Luleå – Lukko | 4:3 (2:1 after SO) | | | Eisbären – Zürich | 3:6 (end) | | | Kuopio – Třinec | 4:3 (2:1 after SO) |
JYP – Sheffield | 3:0 (end) | | | Zug – Tappara | 0:7 (end) | | | Pardubice – Davos | 2:3 (end) |
HV71 – Salzburg | 4:1 (end) | | | Düsseldorf – Linz | 6:3 (end) | | | Vienna – Kärpät | 0:2 (end) |
Ingolstadt – Braehead | 5:2 (end) | | | Genève – Sparta | 4:3 (after OT) |
final
EV Zug
0:7
(0:3, 0:2, 0:2)
Patrick Brand
Goals and assists:
2. Kankaampera (Savianen), 7. Lajunen (Haapala), 10. Jarvinen (Haapala, Lajunen), 33. Honkanen (Aalto), 37. Makinen (Kuusela), 42. Dixon (Kuusela), 44. Haapala
Referees: Brüggemann (GER), Wehrli – Kovacs, Bürgi (All SUI)
Attendance:
Penalty missed:
EV Zug:
Stephan (Bader) – Ramholt, Grossmann, Alatalo, Sondell, Morant, Erni, Blaser, Stadler – Buergler, Immonen, Bouchard – Lammer, Holden, Suri – Zangger, Peter, Schnyder – Thibaudeau, Diem, Marchon.
Subs:
Coach:
Tappara Tampere: Karhunen (Noronen) – Aalto, Saravo, Plastino, Kankaanpera, Elorinne, Bonsaksen, Makinen, Rouhiainen – Kuusela, Dixon, Savinainen – Haapala Lajunen, Jarvinen – Laine, Ilomaki, Peltola – Heikkila, Honkanen, Kaksonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Subs:
Coach:
Tappara Tampere: Karhunen (Noronen) – Aalto, Saravo, Plastino, Kankaanpera, Elorinne, Bonsaksen, Makinen, Rouhiainen – Kuusela, Dixon, Savinainen – Haapala Lajunen, Jarvinen – Laine, Ilomaki, Peltola – Heikkila, Honkanen, Kaksonen.
Subs:
Coach:
Referees: Brüggemann (GER), Wehrli – Kovacs, Bürgi (All SUI)
Attendance:
Well, you could safely say this was a hockey party – just very one-sided and definitely not in favour of EV Zug.
Tappara Tampere, the undisputed leaders of this group B, tought the hosts a few lessons tonight. The Finnish team opened the scored 01:17 into the game, extended their lead to 3-0 after 10 minutes sharp and kept the game under control ever after.
While the home team seemed to lack ideas and inspiration as to how to score against a strong goaltender Tomi Karhunen, the visitors went on to increase their lead at sheer ease and highly deserve to win this game, even at this high score.
Swiss team EV Zug will have to find answers if they are to be competitive in this very hard Group B.
Let's hope this result will not spoil tonight's season-opening party of EVZ outside the arena, and that Finnish and Swiss fans can enjoy one or two drinks together. Kippis! (19:22:26)
EV Zug: 2x2min
Tappara: 2x2min
EV Zug 8 – 8 Tappara.
Total Shots on goal: 29-23 (6-10, 15-5, 8-8)
Shortly before that, Stephan treated himself to another good glove save in front of the net.