2013 European Trophy

2013 European Trophy
League	European Trophy
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	6 August – 22 December 2013
Number of teams	32
Total attendance	88,722
Top scorer	Benoît Gratton (UPC Vienna Capitals)
Red Bull Salute
Red Bull Salute champions	JYP
Runners-up	Färjestad BK
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The 2013 European Trophy was the fourth European Trophy, an annually held European ice hockey tournament. It was also the eighth tournament since its predecessor, the Nordic Trophy, was launched in 2006. The regulation round began on 6 August 2013 with the South Division game between Piráti Chomutov–Sparta Praha, and ended on 8 September 2013. The playoffs were played between 19–22 December 2013 in Berlin. The preliminary schedule for the regulation round was released on 15 April 2013.

JYP won the tournament, defeating Färjestad BK in the final 2–1. Like last year's tournament, the same 32 teams participated in the tournament, marking the first time since 2007 that the teams remained the same from last year. For the first time in tournament history, Eisbären Berlin hosted the playoffs, the Red Bulls Salute. It marked the first time that the playoffs were hosted in a single city, as well as the first time that the playoffs weren't hosted in Austria.

Tournament format

The 32 teams in the tournament were, partly based on geographical location, divided into four divisions: the West Division, the North Division, the South Division, and the East Division. Each division consisted of 8 teams who played a round-robin in their division, with an extra game against a local rival in their division, giving a total of 8 games per team. Each team was assigned four home games as well as four road games. The match-ups were nearly identical to last year, the only difference being that the home–away team assignings were switched for each game. Six teams qualified for the playoffs: Eisbären Berlin (as host), the winner of each division, and the best 2nd-placed team of all four divisions.

If at least two teams in the same division or at least two 2nd-placed teams ended up tied in points, the following tie-breaker format was used:

1. Best goal difference
2. Most goals scored in total (goals for)
3. Results in games against the tied teams
4. Drawing of lots

Playing format

If a game was tied after regulation time (60 minutes), a 5-minute overtime period was played. During overtime, both teams substitute only 4 players on the ice at once (except for 3 when either of the teams has a penalized player). If no team scores during the overtime period, a shootout was played, starting with three penalty shots for both teams. If the shootout remains tied after the first three rounds, sudden death rounds were played until a winning team has been determined.

In the regulation round games, the teams get three points for a regulation-time victory, two points for an overtime/shootout win, one point for losing in overtime/shootout, and zero points for a regulation loss.

Prize money

After the regulation round, the four division winners receive €25 000 each, the four second-placed teams €20 000, and the third, fourth and fifth team of each division receive €15 000, €10 000, and €5 000, respectively. Additionally, in the Red Bulls Salute, the winning team receives €50 000, while the team finishing second gets €10 000. In total, €360 000 was given out during the entire tournament.

Participating clubs

Division	Team	City	Home arena*	Capacity	Joined NT/ET
North	Oulun Kärpät	Oulu	Oulun Energia Areena	6,614	2006
	Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	O2 World	14,200	2010
	Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	3,600	2010
	Luleå HF	Luleå	Coop Norrbotten Arena	6,200	2011
	Kometa Brno	Brno	Kajot Arena	7,200	2011
	Mountfield HK	Hradec Králové	Zimní stadion	7,700	2013
	HC Škoda Plzeň	Plzeň	ČEZ Aréna	8,420	2011
	Hamburg Freezers	Hamburg	O2 World	12,947	2012
South	Linköpings HC	Linköping	Cloetta Center	8,500	2006
	HV71	Jönköping	Kinnarps Arena	7,038	2008
	Sparta Praha	Prague	Tipsport Arena	13,150	2010
	Piráti Chomutov	Chomutov	Multifunkční aréna Chomutov	5,250	2012
	KalPa	Kuopio	Kuopion Jäähalli	5,225	2011
	Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Slovnaft Arena	10,055	2011
	UPC Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Albert Schultz Eishalle	7,000	2011
	JYP	Jyväskylä	Synergia-areena	4,628	2012
East	TPS	Turku	HK Arena	11,820	2006
	Tappara	Tampere	Hakametsä Areena	7,800	2006
	Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Hovet	8,094	2006
	SC Bern	Bern	PostFinance-Arena	17,131	2010**
	Bílí Tygři Liberec	Liberec	Tipsport Arena	7,500	2011
	ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice	Pardubice	ČEZ Aréna	10,194	2011
	Brynäs IF	Gävle	Läkerol Arena	8,585	2012
	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	BCF Arena	6,900	2012
West	Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Löfbergs Lila Arena	8,647	2006
	Frölunda Indians	Gothenburg	Scandinavium	12,044	2006
	HIFK	Helsinki	Helsinki Ice Hall	8,200	2006
	Jokerit	Helsinki	Hartwall Areena	13,349	2008
	ZSC Lions	Zurich	Hallenstadion	10,700	2010**
	Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	SAP Arena	10,600	2010
	ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena	4,815	2012
	EV Zug	Zug	Bossard Arena	7,015	2012

• Note (*): the stated home arenas don't have to be used in the European Trophy tournament.
• Note (**): SC Bern and ZSC Lions did not participate in 2011.

Rivalries

• West Division
  • HIFK vs. Jokerit
  • Färjestad BK vs. Frölunda Indians
  • ERC Ingolstadt vs. Adler Mannheim
  • EV Zug vs. ZSC Lions
• North Division
  • Oulun Kärpät vs. Luleå HF
  • Eisbären Berlin vs. Hamburg Freezers
  • Škoda Plzeň vs. Kometa Brno
  • Red Bull Salzburg vs. Mountfield HK
• South Division
  • JYP vs. KalPa
  • HV71 vs. Linköpings HC
  • Sparta Praha vs. Piráti Chomutov
  • Slovan Bratislava vs. Vienna Capitals
• East Division
  • TPS vs. Tappara
  • Djurgårdens IF vs. Brynäs IF
  • ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice vs. Bílí Tygři Liberec
  • Fribourg-Gottéron vs. SC Bern

Regulation round

	Team is qualified for the playoffs
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

North Division

Final standings. Eisbären Berlin qualified for the playoffs as the host team.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Luleå HF	8	6	0	1	1	22	14	+8	19
Red Bull Salzburg	8	4	1	0	3	26	23	+3	14
HC Škoda Plzeň	8	3	1	2	2	17	17	0	13
Kometa Brno	8	2	3	0	3	20	19	+1	12
Oulun Kärpät	8	4	0	0	4	19	21	–2	12
Hamburg Freezers	8	3	0	1	4	28	27	+1	10
Eisbären Berlin	8	3	0	1	4	21	25	–4	10
Mountfield HK	8	2	0	0	6	20	27	–7	6

East Division

Final standings.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Djurgårdens IF	8	5	1	1	1	26	20	+6	18
TPS	8	3	1	2	2	23	22	+1	13
Brynäs IF	8	4	0	1	3	20	24	–4	13
Tappara	8	3	1	1	3	24	22	+2	12
Pojišťovna Pardubice	8	3	1	1	3	22	20	+2	12
Fribourg-Gottéron	8	2	2	1	2	23	24	–1	11
Bílí Tygři Liberec	8	3	0	0	5	26	27	–1	9
SC Bern	8	2	1	0	5	19	24	–5	8

South Division

Final standings.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
JYP	8	6	0	1	1	30	19	+11	19
Slovan Bratislava	8	5	0	1	2	31	25	+6	16
Linköpings HC	8	5	0	1	2	27	22	+5	16
Sparta Praha	8	3	2	1	2	28	21	+7	14
HV71	8	3	1	0	4	28	25	+3	11
Vienna Capitals	8	2	1	1	4	23	24	–1	9
KalPa	8	2	0	1	5	17	28	–11	7
Piráti Chomutov	8	0	2	0	6	19	39	–20	4

West Division

Final standings.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Färjestad BK	8	7	0	0	1	23	11	+12	21
Frölunda Indians	8	5	0	1	2	32	17	+15	16
Jokerit	8	4	1	0	3	17	12	+5	14
Adler Mannheim	8	4	2	1	1	21	21	0	14
ZSC Lions	8	4	0	0	4	21	19	+2	12
ERC Ingolstadt	8	3	0	1	4	22	25	–3	10
EV Zug	8	1	1	0	6	14	30	–16	5
HIFK	8	1	0	1	6	16	31	–15	4

Ranking of runner-up teams

To determine the last playoff spot (along with playoff host Eisbären Berlin and the four group winners), a ranking between the group runners-up was made, and the best runner-up got a place in the playoffs.

Final standings of runners-up of divisions:

Team	Division	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Frölunda Indians	West	8	5	0	1	2	32	17	+15	16
Slovan Bratislava	South	8	5	0	1	2	31	25	+6	16
Red Bull Salzburg	North	8	4	1	0	3	26	23	+3	14
TPS	East	8	3	1	2	2	23	22	+1	13

Playoffs

The playoffs, known as the Red Bulls Salute, took place in the Wellblechpalast and the O2 World, Berlin between 19–22 December 2013. It was played with two groups of three teams each. The teams played a round-robin in their group, for a total of three games, and the best-seeded team from each group qualiied for the Final; all other teams were eliminated from the tournament. The groups were determined by a draw taking place in Berlin on 9 September 2013. The first game in each group took place in the Wellblechpalast; all other games, including the Final, were played in the O2 World.

The teams in the playoffs were:

• Eisbären Berlin (Host)
• Luleå HF (Winner of North Division)
• Djurgårdens IF (Winner of East Division)
• JYP (Winner of South Division)
• Färjestad BK (Winner of West Division)
• Frölunda Indians (Best runner-up)

Groups

	Team is qualified for the Final
	Team is eliminated from the tournament

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
Färjestad BK	2	2	0	0	0	9	2	+7	6
Eisbären Berlin	2	1	0	0	1	4	7	–3	3
Frölunda Indians	2	0	0	0	2	5	9	–4	0

Games

19 December 2013 20:30

Färjestad BK

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Frölunda Indians

Wellblechpalast, Berlin Attendance: 1,050

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	26 min
	37	Shots	33

20 December 2013 20:30

Eisbären Berlin

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Färjestad BK

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 3,900

Game reference
	43 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	29

21 December 2013 20:30

Eisbären Berlin

4–3 (0–0, 4–2, 0–1)

Frölunda Indians

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 4,200

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	37

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	+/–	Pts
JYP	2	1	1	0	0	6	3	+3	5
Luleå HF	2	1	0	1	0	6	5	+1	4
Djurgårdens IF	2	0	0	0	2	3	7	–4	0

Games

19 December 2013 17:00

Djurgårdens IF

1–3 (0–0, 0–3, 1–0)

JYP

Wellblechpalast, Berlin Attendance: 1,900

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	46	Shots	36

20 December 2013 17:00

Luleå HF

2–3 SO (1–0, 0–1, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

JYP

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	47 min
	37	Shots	26

21 December 2013 17:00

Luleå HF

4–2 (0–0, 2–1, 2–1)

Djurgårdens IF

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 2,600

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	28	Shots	27

Final

22 December 2013 20:15

Färjestad BK

1-2 (0-1,1-1,0-0)

JYP

O2 World, Berlin Attendance: 3,100

Game reference

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

The following is the final standings of the playoffs. Note that due to the playoff groups, the standings for the teams that failed to qualify for the Final were determined by their records in the playoff groups.

	JYP
	Färjestad BK
3	Luleå HF
4	Eisbären Berlin
5	Frölunda Indians
6	Djurgårdens IF

External links

• European Trophy's website
• European Trophy schedule
• Red Bulls Salute's website

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