World Cup of Hockey 2004
| World Cup of Hockey 2004 | |
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| Number of nations | 8th |
| winner |
 Canada
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| Second |
 Finland
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| Semi-finalists |
 Czech Republic USA
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| Venue (s) | 7 (in 6 countries) |
| opening | August 30, 2004 |
| Endgame | September 14, 2004 |
| spectator | 303,630 (15,980 per game) |
| Gates | 104 (5.47 per game) |
| MVP |
Vincent Lecavalier
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| Top scorer |
 Fredrik Modin (8 points)
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The 2004 World Cup of Hockey was the second edition of the competition of the same name . The successor to the Canada Cup was held from August 30 to September 14, 2004 by the North American professional league National Hockey League and the players 'union National Hockey League Players' Association in cooperation with the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF .
The eight best teams from the IIHF internal world rankings took part in the second edition of the competition. Canada secured the title, defeating Finland 3-2 in the final .
Attendees
The six best teams in the IIHF world rankings as well as Slovakia and Germany as wild card participants were divided into the North American Pool and the European Pool .
| 6 from Europe |
 Germany |
 Finland |
 Russia |
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 Sweden |
 Slovakia |
 Czech Republic |
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| 2 from North America |
 Canada (Olympic Champion 2002, World Champion 2004) |
 USA (World Cup winner 1996) |
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Pool layout
 European Pool (Helsinki, Cologne, Prague, Stockholm) |
 North American Pool (Montréal, Saint Paul, Toronto) |
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Czech Republic
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Canada
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Sweden
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 Russia
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Finland
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United States
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 Germany
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 Slovakia
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mode
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. All eight teams were automatically qualified for the quarter-finals, so the preliminary round was only a placement round .
There were no second legs in the final round. The winner, who was determined according to the rules of the National Hockey League , went straight to the next round. In contrast to the first event, the final was decided in just one game.
Venues
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Helsinki
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Cologne
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Prague
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Stockholm
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Hartwall Areena Capacity: 13,349 |
Kölnarena capacity: 18,500 |
Sazka Arena Capacity: 17,000 |
Globes Capacity: 13,850 |
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Montréal , Québec
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Saint Paul , Minnesota
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Toronto , Ontario
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Center Bell Capacity: 21,273 |
Xcel Energy Center Capacity: 18,064 |
Air Canada Center Capacity: 18,819 |
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Preliminary round
European pool
| August 30, 2004 8:00 p.m. |
Finland J. Hentunen (6:33) S. Koivu (40:30) N. Kapanen (44:54) M. Eloranta (48:51) |
4: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0) game report |
Czech Republic |
Hartwall Areena , Helsinki Spectators: 11,407 |
| August 31, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Sweden T. Holmström (16:34) M. Sundin (21:59) K. Johnsson (27:26) M. Nilson (31:51) F. Modin (36:25) |
5: 2 (1: 1, 4: 1, 0: 0) game report |
Germany M. Sturm (17:53) D. Kreutzer (33:00) |
Globen , Stockholm Spectators: 12,133 |
| September 1, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Sweden F. Modin (11:49) P. Forsberg (22:58) M. Öhlund (24:28) H. Zetterberg (30:30) |
4: 3 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 3) game report |
Czech Republic M. Ručínský (43:12) M. Židlický (45:16) P. Eliáš (54:25) |
Globen, Stockholm spectators: 13,850 |
| September 2, 2004 7:30 p.m. |
Germany |
0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report |
Finland K. Timonen (10:47) T. Selänne (31:27) J. Lehtinen (55:38) |
Kölnarena , Cologne spectators: 12,975 |
| September 3, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Czech Republic M. Židlický (22:56) J. Šlégr (24:27) J. Jágr (25:52) M. Hejduk (30:50) P. Eliáš (35:48) M. Havlát (48:59) V. . Prospal (58:36) |
7: 2 (0: 0, 5: 0, 2: 2) game report |
Germany T. Boos (43:55) J. Hecht (57:19) |
Sazka Arena , Prague spectators: 11,944 |
| September 4, 2004 8:00 p.m. |
Finland V. Peltonen (1:39) O. Väänänen (4:34) S. Koivu (12:46) O. Jokinen (20:38) |
4: 4 n.V. (3: 3, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report |
Sweden F. Modin (12:27) N. Lidström (17:24) F. Modin (19:17) T. Holmström (59:49) |
Hartwall Areena, Helsinki spectators: 12,948 |
| Pl. | Sp | S. | U | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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Finland
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11: 4 | 5 |
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Sweden
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13: 9 | 5 |
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Czech Republic
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:10 | 2 |
| 4th |
Germany
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4:15 | 0 |
North American pool
| August 31, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Canada M. St. Louis (16:01) J. Sakic (23:05) |
2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report |
USA B. Guerin (30:40) |
Center Bell , Montréal Spectators: 21,273 |
| September 1, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Canada J. Thornton (3:02) R. Smyth (4:43) S. Gagne (24:07) M. St. Louis (40:58) R. Smyth (47:11) |
5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1) game report |
Slovakia M. Cibák (44:53) |
Center Bell, Montréal Spectators: 21,273 |
| September 2, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
USA K. Tkachuk (33:44) |
1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report |
Russia D. Zubrus (32:20) A. Kowaljow (45:05) W. Koslow (58:02) |
Xcel Energy Center , Saint Paul Spectators: 18,064 |
| September 3, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
USA B. Smolinski (3:09) J. Blake (13:27) B. Guerin (56:17) |
3: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report |
Slovakia L. Nagy (11:14) |
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Spectators: 17,104 |
| September 4, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Canada B. Richards (23:40) K. Draper (25:17) J. Sakic (45:43) |
3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report |
Russia S. Gonchar (52:46) |
Air Canada Center , Toronto Spectators: 19,226 |
| September 5, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Slovakia M. Hossa (10:27) M. Gáborík (45:47) |
2: 5 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 2) game report |
Russia P. Dazjuk (8:10) A. Kowaljow (32:01) S. Samsonow (35:47) A. Yashin (40:59) A. Ovechkin (47:10) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 18,115 |
| Pl. | Sp | S. | U | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10: 3 | 6th |
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Russia
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3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9: 6 | 4th |
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United States
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3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5: 6 | 2 |
| 4th |
Slovakia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4:13 | 0 |
Final round
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| NA1 |
Canada
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| NA4 |
Slovakia
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| NA1 |
Canada
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4th | |||||||||||
| E3 |
Czech Republic
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| E2 |
Sweden
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| E3 |
Czech Republic
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6th | |||||||||||
| NA1 |
Canada
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Finland
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| NA3 |
United States
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5 | |||||||||||
| NA2 |
Russia
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| NA3 |
United States
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Finland
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Finland
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| E4 |
Germany
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Quarter finals
- European pool
| September 6, 2004 8:00 p.m. |
Finland N. Hagman (30:50) M. Eloranta (56:38) |
2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report |
Germany M. Sturm (53:58) |
Hartwall Areena , Helsinki spectators: 8,650 |
| September 7, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Sweden T. Holmström (56:29) |
1: 6 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report |
Czech Republic M. Straka (6:15) M. Havlát (13:30) M. Židlický (36:08) R. Dvořák (48:17) M. Hejduk (54:37) M. Hejduk (58:15) |
Globen , Stockholm Spectators: 11,957 |
- North American pool
| September 7, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
USA K. Tkachuk (11:20) K. Tkachuk (21:56) S. Gomez (44:25) K. Tkachuk (44:47) K. Tkachuk (59:05) |
5: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 2) game report |
Russia D. Afanassenkow (27:14) D. Zubrus (40:36) I. Kovalchuk (51:04) |
Xcel Energy Center , Saint Paul Spectators: 17,218 |
| September 8, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Canada V. Lecavalier (22:28) J. Iginla (25:26) R. Smyth (31:29) J. Sakic (31:48) J. Iginla (47:49) |
5: 0 (0: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0) game report |
Slovakia |
Air Canada Center , Toronto Spectators: 18,786 |
Semifinals
| September 10, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
USA D. Weight (32:57) |
1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2) game report |
Finland O. Jokinen (45:04) S. Koivu (56:06) |
Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul Spectators: 18,064 |
| September 11, 2004 6:30 p.m. |
Canada E. Brewer (31:15) M. Lemieux (34:25) K. Draper (53:47) V. Lecavalier (63:45) |
4: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report |
Czech Republic P. Čajánek (35:07) M. Havlát (47:21) P. Eliáš (53:53) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,273 |
final
| September 14, 2004 7:00 p.m. |
Canada J. Sakic (0:52) S. Niedermayer (23:15) S. Doan (40:34) |
3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report |
Finland R. Hahl (6:34) T. Ruutu (29:00) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,370 |
Final placements
| Pl. | team |
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Canada
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Finland
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Czech Republic
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| 4th |
United States
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Sweden
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| 6th |
Russia
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| 7th |
Slovakia
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| 8th |
Germany
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Finalists
World Cup of Hockey winner Canada  |
Jay Bouwmeester , Eric Brewer , Martin Brodeur , Shane Doan , Kris Draper , Adam Foote , Simon Gagné , Scott Hannan , Dany Heatley , Jarome Iginla , Ed Jovanovski , Vincent Lecavalier , Mario Lemieux , Roberto Luongo , Patrick Marleau , Kirk Maltby , Brendan Morrow , Scott Niedermayer , Wade Redden , Robyn Regehr , Brad Richards , Joe Sakic , Ryan Smyth , Martin St. Louis , José Théodore , Joe Thornton Head coach: Pat Quinn Assistant coach: Ken Hitchcock , Jacques Martin , Wayne Fleming |
2nd place Finland  |
Aki Berg , Mikko Eloranta , Niklas Hagman , Riku Hahl , Jukka Hentunen , Olli Jokinen , Niko Kapanen , Miikka Kiprusoff , Mikko Koivu , Saku Koivu , Antti Laaksonen , Jere Lehtinen , Kari Lehtonen , Toni Lydman , Ville Nieminen , Janne Niinimaa , Teppo Numminen , Ville Peltonen , Joni Pitkänen , Jarkko Ruutu , Tuomo Ruutu , Teemu Selänne , Sami Salo , Kimmo Timonen , Vesa Toskala , Ossi Väänänen Head coach: Raimo Summanen Assistant coach: Jari Kurri |
Awards
As Most Valuable Player of the tournament, the Canadian striker was Vincent Lecavalier excellent. Lecavalier scored two goals in six games over the course of the tournament and prepared five more. Among the two goals was the overtime winner to make it 4: 3 in the semi-finals. He was also appointed to the All-Star Team.
- All-Star Team
| Attack: |
Fredrik Modin - Saku Koivu - Vincent Lecavalier
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| Defense: |
Adam Foote - Kimmo Timonen
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| Goal: |
Martin Brodeur
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statistics
Best scorer
Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best
| player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM |
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| Fredrik Modin |
Sweden
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4th | 4th | 4th | 8th | +1 | 2 |
| Vincent Lecavalier |
Canada
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6th | 2 | 5 | 7th | +1 | 8th |
| Keith Tkachuk |
United States
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5 | 5 | 1 | 6th | +5 | 23 |
| Joe Sakic |
Canada
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6th | 4th | 2 | 6th | +4 | 2 |
| Martin Havlát |
Czech Republic
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5 | 3 | 3 | 6th | +6 | 2 |
| Joe Thornton |
Canada
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6th | 1 | 5 | 6th | +4 | 0 |
| Kimmo Timonen |
Finland
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6th | 1 | 5 | 6th | +3 | 2 |
| Daniel Alfredsson |
Sweden
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4th | 0 | 6th | 6th | +1 | 2 |
| Mike Modano |
United States
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5 | 0 | 6th | 6th | +4 | 0 |
| Milan Hejduk |
Czech Republic
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4th | 3 | 2 | 5 | +1 | 2 |
| Tomas Holmström |
Sweden
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4th | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 8th |
| Patrik Eliáš |
Czech Republic
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5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +3 | 10 |
Best goalkeeper
Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GAA = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best
| player | team | GP | Min | GA | SO | Sv% | ATM |
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| Martin Brodeur |
Canada
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5 | 300: 00 | 5 | 1 | 96.1 | 1.00 |
| Rick DiPietro |
United States
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1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 94.1 | 1.00 |
| Miikka Kiprusoff |
Finland
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6th | 363: 52 | 9 | 2 | 94.0 | 1.48 |
| Roberto Luongo |
Canada
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1 | 63:45 | 3 | 0 | 92.5 | 2.82 |
| Robert Ash |
United States
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4th | 237: 02 | 10 | 0 | 90.9 | 2.53 |
literature
- Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 .
Web links
- World Cup of Hockey 2004 at hockeyarchives.info (French)
- World Cup of Hockey 2004 at legendsofhockey.net
Individual evidence
- ^ Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 , p. 198
