Spengler Cup 1996

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Spengler Cup 1996
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos
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host HC Davos
Ice Stadium Davos
date Dec 26, 1996– Dec 31, 1996
Games 11
Teams 5
winner CanadaCanada Team Canada
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The Spengler Cup 1996 ( French Coupe Spengler 1996 ) was the 70th edition of the competition of the same name and took place from December 26th to 31st, 1996 in the Swiss climatic health resort of Davos . The ice rink there served as the venue .

It was won again by Team Canada , which won the tournament with a 6-2 victory in the final against the hosts HC Davos . Already in the qualification the Canadians had won the game 5: 4. Team Canada successfully defended the title it won the previous year and celebrated its sixth tournament success since 1984 . With the Rochester Americans from the American Hockey League , a North American franchise took part in the tournament for the first time . The Canadian Sylvain Turgeon was the most successful player in the tournament with seven points , including five goals.

mode

The five participating teams initially played in a single round in the " everyone against everyone " mode , so that each team played four games. The two teams with the best points after completing the ten qualifying games finally determined the tournament winner in an additional game.

Tournament course

qualification

December 26, 1996 SwitzerlandSwitzerland HC Davos
 9: 2
(3: 1, 2: 1, 4: 0) 		United StatesUnited States Rochester Americans
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 26, 1996 CanadaCanada Team Canada
 4: 2
(0: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0) 		SwedenSweden Leksands IF
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 27, 1996 FinlandFinland Jokerit Helsinki
 6: 3
(0: 0, 4: 3, 2: 0) 		CanadaCanada Team Canada
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 27, 1996 SwitzerlandSwitzerland HC Davos
 5: 4
(1: 2, 2: 0, 2: 2) 		SwedenSweden Leksands IF
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 28, 1996 United StatesUnited States Rochester Americans
 3: 5
(2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 4) 		CanadaCanada Team Canada
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 28, 1996 FinlandFinland Jokerit Helsinki
 3: 2
(1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 1) 		SwedenSweden Leksands IF
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 29, 1996 SwedenSweden Leksands IF
 3: 5
(2: 3, 0: 0, 1: 2) 		United StatesUnited States Rochester Americans
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 29, 1996 SwitzerlandSwitzerland HC Davos
 6: 3
(2: 1, 0: 1, 4: 1) 		FinlandFinland Jokerit Helsinki
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 30, 1996 FinlandFinland Jokerit Helsinki
 2: 3 n.P.
(1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) 		United StatesUnited States Rochester Americans
 Ice stadium, Davos
December 30, 1996 SwitzerlandSwitzerland HC Davos
 4: 5
(0: 3, 2: 1, 2: 1) 		CanadaCanada Team Canada
 Ice stadium, Davos
Pl. Sp S. N Gates Points
1. CanadaCanada Team Canada 4th 3 1 17:15 6: 2
2. SwitzerlandSwitzerland HC Davos 4th 3 1 24:14 6: 2
3. United StatesUnited States Rochester Americans 4th 2 2 13:19 4: 4
4th FinlandFinland Jokerit Helsinki 4th 2 2 14:14 4: 4
5. SwedenSweden Leksands IF 4th 0 4th 11:17 0: 8
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, N = defeats

Final

December 31, 1996
12:00 p.m. 		CanadaCanada Team Canada
 6: 2
(1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 0) 		SwitzerlandSwitzerland HC Davos
 Ice stadium, Davos

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