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Spengler Cup

Year

Champion

Country

1923-24

Oxford UIHC

Great Britain

1924-25

Berliner SC

Germany

1925-26

Oxford UIHC

Great Britain

1926-27

Berliner SC

Germany

1927-28

HC Davos

Switzerland

1928-29

Berliner SC

Germany

1929-30

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1930-31

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1931-32

Oxford UIHC

Great Britain

1932-33

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1932-33

Oxford UIHC

Great Britain

1933-34

HC Davos

Switzerland

1934-35

HC Diavoli Rosso Neri

Italy

1935-36

HC Diavoli Rosso Neri

Italy

1936-37

HC Davos

Switzerland

1937-38

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1938-39

HC Davos

Switzerland

1941-42

HC Davos

Switzerland

1942-43

HC Davos

Switzerland

1943-44

HC Davos

Switzerland

1944-45

Zurcher SC

Switzerland

1945-46

Zurcher SC

Switzerland

1946-47

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1947-48

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1948-49

LTC Praha

Czechoslovakia

1950-51

HC Diavoli Rosso Neri

Italy

1951-52

HC Davos

Switzerland

1952-53

EV Fussen

West Germany

1953-54

HC Milano Inter

Italy

1954-55

HC Milano Inter

Italy

1955-56

Ruda Hvezda Brno

Czechoslovakia

1957-58

HC Davos

Switzerland

1958-59

HC Davos

Switzerland

1959-60

ACBB Paris

France

1960-61

ACBB Paris

France

1961-62

ACBB Paris

France

1962-63

Spartak Sokolovo Praha

Czechoslovakia

1963-64

Spartak Sokolovo Praha

Czechoslovakia

1964-65

EV Fussen

West Germany

1965-66

Dukla Jihlava

Czechoslovakia

1966-67

Dukla Jihlava

Czechoslovakia

1967-68

Lokomotiv Moscow

USSR

1968-69

Dukla Jihlava

Czechoslovakia

1969-70

Lokomotiv Moscow

USSR

1970-71

SKA Leningrad

USSR

1971-72

SKA Leningrad

USSR

1972-73

Slovan Bratislava

Czechoslovakia

1973-74

Slovan Bratislava

Czechoslovakia

1974-75

Slovan Bratislava

Czechoslovakia

1975-76

TCH Olympic

Czechoslovakia

1976-77

USSR National B

USSR

1977-78

SKA Leningrad

USSR

1978-79

Dukla Jihlava

Czechoslovakia

1979-80

Krylja Sovetov Moscow

USSR

1980-81

Spartak Moscow

USSR

1981-82

Spartak Moscow

USSR

1982-83

Dukla Jihlava

Czechoslovakia

1983-84

Dynamo Moscow

USSR

1984-85

Team Canada

Canada

1985-86

Spartak Moscow

USSR

1986-87

Team Canada

Canada

1987-88

Krylja Sovetov Moscow

USSR

1988-89

USA Selects

USA

1989-90

Spartak Moscow

USSR

1990-91

Spartak Moscow

USSR

1991-92

CSKA Moscow

Russia

1992-93

Team Canada

Canada

1993-94

Farjestad Karlstad

Sweden

1994-95

Farjestad Karlstad

Sweden

1995-96

Lada Togliatti

Russia

1996-97

Team Canada

Canada

1997-98

Team Canada

Canada


Three Times A Keeper
After winning the Spengler Cup 3 times, a team is given the trophy for keeps. This is the 1961 Spengler Cup given to ACBB Paris upon their 3rd consecutive victory.


The First Rulers
This Oxford University squad won their 2nd Spengler Cup in 1925. Two years earlier, Oxford was the inaugural champion of the annual Davos tournament.


America’s 1st Spengler
USA Selects captain Ron Wilson hoists the 1988 Spengler Cup Championship trophy. This was the first US based team to win the Spengler.

Trifecta
With the great Vladimir Zabrodsky leading the way in 1948, LTC (Lawn Tennis Cercle) Praha of Czechoslovakia became the first team from outside Switzerland to win the prestigious Spengler Cup three years in a row. The Davos Hockey Club, which hosts the tournament annually between Christmas and New Year’s, had been the first three-time winners between 1941 and 1943. A giant of a man, Zabrodsky was perhaps the greatest player in Europe during the 1940s. He had exceptionally fast hands and played with a tremendous amount of poise. Besides the Spengler Cup, LTC Praha won three consecutive Czechoslovak national championships between 1946 and 1948. Zabrodsky, who later defected to Switzerland, was also a key figure in Czechoslovakia’s World Championship gold medal victories in 1947 and 1949. Stanislav Konopasek was also one of the great LTC players of the time and the team made good use of transplanted Canadians, including Matej Buckna, a native of Trail, B.C. who taught the Czechoslovaks much about the game.


Canada Finally Takes Center Stage
The Spengler Cup tournament made its debut in the town of Davos, Switzerland in 1923. Until 1984, no representative from Canada had won the cup. When Canada defeated Khimik Voskresensk to win the tournament in December of 1984, it marked the beginning of a successful run for the country. Between 1984 and 1997 the Canada Selects, made up of members of the amateur national team, university players, minor pros and Canadians playing in Europe, won the Spengler Cup seven times. That included three consecutive victories between 1995 and 1997. Andy Murray, who coached Canada to a World Championship gold medal in 1997, coached six of those seven Spengler Cup champions. Besides restoring Canada’s tarnished hockey pride in Europe, the victories added much needed funds to the programs of Hockey Canada and later Canadian hockey for the development of future teams.

Big Ned leads Slovan Bratislava
Following in the footsteps of another great Czechoslovakian club LTC Praha, Slovan Bratislava won its third consecutive Spengler Cup tournament in 1974. The triple occurred in the final season in Europe for the great Vaclav Nedomansky, who had scored 369 goals in 419 league matches with Slovan over 12 seasons. At the age of 30 Nedomansky defected to join the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association for the 1974-75 season. Later he played in the NHL with Detroit, St. Louis and the New York Rangers. Big Ned, who was a huge attraction in European hockey rinks, dazzled the fans in the Swiss town of Davos, along with goalie Vladimir Dzurilla, later a star at the 1976 Canada Cup.

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