1997 Sweden Hockey Games

1997 Sweden Hockey Games

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	4-9 February 1997
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	50 (5 per game)
Attendance	53,699 (5,370 per game)
Scoring leader	Michael Nylander (7 points)
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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. ^[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 1997

Finland

5-1 (2–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Russia

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 1,276

Game reference
				Referee: Börje Johansson
	06:23 – Juha Lind 1-0 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 5-1 57:40 – Aleksander Barkov (Sergei Fokin, Anatoli Fedotov) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	27

4 February 1997

Sweden

1-2 (0–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 9,241

Game reference
				Referee: Marko Lepaus
	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

5 February 1997

Russia

1-1 (0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 874

				Referees: Linesmen:

6 February 1997

Finland

5-0 (1–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 1,677

				Referees: Linesmen:

6 February 1997

Sweden

6-3 (2–1, 3–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 9,134

Game reference
				Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld
	0-1 16:21 – 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 5-2 28:59 – Martin Prochazka (František Kaberle, Pavel Patera) (PP) 5-3 42:34 – Jiří Šlégr (Drahomír Kadlec, Pavel Patera) (PP) 54:57 – Jonas Bergqvist (Michael Nylander) (PP) 6-3
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	15

7 February 1997

Finland

4-2 (1–0, 0–2, 3–0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 2,223

				Referee:

8 February 1997

Sweden

3-1 (2–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Russia

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 11,321

				Referees: Linesmen:

8 February 1997

Czech Republic

2-1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 1,872

Game reference
				Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld
	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

9 February 1997

Russia

5-1 (2–1, 3–0, 0–0)

Czech Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 2,231

Game reference
				Referee: Tor-Olov Johnsen
	11:09 – Sergei Fokin (Sergei Petrenko, Anatoli Fedotov) 1-0 1-1 16:13 – 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 1997

Sweden

2-4 (1–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Finland

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

Game reference
				Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld
	07:20 – Per Eklund (Nichlas Falk, Michael Nylander) 1-0 1-1 09:42 – arko Jantunen (Esa Keskinen) 1-2 31:20 – Marko Jantunen (Pasi Sormunen) 1-3 45:27 – uha Lind (Mika Strömberg) (PP) 50:15 – Kim Johnsson (Michael Nylander, Jonas Bergqvist) 2-3 2-4 59:57 – 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]

• 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

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. Archived from the original on 1997-04-27. 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. Archived from the original on 1997-04-27. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
5. "Best players by position".

External links

• Hockeyarchives (in French)