The new trophy of the Spengler Cup Davos was designed after this model.

The winner of this year's 84th Spengler Cup (December 26 to 31 in Davos) will be lifting a new cup into the air during the presentation ceremony. The players of the winning team will be awarded the new, modernized Spengler Cup trophy. According to the statutes of the tournament and long-lasting tradition, the cup has been donated by the municipality of Davos.

The Spengler Cup has seen approximately half a dozen different trophies throughout its history. Of rather modest size but made of real silver was the one that "Watschga" Dürst held in his hands after the great victory of HC Davos over Red Star Brno in 1957. Later on, the trophy was designed in the form of a chalice whereas, in more recent times, it looked like a bowl on top of hockey sticks made of material similar to ice.

Materials from the Davos Region

The renowned company Hug & Dorfmüller Design AG from Lucerne, an international design agency, is currently designing and manufacturing the new trophy. It was Christian Dorfmüller's request to modernize the cup's design. "Furthermore, using the trophy to establish a connection to the event's location was important to us - or put differently: to join Davos, hockey and the informal touch of the event itself". Dorfmüller is very impressed with the wooden roof structure of HC Davos's Vaillant Arena, which is why the trophy is made, among other materials, of wood from the region. "It could be beech", said Dorfmüller during our talk. Fir wood, the probably most common kind of wood in Davos and its surroundings, is usually too soft and the final decision depends on the wood's hardness. The foot of the Spengler Cup trophy will be made of granite-like, black synthetic material, symbolizing the event's down-to-earth character and the stone from the Davos region. The middle section will be made of wooden hockey sticks, and a puck transparent as ice will be shining at the top.

The Result of Nine Months' Work

The Spengler Cup trophy, which will be 65 centimeters tall, is currently being manufactured, a phase taking several weeks, and will be finished in December. This means that approximately nine months have gone by between the first draft and the final product. The "old" Spengler Cup trophy will be put on display in a special spot at the Winter Sports Museum in Davos. And the new trophy will be presented to the public at the award ceremony on New Year's Eve for the first time.

But it will remain in Davos: The winning team instead receives a commemorative plaque with wooden inlays.

The new trophy