1998 Sweden Hockey Games

1998 Sweden Hockey Games
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates21–26 April 1998
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Finland
Fourth place Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored49 (4.9 per game)
Attendance69,837 (6,984 per game)
Scoring leader Marko Tuomainen (5 points)

The 1998 Sweden Hockey Games were played between April 21–26, 1998 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 Sweden. The tournament was part of 1998–99 Euro Hockey Tour.

Games against Canada was not included in the 1998–99 Euro Hockey Tour.[1]

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Sweden 4 3 1 0 14 6 +8 10
2  Czech Republic 4 3 0 1 12 11 +1 9
3  Finland 4 2 1 1 11 7 +4 7
4  Russia 4 1 0 3 6 12 −6 3
5  Canada 4 0 0 4 6 13 −7 0
Source: swehockey[2]

Games

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

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 3 PN = 5

21 April 1998
16:30
Finland 2-3
(0-1, 2-2, 0-0)
 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,072
Game reference
22:49 – Raimo Helminen (Kimmo Timonen, Ville Peltonen)
32:30 – Ville Peltonen (Mikko Eloranta, Raimo Helminen)
Goalies09:42 – Josef Beránek (Marián Kacíř)
33:09 – Jiří Dopita (František Kaberle, Roman Čechmánek)
35:00 – František Kučera (Milan Hejduk)
Referee:
Ulf Rådbjer
0-1Roman Čechmánek
Jarmo Myllys1-1
2-1
2-2
2-3
12 minPenalties14 min
40Shots17
21 April 1998
20:00
Russia 1-3
(0-1, 1-1, 0-1)
 SwedenGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,021
Game reference
GoaliesMagnus ErikssoReferee:
Peter Slapke
0-105:43 – Kim Johansson (Tommy Westlund, Jonas Bergqvist)
0-224:40 – Niclas Hävelid (Hans Jonsson)
36:24 – Eduard Kudermetov1-2
1-340:56 – Mikael Johansson (Patric Kjellberg)
12 minPenalties18 min
22Shots18

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = -1 S2 = -1 GT1 = 52:26 – Curtis Bowen (Brad Chartrand, Chris Herperger) GT2 = 40:38 – David Výborný (Jiří Zelenka)
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 2 S2 = 3 GT1 = GT2 = 56:36 – Milan Hejduk (Jiří Zelenka)
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 4 PN = 4

22 April 1998
15:30
Canada 2-3
(0-1, 1-0, 1-2)
 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 688
Game reference
Referee:
Peter Slapke
0-106:02 – František Kaberle (Jan Alinč, Roman Kaděra)
34:26 – Evan Marble (Mickey Elick)1-1
52:26 – Curtis Bowen (Brad Chartrand, Chris Herperger)1-2 2-240:38 – David Výborný (Jiří Zelenka)
2-356:36 – Milan Hejduk (Jiří Zelenka)
18 minPenalties14 min
35Shots33
22 April 1998
19:00
Finland 4-0
(0-0, 2-0, 2-0)
 RussiaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,012
Game reference
Referee:
Roger Öberg
22:22 – Kimmo Timonen (Raimo Helminen, Mika Strömberg)1-0
33:12 – Mikko Eloranta (Mika Strömberg, Raimo Helminen)2-0
41:30 – Toni Lydman (Olli Jokinen)3-0
51:00 – Jarkko Ruutu (Joni Lius)4-0
23 minPenalties65 min
25Shots21
23 April 1998
20:00
Sweden 5-1
(2-1, 1-0, 2-0)
 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,287
Game reference
Referee:
Peter Slapke
00:43 – Ulf Dahlén (Nichlas Falk)1-0
1-108:32 – Chris Szyzky (Trevor Gallant, Mickey Elick)
19:54 – Tommy Westlund (Christer Olsson, Kim Johansson)2-1
25:22 – Anders Huusko (Ulf Dahlén, Nichlas Falk)3-1
45:26 – Fredrik Lindquist (Mikael Johansson)4-1
47:45 – Christer Ilsson (Tommy Westlund)5-1
16 minPenalties57 min
42Shots23
24 April 1998
19:00
Czech Republic 4-3
(1-1, 2-0, 1-2)
 RussiaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,035
Game reference
Roman ČechmánekGoaliesReferee:
Thomas Andersson
00:29 – Pavel Patera (Milan Hejduk)1-0
1-109:51 – Sergei Petrenko (Sergei Fokin, Oleg Petrov) (PP)
20:14 – František Kaberle (David Výborný)2-1
27:00 – Josef Beránek3-1
44:18 – Jiří Vykoukal (Roman Čechmánek)4-1
4-256:30 – Oleg Belov (Alexei Kudashov, Vladislav Bulin)
4-359:47 – Oleg Belov
14 minPenalties18 min
36Shots34
25 April 1998
12:00
Canada 2-3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 FinlandGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,611
Game reference
Referee:
Vladimir Mihalik
03:10 – Chris Szyzky,1-0
13:39 – Chris Szyzky (Mickey Elick)2-0
2-128:22 – Jarkko Ruutu (Marko Kiprusoff)
2-237:15 – Jere Karalahti
2-349:46 – Joonas Jääskeläinen (Jere Karalahti)
14 minPenalties16 min
18Shots38
25 April 1998
15:30
Czech Republic 2-4
(1–2, 0–0, 1–2)
 SwedenGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Game reference
GoaliesMagnus ErikssonReferee:
Seppo Mäkelä
04:02 – Jan Hlaváč (Marián Kacíř)1-0
1-104:30 – Anders Huusko (Hans Jonsson)
1-216:47 – Fredrik Lindqvist (Mikael Johansson) (PP)
1-348:54 – Christer Olsson (Kim Johnsson, Tommy Westlund (PP)
1-452:43 – Anders Huusko (Ulf Dahlén) (PP)
56:38 – Jiří Veber2-4
6 minPenalties27 min
31Shots31
26 April 1998
13:00
Russia 2-1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,541
Game reference
Referee:
Seppo Mäkelä
23:58 – Andrei Skopintsev (Alexei Chupin, Oleg Petrov)
41:16 – Oleg Petrov (Igor Alexandrov)
Goals26:21 – Bob Maudie
48 minPenalties46 min
23Shots36
26 April 1998
17:00
Sweden 2-2
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 FinlandGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Game reference
Referee:
Vladimir Mihalik
12:12 – Kim Johnsson (Fredrik Lindquist) (PP)1-0
1-126:24 – Raimo Helminen (Mikko Eloranta, Ville Peltonen)
44:11 – Anders Huusko (Nichlas Falk)2-1
2-244:49 – Marko Kiprusoff (Juha Ikonen)
10 minPenalties12 min
29Shots26

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
1 Raimo Helminen  Finland 4 2 3 5 +3 0 F
2 Anders Huusko  Sweden 4 4 0 4 +2 0 F
3 Kim Johnsson  Sweden 4 2 2 4 -4 0 D
4 Tommy Westlund  Sweden 4 1 3 4 + 4 F
5 Nichlas Falk  Sweden 4 0 4 4 +3 0 F

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

Goaltending leaders

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1998:[4]

Media All-Star Team:

References

  1. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1998 Summary". swehockey.se (in Swedish). swehockey. 1998-04-26. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1998 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 1998-04-26. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. ^ "Sweden Hockey Games 1998 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 1998-04-26. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  4. ^ "Best players by position".