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Canada has now won a staggering 73% of all best vs best tournaments ever played.

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Peiskos

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List of International Tournaments featuring best players, there have been 15 now in history. In brackets is the amount of wins, Canada has now won a staggering 11/15 or 73% of all best vs best competition. No other country has ever won more than 1. This is an extraordinary level of dominance.

1. 1972 Summit Series - Canada win (1)
2. 1976 Canada Cup - Canada win (2)
3. 1981 Canada Cup - USSR win (1)
4. 1984 Canada Cup - Canada win (3)
5. 1987 Canada Cup - Canada win (4)
6. 1991 Canada Cup - Canada win (5)
7. 1996 World Cup - USA win (1)
8. 1998 Olympics - Czech win (1)
9. 2002 Olympics - Canada win (6)
10. 2004 World Cup - Canada win (7)
11. 2006 Olympics - Sweden win (1)
12. 2010 Olympics - Canada win (8)
13. 2014 Olympics - Canada win (9)
14. 2016 World Cup - Canada win (10)
15. 2025 4 Nations Cup - Canada win (11)

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Goat's. We are goat's
 
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As a culture we put all our eggs in this basket, it’s the only sport we really love. Every tournament there’s a player from bumf*** Manitoba because thats just what we do, in every city and town.

I think, unfortunately, things are changing. I certainly cannot afford to put my kids into hockey and a lot of non hockey fans have shown up. But in the meantime, it hasn’t caught up with us yet and we still produce the best superstars in the sport.
 
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Also, it makes it all a little boring, to be honest. Might as well be women's hockey from here on out - 2 teams that can actually, probably win it, one that will much more often.
 
Turin said:
As a culture we put all our eggs in this basket, it’s the only sport we really love. Every tournament there’s a player from bumf*** Manitoba because thats just what we do, in every city and town.

I think, unfortunately, things are changing. I certainly cannot afford to put my kids into hockey and a lot of non hockey fans have shown up. But in the meantime, it hasn’t caught up with us yet and we still produce the best superstars in the sport.
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Feels good to still be the best even ifs it’s only for a bit longer
 
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1987 Was the best ever for me growing up. But the shadow of the USSR 1981, is always a reminder of an upcoming wake up call. Eventually it's coming from USA or when Rissia returns.

I didn't think they would win this one after the first meeting with USA. Injuries and all. So it's an amazing vistory really. They were truly the unerdogs. At least it felt that way.
 
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They lost in 1996 and 1998 mostly because Ritcher and Hasek went into god mode. 2006 was just a poorly managed and poorly prepared team that you didn’t even sorry for them. It also showed not always the better team on paper can win. That team deserved their embarrassment.
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Also, it makes it all a little boring, to be honest. Might as well be women's hockey from here on out - 2 teams that can actually, probably win it, one that will much more often.
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I can see that though it wasn’t always a cake walk minus 2014,2016.

They were dominate in 2004 World Cup but probably didn’t deserve to beat the Czechs that one game to advanced to the finals.
 
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