# 2011 European Trophy

The 2011 European Trophy was the second European Trophy, a European ice hockey tournament held annually. It was also the sixth tournament since its predecessor, the Nordic Trophy, was launched in 2006. The regulation round began on 11 August 2011 and ended on 6 September 2011. The playoffs, which took place in Austria, were played 16–18 December 2011 in the Eisarena Salzburg in Salzburg, and the Albert Schultz Eishalle in Vienna, at the same time as the 2011 Channel One Cup. The playoff hosts, Red Bull Salzburg, won the playoffs and captured their first championship title in the European Trophy tournament, having lost in the quarterfinals last year.
A significant difference in this year's tournament was that the number of participating teams was increased from 18 to 24. To compensate this, the teams were divided into four divisions this year, instead of just two in the previous year's tournament. Another difference was that the playoffs, known as the Red Bulls Salute, were not played at the same time as the regulation round—the regulation round was played between August–September 2011, while the playoffs were played in December, three months later. Further, the junior edition was disbanded prior to this year's tournament.

## Tournament format

The 24 teams in the tournament were, based on geographical location, divided into four divisions: the West Division, the North Division, the South Division, and the East Division. Each division consisted of 6 teams who played a round-robin in their division, and another three games against teams from the other three divisions (see the Division vs. Division games section), giving a total of 8 games per team. The top two teams of each division qualified for the playoffs, but as Red Bull Salzburg qualified for the playoffs as hosts (i.e. failed to reach one of the top two spots of the East Division), they replaced the worst second ranked team out of all four divisions, which was Eisbären Berlin.
Had at least two teams in the same division ended up tied in points, the following tie-breaker format was used:
* Best goal difference
* Most goals scored in total
* Results in games against the tied teams
* Drawing of lots
As Red Bull Salzburg, who were automatically qualified for the playoffs, failed to reach one of the top two spots of the East Division, the same tie-breaker format was used to determine which second ranked team they would replace, which was Eisbären Berlin.

## Participating clubs

| Division | Team | City | Home arena | Capacity | Joined NT/ET |
| North | Djurgårdens IF | Stockholm | Hovet | 8,094 | 2006 |
| North | HIFK | Helsinki | Helsinki Ice Hall | 8,200 | 2006 |
| North | Jokerit | Helsinki | Hartwall Areena | 13,349 | 2008 |
| North | Sparta Praha | Prague | Tesla Arena | 16,995 | 2010 |
| North | Slavia Praha | Prague | O2 Arena | 18,000 | 2011 |
| North | Luleå HF | Luleå | Coop Norrbotten Arena | 6,200 | 2011 |
| South | Linköpings HC | Linköping | Cloetta Center | 8,500 | 2006 |
| South | HV71 | Jönköping | Kinnarps Arena | 7,038 | 2008 |
| South | Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 10,600 | 2010 |
| South | Bílí Tygři Liberec | Liberec | Tipsport Arena | 7,500 | 2011 |
| South | ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice | Pardubice | ČEZ Aréna | 10,194 | 2011 |
| South | Kometa Brno | Brno | Hala Rondo | 7,200 | 2011 |
| East | Oulun Kärpät | Oulu | Oulun Energia Areena | 6,614 | 2006 |
| East | KalPa | Kuopio | Kuopion Jäähalli | 5,225 | 2011 |
| East | Mountfield České Budějovice | České Budějovice | Budvar Arena | 6,421 | 2011 |
| East | Plzeň 1929 | Plzeň | ČEZ Aréna | 8,420 | 2011 |
| East | Slovan Bratislava | Bratislava | Slovnaft Arena | 10,000 | 2011 |
| East | Vienna Capitals | Vienna | Albert Schultz Eishalle | 4,500 | 2011 |
| West | Färjestad BK | Karlstad | Löfbergs Lila Arena | 8,647 | 2006 |
| West | Frölunda Indians | Gothenburg | Scandinavium | 12,044 | 2006 |
| West | TPS | Turku | HK Arena | 11,820 | 2006 |
| West | Tappara | Tampere | Hakametsä Areena | 7,800 | 2006 |
| West | Eisbären Berlin | Berlin | O2 World | 14,200 | 2010 |
| West | Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg | Eisarena Salzburg | 3,200 | 2010 |

## Regulation round

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

### West Division

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Frölunda Indians | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 18 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 26 | –8 | 13 |
| Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 12 |
| TPS | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 20 | –1 | 11 |
| Färjestads BK | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 22 | –7 | 10 |
| Tappara | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 28 | –7 | 5 |
All times for the games played in Finland are UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

### North Division

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Jokerit | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 18 |
| Luleå HF | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 14 |
| Djurgårdens IF | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 13 |
| HIFK | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 13 |
| Sparta Praha | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 23 | –3 | 10 |
| Slavia Praha | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 29 | –11 | 7 |
All times for the games played in Finland are UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

### South Division

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Pojišťovna Pardubice | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 15 |
| Linköpings HC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 13 |
| Adler Mannheim | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 24 | –2 | 12 |
| HV71 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 21 | –6 | 10 |
| Bílí Tygři Liberec | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 19 | –3 | 7 |
| Kometa Brno | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 27 | –7 | 5 |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### East Division

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Plzeň 1929 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 20 |
| České Budějovice | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 20 |
| Slovan Bratislava | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 13 |
| Oulun Kärpät | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 23 | –2 | 10 |
| KalPa | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 21 | –2 | 9 |
| Vienna Capitals | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 30 | –12 | 7 |
All times for the games played in Finland are UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

### Division vs. Division games
#### West Division vs. North Division

All times for the games played in Finland are UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

#### West Division vs. South Division

Time for the game played in Finland is UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

#### West Division vs. East Division

Time for the game played in Finland is UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

#### North Division vs. South Division

All times are local (UTC+2).

#### North Division vs. East Division

All times for the games played in Finland are UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

#### South Division vs. East Division

Time for the game played in Finland is UTC+3, while all times for the other games are UTC+2.

## Playoffs

The playoffs are played as the Red Bulls Salute and take place in Salzburg and Vienna between 16–18 December 2011. The teams that lose the quarterfinals play in the classification games. The classification games decide which teams play in the respective games for 7th place and 5th place.

### Venues

| Salzburg | SalzburgViennaclass=notpageimage| Host cities of the 2011 Red Bulls Salute in Austria | SalzburgViennaclass=notpageimage| Host cities of the 2011 Red Bulls Salute in Austria | Vienna |
| Eisarena Salzburg | SalzburgViennaclass=notpageimage| Host cities of the 2011 Red Bulls Salute in Austria | SalzburgViennaclass=notpageimage| Host cities of the 2011 Red Bulls Salute in Austria | Albert Schultz Eishalle |
| Capacity: 3 200 | SalzburgViennaclass=notpageimage| Host cities of the 2011 Red Bulls Salute in Austria | SalzburgViennaclass=notpageimage| Host cities of the 2011 Red Bulls Salute in Austria | Capacity: 7 000 |

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| W1 | Frölunda Indians | 2 | | | | | | |
| S2 | Linköpings HC | 4 | | | | | | |
| S2 | Linköpings HC | 4 | QF1 | Linköpings HC | 3 | | | |
| | | | QF2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | |
| S1 | Pojišťovna Pardubice | 1 | QF2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | |
| W2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | | | | | | |
| W2 | Red Bull Salzburg | 2 | | | | SF1 | Red Bull Salzburg | 3 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Jokerit | 2 |
| N1 | Jokerit | 7 | | | | | | | SF2 | Jokerit | 2 |
| E2 | České Budějovice | 2 | | | |
| E2 | České Budějovice | 2 | QF3 | Jokerit | 3 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | QF4 | Luleå HF | 2 |
| E1 | Plzeň 1929 | 1 | QF4 | Luleå HF | 2 | SF1 | Linköpings HC | 2 |
| N2 | Luleå HF | 2 | | | | SF2 | Luleå HF | 3 |

### Quarterfinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Classification games

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Semifinals

All times are local (UTC+1).

### 7th place game

Time is local (UTC+1).

### 5th place game

Time is local (UTC+1).

### Bronze medal game

Time is local (UTC+1).

### Gold medal game

Time is local (UTC+1).

## Ranking and statistics
### Final standings

The final standings of the tournament:
| | Red Bull Salzburg |
| | Jokerit |
| | Luleå HF |
| 4 | Linköpings HC |
| 5 | Pojišťovna Pardubice |
| 6 | Plzeň 1929 |
| 7 | Frölunda HC |
| 8 | České Budějovice |

### 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 |
| Ilari Filppula | Jokerit | 11 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | F |
| Ben Eaves | Jokerit | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | F |
| Ramzi Abid | Red Bull Salzburg | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 45 | F |
| Mathis Olimb | Frölunda Indians | 10 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | F |
| Danny Bois | Red Bull Salzburg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 37 | F |
| Benoît Gratton | Vienna Capitals | 8 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 50 | F |
| Martin Straka | Plzeň 1929 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | F |
| Tomáš Vlasák | Plzeň 1929 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | F |
| Magnus Kahnberg | Frölunda Indians | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | F |
| Fredrik Pettersson | Frölunda Indians | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 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 the end of the tournament.

### 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 |
| Ville Hostikka | Oulun Kärpät | 255:00 | 140 | 8 | 1.88 | 94.29 | 0 |
| Marek Schwarz | TPS | 243:17 | 99 | 6 | 1.48 | 93.94 | 1 |
| Branislav Konrád | Slovan Bratislava | 474:09 | 300 | 19 | 2.40 | 93.67 | 1 |
| Daniel Larsson | HV71 | 213:33 | 110 | 7 | 1.97 | 93.64 | 1 |
| Jakub Kovář | České Budějovice | 492:54 | 235 | 15 | 1.83 | 93.62 | 1 |
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 the end of the tournament.

### 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 |
| Branislav Konrád | Slovan Bratislava | 8 | 11 | G |
| Ben Eaves | Jokerit | 11 | 11 | F |
| Adam Svoboda | Plzeň 1929 | 9 | 10 | G |
| Jakub Kovář | České Budějovice | 10 | 10 | G |
| Ilari Filppula | Jokerit | 11 | 10 | F |
| Martin Růžička | Pojišťovna Pardubice | 6 | 8 | G |
| Josh Tordjman | Red Bull Salzburg | 7 | 8 | G |
| Benoît Gratton | Vienna Capitals | 8 | 8 | F |
| Mikael Granlund | HIFK | 8 | 7 | F |
| Jaroslav Hlinka | Plzeň 1929 | 8 | 7 | F |
GP = Games played; Pts = Points; POS = Position positions: G = Goaltender; F = Forward; D = Defenceman
Source: Europeantrophy.com
Updated as of the end of the tournament.

## Broadcasting rights

| Country | Broadcaster | HD (High Definition) |
| Czech Republic | ČT4 | ČT HD |
| Slovakia | Huste.tv | |
| Sweden | Viasat Hockey | Viasat Sport HD |
| Sweden | TV10 | |