The 2004 World Cup of Hockey was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the second installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, eight years after the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey. It was held from August 30 to September 14, 2004, and took place in various venues in North America and Europe. Canada won the championship, defeating Finland in the final, held in Toronto.
The tournament directly preceded the NHL lockout, as the NHL announced they were locking out players during 2004–05 season two days after the tournament final was played, pending the adoption of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Team participants
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Venues
; North American pool and quarterfinals, semifinals and final
- Air Canada Centre – Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Xcel Energy Center – St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
; European pool and quarterfinals
- Globen – Stockholm, Sweden
- Hartwall Areena – Helsinki, Finland
- Kölnarena – Cologne, Germany
- Sazka Arena – Prague, Czech Republic
Pre-tournament games
- Russia–Germany 3–3 (Cologne)
- Sweden–Slovakia 2–0 (Bratislava)
- Finland–Czech Republic 1–1 (Prague)
- Canada–United States 1–3 (Columbus)
- Finland–Sweden 1–2 OT (Stockholm)
- Czech Republic–Germany 7–4 (Cologne)
- United States–Canada 1–3 (Ottawa)
- Germany–Finland 2–4 (Helsinki)
- Sweden–Czech Republic 3–5 (Prague)
- Russia–United States 0–2 (Columbus)
- Slovakia–Canada 2–2 (Ottawa)
- Slovakia–Russia 0–0 (Ottawa)
Preliminary round
North American pool
<small>All times are local (UTC-5 / UTC-4).</small>
European pool
<small>All times are local (UTC+2 / UTC+3).</small>
Playoff round
Bracket
Quarter-finals
<small>All times are local (UTC+3 / UTC+2 / UTC-5 / UTC-4).</small>
Semi-finals
<small>All times are local (UTC-5 / UTC-4).</small>
Final
<small>Time is Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (UTC-4).</small>
Ranking and statistics
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Tournament awards
- Tournament MVP
- Vincent Lecavalier
- All-star team
- Goaltender: Martin Brodeur
- Defence: Adam Foote, Kimmo Timonen
- Forwards: Vincent Lecavalier, Saku Koivu, Fredrik Modin
Final standings
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Scoring leaders
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! style="width:175px;"| Player
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 2
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 8
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 5 || 1 || 6 || 23
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 2
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 2
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 6 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 2
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 0
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 4 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 2
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 2
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 5 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 10
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Leading goaltenders
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 300 || 5 || 1.00 || 0.961
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 60 || 1 || 1.00 || 0.941
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 365 || 9 || 1.50 || 0.939
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 60 || 2 || 2.00 || 0.895
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 180 || 7 || 2.34 || 0.897
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 238 || 10 || 2.53 || 0.909
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 64 || 3 || 2.82 || 0.925
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 302 || 15 || 2.98 || 0.881
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 60 || 3 || 3.01 || 0.893
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|style="text-align:left;"| || 180 || 10 || 3.34 || 0.905
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See also
- International Ice Hockey Federation
- National Hockey League
- Summit Series
- World Cup of Hockey
- World Professional Hockey Championships
- 1996 World Cup of Hockey
- 2004 World Cup of Hockey statistics
Notes
References
External links
- Official site
- ESPN World Cup of Hockey page
- TSN's World Cup of Hockey page
- CBC's World Cup of Hockey page
- Series du Sommet (série du siècle), Coupe Canada et Coupe du Monde