2017 Spengler Cup

2017 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland
Tournament details
Host country   Switzerland
Dates 26 – 31 December 2017
Teams 6
Venue(s) Vaillant Arena
Final positions
Champions  Canada Team Canada (15th title)
Runner-up  Switzerland Team Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
Website http://www.spenglercup.ch/en
2016
2018

The 91st Spengler Cup was a men's ice hockey competition being held in Davos, Switzerland between 26 and 31 December 2017. All matches were being 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

The officials who are named to the tournament are as listed.[3]

RefereesLinesmen
Switzerland Stefan EichmannSwitzerland Cedric Borga
United States Mark LemelinSwitzerland Nicolas Fluri
Finland Anssi SalonenSwitzerland Roman Kaderli
Switzerland Daniel StrickerSwitzerland Bryce Kovacs
Switzerland Tobias WehrliSwitzerland David Obwegeser

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.
     Clinched group
     Clinched quarterfinal berth

Group Torriani

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Switzerland Team Switzerland 220001016
Latvia Dinamo Riga 20101592
Finland HPK 20011381

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2017
15:10
Team Switzerland Switzerland6–1
(3–0, 1–1, 2–0)
Latvia Dinamo RigaVaillant Arena
27 December 2017
15:10
HPK Finland3 – 4 OT
(1 – 1, 0 – 1, 2 – 1, 0 – 1)
Latvia Dinamo RigaVaillant Arena
28 December 2017
15:10
Team Switzerland Switzerland4 – 0
(2 – 0, 0 – 0, 2 – 0)
Finland HPKVaillant Arena

Group Cattini

Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts
Canada Team Canada 22000946
Switzerland HC Davos 21001653
Czech Republic Mountfield HK 200024100

All times are local (UTC+1).

26 December 2017
20:15
Mountfield HK Czech Republic3 – 5
(1 – 2, 1 – 1, 1 – 2)
Canada Team CanadaVaillant Arena
27 December 2017
20:15
HC Davos Switzerland5 – 1
(1 – 0, 3 – 0, 1 – 1)
Czech Republic Mountfield HKVaillant Arena
28 December 2017
20:15
Team Canada Canada4 – 1
(0 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 0)
Switzerland HC DavosVaillant Arena

Knockout stage

  Quarterfinals     Semifinals     Final
                           
        B1 Canada Team Canada 5  
  A2 Latvia Dinamo Riga 1     QF1 Czech Republic Mountfield HK 2    
  B3 Czech Republic Mountfield HK 4         SF1 Canada Team Canada 3
      SF2 Switzerland Team Switzerland 0
        A1 Switzerland Team Switzerland 8    
  B2 Switzerland HC Davos 4     QF2 Switzerland HC Davos 3  
  A3 Finland HPK 2  

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2017
15:10
Dinamo Riga Latvia1 – 4
(1 – 1, 0 – 1, 0 – 2)
Czech Republic Mountfield HKVaillant Arena
29 December 2017
20:15
HC Davos Switzerland4 – 2
(1 – 2, 2 – 0, 1 – 0)
Finland HPKVaillant Arena

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2017
15:10
Team Canada Canada5 – 2
(2 – 1, 1 – 1, 2 – 0)
Czech Republic Mountfield HKVaillant Arena
30 December 2017
20:15
Team Switzerland Switzerland8 – 3
(2 – 2, 2 – 1, 4 – 0)
Switzerland HC DavosVaillant Arena

Final

All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2017
12:10
Team Canada Canada3 – 0
(0 – 0, 2 – 0, 1 – 0)
Switzerland Team SwitzerlandVaillant Arena

Champions

2017 Spengler Cup Winners
Canada
Team Canada
15th Title

All-Star Team

Position Player Nationality Team
Goaltender Kevin Poulin Canada Canadian Canada Team Canada
Right Defender Magnus Nygren Sweden Swedish Switzerland HC Davos
Left Defender Eric Blum Switzerland Swiss Switzerland Team Switzerland
Right Wing Tomi Sallinen Finland Finnish Switzerland HC Davos
Center Andrew Ebbett Canada Canadian Canada Team Canada
Left Wing Jaroslav Bednář Czech Republic Czech Czech Republic Mountfield HK

Source: [4]

References

  1. "Participating teams 2016 are known". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. "Tournament Schedule announced". SpenglerCup.ch. Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. "Top-Referees am Spengler Cup 2017". SpenglerCup.ch (in German). Davos, Switzerland: HC Davos. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  4. "Spengler-Cup Allstar-Team bekannt" [Spengler Cup All-Star Team named] (in German). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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