The Canada Cup of Hockey book
Description of the Canada Cup book:
The Canada Cup of Hockey book is "Everything you ever wanted to know about the Canada Cup of Hockey".
The complete (unofficial) history of the Canada Cup tournament. It includes information on all the five tournaments: the 1991, 1987, 1984, 1981, and 1976 Canada Cups.
The compete history of the tournament is covered in the Canada Cup of Hockey book, along with history of the Canada Cup trophy and the rise and fall of the tournaments organiser Alan Eagleson.
The build-up to each Canada Cup covered including news and injuries in the run up to the tournaments . How the teams where shaping up ahead of the Canada Cups is also shown, as pre-tournament results are also mentioned. The Canada Cup of Hockey book also shows who participated in the each tournement, including both players and coaching staff final rosters . Who captained the teams is also mentioned. As are all player numbers (for all tournaments).
The Canada Cup gave us some the greatest games and never to be forgotten moments in hockey history. Such as Czechoslovakia’s 1-0 surprise upset against Canada in the round robin of the 1976 tournament, and Canada’s overtime win to claim it’s first Canada Cup victory. Canada’s humiliation in the final of the 1981 tournament where they lost 8-1 to the Soviet Union, thanks to a fantastic display by Russian netminder Vladislav Tretiak. Paul Coffey’s famous defensive play, leading to Canada’s dramatic win in overtime against the Soviet Union in the semi-final of the Canada Cup 1984. The final series of the 1987 tournament between the Soviet Union and Canada, each game of the three game series ending in a remarkable 6-5 score line. ‘Team Terrible’, Finland surprisingly tying Team Canada in the opening game of the 1991 Canada Cup tournament round robin.
All these memorable games and incidents are covered in more depth in the Canada Cup of Hockey book. As well as a summary of the tournament there is a summary of each game in the Canada Cup for each and every game. All the results, dates & times of games and attendance are covered for all tournaments.
The Canada Cup of Hockey book also includes all the statistics from the 1976, 19 81, 19 84, 19 87 and 19 91 tournaments. Scoring leaders, final player statistics for all players for all nations competing in the Canada Cups are mentioned, as are all goaltender statistics. Team MVP’s/All Star teams and tournament MVP’s are also mentioned for all the tournaments.
This book really is all you ever wanted to know about the Canada Cup of hockey.
