Canada 3-2 United States 
Canada Cup Group Round
Copps Coliseum, Hamilton 
Wednesday, September 2, 1987

BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:43 –  PEN – Carpenter, roughing
10:40 –  GOAL – LaFontaine
11:26 –  PEN – Langway, high sticking
11:26 –  PEN – Tocchet, roughing
17:21 –  PEN – Otto, interference

2nd Period
25:57 –  GOAL – M. Lemieux (Hartsburg)
27:30 –  PEN – Presley, roughing
27:30 –  PEN – Hartsburg, roughing
29:56 –  PEN – Suter, charging
32:55 –  PEN – Tocchet, charging
36:29 –  PEN – M. Lemieux, slashing
36:29 –  PEN – Fraser, roughing
36:29 –  PEN – Nilan, misconduct
38:48 –  PEN – team, too many players
39:57 –  PP GOAL – M. Lemieux (Gretzky)

3rd Period
41:49 –  PEN – Hartsburg, interference
41:49 –  PEN – Langway, interference
45:59 –  GOAL – M. Lemieux (Gretzky, Messier)
51:30 –  PEN – Murphy, holding
56:60 –  GOAL – Millen (Suter, Chelios)
57:44 –  PEN – Brooke, tripping

GOALTENDERS
W:  Fuhr (28-30)
L:  Vanbiesbrouck (37-40)

SHOTS ON GOAL
 11+16+13 = 40
 13+10+7 = 30

ROSTERS
 Goaltenders: Grant Fuhr, Ron Hextall, Kelly Hrudey. Defence: Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey, Doug Crossman, Craig Hartsburg, Larry Murphy, James Patrick, Normand Rochefort. Forwards: Glenn Anderson, Kevin Dineen, Mike Gartner, Doug Gilmour, Michel Goulet, Wayne Gretzky, Dale Hawerchuk, Claude Lemieux, Mario Lemieux, Mark Messier, Brian Propp, Brent Sutter, Rick Tocchet.
 Goaltenders: Tom Barrasso, Bob Mason, John Vanbiesbrouck. Defence: Chris Chelios, Dave Ellett, Kevin Hatcher, Phil Housley, Rod Langway, Mike Ramsey, Gary Suter. Forwards: Bob Brooke, Aaron Broten, Bobby Carpenter, Curt Fraser, Mark Johnson, Pat LaFontaine, Corey Millen, Kelly Miller, Joe Mullen, Chris Nilan, Ed Olczyk, Joel Otto, Wayne Presley.

CANADA	vs.	UNITED STATES (C)
new champion (previous 08/26/1987)	Last Title	reign ends (since 08/31/1987)
192	All-Time Wins	28
20 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 3 ties)	3 wins
First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA)  CAN 2-0 USA  – 04/25/1920 – OG – Antwerp
Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. USA)  CAN 4-1 USA  – 09/11/1981 – CC – Montréal
Last IHLC Game  USA 5-2 SWE  – 08/31/1987 – CC – Hamilton
Next IHLC Game  CAN 5-3 SWE  – 09/04/1987 – CC – Montréal