1987 Canada Cup Story
The top six nations again battled it out for hockey supremacy, with Finland back in the fold replacing West Germany. The 1987 Canada Cup was international hockey at its finest with some of the greatest players in the world displaying their vast talents. The tournament was the best of the five Canada Cups and produced some of the greatest games and some of the greatest hockey that the World has ever seen.
After a slow start by the two favourites, Canada tying 4-4 with Czechoslovakia and the USSR losing 5-3 to Sweden, both teams dominated the tournament. It was only fitting that both teams would meet in the final. The 3-game finals between Canada and the Soviet Union was one of the most dramatic encounters since the Summit Series of 1972 when Paul Henderson sealed the Soviets’ fate in the dying moments of the eight game series.
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