1996 National Men's Under-18 Team

Air Canada Pacific Cup/Coupe Pacifique Air Canada
August 13-18, 1996/13-18 août 1996
Nelson/Castlegar, BC, CAN

Schedule/Results - Horaire/Résultats
Round-Robin/Ronde préliminaires
Tuesday, August 13 JPN 3 FIN 2 Nelson, BC
Tuesday, August 13 USA 6 CAN 5 Nelson, BC
Wednesday, August 14 FIN 3 USA 5 Nelson, BC
Wednesday, August 14 CAN 4 JPN 3 Nelson, BC
Thursday, August 15 JPN 0 USA 8 Castlegar, BC
Thursday, August 15 FIN 1 CAN 1 Castlegar, BC
Playoffs/Éliminatoires
Saturday, August 17 JPN 0 CAN 6 (Semi-Final) Castlegar, BC
Saturday, August 17 FIN 2 USA 5 (Semi-Final) Castlegar, BC
Sunday, August 18 FIN 11 JPN 0 (Bronze) Nelson, BC
Sunday, August 18 CAN 5 USA 1 (Gold) Nelson, BC

Final Standings/Classement final
Team G W L T GF GA Pts
Équipe P V D N BP BC Pts
1-CANADA 5 3 1 1 21 11 7
2-USA 5 4 1 0 25 15 8
3-FIN 5 1 3 1 19 14 3
4-JPN 5 1 4 0 6 31 2

Top Scorers/Meilleurs marqueurs
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Joueur PJ B A Pts PEN
Adam Colagiacomo CAN 5 5 6 11 16
Erik Westrum USA 5 4 6 10 8
Joe Thornton CAN 5 4 5 9 14
Teemu Elomo FIN 5 2 7 9 6
Ty Jones USA 5 4 3 7 16

Team Canada Statistics/Statitiques d'Équipe Canada
# Player Pos S Born Hometown 1995-96 Team GP G A PTS PIM
# Joueur Pos L Ville d’origine Équipe 1995-96 PJ B A PTS PUN
19 Colagiacomo.Adam F/A R/D 03/17/79 Toronto, ON LDN (OHL 5 5 6 11 16
18 Thornton, Joe F/A L/G 07/02/79 St. Thomas, ON SSM (OHL) 5 4 5 9 14
10 Marleau, Patrick F/A L/G 09/15/79 Aneroid, SK SEA (WHL) 5 3 3 6 8
9 Druken, Harold F/A L/G 01/26/79 St. John’s, NL NOB (USHS) 5 2 3 5 2
8 Hinz, Chad F/A L/G 03/21/79 Saskatoon, SK MJ (WHL) 5 0 5 5 0
15 Gyori, Dylan F/A L/G 02/20/79 Red Deer, AB T-C (WHL) 5 2 1 3 4
7 Payer, Serge F/A L/G 05/07/79 Rockland, ON KIT (OHL) 5 1 2 3 6
17 Ference, Andrew D L/G 03/17/79 Edmonton, AB PORT (WHL) 5 1 1 2 10
3 Tetrault, Daniel D R/D 09/04/79 La Broquerie, MB BRN (WHL) 5 0 2 2 2
12 Fortin, Jean-François D R/D 03/15/79 Laval, QC SHER (LHJMQ) 5 0 2 2 10
22 Ward, Jason F/A R/D 01/16/79   NF (OHL) 5 1 1 2 2
16 Heron, Chris F/A   04/08/79 Mississauga, ON   5 1 1 2 4
20 Tkaczuk, Daniel F/A L/G 06/10/79 Toronto, ON BAR (OHL) 5 1 1 2 4
21 Van Ryn, Mike D R/D 05/14/79 London, ON LDN (OPJHL) 5 0 1 1 2
4 Boynton, Nick D R/D 01/14/79 Nobleton, ON OTT (OHL) 5 0 1 1 14
14 Barney, Scott F/A R/D 03/27/79 Oshawa, ON PBO (OHL) 5 0 1 1 18
5 Théoret, Luc D L/G 07/30/79 Winnipeg, MB LETH (WHL) 5 0 0 0 4
11 Reich, Jeremy F/A L/G 02/11/79 Craik, SK SEA (WHL) 5 0 0 0 4

Goaltenders/Gardiens de but
# Player C Born Hometown 1995-96 Team GP MIN GA GAA SOG SV% SO
# Joueur C Ville d’origine Équipe 1995-96 PJ MIN BA MOY TAB % Arr JB
1 Desrochers, Patrick L/G 10/27/79 Penetanguishene, ON SAR (OHL) 3 180 8 2.67 92 .913 0
30 Therrien, Pierre-Luc L/G 09/03/79 Montreal, QC DRUM (LHJMQ) 2 120 3 1.50 50 .940 1

Dir, High Performance/Dir., Haute Performance: Denis Hainault

Head Coach/Entraîneur-chef: Mike Pelino (Spokane, WHL)

Assistant Coaches/Entraîneurs adjoints: Peter Deboer (Plymouth, OHL)

Bob Loucks (Tri-City, WHL)

Dir., Player Personnel/Dir., Personnel des joueurs: Ray Payne

For more information:
Brad Pascall Vice-President, Hockey Operations

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Photos
Videos
2024-25 NWT: CAN 3 – USA 1 (Game 5)
Gardiner scored the GWG with 6:44 left, giving Canada the series win.
2024-25 NWT: USA 2 – CAN 1 SO (Game 4)
Turnbull tied it late, but Canada fell to the U.S. in a shootout.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 3 – USA 0 (Gold Medal)
Grenier made 14 saves to backstop Canada to its eighth U18 gold medal.
2025 U18WWC: CAN 4 – CZE 2 (Semifinal)
Zablocki and Tiller had 1G 1A apiece to send Canada to play for gold.
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