2006 Karjala Tournament

2006 Karjala Tournament

Tournament details
Host countries	Finland   Czechia
Cities	Helsinki Prague
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	9-12 November 2006
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	32 (5.33 per game)
Attendance	53,583 (8,931 per game)
Scoring leader	Petr Schastlivy (4 points)
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The 2006 Karjala Tournament was played between 9 and 12 November 2006. Five games were played in Finland and one was played in the Czech Republic. Russia won the tournament before the Czech Republic and Sweden, while Finland finished fourth. ^[1] The tournament was part of the 2006-07 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	8	+3	8
2	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	8	9	−1	4
3	Sweden	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	10	−1	3
4	Finland	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Source: flashscore ^[2]

Games

Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Prague – (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Source ^[3]

9 November 2006 18:00

Finland

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

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,968

Game reference
	Jani Hurme	Goalies	Vassili Koshechkin	Referee: Ulf Rönnmark Linesmen: Mikko Kekäläinen Jussi Terho
	0-1 01:41 – Andrei Kuteykin (Denis Grebeshkov, Pavel Vorobiev) (PP) 0-2 13:14 – Ivan Nepryaev (Maksim Kondratiev) 25:41 – Janne Niskala (Esa Pirnes, Tomi Kallio) (PP) 1-2 27:42 – Esa Pirnes (Mika Pyörälä, Marko Kiprusoff) (PP) 2-2 2-3 42:06 – Piotr Schastlivy (Pavel Vorobiev)
	14 min	Penalties	35 min
	29	Shots	18

9 November 2006 18:30

Czech Republic

5-4 (0-0, 2-2, 3-2)

Sweden

Sazka Arena, Prague Attendance: 11,704

Game reference
	Roman Cechmanek	Goalies	Johan Backlund	Referee: Anatoli Zakharov Linesmen: Petr Kalivoda Roman Pouzar
	24:20 – Martin Cech (Ivan Huml) (PP) 1-0 1-1 34:17 – Niklas Nordgren (Johan Davidsson, Jörgen Jönsson) 37:14 – Jaroslav Hlinka (Ivan Huml, Petr Sykora) 2-1 2-2 37:46 Jimmie Ölvestad (Jonathan Hedström, Rickard Wallin) 40:41 Pavel Brendl (Josef Straka, Petr Sykora) (PP) 3-2 53:32 – Jiri Simanek (Tomas Divisek) 4-2 56:18 – Vaclav Varada (Vaclav Skuhravy) 5-2 5-3 59:32 – Anton Strålman (Christian Berglund) (PP) 5-4 59:47 – Jan Sandström (Fredrik Lindgren, Tobias Enström) (PP)

11 November 2006 13:00

Russia

5-4 (0-1, 1-1, 4-2)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,500

Game reference
	Aleksandr Eremenko	Goalies	Erik Ersberg	Referee: Sami Partanen Linesmen: Antti Orelma Stefan Fonselius
	0-1 16:31 – Magnus Johansson (Johan Davidsson) (PP) 0-2 37:56 – Oscar Steen (Jimmie Ölvestad) 39:30 – Pavel Vorobiev (Timofei Shishkanov) 1-2 42:06 – Timofei Shishkanov (Ivan Nepryaev) 2-2 2-3 46:16 – Johan Davidsson (Per Hållberg, Jörgen Jönsson) (PP) 47:06 – Piotr Schastlivy (Denis Grebeshkov) 3-3 50:24 – Piotr Schastlivy (Sergei Konkov) 4-3 50:36 – Ivan Nepryaev (Igor Volkov, Timofei Shishkanov) 5-3 5-4 51:09 – Mathias Månsson (Magnus Johansson, Joakim Eriksson)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	22

11 November 2006 17:30

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki (PP) Attendance: 11,808

Game reference
	Sinuhe Wallinheimo	Goalies	Roman Cechmanek	Referee: Aleksandr Poliakov Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Mikko Kekäläinen
	36:10 – Sean Bergenheim (Antti-Jussi Niemi, Petri Pakaslahti) 1-0 50:58 – Petri Kontiola (Jani Rita, Riku Hahl) 2-0 2-1 59:59 – Josef Straka (Vaclav Varada, Petr Sykora)
	26 min	Penalties	42 min
	22	Shots	30

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 5 N2 = 4 PN = 5

12 November 2006 14:00

Czech Republic

2-3 GWS (1-0, 0-0, 1-2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,210

Game reference
	Roman Cechmanek	Goalies	Vasili Koshechkin	Referee: Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Jussi Terho
	07:58 – Petr Caslava 1-0 1-1 40:27 – Aleksandr Kharitonov (Vladimir Antipov, Albert Leshchev) (PP) 50:21 – Ivan Huml (Petr Caslava) 2-1 2-2 58:04 – Piotr Schastlivy (Pavel Vorobiev, Maksim Kondratiev) 2-3
	Straka Brendl Hlinka	Shootout	Kuryanov Kharitonov Kulemin
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	36

12 November 2006 17:30

Finland

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

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,393

Game reference
	Sinuhe Wallinheimo	Goalies	Johan Backlund	Referee: Aleksandr Poliakov Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Seppo Lindroos
	0-1 22:39 – Johan Davidsson (Dick Tärnström, Jonathan Hedström)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	24

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Petr Schastlivy	Russia	3	4	0	4	+4	0	LW
2	Johan Davidsson	Sweden	3	2	2	4	+2	2	CE
3	Pavel Vorobyev	Russia	3	0	4	4	+4	2	RW
4	Ivan Nepryaev	Russia	3	2	1	3	+4	8	CE
5	Ivan Huml	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	+2	0	LW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: swehockey ^[4]

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Sinuhe Wallinheimo	Finland	119:35	2	1.00	96.30	0
2	Vasily Koshechkin	Russia	125:00	4	1.92	92.86	0
3	Roman Čechmánek	Czech Republic	118:58	6	3.03	XX.XX	0
4	Johan Backlund	Sweden	120:00	5	2.50	88.89	1

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey ^[5]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2006: ^[6]

• Best goaltender: Sinuhe Wallinheimo
• Best defenceman: Magnus Johansson
• Best forward: Petr Schastlivy

References

1. Jens Bornemann (12 November 2006). "Äntligen seger för Tre Kronor" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "Karjala 2006 Standings". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
3. "Karjala 2006 Matches". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
4. "Karjala Tournament 2013 Scoring Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
5. "Karjala Tournament 2006 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2006-11-12. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
6. "Best players by position".

External links

• Tournament on hockeyarchives.info