2005 IIHF European Champions Cup

2005 IIHF European Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host nation	Russia
Dates	January 13 - January 16
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Avangard Omsk (1 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

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).

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

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January 14, 2005 16:00

Kärpät

4 – 1 ( 1 - 0 , 2 - 1 , 1 - 0 )

HC Hame Zlín

Ice Palace Attendance: 1,800

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January 15, 2005 19:30

Kärpät

6 – 3 ( 3 - 1 , 2 - 0 , 1 - 2 )

Frankfurt Lions

Ice Palace Attendance: 2,200

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Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	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

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

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January 14, 2005 19:30

HV71

4 – 1 ( 3 - 0 , 0 - 0 , 1 - 1 )

HC Dukla Trenčín

Ice Palace Attendance: 1,300

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January 15, 2005 16:00

Avangard Omsk

9 – 0 ( 4 - 0 , 2 - 0 , 3 - 0 )

HV71

Ice Palace Attendance: 7,500

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Standings

Rk.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	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

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

Game reference

2005 IIHF European Champions Cup Winners
Avangard Omsk First title