2008 IIHF European Champions Cup
# 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup

The 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup was the fourth and the last edition of IIHF European Champions Cup. It was held in Saint Petersburg at the Ice Palace arena, from January 10 to January 13. The champions of 2007 of the six strongest hockey nations of Europe participate: Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RUS), Modo Hockey (SWE), HC Slovan Bratislava (SVK), Kärpät (FIN), HC Sparta Prague (CZE), HC Davos (SUI).

Metallurg won its first European Champions Cup, and third European club championship following European Hockey League titles in 1999 and 2000.

## Group A

* Ivan Hlinka Division

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | HC Sparta Prague | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Kärpät | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 |
| 3 | HC Davos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 0 |

### Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

| Janne Pesonen 30:03 (PP) Michal Broš 42:34 (EQ) Michal Broš 59:29 (EQ) | Goals | 04:10 (PP) Petr Ton 17:58 (PP) Tibor Melichárek 24:50 (EQ) Jakub Langhammer 32:26 (PP) Tomáš Netík 50:25 (PP) Petr Ton |
| - | - | - |
| Tomáš Netík 06:31 (PP) Martin Štrba 29:00 (PP) Jiří Vykoukal 30:31 (EQ) Tomáš Netík 34:56 (EQ) Tomáš Netík 40:53 (EQ) Tibor Melichárek 59:36 (EN) | Goals | 00:41 (EQ) Mike Maneluk 13:17 (PP) Josef Marha 38:20 (EQ) Dino Wieser 52:32 (EQ) Sven Helfenstein |
| Alexandre Daigle 33:07 | Goals | 06:30 (EQ) Teemu Normio 23:24 (PS) Janne Pesonen 28:54 (EQ) Janne Pesonen 37:48 (EQ) Antti Aarnio 44:41 (EQ) Tommi Paakkolanvaara 58:15 (EQ) Jan Novák |

## Group B

* Alexander Ragulin Division

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
| 2 | HC Slovan Bratislava | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 4 |
| 3 | Modo Hockey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 |

### Results

All times local (CET/UTC +1)

| Igor Mirnov 08:51 (EQ) Nikolai Kulemin 16:49 (EQ) Jaroslav Kudrna 38:00 (EQ) | Goals |
| - | - |
| Magnus Wernblom 10:53 (PP) | Goals | 22:14 (EQ) Dušan Devečka 22:46 (EQ) Martin Hujsa 24:01 (EQ) Michal Hreus 51:07 (EQ) Michal Sersen |
| Marek Uram 17:24 (EQ) | Goals | 48:51 (PP) Igor Korolev 65:00 (GW) Alexei Kaigorodov |

## Gold medal game

Metallurg Magnitogorsk qualified for the final of the European Champions Cup thanks to a shootout win against Slovan Bratislava. The Slovaks were close to a surprise but the Russians could overcome the hard-working opponent at the end of the game. Metallurg played HC Sparta Prague in Sunday’s gold medal game.

| Martin Podlešák 19:21 (EQ) Jiří Vykoukal 30:02 (PP) | Goals | 02:58 (PP) Jan Marek 26:19 (PP) Jan Marek 38:36 (EQ) Igor Mironov 58:34 (EQ) Igor Mironov 59:03 (EQ) Alexei Kaigorodov |
| - | - | - |

* 2008 IIHF European Champions Cup Winners
* Metallurg Magnitogorsk First title
