2008 Czech Hockey Games

2008 Czech Hockey Games

Tournament details
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	17–20 April 2008
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	32 (5.33 per game)
Attendance	27,034 (4,506 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ladislav Kohn Karl Fabricius (4 points)
Awards
MVP	Josef Straka
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The 2008 Czech Hockey Games was played between 17 and 20 April 2008. 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 Tipsport Arena in Liberec, Czech Republic, and one match in Tampere Ice Stadium in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was won by the Russia. The tournament was part of 2008–09 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	3	0	0	0	11	5	+6	9
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	0	1	9	7	+2	5
3	Finland	3	0	1	1	1	5	8	−3	3
4	Sweden	3	0	0	1	2	7	12	−5	1

Source: swehockey ^[1]

Games

All times are local.Liberec – (Central European Summer Time – UTC+1) Moscow – (Eastern European Summer Time – UTC+2)

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 7 N2 = 8 PN = 7

17 April 2008 17:30

Sweden

3-5 (0-2, 2-1, 1-2)

Czech Republic

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 3,649

Game reference
	Erik Ersberg	Goalies	Milan Hnilička
	0-1 14:39 – Josef Straka (Aleš Kotalík, Ondřej Veselý) 0-2 15:40 – Tomáš Rolinek (Zbyněk Irgl, Ladislav Kohn) 26:46 – Anton Strålman (Karl Fabricius, Niclas Wallin) (PP) 1-2 1-3 27:18 – Ladislav Kohn (Tomáš Rolinek, Zbyněk Irgl) 32:41 – Karl Fabricius (Patric Hörnqvist) 2-3 41:55 – Daniel Widing (Niclas Wallin, Linus Videll) 3-3 3-4 52:07 – Ondřej Veselý (Leoš Čermák, [[]])
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	30

17 April 2008 18:30

Russia

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

Finland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Alexander Yeryomenko	Goalies	Sinuhe Wallinheimo
	0-1 05:52 – Esa Pirnes (Riku Hahl) 21:18 – Konstantin Gorovikov (PP) 1-1 44:04 – Sergei Zinovjev (Danis Zaripov, Ilya Nikulin) (PP) 2-1 46:20 – Ilya Nikulin (Danis Zaripov, Alexei Morozov) 3-1 48:55 – Evgeny Artyukhin (Maxim Afinogenov) 4-1
	39 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	17

19 April 2008 12:00

Russia

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

Sweden

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,489

Game reference
	Semyon Varlamov	Goalies	Johan Backlund
	11:32 – Ilya Nikulin (Evgeny Medvedev) (PP) 1-0 1-1 26:23 – Anton Strålman (Kenny Jönsson, Karl Fabricius) (PP) 33:57 – Andrei Kuteikin (Dmitry Vorobyov) (PP) 2-1 2-2 42:41 – Nils Ekman (Robert Nilsson) (PP) 56:17 – Danis Zaripov (Sergei Zinovyev, Alexei Morozov) (PP) 3-2 59:23 – Fedor Fedorov (Nikolay Kulemin) 4-2
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	22

19 April 2008 16:00

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 7,169

Game reference
	Milan Hnilička	Goalies	Karri Rämö
	0-1 11:03 – Jarkko Immonen (Hannes Hyvönen, Janne Pesonen) (PP) 33:13 – Josef Straka (Tomáš Kaberle) (PP) 1-1
	Čermák Vrbata Irgl Kaberle Vrbata|Vrbata	Shootout	Hyvönen Pirnes Immonen Pirnes Hyvönen
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	29	Shots	18

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

20 April 2008 12:00

Finland

3-2  OT (0-0, 1-1, 1-1) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 1,039

Game reference
	Petri Vehanen	Goalies	Erik Ersberg
	23:18 – Mika Pyörälä (Riku Hahl) (PP) 1-0 1-1 33:29 – Patric Hörnqvist (Karl Fabricius, Michael Holmqvist) 1-2 53:44 – Nils Ekman 59:19 – Janne Pesonen (Hannes Hyvönen, Jarkko Immonen) 2-2
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	39

20 April 2008 16:00

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Tipsport Arena, Liberec Attendance: 7,188

Game reference
	Marek Pinc	Goalies	Mikhail Biryukov
	12:48 – Petr Čáslava (Tomáš Rolinek, Ladislav Kohn) 1-0 1-1 23:39 – Alexei Tereshchenko (Alexei Morozov) 1-2 26:35 – Evgeny Artyukhin (Dmitri Kalinin) (PP) 1-3 29:16 – Sergei Mozyakin (Maxim Sushinsky, Konstantin Gorovikov) 46:07 – Peter Jánský (Ladislav Kohn) 2-3
	24 min	Penalties	10 min
	23	Shots	25

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Ladislav Kohn	Czech Republic	3	1	3	4	+5	2	FW
2	Karl Fabricius	Sweden	3	1	3	4	+2	2	DF
3	Ilya Nikulin	Russia	3	2	1	3	+2	0	FW
4	Tomáš Rolinek	Czech Republic	3	1	2	3	+4	2	FW
5	Danis Zaripov	Russia	3	1	2	3	+3	2	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: swehockey ^[2]

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Milan Hnilička	Czech Republic	125:00	4	1.92	92.56	0
2	Erik Ersberg	Sweden	122:01	7	3.44	86.00	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey ^[3]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2008: ^[4]

• Best player: Josef Straka
• Best goalkeeper: Milan Hnilička
• Best defenceman: Ilya Nikulin
• Best forward: Danis Zaripov

References

1. "Czech Hockey Games 2008 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
2. "Czech Hockey Games 2008 Scoring Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
3. "Czech Hockey Games 2008 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
4. "Best players by position".