Ice Hockey European Cup 1972/73

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Winner:	HK CSKA Moscow

The European Ice Hockey Cup in the 1972/73 season was the eighth edition of the competition of the same name by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The competition began in September 1972; the final was played in November 1973 and August 1974. A total of 16 teams took part. The CSKA Moscow defended the title for the fourth time in a row.

Mode and participants

The national champions of the game year 1971/72 of the European members of the IIHF were qualified for the competition. The competition was played in the knockout system in a two-legged manner. The defending champion CSKA Moscow and last year's finalist Brynäs IF Gävle from Sweden were seeded for the semifinals.

SG Cortina d'Ampezzo EC Klagenfurt AC Tilburg Trappers Düsseldorfer EG Chamonix Hockey Club HC La Chaux-de-Fonds Hasle-Løren IL Oslo Ferencváros Budapest

CSKA Sofia Podhale Nowy Targ HK Olimpija Ljubljana SG Dynamo Weißwasser Ilves Tampere (seeded for the 2nd round) ASD Dukla Jihlava (set for the 2nd round) Brynäs IF Gävle (seeded for the semi-finals) CSKA Moscow (defending champion; seeded for the semi-finals)

competition

1 round

		total	1st game	2nd game
EC Klagenfurt AC	SG Dynamo Weißwasser	5:19	2:10	3: 9 (1: 0, 1: 4, 1: 5)
Düsseldorfer EG	Chamonix Hockey Club	16: 8	11: 5	5: 3
HK Olimpija Ljubljana	CSKA Sofia	10: 8	2: 2	5: 5 n.V. → 3: 1 n.P.
Tilburg Trappers	SG Cortina d'Ampezzo	11: 4	5: 1	6: 3
Hasle-Løren IL Oslo	Podhale Nowy Targ	5:11	2: 5	3: 6
Ferencváros Budapest	HC La Chaux-de-Fonds	La Chaux-de-Fonds waived

Dukla Jihlava and Ilves Tampere received a bye for the first round .

2nd round

		total	1st game	2nd game
Tilburg Trappers	Düsseldorfer EG	4:15	3: 7	1: 8
Podhale Nowy Targ	SG Dynamo Weißwasser	4:12	4: 3	0: 9
HK Olimpija Ljubljana	Ferencváros Budapest	8: 6	3-0	5: 6
ASD Dukla Jihlava	Ilves Tampere	Tampere waived

3rd round

		total	1st game	2nd game
SG Dynamo Weißwasser	ASD Dukla Jihlava	5: 6	4: 2	1: 3 n.V. → 0: 1 n.P.
Düsseldorfer EG	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	8: 5	5: 3	3: 2

Last year's finalists Brynäs IF Gävle and CSKA Moscow received a bye for the third round .

Semifinals

		total	1st game	2nd game
Brynäs IF Gävle	Düsseldorfer EG	9: 5	7: 3	2: 2
CSKA Moscow	ASD Dukla Jihlava	9: 1	6-0	3: 1

final

20th November 1973

Brynäs IF Gävle Håkan Wickberg (36:48) Lars-Göran Nilsson (44:41)

2: 6 (0: 1, 1: 3, 1: 2)

CSKA Moscow Valery Kharlamov (6:26) Vladimir Petrov (33:49) Vladimir Luttschenko (34:34) Vladimir Petrov (37:35) Boris Mikhailov (47:09) Boris Mikhailov (51:09)

Gavlerinken , Gävle spectators: 6,203

August 24, 1974

CSKA Moscow Boris Alexandrov (7th) Valery Kharlamov (16th) Vladimir Petrov (19th) Valeri Kharlamov (20th) Vladimir Petrov (22nd) Vladimir Petrov (31st) Yuri Blinov (32nd) Viktor Schluktov (34th) Alexander Woltschkow (36.) Vladimir Petrow (38.) Alexander Woltschkow (48.) Boris Michailow (52.)

12: 2 (4: 1, 6: 1, 2: 0)

Brynäs IF Gävle Martin Karlsson (10th) Lars-Göran Gerdin (40th)

CSKA Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 3,000

Winning team

European Cup winner CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Nikolai Adonin , Wladislaw Tretyak Defense lawyers : Yuri Blochin , Alexander Gussew , Mikhail Kovalyov , Viktor Kuskin , Vladimir Luttschenko , Alexei Wolchenkov , Gennady Zygankov Attackers: Boris Alexandrow , Yuri Blinow , Valeri Kharlamov , Anatoly Firsow , Sergei Glasow , Vladimir Gostyushev , Boris Mikhailov , Evgeni Mishakov , Vladimir Petrov , Vladimir Popov , Viktor Schluktov , Vladimir Trunov , Vladimir Wikulov , Alexander Volkhkov Coaching staff: Anatoly Tarasov , Konstantin Loktew , Weniamin Alexandrow

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 405 .

Web links

• 1972/73 season of the European Cup at hockeyarchives.info (French)