Rudi Hiti Summer Cup

The Rudi Hiti Summer Cup ( often referred to as the poletna liga in Slovenian ) is a preparation tournament for ice hockey teams that has been held annually in Bled , Slovenia since 1992 at the end of August . The event in 2001 caused a sensation, in which the traditional Russian club HK CSKA Moscow also took part and won the tournament. The most successful team in the tournament is the Austrian first division club EC KAC with five wins so far. The tournament is named after the former Slovenian ice hockey player Rudi Hiti , who enjoyed great success in the 1970s and 1980s.

The venue is the Bled ice rink ( Hokejska dvorana Bled in Slovenian ), which holds 1,736 spectators. Due to the very summery weather at that time, the tournament is usually accompanied by barbecues and smaller events, which is why it is also a popular season opener for fans.

Previous tournament winners

Event	winner
1992	Slovenia HK Jesenice
1993	Slovenia HK Jesenice
1994	Kazakhstan Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk
1995	Austria EC KAC
1996	Slovenia HK Bled
1997	Austria EC KAC
1998	Austria EC KAC
1999	Austria EC KAC
2000	Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2001	Russia HK CSKA Moscow
2002	Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2003	Austria EC KAC
2004	Slovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
2005	Slovenia HK Jesenice
2006	Slovenia HK Jesenice
2007	France Diables Rouges de Briançon
2008	Austria EC VSV
2009	Slovenia HK Jesenice
2010	Austria EC VSV
2011	Slovenia HK Jesenice

Held in 2007

HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - EHC Linz , 2007

At its premiere, the tournament was played with four teams. Each team played against each other once. The winner was the French participant Diables Rouges de Briançon , who could win all three games.

Participating teams

nation	team	league
	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	HK Jesenice	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	EHC Linz	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	Diables Rouges de Briançon	Ligue Magnus

Results

August 24, 2007, 4 p.m .: EHC Linz - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)
August 24, 2007, 7:30 p.m .: HK Jesenice - Diables Rouges de Briançon 2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0)
August 25, 2007, 4 p.m .: Diables Rouges de Briançon - EHC Linz 4: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 3: 0)
August 25, 2007, 7:30 p.m .: HK Jesenice - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 3: 4 (0: 0, 3: 1, 0: 3)
August 26, 2007, 4 p.m .: HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - Diables Rouges de Briançon 0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 2)
August 26, 2007, 7:30 p.m .: EHC Linz - HK Jesenice 5: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)

Final score

rank	team	GP	W.	L.	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	+/-
1.	Diables Rouges de Briançon	3	3	0	0	0	9	10	4th	+6
2.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	2	1	0	0	6th	8th	6th	+2
3.	EHC Linz	3	0	2	1	0	2	7th	12	−5
4th	HK Jesenice	3	0	2	0	1	1	9	12	−3

statistics

Rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG
Top scorer
1.	Edo Terglav	Briançon	3	2	5	7th	4th	2	0
2.	John Ruid	Briançon	3	2	4th	6th	2	1	0
3.	Rob Shearer	Linz	3	2	3	5	2	1	1
4th	Jean-François Dufour	Briançon	3	3	1	4th	2	1	0
5.	Derek Bekar	Jesenice	3	0	4th	4th	0	0	0
6th	Tomaž Vnuk	Ljubljana	3	1	2	3	0	0	0
	Marco Charpentier	Linz	3	1	2	3	2	0	0
8th.	Alexandre Rouleau	Briançon	3	0	3	3	6th	0	0
9.	Ryan Jardine	Ljubljana	3	2	0	2	4th	1	0
10.	Paul Healey	Jesenice	2	1	1	2	0	1	0

rank	player	team	GP	MIP	GA	ATM	SO	PPGA	SHGA
goalkeeper
1.	Christian Bronsard	Briançon	3	180	4th	1.33	1	3	0
2.	Alex Westlund	Ljubljana	2	120	3	1.50	1	2	0
3.	Gaber Glavič	Jesenice	1	60	3	3.00	0	1	0
	Klemen Mohorič	Ljubljana	1	60	3	3.00	0	1	0
5.	Jürgen Penker	Linz	2	90	5	3.33	0	3	0
6th	Andrej Hočevar	Jesenice	1	60	4th	4.00	0	1	1
8th.	Patrick Machreich	Linz	2	90	7th	4.66	0	2	0

Held in 2008

For the event in August 2008, the field of participants was expanded from four to six teams, so that initially two groups of three teams each were played. The two group runners-up then played a game for third place, the group winners played for the tournament victory. After a hard-fought game, it just went to the EC VSV .

Participating teams

team	league	group
EC VSV	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	A.
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	A.
HK Jesenice	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	A.
EC KAC	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	B.
EHC Linz	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	B.
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Ligue Magnus	B.

Results

August 28, 2008, 4:00 p.m., Group B, Game 1: EC KAC - EHC Linz 6: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 1: 0)
August 28, 2008, 7:30 p.m., Group A, Game 1: HK Jesenice - EC VSV 1: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 0)
August 29, 2008, 4:00 p.m., Group B, Game 2: Diables Rouges de Briançon - EHC Linz 1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)
August 29, 2008, 7:30 p.m., Group A, Game 2: HK Jesenice - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 4: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 3: 1)
August 30, 2008, 4:00 p.m., Group B, Game 3: HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - EC VSV 1: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1)
August 30, 2008, 7:30 p.m., Group A, Game 3: Diables Rouges de Briançon - EC KAC 1: 4 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 2)
August 31, 2008, 4:00 p.m., small final: HK Jesenice - EHC Linz 2: 4 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1)
August 31, 2008, 7:30 p.m., final: EC VSV - EC KAC 5: 4 (1: 1, 2: 2, 2: 1)

statistics

Rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG
Top scorer
1.	Jeff Shantz	KAC	3	3	2	5	4th	1	0
2.	Mike Craig	KAC	3	3	1	4th	14th	1	0
3.	Herbert Ratz	KAC	3	1	3	4th	0	1	0
	Christoph Harand	KAC	3	1	3	4th	8th	0	0
5.	Christoph Brandner	KAC	3	3	0	3	2	3	0
6th	Gregor Baumgartner	Linz	3	2	1	3	2	1	0
	Jean-Philippe Paré	Jesenice	3	2	1	3	14th	0	0
8th.	Andy Schneider	KAC	3	1	2	3	0	0	0
	Jonathan Ferland	VSV	3	1	2	3	10	0	0
10.	Dan Cavanaugh	VSV	3	0	3	3	2	0	0

rank	player	team	GP	MIP	GA	ATM	SO	PPGA	SHGA
goalkeeper
1.	Bernhard Starkbaum	VSV	1	60	1	1.00	0	0	0
2.	René Swette	KAC	1	60	2	2.00	0	0	0
3.	Gert Prohaska	VSV	2	120	5	2.50	0	2	0
	Hannes Enzenhofer	KAC	2	120	5	2.50	1	3	0
5.	Michael Morrison	Ljubljana	2	118	5	2.54	0	3	0
6th	Alex Westlund	Linz	3	180	8th	2.66	0	2	0
7th	Gaber Glavič	Jesenice	2	120	6th	3.00	0	2	0
8th.	Andrej Hočevar	Jesenice	1	60	3	3.00	0	0	0
9.	Tommi Satosaari	Briançon	2	118	7th	3.55	0	4th	0

Held in 2009

In 2009 there were six participants at the start, but instead of the EHC Linz, the Swiss second division SC Langenthal took part in the tournament. The game was played in two groups again. This was followed by the placement games between the respective group first, second and third. The winner of the tournament was HK Jesenice before the Diables Rouges de Briançon . The defending champion EC VSV only achieved fifth place.

Participating teams

team	league	group
EC KAC	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	A.
SC Langenthal	National League B	A.
Diables Rouges de Briançon	Ligue Magnus	A.
EC VSV	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	B.
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	B.
HK Jesenice	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League	B.

Results

August 27, 2009, 4:00 p.m., Group B, Game 1: Diables Rouges de Briançon - EC KAC 5: 4 n.P. (1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)
August 27, 2009, 7:35 pm, Group A, Game 1: HK Jesenice - EC VSV 2: 3 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)
August 28, 2009, 4:00 p.m., Group A, Game 2: EC VSV - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 1: 3 (0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0)
August 28, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Group B, Game 2: EC KAC - SC Langenthal 2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
29 August 2009, 4:00 p.m., Group A, Game 3: SC Langenthal - Diables Rouges de Briançon 2: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)
29 August 2009, 7:35 pm, Group B, Game 3: HK Jesenice - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 7: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1)
August 30, 2009, 1 p.m., game for 5th place: SC Langenthal - EC VSV 3: 5 (0: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1)
August 30, 2009, 4:00 p.m., game for 3rd place: HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - EC KAC 1: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)
August 30, 2009, 7:00 p.m., final: HK Jesenice - Diables Rouges de Briançon 2: 1 apt (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)

statistics

Rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG
Top scorer
1.	Mikael Wahlberg	VSV	3	2	3	5	2	1	0
2.	Andrei Troschchinsky	HKJ	3	4th	0	4th	0	2	0
3.	Joni Lindlof	Briançon	3	3	1	4th	6th	0	0
4th	Michael Raffl	VSV	3	2	2	4th	0	0	0
	Damien Raux	Briançon	3	2	2	4th	2	0	0
6th	Andrei Makrov	HKJ	3	0	4th	4th	0	0	0
7th	Mickaël Perez	Briançon	3	2	1	3	0	0	0
8th.	Andy Schneider	KAC	3	2	1	3	4th	1	0
9.	Marc-André Bernier	Briançon	3	1	2	3	0	0	0
10.	Edo Terglav	Briançon	2	0	3	3	0	0	0

rank	player	team	GP	MIP	GA	ATM	SO	PPGA	SHGA
goalkeeper
1.	René Swette	KAC	2	120	2	1.00	0	0	0
2.	Boris Tortunov	HKJ	3	171	4th	1.40	0	2	0
3.	Bernhard Starkbaum	VSV	1	60	2	2.00	0	1	0
4th	Ramon Sopko	Briançon	3	180	7th	2.33	0	1	0
5.	Norm Maracle	OLJ	2	94	4th	2.55	0	3	0
6th	Gert Prohaska	VSV	2	120	6th	3.00	0	1	0
7th	Raffael Walter	Langenthal	3	178	9	3.03	0	1	0
8th.	Hannes Enzenhofer	KAC	1	60	4th	4.00	0	0	0
9.	Matija Pintarič	OLJ	1	30th	2	4.00	0	2	0
10.	Aleš Sila	OLJ	2	56	5	5.36	0	0	0

2010 edition

In 2010 the tournament will be played with four teams in a single group. Originally defending champion Briançon should have started again, but the club had to withdraw the already made commitment due to financial problems. The Hungarian club Budapest Stars was brought on board as a replacement .

Participating teams

nation	team	league
	EC VSV	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	HK Jesenice	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	Budapest stars	MOL League / Hungarian Ice Hockey League

Results

date	game	Result	Third results
Group stage
August 19, 2010, 4:00 p.m.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - EC VSV	2: 8	(1: 2, 1: 4, 0: 2)
August 19, 2010, 7:30 p.m.	HK Jesenice - Budapest Stars	9-0	(4: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)
August 20, 2010, 4:00 p.m.	EC VSV - Budapest Stars	4: 3	(2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2)
August 20, 2010, 7:30 p.m.	HK Jesenice - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	2: 3 n.p.	(0: 2, 0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1)
August 21, 2010, 4 p.m.	Budapest Stars - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	1: 3	(0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0)
August 21, 2010, 7:30 p.m.	EC VSV - HK Jesenice	5: 2	(1: 1, 1: 0, 3: 1)

table

rank	team	GP	W.	L.	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	+/-
1	EC VSV	3	3	0	0	0	6th	17th	7th	+10
2	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	1	1	1	0	4th	8th	11	−3
3	HK Jesenice	3	1	1	0	1	3	13	8th	+5
4th	Budapest stars	3	0	3	0	0	0	4th	16	−12

statistics

Rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG
Top scorer
1	Boštjan Goličič	Ljubljana	3	3	1	4th	2	2	1
	Tomaž Razingar	VSV	2	3	1	4th	2	1	0
3	Miha Brus	Jesenice	3	2	2	4th	0	2	0
	Gerhard Unterluggauer	VSV	3	2	2	4th	4th	1	0
5	Michael Raffl	VSV	3	1	3	4th	0	1	0
	Rok Tičar	Jesenice	3	1	3	4th	0	1	0
7th	Todd Elik	Jesenice	3	2	1	3	0	1	0
	Csanád Fodor	Budapest	3	2	1	3	0	1	0
	Žiga Jeglič	Jesenice	3	2	1	3	0	0	0
	Matt Ryan	VSV	3	2	1	3	0	0	0

rank	player	team	GP	MIP	GA	ATM	SO	PPGA	SHGA
goalkeeper
1	Bernhard Starkbaum	VSV	2	90	3	2.00	0	2	0
2	Mitch O'Keefe	Jesenice	1	60	2	2.00	0	1	1
	Gert Prohaska	VSV	1	60	2	2.00	0	1	0
4th	Jaakko Suomalainen	Jesenice	2	120	5	2.50	1	1	0
5	Aleš Sila	Olimpija	2	80	4th	3.00	0	1	0
6th	Tamas Kiss	Budapest	1	60	4th	4.00	0	1	0
	Manuel Skacal	VSV	1	30th	2	4.00	0	0	0
8th	Matija Pintarič	Ljubljana	2	100	7th	4.20	0	4th	0
9	Miklós Rajna	Budapest	2	120	12	6:00 am	0	5	0

Held in 2011

In 2011 the tournament was played with four teams in a single group.

Participating teams

nation	team	league
	EC VSV	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	HK Jesenice	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
	North America United	NCAA / ACHA

Results

date	game	Result	Third results
August 18, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	EC VSV HDD - Olimpija Ljubljana	3: 2 n.p.	(1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)
August 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m.	HK Jesenice - North America United	3: 1	(1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 0 [EN])
August 19, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	North America United - EC VSV	1: 2	(0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0)
August 19, 2011, 7:30 p.m.	HK Jesenice - HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3: 4 n.p.	(0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1)
August 20, 2011, 4:00 p.m.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana - North America United	3: 4	(1: 2, 1: 2, 1: 0)
August 20, 2011, 7:30 p.m.	EC VSV - HK Jesenice	2: 5	(2: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2)

table

rank	team	GP	W.	L.	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	+/-
1	HK Jesenice	3	2	0	0	1	5	11	7th	+4
2	EC VSV	3	1	1	1	0	4th	7th	8th	−1
3	North America United	3	1	2	0	0	2	6th	8th	−2
4th	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	0	1	1	1	2	9	10	−1

statistics

Rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	Pts	PIM	PPG	SHG
Top scorer
1	Wacey Rabbit	Jesenice	3	2	3	5	2	1	0
2	Antti Pusa	Jesenice	3	3	1	4th	2	1	0
3	Jamie Fraser	Ljubljana	3	3	1	4th	6th	1	0
4th	James Sixsmith	Jesenice	3	2	2	4th	2	1	0
5	Marco Pewal	VSV	2	3	0	3	10	1	0

rank	player	team	GP	MIP	GA	ATM	SO	PPGA	SHGA
goalkeeper
1	Gašper Krošelj	Jesenice	1	60:00	1	1.00	0	0	0
2	Jean-Philippe Lamoureux	Ljubljana	2	92:19	3	1.94	0	2	0
3	Michal Fikrt	Jesenice	2	120: 00	6th	3.00	0	1	0
4th	Bernhard Starkbaum	VSV	2	120: 00	7th	3.50	0	4th	0
5	Matija Pintarič	Ljubljana	2	87:06	7th	4.82	0	1	1

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