1984
OILERS & ISLANDERS BEAT THE WORLD
defeats
The 1984 Canada Cup was different on two fronts right from the beginning. Finland, who had won only 1 game in Canada Cup history to that point, was dropped from the tournament in favour of West Germany. The German squad would go 0-4-1 but finished ahead of a disappointing Czech team because of their goals-for statistic. The tournament also marked the first Canada Cup for the Soviets without their saving grace Vladislav Tretiak, and the second time that they would miss the finals.
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GAME ONE
THE OLYMPIC SADDLEDOME
CALGARY, CANADA
SWEDEN 2 - CANADA 5
Canada also had had a dissapointing Cup thus far. They just made the semi-finals with a fourth place finish at 2-2-1. But in the semis Mike Bossy gave Canada another thrilling overtime win against the first place Russians and went on to play Sweden who just finished ahead of Canada in third, but then humiliated the USA 9-2. Canada, still fumming over the last Canada Cup, returned the favour to Sweden and beat them easily.
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GAME TWO
NORTHLANDS COLISEUM
EDMONTON, CANADA
SWEDEN 5 - CANADA 6
In a much tougher game, the New York Islander combination of Mike Bossy and John Tonelli teamed up with the Edmonton Oiler duo of Wayne Gretzky and Paul Coffey to squeak out a close 6-5 win and take the cup for a second time in 2 games.
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Final Standings
1: Canada
2: Sweden
3: USSR
4: USA
5: West Germany
6: Czechoslovakia
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Canada Roster
HEAD COACH
Glen Sather
FORWARDS
Glenn Anderson / Brian Bellows / Mike Bossy / Bob Bourne / Mike Gartner / Wayne Gretzky / Michel Goulet / Mark Messier / Rick Middleton / Barry Pederson / Denis Savard / Peter Stastny / Brian Sutter / John Tonelli / Sylvain Turgeon / Rick Vaive / Steve Yzerman
DEFENSEMEN
Bob Bourne / Ray Bourque / Paul Coffey / Randy Gregg / Charlie Huddy / Kevin Lowe / Mario Marois / James Patrick / Larry Robinson / Al Secord / Scott Stevens / Doug Wilson
GOALTENDERS
Grant Fuhr / Rejean Lemelin / Pete Peeters
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