European Ice Hockey Cup 1976/77

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Winner:	TJ Sokol Kladno

The European Ice Hockey Cup in the 1976/77 season was the twelfth edition of the competition of the same name by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The competition began in October 1976; the final was played in December 1978 and February 1979. A total of 16 teams took part. The TJ Sokol Kladno won the title for the first time.

Mode and participants

The national champions of the game year 1975/76 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.

HC Val Gardena Tilburg Trappers Berliner SC Chamonix Hockey Club SC Langnau KSF Copenhagen Spartak Levski Sofia HK Olimpija Ljubljana

EC Klagenfurt AC (set for the 2nd round) IF Frisk Asker (seeded for the 2nd round) Podhale Nowy Targ (seeded for the 2nd round) SC Dynamo Berlin (set for the 2nd round) TPS Turku (seeded for the quarter-finals) Brynäs IF Gävle (seeded for the quarter-finals) TJ Sokol Kladno (seeded for the quarter-finals) Spartak Moscow (seeded for the quarter-finals)

competition

1 round

		total	1st game	2nd game
Spartak Levski Sofia	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	3: 9	2: 4	1: 5
Chamonix Hockey Club	SC Langnau	4:18	2: 8	2:10
Berliner SC	HC Val Gardena	14: 5	11: 1	3: 4
Tilburg Trappers	KSF Copenhagen	14: 6	6: 1	8: 5

2nd round

		total	1st game	2nd game
EC Klagenfurt AC	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	9: 6	5: 1	4: 5
Tilburg Trappers	SC Langnau	9:13	5: 6	4: 7
Berliner SC	SC Dynamo Berlin	12: 5	8: 2	4: 3
Podhale Nowy Targ	IF Frisk Asker	Asker waived

Quarter finals

		total	1st game	2nd game
Berliner SC	Brynäs IF Gävle	3: 6	1: 3	2: 3
SC Langnau	TPS Turku	4:13	3: 3	1:10
TJ Sokol Kladno	Podhale Nowy Targ	Nowy Targ waived

23rd September 1977

EC Klagenfurt AC Helmut Koren (19th) Helmut Koren (40th) Rudolf König (40th) Herbert Haiszan (46th) Herbert Hauszan (60th)

5:12 (1: 3, 2: 5, 2: 4)

Spartak Moscow Vladimir Trunov (12th) Vladimir Lubkin (13th) Gennady Krylow (15th) Alexei Kostylev (28th) Alexander Kulikov (32nd) Alexander Barinev (32nd) Valery Evstifeyev (37th) Valery Pachkalin (38th) Alexander Kulikow (42.) Sergei Kislitsyn (43.) Vladimir Kucherenko (47.) Alexei Kostylev (50.)

Exhibition hall 6 , Klagenfurt Spectators: 2,500

September 24, 1977

EC Klagenfurt AC Walter König Rudolf König Herbert Haiszan

3:10 (0: 7, 2: 3, 1: 0)

Spartak Moscow Leonid Borzov (2) Valeri Jewstifejew (2) Valeri Bragin Viktor Shalimov Vladimir Lubkin Gennadi Krylov Vladimir Shadrin Valeri Patschkalin

Exhibition hall 6, Klagenfurt Spectators: 2,000

Semifinals

		total	1st game	2nd game
TPS Turku	TJ Sokol Kladno	7:11	5: 4	2: 7
Brynäs IF Gävle	Spartak Moscow	2:10	1: 3	1: 7

final

December 14, 1978

Spartak Moscow Rinat Baimuchametow (5th) Valeri Bragin (16th) Juri Rytschkow (22nd) Arkady Rudakov (52nd)

4: 4 (2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)

TJ Sokol Kladno Miroslav Křiváček (18th) Milan Nový (25th) Zdeněk Müller (39th) Zdeněk Müller (57th)

VI Lenin Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators: 12,000

February 13, 1979

TJ Sokol Kladno František Kaberle (10th) Eduard Novák (27th) Jiří Kopecký (32nd) Eduard Novák (37th)

4: 4 (1: 1, 3: 1, 0: 2)

Spartak Moscow Rinat Baimuchametow (2nd) Alexander Barinev (21st) Alexander Kulikow (48th) Alexei Kostylev (49th)

Městský zimní stadion , Kladno spectators: 5,200

Eduard Novák Miroslav Křiváček

2: 1 penalty shootout

Arkady Rudakov

Winning team

European cup winner TJ Sokol Kladno

Goalkeeper: Miroslav Krása Defenders: Bohumil Čermák , Miloslav Hořava , František Kaberle , Jan Neliba , Otakar Vejvoda , Jaroslav Vinš Attackers: Lubomír Bauer , Jiří Kopecký , Miroslav Křiváček , Zdeněk Müller , Eduard Novák , Jan Novotný , Milan Nový , Arnošt Reckziegel , Václav Sýkora Coaching staff: Bohumil Prošek , Václav Slánský

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 409 .

Web links

• 1976/77 season of the European Cup at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• 1976/77 season of the European Cup at allhockey.pp.ua