1997 Sweden Hockey Games

1997 Sweden Hockey Games
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates4-9 February 1997
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Finland (1st title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored50 (5 per game)
Attendance53,699 (5,370 per game)
Scoring leader Michael Nylander (7 points)

The 1997 Sweden Hockey Games were played between February 4–9, 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia and Canada played a round-robin for a total of four games per team and 10 games in total. All of the games were played in the Globen in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was won by Finland. The tournament was part of 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.

Games against Canada was not included in the 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 4 4 0 0 18 5 +13 12
2  Sweden 4 2 0 2 12 10 +2 6
3  Russia 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4
4  Canada 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
5  Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 6 17 −11 3
Source: swehockey[2]

Games

All times are local. Stockholm – (Central European Time – UTC+1)

4 February 1997Finland 5-1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 RussiaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,276
Game reference
Referee:
Börje Johansson
06:23 – Juha Lind1-0
15:42 – Janne Ojanen (Petteri Nummelin)2-0
32:45 – Sami Mettovaara (Antti Aalto, Marko Kiprussoff)3-0
36:55 – Marko Kiprussoff (Hannu Virta, Esa Keskinen) (PP)4-0
46:13 – Sami Mettovaara (Pasi Sormunen, Jarkko Varvio)5-0
5-157:40 – Aleksander Barkov (Sergei Fokin, Anatoli Fedotov) (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
30Shots27
4 February 1997Sweden 1-2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,241
Game reference
Referee:
Marko Lepaus
0-115:55 – Rob Cowie (Sylvain Turgeon)
25:31 – Johan Lindbom (Magnus Svensson) (PP)1-1
1-232:47 – Dean Evason (Steve Junker, Jason Young)
6 minPenalties14 min
38Shots37
5 February 1997Russia 1-1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 874
Referees:


Linesmen:

6 February 1997Finland 5-0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,677
Referees:


Linesmen:

6 February 1997Sweden 6-3
(2–1, 3–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,134
Game reference
Referee:
Leonid Vaisfeld
0-116:21 – Pavel Patera (Vítězslav Škuta)
18:40 – Per Eklund (Michael Nylander, Fredrik Öberg)1-1
19:59 – Magnus Svensson (Niklas Sundblad) (PP)2-1
23:44 – Per Eklund (Fredrik Öberg, Niclas Hävelid)3-1
27:23 – Michael Nylander (Per Eklund) (PP)4-1
33:05 – Patric Kjellberg (Roger Johansson, Magnus Svensson)5-1
5-228:59 – Martin Prochazka (František Kaberle, Pavel Patera) (PP)
5-342:34 – Jiří Šlégr (Drahomír Kadlec, Pavel Patera) (PP)
54:57 – Jonas Bergqvist (Michael Nylander) (PP)6-3
10 minPenalties14 min
33Shots15
7 February 1997Finland 4-2
(1–0, 0–2, 3–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,223
Referee:
8 February 1997Sweden 3-1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 RussiaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,321
Referees:


Linesmen:

8 February 1997Czech Republic 2-1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,872
Game reference
Referee:
Leonid Vaisfeld
20:18 – Pavel Patera (Vladimír Vůjtek)
34:37 – Vladimír Vůjtek (Roman Meluzín)		Goals22:59 – Dean Evason (Jeff Tory) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
36Shots18
9 February 1997Russia 5-1
(2–1, 3–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,231
Game reference
Referee:
Tor-Olov Johnsen
11:09 – Sergei Fokin (Sergei Petrenko, Anatoli Fedotov)1-0
1-116:13 – Pavel Patera (Ondřej Kratěna)
16:55 – Alexander Barkov (Sergei Fokin)2-1
24:45 – Oleg Belov (Vyacheslav Butsayev)3-1
33:57 – Alexei Morozov (Sergei Fokin, Alexander Barkov)4-1
38:35 – Alexander Nesterov (Alexander Gorsjkov)5-1
9 February 1997Sweden 2-4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 FinlandGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Game reference
Referee:
Leonid Vaisfeld
07:20 – Per Eklund (Nichlas Falk, Michael Nylander)1-0
1-109:42 – arko Jantunen (Esa Keskinen)
1-231:20 – Marko Jantunen (Pasi Sormunen)
1-345:27 – uha Lind (Mika Strömberg) (PP)
50:15 – Kim Johnsson (Michael Nylander, Jonas Bergqvist)2-3
2-459:57 – Antti Aalto (Juha Lindh) (PP)

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
1 Michael Nylander  Sweden 4 1 6 7 +1 0 F
2 Pavel Patera  Czech Republic 4 3 2 5 +-3 2 F
3 Marko Jantunen  Finland 4 4 0 4 +4 0 F
4 Juha Lind  Finland 4 3 1 4 +3 4 F
5 Sami Mettovaara  Finland 4 3 1 4 +3 6 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: quanthockey[3]

Goaltending leaders

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Jarmo Myllys  Finland 120:00 2 1.0 97.80 1
2 Jani Hurme  Finland 120:00 3 1.50 93.90 0
3 Andrew Verner  Canada 237:00 8 2.00 94.10 0
4 Sergey Fateev  Russia 120:00 4 2.00 92.70 0
5 Johan Hedberg  Sweden 180:00 7 2.33 91.40 0
6 Maxim Mikhailovsky  Russia 120:00 6 3.00 90.50 0
7 Milan Hnilička  Czech Republic 140:00 7 2.33 86.80 0
8 Martin Prusek  Czech Republic 100:00 10 5.00 82.10 0
9 Mikael Sandberg  Sweden 60:00 3 3.00 80.00 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
 Source: swehockey[4]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:[5]

Media All-Star Team:

References

  1. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1997 Summary". swehockey.se (in Swedish). swehockey. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  2. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1997 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  3. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1997 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  4. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1998 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  5. ^ "Best players by position".
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