2018 Spengler Cup

The 2018 Spengler Cup was held from December 26 to December 31, 2018 at the Vaillant Arena, in Davos, Switzerland.^[1]

2018 Spengler Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	Vaillant Arena
Dates	26–31 December 2018
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	KalPa (1st title)
Runner-up	Team Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	44 (4 per game)
Attendance	65,714 (5,974 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Leonhard Pföderl (5 points)
Official website
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Teams participating

• Team Canada
• HC Oceláři Třinec
• KalPa
• Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
• Metallurg Magnitogorsk
• HC Davos (host)

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group Cattini

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team Canada	2	2	0	0	0	8	3	+5	6	Semifinals
2	HC Davos (H)	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	3	Quarterfinals
3	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	2	0	0	0	2	4	9	−5	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

26 December 2018 20:15

HC Davos

1–2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Team Canada

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Anders Lindbäck	Goalies	Zachary Fucale	Referees: Daniel Stricker Brad Watson Linesmen: Franco Castelli Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 05:24 – Boychuk (Després, Dalpe) 0–2 23:43 – D'Agostini (Ebbett, Winnik) Bader – 38:06 1–2
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	36

27 December 2018 20:15

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Niklas Treutle	Goalies	Gilles Senn	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Brad Watson Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Simon Wüst
	0–1 05:32 – Pestoni (Jung, Heldner) 0–2 06:36 – Simion (Klasen, Ambühl) Buck (Bast, Aronson) – 36:57 1–2 Pföderl (Gilbert, Dupuis) (PP) – 48:37 2–2 2–3 51:43 – Payr (Klasen, Ambühl)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	29

28 December 2018 20:15

Team Canada

6–2 (1–0, 4–1, 1–1)

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Andreas Jenike	Referees: Brad Watson Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Simon Wüst
	Fabbro (Moore, Conrad) – 02:21 1–0 1–1 20:52 – Reimer (Pföderl, Dupuis) (PP) Winnik (Wiercioch, Knelsen) – 24:52 2–1 Ebbett (D'Agostini, DiDomenico) – 31:14 3–1 Dalpe (Winnik) – 33:01 4–1 Knelsen (Lapierre, Moore) – 37:45 5–1 Fabbro (Lapierre, Noreau) – 48:37 6–1 6–2 57:54 – Mieszkowski (Brown, Jurčina)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	21

Group Torriani

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	KalPa	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	5	Semifinals
2	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	Quarterfinals
3	HC Oceláři Třinec	2	0	0	1	1	2	5	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

26 December 2018 15:10

HC Oceláři Třinec

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

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,359

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Artyom Zagidulin	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Stany Gnemmi Simon Wüst
	Adamský (Roth, Svačina) (PP) – 22:58 1–0 1–1 52:55 – Matushkin (Rasmussen, Pakarinen)
	Růžička Bukarts Polanský	Shootout	Lyubimov Pakarinen Matushkin
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	32

27 December 2018 15:10

KalPa

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

HC Oceláři Třinec

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,141

Game reference
	Denis Godla	Goalies	Lukáš Daneček	Referees: Roman Gofman Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Franco Castelli Stany Gnemmi
	Ruuttu (Rissanen, Texier) – 12:06 1–0 1–1 32:26 – Gernát (Bukarts) Texier (Ruuttu) – 33:19 2–1 Ruuttu – 40:32 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	30

28 December 2018 15:10

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

KalPa

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,509

Game reference
	Artyom Zagidulin	Goalies	Daniel Manzato	Referees: Roman Gofman Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Stany Gnemmi
	0–1 62:47 – Jokinen (Rissanen, Leskinen)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	18	Shots	27

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					30 December
					Team Canada	4
	29 December
					Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	2
	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	1
									31 December
	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	3
									Team Canada	1
									KalPa (GWS)	2
					30 December
					KalPa	2
	29 December
					HC Davos	1
	HC Davos	3
	HC Oceláři Třinec	1

Quarterfinals

29 December 2018 15:10

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

1–3 (0–1, 1–2, 0–0)

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 5,605

Game reference
	Artyom Zagidulin Pavel Nechistovsky	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Castelli Dario Fuchs
	0–1 04:06 – Reimer (Weiß) Kulemin (Varfolomeyev) (PP) – 21:04 1–1 1–2 26:29 – Buck (Acton, Lalonde) (PP) 1–3 28:28 – Pföderl (Reimer, Weiß)
	6 min	Penalties	26 min
	30	Shots	23

29 December 2018 20:15

HC Davos

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

HC Oceláři Třinec

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Anders Lindbäck	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Roman Gofman Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Stany Gnemmi Marc-Henri Progin
	Klasen (Simion, Heldner) – 14:18 1–0 1–1 36:18 – Kovařčík (Krajíček) Klasen (Ambühl, Simion) – 47:34 2–1 Wieser (ENG) – 59:59 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Semifinals

30 December 2018 15:10

Team Canada

4–2 (3–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Zach Fucale	Goalies	Niklas Treutle	Referees: Daniel Stricker Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Franco Castelli Marc-Henri Progin
	Emmerton (Boychuk, Fabbro) – 07:06 1–0 Boychuk (Emmerton) – 09:39 2–0 Boychuk (Norreau, Micflikier) – 12:45 3–0 DiDomenico (Ebbett, Noreau) (PP) – 22:30 4–0 4–1 31:32 – Weiß (Pföderl, Gilbert) (PP) 4–2 55:07 – Buck (Bender, Pföderl)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	33	Shots	17

30 December 2018 20:15

KalPa

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

HC Davos

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Daniel Manzato	Goalies	Gilles Senn	Referees: Roman Gofman Brad Watson Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Simon Wüst
	Nousianen (Mäkinen) – 02:11 1–0 1–1 45:47 – Frehner (Jung, Aeschlimann) Rissanen (Texier, Ruuttu) – 50:37 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	22

Final

31 December 2018 12:10

Team Canada

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

KalPa

Vaillant Arena Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Zachary Fucale	Goalies	Denis Godla	Referees: Brad Watson Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Marc-Henri Progin Simon Wüst
	Winnik (Mitchell, Cracknell) – 45:16 1–0 1–1 51:24 – Luostarinen (Lappalainen, Nuutinen)
	Boychuk Lapierre Emmerton DiDomenico Boychuk Dalpe Emmerton Ebbett	Shootout	Vainiola Texier Luostarinen Texier Vainiola Ruuttu Texier Rissanen
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	24

All-Star Team

Position	Player	Team
Goaltender	Daniel Manzato	KalPa
Defencemen	Dante Fabbro	Team Canada
	Kim Nousiainen	KalPa
Forwards	Linus Klasen	HC Davos
	Zach Boychuk	Team Canada
	Leonhard Pföderl	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

Source: ^[2]