2016 Spengler Cup

2016 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	26 – 31 December 2016
Teams	6
Venue(s)	Vaillant Arena
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 match)
Scoring leader(s)	Andrew Ebbett (8 pts)
Website	Spengler Cup
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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]}

• HC Davos (host)
• Team Canada
• HC Dinamo Minsk
• HC Lugano
• Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg
• Mountfield HK

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	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
HC Lugano	2	2	0	0	0	8	5	+3	6	Clinched group
Mountfield HK	2	1	0	0	1	7	7	0	3	Quarterfinal berth
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

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

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	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	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
HC Dinamo Minsk	2	1	0	0	1	11	9	+2	3	Clinched group
HC Davos	2	1	0	0	1	8	8	0	3	Quarterfinal berth
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

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

Game reference
	Gilles Senn	Goalies	Ivan Lisutin	Referees: Stefan Fonselius 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

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Melvin Nyffeler	Referees: Stefan Fonselius 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	GP	G	A	Pts
Team Canada	Andrew Ebbett	0	3	3	6
HC Davos	Tuomo Ruutu	0	1	5	6
Team Canada	Mason Raymond	0	3	2	5
Team Canada	Maxim Noreau	0	3	1	4
HC Davos	Drew Shore	0	2	2	4

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

Television broadcast

Territory	Rights holder	Ref
Andorra   Australasia [lower-roman 1]   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 [lower-roman 2]	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 [lower-roman 3]	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. "Watch the Spengler Cup worldwide". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 20 December 2016 [2016]. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
5. "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.