2011 Spengler Cup

2011 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	Vaillant Arena, Davos
Dates	26–31 December 2011
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	HC Davos (15th title)
Runner-up	Dinamo Riga
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	67 (6.09 per game)
Attendance	69,401 (6,309 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Roberts Bukarts (6 pts)
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from 26 to 3 December 2011. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The number of teams was expanded in 2010 from 5 to 6 in comparison to previous seasons, and split into two groups of three. The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, were named after legendary Swiss hockey players Bibi Torriani and Hans Cattini. HC Davos won the event for a record 15th time.

Teams participating

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

The division of the teams into the two groups and the subsequent schedule were determined on 2 September 2011.^[2]

Match Officials

Here is the list of match officials that have been confirmed for the tournament:^[3]

Referees	Linesmen
Danny Kurmann	Roger Arm
Jean Hébert	Roman Kaderli
Georg Jablukov	Andreas Kohler
Didier Massy	Peter Küng
Daniel Stricker	Joris Müller

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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Dinamo Riga	2	2	0	12	3	+9	6	Clinched group
Kloten Flyers	2	1	1	8	9	−1	3	Quarterfinal berth
EHC Wolfsburg	2	0	2	1	9	−8	0	Quarterfinal berth

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2011
15:00

Kloten Flyers

2–9
(0–0, 1–3, 1–6)

Dinamo Riga

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Ronnie Rüeger

Goalies

Chris Holt

Referees:
Daniel Stricker
Jean Hébert

	0–1	21' – M. Karsums (N. Lucenius, G. Galviņš)
V. Stancescu (R. Wick) – 22'	1–1
	1–2	25' – M. Cipulis (J. Rēdlihs)
	1–3	29' – R. Bukarts (G. Meija)
	1–4	42' – S. Ozoliņš (M. Karsums) (PP)
	1–5	44' – Ģ. Ankipāns (G. Meija, R. Bukarts)
	1–6	46' – M. Cipulis (F. Warg)
	1–7	47' – J. Upitis (J. Štāls, G. Galviņš)
	1–8	49' – O. Cibuļskis
	1–9	55' – Ģ. Ankipāns (G. Meija, R. Bukarts) (PP)
E. Blum (M. DuPont) – 58'	2–9

8 min

Penalties

4 min

27 December 2011
15:00

EHC Wolfsburg

0–6
(0–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Kloten Flyers

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,010

Game reference

Daniar Dshunussow

Goalies

Michael Flückiger

Referees:
Jean Hébert
Georg Jablukov

	0–1	14' – R. Wick (M. Nylander)
	0–2	35' – M. DuPont (T. Santala) (PP)
	0–3	36' – Y. Herren (A. Jacquemet, M. Liniger)
	0–4	45' – M. Jenni (N. Nordgren, M. DuPont) (PP)
	0–5	54' – V. Stancescu (D. Westcott, R. Wick)
	0–6	57' – R. Wick (S. Berger)

30 min

Penalties

14 min

28 December 2011
15:00

Dinamo Riga

3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

EHC Wolfsburg

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,147

Game reference

Māris Jučers

Goalies

Lukas Lang

Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Daniel Stricker

F. Warg (J. Lundmark, O. Cibuļskis) – 11'	1–0
Ģ. Ankipāns (R. Bukarts) – 14'	2–0
(SH) R. Bukarts (G. Meija) – 46'	3–0
	3–1	54' – N. Paetsch (C. Fischer) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

Group Cattini

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
HC Davos	2	2	0	10	2	+8	6	Clinched group
Team Canada	2	1	1	8	9	−1	3	Quarterfinal berth
HC Vítkovice Steel	2	0	2	2	9	−7	0	Quarterfinal berth

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2011
20:15

Team Canada

7–1
(5–0, 1–0, 1–1)

HC Vítkovice Steel

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Marty Turco

Goalies

Martin Falter

Referees:
Georg Jablukov
Danny Kurmann

J. Kwiatkowski (P. Pelletier, D. Walser) – 3'	1–0
D. Pittis (S. Roest, S. Heins) – 4'	2–0
J. Perrault (J. Hendry) – 8'	3–0
(PP) B. McLean (S. Heins) – 11'	4–0
R. Fata (R. Parent) – 17'	5–0
(PP) J. Kwiatkowski – 38'	6–0
	6–1	49' – N. Walker (P. Pohl)
(PP) B. McLean (J. Williams, D. Pittis) – 53'	7–1

8 min

Penalties

12 min

41

Shots

31

27 December 2011
20:15

HC Davos

2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

HC Vítkovice Steel

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Leonardo Genoni

Goalies

Roman Málek

Referees:
Didier Massy
Daniel Stricker

	0–1	26' – P. Pohl (N. Walker)
P. Tatíček (R. von Arx) – 39'	1–1
P. Tatíček (R. von Arx, P. Brendl) – 40'	2–1

8 min

Penalties

10 min

28 December 2011
20:15

Team Canada

1–8
(0–1, 1–1, 0–6)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Jake Allen

Goalies

Reto Berra

Referees:
Didier Massy
Jean Hébert

	0–1	18' – P. Sýkora (SH)
	0–2	34' – P. Sýkora (B. Forster)
P. Pelletier (J. Perrault) – 40'	1–2
	1–3	43' – P. Sejna (R. Earl) (PP)
	1–4	47' – R. Earl (P. Brendl, B. Forster)
	1–5	51' – P. Sýkora (P. Tatíček, R. von Arx)
	1–6	53' – P. Sejna (R. Earl) (PP)
	1–7	57' – D. Bürgler (J. Steinmann, J. Niinimaa)
	1–8	58' – P. Brendl (R. Earl)

4 min

Penalties

10 min

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

HC Davos

4

A2

Kloten Flyers

1

QF1

HC Vítkovice Steel

2

B3

HC Vítkovice Steel

5

SF1

HC Davos

3

SF2

Dinamo Riga

2

A1

Dinamo Riga

4

B2

Team Canada

2

QF2

EHC Wolfsburg

1

A3

EHC Wolfsburg

3**

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

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2011
15:00

Kloten Flyers

1–5
(0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

HC Vítkovice Steel

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 5,677

http://www.spenglercup.ch/eishockey/spengler-cup/kloten-flyers/hc-vitkovice/2011-12-29.html?l=en^{[permanent dead link]}

Ronnie Rüeger

Goalies

Roman Málek

Referees:
Georg Jablukov
Didier Massy

	0–1	17' – J. Káňa (O. Sedivy)
	0–2	22' – T. Káňa (J. Sykora, G. Randegger)
	0–3	39' – J. Sykora (F. Collenberg)
	0–4	41' – P. Pohl (PP)
	0–5	57' – J. Štefanka (PP)
F. Du Bois (E. Blum) – 59'	1–5

8 min

Penalties

8 min

29 December 2011
20:15

Team Canada

2–3 (SO)
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 0–1)

EHC Wolfsburg

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,067

Game reference

Marty Turco

Goalies

Daniar Dshunussow

Referees:
Jean Hébert
Danny Kurmann

D. Pittis – 14'	1–0
	1–1	19' – J. Laliberte (N. Milley)
(PP) K. McLean (S. Heins, C. Murphy) – 38'	2–1
	2–2	52' – C. Fischer (PP)

J. Perrault
S. Roest
J. P. Vigier
J. Perrault

Shootout

M. Bishai
K. Hospelt
T. Haskins
K. Hospelt

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2011
15:00

HC Davos

4–2
(1–1, 2–1, 1–0)

HC Vítkovice Steel

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Leonardo Genoni

Goalies

Roman Málek

Referees:
Daniel Stricker
Georg Jablukov

G. Sciaroni (R. Earl, P. Sejna) – 4'	1–0
	1–1	12' – O. Sedivy (F. Collenberg)
	1–2	24' – N. Walker (L. Kucsera)
P. Tatíček (M. Joggi, R. von Arx) – 25'	2–2
P. Brendl (P. Guggisberg, J. Niinimaa) – 30'	3–2
(EN) P. Sýkora (P. Tatíček) – 60'	4–2

30 December 2011
20:15

Dinamo Riga

4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

EHC Wolfsburg

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Chris Holt

Goalies

Daniar Dshunussow

Referees:
Danny Kurmann
Didier Massy

	0–1	12' – B. Kohl (A. Huebscher)
M. Bičevskis (A. Podziņš) – 15'	1–1
(PP) M. Karsums (N. Lucenius, G. Galviņš) – 27'	2–1
(SH) M. Karsums (N. Lucenius) – 29'	3–1
(EN) J. Lundmark – 60'	4–1

Final

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2011
12:00

HC Davos

3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Dinamo Riga

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,500

Game reference

Reto Berra

Goalies

Māris Jučers

Referees:
Jean Hébert
Georg Jablukov

G. Sciaroni (S. Rizzi, P. Sejna) – 2'	1–0
(PP) P. Sýkora (B. Forster, R. von Arx – 11'	2–0
	2–1	22' – J. Lundmark (M. Cipulis)
P. Brendl (R. Grossmann) – 31'	3–1
	3–2	60' – N. Lucenius

Champions

2011 Spengler Cup Winners
HC Davos Fifteenth title

All-Star Team

Position	Player	Nationality	Team
Goaltender	Roman Málek	Czech	HC Vítkovice Steel
Right Defender	Beat Forster	Swiss	HC Davos
Left Defender	Sandis Ozoliņš	Latvian	Dinamo Riga
Right Wing	Petr Sýkora	Czech	HC Davos
Center	Kai Hospelt	German	EHC Wolfsburg
Left Wing	Robbie Earl	American	HC Davos

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
Roberts Bukarts	Dinamo Riga	3	2	4	6
Petr Sýkora	HC Davos	3	5	0	5
Petr Tatíček	HC Davos	3	3	2	5
Robbie Earl	HC Davos	3	1	4	5
Pavel Brendl	HC Davos	3	3	1	4
Mārtiņš Karsums	Dinamo Riga	3	3	1	4

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

Source: Spenglercup.ch

18:57, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

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 Fernsehen (Switzerland, host broadcaster)
The Sports Network (Canada)
LTV7 (Latvia)
Eurosport 2, British Eurosport, Eurosport Asia and Pacific, and Eurosport HD
Nova Sport (Czech Republic, Slovakia)

References

^ "Zwei Premieren beim Spengler Cup 2011". Spenglercup.ch. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ "Der Spielplan ist bekannt". Spenglercup.ch. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
^ "Kurmann: I Almost Dropped the Receiver". Spenglercup.ch. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

External links

Official website

[1] "Zwei Premieren beim Spengler Cup 2011". Spenglercup.ch. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

[2] "Der Spielplan ist bekannt". Spenglercup.ch. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

[3] "Kurmann: I Almost Dropped the Receiver". Spenglercup.ch. 24 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2011.

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