2009 Victoria Cup

2009 Victoria Cup
1 2 3 Total
Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) 1 0 0 1
ZSC Lions (NLA) 1 1 0 2
Date September 29, 2009
Arena Hallenstadion
City Zurich, Switzerland
Attendance 9,744 (91.1% full)
← 2008

The 2009 Victoria Cup is the second of a series of ice hockey challenge matches between European championship teams and a team of the National Hockey League (NHL). For 2009, the teams were the ZSC Lions and the Chicago Blackhawks. The game was played on September 29, 2009.

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ZSC Lions

The ZSC Lions qualified to play for the 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. The Chicago Blackhawks were founded in 1926 and are one of the "Original Six" teams of the NHL. This will be 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]

Chicago Blackhawks vs HC Davos

September 28, 2009
20:15 UTC+1
Chicago Blackhawks 9–2
( 3–0, 2–1, 4–1 )
HC Davos Hallenstadion
Attendance: 7,252

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 Patrick Bartschi (1) Thibaut Monnet (1) , Andre Signoretti (1) 12:25 1–1 ZSC
2nd ZSC Lukas Grauwiler (1) Cyrill Buhler (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 Patrick Geering D
7 Thibaut Monnet (A) F
9 Domenic Pittis F
10 Cyrill Buhler F
11 Andri Stoffel D
13 Peter Sejna F
14 Pascal Muller D
15 Mathias Seger (C) D
17 Lukas Grauwiler F
18 Daniel Schnyder D
19 Jean-Guy Trudel F
22 Mike Wolf F
25 Radoslav Suchy D
27 Andre Signoretti D
28 Philippe Schelling D
30 Lukas Flueler [1] G
31 Ari Sulander G
34 Claudio Cadonau D
39 Mark Bastl F
43 Jan Alstov F
51 Ryan Gardner (A) F
61 Alexei Krutov F
71 Patrick Bartschi F
77 Alan Reist D
79 Oliver Kamber F
82 Blaine Down F
84 Patrick Schommer F
97 Adrian Wichser F
Head coach: Sean Simpson
^ 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

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