2005 IIHF European Champions Cup

The 2005 IIHF European Champions Cup was the first edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 13 to January 16. The champions of 2004 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Avangard Omsk (RUS), HV71 (SWE), HC Dukla Trenčín (SVK), Kärpät (FIN), HC Hame Zlín (CZE) and Frankfurt Lions (GER).

2005 IIHF European Champions Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	January 13 - January 16
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Avangard Omsk (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	7
Goals scored	45 (6.43 per game)
Attendance	28,100 (4,014 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Maxim Sushinsky (7 points)
MVP	Maxim Sushinsky

Group A

Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 13, 2005 19:30

HC Hame Zlín

4 – 3 ( 2 - 2 , 0 - 1 , 2 - 0 )

Frankfurt Lions

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,100

	M. Okál 1:05 M. Okál 18:08 M. Erat 53:58 J. Kristek 57:22 Goals P. Ratchuk 4:07 P. Lebeau 16:57 C. Bassen 36:25

January 14, 2005 16:00

Kärpät

4 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

HC Hame Zlín

Ice Palace Attendance: 1,800

	J. Jokinen 2:26 J.-P. Haataja 35:40 P. Tenkrát 39:55 J. Boumedienne 48:53 Goals J. Balaštík 24:32

January 15, 2005 19:30

Kärpät

6 – 3 ( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 )

Frankfurt Lions

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,200

	J.-P. Haataja 5:18 J. Viuhkola 7:16 J. Viuhkola 12:17 L. Kukkonen 26:33 E. Somervuori 37:11 J. Jokinen 59:21 Goals P. Lebeau 10:23 J. Young 43:30 J. Murphy 48:50

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kärpät	2	2	0	0	0	10	4	+6	6
2	HC Hame Zlín	2	1	0	0	1	5	7	−2	3
3	Frankfurt Lions	2	0	0	0	2	6	10	−4	0

Source:

Group B

Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

January 13, 2005 16:00

Avangard Omsk

6 – 1 ( 3 - 1 , 1 - 0 , 2 - 0 )

HC Dukla Trenčín

Ice Palace Attendance: 3,200

	A. Kovalenko 1:45 M. Sushinsky 9:44 O. Tverdovsky 16:46 J. Bednář 29:44 J. Jágr 42:38 A. Kalyuzhny 45:08 Goals J. Zlocha 11:21

January 14, 2005 19:30

HV71

4 – 1 ( 3 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

HC Dukla Trenčín

Ice Palace Attendance: 1,300

	P. Ekelund 1:12 P.-Å. Skrøder 1:58 S. Skoog 6:53 A. Eriksson 55:38 Goals P. Fabuš 57:32

January 15, 2005 16:00

Avangard Omsk

9 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

HV71

Ice Palace Attendance: 7,500

	A. Kovalenko 8:08 A. Guskov 11:08 M. Sushinsky 12:28 A. Perezhogin 18:02 M. Sushinsky 29:41 A. Kurianov 31:27 A. Perezhogin 53:25 M. Sushinsky 55:43 O. Tverdovsky 56:52 Goals

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Avangard Omsk	2	2	0	0	0	15	1	+14	6
2	HV71	2	1	0	0	1	4	10	−6	3
3	HC Dukla Trenčín	2	0	0	0	2	2	10	−8	0

Source:

Gold medal game

January 16, 2005 16:00

Avangard Omsk

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

Kärpät

Ice Palace Attendance: 10,000

	A. Kalyuzhny 51:00 J. Jágr 74:38 Goals I. Mikkola 12:16

2005 IIHF European Champions Cup Winners
Avangard Omsk First title

External links

• Official site