WC.026
Sept 11, 2004

CANADA NOTEBOOK:

• Canada has advanced to the Finals of all six prior World Cup of Hockey/Canada Cup tournaments … Canada has now advanced to the Semifinals in four of the last five major senior international tournaments … The 2002 World Championships were the lone exception … Canada has advanced to the Semifinals in 14 of the 17 major international tournaments since 1993.

• Due to Canada's depth at center, captain Mario Lemieux has skated on the left wing on a line with Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla … "I played left wing before with Ron Francis and Jaromir Jagr for a year and a half," Lemieux said of the Pittsburgh Penguins' line that dominated the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cups. "I played right wing in 1987 (when Canada won the Canada Cup) with Wayne Gretzky. So, I can move around a little bit and adjust to the situation. I do feel comfortable. I spent most of my hockey career on the left side, on the boards, so it doesn't affect my play at all."

• Canada used the exact same line-up in its Quarterfinal game as it did its round-robin finale … Canada line combinations (from Wednesday's Quarterfinal against Slovakia)

Forwards:

Lemieux - Sakic - Iginla
Smyth - Lecavalier - Heatley
Gagne - Richards - St. Louis
Draper - Thornton - Doan

Defense Pairings:

Regehr - Niedermayer
Brewer - Foote
Hannan - Bouwmeester

 • Canada has scored goals in nine of its 12 full periods played during the tournament … Canada has registered four multi-goal periods, highlighted by its four-goal second period in the Quarterfinals against Slovakia … By comparison, Canada has only allowed goals in three of its 12 periods played, with no one multi-goal periods allowed.


Canada Scoring by Period:

                                 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Overtime |Total

Goals For              3      8       4         -           15

Goals Against         0      1       2         -           3

 

Canada Number of Goals                           Canada Number of Goals
by Period                                                        Allowed by Period

0 goals - 3 times                                  0 goals - 9 times

1 goal - 5 times                                   1 goal - 3 times

2 goals - 3 times                                  2 goals - 0 times

3+ goals - 1 time                                 3+ goals - 0 times