1981 Canada Cup

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The 1981 Canada Cup was the second such professional ice hockey world championship. This time the format was a little different. After all the teams played each other to decide the standings, the top four teams advanced to the semi-finals. The two winners, USSR and Canada, met in the final where the host country suffered one of the worst defeats in its hockey history.

Contents 1 Rosters 1.1 Canada 1.2 Czechoslovakia 1.3 Finland 1.4 Sweden 1.5 USA 1.6 USSR 2 Round Robin Standings 3 Game Scores 3.1 Round-Robin 3.2 Semi-Finals 3.3 Final 4 Player Stats 4.1 Points Leaders 4.2 Goaltender Wins 5 Trophies and Awards 5.1 Tournament Champion 5.2 Tournament MVP 5.3 All-star team 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Rosters

[edit] Canada

Forwards and Defense: Barry Beck, Raymond Bourque, Mike Bossy, Marcel Dionne, Ron Duguay, Brian Engblom, Clark Gillies, Danny Gare, Bob Gainey, Robert Goring, Wayne Gretzky, Craig Hartsburg, Guy Lafleur, Ken Linseman, Rick Middleton, Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin, Paul Reinhart, Larry Robinson, Bryan Trottier
Goaltenders: Mike Liut, Billy Smith, Don Edwards
Coaches: Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Pagé

[edit] Czechoslovakia

Forwards and Defense: Frantisek Cernik, Milan Chalupa, Jiri Dudacek, Miroslav Dvorak, Stanislav Hajdusek, Miloslav Horava, Arnold Kadlec, Jindrich Kokrment, Jaroslav Korbela, Norbert Kral, Jiri Lala, Jan Neliba, Milan Novy, Dusan Pasek, Lubomir Penicka, Jaroslav Pouzar, Pavel Richter, Darius Rusnak, Radoslav Svoboda, Oldrich Valek
Goaltenders: Karel Lang, Jiri Kralik
Coaches: Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesel

[edit] Finland

Forwards and Defense: Pekka Arbelius, Matti Hagman, Raimo Hirvonen, Juha Huikari, Kari Jalonen, Arto Javanainen, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Markku Kiimalainen, Jari Kurri, Mikko Leinonen, Tapio Levo, Kari Makkonen, Timo Nummelin, Jukka Porvari, Pekka Rautakallio, Reijo Ruotsalaine, Jorma Sevon, Risto Siltanen, Ilkka Sinisalo, Juha Tuohimaa
Goaltenders: Hannu Lassila, Markus Mattsson
Coaches: Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen

[edit] Sweden

Forwards and Defense: Kent-Erik Andersson, Thomas Eriksson, Jan Erixon, Thomas Gradin, Anders Hakansson, Anders Hedberg, Peter Helander, Tomas Jonsson, Anders Kallur, Lars Lindgren, Bengt Lundholm, Lars Molin, Kent Nilsson, Lars Molin, Ulf Nilsson, Stefan Persson, Jorgen Pettersson, Borje Salming, Thomas Steen, Patrik Sundstrom, Mats Waltin
Goaltenders: Peter Lindmark, Pelle Lindbergh
Coaches: Leif Boork, Curt Lindström

[edit] USA

Forwards and Defense: Bill Baker, Neal Broten, Dave Christian, Steve Christoff, Richie Dunn, Mike Eaves, Robbie Ftorek, Tom Gorence, Mark Howe, Mark Johnson, Dave Langevin, Rod Langway, Reed Larson, Rob McClanahan, Bob Miller, Warren Miller, Ken Morrow, Mike O'Connell, Dean Talafous, Tom Younghans
Goaltenders: Tony Esposito, Steve Baker
Coaches: Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith

[edit] USSR

Forwards and Defense: Sergei Babinov, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Nikolai Drozdetsky, Viacheslav Fetisov, Irek Gimayev, Vladimir Golikov, Sergei Kapustin, Alexei Kasatonov, Andrei Khomutov, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Alexander Maltsev, Vasili Pervukhin, Viktor Shalimov, Sergei Shepelev, Alexander Skvortsov, Valeri Vasiliev, Viktor Zhluktov, Vladimir Zubkov
Goaltenders: Vladislav Tretiak, Vladimir Myshkin
Coaches: Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov

[edit] Round Robin Standings

	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Team Canada	5	4	0	1	9
Team USSR	5	3	1	1	7
Team Czechoslovakia	5	2	1	2	6
Team USA	5	2	2	1	5
Team Sweden	5	1	4	0	2
Team Finland	5	0	4	1	1

[edit] Game Scores

[edit] Round-Robin

Location	Result
Edmonton, Sept. 01, 1981	USA 3 Sweden 1
Winnipeg, Sept. 01, 1981	CSSR 1 USSR 1
Edmonton, Sept. 01, 1981	Canada 9 Finland 0
Edmonton, Sept. 03, 1981	CSSR 7 Finland 1
Winnipeg, Sept. 03, 1981	USSR 6 Sweden 3
Edmonton, Sept. 03, 1981	Canada 8 USA 3
Winnipeg, Sept. 05, 1981	Sweden 5 Finland 0
Edmonton, Sept. 05, 1981	USSR 4 USA 1
Winnipeg, Sept. 05, 1981	Canada 4 CSSR 4
Montreal, Sept. 07, 1981	Canada 4 Sweden 3
Winnipeg, Sept. 07, 1981	USSR 6 Finland 1
Montreal, Sept. 07, 1981	USA 6 CSSR 2
Montreal, Sept. 09, 1981	Finland 4 USA 4
Ottawa, Sept. 09, 1981	CSSR 7 Sweden 1
Montreal, Sept. 09, 1981	Canada 7 USSR 3

[edit] Semi-Finals

Location	Result
Ottawa, Sept. 11, 1981	USSR 4 CSSR 1
Montreal, Sept. 11, 1981	Canada 4 USA 1

[edit] Final

Location	Result
Montreal, Sept. 13, 1981	USSR 8 Canada 1

[edit] Player Stats

[edit] Points Leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts
Wayne Gretzky	7	5	7	12
Mike Bossy	7	8	3	11
Bryan Trottier	7	3	8	11
Guy Lafleur	7	2	9	11
Alexei Kasatonov	7	1	10	11
Gilbert Perreault	4	3	6	9
Sergei Makarov	7	3	6	9
Sergei Shepelev	7	6	2	8
Vladimir Krutov	7	4	4	8
Viacheslav Fetisov	7	1	7	8

[edit] Goaltender Wins

Player	GP	W	L	T	GAA
Vladislav Tretiak	6	5	0	1	1.33
Mike Liut	6	4	1	1	3.17
Tony Esposito	4	2	2	0	3.80
Karel Lang	5	2	1	2	2.34
Peter Lindmark	4	1	3	0	3.17

[edit] Trophies and Awards

[edit] Tournament Champion

• Team USSR

[edit] Tournament MVP

• Vladislav Tretiak, USSR

[edit] All-star team

• Goaltender: Vladislav Tretiak, USSR
• Defence: Arnold Kadlec, CSSR; Alexei Kasatonov, USSR
• Forwards: Mike Bossy, Canada; Gilbert Perreault, Canada; Sergei Shepelev, USSR

[edit] See also

• Summit Series
• Canada Cup
• World Cup of Hockey

[edit] External links

• Hockey Canada Tournament Summaries