2006 IIHF European Champions Cup
The IIHF European Champions Cup 2006, the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF was the second edition of the current successor to the European Hockey League competition. He was held in the ice arena in St. Petersburg, Russia from 5 to 8 January 2006.
Representatives were qualified from the top six European nations after the IIHF World Ranking 2005 For the IIHF European Champions Cup. The participating teams were from Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Finland and Switzerland. Teams from Germany and Austria did not qualify due to the poor performance of the national team. In the IIHF Continental Cup champion and the other invited teams from other European leagues were able to participate.
A total of 34,300 spectators attended the games.
- 3.1 Best Scorer
- 3.2 Best Goalkeeper
- 4.1 Winning Team
Group stage
In the preliminary round, three teams played in two groups to the final.
Ragulin Division
In the Ragulin Division - named after the former Soviet player Alexander Pavlovich Ragulin - sat the Finnish representative Kärpät Oulu through with victories over the competitors HC Davos and HC Frölunda, reaching as in the previous year in the final.
Hlinka Division
The Hlinka Division - named after the former Czechoslovak player and coach Ivan Hlinka - saw the Russian representatives HK Dynamo Moscow confident of reaching the final with two wins. The team from the Russian capital continued with victories over the HC Slovan Bratislava in Slovakia and the HC Moeller Pardubice in the Czech Republic by sovereign.
Final
In a hard-fought final, came to the meeting of the two group winners from Moscow and Oulu, the Moscow 5-4 in shootout decided for themselves and thus the successor to the League competitors HK Avangard Omsk took, who had won the year before the first edition of the competition.
Statistics
Best Scorer
Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, G = Goals, V = templates, Pts = Points, / - = Plus / Minus, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: Turnierbestwert
Best Goalkeeper
Abbreviations: Sp = Games, TOI = Ice Age ( in minutes), GT = Goals against, SO = shutouts, Sv % = held shots (in%), GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Fat: Turnierbestwert
Awards
Player Trophies
All- Star team
Winning team
Goalkeepers: Vitaly Jeremejew, Oleg Romaschko, Sergei Swjagin
Defender Dmitri Bykov, Leonid Kanareikin Yevgeny Korolyov, Denis Kuljasch, Alexander Rjasanzew, Yakov Rylow, Sergei Wyschedkewitsch
Attacker: Alexander Kharitonov, Mikhail Hrabouski, Dmitri Kasionow, Yegor Mikhailov, Igor Mirnow, Vaclav Pletka, Konstantin Romanov, Pavel Rosa, Wadym Schachrajtschuk, Dmitri Schitikow, Alexander Skugarew, Maxim Suschinski, Albert Wischnjakow
Head Coach: Vladimir Krikunov