2012 Spengler Cup

2012 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	Vaillant Arena, Davos
Dates	26–31 December 2012
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Team Canada (12th title)
Runner-up	HC Davos
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	77 (7 per game)
Attendance	71,544 (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	Heilbronner Falken	Los Angeles Kings
Cam Barker	Texas Stars (AHL)	Dallas Stars
Carlo Colaiacovo	Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)	Detroit Red Wings
Jason Demers	Oulun Kärpät	San Jose Sharks
Matt Duchene	HC Ambri-Piotta	Colorado Avalanche
Jason Spezza	Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Ottawa Senators
Patrice Bergeron	HC Lugano	Boston Bruins
Tyler Seguin	EHC Biel	Boston Bruins
Ryan Smyth	None	Edmonton Oilers
Sam Gagner	EC KAC	Edmonton Oilers

Match Officials

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

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

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 Ufa

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Benjamin Conz

Goalies

Iiro Tarkki

Referees:

Daniel Piechaczek

Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:

Roger Arm

Nicolas Fluri

	0–1	15:06 – Igor Mirnov (Kirill Koltsov) (PP)
Benjamin Plüss (Andrei Bykov, Julien Sprunger) – 25:20	1–1
(SH) Gregory Mauldin – 26:45	2–1
Andrei Bykov (Maxime Talbot, Patric Hörnqvist) – 49:30	3–1
Julien Sprunger (Bruno Gervais) – 53:11	4–1
(PP) Mike Knoepfli (Maxime Talbot) – 56:22	5–1

12 min

Penalties

16 min

35

Shots

32

27 December 2012
15:00

HC Vítkovice Steel

4–5 OT
(2–1, 2–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Roman Málek

Goalies

Iiro Tarkki

Referees:

Daniel Piechaczek

Brent Reiber
Linesmen:

Nicolas Fluri

Andreas Köhler

Rudolf Huna (Vladimír Svačina, Ondřej Roman) – 06:17	1–0
Rudolf Huna (Lukáš Kucsera, Ondřej Roman) – 10:00	2–0
	2–1	14:42 – Sergei Zinovjev (Denis Khlystov, Nikita Filatov)
Ondřej Roman (Vladimír Svačina, Rudolf Huna) – 21:12	3–1
	3–2	23:56 – Igor Mirnov (Igor Musatov)
Vladimír Svačina (Roman Szturc) – 26:43	4–2
	4–3	34:09 – Sergei Zinovjev (Denis Khlystov)
	4–4	40:36 – Nikita Filatov (Denis Khlystov)
	4–5	60:12 (OT) – Kirill Koltsov (Antti Pihlström, Alexei Kaigorodov)

12 min

Penalties

6 min

25

Shots

33

28 December 2012
15:00

HC Fribourg-Gottéron

1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

HC Vítkovice Steel

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Cory Schneider

Goalies

Filip Šindelář

Referees:

Stéphane Rochette

Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:

Andreas Kohler

Michaël Tscherrig

	0–1	08:50 – Roman Szturc (Radim Hruška, Marek Malík)
	0–2	21:45 – Rudolf Huna
Julien Sprunger (Andrei Bykov) – 44:39	1–2

8 min

Penalties

12 min

39

Shots

17

Group Cattini

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	Quarterfinal berth

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 Mannheim

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Jonathan Bernier

Goalies

Dennis Endras

Referees:

Antonín Jeřábek

Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:

Andreas Köhler

Joris Müller

	0–1	15:54 – Adam Mitchell (Steve Wagner, Craig MacDonald) (PP)
(PP) Tyler Seguin (Patrice Bergeron, Byron Ritchie) – 50:30	1–1
	1–2	63:00 (OT) – Jason Pominville (Steve Wagner)

10 min

Penalties

12 min

52

Shots

17

27 December 2012
20:15

HC Davos

0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Team Canada

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Reto Berra

Goalies

Devan Dubnyk

Referees:

Graham Skilliter

Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:

Roger Arm

Michaël Tscherrig

	0–1	09:16 – John Tavares (Jason Spezza, Sam Gagner) (PP)
	0–2	10:01 – Ryan Smyth (Jason Williams, Tyler Seguin)
	0–3	25:02 – Byron Ritchie (Geoff Kinrade, Josh Holden) (SH)
	0–4	32:23 – Byron Ritchie (Travis Roche) (PP)
	0–5	54:01 – Jason Williams (Matt Duchene)

16 min

Penalties

10 min

21

Shots

48

28 December 2012
20:15

Adler Mannheim

2–6
(1–0, 1–3, 0–3)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6020

http://www.spenglercup.ch/tl_files/images/A_OnSite/Dec28/IHM001C06_74_3_0.pdf^{[permanent dead link]}

Dennis Endras

Goalies

Leonardo Genoni

Referees:

Antonín Jeřábek

Brent Reiber
Linesmen:

Roger Arm

Joris Müller

Dennis Seidenberg – 03:18	1–0
Florian Kettemer (Mike Glumac) – 23:11	2–0
	2–1	24:15 – Enzo Corvi (Joe Thornton)
	2–2	28:45 – Dino Wieser (René Back, Janick Steinmann) (PP)
	2–3	31:14 – Dino Wieser
	2–4	40:54 – Loui Eriksson (Petr Tatíček, Petr Sýkora)
	2–5	48:28 – Gregory Hofmann (Petr Sýkora, Beat Forster)
	2–6	50:07 – Santeri Alatalo (Joe Thornton)

2 min

Penalties

2 min

34

Shots

34

Knockout stage

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2012
15:00

HC Fribourg-Gottéron

5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Adler Mannheim

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Benjamin Conz

Goalies

Felix Bruckmann

Referees:

Brent Reiber

Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:

Roger Arm

Joris Müller

(SH) Gregory Mauldin – 02:57	1–0
(PP) Benjamin Plüss (Andrei Bykov, Julien Sprunger) – 21:03	2–0
	2–1	29:18 – Frank Mauer (Yanick Lehoux, Marcus Kink)
Maxime Talbot (Gregory Mauldin, David Desharnais) – 34:50	3–1
	3–2	45:29 – Matthias Plachta (Marc El-Sayed, Steve Wagner)
(PP) Christian Dubé (David Desharnais, Patric Hörnqvist) – 49:07	4–2
Julien Sprunger (Andrei Bykov) – 56:04	5–2

4 min

Penalties

6 min

26

Shots

24

29 December 2012
20:15

HC Davos

7–5
(5–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Leonardo Genoni

Goalies

Iiro Tarkki (9:28, 2nd)
Vadim Tarasov (15:09, 1st)

Referees:

Antonín Jeřábek

Daniel Piechaczek
Linesmen:

Nicolas Fluri

Michaël Tscherrig

Josef Marha (Dario Bürgler) – 02:02	1–0
	1–1	02:10 – Igor Musatov (Vitali Shulakov, Vitali Atyushov)
Loui Eriksson – 03:24	2–1
Joe Thornton (Dario Bürgler) – 06:57	3–1
Santeri Alatalo – 15:09	4–1
(PP) Petr Sýkora – 16:29	5–1
	5–2	20:58 – Alexander Svitov (Denis Parshin)
	5–3	26:08 – Denis Parshin (Alexander Pankov, Alexander Svitov) (PP)
(PP) – Patrick Kane (Petr Tatíček, Santeri Alatalo) – 26:58	6–3
Patrick Kane (Loui Eriksson) – 29:28	7–3
	7–4	45:30 – Antti Pihlström (Igor Mirnov) (PP)
	7–5	53:28 – Igor Mirnov (Kirill Koltsov) (PP)

18 min

Penalties

18 min

32

Shots

33

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2012
15:00

Team Canada

5–1
(1–0, 2–1, 2–0)

HC Fribourg-Gottéron

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Devan Dubnyk

Goalies

Cory Schneider
Benjamin Conz (11:08, 3rd)

Referees:

Daniel Piechaczek

Stéphane Rochette
Linesmen:

Nicolas Fluri

Michaël Tscherrig

(PP) Jason Spezza (Carlo Colaiacovo, John Tavares) – 16:32	1–0
Marc-Antoine Pouliot (Byron Ritchie, Micki Dupont) – 22:47	2–0
(SH) Matt Duchene – 36:05	3–0
	3–1	36:29 – Joel Kwiatkowski (David Desharnais, Patric Hörnqvist) (PP)
Carlo Colaiacovo (Matt Duchene) – 46:25	4–1
Matt Duchene (Jason Williams) – 54:34	5–1

26 min

Penalties

10 min

33

Shots

26

30 December 2012
20:15

HC Vítkovice Steel

4–5
(0–1, 2–2, 2–2)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Filip Šindelář

Goalies

Reto Berra

Referees:

Brent Reiber

Graham Skilliter
Linesmen:

Andreas Köhler

Joris Müller

	0–1	11:48 – Patrick Kane
Lukáš Klimek (Jiří Burger) – 27:31	1–1
	1–2	31:45 – Gregory Hofmann (Petr Sýkora, Reto von Arx)
Tomáš Kudělka (Karol Sloboda) – 31:09	2–2
	2–3	36:02 – Dario Bürgler (Josef Marha)
Roman Szturc (Nathan Walker, Radim Hruška) – 42:42	3–3
	3–4	46:28 – Joe Thornton (Petr Tatíček)
Vladimír Svačina (Ondřej Roman) – 54:37	4–4
	4–5	59:48 – Patrick Kane (Matthias Joggi)

4 min

Penalties

4 min

40

Shots

35

Final

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2012
12:00

Team Canada

7–2
(3–1, 2–0, 2–1)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,504

Game reference

Devan Dubnyk

Goalies

Leonardo Genoni
Reto Berra (10:24, 2nd)

Referees:

Daniel Piechaczek

Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:

Nicolas Fluri

Joris Müller

Patrice Bergeron (Sam Gagner) – 00:46	1–0
(PP) Derrick Walser (Jason Demers, Patrice Bergeron) – 03:14	2–0
(SH) Ryan Smyth (Patrice Bergeron) – 09:07	3–0
	3–1	17:19 – Dario Bürgler (Joe Thornton, Noah Schneeberger)
Ryan Smyth (Patrice Bergeron, Micki Dupont) – 21:34	4–1
(PP) John Tavares (Derrick Walser, Sam Gagner) – 30:24	5–1
Jason Spezza – 40:24	6–1
(SH) John Tavares (Jason Spezza) – 49:36	7–1
	7–2	57:29 – Raphael Diaz (Patrick Kane)

12 min

Penalties

14 min

39

Shots

30

Champions

2012 Spengler Cup winners
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:

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Switzerland, host broadcaster)
The Sports Network (Canada)
Eurosport 2, British Eurosport, Eurosport Asia and Pacific, and Eurosport HD
Nova Sport (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

References

^ "KHL Meister am Spengler Cup 2012". Spenglercup.ch. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ "Fribourg Gotteron gegen den KHL-Meister". Spenglercup.ch. 24 August 2012. Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ TAVARES, SPEZZA TO PLAY FOR CANADA AT SPENGLER CUP Archived 24 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. TSN.ca. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
^ "Canada Roster (Spengler Cup)". Hockey Canada. December 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
^ "Erneut Mit NHL-Ref". Spenglercup.ch. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.
^ "Eismedien - Spengler Cup DE". Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

External links

Official website

[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] "Canada Roster (Spengler Cup)". Hockey Canada. December 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

[5] "Erneut Mit NHL-Ref". Spenglercup.ch. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

[6] "Eismedien - Spengler Cup DE". Archived from the original on 29 December 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.

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