Tournament details
Sweden Stockholm 1 (in 1 host city) 4-9 February 1997 5 Finland (1st title) Sweden Russia Canada 10 50 (5 per game) 53,699 (5,370 per game) Michael Nylander (7 points)
The 1997 Sweden Hockey Games was played between 4 and 9 February 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 .
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 4 4 0 0 18 5 +13 12 2 4 2 0 2 12 10 +2 6 3 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4 4 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4 5 4 1 0 3 6 17 −11 3
All times are local.
Stockholm – (Central European Time – UTC+1 )
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4 February 1997 Finland 5-1(2–0, 2–0, 1–1) Russia Globen, StockholmAttendance: 1,276
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4 February 1997 Sweden 1-2(0–1, 1–1, 0–0) Canada Globen, StockholmAttendance: 9,241
Game reference
Referee: Marko Lepaus 0-115:55 – Rob Cowie (Sylvain Turgeon)25:31 – Johan Lindbom (Magnus Svensson) (PP)1-11-232:47 – Dean Evason (Steve Junker, Jason Young) 0-1 15:55 – Rob Cowie (Sylvain Turgeon) 25:31 – Johan Lindbom (Magnus Svensson) (PP) 1-1 1-2 32:47 – Dean Evason (Steve Junker, Jason Young) 0-1 15:55 – Rob Cowie (Sylvain Turgeon) 25:31 – Johan Lindbom (Magnus Svensson) (PP) 1-1 1-2 32:47 – Dean Evason (Steve Junker, Jason Young) 6 min Penalties 14 min 38 Shots 37
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5 February 1997 Russia 1-1(0–1, 0–0, 1–0) Canada Globen, StockholmAttendance: 874
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5 February 1997 Finland 5-0(1–0, 3–0, 1–0) Czech Republic Globen, StockholmAttendance: 1,677
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6 February 1997 Sweden 6-3(2–1, 3–1, 1–1) Czech Republic Globen, StockholmAttendance: 9,134
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7 February 1997 Finland 4-2(1–0, 0–2, 3–0) Canada Globen, StockholmAttendance: 2,223
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7 February 1997 Sweden 3-1(2–0, 1–1, 0–0) Russia Globen, StockholmAttendance: 11,321
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8 February 1997 Czech Republic 2-1(0–0, 2–1, 0–0) Canada Globen, StockholmAttendance: 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) 20:18 – Pavel Patera (Vladimír Vůjtek) 34:37 – Vladimír Vůjtek (Roman Meluzín) Goals 22:59 – Dean Evason (Jeff Tory) (PP) 20:18 – Pavel Patera (Vladimír Vůjtek) 34:37 – Vladimír Vůjtek (Roman Meluzín) Goals 22:59 – Dean Evason (Jeff Tory) (PP) 8 min Penalties 10 min 36 Shots 18
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9 February 1997 Russia 5-1(2–1, 3–0, 0–0) Czech Republic Globen, StockholmAttendance: 2,231
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9 February 1997 Sweden 2-4(1–1, 0–1, 1–2) Finland Globen, StockholmAttendance: 13,850
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
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
The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:
Best goalkeeper: Andrew Verner
Best defenceman: Hannu Virta
Best forward: Michael Nylander
Media All-Star Team:
Goaltender: Andrew Verner
Defence: Hannu Virta, Roger Johansson
Forwards: Sami Mettivaara, Michael Nylander, Per Eklund
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