Spengler Cup
December 30, 2002
Davos, Switzerland

Canada's National Men's Team concluded round-robin play at the 2002 Spengler Cup with a 3-2 win over HC Davos (SUI) on Monday morning. The game, which was played in front of a jam packed Davos arena had no importance in the standings as both teams had already qualified for Tuesday's final after Davos' 5-2 win over Cologne on Sunday night.

Davos opened the scoring in the first period as Kevin Miller took a Derek Plante pass and beat Canadian goaltender Jamie Hodson (St. John's - AHL - Toronto Maple Leafs) at the 16:34 mark. Just over two minutes later, Bobby Andrews (Hartford - AHL - New York Rangers) converted a Chris Lindberg pass to even things up at one heading into the second period.

With no scoring in the second period, the stage was set for the final 20 minutes.
Canada jumped into the lead early in the third and never looked back as newly added Brian Casey put Canada up 2-1 and then Mike Craig gave Canada the eventual game winner on the power play at 13:59. Davos would score a late goal to make things interesting but it was not enough as Canada held on for the 3-2 win and first place in the round-robin with a perfect 4-0 record.

Hodson recorded his second win of the tournament between the pipes for Canada and improved his goals against average to 1.50.

Tuesday's game will mark the third consecutive year that Canada and Davos will face-off in the Spengler Cup final. Davos was crowned Spengler Cup champions in both 2001 and 2000 after narrow victories over Canada.

The Spengler Cup final will be played Tuesday at 6:00am (EST) at the Davos arena.