1976 Canada Cup
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The 1976 Canada Cup was the inaugural international best-on-best ice hockey tournament featuring top players from major hockey nations, held in Canada and organized by the NHL and Hockey Canada.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1976 Canada Cup games | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canada Cup
ⓘ
international ice hockey tournament ⓘ |
| bestOnBest | true ⓘ |
| captainOfChampionTeam | Bobby Clarke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| champion | Canada national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| edition | inaugural Canada Cup tournament ⓘ |
| endDate | 1976-09-15 ⓘ |
| featuredPlayersFrom |
National Hockey League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Hockey Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| finalGameScore |
Canada 5–0 Czechoslovakia (Game 2)
ⓘ
Canada 5–4 Czechoslovakia (Game 1) ⓘ |
| finalSeriesResult | Canada 2–0 Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| followedBy | 1981 Canada Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gameType | full NHL rules ⓘ |
| governingBodyInvolvement | International Ice Hockey Federation not directly organizing ⓘ |
| hostArena |
Maple Leaf Gardens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montreal Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCity |
Montreal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCountry | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iceSurface | North American-sized rink ⓘ |
| mostValuablePlayer | Bobby Orr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePlayer |
Bobby Orr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boris Mikhailov NERFINISHED ⓘ Darryl Sittler NERFINISHED ⓘ Guy Lafleur NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Esposito NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimír Dzurilla NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimír Martinec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 6 ⓘ |
| organizer |
Hockey Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Hockey League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatingTeam |
Canada national ice hockey team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Finland national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ United States national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Summit Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runnerUp | Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance | first major international tournament with full participation of NHL professionals ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startDate | 1976-09-02 ⓘ |
| topScorer | Vladimír Martinec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tournamentFormat |
best-of-three final
ⓘ
round-robin preliminary round ⓘ |
| trophy | Canada Cup trophy ⓘ |
| year | 1976 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
1976 Canada Cup games