Canada - Norway quick facts

13 Feb 2014 | Davide Tuniz from Sochi

Do you know:

• The two teams met at Vancouver 2010, with Canada winning a preliminary round game 8-0.
• Norway last scored a goal against the Canadians in an Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament at the Sarajevo 1984 when they lost 8-1. All told, Canada has outscored Norway 37-3 in four Olympic matches (11-2 in 1952, 8-1 in 1984, 10-0 in 1992 and 8-0 in 2010)
• Canada and Norway have met 23 times at the Olympic Winter Games and world championship with Canada winning 22 times. Norway's only victory came at the 2000 IIHF world championship when they beat the Canadians 4-3.
• Canada's Mike Babcock is the only head coach to be part of the 'Triple Gold Club', which the IIHF defines as someone who has "won the IIHF world championship, Olympic ice hockey tournament, and the Stanley Cup". Canada's Jonathan Toews and Patrice Bergeron are also members of the Triple Gold Club.
• Babcock and Norway's Roy Johansen are the only two coaches in the tournament who were behind the bench for their respective countries at Vancouver 2010.
• Canada's roster features the NHL's top three scorers: Sidney Crosby, Ryan Getzlaf and John Tavares. Crosby leads the league in assists with 50 helpers in 58 games.
• Norway has never finished higher than eighth at the Olympic Winter Games.
• Canada has not won an Olympic gold medal in men's ice hockey outside of the Americas in 62 years, since it triumphed at Oslo 1952.

Quote of the game:

Roy Johansen (Norway coach): If Norway beat Canada it will be like a team from South America winning the cross country skiing. We have about 200 senior players, we have about 25 professional players and in the whole country we have 30 ice rinks.