The 1976 Canada Cup was an international ice hockey tournament held September 2 to 15, 1976, in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Quebec City in Canada as well as in Philadelphia, in the United States. It was the first of five Canada Cup tournaments held between 1976 and 1991, organized by Alan Eagleson, and sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), Hockey Canada and the National Hockey League (NHL).
The six-team, round robin tournament ended with a best-of-three final between the top two teams. Canada finished atop the standings and defeated Czechoslovakia in the final in two consecutive games. Bobby Orr was named the most valuable player of the tournament, and Viktor Zhluktov was the leading scorer.
The Canada Cup was the first true best-on-best world championship in hockey history as it allowed any player to represent their team regardless of amateur or professional status. The hockey was both exciting and entertaining, with one of the games being declared "best game of all time" by fans. Bobby Orr and Lanny MacDonald both claimed that winning the Canada Cup was more important to them than their Stanley Cup wins. Consequently, it marked the end of Canada's six-year boycott of the IIHF. The success of the event paved the way for greater use of professional players in the World Championship and Winter Olympics.
The 1976CanadaCup was an international ice hockey tournament held September 2 to 15, 1976, in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg and Quebec City in...
The CanadaCup (French: Coupe Canada) was an invitational international ice hockey tournament held on five occasions between 1976 and 1991. The brainchild...
1976 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1975–76 season, and the culmination of the 1976 Stanley Cup...
The 1981 Labatt CanadaCup was the second best-on-best ice hockey world championship and involved the world's top six hockey nations. Tournament games...
to participate since the 1976CanadaCup, dubbed as the first real World Championship. There are 5 CanadaCups, 3 World Cups of Hockey, 5 Winter Olympics...
Stanley Cup playoffs. The World Cup of Hockey was preceded by the CanadaCup, which began in 1976 in a combined effort from Doug Fisher of Hockey Canada and...
together with the Canadian Soccer Association and the Mexican Football Federation, to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico...
Cup". TSN. February 7, 2006. Archived from the original on December 16, 2007. Retrieved July 15, 2006. Morrissey, Bob (October 27, 1976). "CanadaCup...
such as the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1988 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Winter Olympics, and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Most recently, Canada hosted the...
Stanley Cup championship (1975) NHL Goal Scoring Leader (1976) NHL Second All-Star Team (1976) Conn Smythe Trophy (1976) CanadaCup championship (1976) Played...
achievement of his career, he was the MVP of the 1976CanadaCup international hockey tournament. In 1976, Orr left Boston as a free agent to join the Black...
Events from the year 1976 in Canada. Monarch – Elizabeth II Governor General – Jules Léger Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau Chief Justice – Bora Laskin...
Challenge Cup, the trophy was donated in 1892 by Lord Stanley of Preston, then–Governor General of Canada, initially as a "challenge trophy" for Canada's top-ranking...
scores the winning goal in the 1976CanadaCup for Canada to win over Czechoslovakia in overtime, to win the first CanadaCup in ice hockey. September 16...
tournament winning overtime goal of the inaugural 1976CanadaCup, and he was director of player personnel of Canada's 2004 World Championship winning team. The...
of Canada Lord Stanley of Preston in 1892, and is the oldest professional sports trophy in North America. Inscribed the Dominion Hockey Challenge Cup, the...
Summit Series, he did play for Team Canada in the 1976CanadaCup and the 1981 CanadaCup. For the 1976CanadaCup, his linemates were Bobby Hull and Phil...
Bowman has coached the Canada men's national ice hockey team at the international level twice in his career. In the 1976CanadaCup his team won gold over...
Internationally Nyrop played for the American national team at the 1976CanadaCup, where he served as captain. Nyrop was born in Washington, D.C., and...
Olympic Games held in Canada in which the host city's NHL team won the Stanley Cup the proceeding year. Montreal hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics and the...
The 1984 Labatt CanadaCup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played during the first three weeks of September 1984. The best-of-three...
following teams and drivers contested the 1976 World Championship of Drivers and the 1976 International Cup for Formula 1 Manufacturers. Despite the success...
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