2016 Spengler Cup

2016 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	Vaillant Arena
Dates	26 – 31 December 2016
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Team Canada (14th title)
Runner-up	HC Lugano
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	73 (6.64 per game)
Attendance	62,636 (5,694 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrew Ebbett (8 pts)
Official website
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The 2016 Spengler Cup was an ice hockey competition held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 2016. All matches were played at HC Davos's home known as Vaillant Arena. Six competing teams were split into two groups of three (in the round-robin series). The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, are named after legendary Swiss hockey players Richard 'Bibi' Torriani and the Cattini brothers, Hans and Ferdinand.

Teams participating

The list of teams that are participating in the tournament are as listed.^[1]^[2]

Match officials

Referees	Linesmen
Stefan Fonselius	Cedric Borga
Michael Leggo	Roman Kaderli
Marcus Vinnerborg	Balázs Kovács
Tobias Wehrli	David Obwegeser
Marc Wiegand	Simon Wüst

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
HC Lugano	2	2	0	8	5	+3	6	Clinched group
Mountfield HK	2	1	1	7	7	0	3	Quarterfinal berth
Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg	2	0	2	5	8	−3	0	Quarterfinal berth

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2016
15:00

HC Lugano

4–2
(1 – 1, 2 – 0, 1 – 1)

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300

Game reference

Elvis Merzļikins

Goalies

Ivan Lisutin (20:00, 1st period; 12:35, 2nd period)
Vladimir Sokhatsky (7:25, 2nd period; 19:22, 3rd period)

Referees:

Stefan Fonselius

Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:

Balázs Kovács

David Obwegeser

09:39 – Wisniewski (Klasen) (PP)	1 – 0
	1 – 1	Monya (Chesalin) – 17:16
31:24 – Sannitz (Wilson, Wisniewski)	2 – 1
32:35 – Gardner (Fazzini)	3 – 1
	3 – 2	Gareyev (Shchitov) (PP) – 48:21
59:40 – Klasen (Lapierre) (EN)	4 – 2

12:00 min

Penalties

10:00 min

30

Shots

23

27 December 2016
15:00

Mountfield HK

4–3
(1 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 0)

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,155

Game reference

Patrik Rybár

Goalies

Vladimir Sokhatsky (00:00–59:25)

Referees:

Stefan Fonselius

Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:

David Obwegeser

Simon Wüst

	0 – 1	Monya (2) (Timashov, Torchenyuk) – 00:31
04:28 – Jarůšek (PP)	1 – 1
24:51 – Kukumberg (Gregorc)	2 – 1
	2 – 2	Golyshev (Torchenyuk) – 37:20
	2 – 3	Chistov (Vasilevsky) (PP) – 39:43
52:08 – Kukumberg (2) (Pavlas)	3 – 3
55:56 – Jarůšek (2) (Džeriņš) (PP)	4 – 3

12:00 min

Penalties

14:00 min

31

Shots

34

28 December 2016
15:00

HC Lugano

4–3
(2 – 1, 2 – 0, 0 – 2)

Mountfield HK

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300

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(0:00–51:42) Daniel Manzato
(8:18, 3rd period) Elvis Merzļikins

Goalies

Patrik Rybár (20:00, 1st period; 10:51, 2nd period)
Ondřej Kacetl (9:09, 2nd period; 19:03, 3rd period)

Referees:

Tobias Wehrli

Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:

Cedric Borga

David Obwegeser

11:09 – Hofmann (Wilson) (PP)	1 – 0
	1 – 1	Simanek (Cerveny, Džeriņš) – 11:53
18:35 – Hofmann (2)	2 – 1
29:23 – Fazzini (Lapierre)	3 – 1
30:51 – Vesce (Klasen)	4 – 1
	4 – 2	Džeriņš (SH) – 43:06
	4 – 3	Cerveny – 51:42

14:00 min

Penalties

12:00 min

23

Shots

38

Group Cattini

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
HC Dinamo Minsk	2	1	1	11	9	+2	3	Clinched group
HC Davos	2	1	1	8	8	0	3	Quarterfinal berth
Team Canada	2	1	1	8	10	−2	3	Quarterfinal berth

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2016
20:15

HC Dinamo Minsk

7–4
(2 – 3, 1 – 0, 4 – 1)

Team Canada

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,119

Game reference

Ben Scrivens

Goalies

Drew MacIntyre (00:00–59:38)

Referees:

Marcus Vinnerborg

Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:

Cedric Borga

Roman Kaderli

02:02 – Materukhin (Gotovets)	1 – 0
	1 – 1	Ebbett (Jeffrey, Raymond) – 05:11
	1 – 2	Noreau (Ebbett, Pouliot) (PP2) – 12:57
	1 – 3	Raymond (Flood, Pouliot) (PP) – 13:58
16:50 – Kovyrshin (Komarov, Materukhin)	2 – 3
30:44 – Lisovets (Ellison, Materukhin) (PP)	3 – 3
	3 – 4	Noreau (2) (Micflikier) (PP) – 40:33
46:30 – Korobov (Komarov)	4 – 4
50:25 – Kovryshin (2) (Klinkhammer) (PP)	5 – 4
54:20 – Drozd (Kitarov, Hrabarenka)	6 – 4
58:25 – Komarov (Khenkel, Shinkevich (EN)	7 – 4

12:00 min

Penalties

12:00 min

19

Shots

35

27 December 2016
20:15

HC Davos

3–4
(1 – 1, 0 – 1, 2 – 2)

Team Canada

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300

Game reference

(00:00–59:13) Gilles Senn

Goalies

Zach Fucale

Referees:

Michael Leggo

Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:

Cedric Borga

Balázs Kovács

11:09 – Ledin (Ruutu, Forster) (PP)	1 – 0
	1 – 1	Raymond (2) (Ch. Genoway, Jeffrey) – 16:27
	1 – 2	Emmerton (Sheppard) (SH) – 27:57
45:02 – Rahimi (Ruutu, Egli)	2 – 2
	2 – 3	Micflikier (Gormley) (PP) – 46:37
	2 – 4	Ebbett (2) (Ch. Genoway, Raymond) (PP) – 52:40
55:18 – Ledin (2) (M. Wieser, Schneeberger)	3 – 4

20:00 min

Penalties

12:00 min

36

Shots

34

28 December 2016
20:15

HC Dinamo Minsk

4–5
(1 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 1)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300

Game reference

Kevin Lalande

Goalies

Melvin Nyffeler

Referees:

Michael Leggo

Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:

Roman Kaderli

Simon Wüst

Klinkhammer (SH) – 04:54	1 – 0
	1 – 1	16:03 – Hall (Shore, Ruutu) (PP)
	1 – 2	21:28 – Schneeberger (Corvi) (PP)
	1 – 3	22:17 – Lindgren (Ruutu, M. Wieser)
	1 – 4	29:31 – Shore (Ledin, Schneeberger) (PP)
Karaban – 29:46	2 – 4
Pavlovich – 30:38	3 – 4
	3 – 5	41:40 – Corvi
Pavlovich (2) (Klinkhammer) (PP) – 47:35	4 – 5

16:00 min

Penalties

18:00 min

20

Shots

19

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

HC Dinamo Minsk

2

A2

Mountfield HK

1

QF1

Team Canada

3

B3

Team Canada

5

SF1

Team Canada

5

SF2

HC Lugano

2

A1

HC Lugano

4

B2

HC Davos

3

QF2

HC Davos

0

A3

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

1

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2016
15:00

Mountfield HK

1–5
(0 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 2)

Team Canada

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,012

Game reference

Ondřej Kacetl

Goalies

Zach Fucale

Referees:

Tobias Wehrli

Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:

Roman Kaderli

David Obwegeser

	0 – 1	04:19 – Ebbett (3) (Katic, Raymond)
	0 – 2	19:41 – Noreau (3) (DiDomenico, Gormley)
	0 – 3	33:32 – Gormley (Raymond, Ebbett)
Bednář (Gregorc, Dej) (PP) – 39:20	1 – 3
	1 – 4	42:24 – Raymond (3) (Flood, Ebbett) (PP)
	1 – 5	43:01 – Paré (Gormley, Heshka)

20:00 min

Penalties

12:00 min

20

Shots

30

29 December 2016
20:15

HC Davos

3–1
(2 – 1, 0 – 0, 1 – 0)

Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300

Goalies

Referees:

Michael Leggo
Linesmen:

Balázs Kovács

Simon Wüst

Ruutu (Shore, Paschoud) (PP) – 05:28	1 – 0
Shore (D. Wieser, Simion) – 08:35	2 – 0
	2 – 1	17:58 – Golyshev (Turbin)
M. Wieser (Ruutu, Jung) – 43:39	3 – 1

8:00 min

Penalties

14:00 min

22

Shots

32

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2016
15:00

HC Dinamo Minsk

2–3
(0 – 2, 1 – 0, 1 – 1)

Team Canada

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300

Game reference

Ben Scrivens (20:00, 1st period; 20:00, 2nd period; 18:16, 3rd period)

Goalies

Zach Fucale

Referees:

Stefan Fonselius

Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:

Cedric Borga

Balázs Kovács

	0–1	07:07 – Pouliot (Micflickier, Didomenico)
	0–2	14:03 – Didomenico (Noreau) (PP)
Stepanov (Pettersson) (PP) – 21:44	1–2
	1–3	52:29 – Ch. Genoway (Pouliot)
Ellison (Korobov, Kovyrshin) (PP) – 55:16	2–3

26:00 min

Penalties

22:00 min

23

Shots

37

30 December 2016
20:15

HC Lugano

4–0
(1 – 0, 2 – 0, 1 – 0)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300

Goalies

Referees:

Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:

Roman Kaderli

Simon Wüst

Klasen (Wisniewski, Mårtensson) – 16:59	1–0
Bürgler (Vesce) (PP) – 31:23	2–0
Chiesa (Walker, Lapierre) – 35:01	3–0
Bertaggia (Hofmann) (SH) – 45:54	4–0

26:00 min

Penalties

24:00 min

33

Shots

35

Final

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2016
12:00

Team Canada

5–2
(1 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 1)

HC Lugano

Vaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300

Game reference

Zachary Fucale

Goalies

Elvis Merzļikins (20:00, 1st period; 20:00, 2nd period)
Stefan Müller (00:00–18:13, 3rd period)

Referees:

Marcus Vinnerborg

Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:

Roman Kaderli

Simon Wúst

	0–1	00:31 – Bürgler (2) (Zackrisson)
Ch. Genoway (2) (Spaling) – 06:03	1–1
Pouliot (2) (Micflickier, Didomenico) – 20:59	2–1
Emmerton (2) (Spaling, Parlett) (SH) – 22:59	3–1
Ebbett (4) (Raymond) – 37:17	4–1
	4–2	44:08 – Bürgler (3) (Wisniewski) (PP)
Spaling (Ebbett) (EN) – 59:43	5–2

24:00 min

Penalties

12:00 min

47

Shots

42

Champions

2016 Spengler Cup Winners
Team Canada Repeat Champions 14th title

All-Star Team

All-Star Team^[3]
Position	Player	Nationality	Team
Goaltender	Elvis Merzļikins	Latvian	HC Lugano
Right Defender	Maxim Noreau	Canadian	Team Canada
Left Defender	James Wisniewski	American	HC Lugano
Right Wing	Evgeni Kovyrshin	Belarusian	HC Dinamo Minsk
Center	Andrew Ebbett	Canadian	Team Canada
Left Wing	Drew Shore	American	HC Davos

Statistics

Scoring leaders

As of Game 9

Player	Team	G	A	Pts
Team Canada	Andrew Ebbett	3	3	6
HC Davos	Tuomo Ruutu	1	5	6
Team Canada	Mason Raymond	3	2	5
Team Canada	Maxim Noreau	3	1	4
HC Davos	Drew Shore	2	2	4

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

Television broadcast

Territory	Rights holder	Ref
Andorra Australasia^[i] Comoros Dominican Republic France French Guiana French Polynesia Guadeloupe Haiti Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Monaco Réunion Saint-Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Seychelles Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Vanuatu Venezuela Wallis and Futuna	L'Equipe TV	^[4]
Balkans^[ii]	Arena Sport	^[4]
Belarus	Belteleradio	^[4]
Canada	TSN/RDS	^[4]
Czech Republic Slovakia	Digi TV	^[4]^[5]
Denmark	TV 2	^[4]^[5]
Finland	MTV Finland	^[4]
Germany	Sport1 (Germany)	^[4]
Hungary	Sport2	^[5]
Russia	Match TV/NTV Plus	^[4]^[5]
Slovenia	Šport TV	^[4]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	^[4]
Worldwide^[iii]	YouTube

Notes

^ Rights in Australia and New Zealand
^ Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia; the competition was aired in Kosovo on a non-exclusive basis
^ Except in Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, and the United States

References

^ "Participating teams 2016 are known". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ "Tournament Schedule announced". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
^ "Spengler-Cup Allstar-Team bekannt" [Spengler Cup All-Star Team named] (in German). 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Watch the Spengler Cup worldwide". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 20 December 2016 [2016]. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Infront to handle international media rights distribution for the Spengler Cup Davos until 2017" (Press release). Zug, Switzerland: Infront Sports & Media. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[4] Rights in Australia and New Zealand

[6] Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia; the competition was aired in Kosovo on a non-exclusive basis

[8] Except in Switzerland, Canada, Mexico, and the United States

[1] "Participating teams 2016 are known". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 24 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[2] "Tournament Schedule announced". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 2 September 2016. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.

[3] "Spengler-Cup Allstar-Team bekannt" [Spengler Cup All-Star Team named] (in German). 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.

[Broadcasters-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Watch the Spengler Cup worldwide". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 20 December 2016 [2016]. Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[Infront-7] "Infront to handle international media rights distribution for the Spengler Cup Davos until 2017" (Press release). Zug, Switzerland: Infront Sports & Media. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

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