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

[NyQuil]

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.

I don't think 1998 was because of Hasek at all.

It was an evenly matched game and he was up against Roy who also made some huge saves.

It was their time.

The Czechs would go on to win the World Championships in 1999, 2000 and 2001 as well as the WJCs in 2000 and 2001.

That's a pretty dominant period and Hasek didn't play that large a part in it.

 

[Fatass]

Interesting how the USA has only 1 best in best win and that was 30 years ago.

 

[barkovcanfinnish]

Canada’s stranglehold on best-on-best was really tested here, and while they came out on top, every game turned out to be close, even the Finland one somehow.

It’s not a country that’s head and shoulders above everyone else anymore, which is great for the sport. I can’t wait for the Olympics and see what everyone can do there

 

[ahmedou]

 

[Dirty Dog]

73 percent? That’s a D Minus!

 

[koyvoo]

 

[Mrfenn92]

Invent the game should be the dominant nation

 

[PrimumHockeyist]

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)

Discuss.

Personally, I don't count 14. 2016 World Cup because we didn't get the USA's best team, but here's another telling stat either way:

Canada has also made it to the finals on all but two occasions.

And here's some irony, from a way back point of view.

In 1972, on the eve of the Summit Series, if something like your summary appeared in the Canadian newspapers, as a projection into the future, the Canadian public would have said, "Yeah, I can see us losing a few over 53 years." They/we might have said the win pct was about right. What nobody would have thought though, was how close the competitions would be.

 

[WeaponOfChoice]

Invent the game should be the dominant nation

Baseball says hello.

73 percent? That’s a D Minus!

Not in Canada it's not

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Invent the game should be the dominant nation

Soccer says hello (England)

 

[Fatass]

Personally, I don't count 14 because we didn't get the USA's best team, but here's another telling stat either way:

Canada has also made it to the finals on all but two occasions.

And here's some irony, from a way back point of view.

In 1972, on the eve of the Summit Series, if something like your summary appeared in the Canadian newspapers, as a projection into the future, the Canadian public would have said, "Yeah, I can see us losing a few over 53 years." They/we might have said the win pct was about right. What nobody would have thought though, was how close the competitions would be.

Why was 2014 not the USA’s best?

73 percent? That’s a D Minus!

What’s 7%?

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Sorry, but USA hockey is far superior to Canada now. Even Americas AAA teams roll canandian aaa teams.

 

[NyQuil]

Sorry, but USA hockey is far superior to Canada now. Even Americas AAA teams roll canandian aaa teams.

Ok.

 

[GreytWun]

..

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Good for Canada. No politics.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Baseball says hello.


Not in Canada it's not

Baseball meh

Sorry, but USA hockey is far superior to Canada now. Even Americas AAA teams roll canandian aaa teams.

Naw

 

[daver]

Sorry, but USA hockey is far superior to Canada now. Even Americas AAA teams roll canandian aaa teams.

Can't hear what you are saying as we have 11 best-on-best championships plugging our ears.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Bookmark this thread as a reminder to all those who love criticizing Canada.

lol cant criticize Canada because they won hockey tournaments

 

[PrimumHockeyist]

Why was 2014 not the USA’s best?


What’s 7%?

Sorry, I meant his number, the 2015 series.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Can't hear what you are saying as we have 11 best-on-best championships plugging our ears.

should probably go see a ENT about that

 

[DuklaNation]

lol cant criticize Canada because they won hockey tournaments

Didn't say you can't criticize. But other teams got to deliver in the big games first. Canada finds a way.

 

[Peiskos]

 

[yessir29292]

Sorry, but USA hockey is far superior to Canada now. Even Americas AAA teams roll canandian aaa teams.

By roll do you mean one of Torontos 12 AAA teams have good games and are even with Michigan's top 15 players who all play for detroit?

 

[nucks88]

Sorry, but USA hockey is far superior to Canada now. Even Americas AAA teams roll canandian aaa teams.

Spelling and punctuation still remains an issue though…..

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

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looks like they're on the same team