Zero Americans and only one Finn in the “Triple Gold Club”

[ViD]

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[koyvoo]

1996 never happened

 

[Wildcarder]

If you'd asked me to guess who the Finn was, I'd wager you a gold medal I wouldn't have thought of Valtteri Filppula.

 

[DaveG]

I mean, the American teams at worlds are generally trash so makes sense

 

[Prairie Habs]

Its not terribly surprising when the USA has only ever won Olympic gold when it was non-professionals and the Stanley Cup is a professional trophy.

 

[ViD]

American can't match McDavid, Crosby, Makar, and much more. They've been better on paper for decades..

I don’t agree, Canada was always miles better than any other nation in all positions except G, now their defense and goalies are not that impressive

 

[Albatros]

Its not terribly surprising when the USA has only ever won Olympic gold when it was non-professionals and the Stanley Cup is a professional trophy.

The 1980 Olympic champions also won 5 Stanley Cups, it's the IIHF World Championships that they've failed to win.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I don’t agree, Canada was always miles better than any other nation in all positions except G, now their defense and goalies are not that impressive

Defense still isn't bad, but goaltending is atrocious.

Canada's best goalie is a broken Price.

I wasn't expecting Flippula, but I honestly wasn't sure who I was except for Finland.

 

[tarheelhockey]

The 1980 Olympic champions also won 5 Stanley Cups, it's the IIHF World Championships that they've failed to win.

Only 4 of them, right? Broten, Morrow, Johnson, Ramsey.

These guys all played in the WC in the 1980s, before the USA became an international contender. It wasn't just that they never won the WC, they never even medaled. There's a reason it was considered such a huge upset when this group won the Olympics...

 

[End on a Hinote]

This will end well.

 

[Beau Knows]

Well yeah not that surprising. US hasn't won OG in a long time, and when they did the majority of the players on those teams weren't NHL-caliber, so they weren't going to get a Cup to go along with it.

The triple gold club itself is a neat trivia question, but to me putting the World Championships on the level of the Olympics or Stanley Cup is dubious. Might as well throw the World Juniors or World Cup of Hockey in there too. To me a list of just Olympic + Stanley Cup champions would be more meaningful.

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

The US consistently punches below their weight in international hockey, has for ages now. I always bet against them in semi or quarter final matches, easy money.

 

[Sol]

as an American it’s oddly refreshing to see America not being the best at something. Let’s keep it that way.

 

[2014nyr]

worlds doesn't really mean much to the best players in the states. so yea, shocking they haven't won gold there.

 

[CBJx614]

As many others have said this isn't surprising especially when you consider over the last decade there's seemingly less desire/ability for guys to compete in the WHC. When's the last time majority of the countries truly sent out their absolute best to compete? There's only 2 active players on that list and it's not because Mcdavid or a guy like Barkov aren't good enough to potentially be on that list. It just doesn't carry the same weight anymore, which is a shame.

 

[Mike C]

The 1980 Olympic champions also won 5 Stanley Cups, it's the IIHF World Championships that they've failed to win.

Broten 1
Morrow 4
Craig Patrick 2 as GM

Johnson and Christian also played in Cup final on losing teams

 

[MikeyMike01]

Is this a thing people care about?

 

[WayTooCold]

Björninen skillfully dived Filppula to the list. Canadian player barely touched Björninen in OT and he went down like he was shot. Olympic level diving. That's IIHF hockey

 

[Laus723]

Lmao. Who cares?

 

[JackSlater]

The IIHF triple gold club is one of the most ridiculous concepts in hockey for a variety of reasons. Pretty shameless attempt by the IIHF to elevate its own tournament (IIHF world championship) by trying to attach it to bigger things (Olympics and Stanley Cup).

As for as a dearth of Americans and Finns, no shit.

 

[Klargplutte]

Double trippel gold club is the one that really counts no ?

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Björninen skillfully dived Filppula to the list. Canadian player barely touched Björninen in OT and he went down like he was shot. Olympic level diving. That's IIHF hockey

Thankfully there has never ever been diving in the NHL

 

[NYRKing]

Any time I see Hakan Loob I know it’s a good thread.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I can tell this list is pretty insignificant because Hasek is not on it and he hard carried the Czech team to Olympic Gold

So, there's no way you could argue that Jiri Slegr has better international achievements. IMO if anything, triple gold should be Stanley Cup, Olympic Gold and World Junior Championship

 

[DickSmehlik]

Good.

We all know the IIHF Gold Medal is the medal of shame.