2008 Karjala Tournament

2008 Karjala Tournament (Euro Hockey Games)

Tournament details
Host countries	Finland   Russia
Cities	Helsinki Moscow
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	6–9 November 2008
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	24 (4 per game)
Attendance	46,131 (7,689 per game)
Awards
MVP	Aleksei Mikhnov
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The 2008 Karjala Tournament was played between 6 and 9 November 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. ^[1] One match was played in Moscow, Russia the rest of the matches were played in Helsinki, Finland. Russia won the tournament. 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	2	1	0	0	8	2	+6	8
2	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	0	7	6	+1	5
3	Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Finland	3	0	1	0	2	6	11	−5	2

Source: flashscore ^[2]

Games

All times are local.Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Moscow – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)
Source ^[3]

6 November 2008 17:30

Czech Republic

3-4 GWS (1-1, 1-1, 1-1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Finland

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 7,120

Game reference
	Lukas Mensator	Goalies	Juuso Riksman	Referees: Niklas Persson Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Mikko Kekäläinen Mika Tarvo
	01:52 – Miroslav Blaták (Vaclav Skuhravý, Miloslav Horava) (PP) 1-0 1-1 11:47 – Sami Kapanen (Petteri Nummelin) 32:33 – Jakub Klepis (Zdenek Kutlák) 2-1 2-2 38:17 – Hannes Hyvönen (Riku Hahl, Mika Pyörälä) (PP) 2-3 49:15 – Tommi Santala (Jari Sailio) 59:35 – Leos Cermák 3-3
	Klepis Marek Vampola Klepis	Shootout	Nummelin Kapanen Pirnes Nummelin
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	29	Shots	36

6 November 2008 18:00

Russia

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

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 7,120

Game reference
	Aleksandr Eremenko	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referees: Milan Minar Martin Homola
	56:29 Aleksei Mikhnov (Piotr Schastlivy, Anton But) 1-0
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	19

8 November 2008 13:00

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 4,740

Game reference
	Jonas Gustavsson	Goalies	Miroslav Kopriva	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Jari Levonen Linesmen: Antti Orelma Sakari Suominen
	35:58 – Martin Thörnberg (Mika Hannula, Tony Mårtensson) 1-0 1-1 42:19 – Miloslav Horava (Peter Vampola) 1-2 46:43 – Zbynek Irgl (Petr Cajánek, Karel Rachunek) 1-3 55:06 – Vaclav Nedorost (Miroslav Blaták, Karel Rachunek) (PP) 1-4 5+:17 – Petr Cajánek (Leos Cermák)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	6	Shots	25

8 November 2008 15:30

Finland

2-6 (1-2, 0-1, 1-3)

Russia

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 12,000

Game reference
	Petri Vehanen	Goalies	Aleksandr Eremenko	Referees: Niklas Persson Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Mika Tarvo Jussi Terho
	0-1 12:26 – Aleksandr Radulov (Oleg Saprykin) 13:36 – Petteri Nummelin (Esa Pirnes, Sami Kapanen) 1-1 1-2 15:13 – Aleksei Mikhnov (Konstantin Korneev, Aleksandr Eremenko) 1-3 22:06 – Denis Kulyash 1-4 49:04 – Aleksandr Radulov (Aleksei Mikhnov, Konstantin Gorovikov) 1-5 52:26 – Sergei Zinoviev (Danis Zaripov, Aleksei Morozov) (PP) 55:04 – Juha-Pekka Hytönen 2-5 2-6 59:03 – Aleksei Tereshchenko (Aleksandr Perezhogin, Sergei Mozyakin)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	34

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 1 PN = 1

9 November 2008 14:00

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 4,212

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Miroslav Kopriva	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pasi Nieminen
	1-0
	Zaripov But	Shootout	Klepis Marek
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	28

9 November 2008 18:30

Finland

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

Sweden

Helsinki Halli, Helsinki Attendance: 10,939

Game reference
	Juuso Riksman	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Aleksei Ravodin Linesmen: Antti Orelma Sakari Suominen
	0-1 38:39 – Oscar Hedman (Dick Axelsson, Marcus Nilson) (PP) 0-2 43:03 – Mika Hannula (Dick Tärnström)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	21

Tournament awards

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

• Best Player: Aleksei Mikhnov
• Best goalkeeper: Johan Holmqvist
• Best defenceman: Petteri Nummelin
• Best forward: Aleksandr Radulov

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Miroslav Kopriva
• Defence: Ilya Proshkin, Petteri Nummelin
• Forwards: Aleksei Mikhnov, Sergei Zinoviev, Aleksandr Radulov

References

1. "Karjala Cup 2008". flashscore.com. flashscore. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
2. "Karjala 2008 Standings". eurohockey.com. flashscore. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
3. "Karjala 2018 Matches". flashscore.com. flashscore. 9 November 2008. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
4. "Best players by position".