Canadian ice hockey national team

the Canadian ice hockey national teams belong to the Canadian ice hockey federation „Hockey Canada “ . „The team Canada is “both with the gentlemen, and with the women one of the best ice hockey crews in the international competition. The gentlemen won four of the five Canada Cups since 1976, seven times the gold medal with the olympic plays and became altogether 23-mal world champion. After the world championship 2005 the gentlemen stated the IIHF Weltrangliste .

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Canadian national team at the WM 2005 (play against Russia)

Canada is considered as „the motherland “of the ice hockey and comes in such a way it also that „the team Canada “dominated long time the international ice hockey. Up to the participation to the Soviet Union at the international tournaments Canada was considered as the best ice hockey nation of the world.

Until including 1963 the Canadian amateur master participated in each case in the world championships and olympic plays. This team created it into the 1950er years to dominate the international ice hockey and to get in this time six (from seven possible) olympic gold medals as well as 13 world championships to.

Only between 1954 and 1991, when the Soviet, Czechoslovakian and Swedish crews dominated, the Canadians could win only four world championships and achieve no olympic medal. This was among other things because of the fact that the best Canadian players did not participate in these tournaments, since they had obligations in the NHL and it was not permitted them until 1977.

cadres of the season 2005/06

olympic plays 2006

• gate: Martin Brodeur (new jersey Devils), Roberto Luongo (Florida Panthers), Marty Turco (Dallas of star)
• defense: Rob Blake (Colorado Avalanche), Jay Bouwmeester (Florida Panthers), Adam Foote (Columbus Blue Jackets), Bryan McCabe (Toronto Maple Leafs), Chris Pronger (Edmonton Oilers), calf Redden (Ottawa of senator), Robyn rainhonour (Calgary Flames)
• storm: Simon Gagne (Philadelphia of Flyers), Dany Heatley (Ottawa of senator), Rick Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets), Ryan Smyth (Edmonton Oilers), Kris Draper (Detroit talk Wings), Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning), Brad Richards (Tampa Bay Lightning), Joe Sakic (Colorado Avalanche), Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks), Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Canucks), beautiful Doan (Phoenix Coyotes), Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames), Martin pc. Of Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• coach: Pat Quinn (Toronto Maple Leafs)

ice hockey world championship 2006

international results

Spengler Cup

of the Spengler Cup was won 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003 by the team Canada.
Under the name team Canada start since 1984 in each case at the Spengler Cup ice hockey - crew with players of Canadian origin. These are during the regular play enterprise usually at European clubs under contract and meet only for this tournament in this formation.

Since the crew consists to a large part of players, who stand with Swiss team under contract, this team contributes much in each case to the attractiveness of the tournament.

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the Canadian ice hockey national team of the women is with eight (of nine possible) world champion titles and two (of three possible) olympic gold medals the most successful woman ice hockey national team of the world. Player inside, which recruit themselves from the North American woman ice hockey leagues, meet before olympic plays to mehrmonatigen training camps, within whose frameworks „the team Canada denies “a large number at friendship games. Most frequent opponent is followed thereby the team the USA, of the national teams of Finland and Sweden.

cadres of the season 2005/06

olympic plays 2006

• gate: Charline Labonté (Axion de Montreal, NWHL), Kim sp-Pierre (Quebec Avalanche, NWHL)
• defense: Gillian Ferrari (Brampton Thunder, NWHL), Becky Kellar (Oakville Ice, NWHL), Carla MacLeod (University OF Wisconsin, WCHA), Caroline Ouellette (University OF Minn Duluth, WCHA), Cheryl Pounder (Toronto Aeros, NWHL), Colleen Sostorics (Calgary oval X-Treme, WWHL)
• storm: Meghan Agosta (Windsor, ON Jr. AA), Gillian Apps (Dartmouth college, ECAC), Jennifer Botterill (Toronto Aeros, NWHL), Cassie Campbell (Calgary oval X-Treme, WWHL), Danielle Goyette (Calgary oval X-Treme, WWHL), Jayna Hefford (Brampton Thunder, NWHL), Gina Kingsbury (Axion de Montreal, NWHL), Cherie Piper (Dartmouth college, ECAC), Vicky Sunohara (Brampton Thunder, NWHL), Sarah Vaillancourt (Harvard University, ECAC), Katie Weatherston (Dartmouth college, ECAC), Hayley Wickenheiser (Calgary oval X-Treme, WWHL)

• not used player inside in the extended olympia cadre: Gate: Sami Jo Small (Toronto Aeros, NWHL), defense: Delaney Collins (University OF Alberta, CIS)
• Trainerin: Melody Davidson, Assistenztrainer: Tim Bothwell, Margot PAGE, Peter Smith

international results

year	tournament	place	result	team	coach in
1990	WM	Ottawa ( Canada)	world champion	Dave McMaster
1992	WM	Tampere ( Finland)	world champion	Rick Polutnick
1994	WM	Lake Placid ( the USA)	world champion	Les Lawton
1997	WM	Kitchener ( Canada)	world champion	Shannon Miller
1998	Olympia	Nagano ( Japan)	silver medal	Shannon Miller
1999	WM	Espoo, Vantaa ( Finland)	world champion	Danièle Sauvageau
2000	WM	Mississauga and. A. ( Canada)	world champion	Melody Davidson
2001	WM	Minneapolis and. A. ( the USA)	world champion	Danièle Sauvageau
2002	Olympia	salt Lake town center ( the USA)	gold medal	Danièle Sauvageau
2004	WM	Halifax, Dartmouth ( Canada)	world champion	Karen Hughes
2005	WM	Linköping, Norrköping ( Sweden)	place 2	Melody Davidson
2006	Olympia	Turin ( Italy)	gold medal	Melody Davidson

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