2008 IIHF European Champions Cup

2008 IIHF European Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	January 10 - January 13
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1st title)
Runner-up	HC Sparta Prague
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Goals scored	36 (5.14 per game)
Attendance	25,580 (3,654 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tomáš Netík (7 points)
MVP	Vitali Atyushov

The 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup was the fourth and the last edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 10 to January 13. The champions of 2007 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS), Modo Hockey (SWE), HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK), Kärpät (FIN), HC Sparta Prague (CZE), HC Davos (SUI).

Metallurg won its first European Champions Cup, and third European club championship following European Hockey League titles in 1999 and 2000.

Group A

Ivan Hlinka Division

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HC Sparta Prague	2	2	0	11	7	+4	6
2	Kärpät	2	1	1	9	6	+3	3
3	HC Davos	2	0	2	5	12	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 10, 2008
15:00

Kärpät

3 – 5
( 0 - 2 , 1 - 2 , 2 - 1 )

HC Sparta Prague

Ice Palace
Attendance: 2,100

Janne Pesonen 30:03 (PP)
Michal Broš 42:34 (EQ)
Michal Broš 59:29 (EQ)

Goals

04:10 (PP) Petr Ton
17:58 (PP) Tibor Melichárek
24:50 (EQ) Jakub Langhammer
32:26 (PP) Tomáš Netík
50:25 (PP) Petr Ton

January 11, 2008
15:00

HC Sparta Prague

6 – 4
( 1 - 2 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )

HC Davos

Ice Palace
Attendance: 1,326

Tomáš Netík 06:31 (PP)
Martin Štrba 29:00 (PP)
Jiří Vykoukal 30:31 (EQ)
Tomáš Netík 34:56 (EQ)
Tomáš Netík 40:53 (EQ)
Tibor Melichárek 59:36 (EN)

Goals

00:41 (EQ) Mike Maneluk
13:17 (PP) Josef Marha
38:20 (EQ) Dino Wieser
52:32 (EQ) Sven Helfenstein

January 12, 2008
15:00

HC Davos

1 – 6
( 0 - 1 , 1 - 3 , 0 - 2 )

Kärpät

Ice Palace
Attendance: 2,330

Alexandre Daigle 33:07

Goals

06:30 (EQ) Teemu Normio
23:24 (PS) Janne Pesonen
28:54 (EQ) Janne Pesonen
37:48 (EQ) Antti Aarnio
44:41 (EQ) Tommi Paakkolanvaara
58:15 (EQ) Jan Novák

Group B

Alexander Ragulin Division

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	5
2	HC Slovan Bratislava	2	1	0	1	0	5	3	+2	4
3	Modo Hockey	2	0	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 10, 2008
18:30

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

3 – 0
( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Modo Hockey

Ice Palace
Attendance: 4,910

Igor Mirnov 08:51 (EQ)
Nikolai Kulemin 16:49 (EQ)
Jaroslav Kudrna 38:00 (EQ)

Goals

January 11, 2008
18:30

Modo Hockey

1 – 4
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 1 )

HC Slovan Bratislava

Ice Palace
Attendance: 2,541

Magnus Wernblom 10:53 (PP)

Goals

22:14 (EQ) Dušan Devečka
22:46 (EQ) Martin Hujsa
24:01 (EQ) Michal Hreus
51:07 (EQ) Michal Sersen

January 12, 2008
18:30

HC Slovan Bratislava

1 – 2 (GWS)
( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 ,
0 - 0 , 0 - 1 )

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Ice Palace
Attendance: 6,481

Marek Uram 17:24 (EQ)

Goals

48:51 (PP) Igor Korolev
65:00 (GW) Alexei Kaigorodov

Gold medal game

Metallurg Magnitogorsk qualified for the final of the European Champions Cup thanks to a shootout win against Slovan Bratislava. The Slovaks were close to a surprise but the Russians could overcome the hard-working opponent at the end of the game. Metallurg played HC Sparta Prague in Sunday’s gold medal game.

January 13, 2008
18:30

HC Sparta Prague

2 – 5
( 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 2 )

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Ice Palace
Attendance: 9,732

Martin Podlešák 19:21 (EQ)
Jiří Vykoukal 30:02 (PP)

Goals

02:58 (PP) Jan Marek
26:19 (PP) Jan Marek
38:36 (EQ) Igor Mironov
58:34 (EQ) Igor Mironov
59:03 (EQ) Alexei Kaigorodov

2008 IIHF European Champions Cup Winners
Metallurg Magnitogorsk First title

External links

Official site