# 2011 Spengler Cup

The 2011 Spengler Cup was held in Davos, Switzerland from 26 to 3 December 2011. All matches were played at host HC Davos's home Vaillant Arena. The number of teams was expanded in 2010 from 5 to 6 in comparison to previous seasons, and split into two groups of three. The two groups, named Torriani and Cattini, were named after legendary Swiss hockey players Bibi Torriani and Hans Cattini. HC Davos won the event for a record 15th time.

## Teams participating

The list of teams that have been confirmed for the tournament are as listed:
* HC Davos (host)
* Team Canada
* Dinamo Riga
* EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams
* HC Vítkovice Steel
* Kloten Flyers
The division of the teams into the two groups and the subsequent schedule were determined on 2 September 2011.

## Match Officials

Here is the list of match officials that have been confirmed for the tournament:
| Referees | Linesmen |
| Danny Kurmann | Roger Arm |
| Jean Hébert | Roman Kaderli |
| Georg Jablukov | Andreas Kohler |
| Didier Massy | Peter Küng |
| Daniel Stricker | Joris Müller |

## Group stage
### Key

* W (regulation win) – 3 pts.
* OTW (overtime/shootout win) – 2 pts.
* OTL (overtime/shootout loss) – 1 pt.
* L (regulation loss) – 0 pts.

### Group Torriani

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Dinamo Riga | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Clinched group |
| Kloten Flyers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | Quarterfinal berth |
| EHC Wolfsburg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Quarterfinal berth |

### Group Cattini

| Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| HC Davos | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | Clinched group |
| Team Canada | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | Quarterfinal berth |
| HC Vítkovice Steel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 0 | Quarterfinal berth |

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | B1 | HC Davos | 4 | | | |
| A2 | Kloten Flyers | 1 | QF1 | HC Vítkovice Steel | 2 | | | |
| B3 | HC Vítkovice Steel | 5 | | | | SF1 | HC Davos | 3 |
| | | | | | | SF2 | Dinamo Riga | 2 |
| | | | A1 | Dinamo Riga | 4 | | | |
| B2 | Team Canada | 2 | QF2 | EHC Wolfsburg | 1 | | | |
| A3 | EHC Wolfsburg | 3** | | | | | | |
Key: * – final in overtime. ** – final in shootout.

### Final
## Champions

* 2011 Spengler Cup Winners
* HC Davos Fifteenth title

## All-Star Team

| Position | Player | Nationality | Team |
| Goaltender | Roman Málek | Czech | HC Vítkovice Steel |
| Right Defender | Beat Forster | Swiss | HC Davos |
| Left Defender | Sandis Ozoliņš | Latvian | Dinamo Riga |
| Right Wing | Petr Sýkora | Czech | HC Davos |
| Center | Kai Hospelt | German | EHC Wolfsburg |
| Left Wing | Robbie Earl | American | HC Davos |

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
| Roberts Bukarts | Dinamo Riga | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Petr Sýkora | HC Davos | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Petr Tatíček | HC Davos | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Robbie Earl | HC Davos | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Pavel Brendl | HC Davos | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Mārtiņš Karsums | Dinamo Riga | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Source: Spenglercup.ch

## Television

Several television channels around the world will cover many or all matches of the Spengler Cup. As well as most Swiss channels, here is a listing of who else will cover the tournament:
* Schweizer Fernsehen (Switzerland, host broadcaster)
* The Sports Network (Canada)
* LTV7 (Latvia)
* Eurosport 2, British Eurosport, Eurosport Asia and Pacific, and Eurosport HD
* Nova Sport (Czech Republic, Slovakia)