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| - One of the most infamous incidents in tournament history occurred in 1987 in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, where a massive brawl involving all players on both teams occurred between Canada and the Soviet Union. It began when Pavel Kostichkin took a two-handed slash at Theoren Fleury and the Soviet Union's Evgeny Davydov came off the bench, eventually leading to most of the players from both teams joining the brawl. The officials, unable to break up the fight, walked off the ice and eventually tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes before the game was declared null and void. An emergency IIHF meeting resulted in the delegates voting 7–1 to disqualify both teams from the tournament. While the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold
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| - One of the most infamous incidents in tournament history occurred in 1987 in Piestany, Czechoslovakia, where a massive brawl involving all players on both teams occurred between Canada and the Soviet Union. It began when Pavel Kostichkin took a two-handed slash at Theoren Fleury and the Soviet Union's Evgeny Davydov came off the bench, eventually leading to most of the players from both teams joining the brawl. The officials, unable to break up the fight, walked off the ice and eventually tried shutting off the arena lights, but the brawl lasted for 20 minutes before the game was declared null and void. An emergency IIHF meeting resulted in the delegates voting 7–1 to disqualify both teams from the tournament. While the Soviets were out of medal contention, Canada was playing for the gold medal, and were leading 4–2 at the time of the brawl. The gold medal ultimately went to Finland, hosts Czechoslovakia took the silver and Sweden, who had been eliminated from medal contention, was awarded the bronze. The IIHF voted to suspend all players involved from competing in international events for 18 months, and all coaches for three years. Player suspensions were later cut to six months, which allowed eligible players such as Fleury to participate in the 1988 tournament. The brawl helped raise the profile of the tournament in Canada, where the tournament now ranks as one of the most important hockey events. Since 1977, Canada has participated in every tournament, sending 56 goaltenders and 530 skaters (forwards and defencemen). During this period, Canadian teams have won 26 medals: 15 gold, 7 silver and 4 bronze. Canadian cities have hosted the tournament a combined nine times, more than any other nation. Because of the age restrictions, the majority of players have participated in only one tournament. However, 120 players (112 skaters, eight goaltenders) have played in two tournaments. Six players—Jason Botterill, Jay Bouwmeester, Trevor Kidd, Martin Lapointe, Eric Lindros and Jason Spezza—have played in three tournaments. As of 2010, 455 players (411 skaters and 44 goaltenders), or 77.6% of players, have won at least one medal. Of that number, 276 (27 goaltenders and 249 skaters), or 47.1%, have won at least one gold medal. Forty-four players (41 skaters and 3 goaltenders), or 7.5%, have won two or more gold medals. Jason Botterill is the only Canadian player to win three gold medals (1994–1996), while Jason Spezza and Jay Bouwmeester (both 2000–2002) have also won three medals (two bronze, one silver). Eric Lindros, who scored 12 goals and 19 assists for a total of 31 points over three tournaments (1990–1992), is Canada's all-time assists and points leader in the tournament. Jordan Eberle, who played in the 2009 and 2010 tournaments, is Canada's all-time leading goal scorer, with 14 goals. __ToC__
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