1996 Sweden Hockey Games

1996 Sweden Hockey Games

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8 – 11 February 1996
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (3rd title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	40 (6.67 per game)
Attendance	43,865 (7,311 per game)
Scoring leader	Jiří Vykoukal (5 points)
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The 1996 Sweden Hockey Games were played between 8 and 12 February 1996 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Czech Republic, Sweden, Russia and Canada played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All of the games were played in the Globen in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was won by Sweden.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	9
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	14	6	+8	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	9	11	−2	3
4	Canada	3	0	0	3	5	20	−15	0

Source: swehockey ^[1]

Games

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

8 February 1996

Czech Republic

6–2 (2–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Russia

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 1,113

Game reference
	Petr Briza	Goalies	Alexei Tikhomirov	Referee: Robert Lathi
	0-1 06:44 – Denis Afinogenov 09:21 – Pavel Patera (Otakar Vejvoda) 1-1 19:52 – Otakar Vejvoda (Radek Bělohlav) 2-1 24:32 – Robert Kysela (Drahomír Kadlec) (PP) 3-1 39:48 – Otakar Vejvoda (Antonín Stavjaňa, Robert Kysela) (PP) 4-1 41:11 – Jiří Kučera (Jiří Vykoukal, Bedřich Ščerban) (PP) 5-1 56:14 – František Kaberle (Jiří Kučera) 6-1 6-2 58:09 – Sergei Fokin (Andrei Potaichuk)
	10 min	Penalties	5 min
	24	Shots	19

8 February 1996

Sweden

7–1 (3–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

Game reference
	Boo Ahl	Goalies		Referee: Frantisek Rejthar
	01:08 – Per Svartvadet 1-0 05:10 – Mattias Johansson (Tomas Holmström, Roger Åkerström) (PP) 2-0 2-1 14:12 – Jim Hiller 16:44 – Fredrik Öberg (Mattias Öhlund, Niklas Eriksson) (PP) 3-1 28:26 – Tomas Holmström (Jonas Bergqvist) (PP) 4-1 38:27 – Mattias Johansson (Roger Johansson) 5-1 39:59 – Fredrik Modin (Andreas Dackell, Tomas Jonsson) (PP) 6-1 53:49 – Tomas Forslund (Roger Åkerström, Mattias Johansson) 7-1
	4 min	Penalties	18 min
	51	Shots	21

9 February 1996

Russia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 10,183

Game reference
	Alexei Tikhomirov	Goalies	Boo Ahl	Referee:
	Goals 37:25 – Per Svartvadet (Kenneth Kennholt, Hans Jonsson) (PP) 44:25 – Thomas Holmström (Jan Larsson)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	34

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 6 N2 = 7 PN = 6

9 February 1996

Canada

1–6 (0–1, 0–3, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 3,821

Game reference
		Goalies	Petr Briza	Referee: Marko Lepaus
	0-1 19:57 – Antonín Stavjaňa (Robert Reichel, Radek Bělohlav) 0-2 29:18 – Robert Kysela (PP) 0-3 32:54 – Robert Reichel (Radek Bělohlav) 0-4 35:03 – Libor Zábranský (Viktor Ujčík, Jan Alinč) 0-5 52:35 – Robert Reichel (Jan Alinč) 55:09 – Bryan Muir (Dany Bosquet) 1-5
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	27

11 February 1996

Russia

7–3 (3–0, 0–1, 4–2)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 4,227

Game reference
	Alexei Tikhomirov	Goalies		Referee: Roger Öberg
	06:24 – Sergei Berezin 1-0 10:43 – Sergei Berezin 2-0 18:41 – Sergei Sorokin (Alex Galchenyuk) 3-0 3-1 36:24 – Jeff McLeod 43:14 – Denis Afinogenov (Vadim Epanchintsev, Sergei Sorokin) 4-1 45:26 – Igor Alexandrov (Alex Galchenyuk) 5-1 46:35 – Denis Afinogenov (Sergei Fokin) 6-1 6-2 51:46 – Terran Sandwith (Dany Bosquet) 55:26 – Sergei Berezin (Igor Alexandrov, Alexei Kudashov) 7-2 7-3 57:45 – Ryan Johnson (Mike Bodnarchuk)
	18 min	Penalties	24 min
	26	Shots	22

11 February 1996

Sweden

3-2 (0–1, 0–1, 3–0)

Czech Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 10,671

Game reference
	Boo Ahl	Goalies	Petr Briza	Referee:
	0-1 00:21 – Jiri Kuceras 0-2 39:50 – Martin Prochazka 46:28 – Jonas Bergqvist (Niklas Eriksson) 1-2 47:54 – Janne Larsson (Kenneth Kennholt) 2-2 59:50 – Andreas Dackell 3-2
	41	Shots	19

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	POS
1	Jiří Vykoukal	Czech Republic	3	0	5	5	4	D
2	Robert Reichel	Czech Republic	3	3	1	5	2	F
3	Radek Bělohlav	Finland	3	1	3	4	2	F
4	Sergei Berezin	Finland	3	3	0	3	0	F
5	Denis Afinogenov	Finland	3	3	0	3	0	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: quanthockey ^[2]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997: ^[3]

• Best goalkeeper: Petr Bříza
• Best defenceman: Tommy Sjödin
• Best forward: Sergei Berezin

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Petr Bříza
• Defence: Roger Johansson, Drahomír Kadlec
• Forwards: Sergei Berezin, Robert Reichel, Thomas Forslund

References

1. "Sweden Hockey Games 1996 Standings" (PDF). swehockey.se. swehockey. 1996-02-11. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
2. "Sweden Hockey Games 1996 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 1996-02-11. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
3. "Best players by position".

External links

• Hockeyarchives (in French)