The 2012 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland, from December 26 to December 31, 2012. All matches were played at HC Davos's home known as Vaillant Arena. Six competing teams were split into two groups of three. The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, were named after legendary Swiss hockey players Richard "Bibi" Torriani and the Cattini brothers, Hans and Ferdinand.

2012 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)Vaillant Arena, Davos
Dates26–31 December 2012
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Canada Team Canada (12th title)
Runner-up Switzerland HC Davos
Tournament statistics
Games played11
Goals scored77 (7 per game)
Attendance71,544 (6,504 per game)
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Teams participating edit

The list of teams that have been confirmed for the tournament are as listed:[1]

The division of the six teams into two groups of three and the subsequent schedule were determined on 24 August 2012.[2]

Due to the ongoing 2012–13 NHL lockout, some of the teams' rosters were bolstered by the presence of locked-out NHL players, with many of them joining Team Canada.[3]

Match Officials edit

Here is the list of match officials that have been confirmed for the tournament:[4]

Referees Linesmen
  Graham Skilliter   Roger Arm
  Daniel Piechaczek   Nicolas Fluri
  Antonín Jeřábek   Andreas Kohler
  Brent Reiber   Joris Müller
  Stéphane Rochette   Michaël Tscherrig

Publications edit

For the first time, the Spengler Cup has made all of their available publications, including all matchday programmes and the event media guide, available for download on their website. The publications are available only in German.[5]

Group stage edit

Key edit

  • W (regulation win) – 3 pts.
  • OTW (overtime/shootout win) – 2 pts.
  • OTL (overtime/shootout loss) – 1 pt.
  • L (regulation loss) – 0 pts.

Group Torriani edit

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  HC Vítkovice Steel 2 1 0 1 0 6 6 0 4 Clinched group
  HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 +3 3 Quarterfinal berth
  Salavat Yulaev Ufa 2 0 1 0 1 6 9 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2012
15:00
HC Fribourg-Gottéron  5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)
  Salavat Yulaev UfaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Benjamin ConzGoaliesIiro TarkkiReferees:
  Daniel Piechaczek
  Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
  Roger Arm
  Nicolas Fluri
0–115:06 – Igor Mirnov (Kirill Koltsov) (PP)
Benjamin Plüss (Andrei Bykov, Julien Sprunger) – 25:201–1
(SH) Gregory Mauldin – 26:452–1
Andrei Bykov (Maxime Talbot, Patric Hörnqvist) – 49:303–1
Julien Sprunger (Bruno Gervais) – 53:114–1
(PP) Mike Knoepfli (Maxime Talbot) – 56:225–1
12 minPenalties16 min
35Shots32
27 December 2012
15:00
HC Vítkovice Steel  4–5 OT
(2–1, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1)
  Salavat Yulaev UfaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Roman MálekGoaliesIiro TarkkiReferees:
  Daniel Piechaczek
  Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Fluri
  Andreas Köhler
Rudolf Huna (Vladimír Svačina, Ondřej Roman) – 06:171–0
Rudolf Huna (Lukáš Kucsera, Ondřej Roman) – 10:002–0
2–114:42 – Sergei Zinovjev (Denis Khlystov, Nikita Filatov)
Ondřej Roman (Vladimír Svačina, Rudolf Huna) – 21:123–1
3–223:56 – Igor Mirnov (Igor Musatov)
Vladimír Svačina (Roman Szturc) – 26:434–2
4–334:09 – Sergei Zinovjev (Denis Khlystov)
4–440:36 – Nikita Filatov (Denis Khlystov)
4–560:12 (OT) – Kirill Koltsov (Antti Pihlström, Alexei Kaigorodov)
12 minPenalties6 min
25Shots33
28 December 2012
15:00
HC Fribourg-Gottéron  1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)
  HC Vítkovice SteelVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Cory SchneiderGoaliesFilip ŠindelářReferees:
  Stéphane Rochette
  Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
  Andreas Kohler
  Michaël Tscherrig
0–108:50 – Roman Szturc (Radim Hruška, Marek Malík)
0–221:45 – Rudolf Huna
Julien Sprunger (Andrei Bykov) – 44:391–2
8 minPenalties12 min
39Shots17

Group Cattini edit

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Team Canada 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 +4 4 Clinched group
  HC Davos 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 −1 3 Quarterfinal berth
  Adler Mannheim 2 0 1 0 1 4 7 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2012
20:15
Team Canada  1–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
  Adler MannheimVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Jonathan BernierGoaliesDennis EndrasReferees:
  Antonín Jeřábek
  Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:
  Andreas Köhler
  Joris Müller
0–115:54 – Adam Mitchell (Steve Wagner, Craig MacDonald) (PP)
(PP) Tyler Seguin (Patrice Bergeron, Byron Ritchie) – 50:301–1
1–263:00 (OT) – Jason Pominville (Steve Wagner)
10 minPenalties12 min
52Shots17
27 December 2012
20:15
HC Davos  0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)
  Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Reto BerraGoaliesDevan DubnykReferees:
  Graham Skilliter
  Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
  Roger Arm
  Michaël Tscherrig
0–109:16 – John Tavares (Jason Spezza, Sam Gagner) (PP)
0–210:01 – Ryan Smyth (Jason Williams, Tyler Seguin)
0–325:02 – Byron Ritchie (Geoff Kinrade, Josh Holden) (SH)
0–432:23 – Byron Ritchie (Travis Roche) (PP)
0–554:01 – Jason Williams (Matt Duchene)
16 minPenalties10 min
21Shots48
28 December 2012
20:15
Adler Mannheim  2–6
(1–0, 1–3, 0–3)
  HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6020
http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite/Dec28/IHM001C06_74_3_0.pdf[permanent dead link]
Dennis EndrasGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
  Antonín Jeřábek
  Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
  Roger Arm
  Joris Müller
Dennis Seidenberg – 03:181–0
Florian Kettemer (Mike Glumac) – 23:112–0
2–124:15 – Enzo Corvi (Joe Thornton)
2–228:45 – Dino Wieser (René Back, Janick Steinmann) (PP)
2–331:14 – Dino Wieser
2–440:54 – Loui Eriksson (Petr Tatíček, Petr Sýkora)
2–548:28 – Gregory Hofmann (Petr Sýkora, Beat Forster)
2–650:07 – Santeri Alatalo (Joe Thornton)
2 minPenalties2 min
34Shots34

Knockout stage edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1   Team Canada 5
A2   HC Fribourg-Gottéron 5 QF1   HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1
B3   Adler Mannheim 2 SF1   Team Canada 7
SF2   HC Davos 2
A1   HC Vítkovice Steel 4
B2   HC Davos 7 QF2   HC Davos 5
A3   Salavat Yulaev Ufa 5

Key: * – final in overtime. ** – final in shootout.

Quarterfinals edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2012
15:00
HC Fribourg-Gottéron  5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)
  Adler MannheimVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Benjamin ConzGoaliesFelix BruckmannReferees:
  Brent Reiber
  Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:
  Roger Arm
  Joris Müller
(SH) Gregory Mauldin – 02:571–0
(PP) Benjamin Plüss (Andrei Bykov, Julien Sprunger) – 21:032–0
2–129:18 – Frank Mauer (Yanick Lehoux, Marcus Kink)
Maxime Talbot (Gregory Mauldin, David Desharnais) – 34:503–1
3–245:29 – Matthias Plachta (Marc El-Sayed, Steve Wagner)
(PP) Christian Dubé (David Desharnais, Patric Hörnqvist) – 49:074–2
Julien Sprunger (Andrei Bykov) – 56:045–2
4 minPenalties6 min
26Shots24
29 December 2012
20:15
HC Davos  7–5
(5–1, 2–2, 0–2)
  Salavat Yulaev UfaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesIiro Tarkki (9:28, 2nd)
Vadim Tarasov (15:09, 1st)
Referees:
  Antonín Jeřábek
  Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Fluri
  Michaël Tscherrig
Josef Marha (Dario Bürgler) – 02:021–0
1–102:10 – Igor Musatov (Vitali Shulakov, Vitali Atyushov)
Loui Eriksson – 03:242–1
Joe Thornton (Dario Bürgler) – 06:573–1
Santeri Alatalo – 15:094–1
(PP) Petr Sýkora – 16:295–1
5–220:58 – Alexander Svitov (Denis Parshin)
5–326:08 – Denis Parshin (Alexander Pankov, Alexander Svitov) (PP)
(PP) – Patrick Kane (Petr Tatíček, Santeri Alatalo) – 26:586–3
Patrick Kane (Loui Eriksson) – 29:287–3
7–445:30 – Antti Pihlström (Igor Mirnov) (PP)
7–553:28 – Igor Mirnov (Kirill Koltsov) (PP)
18 minPenalties18 min
32Shots33

Semifinals edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2012
15:00
Team Canada  5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)
  HC Fribourg-GottéronVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Devan DubnykGoaliesCory Schneider
Benjamin Conz (11:08, 3rd)
Referees:
  Daniel Piechaczek
  Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Fluri
  Michaël Tscherrig
(PP) Jason Spezza (Carlo Colaiacovo, John Tavares) – 16:321–0
Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Byron Ritchie, Micki Dupont) – 22:472–0
(SH) Matt Duchene – 36:053–0
3–136:29 – Joel Kwiatkowski (David Desharnais, Patric Hörnqvist) (PP)
Carlo Colaiacovo (Matt Duchene) – 46:254–1
Matt Duchene (Jason Williams) – 54:345–1
26 minPenalties10 min
33Shots26
30 December 2012
20:15
HC Vítkovice Steel  4–5
(0–1, 2–2, 2–2)
  HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Filip ŠindelářGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
  Brent Reiber
  Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
  Andreas Köhler
  Joris Müller
0–111:48 – Patrick Kane
Lukáš Klimek (Jiří Burger) – 27:311–1
1–231:45 – Gregory Hofmann (Petr Sýkora, Reto von Arx)
Tomáš Kudělka (Karol Sloboda) – 31:092–2
2–336:02 – Dario Bürgler (Josef Marha)
Roman Szturc (Nathan Walker, Radim Hruška) – 42:423–3
3–446:28 – Joe Thornton (Petr Tatíček)
Vladimír Svačina (Ondřej Roman) – 54:374–4
4–559:48 – Patrick Kane (Matthias Joggi)
4 minPenalties4 min
40Shots35

Final edit

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2012
12:00
Team Canada  7–2
(3–1, 2–0, 2–1)
  HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Devan DubnykGoaliesLeonardo Genoni
Reto Berra (10:24, 2nd)
Referees:
  Daniel Piechaczek
  Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Fluri
  Joris Müller
Patrice Bergeron (Sam Gagner) – 00:461–0
(PP) Derrick Walser (Jason Demers, Patrice Bergeron) – 03:142–0
(SH) Ryan Smyth (Patrice Bergeron) – 09:073–0
3–117:19 – Dario Bürgler (Joe Thornton, Noah Schneeberger)
Ryan Smyth (Patrice Bergeron, Micki Dupont) – 21:344–1
(PP) John Tavares (Derrick Walser, Sam Gagner) – 30:245–1
Jason Spezza – 40:246–1
(SH) John Tavares (Jason Spezza) – 49:367–1
7–257:29 – Raphael Diaz (Patrick Kane)
12 minPenalties14 min
39Shots30

Champions edit

 2012 Spengler Cup winners 
 
Team Canada
Twelfth title

All-Star Team edit

Position Player Nationality Team
Goaltender Dennis Endras German Adler Mannheim
Right Defender Santeri Alatalo Finnish HC Davos
Left Defender Dennis Seidenberg German Adler Mannheim
Right Wing Patrick Kane American HC Davos
Center Matt Duchene Canadian Team Canada
Left Wing Julien Sprunger Swiss HC Fribourg-Gotteron

Statistics edit

Scoring leaders edit

Player Team GP G A Pts
Julien Sprunger HC Fribourg-Gottéron 4 3 2 5
Patrice Bergeron Team Canada 4 1 4 5
Andrei Bykov HC Fribourg-Gottéron 4 1 4 5
Patrick Kane HC Davos 5 4 1 5
Joe Thornton HC Davos 5 2 3 5

GP = Games Played G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Television edit

Several television channels around the world will cover many or all matches of the Spengler Cup. As well as most Swiss channels, here is a listing of who else will cover the tournament:

References edit

  1. ^ "KHL Meister am Spengler Cup 2012". Spenglercup.ch. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Fribourg Gotteron gegen den KHL-Meister". Spenglercup.ch. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  3. ^ TAVARES, SPEZZA TO PLAY FOR CANADA AT SPENGLER CUP Archived 24 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. TSN.ca. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Erneut Mit NHL-Ref". Spenglercup.ch. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Eismedien - Spengler Cup DE". Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

External links edit