2006 LG Hockey Games

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2006 LG Hockey Games
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates26–29 April 2006
Teams4
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Fourth placeFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored40 (6.67 per game)
Attendance41,714 (6,952 per game)
Scoring leader Flag of Russia.svg Danis Zaripov (4 points)
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The 2006 LG Hockey Games were played between 26-29 April, 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in the Globen in Stockholm, Sweden, and one match in the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament was part of 2005–06 Euro Hockey Tour.

Contents

The tournament was played in late-April instead of early-February because of the 2006 Olympic tournament in Turin, Italy. [1]

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWSOWOTLSOLLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 32000011613+36
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 320000184+46
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3200001108+26
4Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3000003615−90
Source: swehockey [2]

Games

All times are local.Stockholm – (Central European Time – UTC+1) Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

26 April 2006
18:30		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svg1-3
(0-0, 0-1, 1-2)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,486
Game reference
Niklas Bäckström Goalies Maxim Sokolov Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Minar
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Antti Hämäläinen
Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kekäläinen
0-123:55 – Kirill Koltsov (Alexander Kharitonov)
0-250:11 – Igor Yemeleyev (Maxim Sushinsky)
57:22 – Riku Hahl (Mikko Lehtonen, Jukka Hentunen) (PP)1-2
1-358:37 – Igor Grigorenko (Sergey Mozyakin, Kirill Koltsov)
14 minPenalties20 min
39Shots28
26 April 2006
19:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg3-0
(1-0, 1-0, 1-0)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Globen, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,251
Game reference
Daniel Henriksson Goalies Milan Hnilicka Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Leo Takula
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Carlman
08:18 – Fredrik Emvall (Andreas Holmqvist, Tony Mårtensson) (PP)1-0
26:05 – Fredrik Emvall (Jonas Nordquist)2-0
56:24 – Tony Mårtensson (Andreas Holmqvist, Fredrik Emvall)3-0
16 minPenalties10 min
18Shots34
28 April 2006
15:30		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg1-5
(0-2, 0-1, 1-2)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Globen, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,268
Game reference
Milan Hnilicka Goalies Fredrik Norrena Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Leo Takula
Flag of Sweden.svg Per Svensson
0-101:59 – Ville Peltonen (Petteri Nummelin, Jari Viuhkola)
0-215:29 – Kalle Kerman (Lasse Kukkonen, Jani Rita) (PP)
0-325:29 – Jukka Hentunen (Jari Viuhkola, Aki-Petteri Berg) (PP)
0-445:01 – Jari Viuhkola (Jukka Hentunen, Petteri Nummelin) (PP)
50:46 – David Vyborny (Jan Hlavac)1-4
1-552:19 – Tommi Santala (Riku Hahl)
22 minPenalties16 min
31Shots26

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 6 S2 = 4 GT1 = 39:45 – Christian Berglund (Jesper Mattsson, Magnus Johansson) (PP) GT2 = 42:52 – Danis Zaripov (Andrei Kruchinin) (PP)
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 7 S2 = 4 GT1 = 47:24 – Stefan Pettersson (Andreas Karlsson) (PP) GT2 = 47:39 – Alexei Mikhnov (Ilya Nikulin)
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 7 S2 = 5 GT1 = GT2 = 59:10 – Alexander Semin
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: S1 = 7 S2 = 6 GT1 = GT2 =
Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 10 N2 = 11 PN = 12

28 April 2006
19:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg7-6
(2-3, 4-0, 1-3)		Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Globen, Stockholm
Attendance: 8,386
Game reference
Stefan Liv Goalies Alexander Fomichev Referee:
Flag of Finland.svg Jari Levonen
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Peer Lyth
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ulriksson
0-110:27 – Jevgenij Malkin (Kirill Koltsov)
0-213:42 – Alexander Semin
15:15 – Jörgen Jönsson (Nicklas Bäckström)1-2
1-317:48 – Danis Zaripov (Alexander Nikulin)
19:20 – Jonas Nordquist (Tony Mårtensson)2-3
22:36 – Jesper Mattsson (Magnus Johansson, Christian Berglund) (PP)3-3
28:09 – Magnus Johansson (Andreas Karlsson) (PP)4-3
35:41 – Jesper Mattsson (Christian Berglund, Per Hållberg) (PP)5-3
39:45 – Christian Berglund (Jesper Mattsson, Magnus Johansson) (PP)6-442:52 – Danis Zaripov (Andrei Kruchinin) (PP)
47:24 – Stefan Pettersson (Andreas Karlsson) (PP)7-447:39 – Alexei Mikhnov (Ilya Nikulin)
7-559:10 – Alexander Semin
7-6
22 minPenalties43 min
39Shots31
29 April 2006
12:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svg7-5
(4-0, 1-3, 2-2)		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Globen, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,473
Game reference
Sergey Zvyagin Goalies Tomas Pöpperle Referee:
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Andersson
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Lyth
Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Winge
00:46 – Alexei Mikhnov (Denis Arkhipov)1-0
06:49 – Igor Yemeleyev (Andrei Kruchinin, Maxim Sushinsky)2-0
14:11 – Maxim Sushinsky (Ilya Nikulin, Alexander Kharitonov)3-0
19:50 – Danis Zaripov (Nikolay Kulemin, Evgeny Malkin)4-0
22:04 – Vitaly Atyushov (Nikolay Kulemin, Danis Zaripov)5-0
5-132:26 – Patrik Stefan (Tomas Rolinek)
5-233:35 – Petr Hubacek (Patrik Stefan)
5-336:45 – Ivo Prorok
5-442:41 – Zbynek Irgl (Jan Marek)
43:09 – Alexander Semin (Denis Arkhipov, Alexei Mikhnov)6-4
48:29 – Maxim Sushinsky (Igor Yemeleyev)7-4
7-558:50 – Jan Peterek (Jiri Hunkes)
29 April 2006
15:30		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0-2
(0-1, 0-0, 0-1)		Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Globen, Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Game reference
Johan Holmqvist Goalies Niklas Bäckström Referee:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Minar
Linesmen:
Flag of Sweden.svg Per Svensson
Flag of Sweden.svg Fredrik Ulriksson
0-101:00 – Tommi Santala (Mikko Lehtonen, Riku Hahl) (PP)
0-245:41 – Mikko Koivu (Jani Rita)
28 minPenalties18 min
36Shots25

Scoring leaders

PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
1 Danis Zaripov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3314+22LW
2 Fredrik Emvall Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2224+40CE
3 Maxim Sushinsky Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3224+50RW
4 Alexander Semin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3303+50LW
5 Alexei Mikhnov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3213+40LW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: swehockey [3]

Goaltending leaders

PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO
1 Niklas Bäckström Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 120:0031.5095.311
2 Sergei Zvyagin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 89:5985.3382.220
3 Milan Hnilička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 120:0084.0081.820

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 2006: [5]

Media All-Star Team:

References

  1. ↑ "Tre Kronor slog Tjeckien" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "LG Hockey Games 2006 Standings". eurohockey.com. swehockey. 2006-04-29. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  3. ↑ "LG Hockey Games 2006 Scoring Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2006-04-29. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  4. ↑ "LG Hockey Games 2006 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2006-04-29. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Best players by position".
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