2006 Karjala Tournament

2006 Karjala Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Finland
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)
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The 2006 Karjala Tournament was an ice hockey tournament that took place from November 9-12, 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]

Results

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

Best players

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2006:

• 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.

External links

• Tournament on hockeyarchives.info