| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Switzerland |
| Dates | 26–31 December 2018 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | Vaillant Arena |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |  KalPa (1st title) |
Runner-up  |  Team Canada |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 11 |
| Goals scored | 44 (4 per game) |
| Attendance | 65,714 (5,974 per match) |
| Scoring leader(s) |  Leonhard Pföderl (5 points) |
| Website | Spengler Cup |
The 2018 Spengler Cup was held from December 26 to December 31, 2018 at the Vaillant Arena, in Davos, Switzerland. [1]
All times are local (UTC+1).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | HC Davos (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
| 26 December 2018 20:15 | HC Davos | 1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0) | Team Canada | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
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| Anders Lindbäck | Goalies | Zachary Fucale | Referees: Daniel Stricker Brad Watson Linesmen: Franco Castelli Marc-Henri Progin | ||||||||
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| 22 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||
| 25 | Shots | 36 | |||||||||
| 27 December 2018 20:15 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1) | HC Davos | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
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| Niklas Treutle | Goalies | Gilles Senn | Referees: Micha Hebeisen Brad Watson Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Simon Wüst | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
| 35 | Shots | 29 | |||||||||||||||
| 28 December 2018 20:15 | Team Canada | 6–2 (1–0, 4–1, 1–1) | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
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| Zachary Fucale | Goalies | Andreas Jenike | Referees: Brad Watson Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Simon Wüst | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 39 | Shots | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KalPa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 |  HC Oceláři Třinec | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
| 26 December 2018 15:10 | HC Oceláři Třinec | 1–2 GWS (0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,359 |
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| Šimon Hrubec | Goalies | Artyom Zagidulin | Referees: Micha Hebeisen Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Stany Gnemmi Simon Wüst | |||||
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Růžička  Bukarts Polanský | Shootout |  Lyubimov Pakarinen Matushkin | ||||||
| 8 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||
| 22 | Shots | 32 | ||||||
| 27 December 2018 15:10 | KalPa | 3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0) | HC Oceláři Třinec | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,141 |
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| Denis Godla | Goalies | Lukáš Daneček | Referees: Roman Gofman Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Franco Castelli Stany Gnemmi | |||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Shots | 30 | ||||||||||||
| 28 December 2018 15:10 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1) | KalPa | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,509 |
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| Artyom Zagidulin | Goalies | Daniel Manzato | Referees: Roman Gofman Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Stany Gnemmi | ||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
| 18 | Shots | 27 | |||
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 30 December | ||||||||||
| Team Canada | 4 | |||||||||
| 29 December | ||||||||||
| Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 2 | |||||||||
| Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 1 | |||||||||
| 31 December | ||||||||||
| Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | 3 | |||||||||
| Team Canada | 1 | |||||||||
| KalPa (GWS) | 2 | |||||||||
| 30 December | ||||||||||
| KalPa | 2 | |||||||||
| 29 December | ||||||||||
| HC Davos | 1 | |||||||||
| HC Davos | 3 | |||||||||
| HC Oceláři Třinec | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 December 2018 15:10 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0) | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,605 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
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| Artyom Zagidulin Pavel Nechistovsky | Goalies | Niklas Treutle | Referees: Daniel Stricker Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Castelli Dario Fuchs | |||||||||||
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| 6 min | Penalties | 26 min | ||||||||||||
| 30 | Shots | 23 | ||||||||||||
| 29 December 2018 20:15 | HC Davos | 3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0) | HC Oceláři Třinec | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
| Game reference | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Lindbäck | Goalies | Šimon Hrubec | Referees: Roman Gofman Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Stany Gnemmi Marc-Henri Progin | |||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 14 min | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Shots | 28 | ||||||||||||
| 30 December 2018 15:10 | Team Canada | 4–2 (3–0, 1–1, 0–1) | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Fucale | Goalies | Niklas Treutle | Referees: Daniel Stricker Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Castelli Marc-Henri Progin | |||||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Shots | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30 December 2018 20:15 | KalPa | 2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1) | HC Davos | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
| Game reference | |||||||||||
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| Daniel Manzato | Goalies | Gilles Senn | Referees: Roman Gofman Brad Watson Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Simon Wüst | ||||||||
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| 2 min | Penalties | 2 min | |||||||||
| 28 | Shots | 22 | |||||||||
| 31 December 2018 12:10 | Team Canada | 1–2 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | KalPa | Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300 |
| Game reference | ||||||||
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| Zachary Fucale | Goalies | Denis Godla | Referees: Brad Watson Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Simon Wüst | |||||
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| Boychuk Lapierre Emmerton DiDomenico Boychuk Dalpe Emmerton Ebbett | Shootout | Vainiola Texier Luostarinen Texier Vainiola Ruuttu Texier Rissanen | ||||||
| 10 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||
| 40 | Shots | 24 | ||||||
Source: [2]
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