2012 Spengler Cup

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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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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.

Teams participating

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]

Locked Out NHL Players joining Team Canada[4]
Player Lockout Team NHL Team/Organization
Devan Dubnyk None Edmonton Oilers
Jonathan Bernier Germany Heilbronner Falken Los Angeles Kings
Cam Barker United States Texas Stars (AHL) Dallas Stars
Carlo Colaiacovo United States Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL) Detroit Red Wings
Jason Demers Finland Oulun Kärpät San Jose Sharks
Matt Duchene Switzerland HC Ambri-Piotta Colorado Avalanche
Jason Spezza Switzerland Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Ottawa Senators
Patrice Bergeron Switzerland HC Lugano Boston Bruins
Tyler Seguin Switzerland EHC Biel Boston Bruins
John Tavares Switzerland SC Bern New York Islanders
Ryan Smyth None Edmonton Oilers
Sam Gagner Austria EC KAC Edmonton Oilers

Match Officials

Here is the list of match officials that have been confirmed for the tournament:[5]

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

Publications

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.[6]

Group stage

Key

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

Group Torriani

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Czech Republic HC Vítkovice Steel 2 1 0 1 0 6 6 0 4 Clinched group
Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 +3 3 Quarterfinal berth
Russia 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 Switzerland5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)		Russia Salavat Yulaev UfaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Benjamin ConzGoaliesIiro TarkkiReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Canada Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Switzerland 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 Czech Republic4–5 OT
(2–1, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1)		Russia Salavat Yulaev UfaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Roman MálekGoaliesIiro TarkkiReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Switzerland 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 Switzerland1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)		Czech Republic HC Vítkovice SteelVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Cory SchneiderGoaliesFilip ŠindelářReferees:
Switzerland Stéphane Rochette
Canada Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
Switzerland Andreas Kohler
Switzerland 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

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Canada Team Canada 2 1 0 1 0 6 2 +4 4 Clinched group
Switzerland HC Davos 2 1 0 0 1 6 7 −1 3 Quarterfinal berth
Germany 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 Canada1–2 OT
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0, 0–1)		Germany Adler MannheimVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Jonathan BernierGoaliesDennis EndrasReferees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:
Switzerland Andreas Köhler
Switzerland 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 Switzerland0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)		Canada Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Reto BerraGoaliesDevan DubnykReferees:
Canada Graham Skilliter
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Switzerland 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 Germany2–6
(1–0, 1–3, 0–3)		Switzerland 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:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Switzerland 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

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

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

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2012
15:00		HC Fribourg-Gottéron Switzerland5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)		Germany Adler MannheimVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Benjamin ConzGoaliesFelix BruckmannReferees:
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Switzerland Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roger Arm
Switzerland 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 Switzerland7–5
(5–1, 2–2, 0–2)		Russia Salavat Yulaev UfaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesIiro Tarkki (9:28, 2nd)
Vadim Tarasov (15:09, 1st)		Referees:
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Switzerland 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

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2012
15:00		Team Canada Canada5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)		Switzerland HC Fribourg-GottéronVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Devan DubnykGoaliesCory Schneider
Benjamin Conz (11:08, 3rd)		Referees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Switzerland Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Switzerland 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 Czech Republic4–5
(0–1, 2–2, 2–2)		Switzerland HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Filip ŠindelářGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
Switzerland Brent Reiber
Canada Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:
Switzerland Andreas Köhler
Switzerland 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

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2012
12:00		Team Canada Canada7–2
(3–1, 2–0, 2–1)		Switzerland HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504
Game reference
Devan DubnykGoaliesLeonardo Genoni
Reto Berra (10:24, 2nd)		Referees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
Switzerland 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

 2012 Spengler Cup winners 
Canada
Team Canada
Twelfth title

All-Star Team

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

Scoring leaders

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

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

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