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The '''Victoria Cup''' is a game or series of games played between professional ice hockey teams from Europe and the North American National Hockey League (NHL) that is currently on hiatus. The event has been held twice, in [[2008 Victoria Cup|2008]] and [[2009 Victoria Cup|2009]].

==History==
The Victoria Cup was announced in 2007 as one of the highlight events to celebrate 2008, the 100th Year Anniversary of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). The Victoria cup is so named to commemorate the first recorded organized indoor ice hockey game, played in 1875 at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, [[Canada]].

{{Quotation|This is a milestone for international hockey and for the relationship between the IIHF and the National Hockey League," said IIHF President René Fasel. "Ever since the historic game between the Montreal Canadiens and CSKA Moscow on New Year's Eve 1975, hockey fans around the world have been longing for games between NHL clubs and European teams. There have been several games since then, but this is the first time we will have a summit meeting, a one-off final, for a trophy which we hope will be part of the annual international calendar for years to come.<ref name="iihf-release"/>|René Fasel, IIHF President}}

In the two editions of the event held so far, different criteria were used to choose the competing teams. One challenger, from Europe, was the winner of the IIHF European Champions Cup (in the [[2008 Victoria Cup]]) and then the [[Champions Hockey League]] ([[2009 Victoria Cup|2009 edition]]). The other, from North America, was chosen by the National Hockey League head office from among the teams that open their NHL season with games in Europe. The IIHF publicly stated their wish to have the NHL champion (winner of the Stanley Cup) represent the NHL but the NHL did not agree to that proposal, though the Chicago Blackhawks who challenged for the Victoria Cup in 2009 would go on to win the Stanley Cup later that season.

===2008 Victoria Cup===
{{main|2008 Victoria Cup}}
On October 1, 2008, the first Victoria Cup was awarded to the New York Rangers, winners by a score of 4-3 of a single game playoff against the [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]], winners of the [[2008 IIHF European Champions Cup|2008 European Champions Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=228084&hubname=nhl |title=McKenzie: NHL's European plans finalized |date=January 24, 2008 |last=McKenzie |first=Bob |publisher=TSN.ca |accessdate=2008-01-28}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> played at the [[PostFinance Arena]] in Bern, [[Switzerland]]. The game was played under IIHF rules.<ref name="iihf-release">{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/rangers-challenge-metallurg.html |title=Rangers challenge Metallurg |date=January 26, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-28 |publisher=IIHF}}</ref> Referees were split between the NHL and the IIHF.

The match was preceded by an exhibition game on September 30, 2008, between host [[SC Bern]] and the New York Rangers, won by the Rangers. This was the first time a Swiss club has played an NHL team.<ref name="iihf-release"/> The Rangers followed the Victoria Cup game with two NHL regular-season games against the Tampa Bay Lightning team in Prague, [[Czech Republic]] on October 4 and October 5 at O2 Arena.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=351323&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Four NHL teams to open the 2008-09 regular season in Europe Oct. 4-5 |publisher=NHL.com |date=January 26, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-28}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===2009 Victoria Cup===
{{main|2009 Victoria Cup}}
The second edition was contested by the [[ZSC Lions]], champions of the [[Champions Hockey League|Champions League]], and the Chicago Blackhawks. The match was played on September 29, 2009 at the [[Hallenstadion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/chicago-zurich-for-victoria-cup.html |title=Chicago-Zurich for Victoria Cup |publisher=IIHF |accessdate=2009-05-10}}</ref> The ZSC Lions defeated the Blackhawks 2-1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/victoria-cup/statistics/zscchi.html |title=Tournament Report |publisher=IIHF |accessdate=2009-09-30}}</ref>

===2010 and Beyond===
Since the 2009–10 season of the [[Champions Hockey League]] was cancelled, the IIHF originally announced that the third edition of the Victoria Cup would feature an NHL team against a team from one of the top four European ice hockey leagues ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]], [[SM-liiga]], [[Czech Extraliga]] or [[Elitserien]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Cup set to leave Switzerland |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5kLxST9ZW |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |accessdate=2009-10-07}}</ref> However, the event was not held in 2010, leaving its future uncertain.

==Trophy==
The IIHF commissioned a new trophy designed by GDE Bertoni which designed the FIFA World Cup trophy. The Victoria Cup is a gold cup with twelve Perspex – a thermoplastic material – light blue hockey sticks, six on each side, sitting on a marble case and forming a “V” coming up and out of the Cup. The names of the winning clubs are engraved on the back of the sticks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Cup unveiled |publisher=IIHF |date=September 30, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-01 |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/victoria-cup/news/news-singleview-club-continental-cup/article/victoria-cup-unveiled.html?tx_ttnews&#x5BbackPid&#5x5D=1918&cHash=d7eb4ea658 }}</ref>

== Results ==
<small>Bolded teams denote winners</small>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Site
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Score
! Attendance
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[2008 Victoria Cup|2008]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[PostFinance-Arena]] Bern, [[Switzerland]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} '''New York Rangers'''
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
|align="center"| 4–3
|align="left"| 13,794<ref name="rosen-report">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=384373 |title=Rangers rally to win Victoria Cup |last=Rosen |first=Dan |publisher=NHL.COM |date=October 1, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-01}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|[[2009 Victoria Cup|2009]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Hallenstadion]], Zurich, [[Switzerland]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[ZSC Lions]]'''
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago Blackhawks
|align="center"| 2–1
|align="left"| 9,744
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.victoria-cup.com/ Victoria Cup website]
* [http://www.iihf.com IIHF]
* [http://www.nhl.com/ NHL]

{{IIHF}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Tournaments]]
[[Category:International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments]]

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[[File:VictoriaCupLogo.jpg|right]]
The '''Victoria Cup''' is a game or series of games played between professional ice hockey teams from Europe and the North American National Hockey League (NHL) that is currently on hiatus. The event has been held twice, in [[2008 Victoria Cup|2008]] and [[2009 Victoria Cup|2009]].

==History==
The Victoria Cup was announced in 2007 as one of the highlight events to celebrate 2008, the 100th Year Anniversary of the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). The Victoria cup is so named to commemorate the first recorded organized indoor ice hockey game, played in 1875 at the Victoria Skating Rink in Montreal, Quebec, [[Canada]].

{{Quotation|This is a milestone for international hockey and for the relationship between the IIHF and the National Hockey League," said IIHF President René Fasel. "Ever since the historic game between the Montreal Canadiens and CSKA Moscow on New Year's Eve 1975, hockey fans around the world have been longing for games between NHL clubs and European teams. There have been several games since then, but this is the first time we will have a summit meeting, a one-off final, for a trophy which we hope will be part of the annual international calendar for years to come.<ref name="iihf-release"/>|René Fasel, IIHF President}}

In the two editions of the event held so far, different criteria were used to choose the competing teams. One challenger, from Europe, was the winner of the IIHF European Champions Cup (in the [[2008 Victoria Cup]]) and then the [[Champions Hockey League]] ([[2009 Victoria Cup|2009 edition]]). The other, from North America, was chosen by the National Hockey League head office from among the teams that open their NHL season with games in Europe. The IIHF publicly stated their wish to have the NHL champion (winner of the Stanley Cup) represent the NHL but the NHL did not agree to that proposal, though the Chicago Blackhawks who challenged for the Victoria Cup in 2009 would go on to win the Stanley Cup later that season.

===2008 Victoria Cup===
{{main|2008 Victoria Cup}}
On October 1, 2008, the first Victoria Cup was awarded to the New York Rangers, winners by a score of 4-3 of a single game playoff against the [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]], winners of the [[2008 IIHF European Champions Cup|2008 European Champions Cup]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=228084&hubname=nhl |title=McKenzie: NHL's European plans finalized |date=January 24, 2008 |last=McKenzie |first=Bob |publisher=TSN.ca |accessdate=2008-01-28}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> played at the [[PostFinance Arena]] in Bern, [[Switzerland]]. The game was played under IIHF rules.<ref name="iihf-release">{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/rangers-challenge-metallurg.html |title=Rangers challenge Metallurg |date=January 26, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-28 |publisher=IIHF}}</ref> Referees were split between the NHL and the IIHF.

The match was preceded by an exhibition game on September 30, 2008, between host [[SC Bern]] and the New York Rangers, won by the Rangers. This was the first time a Swiss club has played an NHL team.<ref name="iihf-release"/> The Rangers followed the Victoria Cup game with two NHL regular-season games against the Tampa Bay Lightning team in Prague, [[Czech Republic]] on October 4 and October 5 at O2 Arena.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?articleid=351323&page=NewsPage&service=page |title=Four NHL teams to open the 2008-09 regular season in Europe Oct. 4-5 |publisher=NHL.com |date=January 26, 2008 |accessdate=2008-01-28}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

===2009 Victoria Cup===
{{main|2009 Victoria Cup}}
The second edition was contested by the [[ZSC Lions]], champions of the [[Champions Hockey League|Champions League]], and the Chicago Blackhawks. The match was played on September 29, 2009 at the [[Hallenstadion]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/chicago-zurich-for-victoria-cup.html |title=Chicago-Zurich for Victoria Cup |publisher=IIHF |accessdate=2009-05-10}}</ref> The ZSC Lions defeated the Blackhawks 2-1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels10/victoria-cup/statistics/zscchi.html |title=Tournament Report |publisher=IIHF |accessdate=2009-09-30}}</ref>

===2010 and Beyond===
Since the 2009–10 season of the [[Champions Hockey League]] was cancelled, the IIHF originally announced that the third edition of the Victoria Cup would feature an NHL team against a team from one of the top four European ice hockey leagues ([[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]], [[SM-liiga]], [[Czech Extraliga]] or [[Elitserien]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Cup set to leave Switzerland |url=http://www.webcitation.org/5kLxST9ZW |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |accessdate=2009-10-07}}</ref> However, the event was not held in 2010, leaving its future uncertain.

==Trophy==
The IIHF commissioned a new trophy designed by GDE Bertoni which designed the FIFA World Cup trophy. The Victoria Cup is a gold cup with twelve Perspex – a thermoplastic material – light blue hockey sticks, six on each side, sitting on a marble case and forming a “V” coming up and out of the Cup. The names of the winning clubs are engraved on the back of the sticks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria Cup unveiled |publisher=IIHF |date=September 30, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-01 |url=http://www.iihf.com/channels0809/victoria-cup/news/news-singleview-club-continental-cup/article/victoria-cup-unveiled.html?tx_ttnews&#x5BbackPid&#5x5D=1918&cHash=d7eb4ea658 }}</ref>

== Results ==
<small>Bolded teams denote winners</small>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Site
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Score
! Attendance
|-
|-
|align="center"|[[2008 Victoria Cup|2008]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[PostFinance-Arena]] Bern, [[Switzerland]]
|align="left"|{{flagicon|USA}} '''New York Rangers'''
|align="left"| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]]
|align="center"| 4–3
|align="left"| 13,794<ref name="rosen-report">{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=384373 |title=Rangers rally to win Victoria Cup |last=Rosen |first=Dan |publisher=NHL.COM |date=October 1, 2008 |accessdate=2008-10-01}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|[[2009 Victoria Cup|2009]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Hallenstadion]], Zurich, [[Switzerland]]
|align="left"| {{flagicon|SUI}} '''[[ZSC Lions]]'''
|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Chicago Blackhawks
|align="center"| 2–1
|align="left"| 9,744
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.victoria-cup.com/ Victoria Cup website]
* [http://www.iihf.com IIHF]
* [http://www.nhl.com/ NHL]

{{IIHF}}
{{European Ice Hockey Leagues}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Victoria Cup]]
[[Category:Tournaments]]
[[Category:International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments]]