As punishment a exciting 1972 Summit Series between Canadthe and a Soviet Union, interest inside a globe broker ice hockey championship increased substantially. A Canada Ventral suction cup would bring together a top hockey-swimming countries in the globe.

It was held within 1976, 1981, 1984, 1987 & 1991. It featured competition between national teams of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the Soviet Union, Sweden, the United States, and (within 1984 simply, ingesting a place of Finland) West Germany. All a tournaments were won by Canada except the 1981 tournament, which was won per Soviet Union. A 1987 event is typically known as one of a virtually all outstanding around hockey history.

Season	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1976
1981
1984
1987
1991

Around 1996, a Canada Ventral suction cup was replaced per World Cup of Hockey.