2009 LG Hockey Games

2009 LG Hockey Games

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	5–8 February 2009
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (10th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	47 (7.83 per game)
Attendance	57,489 (9,582 per game)
Scoring leader	Maxim Rybin (4 points)
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The 2009 LG Hockey Games were played between February 5-8, 2009 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 Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and one match in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. The tournament was part of 2008–09 Euro Hockey Tour.

The games were hosted in Globen, except one which was played in Prague, Czech Republic. Sweden won the tournament before Finland and Russia. ^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	7	+7	9
2	Russia	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	14	11	+3	5
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	9	12	−3	4
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	17	−7	0

Source: swehockey ^[2]

Games

All times are local.Stockholm – (Central European Time – UTC+1) Prague – (Central European Time – UTC+1)

5 February 2009 18:00

Czech Republic

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

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,324

Game reference
	Miroslav Kopřiva	Goalies	Iiro Tarkki	Referees: Olenin Konstantin Alexei Ravodin Linesmen: Petr Blümel Frantisek Kalivoda
	05:54 – Petr Čajánek (Leoš Čermák) 1-0 1-1 08:24 – Jukka Voutilainen (Jarkko Immonen, Teemu Laine) (PP) 20:18 – Radim Vrbata (Jaroslav Bednář) 2-1 2-2 31:06 – Janne Niinimaa (Jukka Voutilainen, Jarkko Immonen) 33:30 – Petr Čajánek (Tomas Kurka, Angel Krstev) 3-2 3-3 46:02 – Juha-Pekka Haataja (Antti Laaksonen, Tommi Santala) 3-4 51:11 – Niko Kapanen (Mika Pyörälä, Mikko Lehtonen) 3-5 54:52 – Mika Pyörälä (Niko Kapanen, Jukka Hentunen)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	32	Shots	34

5 February 2009 19:30

Russia

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

Sweden

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 10,314

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Johan Holmqvist	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmén Peter Lyth
	0-1 01:45 – Mathias Tjärnqvist (Magnus Johansson, Marcus Ragnarsson) 0-2 00:00 – Daniel Widing (Johan Åkerman, Johan Davidsson) (PP) 11:01 – Aleksander Suglobov (PP) 1-2 1-3 18:16 – Kenny Jönsson (Johan Åkerman, Johan Davidsson) (PP) 33:38 – Maxim Rybin (Petr Schastlivy) 2-3 2-4 46:08 – Mattias Weinhandl (Tony Mårtensson, Linus Omark) 47:32 – Oleg Saprykin (Alexei Badyukov) 3-4
	46 min	Penalties	22 min
	22	Shots	34

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 9 N2 = 8 PN = 9

7 February 2009 12:00

Finland

4-5 GWS (0-0, 4-1, 0-3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 6,435

Game reference
	Teemu Lassila	Goalies	Alexander Yeryomenko	Referees: Tim Andersson Patrik Sjöberg Linesmen: Leo Takula Anders Ahlström
	22:42 – Niko Kapanen (Jukka Hentunen, Janne Niinimaa) (PP) 1-0 23:49 – Leo Komarov (Riku Hahl 2-0 24:48 – Niko Kapanen 3-0 30:39 – Toni Koivisto 4-0 4-1 37:01 – Maxim Rybin (Alexander Perezhogin) 4-2 46:22 – Ivan Nepryaev (Oleg Kvasha, Alexei Emelin) (PP) 4-3 46:46 – Petr Schastlivy (Aleksander Suglobov) 4-4 58:54 – Dmitri Afanasenkov 4-5
	Voutilainen Pyörälä Kapanen	Shootout	Afanasenkov Radulov Mikhnov
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	44	Shots	36

7 February 2009 15:30

Sweden

6-4 (2-1, 2-2, 2-1)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 10,422

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Lukáš Mensator	Referees: Tuula Laaksonen Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Daniel Winge Tomas Källin
	07:34 – Rickard Wallin (Marcus Ragnarsson, Niklas Nordgren) 1-0 1-1 14:11 – Tomas Rolinek ([[]], [[]]) 16:34 – Linus Omark (Tony Mårtensson, Mattias Weinhandl) (PP) 2-1 30:48 – Christian Berglund (Niklas Nordgren, Magnus Johansson) 3-1 3-2 31:53 – Tomas Rolinek (Jan Marek, Jaroslav Bednar) (PP) 35:29 – Rickard Wallin (Niklas Nordgren) 4-2 4-3 38:47 – Jan Marek (Petr Čajánek, Zbynek Irgl) 44:48 – Kenny Jönsson (Martin Thörnberg, Johan Davidsson) (PP) 5-3 5-4 52:49 – Tomas Kurka (Petr Kumstat, Václav Skuhravý) 59:40 – Johan Harju (Marcus Nilson) 6-4
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	31	Shots	28

8 February 2009 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 1,711

Game reference
	Miroslav Kopřiva	Goalies	Konstantin Barulin	Referees: Thomas Andersso Christer Lärking Linesmen: Anders Ahlström Daniel Winge
	0-1 02:29 – Maxim Rybin (Maxim Goncharov) (PP) 0-2 06:41 – Petr Schastlivy (Aleksander Suglobov, Alexei Mikhnov) (PP) 10:21 – Ondřej Němec (Karel Rachůnek, Radim Vrbata) (PP) 1-2 11:03 – Jan Marek 2-2 2-3 23:51 – Oleg Saprykin (Vitaly Vishnevskiy) 32:29 – Radim Vrbata (Jaroslav Hlinka, Jaroslav Bednář) (PP) 3-3 3-4 39:51 – Alexander Perezhogin (Maxim Rybin, Andrei Taratukhin) 3-5 44:55 – Oleg Saprykin (Aleksandr Radulov, Alexei Badyukov) 3-6 52:59 – Alexei Mikhnov (Petr Schastlivy)
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	38	Shots	23

8 February 2009 15:30

Sweden

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

Finland

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,283

Game reference
	Johan Holmqvist	Goalies	Iiro Tarkki	Referees: Martin Homola Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Peter Lyth Fredrik Ulriksson
	31:27 – Magnus Johansson (Tony Mårtensson, Mattias Weinhandl) (PP) 1-0 41:02 – Tony Mårtensson (Linus Omark, Mattias Weinhandl) 2-0 58:04 – Linus Omark (Johan Holmqvist 3-0 58:51 – Daniel Widing 4-0
	20 min	Penalties	20 min
	26	Shots	37

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Maxim Rybin	Russia	3	3	1	4	+3	2	LW
2	Niko Kapanen	Finland	3	3	1	4	+1	2	CE
3	Petr Schastlivy	Russia	3	2	2	4	+3	2	LW
4	Linus Omark	Sweden	3	2	2	4	+2	2	LW
5	Tony Mårtensson	Sweden	3	1	3	4	+1	0	RW

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

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Johan Holmqvist	Sweden	12:00	3	1.50	94.92	1
2	Konstantin Barulin	Russia	119:36	7	3.51	90.28	0
3	Iiro Tarkki	Finland	117:36	6	3.06	89.47	0
4	Miroslav Kopřiva	Czech Republic	12:00	11	5.50	80.70	0

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 nominated the following players: ^[5]

• Best goaltender: Johan Holmqvist
• Best defenceman: Kenny Jönsson
• Best forward: Niko Kapanen

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Johan Holmqvist
• Defence: Janne Niinimaa, Kenny Jönsson
• Forwards: Maxim Rybin, Niko Kapanen, Mattias Weinhandl

References

1. ""Bengan" en vinnare igen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. 8 February 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "LG Hockey Games 2009 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
3. "LG Hockey Games 2009 Scoring Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
4. "LG Hockey Games 2009 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2009-02-08. Retrieved 2025-12-03.
5. "Best players by position".

External links

• Hockeyarchives (in French)