ZSC Lions stun Chicago Blackhawks to win 2009 Victoria Cup
The ZSC (Zurich) Lions of the Swiss National League stunned the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks, beating them by a 2-1 final score to capture the second Victoria Cup in front of their fanatical – and ecstatic – home crowd. The Victoria Cup is the first trophy sanctioned by both the IIHF & the NHL, and is contested between the European club champion and an NHL challenger (picked by the NHL to compete). In last year’s inaugural Victoria Cup, the New York Rangers rallied from a 3-0 deficit late in the second period to defeat Russia’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk (which plays in the KHL) by a 4-3 final score.
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20 May, 2009
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Victoria Cup
Chicago Blackhawks to play two games in Switzerland
The schedule for the 2009 Victoria Cup has been finalized. Chicago Blackhawks will play an exhibition game against HC Davos before the Victoria Cup final with ZSC Zürich. Both games will take pla
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