Canada 5-3 Russia 
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
General Motors Place, Vancouver 
Thursday, August 29, 1996

BOXSCORE
1st Period
02:18 –  GOAL – Kovalyov (Yuskhevich, Fetisov)
03:06 –  PEN – Malakhov, hooking
03:06 –  PEN – Sakic, hooking
06:56 –  PEN – Nikolishin, tripping
08:23 –  PEN – Messier, elbowing
09:15 –  PEN – Kasparaitis, roughing double minor
09:15 –  PEN – Lindros, roughing double minor
09:23 –  SH GOAL – Damphousse
12:29 –  PEN – Kovalyov, hooking
14:24 –  PP GOAL – Desjardins (Messier, Niedermayer)
17:11 –  GOAL – Shanahan (Messier, Niedermayer)
17:11 –  PEN – Fetisov, hooking

2nd Period
22:57 –  GOAL – Malakhov (Zhamnov, Nikolishin)
23:36 –  GOAL – Fyodorov (Kasparaitis)
26:16 –  PEN – Shanahan, tripping
28:36 –  PEN – Kovalyov, roughing
28:36 –  PEN – Yashin, roughing
28:36 –  PEN – Foote, roughing
28:36 –  PEN – Coffey, roughing double minor
29:36 –  PEN – Nemchinov, tripping
36:36 –  PEN – Primeau, interference

3rd Period
40:41 –  PEN – Kasparaitis, hooking
40:52 –  PP GOAL – Sakic (Coffey, Gretzky)
58:19 –  PEN – team, too many players
59:34 –  PEN – Larionov, slashing
59:34 –  PEN – Messier, misconduct
59:40 –  PP GOAL – Fleury (Gretzky, Stevens)

GOALTENDERS
W:  Joseph (26-29)
L:  Khabibulin (30-35)

SHOTS ON GOAL
 17+6+12 = 35
 6+15+8 = 29

ROSTERS
 Goaltenders: Martin Brodeur, Curtis Joseph. Defence: Rob Blake, Paul Coffey, Éric Desjardins, Adam Foote, Scott Niedermayer, Scott Stevens. Forwards: Rod Brind’Amour, Vincent Damphousse, Theoren Fleury, Adam Graves, Wayne Gretzky (C), Claude Lemieux, Trevor Linden, Eric Lindros, Mark Messier, Keith Primeau, Joe Sakic, Brendan Shanahan.
 Goaltenders: Nikolai Khabibulin, Andrei Trefilov. Defence: Vyacheslav Fetisov (C), Sergei Gonchar, Darius Kasparaitis, Vladimir Malakhov, Dmitri Yushkevich, Alexei Zhitnik, Sergei Zubov. Forwards: Sergei Fyodorov, Andrei Kovalenko, Alexei Kovalyov, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Igor Larionov, Alexander Mogilny, Sergei Nemchinov, Andrei Nikolishin, Alexander Semak, Alexei Yashin, Alexei Zhamnov.

CANADA	vs.	RUSSIA (C)
new champion (previous 05/05/1995)	Last Title	reign ends (since 08/18/1996)
216	All-Time Wins	366
19 wins	Head-To-Head (+ 13 ties)	47 wins
First IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. RUS)  URS 7-2 CAN  – 03/07/1954 – WC – Stockholm
Previous IHLC Meeting (CAN vs. RUS)  RUS 4-4 CAN  – 08/25/1996 – EX – Calgary
Last IHLC Game  RUS 4-4 CAN  – 08/25/1996 – EX – Calgary
Next IHLC Game  USA 5-3 CAN  – 08/31/1996 – WCH – Philadelphia

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