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HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights of the Spengler Cup 1923 - 2006
How it all started
1920 - 22 Precursor tournaments at the end of the year/Founder Dr. Paul Müller.
1923 Dr. Carl Spengler contributes a challenge cup, first tournament with 5 Teams.
Table:
- 1. Oxford University
- 2. Berliner SC
- 3. Wiener EV
- 4. HC Davos
- 5. Cambridge University
1924 Second tournament with 15(!) teams, amongst others from Madrid – the Berliner SC win.
Final without HCD-goalkeeper!
1925 Oxford defeats HCD 2:0 in the final. HCD plays the last 14 minutes without goalkeeper Fasel (match penalty!).
1926 The final Berliner SC vs. HCD is cancelled at the score of 5:5 (snowfall). Rerun not until January 5th. Berlin win 2:1.
1927 First tournament win of HCD. Davos defeats Berlin 3:2. The team consists of 8 players including the forward Toni Morosani.
Bibi Torriani becomes a star
1929 Bibi Torriani joins the first team of HC Davos. Still the HCD is defeated in the final by LTC Praha.
1931 9 teams - everyday 3 games - stress for everyone! Oxford becomes champion.
1932 Oxford and Prague play 0:0 after overtime! Both teams are declared winners.
30ies: The devils are out!
1934 Diavoli Rosso Neri Milano win the tournament because the HCD transfers its qualification to the final voluntarily to the Italians (same number of points).
1935 13th tournament with 8 teams. Diavoli Rosso Neri win the final against HCD with an irregular goal which leads to spectator excesses.
1938 Free-for-all and break-off of the final Prague vs. HCD! It is played again on February 15, 1939. Davos win 1:0.
Dominance of Davos in the years of war
1939/40 The second world war makes the realization of the tournament impossible for 2 years.
1941 17th Spengler Cup with only Teams: HCD, Berliner SC and Lausanne.
1942 Just Swiss Teams in the tournament: HCD, Zurich SC und Lausanne.
1943 Same teams and same winner (HCD) as in 1942. Davos can keep the second cup for good.
ZSC and Prague determine the 40ies
1944 The ZSC defeats the HCD in the final: 6:2.
1945 Prague joins the tournament again but again the ZSC win.
1946 Prague are definitively back and win in a superior style.
1947 Prague defeat the HCD 9:2 in the final.
1948 Prague win all their games and score over 9 goals in each game!
The topic artificial ice rink becomes present-day
1956 No Spengler Cup because the guarantee covering the tournaments’ deficit is not granted. An initiative for the creation of a sports fund is taken.
1957 Davos celebrate its 9th win of the tournament this time against Roter Stern Brünn.
1958 Great rise in temperature, a cancellation of a game and a delayed final on January 27, 1959, between Davos and Diavoli Milano. Final result: 6:2.
The Franco-Canadians from Paris as serial winners
1959 The five-year-old club ACBB Paris wins the tournament.
1960 The Franco-Canadians win again – this time on artificial ice rink and with TV-broadcasted.
1961 The Eurovision broadcasts the games into 6 countries und ACBB Paris takes the cup to Paris definitively.
Czechoslovakian intermezzo
1964 Füssen win the Spengler Cup and find this fact out just after arriving at home. Sparta Prague surprisingly had lost their last match against MoDo Alfredshem from Sweden.
1965 Dukla Jihlava, CSSR, become tournament champions and Davos finish last with zero points.
1966 Same story as in 1965! The snowfall is a big disruptive element to the open artificial ice rink.
The Russians come!
1967 Premiere in Davos: Lokomotive Moscow defeat the Canadian team of Kingston Aces. Instead of HCD a Swiss representative team plays the tournament.
1968 Dukla Jihlava win for the third time. Davos is still missing – The Swiss A-Team win no points.
1969 Davos are back to business - but Lokomotive Moscow win the final against Dukla Jihlava 2:1 in front of 5200 spectators.
Japanese and Polish teams in Davos
1971 The Japanese Olympia team plays in Europe and it is placed third at Spengler Cup.
1972 Slovan Bratislava is the first winner of the tournament after a penalty shoot-out.
1974 Slovan Bratislava win again in a penalty shoot-out, this time against Poland.
Back to the roots
1977 After questionable experiences as a tournament for national teams the Spengler Cup becomes again a tournament with invitation for clubs.
1979 First tournament under the new roof of the stadium. The number of spectators rises 11 percent to 41'000.
1983 All seat tickets sold out in advance. 54'000 spectators visit the 57th Spengler Cup.
«Team Canada» heralds a new era
1984 The first participation of «Team Canada» ends with its win!
1987 The fourth participation of the Canadians ends with their third win of the tournament.
1988 Now the Americans step into the tournament: The USA Selects win the cup together with Ron Wilson!
Kloten, Lugano and Fribourg are in on the action
1990/91/92 The relegated HC Davos are replaced by other Swiss teams. In 1991 Lugano are defeated by ZSKA Moskau (coached by Wiktor Tichonow) in the final.
1993 Comeback of Davos as runner-up of the tournament thanks to the Russians Slawa Bykow and Andrei Chomutow of Fribourg Gottéron. The cup goes to Färjestad (Sweden).
1995-98 Team Canada win four times in a row!
Germany is back. And Davos too!
1999 The Kölner Haie leave Magnitogorsk from Russia and Team Canada behind.
2000 The HCD win with its coach Arno Del Curto after 42 years once again the Spengler Cup: 4:2 against Team Canada in the final.
2001 «75 years Spengler Cup»: The HCD renew the previous year win once again against Team Canada: 4:3 in the overtime.
In the year of the lockout: 18 NHL-Superstars in Davos
2004 Joe Thornton, Rick Nash and Niklas Hagman «ennoble» during one season the host team. Davos win the final against Sparta Prague 2:0.
2005 New north terraces, 11 practically sold-out games and with Metallurg Magnitogorsk a Russian champion giving Team Canada no chance in the final.
2006 14th Spengler Cup triumph for HC Davos after a 3:2 win against Team Canada. Third placed in the very exciting tournament is the Swedish elite division team IK Mora.
RESULTS
Minsk - Davos2:3
Canada - Karlovy7:6 n.P.
Davos - Karlovy5:3
Mannheim - Minsk1:2
Karlovy - Mannheim1:2 n.P.
Canada - Davos6:2
Mannheim - Canada5:2
Karlovy - Minsk0:8
Minsk - Canada4:3
Davos - Mannheim3:1
Final:
Davos - Minsk1:3
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