2016 Channel One Cup

2016 Channel One Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Russia   Finland
Cities	Moscow Helsinki
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	15–18 December 2016
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	34 (5.67 per game)
Attendance	50,854 (8,476 per game)
Scoring leader	Miro Aaltonen (5 points)
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The 2016 Channel One Cup was played between 15 and 18 December 2016. 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 VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, and one match in the Helsingin jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament was part of 2016–17 Euro Hockey Tour. Tournament was won by Sweden. ^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	8	7	+1	6
2	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	9	10	−1	3
4	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	7	10	−3	3

Source: EHT

Games

All times are local.Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+3) Helsingfors – (Central European Time – UTC+1)

15 December 2016 18:30

Russia

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,770

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Viktor Fasth
	(S. Shumakov) V. Gavrikov (PP1) – 08:56 1–0 1–1 27:56 – O. Lindblom 1–2 58:34 – S. Bertilsson (L. Omark) 1–3 59:49 – (EN) A. Thuresson
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	34

15 December 2016 19:00

Czech Republic

2–4 (0–2, 1–2, 1–0)

Finland

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 5,056

Game reference
	Pavel Francouz	Goalies	Joni Ortio
	0–1 02:49 – M. Aaltonen 0–2 11:12 – M. Aaltonen (M. Koivisto, S. Lepistö) 22:45 – D. Tomášek (R. Říčka, J. Jeřábek) 1–2 1–3 27:02 – R. Hintz (A. Gröndahl) 1–4 32:52 – (PP1) A. Erkinjuntti (H. Haapala, O. Osala) 47:12 – M. Jordán 2–4
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	19

16 December 2016 19:00

Russia

5–1 (3–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,668

Game reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Dominik Furch
	S. Plotnikov (I. Kovalčuk, A. Byelov) – 05:40 1–0 P. Dacjuk (I. Kovalchuk) – 08:21 2–0 V. Tkachev (S. Andronov, V. Antipin) – 11:27 3–0 3–1 27:47 – T. Zohorna (M. Jordán) I. Telegin (A. Svetlakov, V. Nichushkin) – 42:58 4–1 I. Kovalčuk (A. Svetlakov) (PH1) – 59:02 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	23

17 December 2016 12:00

Finland

2–4 (0–2, 2–2, 0–0)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,240

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Viktor Fasth
	0–1 05:30 – E. Gustafsson (L. Omark) 0–2 16:31 – A. Bergström (P. Zackrisson, D. Rundblad) 0–3 21:42 – M. Nygren (H. Tömmernes, L. Omark) (PH1) M. Aaltonen (S. Lepistö) (PH1) – 24:33 1–3 1–4 27:24 – P. Zackrisson (H. Tömmernes) H. Haapala (R. Hintz, T. Eronen) (PH1) – 28:34 2–4
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	37

18 December 2016 13:00

Sweden

1–4 (0–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,105

Game reference
	Johan Gustafsson	Goalies	Pavel Francouz
	0–1 21:13 – A. Polášek (R. Kousal) E. Johansson (J. Ryno, L. Omark) – 31:37 1–1 1–2 34:13 – D. Kämpf (L. Radil) 1–3 57:26 – J. Jeřábek (L. Radil, D. Kubalík) 1–4 59:46 – (EN) O. Vitásek (V. Sobotka)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	21

18 December 2016 17:00

Russia

4–3 (3–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Finland

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 11,970

Game reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Joni Ortio
	0–1 00:46 – H. Pesonen (J. Mankinen) M. Shalunov (I. Lyubushkin, V. Antipin) – 01:37 1–1 Y. Yakovlev (S. Plotnikov) (PH1) – 07:31 2–1 I. Telegin (B. Kiselevich, I. Ozhiganov) – 09:36 3–1 I. Kovalchuk (P. Dacjuk) – 32:53 4–1 4–2 36:46 – H. Haapala (T. Hartikainen, M. Aaltonen) 4–3 40:15 – M. Aaltonen (T. Hartikainen)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	34

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Miro Aaltonen	Finland	3	4	1	5	+1	4	F
2	Ilya Kovalchuk	Russia	3	2	2	4	+1	6	F
3	Linus Omark	Sweden	3	0	4	4	+3	2	F
4	Henrik Haapala	Finland	3	2	1	3	-1	0	F
5	Ivan Telegin	Russia	3	2	0	2	-1	0	F

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

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Igor Shesterkin	Russia	119:27	4	2.01	93.10	0
2	Viktor Fasth	Sweden	120:00	3	1.50	92.50	0
3	Pavel Francouz	Czech Republic	118:35	5	2.53	90.00	0
4	Joni Ortio	Finland	118:35	6	3.04	88.24	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]

References

1. Carl-Magnus Långkvist (18 December 2016). "Lejonen förlorade mot Ryssland" (in Swedish). Svenska Yle. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
2. "Channel One Cup 2017 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
3. "Channel One Cup 2019 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2026-01-27.