The 2013 European Trophy was the fourth and final season of the 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 and 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: Best goal difference Most goals scored in total (goals for) Results in games against the tied teams 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 Zürich 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.

East Division Final standings.

South Division Final standings.

West Division Final standings.

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: TeamDivision 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 and 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 qualified 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)

O2 WorldCapacity: 14 200 – Berlin WellblechpalastCapacity: 4 695 – Berlin

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

Group A

Games

Group B

Games

Final

Time is local (UTC+1).

Ranking and statistics

Tournament awards

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 BK3 Luleå HF4 Eisbären Berlin5 Frölunda Indians6 Djurgårdens IF

Scoring leaders

List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM POS Marcus Sörensen Djurgårdens IF 8 6 5 11 8 F Yanick Lehoux Adler Mannheim 8 3 8 11 6 F Jani Tuppurainen JYP 8 5 5 10 6 F Chad Kolarik Linköpings HC 7 4 6 10 12 F Michel Miklík Slovan Bratislava 8 3 7 10 2 F Dan Sexton TPS 8 3 7 10 14 F Niklas Olausson Luleå HF 8 1 9 10 4 F Milan Bartovič Slovan Bratislava 8 8 1 9 2 F Frank Mauer Adler Mannheim 8 5 4 9 0 F Manuel Latusa Red Bull Salzburg 7 4 5 8 4 FGP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position positions: F = Forward; D = DefencemanSource: Europeantrophy.com

Leading goaltenders

List shows the top 10 goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes. If two goaltenders has the same save percentage the order is based on number shots against. Player Team TOI SA GA GAA Sv% SO Danny Taylor Färjestad BK 240:00 121 3 0.75 97.52 1 Leland Irving Jokerit 239:52 113 3 0.75 97.35 2 Matěj Machovský HC Škoda Plzeň 244:34 118 5 1.23 95.76 1 Marek Čiliak Kometa Brno 183:43 90 4 1.31 95.56 0 Felix Brückmann Adler Mannheim 250:59 144 8 1.91 94.44 0 Jonas Gunnarsson HV 71 177:47 106 6 2.02 94.34 0 Fredrik Pettersson-Wentzel Färjestad BK 238:18 122 7 1.76 94.26 1 David Rautio Luleå HF 185:00 87 5 1.62 94.25 1 Johan Mattsson Djurgårdens IF 245:58 127 8 1.95 93.70 0 Pavel Kantor Mountfield HK 178:17 103 7 2.36 93.20 0TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSources: Europeantrophy.com and Eurohockey.com

European Star Award leaders

The European Star Award was a three stars award given to the three best players in each game. The first star got three points, the second got two points, and the third got one point. List shows the top ten players based on the number of European Star Award points. Player Team GP Pts POS Mika Pyörälä Oulun Kärpät 7 11 F Matt Zaba Vienna Capitals 6 10 G Tomáš Filippi Bílí Tygři Liberec 7 8 F Steve Moses Jokerit 8 8 F Felix Brückmann Adler Mannheim 4 7 G John Laliberte ERC Ingolstadt 8 7 F Matěj Machovský HC Škoda Plzeň 4 7 G Dan Sexton TPS 8 7 F Morten Madsen Hamburg Freezers 7 6 F Bernd Brückler Red Bull Salzburg 3 6 GGP = Games played; Pts = Points; POS = Position positions: G = Goaltender; F = Forward; D = DefencemanSource: Europeantrophy.com

References

External links European Trophy's website European Trophy schedule Red Bulls Salute's website