Finland wins!
(USA silver, and Russia bronze)
Info
Everyone's favourite holiday hockey tournament is back for its 2018-2019 iteration (sorry, Spengler Cup). Canada hosts in alternate years and since it was hosted by Buffalo (U.S.A.) last year, this one is jointly in Vancouver and Victoria, B.C. The previous tournament was won by Canada, with Sweden claiming the 2nd place medals, and U.S.A. finishing 3rd. Group placement and seeding is determined by performance in last year's event, with the one country who was promoted from a lower division having been dropped into Group B. In the preliminary (group stage), it is a round robin format, where the top four teams in each group will advance to the Quarter Finals, while the two fifth place teams will be forced to play a best of three series whose victor will be allowed to remain in this top division tournament next year. The loser will be relegated and replaced by a newly promoted team. Belarus was one-and-done last year; we will see how Kazakhstan fares! For detailed information on the rules and format, please see the Links section below.
Venues
Participants
Group A
Group B
Schedule
(Note: Times shown are local, Pacific Standard Time)
Group Stage -- Group A
Group Stage -- Group B
Relegation Round
Congratulations to Kazakhstan on its two-game sweep of Denmark! Denmark is relegated to the lower division for 2019-20, while Germany has been promoted to the top division.
Elimination Round
Television
Was not able to find TV information for this year's event, however here it is for last year. Probably not too different.
Canada: TSN, RDS, TSN Radio
Czech Republic: Ceske Televize
Finland: YLE
Kazakhstan: ???
Russia: MatchTV
Slovakia: RTVS
Sweden: SVT, TV4, Sveriges Radio
Switzerland: MySports
United States: NHL Network
Links
Official website homepage
Tournament information, including rules, etc.
Hockey Canada's tournament website
USA Hockey's tournament website
Last year's thread on Reset Era
2018 tournament official website
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