1998 Sweden Hockey Games

1998 Sweden Hockey Games

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	21–26 April 1998
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	10
Goals scored	49 (4.9 per game)
Attendance	69,837 (6,984 per game)
Scoring leader	Marko Tuomainen (5 points)
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The 1998 Sweden Hockey Games was played between 21 and 26 April 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 Time – UTC+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 Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 1,072

Game reference
	22:49 – Raimo Helminen (Kimmo Timonen, Ville Peltonen) 32:30 – Ville Peltonen (Mikko Eloranta, Raimo Helminen)	Goalies	09:42 – Josef Beránek (Marián Kacíř) 33:09 – Jiří Dopita (František Kaberle, Roman Čechmánek) 35:00 – František Kučera (Milan Hejduk)	Referee: Ulf Rådbjer
	0-1 Roman Čechmánek Jarmo Myllys 1-1 2-1 2-2 2-3
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	17

21 April 1998 20:00

Russia

1-3 (0-1, 1-1, 0-1)

Sweden

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 5,021

Game reference
		Goalies	Magnus Eriksson	Referee: Peter Slapke
	0-1 05:43 – Kim Johansson (Tommy Westlund, Jonas Bergqvist) 0-2 24:40 – Niclas Hävelid (Hans Jonsson) 36:24 – Eduard Kudermetov 1-2 1-3 40:56 – Mikael Johansson (Patric Kjellberg)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	22	Shots	18

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 Republic

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 688

Game reference
				Referee: Peter Slapke
	0-1 06:02 – František Kaberle (Jan Alinč, Roman Kaděra) 34:26 – Evan Marble (Mickey Elick) 1-1 52:26 – Curtis Bowen (Brad Chartrand, Chris Herperger) 1-2 2-2 40:38 – David Výborný (Jiří Zelenka) 2-3 56:36 – Milan Hejduk (Jiří Zelenka)
	18 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	33

22 April 1998 19:00

Finland

4-0 (0-0, 2-0, 2-0)

Russia

Globen, 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 min	Penalties	65 min
	25	Shots	21

23 April 1998 20:00

Sweden

5-1 (2-1, 1-0, 2-0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 11,287

Game reference
				Referee: Peter Slapke
	00:43 – Ulf Dahlén (Nichlas Falk) 1-0 1-1 08:32 – 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 min	Penalties	57 min
	42	Shots	23

24 April 1998 19:00

Czech Republic

4-3 (1-1, 2-0, 1-2)

Russia

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 1,035

Game reference
	Roman Čechmánek	Goalies		Referee: Thomas Andersson
	00:29 – Pavel Patera (Milan Hejduk) 1-0 1-1 09:51 – Sergei Petrenko (Sergei Fokin, Oleg Petrov) (PP) 20:14 – František Kaberle (David Výborný) 2-1 27:00 – Josef Beránek 3-1 44:18 – Jiří Vykoukal (Roman Čechmánek) 4-1 4-2 56:30 – Oleg Belov (Alexei Kudashov, Vladislav Bulin) 4-3 59:47 – Oleg Belov
	14 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	34

25 April 1998 12:00

Canada

2-3 (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Finland

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 6,611

Game reference
				Referee: Vladimir Mihalik
	03:10 – Chris Szyzky, 1-0 13:39 – Chris Szyzky (Mickey Elick) 2-0 2-1 28:22 – Jarkko Ruutu (Marko Kiprusoff) 2-2 37:15 – Jere Karalahti 2-3 49:46 – Joonas Jääskeläinen (Jere Karalahti)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	18	Shots	38

25 April 1998 15:30

Czech Republic

2-4 (1–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Sweden

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

Game reference
		Goalies	Magnus Eriksson	Referee: Seppo Mäkelä
	04:02 – Jan Hlaváč (Marián Kacíř) 1-0 1-1 04:30 – Anders Huusko (Hans Jonsson) 1-2 16:47 – Fredrik Lindqvist (Mikael Johansson) (PP) 1-3 48:54 – Christer Olsson (Kim Johnsson, Tommy Westlund (PP) 1-4 52:43 – Anders Huusko (Ulf Dahlén) (PP) 56:38 – Jiří Veber 2-4
	6 min	Penalties	27 min
	31	Shots	31

26 April 1998 13:00

Russia

2-1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Canada

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 2,541

Game reference
				Referee: Seppo Mäkelä
	23:58 – Andrei Skopintsev (Alexei Chupin, Oleg Petrov) 41:16 – Oleg Petrov (Igor Alexandrov) Goals 26:21 – Bob Maudie
	48 min	Penalties	46 min
	23	Shots	36

26 April 1998 17:00

Sweden

2-2 (1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Finland

Globen, Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

Game reference
				Referee: Vladimir Mihalik
	12:12 – Kim Johnsson (Fredrik Lindquist) (PP) 1-0 1-1 26:24 – Raimo Helminen (Mikko Eloranta, Ville Peltonen) 44:11 – Anders Huusko (Nichlas Falk) 2-1 2-2 44:49 – Marko Kiprusoff (Juha Ikonen)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	26

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]

Tournament awards

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

• Best goalkeeper: Roman Čechmánek
• Best defenceman: Marko Kiprusoff
• Best forward: Ulf Dahlén

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Roman Čechmánek
• Defence: Christer Olsson, František Kaberle
• Forwards: Ulf Dahlén, Raimo Helminen, Anders Huusko

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".

External links

• Hockeyarchives (in French)