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 YearWinnerSportCoach/ManagerCaptainLeague/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 Canadian football Frank Clair - CFL 1970 Montreal Alouettes Canadian football Sam Etcheverry - CFL 1971 Montreal Canadiens Ice hockey Al MacNeil Jean Beliveau NHL 1972 1972 Summit Series Canadian national team 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 teamTeam 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 20122012 Canadian women's national soccer team Soccer John Herdman Christine Sinclair 2012 Summer Olympics, FIFA 2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders Canadian football Corey Chamblin - CFL 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 Olympics20172017 Canada men's national under-19 basketball teamBasketball Roy Rana Lindell Wigginton2017 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup2018 Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir Figure skating - - 2018 Winter Olympics2019Toronto Raptors 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 2024 Canadian 4 × 100 m relay team Athletics - - 2024 Summer Olympics 2025 Toronto Blue Jays Baseball John Schneider - 2025 MLB
See also
Lou Marsh Award Lionel Conacher Award Bobbie Rosenfeld Award Velma Springstead Trophy
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