IIHF European Champions Cup 2005

The IIHF European Champions Cup in 2005 the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF was the first edition of the successor to the European Hockey League applicable competition . He was from 13 to 16 January 2005 at the Russian St. Petersburg in the Ice Arena discharged.

Representatives from the six best European nations according to the 2004 IIHF world rankings were qualified for the IIHF European Champions Cup . The participating teams came from Sweden, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Finland and Germany. Teams from Switzerland and Austria had not qualified due to the poor performance of the national team. The champions and other invited teams from the other European leagues were able to participate in the IIHF Continental Cup .

A total of 28,100 spectators attended the games.

Group stage

In the preliminary round three teams played in two groups for the finals.

Group A

In Group A, the Finnish representative Kärpät Oulu prevailed against the competitors HC Hame Zlín from the Czech Republic and the Frankfurt Lions from Germany. They won both games with a difference of three goals.

January 13, 2005 7:30 p.m.

HC Hame Zlín M. Okál (1:05) M. Okál (18:08) M. Erat (53:58) J. Kristek (57:22)

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

Frankfurt Lions P. Ratchuk (4:07) P. Lebeau (16:57) C. Bassen (36:25)

Ice rink , Saint Petersburg Spectators: 2,100

January 14, 2005 4:00 p.m.

Kärpät Oulu J. Jokinen (2:26) J.-P. Haataja (35:40) P. Tenkrát (39:55) J. Boumedienne (48:53)

4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) game report

HC Hame Zlín J. Balaštík (24:32)

Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 1,800

January 15, 2005 7:30 p.m.

Frankfurt Lions P. Lebeau (10:23) J. Young (43:30) J. Murphy (48:50)

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

Kärpät Oulu J.-P. Haataja (5:18) J. Viuhkola (7:16) J. Viuhkola (12:17) L. Kukkonen (26:33) E. Somervuori (37:11) J. Jokinen (59:21)

Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 2,200

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kärpät Oulu	2	2	0	0	10: 04	4th
2.	HC Hame Zlin	2	1	0	1	05: 07	2
3.	Frankfurt Lions	2	0	0	2	06:10	0

Group B

Group B saw the Russian representative HK Awangard Omsk and the Czech NHL player Jaromír Jágr confidently reach the final. Both HC Dukla Trenčín from Slovakia and HV 71 Jönköping from Sweden had no chance in their 1: 6 or 0: 9 defeats.

January 13, 2005 4:00 p.m.

HC Dukla Trenčín J. Zlocha (11:21)

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

HK Awangard Omsk A. Kowalenko (1:45) M. Suschinski (9:44) O. Twerdowski (16:46) J. Bednář (29:44) J. Jágr (42:38) A. Kaljuschny (45:08 )

Ice rink , Saint Petersburg spectators: 3,200

January 14, 2005 7:30 p.m.

HV 71 Jönköping P. Ekelund (1:12) P.-Å. Skrøder (1:58) S. Skoog (6:53) A. Eriksson (55:38)

4: 1 (3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) game report

HC Dukla Trenčín P. Fabuš (57:32)

Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 1,300

January 15, 2005 4:00 p.m.

HK Awangard Omsk A. Kowalenko (8:08) A. Guskow (11:08) M. Suschinski (12:28) A. Pereschogin (18:02) M. Suschinski (29:41) A. Kurjanow (31:27 ) A. Pereschogin (53:25) M. Suschinski (55:43) O. Twerdowski (56:52)

9: 0 (4: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0) game report

HV 71 Jönköping

Ice rink, Saint Petersburg Spectators: 7,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Awangard Omsk	2	2	0	0	15: 01	4th
2.	HV 71 Jönköping	2	1	0	1	04:10	2
3.	HC Dukla Trenčín	2	0	0	2	02:10	0

final

In a hard-fought final, the two group winners from Oulu and Omsk met, which Omsk won 2-1 in extra time and thus won the first edition of the competition. The winning goal was scored by the Czech Jaromír Jágr , who had been committed to the start of the season due to the lockout of the NHL season .

Omsk secured the Silver Stone Trophy by winning a European Cup for the first time .

January 16, 2005 4:00 p.m.

HK Awangard Omsk A. Kaljuschny (51:00) J. Jágr (74:38)

2: 1 n.V. (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Kärpät Oulu I. Mikkola (12:16)

Ice rink , Saint Petersburg Spectators: 10,000

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Maxim Sushinsky	Omsk	3	4th	3	7th	+5	2
Andrei Kovalenko	Omsk	3	2	4th	6th	+2	0
Jari Viuhkola	Oulu	3	2	2	4th	+3	4th
Jussi Jokinen	Oulu	3	2	2	4th	−2	6th
Jaromír Jágr	Omsk	3	2	2	4th	+2	10
Eero Somervuori	Oulu	3	1	3	4th	+3	0
Josef Boumedienne	Oulu	3	1	3	4th	−2	6th
Alexander Prokopyev	Omsk	3	0	4th	4th	+3	0
Oleg Tverdowski	Omsk	3	2	1	3	+4	0
Alexander Pereshogin	Omsk	3	2	1	3	+3	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%), GTS = goals conceded; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Norm Maracle	Omsk	3	199: 54	2	1	97.26	0.60
Stefan Liv	Jonkoping	1	60:00	1	0	94.44	1.00
Niklas Bäckström	Oulu	3	200: 00	6th	0	92.11	1.80
Róbert Kompas	Trenčín	2	110: 16	8th	0	84.91	4.35
Ian Gordon	Frankfurt	2	86:33	8th	0	82.61	5.55

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Maxim Sushinsky	HK Awangard Omsk
Best goalkeeper	Norm Maracle	HK Awangard Omsk
Best defender	Josef Boumedienne	Kärpät Oulu
Best striker	Maxim Sushinsky	HK Awangard Omsk

All-Star Team

Attack:	Maxim Suschinski - Jussi Jokinen - Andrei Kowalenko
Defense:	Oleg Twerdowski - Josef Boumedienne
Goal:	Norm Maracle

Winning team

European Champions Cup winner HK Awangard Omsk

Goalkeepers: Norm Maracle , Maxim Sokolov Defenders: Alexei Bondarew , Sergei Gusew , Alexander Guskow , Nikita Nikitin , Yuri Panov , Dmitri Ryabykin , Oleg Tverdowski Attackers: Jaroslav Bednář , Evgeni Chazei , Jaromír Jágr , Aljaksej Kaljuschny , Andrei Kowalenko , Anton Kurjanow , Andrei Nazarow , Alexander Pereschogin , Alexander Popow , Alexander Prokopjew , Dmitri Satonski , Dmitri Subbotin , Maxim Suschinski Head coach: Valery Belousov

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 462 .

Web links

• Overview of the tournament