SKA St Petersburg have clinched this year’s traditional ice hockey exhibition tournament in the Swiss resort of Davos.
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The Russian side defeated Team Canada 4-3 in regular time on Friday, succeeding Dynamo Minsk which won the competition – known as the Spengler Cup – last year.
Both Swiss club sides – local HC Davos and Servette Geneva HC – had crashed out of the tournament in the semifinals on Thursday.
The Spengler Cup was first held in 1923 making it the world’s oldest professional ice-hockey club tournament.
As a rule it pits a Canadian national team made up of players with European clubs, against a series of European sides, including the local heroes Davos, during the Christmas break.
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Davos qualify for Spengler Cup semis
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The Davos team, the host and 14-times winner of the tournament, qualified after playing just two preliminary round matches. Sandro Rizzi got HC Davos on the board less than two minutes into the sold-out game. After the Canadians scored the equaliser, Davos’ Czech players Petr Taticek and Jaroslav Bednar scored to make the difference. Canada’s…
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The Canadians dominated action on Thursday with a 4-0 win over 14-time winner HC Davos. Earlier in the day St Petersburg dispatched Servette Geneva 4-3 in overtime. Josh Holden and Pascal Pelletier connected in the first period while Mark Bell and Jean-Pierre Vigier scored in the second to seal the Canadian victory. The North Americans…
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In a hard fought contest on Thursday, the home side went down 3-1 to the Belarus team, Dynamo Minsk. It was the first time Davos had reached the final of the five-club, invitation-only tournament since 2006. That achievement was seen as a victory in itself, especially after Davos were overwhelmed 6-2 on Monday by Team…
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For several decades in the 1900s the tournament, which now includes 16 teams, was incorporated into the Winter Olympic Games. During Switzerland’s glory years, the country won nine medals but never a gold. It has not finished on the podium since 1953.
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