By NHL Public Relations
February 15, 2025
Canada and USA will contest their 15th all-time game in an NHL International Tournament, including facing off in two finals – USA won the three-game series 2-1 in the 1996 World Cup of Hockey and Canada claimed the 1991 Canada Cup by winning the first two contests.
The last two games of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey final, as well as the opening contest of the 1991 Canada Cup final, were played in Montreal.
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- Canada and USA met in the gold medal game at the Olympic Winter Games in two of five years to date that NHL players participated, with a Mario Lemieux-captained Canada claiming gold in 2002 Salt Lake City (Canada’s first Olympic gold medal in 50 years at the time) and Sidney Crosby scoring the famous overtime “Golden Goal” on home soil in Vancouver in 2010 – a Canadian team that also included Drew Doughty.
- The last time these countries met in a best-on-best contest in Montreal, Canada defeated USA 2-1 in a round-robin game at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. Current USA general manager Bill Guerin scored USA’s lone goal in that contest, while current Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis recorded 1-1—2 including an assist on Joe Sakic’s game-winning goal.
Source: nhl.com