Nickname(s) | Team Canada (Équipe du Canada) |
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Association | Hockey Canada |
General Manager | Jim Nill |
Head coach | Todd McLellan |
Assistants | Peter Bill Peters Jay Woodcroft |
Captain | Sidney Crosby |
Most games | Brad Schlegel (304) |
Most points | Cliff Ronning (156) |
IIHF code | CAN |
IIHF ranking | 1 3 (May 2015)[1] |
Highest IIHF ranking | 1 (2003–2005, 2008, February 2010) |
Lowest IIHF ranking | 5 (2012–2013) |
Team colors | |
First international | |
Canada 8–1 Switzerland (Les Avants, Switzerland; January 10, 1910) | |
Biggest win | |
Canada 47–0 Denmark (Stockholm, Sweden; February 12, 1949) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Soviet Union 11–1 Canada (Vienna, Austria; April 24, 1977) | |
IIHF World Championships | |
Appearances | 67 (first in 1920) |
Best result | Gold: 26 – 1920, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016 |
Olympics | |
Appearances | 21 (first in 1920) |
Medals | Gold: 9 – 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1948, 1952, 2002, 2010, 2014 Silver: 4 – 1936, 1960, 1992, 1994 |
International record (W–L–T) | |
918–424–132 |
The Canadian National Men's Ice Hockey Team (also known as Team Canada) is the ice hockey team for Canada. The team is run by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. From 1920 until 1963 Canada did not have one national hockey team. Instead, several senior amateur club teams played for Canada . Canada's national men's team was created in 1963 by Father David Bauer as a part of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. This team played out of the University of British Columbia.[2] During the 1972 Summit Series, the name "Team Canada" was first used.
Team Canada has been one of the leading national ice hockey teams playing around the world. They won the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union, four of five Canada Cups since 1976, nine Olympic gold medals (the most of any hockey nation); Salt Lake City 2002, Vancouver 2010, and Sochi 2014. They are 25-time IIHF World Champions and winner of the 2004 World Cup of Hockey.