Other Men's National Team Tournaments
- World Championships
- IIHF World U18 Championship
- IIHF World U20 Championship
- NHL participation
- Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
- Canada Cup–An NHL-sanctioned tournament played between professional players from the top teams in the world five times between 1976 and 1991.
- World Cup of Hockey–The successor to the Canada Cup, played in 1996 and 2004.
- Summit Series–The series played between Canada and the Soviet Union in 1972.
- Other
- Spengler Cup–An invitational ice hockey tournament hosted by HC Davos and held in Davos, Switzerland. A Canadian national team–mostly made up of Canadians playing in Europe–has participated in the tournament since 1984.
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge–A tournament held by Hockey Canada played by regional teams from Canada as well as several under-17 national teams from other nations.
- Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament–An unofficial tournament for players under 18. It was previously known as the U-18 Junior World Cup, but renamed following the death of Ivan Hlinka.
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