Test your knowledge on the Canada
Cup/World Cup!
Question #1
Wayne Gretzky is the all time leading scorer in the tournament's
history, with 64 points (20 goals and 44 assists) in 39 games. Two
players are tied for second in all time scoring. Name them.
Answer: Sergei Makarov and Paul
Coffey, each with 31 (Note that Gretzky scored more than both
combined!) Makarov had 16 goals and 15 assists in just 22 games,
while the defenseman Coffey had 6 goals and 25 assists in 33 games.
Question #2
Who holds the record for most points in one Canada Cup/World Cup
game?
Answer: The Soviet Union's Viktor
Zhluktov scored 4 goals and 2 assists for 6 points in and 11-3 win
over Finland in 1976. Three players are tied for 2nd with 5 points
each Canada's Rick Martin (3 goals, 2 assists in an 11-2 win over
Finland in 1976), Sweden's Kent Nilsson (1 goal and 4 assists in a
9-2 victory over the USA in 1984) and Canada's Wayne Gretzky (5
assists in the thrilling game 2 of the 1987 finals against USSR).
Question #3
Who is the all time penalty minute leader in Canada Cup/World Cup
competition?
Answer: USA's Keith Tkachuk had 44
minutes in penalties - all in the 7 games he appeared in in the 1996
World Cup of Hockey. 25 of those minutes came in one game against
Canada. Canada's Mark Messier ranks second on the all time penalty
minute leader board with 36 PIM, but he played in 32 games
Question #4
Who is the youngest player to ever play in a Canada Cup/World Cup
game?
Answer: The youngest player was USA's
Ed Olczyk, who was just 18 years, 0 months and 16 days when the 1984
tournament began. The oldest was Sweden's Borje Salming, who was 40
years, 4 months and 14 days as the 1991 tournament began.
Question #5
In 1976, the American team was to host their training camp at
Providence College, but they were forced to relocate. Why?
Answer: It proved to be a disaster. A
natural disaster! Just prior to the team's arrival, Hurricane Belle,
slammed into the American East Coast and knocked out all power and
communication wires in the area.
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