2018 Channel One Cup

2018 Channel One Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Russia   Finland
Cities	Moscow Saint Petersburg Tampere
Venues	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	13–16 December 2018
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Russia (17th title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	36 (6 per game)
Attendance	115,957 (19,326 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Mikhail Grigorenko Nikita Gusev (5 points)
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The 2018 Channel One Cup was the 51st edition of the tournament. It was played between 13 and 16 December 2018. Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played in the tournament. One match was played in Tampere, Finland, one game in Saint Petersburg and the rest was played in CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia. The tournament was part of 2018–19 Euro Hockey Tour. It was won by Russia.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	0	15	4	+11	8
2	Sweden	3	1	0	1	1	7	8	−1	4
3	Finland	3	1	0	1	1	6	11	−5	4
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	0	2	8	13	−5	2

Source: eurohockey ^[1]

Games

All times are local.Moscow/Saint Petersburg – (Moscow Time – UTC+3) Tampere – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

13 December 2018 18:30

Finland

3-4  GWS (1-0, 2-0, 0-3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

Ice Stadium, Tampere Attendance: 6,299

Game reference
	Joni Ortio	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund
	Hakulinen (Virtanen, Rajala) – 18:53 1-0 Puustinen (Junttila) – 22:57 2-0 Rajala (Hakanpää) – 27:21 3-0 3-1 42:08 – Bulíř (Sekac, Zamorsky) 3-2 24:50 – Lenc (Zamorsky, Jordan) 3-3 51:24 – Kundratek (Sekac, Roman)
		Shootout	Kubalík
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	32

13 December 2018 18:45

Sweden

2-3  GWS (1-0, 1-0,0-2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Russia

CSKA Arena, Moscow Attendance: 8,000

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Kristian Vikman Lassi Heikkinen
	Holm (Fjällby, Dahlbäck) – 05:58 1-0 Dahlbäck (Kellman, Boqvist) – 33:26 2-0 2-1 43:24 – Grigorenko (Nesterov) (PP) 2-2 44:25 – Gavrikov (Andronov, Kadeikin)
		Shootout	Grigorenko
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	35

15 December 2018 11:30

Finland

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

Sweden

CSKA Arena, Moscow Attendance: 8,873

Game reference
	Rasmus Tirronen	Goalies	Adam Reideborn	Referees: Yury Oskirko Evgeny Romasko
	0-1 04:24 – Lindqvist (Kellman, Boqvist) (PP) 0-2 25:02 – Larsson (Norman, Wedin) Palve (Leskinen) – 37:04 (PP) 1-2 Kalapudas (Leskinen, Puustinen) – 42:34 2-2 Lajunen (Rajala, Hietanen) – 57:20 3-2
	12 min	Penalties	24 min
	25	Shots	12

15 December 2018 15:45

Russia

7-2 (2-1, 3-0, 2-1)

Czech Republic

CSKA Arena, Moscow Attendance: 12,491

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman
	Tokranov (Plotnikov, Gusev) (PP) – 04:16 1-0 1-1 05:08 – Kubalík (Nemec) Prokhorkin (Plotnikov, Gusev) (PP) – 07:48 2-1 Loktionov (Grigorenko) – 23:40 3-1 Kaprizov (Grigorenko, Nesterov) – 32:09 4-1 Kuzmenko (Kablukov) – 37:07 5-1 Kuzmenko – 42:27 6-1 6-2 53:02 – Kubalík (SHG) Loktionov (Tokranov, Gusev) (PP) – 56:06 7-2
	18 min	Penalties	34 min
	34	Shots	18

16 December 2018 14:00

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

CSKA Arena, Moscow Attendance: 8,913

Game reference
	Patrik Bartošák	Goalies	Lars Johansson	Referees: Yuri Oskirko Evgeny Romasko
	Zohorna (Nemec, Hanzl) – 13:19 1-0 Zdráhal (Beránek) – 28:21 2-0 2-1 29:34 – Larsson (Pettersson, Wedin) 2-2 34:06 – Larsson (Pettersson) 2-3 56:54 – Lindqvist (Dahlbäck)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	28

16 December 2018 17:00

Russia

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

Finland

Gazprom Arena, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 71,381

Game reference
	Igor Shesterkin	Goalies	Joni Ortio
	Kaprizov (Yelesin, Grigorenko) – 19:00 1-0 Tokranov (Gusev, Plotnikov) (PP) – 25:28 2-0 Nesterov (Kuzmenko, Shalunov) (PP) – 29:21 3-0 Vladislav Gavrikov (Barabanov, Tokranov) – 30:10 4-0 Grigorenko (Shalunov, Blazhievsky) – 54:39 5-0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	24

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Mikhail Grigorenko	Russia	3	2	3	5	+3	0	F
2	Nikita Gusev	Russia	3	0	5	5	-1	0	F
3	Vasily Tokranov	Russia	3	2	2	4	+2	2	D
4	Emil Larsson	Sweden	3	3	0	3	+3	2	F
5	Andrei Kuzmenko	Russia	3	2	1	3	+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	Lars Johansson	Sweden	125:00	4	1.92	93.75	0
2	Ilya Sorokin	Russia	124:18	4	1.93	90.70	0
3	Šimon Hrubec	Czech Republic	85:00	5	3.53	88.89	0
4	Joni Ortio	Finland	125:00	8	3.84	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. "Channel One Cup 2018 Standings". eurohockey.com. eurohockey. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
2. "Channel One Cup 2018 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
3. "Channel One Cup 2018 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2026-01-27.