The National League (NL) is a professional ice hockey league in Switzerland and is the top tier of the Swiss league system. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the league was known as National League A. During the 2018–19 season, the league had an average of 6,949 spectators per game which is the highest among European leagues. The capital city's club SC Bern has been ranked first of all European clubs for 18 seasons and had an average attendance of 16,290 after the regular season. The ZSC Lions are another club in the top ten of European ice hockey attendance, ranking seventh with 9,694 spectators.
The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament held in Davos, Switzerland. First held in 1923, the Spengler Cup is often cited as the oldest invitational ice hockey tournament in the world. The event is hosted by the Swiss team HC Davos and played each year in Davos, Switzerland, from 26 December to 31 inclusively. Currently, all games are held at the Eisstadion Davos.
Vyacheslav Anatolevich "Slava" Kozlov is a Russian former professional ice hockey left winger.
The IIHF European Champions Cup (ECC) was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF. The Champions Cup was first played in 2005, as a replacement for the defunct European Cup (1965–1997), and the suspended European Hockey League (1996–2000). In the 2008–09 season, the ECC was replaced by the Champions Hockey League, which was the new official European club championship event. The new tournament was cancelled after only one season. However, another tournament with the same name was introduced in 2014.
HC Spartak Moscow is a professional ice hockey team based in Moscow, Russia. They played in the Tarasov Division of the Kontinental Hockey League during the 2013–14 season. However, the team did not participate in the KHL league for the 2014–15 season because of financial issues, but rejoined the league prior to the 2015–16 season as members of the Bobrov Division.
The 2006 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 2006. All matches were played at HC Davos' home arena, Eisstadion Davos. Brent Payne, a member of Modo played for Team Canada and scored a total of 7 points, including 4 goals and 3 assists.
The 2005 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland, from December 26 to December 31, 2005. All matches were played at Davos' home arena Eisstadion Davos.
Viktor Aleksandrovich Zinger was a Russian ice hockey goaltender. As a member of the Soviet national team he won gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 1968 and at the world championships in 1965–1969; on all those occasions he was a backup for Viktor Konovalenko, except for 1969. Zinger also toured Canada as a member of a Moscow Selects team that played the Canadian National team and various club teams. Zinger was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.
The Soviet Hockey Championship was the highest level ice hockey league in the Soviet Union, running from 1946 to 1992. Before the 1940s the game of ice hockey was not cultivated in Russia, instead the more popular form of hockey was bandy. Following the dissolution of the USSR, the league was temporarily renamed the CIS Championship in 1992. This organization was the direct predecessor of the International Hockey League, and subsequent Russian Superleague (RSL) and current Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
The 2008 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 2008. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The final was won 5-3 by HC Dynamo Moscow over Team Canada.
The KHL's Bobrov Division was formed in 2008 as part of the league's inauguration and is part of the Western conference since the second season of KHL when the conferences were established. It is one of 4 divisions. It is named in honor of Vsevolod Bobrov; storied ice hockey gold medalist for the Soviet Union and former CSKA and VVS player.
The 2002 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 2002. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Eisstadion Davos. The final was won 3-2 by Team Canada over host HC Davos.
The 2009 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland, from December 26 to December 31, 2009. All matches were played at host HC Davos' home Vaillant Arena. The tournament featured all of the last year's tournament participants except for last year's winners Dynamo Moscow who was replaced by HC Dinamo Minsk and ERC Ingolstadt who was replaced by Adler Mannheim.
The 2010 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland, from December 26 to December 31, 2010. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The number of teams was expanded from five to six 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.
Shane Prince is an American-Belarusian professional ice hockey forward playing for HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He previously played for the New York Islanders and the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Senators in the second round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He was traded to the Islanders in February 2016.
The 1991 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 1991. All matches were played at HC Davos's home arena, Eisstadion Davos. The final was won 5-2 by CSKA Moscow over HC Lugano.
The 1992 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 1992. All matches were played at HC Davos's home arena, Eisstadion Davos. The final was won 6-5 by Team Canada over Färjestads BK.
The 2013 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from December 26 to December 31, 2013. 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.
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. The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, are named after legendary Swiss hockey players Richard 'Bibi' Torriani and the Cattini brothers, Hans and Ferdinand.
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HC Spartak Moscow (5th title)
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