Coach)


ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS



GAME SCORES


Round-Robin







Semi-finals



Final (best of 3)



Three thrilling 6-5 games decided the '87 Canada Cup. After the Soviets won Game 1, Gretzky's 5th assist set up Mario Lemieux's Hat Trick goal, which ended Game 2 in double overtime, as Canada evened the series. Game 2 is considered one of the finest hockey games ever played. With time running out in regulation in Game 3, and after coming back from a 3-0 deficit, Team Canada coach Mike Keenan sent the Gretzky/Lemieux/Hawerchuk line out to play, with a faceoff in Canada's end. The rest is history as Gretzky, Lemieux and Larry Murphy would rush down the ice, with Gretzky skating on left wing, setting up Lemieux's point blank game-winner in the slot with 1:26 left in the game. The Gretzky to Lemieux play is one of the most memorable plays in hockey history.


STAT LEADERS


Points



Goals



Assists



PIM



Goaltender Wins



Goaltender Save Percentage

  • minimum 120 minutes played



Goaltender Goals Against Average

  • minimum 120 minutes played


''All numbers in bold represent that was tournament high''


TROPHIES AND AWARDS


Tournament Champion



Tournament MVP



All-star team



SEE ALSO



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