2012 Spengler Cup

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

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

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

RefereesLinesmen
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.[5]

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

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
HC Vítkovice Steel210106604Clinched group
HC Fribourg-Gottéron2100163+33Quarterfinal berth
Salavat Yulaev Ufa2010169−32
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

TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Team Canada2101062+44Clinched group
HC Davos2100167−13Quarterfinal berth
Adler Mannheim2010147−32
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

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
B1 Team Canada5
A2 HC Fribourg-Gottéron5QF1 HC Fribourg-Gottéron1
B3 Adler Mannheim2SF1 Team Canada7
SF2 HC Davos2
A1 HC Vítkovice Steel4
B2 HC Davos7QF2 HC Davos5
A3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa5

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 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

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

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

 2012 Spengler Cup winners 

Team Canada
Twelfth title

All-Star Team

PositionPlayerNationalityTeam
GoaltenderDennis EndrasGermanAdler Mannheim
Right DefenderSanteri AlataloFinnishHC Davos
Left DefenderDennis SeidenbergGermanAdler Mannheim
Right WingPatrick KaneAmericanHC Davos
CenterMatt DucheneCanadianTeam Canada
Left WingJulien SprungerSwissHC Fribourg-Gotteron

Statistics

Scoring leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPts
Julien SprungerHC Fribourg-Gottéron4325
Patrice BergeronTeam Canada4145
Andrei BykovHC Fribourg-Gottéron4145
Patrick KaneHC Davos5415
Joe ThorntonHC Davos5235

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