2008 Victoria Cup

Series of ice hockey games in 2008 Victoria Cup 150px Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL) New York Rangers (NHL) 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 3 October 1, 2008 PostFinance Arena Bern, Switzerland 13,794http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=384373 https://web.archive.org/web/20100310010237/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=384373 dead March 10, 2010 Rangers rally to win Victoria Cup Rosen Dan NHL.COM October 1, 2008 2008-10-01 (80.5% full) 2009 thumb|The PostFinance Arena, where the first Victoria Cup was played. The 2008 Victoria Cup was the first edition of the Victoria Cup challenge, played on October 1, 2008, between the 2008 European Champions Cup winners, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL),https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=228084&hubname=nhl McKenzie: NHL's European plans finalized January 24, 2008 McKenzie Bob TSN.ca 2008-01-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20080128151306/http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=228084&hubname=nhl January 28, 2008 dead at the PostFinance Arena in Bern, Switzerland. The game was played under IIHF rules.https://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/rangers-challenge-metallurg.html Rangers challenge Metallurg January 26, 2008 IIHF 2008-01-28 The Rangers won the challenge as they battled from a 3–0 deficit to win the game 4–3.IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time, Szymon Szemberg and Andrew Podnieks, p. 173, Fenn Publishing, Bolton, Ontario, Canada, 2008, 978-1-55168-358-4. The match was preceded on September 30, 2008, by an exhibition between host SC Bern and the New York Rangers, meant to commemorate the centennial of the Swiss Ice Hockey Association. However the additional game, the first ever between a Swiss team and an NHL team, ended up competing with the main event at the box office. With tickets steeply priced, neither game sold out and a number of Swiss fans favored the SC Bern game, which drew a significantly larger audience (16,022) than the actual Victoria Cup game.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/sports/hockey/01rangers.html Rangers Make Quick Work of Swiss Team and Brace for a Russian One September 30, 2008 Podnieks Andrew New York Times 2009-09-30 The New York Rangers defeated SC Bern in this game 8–1. The Rangers followed the Victoria Cup game with two NHL regular season games against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 4 and 5 at the O2 Arena.http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=351323&page=NewsPage&service=page Four NHL teams to open the 2008-09 regular season in Europe Oct. 4-5 NHL.com January 26, 2008 2008-01-28July 2026 medicmedic Both games were won 2–1 by the Rangers.http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang065872240oct06,0,2193826.story Rangers get four points in Prague Newsday Zipay Steve 2008-10-06 2008-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20081007052056/http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang065872240oct06%2C0%2C2193826.story October 7, 2008 dead Game description The goalies in the game were Henrik Lundqvist for the New York Rangers and Andrei Mezin for Metallurg Magnitogorsk. At 1:28 of the first period, Metallurg's Denis Platonov scored a goal past Lundqvist to give them the lead. With 18:07 gone in the first, with the Rangers' Paul Mara in the box for holding, Vladimir Malenkikh made it 2–0 for Magnitogorsk on the power-play. In the second period, Nikolai Zavarukhin scored another power-play goal at 30:20 to give Magnitogorsk a 3–0 lead over New York, this time with Petr Prucha in the box for holding. Late in the second, Metallurg ran into penalty trouble as Alexei Kaigorodov and Zavarukhin found their way to the box for holding. The two-man power-play led to a goal at 39:37 for Chris Drury. In the third, penalty troubles continued to plague Magnitogorsk. At 45:45 Dan Fritsche scored for the Rangers to make the score 3–2. Then, with Metallurg's Stanislav Chistov in the penalty box for hooking, Drury scored his second power play goal of the game at 50:13. With the score tied 3–3, the Rangers were badly outshooting Metallurg. In the last minute, Ryan Callahan picked off a sloppy pass by defenseman Vladimir Malenkikh at Metallurg's blue line and came in alone on goalie Mezin. In a "shoot-out move", he faked a backhand shot, switched to his forehand and managed to wrap the puck around Mezin's outstretched right leg for the game-winning goal at 59:40. Lundqvist stopped 22 of 25 shots for the win, while Mezin stopped 40 of 44 shots for Magnitogorsk. According to Lundqvist, "I think we should have won the game, and we did. I think we were the better team. They got some easy goals the first period and made it tough on us. That's on me, but the way we came back in this game was great to see. I think we learned a lot. It gave us confidence moving forward, and now we don't have to hear about it." The Victoria Cup Trophy was accepted on behalf of the team by Nikolai Zherdev and Dmitri Kalinin, the two Russian players on the Rangers. The Rangers received $1,000,000 for their victory.http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang025866464oct02,0,3766693.story Associated Press Rangers come back for win overseas, opener next 2008-10-02 2008-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20081002235538/http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/rangers/ny-sprang025866464oct02%2C0%2C3766693.story October 2, 2008 dead SC Bern vs New York Rangers #eeeeee September 30, 2008 18:00 UTC+1 SC Bern SUI USA New York Rangers 1–8 (0–2, 0–0, 1–6) 0–10–21–21–31–41–51–61–71–8 Jonas MullerMarco Buhrer Stephen Valiquette T. Roche – 41:02 04:30 – D. Girardi (PP)18:28 – W. Redden (PP)43:55 – C. Drury (PP)44:22 – D. Bubinsky (PP)51:35 – P. Pucha52:35 – L. Korpikoski55:31 – C. Potter58:47 – B. Dubinsky 18 12 46 22 PostFinance Arena CAN Don Koharski SWE Marcus Vinnerborg https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/1/IHM001901_74_5_0.pdf Game summary Scoring summary Period Team Goal Assist(s) Time Score 1st MET Denis Platonov (1) Stanislav Chistov (1) 1:28 0–1 MET MET Vladimir Malenkikh (1) (PP) 18:27 0–2 MET 2nd MET Nikolai Zavarukhin (1) Vitali Atyushov (1), Jan Marek (1) 30:20 0–3 MET NYR Chris Drury (1)(PP) Nikolai Zherdev (1) 39:37 1–3 NYR 3rd NYR Dan Fritsche (1) Michal Rozsíval (1) 45:45 2–3 NYR NYR Chris Drury (2) (PP) Scott Gomez (1), Markus Näslund (1) 50:13 3–3 NYR NYR Ryan Callahan (1) 59:40 4–3 NYR Penalty summary Period Team Player Penalty Time PIM 1st NYR Dan Fritsche Interference 2:39 2:00 MET Vadim Ermolayev Hooking 6:23 2:00 NYR Markus Näslund Holding 9:43 2:00 NYR Paul Mara Holding 16:19 2:00 2nd MET Evgeni Biryukov Interference 26:27 2:00 NYR Petr Průcha Holding 29:17 2:00 MET Vadim Ermolayev Hooking 31:48 2:00 NYR Markus Näslund Hooking 32:17 2:00 NYR Wade Redden Interference 34:09 2:00 MET Alexei Kaigorodov Hooking 39:25 2:00 MET Nikolai Zavarukhin Hooking 39:28 2:00 3rd MET Vitali Atyushov Slashing 42:19 2:00 MET Stanislav Chistov Hooking 49:20 2:00 MET Evgeni Varlamov Tripping 50:50 2:00 NYR Ryan Callahan Roughing 55:37 2:00 MET Karel Pilař Roughing 55:37 2:00 Team rosters Metallurg Magnitogorsk # Player Position 27 RUSVitali Atyushov D 48 RUSEvgeni Biryukov D 26 RUSVladislav Bulin D 23 RUSStanislav Chistov F 32 RUS Vadim Ermolayev F 79 RUS Evgeni Fedorov F 34 RUSRavil Gusmanov F 5 RUSRinat Ibragimov D 55 RUSAlexei Kaigorodov F 29 RUSDenis Khlystov F 21 CZEJaroslav Kudrna F 24 RUSVladimir Malenkikh D 15 CZEJan Marek F 31 BLRAndrei Mezin G 92 CZEKarel Pilař D 39 RUSDenis Platonov F 73 RUSIlya Proskuryakov1 G 60 CZETomáš Rolinek F 40 RUSAlexander Seluyanov D 14 RUSAlexei Simakov F 36 RUSEvgeni Varlamov D 11 RUS Nikolai Zavarukhin FRUSHead coach: Valeri Belousov 1em New York Rangers # Player Position 15 CANBlair Betts F 24 USARyan Callahan F 10 CANNigel Dawes F 23 USAChris Drury F 17 USABrandon Dubinsky F 49 USADan Fritsche F 5 CANDan Girardi D 19 USAScott Gomez F 45 RUSDmitri Kalinin D 29 FINLauri Korpikoski F 30 SWEHenrik Lundqvist G 27 USAPaul Mara D 91 SWEMarkus Näslund F 28 CANColton Orr F 33 USACorey Potter D 25 CZEPetr Průcha F 6 CANWade Redden D 12 USAPatrick Rissmiller F 3 CZEMichal Rozsíval D 18 CANMarc Staal D 40 CANStephen Valiquette2 G 13 RUSNikolai Zherdev FCANHead coach: Tom Renney 1 Ilya Proskuryakov dressed for the Metallurg Magnitogorsk as the back-up goalie and did not enter the game. 2 Stephen Valiquette dressed for the New York Rangers as the back-up goalie and did not enter the game. Source Magnitogorsk, New York Officials Referees – CAN Dan Ohalloran, FIN Jyri Rönn Linesmen – CAN Lonnie Cameron,FIN Stefan Fonselius René Fasel of IIHF We agreed that the Rangers would be the optimal club to represent the NHL in the first Victoria Cup, The Rangers were the first ever NHL club to play against a European team when they met CSKA Moscow in New York on December 28, 1975. They have been one of the NHL teams that have most often shown enthusiasm to go overseas and there is no doubt that many Europeans fans will have no problems identifying with the heavy international presence that the club has. But first and foremost, the New York Rangers are one of the most identifiable clubs in all of hockey and professional sports. René Fasel Out of several choices we worked with, in the end nobody had the credentials of SC Bern and its arena. SC Bern is one of the best-organised hockey clubs in Europe, they are in a successful phase and their fans are maybe the best in the world. Of the many options we had to consider for the Victoria Cup, we felt Bern had earned the right to host this inaugural event because of its devoted fan support. René Fasel Ice hockey Notes External links Victoria Cup website Category:Victoria Cup (ice hockey) Category:2008–09 in European ice hockey 2008 Category:2008–09 NHL season Category:2008–09 in Russian ice hockey Category:2008 in Swiss sport 2008