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.

2016 Spengler Cup
Davos, Switzerland
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Venue(s)Vaillant Arena
Dates26 – 31 December 2016
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Canada Team Canada (14th title)
Runner-up Switzerland HC Lugano
Tournament statistics
Games played11
Goals scored73 (6.64 per game)
Attendance62,636 (5,694 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Andrew Ebbett (8 pts)
Official website
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Teams participating

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The list of teams that are participating in the tournament are as listed.[1][2]

Match officials

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Referees Linesmen
  Stefan Fonselius   Cedric Borga
  Michael Leggo   Roman Kaderli
  Marcus Vinnerborg   Balázs Kovács
  Tobias Wehrli   David Obwegeser
  Marc Wiegand   Simon Wüst

Group stage

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  • W (regulation win) – 3 pts.
  • OTW (overtime/shootout win) – 2 pts.
  • OTL (overtime/shootout loss) – 1 pt.
  • L (regulation loss) – 0 pts.
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 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:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
  Balázs Kovács
  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  4–3
(1 – 1, 1 – 2, 2 – 0)
  Avtomobilist YekaterinburgVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,155
Game reference
Patrik RybárGoaliesVladimir Sokhatsky (00:00–59:25)Referees:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
  David Obwegeser
  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  4–3
(2 – 1, 2 – 0, 0 – 2)
  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:
  Tobias Wehrli
  Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
  Cedric Borga
  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
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 CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,119
Game reference
Ben ScrivensGoaliesDrew MacIntyre (00:00–59:38)Referees:
  Marcus Vinnerborg
  Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
  Cedric Borga
  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  3–4
(1 – 1, 0 – 1, 2 – 2)
  Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
(00:00–59:13) Gilles SennGoaliesZach FucaleReferees:
  Michael Leggo
  Tobias Wehrli
Linesmen:
  Cedric Borga
  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  4–5
(1 – 1, 2 – 3, 1 – 1)
  HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
Kevin LalandeGoaliesMelvin NyffelerReferees:
  Michael Leggo
  Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
  Roman Kaderli
  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

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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

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All times are local (UTC+1).

29 December 2016
15:00
Mountfield HK  1–5
(0 – 2, 1 – 1, 0 – 2)
  Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,012
Game reference
Ondřej KacetlGoaliesZach FucaleReferees:
  Tobias Wehrli
  Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
  Roman Kaderli
  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  3–1
(2 – 1, 0 – 0, 1 – 0)
  Avtomobilist YekaterinburgVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
Gilles SennGoaliesIvan LisutinReferees:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Michael Leggo
Linesmen:
  Balázs Kovács
  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

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All times are local (UTC+1).

30 December 2016
15:00
HC Dinamo Minsk  2–3
(0 – 2, 1 – 0, 1 – 1)
  Team CanadaVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300
Game reference
Ben Scrivens (20:00, 1st period; 20:00, 2nd period; 18:16, 3rd period)GoaliesZach FucaleReferees:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
  Cedric Borga
  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  4–0
(1 – 0, 2 – 0, 1 – 0)
  HC DavosVaillant Arena
Attendance: 6300
Game reference
Elvis MerzļikinsGoaliesMelvin NyffelerReferees:
  Stefan Fonselius
  Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
  Roman Kaderli
  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

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All times are local (UTC+1).

31 December 2016
12:00
Team Canada  5–2
(1 – 1, 3 – 0, 1 – 1)
  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:
  Marcus Vinnerborg
  Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
  Roman Kaderli
  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

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2016 Spengler Cup Winners
 
Team Canada
Repeat Champions
14th title

All-Star Team

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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

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Scoring leaders

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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

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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

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  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

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  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.