Orchestrating An Upset: The 1996 World Cup of Hockey
G
2016
60 minutes
Overview
Orchestrating an Upset is relatively recent history, but it is one of the United State’s rare international wins in best-on-best play and it hasn’t gotten nearly the same treatment the Miracle has. How did they assemble a team to beat Canada, who had previously won 4/5 Canada Cup tournaments? The documentary itself is a fun look back at a tournament that had a ton of drama despite not getting much in the way of publicity, especially in the United States. The movie covers Team USA’s creation and all of the international background going into the World Cup. The US was 0-7 against Canada in previous Canada Cup tournaments and hadn’t beaten their northern rivals in 20 years. A first shift brawl in a round robin game against Canada foreshadowed how the Americans would play for the rest of the tournament.
Top Cast
Louis P. Lamoriello
Himself
James Hetfield
Himself, Narrator
Eric Lindros
Himself
Brett Hull
Himself
Ron Wilson
Himself
Theoren Fleury
Himself
Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick
Himself
Scott Stevens
Himself
Bill Guerin
Himself
Don Cherry
Himself
Mike Richter
Himself
Keith "Walt" Tkachuck
Himself
Doug Weight
Himself
Tony Amonte
Himself, Mike Eruzione
Lou Lamoriello