2008 IIHF European Champions Cup

The 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup was the fourth and the last edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 10 to January 13. The champions of 2007 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS), Modo Hockey (SWE), HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK), Kärpät (FIN), HC Sparta Prague (CZE), HC Davos (SUI).

2008 IIHF European Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	January 10 - January 13
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (1st title)
Runner-up	HC Sparta Prague
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Goals scored	36 (5.14 per game)
Attendance	25,580 (3,654 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Tomáš Netík (7 points)
MVP	Vitali Atyushov

Metallurg won its first European Champions Cup, and third European club championship following European Hockey League titles in 1999 and 2000.

Group A

• Ivan Hlinka Division

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	HC Sparta Prague	2	2	0	0	0	11	7	+4	6
2	Kärpät	2	1	0	0	1	9	6	+3	3
3	HC Davos	2	0	0	0	2	5	12	−7	0

Source:

Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 10, 2008 15:00

Kärpät

3 – 5 ( 0 - 2 , 1 - 2 , 2 - 1 )

HC Sparta Prague

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,100

	Janne Pesonen 30:03 (PP) Michal Broš 42:34 (EQ) Michal Broš 59:29 (EQ) Goals 04:10 (PP) Petr Ton 17:58 (PP) Tibor Melichárek 24:50 (EQ) Jakub Langhammer 32:26 (PP) Tomáš Netík 50:25 (PP) Petr Ton

January 11, 2008 15:00

HC Sparta Prague

6 – 4 ( 1 - 2 , 3 - 1 , 2 - 1 )

HC Davos

Ice Palace Attendance: 1,326

	Tomáš Netík 06:31 (PP) Martin Štrba 29:00 (PP) Jiří Vykoukal 30:31 (EQ) Tomáš Netík 34:56 (EQ) Tomáš Netík 40:53 (EQ) Tibor Melichárek 59:36 (EN) Goals 00:41 (EQ) Mike Maneluk 13:17 (PP) Josef Marha 38:20 (EQ) Dino Wieser 52:32 (EQ) Sven Helfenstein

January 12, 2008 15:00

HC Davos

1 – 6 ( 0 - 1 , 1 - 3 , 0 - 2 )

Kärpät

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,330

	Alexandre Daigle 33:07 Goals 06:30 (EQ) Teemu Normio 23:24 (PS) Janne Pesonen 28:54 (EQ) Janne Pesonen 37:48 (EQ) Antti Aarnio 44:41 (EQ) Tommi Paakkolanvaara 58:15 (EQ) Jan Novák

Group B

• Alexander Ragulin Division

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	5
2	HC Slovan Bratislava	2	1	0	1	0	5	3	+2	4
3	Modo Hockey	2	0	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source:

Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 10, 2008 18:30

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

3 – 0 ( 2 - 0 , 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 )

Modo Hockey

Ice Palace Attendance: 4,910

	Igor Mirnov 08:51 (EQ) Nikolai Kulemin 16:49 (EQ) Jaroslav Kudrna 38:00 (EQ) Goals

January 11, 2008 18:30

Modo Hockey

1 – 4 ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 3 , 0 - 1 )

HC Slovan Bratislava

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,541

	Magnus Wernblom 10:53 (PP) Goals 22:14 (EQ) Dušan Devečka 22:46 (EQ) Martin Hujsa 24:01 (EQ) Michal Hreus 51:07 (EQ) Michal Sersen

January 12, 2008 18:30

HC Slovan Bratislava

1 – 2 (GWS) ( 1 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 , 0 - 0 , 0 - 1 )

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Ice Palace Attendance: 6,481

	Marek Uram 17:24 (EQ) Goals 48:51 (PP) Igor Korolev 65:00 (GW) Alexei Kaigorodov

Gold medal game

Metallurg Magnitogorsk qualified for the final of the European Champions Cup thanks to a shootout win against Slovan Bratislava. The Slovaks were close to a surprise but the Russians could overcome the hard-working opponent at the end of the game. Metallurg played HC Sparta Prague in Sunday’s gold medal game.

January 13, 2008 18:30

HC Sparta Prague

2 – 5 ( 1 - 1 , 1 - 2 , 0 - 2 )

Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Ice Palace Attendance: 9,732

	Martin Podlešák 19:21 (EQ) Jiří Vykoukal 30:02 (PP) Goals 02:58 (PP) Jan Marek 26:19 (PP) Jan Marek 38:36 (EQ) Igor Mironov 58:34 (EQ) Igor Mironov 59:03 (EQ) Alexei Kaigorodov

2008 IIHF European Champions Cup Winners
Metallurg Magnitogorsk First title

External links

• Official site