The Cinderella story for the debuting US Collegiate Selects continued on New Year’s Eve morning at 6 a.m. in the grand finals of the 2025 Spengler Cup. The hosting HC Davos stood in the Collegiate Selects’ way of the trophy, eyeing revenge for its loss earlier in round-robin play and a record-setting 17th tournament victory.
Guy Gadowsky’s team previously defeated HC Davos 5-3, on the back of Matt DiMarsico’s pair of goals. In the championship game, at Zondacrypto Arena in Davos, Switzerland, HC Davos outlasted the back-and-forth contest, defeating the USCS 6-3 after Filip Zadina’s late game-winning goal and following insurance.