There will be no Spengler Cup this year

Another high-profile hockey tournament has gotten the axe due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers of the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland have announced the tournament is cancelled this year.

"A Spengler Cup without fan tent, without EISDome, in a half-empty stadium, and without standing room has nothing in common the with the hockey festival we have become accustomed to. Even with the best safety concept this would not have possible to realize. The health of all participating teams and that they could return to their home countries in good health, was always the highest priority in our evaluation. We cannot make that guarantee”, Organizing committee president Mark Gianola said.

The decision marks only the fifth time since the tournament was first held in 1923 that it was been cancelled, joining 1939, 1940, 1949, and 1956.

Canada has won the tournament four out of the last five years. The Spengler Cup is an annual invitational ice hockey tournament often cited as the oldest in the world. Games usually take place from December 26th to the 31st inclusively.

Source: TSN.ca

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