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
Finland Stefan Fonselius Switzerland Cedric Borga
United States Michael Leggo Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg Switzerland Balázs Kovács
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli Switzerland David Obwegeser
Switzerland Marc Wiegand Switzerland 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 OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Switzerland HC Lugano 2 2 0 0 0 8 5 +3 6 Clinched group
Czech Republic Mountfield HK 2 1 0 0 1 7 7 0 3 Quarterfinal berth
Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 2 0 0 0 2 5 8 −3 0
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2016
15:00		HC Lugano Switzerland4–2
(1 – 1, 2 – 0, 1 – 1)		Russia Avtomobilist YekaterinburgVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
Elvis MerzļikinsGoaliesIvan Lisutin (20:00, 1st period; 12:35, 2nd period)
Vladimir Sokhatsky (7:25, 2nd period; 19:22, 3rd period)		Referees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balázs Kovács
Switzerland David Obwegeser
09:39 – Wisniewski (Klasen) (PP)1 – 0
1 – 1Monya (Chesalin) – 17:16
31:24 – Sannitz (Wilson, Wisniewski)2 – 1
32:35 – Gardner (Fazzini)3 – 1
3 – 2Gareyev (Shchitov) (PP) – 48:21
59:40 – Klasen (Lapierre) (EN)4 – 2
12:00 minPenalties10:00 min
30Shots23
27 December 2016
15:00		Mountfield HK Czech Republic4–3
(1 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 0)		Russia Avtomobilist YekaterinburgVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,155
Game reference
Patrik RybárGoaliesVladimir Sokhatsky (00:00–59:25)Referees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Switzerland David Obwegeser
Switzerland Simon Wüst
0 – 1Monya (2) (Timashov, Torchenyuk) – 00:31
04:28 – Jarůšek (PP)1 – 1
24:51 – Kukumberg (Gregorc)2 – 1
2 – 2Golyshev (Torchenyuk) – 37:20
2 – 3Chistov (Vasilevsky) (PP) – 39:43
52:08 – Kukumberg (2) (Pavlas)3 – 3
55:56 – Jarůšek (2) (Džeriņš) (PP)4 – 3
12:00 minPenalties14:00 min
31Shots34
28 December 2016
15:00		HC Lugano Switzerland4–3
(2 – 1, 2 – 0, 0 – 2)		Czech Republic Mountfield HKVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
https://www.spenglercup.ch/sites/default/files/game/gamesheet/summary5.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
(0:00–51:42) Daniel Manzato
(8:18, 3rd period) Elvis Merzļikins		GoaliesPatrik Rybár (20:00, 1st period; 10:51, 2nd period)
Ondřej Kacetl (9:09, 2nd period; 19:03, 3rd period)		Referees:
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Switzerland David Obwegeser
11:09 – Hofmann (Wilson) (PP)1 – 0
1 – 1Simanek (Cerveny, Džeriņš) – 11:53
18:35 – Hofmann (2)2 – 1
29:23 – Fazzini (Lapierre)3 – 1
30:51 – Vesce (Klasen)4 – 1
4 – 2Džeriņš (SH) – 43:06
4 – 3Cerveny – 51:42
14:00 minPenalties12:00 min
23Shots38

Group Cattini

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk 2 1 0 0 1 11 9 +2 3 Clinched group
Switzerland HC Davos 2 1 0 0 1 8 8 0 3 Quarterfinal berth
Canada Team Canada 2 1 0 0 1 8 10 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2016
20:15		HC Dinamo Minsk Belarus7–4
(2 – 3, 1 – 0, 4 – 1)		Canada Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,119
Game reference
Ben ScrivensGoaliesDrew MacIntyre (00:00–59:38)Referees:
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
02:02 – Materukhin (Gotovets)1 – 0
1 – 1Ebbett (Jeffrey, Raymond) – 05:11
1 – 2Noreau (Ebbett, Pouliot) (PP2) – 12:57
1 – 3Raymond (Flood, Pouliot) (PP) – 13:58
16:50 – Kovyrshin (Komarov, Materukhin)2 – 3
30:44 – Lisovets (Ellison, Materukhin) (PP)3 – 3
3 – 4Noreau (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 minPenalties12:00 min
19Shots35
27 December 2016
20:15		HC Davos Switzerland3–4
(1 – 1, 0 – 1, 2 – 2)		Canada Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
(00:00–59:13) Gilles SennGoaliesZach FucaleReferees:
United States Michael Leggo
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Switzerland Balázs Kovács
11:09 – Ledin (Ruutu, Forster) (PP)1 – 0
1 – 1Raymond (2) (Ch. Genoway, Jeffrey) – 16:27
1 – 2Emmerton (Sheppard) (SH) – 27:57
45:02 – Rahimi (Ruutu, Egli)2 – 2
2 – 3Micflikier (Gormley) (PP) – 46:37
2 – 4Ebbett (2) (Ch. Genoway, Raymond) (PP) – 52:40
55:18 – Ledin (2) (M. Wieser, Schneeberger)3 – 4
20:00 minPenalties12:00 min
36Shots34
28 December 2016
20:15		HC Dinamo Minsk Belarus4–5
(1 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 1)		Switzerland HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
Kevin LalandeGoaliesMelvin NyffelerReferees:
United States Michael Leggo
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Switzerland Simon Wüst
Klinkhammer (SH) – 04:541 – 0
1 – 116:03 – Hall (Shore, Ruutu) (PP)
1 – 221:28 – Schneeberger (Corvi) (PP)
1 – 322:17 – Lindgren (Ruutu, M. Wieser)
1 – 429:31 – Shore (Ledin, Schneeberger) (PP)
Karaban – 29:462 – 4
Pavlovich – 30:383 – 4
3 – 541:40 – Corvi
Pavlovich (2) (Klinkhammer) (PP) – 47:354 – 5
16:00 minPenalties18:00 min
20Shots19

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
B1 Belarus HC Dinamo Minsk 2
A2 Czech Republic Mountfield HK 1 QF1 Canada Team Canada 3
B3 Canada Team Canada 5 SF1 Canada Team Canada 5
SF2 Switzerland HC Lugano 2
A1 Switzerland HC Lugano 4
B2 Switzerland HC Davos 3 QF2 Switzerland HC Davos 0
A3 Russia Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg 1

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2016
15:00		Mountfield HK Czech Republic1–5
(0 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 2)		Canada Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,012
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesZach FucaleReferees:
Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Switzerland David Obwegeser
0 – 104:19 – Ebbett (3) (Katic, Raymond)
0 – 219:41 – Noreau (3) (DiDomenico, Gormley)
0 – 333:32 – Gormley (Raymond, Ebbett)
Bednář (Gregorc, Dej) (PP) – 39:201 – 3
1 – 442:24 – Raymond (3) (Flood, Ebbett) (PP)
1 – 543:01 – Paré (Gormley, Heshka)
20:00 minPenalties12:00 min
20Shots30
29 December 2016
20:15		HC Davos Switzerland3–1
(2 – 1, 0 – 0, 1 – 0)		Russia Avtomobilist YekaterinburgVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
Gilles SennGoaliesIvan LisutinReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
United States Michael Leggo
Linesmen:
Switzerland Balázs Kovács
Switzerland Simon Wüst
Ruutu (Shore, Paschoud) (PP) – 05:281 – 0
Shore (D. Wieser, Simion) – 08:352 – 0
2 – 117:58 – Golyshev (Turbin)
M. Wieser (Ruutu, Jung) – 43:393 – 1
8:00 minPenalties14:00 min
22Shots32

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2016
15:00		HC Dinamo Minsk Belarus2–3
(0 – 2, 1 – 0, 1 – 1)		Canada Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300
Game reference
Ben Scrivens (20:00, 1st period; 20:00, 2nd period; 18:16, 3rd period)GoaliesZach FucaleReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Cedric Borga
Switzerland Balázs Kovács
0–107:07 – Pouliot (Micflickier, Didomenico)
0–214:03 – Didomenico (Noreau) (PP)
Stepanov (Pettersson) (PP) – 21:441–2
1–352:29 – Ch. Genoway (Pouliot)
Ellison (Korobov, Kovyrshin) (PP) – 55:162–3
26:00 minPenalties22:00 min
23Shots37
30 December 2016
20:15		HC Lugano Switzerland4–0
(1 – 0, 2 – 0, 1 – 0)		Switzerland HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300
Game reference
Elvis MerzļikinsGoaliesMelvin NyffelerReferees:
Finland Stefan Fonselius
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Switzerland Simon Wüst
Klasen (Wisniewski, Mårtensson) – 16:591–0
Bürgler (Vesce) (PP) – 31:232–0
Chiesa (Walker, Lapierre) – 35:013–0
Bertaggia (Hofmann) (SH) – 45:544–0
26:00 minPenalties24:00 min
33Shots35

Final

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2016
12:00		Team Canada Canada5–2
(1 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 1)		Switzerland HC LuganoVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300
Game reference
Zachary FucaleGoaliesElvis Merzļikins (20:00, 1st period; 20:00, 2nd period)
Stefan Müller (00:00–18:13, 3rd period)		Referees:
Sweden Marcus Vinnerborg
Switzerland Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Switzerland Roman Kaderli
Switzerland Simon Wúst
0–100:31 – Bürgler (2) (Zackrisson)
Ch. Genoway (2) (Spaling) – 06:031–1
Pouliot (2) (Micflickier, Didomenico) – 20:592–1
Emmerton (2) (Spaling, Parlett) (SH) – 22:593–1
Ebbett (4) (Raymond) – 37:174–1
4–244:08 – Bürgler (3) (Wisniewski) (PP)
Spaling (Ebbett) (EN) – 59:435–2
24:00 minPenalties12:00 min
47Shots42

Champions

2016 Spengler Cup Winners
Canada
Team Canada
Repeat Champions
14th title

All-Star Team

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

Statistics

Scoring leaders

As of Game 9
Player Team GP G A Pts
Canada Team Canada Andrew Ebbett 0 3 3 6
Switzerland HC Davos Tuomo Ruutu 0 1 5 6
Canada Team Canada Mason Raymond 0 3 2 5
Canada Team Canada Maxim Noreau 0 3 1 4
Switzerland HC Davos Drew Shore 0 2 2 4

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

Television broadcast

Territory Rights holder Ref
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

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

References

  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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Spengler_Cup
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