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.
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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
All times are local (UTC-5 / UTC-4).
European pool
All times are local (UTC+2 / UTC+3).
Playoff round
Bracket
Quarter-finals All times are local (UTC+3 / UTC+2 / UTC-5 / UTC-4).
Semi-finals All times are local (UTC-5 / UTC-4).
Final Time is Eastern Daylight-Saving Time (UTC-4).
Ranking and statistics
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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 podnieks p. 20
Scoring leaders Player 4 4 4 8 2 6 2 5 7 8 5 5 1 6 23 5 3 3 6 2 6 3 3 6 2 6 1 5 6 2 5 0 6 6 0 4 0 6 6 2 5 3 2 5 2 5 3 2 5 10
Leading goaltenders Player 300 5 1.00 0.961 60 1 1.00 0.941 365 9 1.50 0.939 60 2 2.00 0.895 180 7 2.34 0.897 238 10 2.53 0.909 64 3 2.82 0.925 302 15 2.98 0.881 60 3 3.01 0.893 180 10 3.34 0.905
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