Anyone Watching the Spengler Cup?

[Killah_punk]

I will probably catch a few of the games. I find the worst part about these games over in Europe is the officiating is usually poor to terrible. Another problem with the Spengler Cup is that it takes place the same time period as the World Juniors. The time zone difference for watching the live games doesn't help either. The World Jrs is a much more popular tournament and probably the most popular international ice hockey event in Canada with the exception be the Olympics.

[antonio106]

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...727/story.html

This team is monstrously good compared to the competition, and the time of the games (judging by the schedule) are a lot less treacherous than the world juniors. I'll be sure to catch a bunch of these games!

[Killah_punk]

Former and current NHLers

HC Davos
Loui Eriksson
Joe Thornton
Patrick Kane
Rafael Diaz
Damien Brunner (although he hasn't played a single NHL game I think he should be listed)

Fribourg Gottéron
David Deshairnais
Maxime Talbot
Patric Hornqvist
Bruno Gervais
Cory Schneider

Adler Mannheim
Jason Pominville
Dennis Seidenberg
Marcel Goc
Nick Bonino

HC Vitkovice Steel
Roman Polak
Filip Kuba
Marek Malik

UFA
Nikita Filatov

Team Canada
Tyler Seguin
Patrice Bergeron
John Tavares
Jason Spezza
Jared Spurgeon
Jonathan Bernier
Jason Demers
Jason Williams
Devan Dubnyk
Ben Eager
Cam Barker
Carlo Calaiacovo
Matt Duchene
Sam Gagner
Ryan "Captain Canada" Smyth

[Podollan]

Mannheim also has Sbisa and Jochen Hecht (yeah I know he is an Free Agent)

[antonio106]

Was surprised they didn't pull a win out against Fribourg, but Canada showed how good they are against HC Davos today.

I don't care what anyone says, but I think that this is really good hockey! Especially this year. And it's much better timed than the world juniors!

[Killah_punk]

Canada looked great today against HC Davos. Pretty good level of hockey too lots of skill but it does lack some physicality.

[theknuckler]

Mannheims a good team, as are all the teams. Euro games are different than NHL games. Ryan Smythes first games of the year, he looked slow compared to everyone else. Good to see MicFlikier on team Canada, I've been a fan of him for years and think he's better than a lot of guys in the NHL that currently play. Surprised by the Canada-Davos score, but Dubnyk was clutch, hope they play again. Goaltending was fantastic for Mannheim, If he plays like that the rest of the tournament, they'll be in the finals for sure.

[Killah_punk]

Glad to see Davos win, Canada receives a bye to the semifinals.

[danista]

Originally Posted by Podollan

Mannheim also has Sbisa and Jochen Hecht (yeah I know he is an Free Agent)

Hecht doesn't play.

Mannheim with a pretty embarrassing lost yesterday against Davos.

[Killah_punk]

Semifinals
Canada vs Fribourg and Davos vs Vitkovice

[theknuckler]

glad to see UFA out of that tournment. they took a beating today

[Killah_punk]

Canada dominates HC Davos 7-2 to win the 2012 Spengler Cup.

[Killah_punk]

With the Canada winning the tournament Patrice Bergeron adds to his impressive resume.

Stanley Cup
Olympic Gold
World Championship
World JR Championship
Spengler Cup

[antonio106]

Originally Posted by Killah_punk

Canada dominates HC Davos 7-2 to win the 2012 Spengler Cup.

Yay!

I set the alarm to 6AM on my TV. By the time I was fully conscious and looking at the TV, it was already 3-0 Canada. I figured that warranted going back to bed another 5 hours.