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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox ice hockey game<br />
| game_name = 2009 Victoria Cup<br />
| visitor = Chicago Blackhawks ([[NHL]])<br />
| home = [[ZSC Lions]] ([[National League A|NLA]])<br />
| visitor_total = 1<br />
| home_total = 2<br />
| visitor_per1 = 1<br />
| visitor_per2 = 0<br />
| visitor_per3 = 0<br />
| home_per1 = 1<br />
| home_per2 = 1<br />
| home_per3 = 0<br />
| date = September 29, 2009<br />
| arena = [[Hallenstadion]]<br />
| city = [[Zurich, Switzerland]]<br />
| attendance = 9,744 (91.1% full)<br />
| previous = [[2008 Victoria Cup|2008]]<br />
| next = <br />
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[[File:2009VictoriaCup.jpg|thumb|250px]]<br />
The '''2009 Victoria Cup''' was the second edition of the [[Victoria Cup]] challenge, played on September 29, 2009 between the [[2008–09 Champions Hockey League]] winner [[ZSC Lions]] and the Chicago Blackhawks of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL). The ZSC Lions won the game 2–1.<br />
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==ZSC Lions==<br />
The ZSC Lions qualified to play for the 2009 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.<br />
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==Chicago Blackhawks==<br />
The Chicago Blackhawks were named on May 10, 2009<ref name="nhl-announce">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=422222 |publisher=NHL |date=May 10, 2009 |title=Blackhawks will face ZSC Lions in Victoria Cup| accessdate= 10 May 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20090513210231/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=422222| archivedate= 13 May 2009| deadurl= no}}</ref> to represent the NHL. The Blackhawks made it to the Western Conference Finals in 2008, eventually losing to the Detroit Red Wings. They would go on in the 2009 season to clinch the 2nd seed in the Western Conference and win the [[Stanley Cup]] for the first time since 1961. The Chicago Blackhawks were founded in 1926 and are one of the "Original Six" teams of the NHL. This was 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.<ref name="nhl-announce"/> The Blackhawks played an exhibition game at Hallenstadion on September 28 against [[HC Davos]], which they won 9 - 2.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/chicago-zurich-for-victoria-cup-copy-1.html |title=Davos gets a shot at Chicago |publisher=IIHF |accessdate=2009-05-28|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5j6BHpLDb|archivedate=2009-08-17|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/victoria-cup/statistics/chihcd.html |title=HC Davos - Chicago Blackhawks Report |publisher=IIHF |accessdate=2009-09-30}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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