2009 Victoria Cup

2009 Victoria Cup
123 Total
Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) 100 1
ZSC Lions (NLA) 110 2
Date September 29, 2009
Arena Hallenstadion
City Zurich, Switzerland
Attendance 9,744 (91.1% full)
 2008

The 2009 Victoria Cup was the second edition of the Victoria Cup challenge, played on September 29, 2009 between the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League winner ZSC Lions and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). The ZSC Lions won the game 2–1.

ZSC Lions

The ZSC Lions qualified to play for the 2009 Victoria Cup by winning the 2008–09 Champions Hockey League competition. The ZSC Lions from Switzerland won the competition by beating Russia's Metallurg Magnitogorsk in the finals. Metallurg Magnitogorsk played in the inaugural 2008 Victoria Cup game.

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks were named on May 10, 2009[1] to represent the NHL. The Blackhawks made it to the Western Conference Finals in 2008, eventually losing to the Detroit Red Wings. They would go on in the 2009 season to clinch the 2nd seed in the Western Conference and win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1961. The Chicago Blackhawks were founded in 1926 and are one of the "Original Six" teams of the NHL. This was the Blackhawks' first game against a European club in Europe. The Blackhawks have played in Europe before, having played two exhibition games in 1992 in London, England against the NHL Montreal Canadiens.[1] The Blackhawks played an exhibition game at Hallenstadion on September 28 against HC Davos, which they won 9 - 2.[2][3]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score
1st CHI Cam Barker (1) Patrick Sharp (1) 6:13 0–1 CHI
ZSC Patrik Bärtschi (1) Thibaut Monnet (1), André Signoretti (1) 12:25 1–1 ZSC
2nd ZSC Lukas Grauwiler (1) Cyrill Bühler (1) 34:44 2–1 ZSC
3rd No scoring

Penalty summary

Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM
1st ZSC Domenic Pittis Interference 2:53 2:00
ZSC Domenic Pittis Hooking 14:11 2:00
CHI Patrick Sharp Boarding 15:17 2:00
2nd ZSC Blaine Down Hooking 27:59 2:00
ZSC Mathias Seger Roughing 29:34 2:00
CHI Dustin Byfuglien Roughing 29:34 2:00
ZSC Jean-Guy Trudel Hooking 37:32 2:00
3rd ZSC Thibaut Monnet Slashing 48:28 2:00
CHI Dustin Byfuglien Hooking 49:43 2:00
CHI Jack Skille Equipment Infraction 53:16 2:00
ZSC Mark Bastl Hooking 54:04 2:00
CHI Dave Bolland Boarding 54:19 2:00
CHI Brent Seabrook Hooking 56:46 PS

Team rosters

ZSC Lions
# Player Position
4 Switzerland Patrick Geering D
7 Switzerland Thibaut Monnet (A) F
9 Canada Domenic Pittis F
10 Switzerland Cyrill Bühler F
11 Switzerland Andri Stoffel D
13 Slovakia Peter Sejna F
14 Switzerland Pascal Müller D
15 Switzerland Mathias Seger (C) D
17 Switzerland Lukas Grauwiler F
18 Switzerland Daniel Schnyder D
19 Canada Jean-Guy Trudel F
22 Switzerland Mike Wolf F
25 Slovakia Radoslav Suchý D
27 Canada André Signoretti D
28 Switzerland Philippe Schelling D
30 Switzerland Lukas Flüeler G
31 Finland Ari Sulander G
34 Switzerland Claudio Cadonau D
39 Switzerland Mark Bastl F
43 Canada Jan Alstov F
51 Switzerland Ryan Gardner (A) F
61 Russia Alexei Krutov F
71 Canada Patrick Bärtschi F
77 Switzerland Alan Reist D
79 Switzerland Oliver Kamber F
82 Canada Blaine Down F
84 Switzerland Patrick Schommer F
97 Switzerland Adrian Wichser F
Canada Head coach: Sean Simpson

Chicago Blackhawks
# Player Position
2 Canada Duncan Keith (A) D
4 Sweden Niklas Hjalmarsson D
5 Canada Brent Sopel D
6 Canada Jordan Hendry D
7 Canada Brent Seabrook D
10 Canada Patrick Sharp (A) F
11 Canada John Madden F
16 Canada Andrew Ladd F
19 Canada Jonathan Toews (C) F
20 United States Jack Skille F
22 Canada Troy Brouwer F
23 Canada Aaron Johnson D
25 Canada Cam Barker D
28 United States Jacob Dowell F
29 Canada Bryan Bickell F
31 Finland Antti Niemi G
32 Canada Kris Versteeg F
33 United States Dustin Byfuglien F
36 Canada Dave Bolland F
39 France Cristobal Huet G
46 Canada Colin Fraser F
47 Canada Evan Brophey F
50 Canada Corey Crawford G
51 Canada Brian Campbell D
52 Czech Republic Radek Smolenak F
55 Canada Ben Eager F
59 Canada Rob Klinkhammer F
82 Slovakia Tomas Kopecky F
88 United States Patrick Kane F
Canada Head coach: Joel Quenneville

^ Lukas Flueler dressed for the ZSC Lions as the back-up goalie and did not enter the game.
^ Antti Niemi dressed for the Chicago Blackhawks as the back-up goalie and did not enter the game.
Source
ZSC Lions, Chicago Blackhawks

Officials

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Blackhawks will face ZSC Lions in Victoria Cup". NHL. May 10, 2009. Archived from the original on 13 May 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  2. "Davos gets a shot at Chicago". IIHF. Archived from the original on 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
  3. "HC Davos - Chicago Blackhawks Report". IIHF. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

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