Kofin Kanada na 1981

Kofin Labatt Canada na 1981 shi ne na biyu mafi kyau a gasar cin kofin hockey ta duniya kuma ya shafi manyan kasashe shida na hockey a duniya. An gudanar da wasannin gasar a Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal da Ottawa. Tarayyar Soviet ta doke Kanada a wasan karshe guda daya don lashe lambar yabo ta farko da ci 8-1. An kira mai tsaron raga na Soviet Vladislav Tretiak dan wasa mafi mahimmanci. Wayne Gretzky na Kanada ya jagoranci gasar a zira kwallaye 12.

Wannan fitowar ta biyu ta Kofin Kanada an shirya ta ne a shekarar 1979 amma an dage ta saboda rikice-rikice tsakanin Kungiyar Hockey ta Kanada da Hockey Kanada. An jinkirta shi a karo na biyu a cikin 1980 bayan Afghanistan" Invasion of Afghanistan "mamayewa Soviet na Afghanistan da kuma kauracewa Kanada na abubuwan wasanni tare da Tarayyar Soviet a sakamakon haka. Lokacin da a ƙarshe aka gudanar a 1981, mai shirya gasar Alan Eagleson ya yi hasashen cewa zai iya zama irin wannan taron na ƙarshe saboda hauhawar farashi da rashin jin daɗi. Eagleson ya haifar da ƙarin gardama lokacin da ya ki yarda da Soviets su dauki kofin Kofin Kanada tare da su zuwa Tarayyar Sobiya.

Ƙungiya

A taron ta a lokacin rani na shekara ta 1978, Ƙungiyar Ice Hockey ta Duniya ta amince da shawarwari don gudanar da gasar cin Kofin Kanada ta biyu da ta uku a 1979 da 1982. Koyaya, tashin hankali tsakanin hukumomin da ke adawa da Kanada, Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) da Hockey Canada, sun karu bayan wannan ƙungiyar ta zargi CAHA da yin watsi da alkawuran da ta yi game da kulawar Hockey Kanada game da abubuwan da suka faru na duniya da suka shafi 'yan wasan ƙwararru. Babban mai tattaunawar Hockey Canada don abubuwan da suka faru a duniya, Alan Eagleson, ya zargi CAHA da ƙoƙarin lalata Kofin Kanada kuma ya yi barazanar soke gasar idan CAHA ta ki sulhu da jikinsa.

An sanya gasar a cikin haɗari a watan Janairun 1979 lokacin da General Motors ya janye a matsayin babban mai tallafawa; Eagleson ya yi jayayya da GM ya janye sakamakon jayayya da CAHA. Rashin jituwa ya sanya jikin biyu a gefen yanke dukkan alaƙa, matakin da zai haifar da Hockey Canada ta ki sakin kowane ƙwararre ko ɗan wasan jami'a ga kowane ɗayan ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Kanada. An dakatar da gasar da shekara guda har zuwa Satumba 1980.

Harin Soviet na Afghanistan a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1979 da kuma barazanar kauracewa gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1980 a Moscow ya jagoranci masu shirya gasar su sake la'akari da jinkirta gasar cin kofin Kanada. Duk da yake Eagleson da farko ya fi son barin gasar ta ci gaba ba tare da la'akari da halin da ake ciki na siyasa ba, ya amince cewa Hockey Canada ya sake jinkirta Kofin Kanada bayan Gwamnatin Kanada ta shiga Kauracewa gasar Olympics. An yi ƙoƙari na motsa gasar zuwa Sweden da sauri lokacin da Eagleson ya sanar da su cewa ba Hockey Canada ko National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) ba za su shiga cikin irin wannan taron ba.

Ba tare da tsoro ba, Eagleson da shugaban IIHF Günther Sabetzki sun ba da sanarwar cewa an sake tsara gasar don Satumba 1981. A wannan lokacin, gasar ta ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara.