SOVIET UNION

CANADA CUP CHAMPIONS

1981 Sergei Babinov, Zinetula Bilyletdinov, Nikolai Drozdetsky, Viacheslav Fetisov, Irek Gimayev, Vlaimir Golikov, Sergei Kapustin, Alexei Kasatonov, Andrei Khomutov, Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov, Sergei Makarov, Vladimir Myshkin, Vasili Pervukhin, Viktor Shalimov, Sergei Shepelev, Aleksandr Skvortsov, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Vasiliev CAPTAIN, Viktor Zhluktov, Vladimir Zubkov Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov

CO-COACHES

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1981 CANADA CUP Tuesday, September 1

1400 h mt

SWEDEN 1 v. UNITED STATES 3

Tuesday, September 1

1600 h ct

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 v. SOVIET UNION 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. UNITED STATES, Reed Larson 1 (Richie Dunn) 7:22 2. UNITED STATES, Dave Christian 1 (Tom Gorence, Richie Dunn) 12:18 GWG Penalties ― Hakansson S B. Miller U 0:51, Langevin U 3:36, U. Nilsson S Langway U 4:23, Helander S Christian U 6:56, Gorence U 12:30

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― Rusnak C 0:38, Larionov U (double minor) 1:34, Kapustin U (served by Khomutov) 7:25, Hajdusek C 13:06, Kasatonov U 13:29, Vasiliev U 17:45

SECOND PERIOD 3. SWEDEN, Thomas Gradin 1 (Anders Kallur, Tomas Jonsson) 5:47

SECOND PERIOD 1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Milan Novy 1 (Pavel Richter, Jiri Dudacek) 1:57 GTG 2. SOVIET UNION, Nikolai Drozdetski 1 (Alexander Maltsev) 9:34 GTG

Penalties ― K. Nilsson S 10:37, Lindmark S (served by Sundstrom) 11:24, B. Miller U 11:40, Helander S 16:19, Christoff U 17:48

Penalties ― Pouzar C Khomutov U 10:28, Horava C 15:37, Lang C (served by Penicka) 19:20 THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING

THIRD PERIOD 4. UNITED STATES, Mike O’Connell 1 (unassisted) 4:39 Penalties ― Shepelev U 15:30, Svoboda C 19:08

Penalties ― Eaves U 12:19

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 11 8 5 24 SOVIET UNION 5 6 5 16 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Lang; SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak

Shots on goal by SWEDEN 10 7 12 29 UNITED STATES 8 7 9 24 SWEDEN, Peter Lindmark; UNITED STATES, Tony Esposito Power play: SWE ― 0 for 5, USA ― 0 for 3 Coaches: SWEDEN, Anders Parmstrom; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith 4 500 (estimated) at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton    

Power play: TCH ― 0 for 6, USSR ― 0 for 5 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesely; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov 3 516 at Winnipeg Arena 

“We had a very nervous start but Tony held us together until we got in gear,” said USA coach Bob Johnson. “We didn’t skate as well as we can but we played strongly in our zone and we took advantage of our scoring chances.” “We were fortunate because both teams seemed a little tight and nervous at the start but we were able to get the lead,” said USA netminder Tony Esposito. “The Swedes got a little stronger as the game went along and seemed to be coming on when we got the third goal to kill them off a little.” Team USA netminder Tony Esposito, born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, obtained his American citizenship in time to attend USA’s training camp Team USA forward Paul Holmgren suffered a separated shoulder in the American’s first exhibition game and did not play in this tournament

Tuesday, September 1

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“Naturally, I’m disappointed,” Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov said. “Especially with our game in the first period. We had a lot of chances.” Asked if he thought his team took the Czechs too lightly, Tikhonov answered, “I think you are right.” “We are trying to build a team, but it is not easy after Lake Placid (1980 Olympics) and the World Championships in Gothenberg,” said Czech coach Ludek Bukac. “We have to start from the beginning. It is probably one of the youngest teams in the Canada Cup.” Czechs have only five returning players who skated for the squad in the 1976 Canada Cup Final

Thursday, September 3

1800 h mt

1400 h mt

CANADA 9 v. FINLAND 0

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 7 v. FINLAND 1

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Mike Bossy 1 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier) 16:43 PPG GWG

FIRST PERIOD 1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Pavel Richter 1 (unassisted) 10:46 PPG 2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Lala 1 (Jindrich Kokrment) 15:49 GWG 3. FINLAND, Matti Hagman 1 (Risto Siltanen) 16:49

Penalties ― Engblom C 8:56, Arbelius F 12:42, Hagman F 16:38 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

CANADA, CANADA, CANADA, CANADA, CANADA,

SECOND PERIOD Wayne Gretzky 1 (Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault) 1:50 Ray Bourque 1 (Gilbert Perreault, Guy Lafleur) 5:32 Danny Gare 1 (Gilbert Perreault, Wayne Gretzky) 12:25 Mike Bossy 2 (Bryan Trottier, Bob Gainey) 18:46 Wayne Gretzky 2 (Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault) 19:54

Penalties ― Novy C 1:24, Sevon F 9:25, Hirvonen F 12:24 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― Richter C 10:50, Javanainen F 11:44, Rusnak C 16:30

Penalties ― Potvin C 7:23 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Penalties ― Hartsburg C 8:58, Huikari F Goring C 15:34

Penalties ― Dudacek C Huikari F 7:33, Siltanen F 7:54

Shots on goal by CANADA 11 17 14 42 FINLAND 8 7 9 24 CANADA, Mike Liut; FINLAND, Markus Mattsson

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 15 11 26 53 FINLAND 6 3 8 17 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Lang; FINLAND, Hannu Lassila

Power play: CAN ― 1 for 2, FIN ― 0 for 3 Coaches: CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page; FINLAND, Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen 8 991 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton

Power play: TCH ― 2 for 4, FIN ― 0 for 3 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesely; FINLAND, Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen 5 103 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton

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D Denis Potvin and D Larry Robinson were named co-captains for Team Canada…wearing the “C” in alternating games Team Canada kept the New York Islanders’ line of Bossy-Trottier-Gillies in tact to begin this tournament F Gilbert Perreault CAN was named Canada’s player of the game “The Finns had four guys lined up across their blueline and that made it very difficult for us to get into their zone and cause trouble,” Wayne Gretzky (who played with RW Guy Lafleur and LW Gilbert Perreault) said. “Then, when we got a couple of goals, they had to go on the attack a little more and we were able to get on top of them in their zone much more easily.” Canada’s other two lines were Butch Goring-Ron Duguay-Bob Gainey and Marcel Dionne-Rick Middleton-Danny Gare. D Paul Reinhart and F Ken Linseman did not dress for Canada.

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA,

THIRD PERIOD Miroslav Horava 1 (Milan Novy, Pavel Richter) 1:35 Norbert Kral 1 (Lubomir Penicka, Jiri Lala) 5:13 Arnold Kadlec 1 (Hajdusek, Jindrich Kokrment) 7:38 Jiri Lala 2 (Jindrich Kokrment, Arnold Kadlec) 9:45 PPG Darius Rusnak 1 (Milan Chalupa) 13:31

THIRD PERIOD 7. CANADA, Bryan Trottier 1 (Mike Bossy, Clark Gillies) 0:48 8. CANADA, Butch Goring 1 (Denis Potvin) 3:18 9. CANADA, Clark Gillies 1 (Ron Duguay, Bryan Trottier) 7:56

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Through two tournament games, Finland has scored just once, and allowed 16 “We played even with them for two periods and then in the third, we just gave them too much space in our zone,” said Finnish coach Kalevi Numminen. “We have played two very bad games here so there’s nothing we can say except to congratulate the Czech team.”

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1981 CANADA CUP Thursday, September 3

1600 h ct

SWEDEN 3 v. SOVIET UNION 6 FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Kapustin 1 (Viacheslav Fetisov) 9:21 2. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Makarov 1 (Igor Larionov, Vladimir Krutov) 15:07 PPG Penalties ― Gradin S 0:57, Lindgren S 8:02, Salming S 13:23, Pervukhin U 16:20 SECOND PERIOD 3. SWEDEN, Anders Hakansson 1 (Kent Nilsson) 2:34 4. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Kapustin 2 (Viktor Shalimov, Sergei Babinov) 15:38 5. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 1 (Ulf Nilsson, Lars Molin) 16:15 Penalties ― Sundstrom S Krutov U 13:56, Hakansson S Shalimov U 18:01 6. 7. 8. 9.

THIRD PERIOD SOVIET UNION, Alexei Kasatonov 1 (Viacheslav Fetisov) 9:28 PPG GWG SWEDEN, Lars Molin 1 (unassisted) 10:56 SOVIET UNION, Alexander Maltsev 1 (Vasili Pervukhin) 15:28 SHG SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Krutov 1 (Sergei Makarov, Alexei Kasatonov) 17:25 PPG

Penalties ― Sweden bench (served by Erixon) Krutov U 4:38, Helander S Zhluktov U 8:25, Waltin S 9:07, Larionov U 13:51, Salming S 16:15, Shepelev U 18:58

Power play: SWE ― 0 for 3, USSR ― 3 for 5 Coaches: SWEDEN, Anders Parmstrom; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov 3 318 at Winnipeg Arena

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“You can’t afford to take all those penalties against the Russians because it’s just a matter of time until they score,” said Sweden’s Anders Kallur. “I think what happened when they lost their confidence on the power play against Canada (in an exhibition game) because the penalty killing with Butch Goring and Bob Gainey was so good, and it took a while for them to get it back. But if you think today was bad, you should see them go 5-on-4 on the big ice surface in Europe. There, it’s just incredible.” Following the game, Sweden’s Anders Kallur, Tomas Jonsson and Borje Salming chased after American referee Bob Henry, upset about the game’s officiating. Sweden captain Anders Hedberg moved his teammates away from the ref before things got too heated.

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur) 3:43 2. UNITED STATES, Steve Christoff 1 (unassisted) 5:01 Penalties ― Trottier C 0:26, Howe U 5:48, Gillies C 10:49, Bourque C 16:55 SECOND PERIOD 3. CANADA Wayne Gretzky 3 (Danny Gare) 2:25 4. CANADA, Marcel Dionne 1 (Danny Gare, Denis Potvin) 7:16 Penalties ― United States bench (served by Talafous) 12:44, Larson U 16:18, Langevin U 19:24 THIRD PERIOD 5. UNITED STATES, Dean Talafous 1 (Neal Broten) 4:04 PPG 6. UNITED STATES, Mark Johnson 1 (Mike O’Connell, Mike Eaves) 4:53 7. CANADA, Mike Bossy 3 (Wayne Gretzky, Rick Middleton) 10:55 PPG GWG 8. CANADA, Bryan Trottier 2 (Danny Gare, Ray Bourque) 11:46 9. CANADA, Wayne Gretzky 4 (Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault) 13:25 10. CANADA, Bryan Trottier 3 (Clark Gillies, Mike Bossy) 15:15 11. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 2 (Craig Hartsburg, Ray Bourque) 16:40

Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 8 10 13 31 CANADA 9 11 16 36 UNITED STATES, Tony Esposito; CANADA, Mike Liut Power play: USA ― 1 for 7, CAN ― 1 for 5 Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page 11 348 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton    

Saturday, September 5

1800 h mt

UNITED STATES 3 v. CANADA 8

Penalties ― Dionne C 0:56, Trottier C 3:55, Goring C 7:28, O’Connell U 9:40, Robinson C 18:00

Shots on goal by SWEDEN 5 12 7 24 SOVIET UNION 9 9 16 34 SWEDEN, Pelle Lindbergh; SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak

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Thursday, September 3

“That Canadian attack is just dynamite; that’s the only word for it,” said American netminder Tony Esposito. “When those forwards get on the prowl around the net, they’re murder. Every guy they turn loose not only has a scoring touch but great quickness.” C Wayne Gretzky CAN now has seven points in two tournament games and is tied for the Canada Cup scoring lead with teammate Gilbert Perreault “We looked for a close game from the USA this time,” said Team Canada head coach Scotty Bowman. “Since (the 1976 Canada Cup), U.S. players have flocked to the NHL and their team won the Olympics in ’80 so their team has improved an enormous amount in five years.” C Wayne Gretzky CAN and D Rod Langway USA were named players of the game

Saturday, September 5

1400 h ct

1400 h mt

FINLAND 0 v. SWEDEN 5

UNITED STATES 1 v. SOVIET UNION 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 2 (Ulf Nilsson, Helander) 3:46 GWG

FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Igor Larionov 1 (Viacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov) 15:34 PPG

Penalties ― Levo F 0:28, Hagman F Salming S 4:23, Ketola F 7:41, K. Nilsson S 9:32, Sundstrom S 10:34, Ketola F Jonsson S 16:13, Tuohlmaa F Finland bench (served by Sevon) 17:03

Penalties ― Morrow USA 3:34, Pervukhin URS 12:58, Langevin USA 14:56, Pervukhin URS 16:03

SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING

SECOND PERIOD 2. UNITED STATES, Neal Broten 1 (Mark Howe, Dean Talafous) 1:57 3. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 1 (Viacheslav Fetisov) 2:52 GWG 4. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Krutov 2 (Sergei Makarov, Sergei Babinov) 3:55

Penalties ― Jonsson S 7:44, Sinisalo F 9:02 2. 3. 4. 5.

SWEDEN, SWEDEN, SWEDEN, SWEDEN,

THIRD PERIOD Anders Kallur 1 (Thomas Gradin, Kent Nilsson) 6:09 Ulf Nilsson 1 (Lars Molin, Anders Hedberg) 8:21 Anders Kallur 2 (Borje Salming, Anders Hakansson) 10:40 Bengt Lundholm 1 (Patrik Sundstrom, Kent-Erik Andersson) 17:57

Penalties ― Morrow USA 12:17, Fetisov URS 12:27, Kasatonov URS 15:24 THIRD PERIOD 5. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Golikov 1 (Nikolai Drozdetsky) 8:07 Penalties ― B. Miller USA Bilyaletdinov URS 13:23

Penalties ― Ruotsalainen F Gradin S 9:34 Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 12 8 5 25 SOVIET UNION 12 7 14 33 UNITED STATES, Tony Esposito; SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak

Shots on goal by FINLAND 10 8 10 28 SWEDEN 13 8 11 32 FINLAND, Hannu Lassila; SWEDEN, Peter Lindmark Power play: FIN ― 0 for 3, SWE ― 0 for 5 Coaches: FINLAND, Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen; SWEDEN, Anders Parmstrom 3 698 at Winnipeg Arena  

“They’ve lost 9-0 to Canada and 7-1 to the Czechs…what is there to be encouraged about when you beat them 5-0? asked Sweden’s captain Anders Hedberg. Sweden has not scored a power-play goal in 13 chances in this tournament

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Power play: USA ― 0 for 4, USSR ― 1 for 3 Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov 13 482 at Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton  

“My kingdom for a sniper,” said USA general manager Lou Nanne. “There isn’t a gifted , natural goal scorer, a guy with a Wayne Gretzky or Mike Bossy or Guy Lafleur touch around the net, in U.S. hockey. If there were, he’d certainly be here.” “I know people have pointed to this game as some sort of an Olympic re-match,” said Team USA coach Bob Johnson. “But, really, there’s no comparison, even though we have seven or eight players from that Lake Placid team. That team had been together for seven months, it was playing in front of home fans and there’s no way we could duplicate that sort of emotion even though our players were up very high for the game.”

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1981 CANADA CUP Saturday, September 5

1900 h ct

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 v. CANADA 4 1. 2. 3. 4.

FIRST PERIOD CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Dudacek 1 (Radoslav Svoboda) 5:22 PPG CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Norbert Kral 2 (unassisted) 9:27 CANADA, Butch Goring 2 (Denis Potvin, Mike Liut) 18:13 SHG CANADA, Mike Bossy 4 (Bryan Trottier, Clark Gillies) 19:47

Penalties ― Helander S 0:41, Reinhart C 16:46

SECOND PERIOD 5. CANADA, Marcel Dionne 2 (Danny Gare, Rick Middleton) 3:51

THIRD PERIOD 6. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jindrich Kokrment 1 (unassisted) 7:47 7. CANADA, Bob Gainey 1 (Ron Duguay, Butch Goring) 11:18 GTG 8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Dudacek 2 (Radoslav Svoboda) 15:21 GTG Penalties ― Pasek Cz 3:30, Kadlec Cz Kokrment Cz 15:57, Svoboda Cz 17:48, Gillies Ca 18:20 Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 13 9 7 29 CANADA 12 9 12 33 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Lang; CANADA, Mike Liut

THIRD PERIOD 5. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 4 (Borje Salming, Lars Lindgren) 5:50 6. CANADA, Gilbert Perreault 3 (Guy Lafleur) 6:55 GWG 7. SWEDEN, Anders Kallur 3 (Thomas Gradin) 9:22 Penalties ― None Shots on goal by SWEDEN 4 7 5 16 CANADA 12 11 10 33 SWEDEN, Peter Lindmark; CANADA, Mike Liut Power play: SWE ― 0 for 1, CAN ― 0 for 3 Coaches: SWEDEN, Anders Parmstrom; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page 11 603 at Montreal Forum

Power play: TCH ― 1 for 5, CAN ― 0 for 7 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesely; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page 10 392 at Winnipeg Arena

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SECOND PERIOD 3. SWEDEN, Anders Hedberg 3 (Helander, Peter Lindmark) 9:57 4. CANADA, Guy Lafleur 1 (Wayne Gretzky, Ray Bourque) 11:51 Penalties ― Lindgren S 12:50, Salming S 15:46

Penalties ― Gainey Ca 7:04, Lang Cz (served by Pouzar) 18:29

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“It wasn’t a case of us playing bad,” said Wayne Gretzky, who was held pointless. “They got an early jump and we just couldn’t get going.” Swedish referee Dag Olsson gave Canada a two-minute, 5-on-3 in the third period. Canada did not get a shot on goal…then took a penalty with nine seconds left in the two-man advantage. This result leaves Canada and the Soviet Union tied for first in the standings with 2-0-1 records. Czechoslovakia is third with a 1-0-2 mark.

Monday, September 7

1500 h et

SWEDEN 3 v. CANADA 4 FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Denis Potvin 1 (Guy Lafleur, Gilbert Perreault) 3:57 2. CANADA, Mike Bossy 5 (Ray Bourque) 5:29

Penalties ― Czechoslovakia bench (served by Pouzar) 0:18, Trottier Ca 2:03, Duguay Ca 3:31, Kadlec Cz 13:00, Perreault Ca 17:07

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F Gilbert Perreault CAN broke his right ankle when Wayne Gretzky slid into him against the boards. Perreault was leading the tournament in scoring when the injury happened. He will be in a cast for eight to ten weeks. Up to that point, the Lafleur-Gretzky-Perreault line had 25 points in four games. Wayne Gretzky CAN was also injured on a separate play as he was slashed on the left elbow by D Lars Lindgren SWE. Following the slash, Gretzky could not take face-offs. Canadian back-up netminder Billy Smith broke a finger in practice two days ago, so Don Edwards will now serve as Mike Liut’s back-up F Ken Linseman CAN made his first tournament appearance, replacing F Marcel Dionne in Canada’s line-up

Monday, September 7

1900 h mt

2000 h et

FINLAND 1 v. SOVIET UNION 6

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 2 v. UNITED STATES 6

FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Krutov 3 (Alexei Kasatonov, Sergei Makarov) 4:39 2. SOVIET UNION, Nikolai Drozdetsky 2 (Alexei Kasatonov) 17:34 GWG

FIRST PERIOD 1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jindrich Kokrment 2 (Jiri Lala) 13:38 SHG

Penalties ― Sinisalo F 0:46, Tretiak U (served by Larionov) 9:50, Zubkov U 12:43

Penalties ― Korbela C 7:57, Dudacek C 12:08, McClanahan U 14:58

SECOND PERIOD 3. FINLAND, Ilkka Sinisalo 1 (Matti Hagman, Tapio Levo) 0:24 4. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Makarov 2 (Vladimir Krutov) 12:44

SECOND PERIOD 2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Darius Rusnak 2 (Dusan Pasek, Milan Chalupa) 0:35 3. UNITED STATES, Mike Eaves 1 (Mark Howe, Dave Langevin) 5:07 4. UNITED STATES, Dean Talafous 2 (Dave Christoff, Neal Broten) 17:16

Penalties ― Gimayev U 4:52

Penalties ― Morrow U 2:44, Valek C 7:56, Rusnak C Johnson U 17:26, Neliba C 19:57

THIRD PERIOD 5. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Shalimov 1 (Sergei Shepelev, Nikolai Drozdetsky) 16:07 PPG 6. SOVIET UNION, Viacheslav Fetisov 1 (Alexei Kasatonov, Vladimir Krutov) 17:36 PPG 7. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Zhluktov 2 (unassisted) 18:23 SHG Penalties ― Sinisalo F 5:11, Fetisov U 5:47, Siltanen F 5:57, Rautakkalio F Levo F Drozdetsky U Khomulov U 6:20, Bilyaletdinov U 8:10, Siltanen F 15:12, Ketola F 16:24, Fetisov U 17:40, Bilyaletdinov U 18:15, Kasatonov U 20:00 Shots on goal by FINLAND 5 11 8 24 SOVIET UNION 9 8 14 31 FINLAND, Markus Mattsson; SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak Power play: FIN ― 0 for 7, USSR ― 2 for 5 Coaches: FINLAND, Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov 2 412 at Winnipeg Arena  

F Alexander Maltsev USSR was taken into the boards by D Raimo Hirvonen FIN in the second period and was taken to the hospital with a shoulder injury “We sat in here before the game telling ourselves we weren’t nearly so bad as the scores…everybody was ready for this game,” said Finnish forward Matt Hagman

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5. 6. 7. 8.

UNITED UNITED UNITED UNITED

STATES, STATES, STATES, STATES,

THIRD PERIOD Dean Talafous 3 (Rod Langway, Steve Christoff) 0:23 PPG Mike Eaves 2 (Mark Johnson, Mark Howe) 0:41 Richie Dunn 1 (Reed Larson, Mike Eaves) 5:01 PPG Warren Miller 1 (Mike Eaves, Mark Johnson) 5:20

Penalties ― Langway U 2:44, Pouzar C 4:30, Larson U 6:23, Langway U 12:11, Langway U 16:17 Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 6 7 14 27 UNITED STATES 7 9 9 25 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Lang; UNITED STATES, Tony Esposito Power play: TCH ― 0 for 6, USA ― 2 for 5 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesely; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith 10 448 at Montreal Forum   

USA clinched a spot in the tournament semi-finals with this victory Team USA coach Bob Johnson changed little prior to this game. “There wasn’t much to change, really, because we’d been playing quite well – except for the problem in scoring goals,” Johnson said. After the game, in a darkened corner of the Montreal Forum, Czech defectors Peter, Anton and Marian Stastny said hello and chatted with several of their former Czech national teammates

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1981 CANADA CUP Wednesday, September 9

Wednesday, September 9

1600 h et

1700 h et

FINLAND 4 v. UNITED STATES 4

SWEDEN 1 v. CZECHOSLOVAKIA 7

FIRST PERIOD 1. FINLAND, Risto Siltanen 1 (Matti Hagman, Jari Kurri) 16:13 2. UNITED STATES, Neal Broten 2 (Mike O’Connell, Steve Christoff) 16:52

FIRST PERIOD 1. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Darius Rusnak 3 (Jiri Dudacek, Jaroslav Korbela) 0:26 2. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Dudacek 3 (Miroslav Dvorak) 19:54 GWG

Penalties ― Jalonen F 8:21, Eaves U 14:06

Penalties ― Steen S Penicka C 4:34, Lundholm S 11:12, Korbela C 14:07

SECOND PERIOD 3. UNITED STATES, Neal Broten 3 (Dean Talafous, Steve Christoff) 2:39 4. FINLAND, Jukka Porvari 1 (Kari Jalonen, Pekka Rautakallio) 10:23 5. UNITED STATES, Tom Gorence 1 (Bob Miller, Mark Howe) 17:47 Penalties ― Jalonen F 8:09, Christoff U 18:13

3. 4. 5. 6.

SECOND PERIOD CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jaroslav Pouzar 1 (Miroslav Dvorak, Dusan Pasek) 6:42 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Dudacek 4 (Milan Novy, Radoslav Svoboda) 7:37 PPG SWEDEN, Lars Molin 2 (Anders Hedberg, Patrik Sundstrom) 8:33 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Lala 3 (Lubomir Penicka) 11:49

Penalties ― Dvorak C 2:45, Persson S 7:13, Novy C (major) 12:24, Lindgren S 18:31, Salming S 19:46

THIRD PERIOD 6. UNITED STATES, Warren Miller 2 (Mike O’Connell, Steve Christoff) 1:41 GTG 7. FINLAND, Markku Klimalainen 1 (Reijo Ruotsalainen, Mikko Leinonen) 2:19 8. FINLAND, Arto Javanainen 1 (Jorma Sevon) 8:38 GTG

THIRD PERIOD 7. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Miroslav Horava 2 (Arnold Kadlec) 0:31 PPG 8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Darius Rusnak 4 (Jaroslav Pouzar) 5:23

Penalties ― Christoff U 15:36

Penalties ― Korbela C 10:31

Shots on goal by FINLAND 8 6 8 22 UNITED STATES 14 17 15 46 FINLAND, Hannu Lassila; UNITED STATES, Steve Baker

Shots on goal by SWEDEN 8 15 10 33 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 9 10 10 29 SWEDEN, Peter Lindmark, Pelle Lindbergh (7:37 of second period); CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Lang

Power play: FIN ― 0 for 3, USA ― 0 for 2 Coaches: FINLAND, Kalevi Numminen, Kari Makinen; UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith 9 412 at Montreal Forum

Power play: SWE ― 0 for 4, TCH ― 2 for 4 Coaches: SWEDEN, Anders Parmstrom; CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesely 2 988 at Ottawa Civic Centre

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Prior to the game, organizers mistakenly played the national anthem of Italy, rather than that of Finland. The Finnish players stood at the blueline for about 20 seconds of music, then began to skate around in their end of the ice. Finland finished in last place in this tournament…the same spot they finished in in 1976

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Wednesday, September 9

This game was originally scheduled to be played at Le Colisée in Quebec City, but poor ticket sales precipitated its move to Ottawa “It’s not my job to evaluate the opponent, but to me our team was more intense…we played more with the heart,” said Czech coach Ludek Bukac. “It was our will…it was much stronger than the Swedish team’s. When we got two goals ahead, three goals ahead, our rivals were broken.” For the third game of the tournament, Sweden’s Anders Hedberg was named his team’s outstanding player

1981 CANADA CUP

2000 h et

SOVIET UNION 3 v. CANADA 7

FINAL STANDINGS

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Wayne Gretzky 5 (Marcel Dionne) 0:58 Penalties ― Kapustin U 16:40, Zubkhov U 19:56 SECOND PERIOD 2. CANADA, Guy Lafleur 2 (Wayne Gretzky, Denis Potvin) 3:49 PPG 3. SOVIET UNION, Igor Larionov 2 (Alexei Kasatonov, Sergei Makarov) 11:45 PPG 4. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Shepelev 1 (Viktor Zhluktov, Sergei Kapustin) 13:40 Penalties ― Golikov U 1:56, Fetisov U Duguay C 4:21, Beck C 7:12, Gillies C 10:44, Vasiliev U Linseman C 12:38, Potvin C 16:50 THIRD PERIOD 5. CANADA, Rick Middleton 1 (Ken Linseman, Danny Gare) 4:08 6. CANADA, Marcel Dionne 3 (Guy Lafleur, Wayne Gretzky) 6:29 GWG 7. CANADA, Denis Potvin 2 (unassisted) 8:27 8. CANADA, Mike Bossy 6 (Clark Gillies, Bryan Trottier) 8:59 9. CANADA, Butch Goring 3 (Bob Gainey) 11:25 10 SOVIET UNION, Sergei Makarov 3 (Viacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov) 18:44 PPG Penalties ― Potvin C 16:44, Bourque C 17:40, Gare C 19:35

Power play: USSR ― 2 for 6, CAN ― 0 for 3 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page 16 001 at Montreal Forum

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T

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GA

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Canada Soviet Union Czechoslovakia United States

5

4

0

1

32

13

9

5

3

1

1

20

13

7

5

2

1

2

21

13

6

5

2

2

1

17

19

5

Sweden Finland

5

1

4

0

13

20

2

5

0

4

1

6

31

1

1981 CANADA CUP SCORING LEADERS THROUGH ROUND ROBIN

Shots on goal by SOVIET UNION 7 8 8 23 CANADA 11 10 12 33 SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Myshkin; CANADA, Don Edwards

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With Gilbert Perreault out with a broken ankle, Marcel Dionne took his spot on the left side with Wayne Gretzky and Guy Lafleur. “When Gil was there, Guy and I let him handle the puck a great deal,” said Gretzky. “But with Marcel there, Guy handled the puck a lot more. Marcel is so quick and he likes to roam around, looking for holes, that it really wasn’t such a big change.” G Don Edwards CAN made his only appearance of the tournament, giving Mike Liut a breather

Wayne Gretzky CAN Guy Lafleur CAN Gilbert Perreault CAN Mike Bossy CAN Bryan Trottier CAN Alexei Kasatonov USSR Sergei Makarov USSR Anders Hedberg SWE Jiri Dudacek TCH Vladimir Krutov USSR Denis Potvin CAN Danny Gare CAN Clark Gillies CAN Steve Christoff USA Viacheslav Fetisov USSR Neal Broten USA Dean Talafous USA Jiri Lala TCH Mike Eaves USA Jindrich Kokrment TCH

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5 2 3 6 3 1 3 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2

6 8 6 2 5 7 4 2 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 3 3

11 10 9 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5

TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM Goal Defence Defence Forward Forward Forward

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Vladislav Tretiak USSR Arnold Kadlec TCH Alexei Kasatonov USSR Mike Bossy CAN Gilbert Perreault CAN Sergei Shepelev USSR

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1981 CANADA CUP PLAYOFF ROUND Friday, September 11

Friday, September 11

1700 h et

2000 h et

CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 v. SOVIET UNION 4

UNITED STATES 1 v. CANADA 4

FIRST PERIOD 1. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Shepelev 2 (Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vasili Pervukhin) 8:36 PPG 2. SOVIET UNION, Vladimir Golikov 2 (unassisted) 15:12 GWG 3. SOVIET UNION, Viktor Shalimov 2 (Sergei Shepelev) 16:41

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Brian Engblom 1 (Bob Gainey, Butch Goring) 2:01 2. CANADA, Mike Bossy 7 (Larry Robinson, Bryan Trottier) 7:27 GWG 3. CANADA, Mike Bossy 8 (Denis Potvin, Bryan Trottier) 17:54

Penalties ― Krutov U 3:31, Valek C 6:52, Skvortsov U 10:11, Chalupa C 11:29, Chalupa C 18:00

Penalties ― Potvin C 4:00, Linseman C 13:53, Duguay C 18:06

SECOND PERIOD 4. SOVIET UNION, Sergei Shepelev 3 (PENALTY SHOT) 11:09

SECOND PERIOD 4. UNITED STATES, Mike Eaves 3 (Mark Johnson, Richie Dunn) 19:34 PPG

Penalties ― Ginaev U 1:24, Zhluktov U 11:45

Penalties ― Dunn U 7:04, Gretzky C 7:52, W. Miller U 12:51, Bossy C 19:00

THIRD PERIOD 5. CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Jiri Lala 4 (Miroslav Dvorak) 7:39 PPG

THIRD PERIOD 5. CANADA, Marcel Dionne 4 (Wayne Gretzky, Guy Lafleur) 12:18

Penalties ― Kapustin U 5:57, Rusnak C (double minor) Larionov U 9:14

Penalties ― Langevin U 5:49, Bourque C 7:22, Dunn U Potvin C 17:47

Shots on goal by CZECHOSLOVAKIA 4 13 10 27 SOVIET UNION 13 5 6 24 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Karel Lang; SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak

Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 2 9 6 17 CANADA 10 7 6 23 UNITED STATES, Tony Esposito; CANADA, Mike Liut

Power play: TCH ― 1 for 5, USSR ― 1 for 4 Coaches: CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Ludek Bukac, Stanislav Nevesely; SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov 7 500 at Ottawa Civic Centre

Power play: USA ― 1 for 6, CAN ― 0 for 3 Coaches: UNITED STATES, Bob Johnson, John Cunniff, Mike Smith; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page 15 660 at Montreal Forum

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This game was originally scheduled to be played at Le Colisée in Quebec City, but poor ticket sales precipitated its move to Ottawa Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union tied 1-1 in the round-robin portion of this tournament “We just didn’t seem to be fighting for the puck,” sighed Frantisek Cernik TCH. “We wanted to forecheck like we did in the first game, but for some reason we didn’t. I don’t know why; the motivation didn’t seem to be there.” Sergei Shepelev URS received the penalty shot after D Arnold Kadlec TCH fell on the puck in the goal crease. It was the first penalty shot in Canada Cup history, dating back to 1976.

Sunday, September 13

2000 h et

SOVIET UNION 8 v. CANADA 1

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Canada defeated USA 8-3 in round-robin portion of this tournament “We knew the U.S. would be tough but we didn’t know they would be this tough,” said Team Canada coach Scotty Bowman. “We simply have to play better on Sunday and we have some work to do before then. We had trouble, it seemed, bouncing back in 48 hours after we played a tough game. But I’m certain we’ll be ready for Sunday’s game.” Wayne Gretzky, in the wake of the left-elbow slash he received in Canada’s last game, did not take any face-offs tonight Following the game, Gretzky said, “Hey, Team Canada has gone all this distance and hasn’t lost yet — even our two intra-squad games ended in ties. So we don’t plan on losing now.”

1981 CANADA CUP SCORING LEADERS THROUGH PLAYOFF GAMES

FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING Penalties ― Krutov U Hartsburg C 4:55, Krutov U 12:31, Dionne C 13:40, Potvin C 15:21, Skvortsov U 17:11 1. 2. 3. 4.

SECOND PERIOD SOVIET UNION, Igor Larionov 3 (Vladimir Krutov, Sergei Makarov) 4:56 CANADA, Clark Gillies 2 (Mike Bossy, Bryan Trottier) 8:02 SOVIET UNION, Sergei Shepelev 4 (Viacheslav Fetisov, Alexei Kasatonov) 11:15 GWG SOVIET UNION, Sergei Shepelev 5 (Sergei Kapustin, Alexei Kasatonov) 16:28 PPG

Penalties ― Hartsburg C 15:23, Fetisov U Gillies C 19:07 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

SOVIET SOVIET SOVIET SOVIET SOVIET

UNION, UNION, UNION, UNION, UNION,

THIRD PERIOD Sergei Shepelev 6 (Sergei Makarov) 1:39 Vladimir Krutov 4 (unassisted) 4:08 SHG Igor Larionov 4 (Alexei Kasatonov, Viacheslav Fetisov) 16:00 PPG Vladimir Golikov 3 (Irek Gimayev, Viktor Shalimov) 18:39 Aleksandr Skvortsov 1 (Vasili Vasiliev) 19:19

Penalties ― Kasatonov U 3:23, Bilyaletdinov U 10:38, Engblom C 14:05 Shots on goal by SOVIET UNION 4 14 8 26 CANADA 12 11 4 27 SOVIET UNION, Vladislav Tretiak; CANADA, Mike Liut Power play: USSR ― 2 for 4, CAN ― 0 for 4 Coaches: SOVIET UNION, Viktor Tikhonov, Vladimir Yurzinov; CANADA, Scotty Bowman, Al MacNeil, Red Berenson, Pierre Page 17 033 at Montreal Forum       

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Canada defeated Soviet Union 7-3 in the round-robin portion of the tournament D Denis Potvin CAN said, “They got some big saves from their goalie; we didn’t.” “We didn’t expect to win and certainly by not such a score,” said Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov. “Maybe the two earlier games against us (Canada won both, 3-2, in an exhibition, 7-3, last Wednesday in the roundrobin) made the Canadian team think we were weak.” “It wasn’t a seven-goal game but we have no excuses,” said Canada’s coach Scotty Bowman. “The real scoring chances were very even, maybe 14-12 for them but we saw what a really strong goalie can do.” “We were able to get on them in their end in the two earlier games but, this time, their defence had adjusted,” Canadian defenceman and co-captain (with D Denis Potvin) Larry Robinson said. “They were back for the puck and had it on the move before our forecheckers could get to it.” “Now, we’re probably going to hear about this for four years,” said Wayne Gretzky, held pointless for only the second time in the tournament (v. Czechoslovakia). Following the game, as has been well chronicled, the Soviets tried to spirit the Canada Cup back to the USSR. They were halted by security people at the airport. Tournament director Alan Eagleson insisted that the Cup stay in Canada. The Soviets claimed that Eagleson's decision was made "in violation of the traditions existing at international competitions". In their workout on the day before the game, the Soviets devoted time to their “Kid Defence,” an approach to halting Wayne Gretzky, especially in reducing his effectiveness when he sets up behind the net.

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Wayne Gretzky CAN Mike Bossy CAN Bryan Trottier CAN Guy Lafleur CAN Alexei Kasatonov USSR Sergei Makarov USSR Gilbert Perreault CAN Sergei Shepelev USSR Vladimir Krutov USSR Viacheslav Fetisov USSR Denis Potvin CAN Clark Gillies CAN Anders Hedberg SWE Jiri Dudacek TCH Jiri Lala TCH Mike Eaves USA Danny Gare CAN Steve Christoff USA Marcel Dionne CAN Igor Larionov USSR Butch Goring CAN Neal Broten USA Dean Talafous USA Jindrich Kokrment TCH

G

A

P

5 8 3 2 1 3 3 6 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 3 1 1 4 4 3 3 3 2

7 3 10 9 10 6 6 2 4 7 5 5 2 2 2 3 5 5 1 1 2 2 2 3

12 11 13 11 11 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5

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1981 CANADA CUP MOST VALUABLE PLAYER 6 .947 5-0-1 1.33

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GAMES PLAYED SV PCT RECORD GOALS-AGAINST AVERAGE

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