Viking Cup

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. The prestigious Viking Cup international hockey tournament operated out of Camrose, with the Augustana Vikings as its host, between 1980 and 2006. The Viking Cup regularly featured national U-18 and other teams from Sweden, Finland, the United States, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Russia, with other European nations also making appearances. Each of these countries brought with them different and unique styles of play, with the Cup serving as a venue for these different systems to be pitted against each other to their mutual benefit. Junior and collegiate teams from the United States and Canada also participated in the Viking Cup. Each tournament served as an opportunity for scouts from the professional ranks, including the NHL, to lay eyes on some of the top young hockey talent from around the world. Over 400 tournament alumni had their names called during NHL drafts. Eventual NHL stars

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, and Tuuka Rask rank among the Cup’s most decorated alumni. The Viking Cup built upon Camrose’s existing decorated history of hosting hockey trailblazers. The 1974–75 Camrose Lutheran College Vikings shocked the hockey world when they emerged from a tiny rural school to win the first-ever Canadian collegiate ice hockey championship. Problems developed in the late 1990s as the Canadian Jr. A teams, which were popular with fans, were allowed to play with some 20-year-old players. This upset the European teams (which were all Under-18) and led to unbalanced games with the North American teams dominating their younger European opponents. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;" ! Year ! style="width:145px; background:#f7f6a8;", Gold ! style="width:135px; background:#dce5e5;", Silver ! style="width:135px; background:#ffdab9;", {{Brca Bronze ! style="width:135px;" atyle="background-color: #DCE6E6;", Fourth ! width=230 , Participating Teams (in order of final result) ! width=230 , Future NHLers , - , style="text-align:center;", 1981 , TPS Turku Juniors (Finland) 8 ,

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Andrei Kovalenko Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko (russian: Андрей Николаевич Коваленко; born June 7, 1970) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Aval ...

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Václav Varaďa Václav Varaďa (; born April 26, 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey player and current coach. He formerly played in the National Hockey League (NHL) in a ten-year span. In his professional career, he has previously played for the Buf ...

Tomáš Vokoun Tomáš Vokoun (; born 2 July 1976) is a Czech former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Nashville Predators, after he was originally drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the ninth round, 226 ...

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Oleg Kvasha Oleg Vladimirovich Kvasha (russian: Олег Владимирович Кваша; born July 26, 1978) is a Russian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Florida Panthers, New York Islan ...

Fernando Pisani Fernando Antonio Pisani (born December 27, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played professionally in the National Hockey League for his hometown Edmonton Oilers for seven NHL seasons, and one for the Chicago Bla ...

Maxim Afinogenov Maxim Sergeyevich Afinogenov (, ; born September 4, 1979) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player. Known for his skating speed, he was drafted by the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Buffalo Sabres in the third round, 69th overall, in ...

Niko Kapanen Niko Klaus Petteri Kapanen (born 29 April 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre, who last played for HPK of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Kapanen was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 6th round as the 173rd overall pick i ...

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Ossi Väänänen Ossi Reijo Juhani Väänänen (born August 18, 1980) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was the captain of Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), with whom he has previously won two silver medals as runner-up for ...

Jordan Leopold Jordan Douglas Leopold (born August 3, 1980) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the second round, 44th overall, by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1999, though never making an appearance with the team. In h ...

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, Christian Berglund, Mark Hartigan,

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Mattias Weinhandl Mattias John Erich Weinhandl (born June 1, 1980) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey right winger who last played for Linköpings HC of the Swedish Elitserien. Weinhandl was drafted 78th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1999 NHL ...

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Tomáš Plekanec Tomáš Plekanec (born 31 October 1982) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He has played most of his professional career for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey ...

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TOURNAMENT MVPs:
1981 -

(TPS)
1982 -

(CSSR)
1983-(Brian Hermanutz) (NAIT)
1984 - Cleo Rowein (NAIT)
1986 - Mark Schultz (NAIT)
1988 -

(U of A)
1990 - Jamie Reeve (McGill)
1992 -

(CIS)
1994 - Sergei Luchinkin (Russia)
1996 -

(Finland)
1998 - Mark Hartigan (SJHL)
2000 - Rick Gorman (USA)
2002 -

(BCHL)
2004 -

(Finland)*
2006 (University Pool) - Patrick Ouelette (AUC) TOP GOALTENDER:
1981 - Jouni Rokama (TPS)
1982 -

(CSSR)
1984 - Ivo Capek (CSSR)
1986 - Radek Toth (CSSR)
1988 -

(CSSR)
1990 - Jiří Podešva (CSSR)
1992 - Chris Somers (UNB)
1994 - Anton Zelenov (Russia)
1996 - Jani Riihinen (Finland)
1998 - Rob Schrader (SJHL)
2000 -

(Sweden)
2002 - Chad Rycroft (AUC)
2004 -

(Finland)*
2006 (University Pool) - Ken Ritson (Guelph)
2006 (Junior Pool) - Kyle Richter (AJHL South) * - the first player to win both MVP and Top Goaltender Awards Ice hockey tournaments in Canada Sport in Camrose, Alberta