The Canadian Press Team of the Year Award is an annual award given to Canada's team of the year. The sports writers of the Canadian Press (CP) conduct a poll to determine the nation's top team of either gender.

Winners

Year Winner Sport Coach/Manager Captain League/Event
1966 Montreal Canadiens Ice hockey Toe Blake Jean Beliveau NHL
1967 Toronto Maple Leafs Ice hockey Punch Imlach George Armstrong NHL
1968 Canadian Olympic Equestrian Team Equestrian - - 1968 Summer Olympics
1969 Ottawa Rough Riders[1] Canadian football Frank Clair - CFL
1970 Montreal Alouettes Canadian football Sam Etcheverry - CFL
1971 Montreal Canadiens[2] Ice hockey Al MacNeil Jean Beliveau NHL
1972 1972 Summit Series Canadian national team[3] Ice hockey Harry Sinden - 1972 Summit Series
1973 Montreal Expos Baseball Gene Mauch - 1973 MLB
1974 Montreal Alouettes Canadian football Marv Levy - CFL
1975 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian football Ray Jauch - CFL
1976 1976 Canada Cup Canadian national team Ice hockey Scotty Bowman Bobby Clarke 1976 Canada Cup
1977 Montreal Canadiens Ice hockey Scotty Bowman Yvan Cournoyer NHL
1978 Montreal Canadiens Ice hockey Scotty Bowman Yvan Cournoyer NHL
1979 Montreal Expos Baseball Dick Williams - 1979 MLB
1980 Montreal Expos Baseball Dick Williams - 1980 MLB
1981 Montreal Expos Baseball Dick Williams - 1981 MLB
1982 Edmonton Eskimos Canadian football Hugh Campbell - CFL
1983 Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Bobby Cox - 1983 MLB
1984 Edmonton Oilers Ice hockey Glen Sather Wayne Gretzky NHL
1985 Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Bobby Cox - 1985 MLB
1986 Montreal Canadiens Ice Hockey Jean Perron Bob Gainey NHL
1987 1987 Canada Cup Canadian national team Ice hockey Mike Keenan Wayne Gretzky 1987 Canada Cup
1989 Calgary Flames Ice hockey Terry Crisp Lanny McDonald and Jim Peplinski NHL
1990 Edmonton Oilers Ice hockey John Muckler Mark Messier NHL
1991 1991 Canada Cup Canadian national team Ice hockey Mike Keenan Wayne Gretzky 1991 Canada Cup
1992 Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Cito Gaston - 1992 MLB
1993 Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Cito Gaston - 1993 MLB
1994 Montreal Expos Baseball Felipe Alou - 1994 MLB
1995 1995 Canadian men's national junior hockey team Ice hockey Don Hay Todd Harvey 1995 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
1996 Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team Athletics - - 1996 Summer Olympics
1997 1997 Canadian men's national junior hockey team Ice hockey Mike Babcock Brad Larsen 1997 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
1998 Sandra Schmirler curling rink Curling - Sandra Schmirler 1998 Winter Olympics
1999 1972 Summit Series Canadian national team
Team of the Century		 Ice hockey Harry Sinden - 1972 Summit Series
2000 Daniel Nestor and Sébastien Lareau Tennis - - 2000 Summer Olympics
2001 Jamie Salé and David Pelletier Figure skating - -
2002 2002 Olympic men's ice hockey team Ice hockey Pat Quinn Mario Lemieux 2002 Winter Olympics
2003 2003 Canadian men's national hockey team Ice hockey Andy Murray Ryan Smyth 2003 World Ice Hockey Championships
2004 Calgary Flames Ice hockey Darryl Sutter Jarome Iginla NHL
2005 2005 Canadian men's national junior hockey team Ice hockey Brent Sutter Mike Richards 2005 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2006 Brad Gushue curling rink Curling - Brad Gushue 2006 Winter Olympics
2007 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian football Kent Austin - CFL
2008 2008 Canadian men's national junior hockey team Ice hockey Craig Hartsburg Karl Alzner 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2009 2009 Canadian men's national junior hockey team Ice hockey Pat Quinn Thomas Hickey 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2010 2010 Olympic men's ice hockey team Ice hockey Mike Babcock Scott Niedermayer 2010 Winter Olympics
2011 B.C. Lions Canadian football Wally Buono - CFL
2012 2012 Canadian women's national soccer team[4] Soccer John Herdman Christine Sinclair 2012 Summer Olympics, FIFA
2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian football Corey Chamblin - CFL[5]
2014 2014 Olympic men's ice hockey team Ice hockey Mike Babcock Sidney Crosby 2014 Winter Olympics
2015 Toronto Blue Jays Baseball John Gibbons - 2015 MLB
2016 Women's swimming team Swimming - - 2016 Summer Olympics
2017 2017 Canada men's national under-19 basketball team[6] Basketball Roy Rana Lindell Wigginton 2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
2018 Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir[7] Figure skating - - 2018 Winter Olympics
2019 Toronto Raptors[8] Basketball Nick Nurse - 2019 NBA Finals
2020 2020 Canadian men's national junior hockey team Ice hockey Dale Hunter Barrett Hayton 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2021 2021 Canadian women's national soccer team Soccer Bev Priestman Christine Sinclair 2020 Summer Olympics
2022 2022 Canadian men's national soccer team Soccer John Herdman Atiba Hutchinson FIFA World Cup Qualifiers & 2022 FIFA World Cup
2023 2023 Canadian men's basketball team Basketball Jordi Fernández - 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

See also

References

  • "CP names its Team-of-the-Year". Easy 101. The Canadian Press. 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  1. ↑ Levett, Bruce (1969-12-24). "Rough Riders beat out Habs". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  2. ↑ Levett, Bruce (1972-01-03). "title "Canadiens well in front in team of year voting". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Team Canada: Team of the Year". The Montreal Gazette. The Canadian Press. 1972-12-23. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. ↑ "Canadian women's soccer team named CP Team of the Year". The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  5. ↑ Ralph, Dan (28 December 2013). "Saskatchewan Roughriders named Canadian Press team of the year - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  6. ↑ Ewing, Lori (December 28, 2017). "U19 FIBA basketball champions voted Canadian Press team of year". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir named CP team of the year | CBC Sports".
  8. ↑ "Toronto Raptors named the Canadian Press team of the year". 28 December 2019.
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