🇨🇦 Canada 4-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Junior Championship Group Round
Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva 🇨🇭
Friday, 27 December 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:19 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Hamilton, tripping
02:15 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Wallin, cross checking
03:18 – 🇩🇪 PP2 GOAL – Fendt (Kreutzer)
04:54 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Senger, cross checking
10:31 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Hinterstocker, interference
16:32 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Senger, cross checking
17:23 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Isbister
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🇨🇦 Canada 1-0 United States 🇺🇸
Three Nations Cup Gold Medal Game
Ottawa Civic Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Sunday, 27 October 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
06:15 – 🇺🇸 PEN – O’Leary, body checking
11:57 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Benoit, roughing
18:39 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Brisson, roughing
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🇺🇸 United States 2-1 Canada 🇨🇦
Three Nations Cup Group Round
Smiths Falls Memorial Community Centre, Smiths Falls 🇨🇦
Thursday, 24 October 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
16:30 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – St-Louis (Deschamps)
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🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 3
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Saturday, 14 September 1996
By 1996, the United States had replaced the Soviet Union / Russia as Canada’s principle international rivalry. In part this was because the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 had rendered the Russians more vulnerable and not as dominant. In part, the rivalry had been as political as it was sporting, so without the cloak of the Iron Curtain, the two countries weren’t nemeses any more.
And, in part, it was because of the emergence of the U.S. as a true hockey power. Canada had defeated the Americans — not the Soviets — in the 1991 Canada Cup, and the core American players from that team were now in their prime in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey.
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🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 2
Centre Molson, Montréal 🇨🇦
Thursday, 12 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:39 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Suter, interference
05:13 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Coffey, hooking
07:06 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – LeClair (Suter, Modano)
08:47 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Deadmarsh, holding
09:23 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Shanahan (Lindros)
18:52 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Amonte, holding
18:52 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Shanahan, high sticking
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🇨🇦 Canada 4-3 United States 🇺🇸 (OT)
World Cup Of Hockey Final, Game 1
CoreStates Center, Philadelphia 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 10 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:36 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Damphousse, slashing
07:56 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Weight, slashing
15:01 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Guerin, holding
16:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Coffey, roughing
16:04 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Deadmarsh, roughing
16:04 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Shanahan, roughing
16:04 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Chelios, slashing
16:50 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Lindros (Blake, Gretzky)
19:23 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Niedermayer, tripping
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🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Russia 🇷🇺
World Cup Of Hockey Semifinal
Corel Centre, Ottawa 🇨🇦
Sunday, 08 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:26 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – LaFontaine (Otto, Deadmarsh)
02:04 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kasparaitis, interference
07:56 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Malakhov, interference
10:09 – 🇺🇸 PEN – LeClair, hooking
13:25 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Tkachuk, elbowing
19:29 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Zelepukin, slashing / unsportsmanlike conduct double minor + 10 min. misconduct
19:45 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Hull (K. Hatcher, Weight)
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🇺🇸 United States 9-3 Slovakia 🇸🇰
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Madison Square Garden, New York 🇺🇸
Tuesday, 03 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:48 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Tkachuk, tripping
02:15 – 🇸🇰 PP GOAL – Bondra (Pálffy, Švehla)
02:53 – 🇺🇸 PEN – LeClair, hooking
05:07 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Bača, interference
05:28 – 🇸🇰 PEN – Bondra, holding
05:50 – 🇺🇸 PP2 GOAL – Tkachuk (Hull, Housley)
07:13 – 🇺🇸 PP GOAL – Weight (LeClair, Young)
08:40 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Hatcher, high sticking
13:34 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – LeClair (Amonte, Leetch)
13:51 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Weight, interference
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🇺🇸 United States 5-2 Russia 🇷🇺
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
Madison Square Garden, New York 🇺🇸
Monday, 02 September 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:26 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – Deadmarsh (LaFontaine, Leetch)
04:58 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kovalyov, elbowing / slashing double minor
04:58 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Guerin, slashing
07:08 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – LeClair (LaFontaine, Modano)
07:35 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Amonte, hooking
10:47 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Yashin, hooking
14:14 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kozlov, interference
16:44 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Schneider, high sticking
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🇺🇸 United States 5-3 Canada 🇨🇦
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
CoreStates Center, Philadelphia 🇺🇸
Saturday, 31 August 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:20 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Guerin, fighting major
00:20 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Primeau, instigating + fighting major + 10 min. misconduct
00:20 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Tkachuk, fighting major + 10 min. misconduct
00:20 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Lemieux, fighting major + 10 min. misconduct
05:01 – 🇺🇸 GOAL – LeClair (Amonte, Smolinski)
06:46 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Foote, roughing
08:30 – 🇺🇸 PEN – LeClair, boarding
09:53 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Gretzky (Niedermayer, Lindros)
18:38 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Messier (Stevens, Desjardins)
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🇨🇦 Canada 5-3 Russia 🇷🇺
World Cup Of Hockey Group Round
General Motors Place, Vancouver 🇨🇦
Thursday, 29 August 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 (Linden)
12:29 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kovalyov, hooking
14:24 – 🇨🇦 PP GOAL – Desjardins (Messier, Niedermayer)
17:11 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Shanahan (Messier, Niedermayer)
17:11 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Fetisov, hooking
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🇷🇺 Russia 4-4 Canada 🇨🇦
Exhibition Game
Canadian Airlines Saddledome, Calgary 🇨🇦
Sunday, 25 August 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:43 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Nikolishin, holding
02:49 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Linden, hooking
06:50 – 🇨🇦 GOAL – Damphousse (Gretzky, Fleury)
07:36 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Yushkevich, tripping
10:00 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Lemieux, hooking
11:56 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Zhamnov (Mogilny, Tverdovski)
15:44 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Lindros, slashing
17:48 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Kovalyov (Gonchar, Kasparaitis)
18:24 – 🇷🇺 GOAL – Kovalenko (Tverdovski)
19:35 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Kasparaitis, roughing
19:35 – 🇨🇦 PEN – Verbeek, roughing
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🇷🇺 Russia 6-4 United States 🇺🇸
Exhibition Game
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit 🇺🇸
Friday, 23 August 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:12 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Konawalchuk, roughing
08:20 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Gonchar, elbowing
14:06 – 🇷🇺 PEN – Nikolishin, tripping
14:52 – 🇺🇸 PEN – LeClair, cross checking
16:20 – 🇷🇺 PP GOAL – Nemchinov
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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Canada 🇨🇦
World Championship Gold Medal Game
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Sunday, 05 May 1996
Patera, Procházka…and then the puck was shaking viciously in the net. Whoever saw it will not forget. The last minute of the final period of the 1996 World Cup has an indelible golden tinge for Czech hockey. The group from the heart of Europe then became world champions in Vienna after an eleven-year wait.
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🇨🇿 Czechia 5-0 United States 🇺🇸
World Championship Semifinal
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Friday, 03 May 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kysela, interference
02:05 – 🇨🇿 SH GOAL – Procházka
02:32 – 🇨🇿 SH GOAL – Kučera (Ujčík)
12:48 – 🇺🇸 PEN – Tancill, tripping
13:34 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Vejvoda (Patera, Lang)
15:20 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Sýkora, interference
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🇨🇿 Czechia 6-1 Germany 🇩🇪
World Championship Quarterfinal
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Wednesday, 01 May 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:36 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Výborný (Bělohlav)
13:43 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Reichel (Kadlec, Vykoukal)
13:59 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kadlec, hooking
17:09 – 🇩🇪 PEN – Hecht, boarding
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🇨🇿 Czechia 9-5 Italy 🇮🇹
World Championship Group Round
Albert-Schultz-Eishalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Sunday, 28 April 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
07:46 – 🇮🇹 PEN – Comploi, holding
07:54 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Reichel (Lang, Stavjaňa)
09:40 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Výborný, interference
12:37 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Meluzín (Kučera, Ujčík)
12:51 – 🇮🇹 GOAL – Topatigh (Zarrillo, Orlando)
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🇨🇿 Czechia 9-2 France 🇫🇷
World Championship Group Round
Albert-Schultz-Eishalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Saturday, 27 April 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:39 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Bonk, roughing
08:39 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Briand, roughing
09:55 – 🇫🇷 PEN – Pouget, cross checking
10:43 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Kaberle (Patera, Procházka)
12:12 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Bonk, high sticking
13:43 – 🇫🇷 PP GOAL – Dubé (Zytynsky, F. Rozenthal)
16:53 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Kučera (Ujčík, Turek)
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🇨🇿 Czechia 2-2 Norway 🇳🇴
World Championship Group Round
Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Wednesday, 24 April 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
11:34 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Jakobsen, holding
13:18 – 🇨🇿 PP GOAL – Kadlec
19:17 – 🇳🇴 GOAL – Knutsen
19:50 – 🇳🇴 PEN – Jakobsen, holding
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🇨🇿 Czechia 4-2 Finland 🇫🇮
World Championship Group Round
Albert-Schultz-Eishalle, Vienna 🇦🇹
Tuesday, 23 April 1996
BOXSCORE
1st Period
08:36 – 🇨🇿 GOAL – Lang (Reichel, Bělohlav)
09:16 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Vejvoda, holding
11:36 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Niinimaa, holding
13:52 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Jutila, holding
16:09 – 🇫🇮 PEN – Virta, roughing
16:09 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Kučera, roughing
19:22 – 🇨🇿 PEN – Veber, tripping
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