2012 European Trophy

The 2012 European Trophy was the third European Trophy, a European ice hockey tournament held annually. It is also the seventh tournament since its predecessor, the Nordic Trophy, was launched in 2006. The regulation round started on 31 July 2012 with the South Division game between Piráti Chomutov–Slovan Bratislava, and will end on 28 November 2012. The playoffs will be played between 13 and 16 December 2012 in Vienna and in Bratislava.^[1] The preliminary schedule for the regulation round was released on 12 April 2012.^[2]

2012 European Trophy

Tournament details
Venue(s)	43 (in 40 host cities)
Dates	31 July – 16 December 2012
Teams	32
Tournament statistics
Games played	98
Goals scored	577 (5.89 per game)
Attendance	269,779 (2,753 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Jack Connolly (11 points)
← 2011 2013 →

In this year's tournament the number of participating teams was increased from 24 to 32. Also, as Red Bull Salzburg no longer hosted the playoffs for the first time in European Trophy history, they weren't guaranteed a playoff spot. Of the 128 regular round games, 20 were played mid-season (i.e. after teams had started their league seasons in their respective countries). Regarding the playoffs, there were only Quarterfinals, Semifinals as well as the Final game, meaning that the losing teams in each round were immediately eliminated from the tournament.

On 31 May 2012, Slavia Praha announced that they were pulling out of the tournament.^[3] On 18 June it was announced that Piráti Chomutov would take over Slavia Praha's spot in the South Division.^[4]

Tournament format

The 32 teams in the tournament are, partly based on geographical location, divided into four divisions: the West Division, the North Division, the South Division, and the East Division. Each division consists of 8 teams who will play a round-robin in their division, with an extra game against a local rival in their division, giving a total of 8 games per team. Each team is assigned four home games as well as four road games. The top two teams of each division qualify for the playoffs; however, should Slovan Bratislava and/or Vienna Capitals qualify for the playoffs as hosts (if they fail to reach one of the top two spots of the South Division), they will replace the worst second ranked team(s) out of all four divisions.^[1]

Should at least two teams in the same division (or second-ranked teams) end up tied in points, the following tie-breaker format will be used:

1. Best goal difference
2. Most goals scored in total (goals forward)
3. Results in games against the tied teams
4. Drawing of lots

This tie-breaker format will also apply when determining which second-ranked team(s) to be replaced if the host teams Slovan Bratislava and/or Vienna Capitals fail to reach the playoffs by finishing top two in the South Division.^[1]

Playing format

If a game is tied after regulation time (60 minutes), an overtime lasting for 5 minutes is played. During overtime, both teams substitute only 4 players on the ice at once (except for 3 when either of the teams has a penalized player). If no team scores during the overtime period, a shootout is played, starting with three penalty shots for both teams. If the shootout remains tied after the first three rounds, sudden death rounds are played until a winning team has been forced.

In the regulation round games, the teams get three points for a regulation-time victory, two points for an overtime/shootout win, one point for losing in overtime/shootout, and zero points for a regulation loss.

Prize money

After the regulation round, the four division winners received €25 000 each, the four second-placed teams €20 000, and the third, fourth and fifth team of each division received €15 000, €10 000, and €5 000, respectively. Additionally, in the final of the Red Bulls Salute, the winning team received €50 000, while the losing finalist got €10 000. In total, €360 000 was given out during the entire tournament.^[5]

Participating clubs

Frölunda

HV71

TPS

Kärpät

Tappara

Djurgården

Luleå

Färjestad

Linköping

Jokerit

HIFK

KalPa

Brynäs

JYP

2012 European Trophy Nordic teams (Divisions: : North, : West, : South, : East)

Red Bull Salzburg

Eisbären Berlin

Adler Mannheim

Sparta Praha

Chomutov

Liberec

Pardubice

Kometa Brno

České Budějovice

Plzeň 1929

Vienna Capitals

Slovan Bratislava

EV Zug

ZSC Lions

Fribourg-Gottéron

SC Bern

Hamburg Freezers

ERC Ingolstadt

2012 European Trophy Central European teams (Divisions: : North, : West, : South, : East)

Division	Team	City	Home arena*	Capacity	Joined NT/ET
North	Oulun Kärpät	Oulu	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614	2006
	Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	O2 World	14,200	2010
	Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	3,600	2010
	Luleå HF	Luleå	Coop Norrbotten Arena	6,200	2011
	Kometa Brno	Brno	Kajot Arena	7,200	2011
	Mountfield České Budějovice	České Budějovice	Budvar Arena	6,421	2011
	Plzeň 1929	Plzeň	ČEZ Aréna	8,420	2011
	Hamburg Freezers	Hamburg	O2 World	12,947	2012
South	Linköpings HC	Linköping	Cloetta Center	8,500	2006
	HV71	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	2008
	Sparta Praha	Prague	Tipsport Arena	13,150	2010
	Piráti Chomutov***	Chomutov	Multifunkční aréna Chomutov	5,250	2012
	KalPa	Kuopio	Kuopion Jäähalli	5,225	2011
	Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Slovnaft Arena	10,000	2011
	UPC Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Albert Schultz Eishalle	7,000	2011
	JYP	Jyväskylä	Synergia-areena	4,628	2012
East	TPS	Turku	HK Arena	11,820	2006
	Tappara	Tampere	Hakametsä Areena	7,800	2006
	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Hovet	8,094	2006
	SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance-Arena	17,131	2010**
	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Liberec	Tipsport Arena	7,500	2011
	ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice	Pardubice	ČEZ Aréna	10,194	2011
	Brynäs IF	Gävle	Läkerol Arena	8,585	2012
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	BCF Arena	6,900	2012
West	Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,647	2006
	Frölunda Indians	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12,044	2006
	HIFK	Helsinki	Helsinki Ice Hall	8,200	2006
	Jokerit	Helsinki	Hartwall Areena	13,349	2008
	ZSC Lions	Zurich	Hallenstadion	10,700	2010**
	Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	SAP Arena	10,600	2010
	ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena	4,815	2012
	EV Zug	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,015	2012

• Note (*): the stated home arenas don't have to be used in the European Trophy tournament.
• Note (**): SC Bern and ZSC Lions did not participate in 2011.
• Note (***): Slavia Praha pulled out of the tournament just two months before the first games are to be played. Piráti Chomutov are replacing Slavia Praha.^[3][4]

Rivalries

• West Division
  • Jokerit vs. HIFK
  • Frölunda Indians vs. Färjestad BK
  • Adler Mannheim vs. ERC Ingolstadt
  • ZSC Lions vs. EV Zug
• North Division
  • Luleå HF vs. Oulun Kärpät
  • Hamburg Freezers vs. Eisbären Berlin
  • Kometa Brno vs. Plzeň 1929
  • České Budějovice vs. Red Bull Salzburg
• South Division
  • KalPa vs. JYP
  • Linköpings HC vs. HV71
  • Piráti Chomutov vs. Sparta Praha
  • Vienna Capitals vs. Slovan Bratislava
• East Division
  • Tappara vs. TPS
  • Brynäs IF vs. Djurgårdens IF
  • Bílí Tygři Liberec vs. Pojišťovna Pardubice
  • SC Bern vs. Fribourg-Gottéron

Regulation round

	Team is qualified for the playoffs
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

West Division

Team v t e	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
EV Zug	8	4	2	0	2	30	21	+9	16
Jokerit	7	4	1	1	1	23	14	+9	15
Färjestad BK	7	3	2	1	1	25	16	+9	14
ERC Ingolstadt	8	3	1	3	1	34	30	+4	14
Frölunda Indians	8	3	0	2	3	18	32	–14	11
HIFK	8	2	0	2	4	24	26	–2	8
ZSC Lions	8	2	1	0	5	17	24	–7	8
Adler Mannheim	8	1	2	0	5	18	26	–8	7

Games in Finland are UTC+3, while all other games are UTC+2, except the 28 October game which is UTC+1.

12 August 2012 16:00

ERC Ingolstadt

3–4 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

ZSC Lions

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 3,036

Game reference
	Ian Gordon	Goalies	Lukas Flueler	Referees: Stephan Bauer Daniel Piechaczek
	P. Hager (J. Ross, T. Conboy) – 16:32 1–0 J. Motzko (J. Ross, C. Gawlik) (PP) – 23:22 2–0 2–1 27:22 – J. Tambellini (P. Bärtschi, R. Shannon) 2–2 38:21 – M. Bastl (M. Trachsler, P. Geering) D. Hahn (P. Hager, T. Greillinger) – 40:26 3–2 3–3 44:35 – R. Shannon (J. Tambellini, M. Bastl)
	J. Ross P. Hager T. Greillinger D. Hahn J. Motzko P. Hager	Shootout	R. Shannon T. Monnet J. Tambellini A. Ambühl P. Bärtschi L. Cunti
	22 min	Penalties	24 min
	17	Shots	38

17 August 2012 18:00

HIFK

4–0 (0–0, 4–0, 0–0)

Adler Mannheim

Valtti Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,639

Game reference
	Joni Ortio	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Tom Laaksonen
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 ? 4–0
	33 min	Penalties	20 min
	61	Shots	30

17 August 2012 19:00

Färjestad BK

5–2 (1–0, 4–2, 0–0)

ZSC Lions

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Attendance: 3,451

Game reference
	Alexander Salak	Goalies	Lukas Flüeler	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Christer Karlsson Linesmen: Ola Adamsson Andreas Malmqvist
	? 1–0 1–1 ? ? 2–1 2–2 ? ? 3–2 ? 4–2 ? 5–2
	20 min	Penalties	33 min
	30	Shots	21

17 August 2012 19:00

Frölunda Indians

3–2 (0–0, 3–2, 0–0)

EV Zug

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,427

Game reference
	Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Jussi Markkanen	Referees: Sören Persson Mikael Holm
	0–1 ? ? 1–1 ? 2–1 ? 3–1 3–2 ?
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	41	Shots	22

18 August 2012 14:00

HIFK

3–5 (1–1, 2–1, 0–3)

ERC Ingolstadt

Valtti Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,281

Game reference
	Mika Norja Joni Ortio	Goalies	Markus Janka	Referees: Jukka Hakkarainen Joonas Pinomaa Linesmen: Daniel Österholm Joonas Saha
	0–1 ? ? 1–1 1–2 ? ? 2–2 ? 3–2 3–3 ? 3–4 ? 3–5 ?
	12 min	Penalties	26 min
	37	Shots	36

18 August 2012 15:00

Frölunda Indians

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

ZSC Lions

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,344

Game reference
	Július Hudáček	Goalies	Tim Wolf	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Mikael Holm
	? 1–0 ? 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	29

18 August 2012 17:00

Färjestad BK

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

EV Zug

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad Attendance: 1,909

Game reference
	Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel	Goalies	Sandro Zurkirchen	Referee: Mikael Nord
	? 1–0 1–1 ? 1–2 ?
	6 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	12

18 August 2012 19:30

Jokerit

1–2 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Adler Mannheim

Valtti Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,601

Game reference
	Eero Kilpeläinen	Goalies	Felix Brückmann	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Tom Laaksonen Linesmen: Jari Korteniemi Masi Puolakka
	? 1–0 1–1 ?
	?	Shootout	?
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	25

19 August 2012 17:00

Jokerit

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

ERC Ingolstadt

Valtti Areena, Vantaa Attendance: 1,572

24 August 2012 19:30

ERC Ingolstadt

8-5 (4-3, 1-1, 3-1)

Frölunda Indians

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,125

24 August 2012 19:30

Adler Mannheim

2-4 (0–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Färjestad BK

SAP Arena, Mannheim

24 August 2012 19:45

EV Zug

v

Jokerit

Bossard Arena, Zug

24 August 2012 20:00

ZSC Lions

v

HIFK

Kunsteisbahn KEK, Küsnacht

25 August 2012 17:30

ZSC Lions

v

Jokerit

Kunsteisbahn KEK, Küsnacht

25 August 2012 18:00

EV Zug

v

HIFK

Bossard Arena, Zug

26 August 2012 15:00

Adler Mannheim

3-1 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Frölunda Indians

SAP Arena, Mannheim

	Felix Bruckmann	Goalies

26 August 2012 18:30

ERC Ingolstadt

v

Färjestad BK

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

29 August 2012 19:30

ERC Ingolstadt

v

Adler Mannheim

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt

31 August 2012 18:30

HIFK

v

Jokerit

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

31 August 2012 19:00

Färjestad BK

v

Frölunda Indians

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

31 August 2012 19:30

Adler Mannheim

v

ERC Ingolstadt

SAP Arena, Mannheim

31 August 2012 19:45

EV Zug

v

ZSC Lions

Bossard Arena, Zug

1 September 2012 16:00

Frölunda Indians

v

Färjestad BK

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg

1 September 2012 17:00

Jokerit

v

HIFK

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

1 September 2012 19:00

ZSC Lions

v

EV Zug

Eishalle Oerlikon, Zurich

6 September 2012 18:30

HIFK

v

Färjestad BK

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

7 September 2012 18:30

Jokerit

v

Frölunda Indians

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

7 September 2012 19:45

EV Zug

v

ERC Ingolstadt

Bossard Arena, Zug

7 September 2012 20:00

ZSC Lions

v

Adler Mannheim

Kunsteisbahn KEK, Küsnacht

16 October 2012 19:30

Adler Mannheim

v

EV Zug

SAP Arena, Mannheim

22 October 2012 19:00

Frölunda Indians

v

HIFK

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg

28 October 2012 19:00

Färjestad BK

v

Jokerit

Löfbergs Lila Arena, Karlstad

North Division

Team v t e	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Luleå HF	8	7	0	0	1	33	13	+20	21
Eisbären Berlin	8	6	0	1	1	27	15	+12	19
Hamburg Freezers	8	3	2	0	3	28	24	+4	13
Kometa Brno	7	3	0	1	3	20	30	–10	10
České Budějovice	7	3	0	0	4	17	20	–3	9
Red Bull Salzburg	7	3	0	0	4	18	24	–6	9
Oulun Kärpät	8	1	1	2	4	18	26	–8	7
Plzeň 1929	7	0	1	0	6	18	27	–9	2

Games in Finland are UTC+3, while all other games are UTC+2, except the November games which are UTC+1.

17 August 2012 19:00

Oulun Kärpät

3–5 (2–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Red Bull Salzburg

Kajaanin jäähalli, Kajaani Attendance: 948

Game reference
	Johan Backlund	Goalies	Alex Auld	Referees: Vesa Keränen Tuomo Sorakangas Linesmen: Lasse Lappalainen Samuli Orava
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 2–1 ? 2–2 ? 2–3 ? ? 3–3 3–4 ? 3–5 ?
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	51	Shots	34

17 August 2012 19:00

Luleå HF

5–2 (2–1, 1–0, 2–1)

České Budějovice

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 3,305

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Jakub Kovář	Referees: Tobias Björk Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Jan Sandström Johannes Käck
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 2–1 ? ? 3–1 ? 4–1 4–2 ? ? 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	32	Shots	21

17 August 2012 19:30

Eisbären Berlin

6–4 (3–0, 3–3, 0–1)

Plzeň 1929

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 7,200

Game reference
	Rob Zepp	Goalies	Adam Svoboda Marek Mazanec	Referees: Marcus Brill Carsten Lenhart
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 ? 4–0 ? 5–0 ? 6–0 6–1 ? 6–2 ? 6–3 ? 6–4 ?
	6 min	Penalties	47 min
	31	Shots	34

17 August 2012 20:00

Hamburg Freezers

7–3 (2–1, 1–1, 4–1)

Kometa Brno

Kunsteisstadion Crimmitschau, Crimmitschau Attendance: 1,257

Game reference
	Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Martin Falter	Referees: Richard Schütz Jens Steinecke Linesmen: Andreas Flad Sirko Schulz
	0–1 ? ? 1–1 ? 2–1 2–2 ? ? 3–2 ? 4–2 ? 5–2 5–3 ? ? 6–3 ? 7–3
	26 min	Penalties	40 min
	25	Shots	23

19 August 2012 16:00

Hamburg Freezers

3–2 (3–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Plzeň 1929

Eisarena Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven

19 August 2012 16:30

Eisbären Berlin

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Kometa Brno

O2 World, Berlin

19 August 2012 17:00

Luleå HF

7–2 (4–2, 1–0, 2–0)

Red Bull Salzburg

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

19 August 2012 17:00

Oulun Kärpät

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

České Budějovice

Raahen jäähalli, Raahe

21 August 2012 19:00

Luleå HF

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Oulun Kärpät

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 4,065

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Johan Backlund	Referees: Mikael Nord Pehr Claesson Linesmen: Jan Sandström Johannes Käck
	J. Jakobs – 17:33 1–0 1–1 26:07 – J. Huovinen N. Fogström (J. Vihko) – 50:12 2–1 A. Hedman (N. Fogström, J. Berglund) (ENG) – 58:27 3–1
	10 min	Penalties	0 min
	20	Shots	23

24 August 2012 17:30

Plzeň 1929

v

Oulun Kärpät

ČEZ Aréna, Plzeň

24 August 2012 17:30

České Budějovice

v

Hamburg Freezers

Budvar Arena, České Budějovice

24 August 2012 18:00

Kometa Brno

v

Luleå HF

Kajot Arena, Brno

24 August 2012 19:15

Red Bull Salzburg

v

Eisbären Berlin

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg

26 August 2012 17:00

Kometa Brno

v

Oulun Kärpät

Kajot Arena, Brno

26 August 2012 17:00

České Budějovice

v

Eisbären Berlin

Budvar Arena, České Budějovice

26 August 2012 19:00

Plzeň 1929

v

Luleå HF

ČEZ Aréna, Plzeň

26 August 2012 19:15

Red Bull Salzburg

v

Hamburg Freezers

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg

30 August 2012 18:30

Oulun Kärpät

v

Luleå HF

Tornio Arena, Tornio

30 August 2012 19:15

Red Bull Salzburg

v

České Budějovice

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg

31 August 2012 17:30

Plzeň 1929

v

Kometa Brno

ČEZ Aréna, Plzeň

31 August 2012 17:30

České Budějovice

v

Red Bull Salzburg

Budvar Arena, České Budějovice

1 September 2012 16:30

Eisbären Berlin

v

Hamburg Freezers

O2 World, Berlin

2 September 2012 14:30

Hamburg Freezers

v

Eisbären Berlin

O2 World, Hamburg

4 September 2012 18:00

Kometa Brno

v

Plzeň 1929

Kajot Arena, Brno

4 September 2012 18:30

Oulun Kärpät

v

Hamburg Freezers

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu

8 September 2012 16:00

Hamburg Freezers

v

Luleå HF

Eishalle Rostock, Rostock

8 September 2012 16:30

Eisbären Berlin

v

Oulun Kärpät

O2 World, Berlin

16 October 2012 19:15

Red Bull Salzburg

v

Kometa Brno

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg

17 October 2012 17:30

České Budějovice

v

Plzeň 1929

Budvar Arena, České Budějovice

23 October 2012 19:00

Luleå HF

v

Eisbären Berlin

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

27 November 2012 17:30

Plzeň 1929

v

Red Bull Salzburg

ČEZ Aréna, Plzeň

28 November 2012 18:00

Kometa Brno

v

České Budějovice

Kajot Arena, Brno

South Division

Team v t e	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
HV71	8	6	0	1	0	29	12	+17	19
Vienna Capitals	7	3	2	1	1	23	20	+3	14
Piráti Chomutov	7	2	2	2	1	28	21	+7	12
Linköpings HC	8	3	1	1	3	23	29	–6	12
Sparta Praha	8	3	1	0	4	29	34	–5	11
Slovan Bratislava	8	1	3	1	3	22	21	+1	10
JYP	8	2	0	2	4	23	32	–9	8
KalPa	8	1	1	2	4	21	29	–8	7

Games in Finland are UTC+3, while all other games are UTC+2, except the November game which is UTC+1.

31 July 2012 17:30

Piráti Chomutov

5–6 GWS (1–2, 0–1, 4–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Slovan Bratislava

Multifunkční aréna Chomutov, Chomutov Attendance: 3,082

Game reference
	Milan Řehoř Matúš Kostúr	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Pavel Hodek Tomáš Turčan Linesmen: Lukáš Bejček Jiří Rozlílek
	D. Hruška (M. Zálešák) (PP) – 02:19 1–0 1–1 09:19 – M. Bližňák (M. Miklík, I. Švarný) 1–2 14:42 – M. Bakoš (J. Lipiansky) 1–3 32:53 – M. Vondrka (J. Boumedienne) 1–4 41:09 – M. Preisinger (V. Dravecký) B. Palin (L. Pulpan) – 48:13 2–4 R. Hrabák (Z. Ondřej) – 49:49 3–4 M. Prochazka (D. Hruška) (PP) – 50:47 4–4 4–5 52:09 – A. Šťastný (P. Ölvecký) B. Palin (L. Pulpan) (PP) – 53:27 5–5
	M. Sikora N. Gajovský	Shootout	P. Ölvecký M. Miklík
	16 min	Penalties	30 min
	31	Shots	38

10 August 2012 18:00

Slovan Bratislava

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Vienna Capitals

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 6,097

Game reference
	Ville Hostikka	Goalies	Matt Zaba Fabian Weinhandl	Referee: Vladimír Baluška Linesmen: Roman Návratek Marek Pauljučok
	M. Bližňák (M. Miklík, J. Boumedienne) (PP) – 19:05 1–0 1–1 20:22 – J. Fraser
	P. Ölvecký M. Miklík M. Vondrka	Shootout	J. Soares A. Lakos F. Fortier
	12 min	Penalties	32 min
	36	Shots	24

14 August 2012 18:00

Slovan Bratislava

3–5 (1–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Sparta Praha

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 8,843

Game reference
	Branislav Konrád	Goalies	Marek Schwarz	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Robert Mullner
	R. Kukumberg (M. Kytnár) – 12:16 1–0 1–1 14:42 – M. Forman (Y. Treille, J. Hanzlik) 1–2 25:39 – P. Jansky (L. Luňák) M. Vondrka (J. Boumedienne, M. Miklík) (PP) – 28:13 2–2 2–3 31:32 – J. Hlinka (P. Ton) P. Ölvecký (A. Šťastný) – 41:41 3–3 3–4 51:27 – P. Ton (J. Hanzlik, T. Gawryletz) 3–5 59:56 – P. Ton (P. Tenkrát, J. Hlinka) (EN)
	27 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	30

17 August 2012 18:30

KalPa

1–5 (1–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Sparta Praha

Kuopion Jäähalli, Kuopio Attendance: 3,056

Game reference
	Juha Toivonen	Goalies	Marek Schwarz	Referees: Antti Hämäläinen Antti Rönn Linesmen: Jorma Niskasaari Pauli Savenius
	? 1–0 1–1 ? 1–2 ? 1–3 ? 1–4 ? 1–5 ?
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	27

17 August 2012 18:30

JYP

4–5 GWS (1–2, 3–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Piráti Chomutov

Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä Attendance: 2,703

Game reference
	Joni Myllykoski	Goalies	Milan Řehoř	Referees: Timo Metsälä Teemu Salminen Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Henri Neva
	0–1 ? 0–2 ? ? 1–2 ? 2–2 2–3 ? 2–4 ? ? 3–4 ? 4–4
	?	Shootout	?
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	33

17 August 2012 19:00

Linköpings HC

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Slovan Bratislava

Cloetta Center, Linköping Attendance: 3,149

Game reference
	Christian Engstrand	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Wolmer Edqvist Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Emil Wernström Örjan Åhlén
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 ? 4–0 4–1 ? 4–2 ?
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	30

17 August 2012 19:00

HV71

3–1 (0–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Vienna Capitals

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 2,767

Game reference
	Gustaf Wesslau	Goalies	Matt Zaba	Referees: Christer Lärking Morgan Johansson Linesmen: Emil Ryd Tobias Haster
	0–1 ? ? 1–1 ? 2–1 ? 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	27	Shots	26

19 August 2012 15:00

HV71

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Slovan Bratislava

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

19 August 2012 16:00

Linköpings HC

3–4 GWS (2–2, 1–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Vienna Capitals

Cloetta Center, Linköping

19 August 2012 17:00

KalPa

3–4 GWS (1–1, 1–0, 1–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Piráti Chomutov

Kuopion Jäähalli, Kuopio

19 August 2012 18:30

JYP

4–5 OT (0–1, 1–2, 3–1) (OT: 0–1)

Sparta Praha

Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä

24 August 2012 18:00

Piráti Chomutov

v

Linköpings HC

Multifunkční aréna Chomutov, Chomutov

24 August 2012 18:00

HC Slovan Bratislava

5-0 (2-0,0-0,3-0)

JYP

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava

Game reference
	Jaroslav Janus	Goalies

24 August 2012 18:30

Sparta Praha

v

HV71

Kalich Arena, Litoměřice

24 August 2012 19:15

Vienna Capitals

v

KalPa

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

26 August 2012 17:00

Sparta Praha

v

Linköpings HC

Kalich Arena, Litoměřice

26 August 2012 17:30

Piráti Chomutov

v

HV71

Multifunkční aréna Chomutov, Chomutov

26 August 2012 18:00

Slovan Bratislava

v

KalPa

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava

26 August 2012 19:15

Vienna Capitals

v

JYP

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

30 August 2012 18:30

JYP

v

KalPa

Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä

30 August 2012 19:00

HV71

v

Linköpings HC

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

31 August 2012 18:30

Sparta Praha

v

Piráti Chomutov

Tipsport Arena, Prague

31 August 2012 18:30

KalPa

v

JYP

Kuopion Jäähalli, Kuopio

31 August 2012 19:00

Linköpings HC

v

HV71

Stångebro Ishall, Linköping

31 August 2012 19:15

Vienna Capitals

v

Slovan Bratislava

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

1 September 2012 17:30

Piráti Chomutov

v

Sparta Praha

Multifunkční aréna Chomutov, Chomutov

6 September 2012 18:30

KalPa

v

HV71

Kuopion Jäähalli, Kuopio

7 September 2012 18:30

JYP

v

Linköpings HC

Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä

16 October 2012 18:30

Sparta Praha

v

Vienna Capitals

Tipsport Arena, Prague

20 October 2012 19:00

HV71

v

JYP

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping

22 October 2012 19:00

Linköpings HC

v

KalPa

Cloetta Center, Linköping

27 November 2012 19:15

Vienna Capitals

v

Piráti Chomutov

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

East Division

Team v t e	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Tappara	8	4	2	1	1	26	16	+13	17
Brynäs IF	8	5	0	2	1	25	20	+5	17
Bílí Tygři Liberec	7	4	0	0	3	23	22	+1	12
TPS	8	3	1	1	3	18	17	+1	12
Pojišťovna Pardubice	7	3	0	0	4	20	18	+2	9
SC Bern	7	2	1	1	3	18	22	–4	9
Djurgårdens IF	8	2	1	0	5	18	27	–9	8
Fribourg-Gottéron	7	1	1	1	4	15	21	–6	6

Games in Finland are UTC+3, while all other games are UTC+2, except the November games which are UTC+1.

14 August 2012 18:30

Bílí Tygři Liberec

5–3 (0–0, 3–2, 2–1)

Fribourg-Gottéron

Svijanská Aréna, Liberec Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Marek Pinc	Goalies	Benjamin Conz	Referees: Michal Hrubý Jan Smítka Linesmen: Lukáš Kajínek Lukáš Podrazil
	T. Urban (P. Nedvěd, L. Derner) (PP) – 21:28 1–0 1–1 22:08 – G. Mauldin (S. Brügger) D. Špaček (M. Bárta, P. Nedvěd) – 25:12 2–1 D. Havíř (P. Nedvěd, T. Urban) (PP) – 33:13 3–1 3–2 35:24 – R. Loeffel (A. Bykov, P. Rosa) (PP) J. Kudrna – 46:15 4–2 4–3 55:46 – G. Mauldin (A. Bykov, B. Plüss) J. Kudrna (P. Nedvěd) (EN) – 60:00 5–3
	16 min	Penalties	26 min
	34	Shots	25

17 August 2012 18:30

Tappara

4–1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Pojišťovna Pardubice

Svijanská Aréna, Liberec Attendance: 2,062

Game reference
	Pekka Tuokkola	Goalies	Martin Růžička	Referees: Timo Favorin Jari-Pekka Pajula
	? 1–0 1–1 ? ? 2–1 ? 3–1 ? 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	26	Shots	28

17 August 2012 18:30

TPS

5–2 (3–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Bílí Tygři Liberec

HK Arena, Turku Attendance: 2,112

Game reference
	Atte Engren	Goalies	Marek Pinc Tomáš Vošvrda	Referees: Stefan Fonselius Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Ville Aalto Joona Elonen
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 3–1 ? 3–2 ? ? 4–2 ? 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	36

17 August 2012 19:00

Djurgårdens IF

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

SC Bern

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,023

Game reference
	Adam Reideborn	Goalies	Marco Bührer	Referees: Thomas Andersson Patrik Sjöberg Linesmen: Fredrik Altberg Fredrik Carlman
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 2–1 ? ? 3–1 ? 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	62 min
	23	Shots	16

17 August 2012 19:00

Brynäs IF

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Fribourg-Gottéron

Läkerol Arena, Gävle Attendance: 3,138

Game reference
	Robin Rahm	Goalies	Simon Rytz Benjamin Conz
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 3–1 ? 3–2 ? ? 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	24

18 August 2012 16:00

Djurgårdens IF

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Fribourg-Gottéron

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 1,700

Game reference
	Chet Pickard	Goalies	Benjamin Conz	Referees: Linus Öhlund Tobias Björk
	? 1–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	32

18 August 2012 17:00

Tappara

7–2 (1–1, 4–1, 2–0)

Bílí Tygři Liberec

Hakametsä Areena, Tampere Attendance: 2,595

Game reference
	Juha Metsola	Goalies	Marek Pinc Tomáš Vošvrda	Referees: Hannu Henriksson Jussi Leppänen
	? 1–0 1–1 ? ? 2–1 2–2 ? ? 3–2 ? 4–2 ? 5–2 ? 6–2 ? 7–2
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	31	Shots	30

18 August 2012 18:00

Brynäs IF

3–4 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 2–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

SC Bern

Läkerol Arena, Gävle Attendance: 2,873

Game reference
	Daniel Hansen	Goalies	Marco Bührer	Referees: Wolmer Edqvist Mikael Sjöqvist
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 3–1 ? 3–2 ? 3–3 ?
	?	Shootout	?
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	34

19 August 2012 17:00

TPS

2–4 (1–0, 0–1, 1–3)

Pojišťovna Pardubice

HK Arena, Turku Attendance: 2,276

24 August 2012 18:00

Pojišťovna Pardubice

6-2 (0-1, 4-1, 2-0)

Brynäs IF

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Attendance: 2,854

24 August 2012 18:30

Bílí Tygři Liberec

6-2 (1-1, 5-0, 0-1)

Djurgårdens IF

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,573

24 August 2012 18:30

SC Bern

1-4 (1-1, 0-2, 0-1)

TPS

PostFinance-Arena, Bern Attendance: 1,137

24 August 2012 19:45

Fribourg-Gottéron

2–3 GWS (0–0, 1-1, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Tappara

BCF Arena, Fribourg Attendance: 1,111

25 August 2012 17:00

Bílí Tygři Liberec

1-2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Brynäs IF

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,471

25 August 2012 17:30

Fribourg-Gottéron

2-1 (0–1, 0-0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

TPS

BCF Arena, Fribourg Attendance: 1,227

25 August 2012 18:00

Pojišťovna Pardubice

5-1 (3-0, 1-1, 1-0)

Djurgårdens IF

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Attendance: 2,436

25 August 2012 18:30

SC Bern

3-4 (2–1, 1-0, 0–2) (OT: 0–1)

Tappara

PostFinance-Arena, Bern Attendance: 2,074

30 August 2012 19:00

Djurgårdens IF

5-4 (0–1, 2-1, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0

Brynäs IF

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,486

31 August 2012 18:00

Pojišťovna Pardubice

0-3 (0-0, 0-0, 0-3)

Bílí Tygři Liberec

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Attendance: 1,273

31 August 2012 18:30

TPS

0-1 (0–0, 0-1, 0–0)

Tappara

HK Arena, Turku Attendance: 2,838

31 August 2012 19:45

Fribourg-Gottéron

4-3 (1-1, 0-1, 3-1)

SC Bern

BCF Arena, Fribourg Attendance: 1,534

1 September 2012 16:00

Brynäs IF

3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)

Djurgårdens IF

Läkerol Arena, Gävle Attendance: 3,001

1 September 2012 17:00

Tappara

1-2 (0–1, 0-0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

TPS

Hakametsä Areena, Tampere Attendance: 2,963

1 September 2012 19:45

SC Bern

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

Fribourg-Gottéron

PostFinance-Arena, Bern Attendance: 1,725

4 September 2012 19:00

Brynäs IF

4-1 (1-0, 1-1, 2-0)

TPS

Läkerol Arena, Gävle Attendance: 2,057

5 September 2012 18:30

Bílí Tygři Liberec

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

Pojišťovna Pardubice

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,682

6 September 2012 19:00

Djurgårdens IF

3-5 (1-0, 1-4, 1-1)

Tappara

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 1,047

15 October 2012 18:30

TPS

3-2 (0-1, 2-1, 1-0)

Djurgårdens IF

HK Arena, Turku Attendance: 2,204

15 October 2012 18:30

Tappara

1-3 (1-0, 0-3, 0-0)

Brynäs IF

Hakametsä Areena, Tampere Attendance: 2,080

16 October 2012 18:00

Pojišťovna Pardubice

1-2 (1-0, 0-2, 0-0)

SC Bern

ČEZ Aréna, Pardubice Attendance: 1,275

12 November 2012 19:45

Fribourg-Gottéron

v

Pojišťovna Pardubice

BCF Arena, Fribourg

13 November 2012 19:45

SC Bern

v

Bílí Tygři Liberec

PostFinance-Arena, Bern

Playoff team seeds

Playoff hosts Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals qualify automatically. Four division-winners qualify. After this, best-scoring division-runners-up qualify to bring the number to exactly eight.

Winners of divisions:

• West: Färjestad BK
• North: Luleå HF
• South: HV71
• East: Tappara

Runners-up of divisions:

Team	Division	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Eisbären Berlin	North	8	6	0	1	1	27	15	+12	19
Brynäs IF	East	8	5	0	2	1	25	20	+5	17
EV Zug	West	8	4	2	0	2	30	21	+9	16
Vienna Capitals	South	8	3	2	1	2	24	26	-2	14

Playoffs

The playoffs, known as the Red Bulls Salute, will take place in the Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna and in the Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava between 13 and 16 December 2012, with the Final game taking place in Slovnaft Arena.^[6] It will be played as a single-elimination tournament, meaning that the losing teams in each round are eliminated from the tournament. For the first time in Red Bulls Salute history, no classification/placement games will be played, so there will only be Quarterfinals, Semifinals as well as the Final game. The winner of the Red Bulls Salute will be awarded a total prize sum of €50 000, and the losing finalist receives €10 000.^[5]

Albert Schultz Eishalle Capacity: 7 000	Slovnaft Arena Capacity: 10 115
Vienna	Bratislava
Austria – Vienna	Slovakia – Bratislava

Bracket

The non-home teams will be seeded according to their score in the regulation round.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

#1

Luleå HF

4

#6

Brynäs IF

3

QF1

Luleå HF

2

QF2

Vienna Capitals

0

Vienna Capitals

3

#3

Eisbären Berlin

2

SF1

Luleå HF

2

SF2

Färjestad BK

0

#2

HV71

1

#5

Tappara

2

QF3

Tappara

1

QF4

Färjestad BK

3

Slovan Bratislava

1

#4

Färjestad BK

4

Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 December 2012 17:00

Luleå HF

4–3

Brynäs IF

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

13 December 2012 17:00

HV71

1–2 1–0, 0–1, 0–1

Tappara

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava

	Fasth Goals Erkinjutti Pallola

13 December 2012 20:30

Vienna Capitals

3–2 OT

Eisbären Berlin

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

13 December 2012 20:30

Slovan Bratislava

1–4

Färjestad BK

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava

The quarterfinal matchups will be determined by the regulation-round record of the six playoff teams aside from the two automatically qualified hosts Slovan Bratislava and Vienna Capitals. The top-ranked team of these six teams will face the sixth-ranked team; the second-ranked team will face the fifth-ranked team; the third-ranked team will face Vienna Capitals; and the fourth-ranked team will face Slovan Bratislava.^[6]

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

15 December 2012 17:00

Luleå HF

2–0

Vienna Capitals

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

15 December 2012 20:30

Tappara

1–3

Färjestad BK

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava

For quarterfinal numbering, see the bracket above.

Final

Main article: 2012 European Trophy Final

Time is local (UTC+1).

16 December 2012 20:00

Luleå HF

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Färjestad BK

Slovnaft Arena, Bratislava Attendance: 1,750

Game reference
	David Rautio	Goalies	Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel	Referee: Baluska Korba Stano
	J. Vihko (L. Persson, J. Fransson) - 11:15 1–0 J. Vihko (D. Rautio) - 53:05 2–0

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

Final standings

The following is the final standings of the playoffs. However, note that because there weren't any classification/placement games in this year's playoffs, the standings for the six teams that missed the Final game were ranked on the following criteria: A. whether the team made it to the Semifinal or not, and B. the team's regulation round record.

	Luleå HF
	Färjestad BK
3	Tappara
4	Vienna Capitals
5	Slovan Bratislava
6	Eisbären Berlin
7	HV71
8	Brynäs IF

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are shown.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
Matt Foy	Eisbären Berlin	2	3	2	5	0	F
Antti Erkinjuntti	Tappara	2	2	3	5	2	F
David Hruška	Piráti Chomutov	3	2	3	5	6	F
Niklas Olausson	Luleå HF	2	1	4	5	2	F
Cam Abbott	Luleå HF	2	3	1	4	25	F
Tomáš Urban	Bílí Tygři Liberec	3	3	1	4	4	F
Milan Kraft	Piráti Chomutov	3	3	1	4	2	F
Jason Lepine	JYP	2	2	2	4	0	D
Jerome Flaake	Hamburg Freezers	2	2	2	4	4	F
Toni Kähkönen	Oulun Kärpät	2	2	2	4	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
positions: F = Forward; D = Defenceman
Sources: Europeantrophy.com and Eurohockey.com
Updated as of 19 August 2012.

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	Team	TOI	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
Chet Pickard	Djurgårdens IF	60:00	32	0	0.00	100.00	1
Joni Ortio	HIFK	60:00	30	0	0.00	100.00	1
Július Hudáček	Frölunda Indians	60:00	29	0	0.00	100.00	1
Viktor Kokman	HV71	60:00	27	0	0.00	100.00	1
Tomi Karhunen	Oulun Kärpät	60:46	44	1	0.99	97.73	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Sources: Europeantrophy.com and Eurohockey.com
Updated as of 19 August 2012.

European Star Award leaders

The European Star Award is a three stars award given to the three best players in each game. The first star gets three points, the second gets two points, and the third gets one point. List shows the top ten players based on the number of European Star Award points.

Player	Team	GP	Pts	POS
Matt Foy	Eisbären Berlin	2	5	F
Cam Abbott	Luleå HF	2	3	F
Jack Connolly	Färjestad BK	2	3	F
Chris Connolly	Tappara	2	3	F
Chet Pickard	Djurgårdens IF	1	3	G
Rhett Rakhshani	HV71	1	3	F
Ryan Glenn	Red Bull Salzburg	2	3	D
Jason Lepine	JYP	2	3	D
Byron Ritchie	SC Bern	2	3	F
Ari Vallin	Sparta Praha	1	3	D

GP = Games played; Pts = Points; POS = Position
positions: G = Goaltender; F = Forward; D = Defenceman
Source: Europeantrophy.com
Updated as of 19 August 2012.