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1997 Sweden Hockey Games

The 1997 Sweden Hockey Games was played between 4 and 9 February 1997 in Stockholm, Sweden. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Russia and Canada played a round-robin for a total of four games per team and 10 games in total. All of the games were played in the Globen in Stockholm, Sweden. The tournament was won by Finland. The tournament was part of 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.

1997 Sweden Hockey Games
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
CityStockholm
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates4-9 February 1997
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Finland (1st title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored50 (5 per game)
Attendance53,699 (5,370 per game)
Scoring leaderSweden Michael Nylander (7 points)
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Games against Canada was not included in the 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.[1]

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 4 4 0 0 18 5 +13 12
2  Sweden 4 2 0 2 12 10 +2 6
3  Russia 4 1 1 2 8 10 −2 4
4  Canada 4 1 1 2 6 8 −2 4
5  Czech Republic 4 1 0 3 6 17 −11 3
Source: swehockey[2]

Games

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

4 February 1997Finland 5-1
(2–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 RussiaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,276
Game reference
Referee:
Sweden Börje Johansson
06:23 – Juha Lind1-0
15:42 – Janne Ojanen (Petteri Nummelin)2-0
32:45 – Sami Mettovaara (Antti Aalto, Marko Kiprussoff)3-0
36:55 – Marko Kiprussoff (Hannu Virta, Esa Keskinen) (PP)4-0
46:13 – Sami Mettovaara (Pasi Sormunen, Jarkko Varvio)5-0
5-157:40 – Aleksander Barkov (Sergei Fokin, Anatoli Fedotov) (PP)
12 minPenalties10 min
30Shots27
4 February 1997Sweden 1-2
(0–1, 1–1, 0–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,241
Game reference
Referee:
Finland Marko Lepaus
0-115:55 – Rob Cowie (Sylvain Turgeon)
25:31 – Johan Lindbom (Magnus Svensson) (PP)1-1
1-232:47 – Dean Evason (Steve Junker, Jason Young)
6 minPenalties14 min
38Shots37
5 February 1997Russia 1-1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 874
Referees:
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Linesmen:
Finland
Finland
5 February 1997Finland 5-0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,677
Referees:
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Linesmen:
Finland
Finland
6 February 1997Sweden 6-3
(2–1, 3–1, 1–1)		 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,134
Game reference
Referee:
Russia Leonid Vaisfeld
0-116:21 – Pavel Patera (Vítězslav Škuta)
18:40 – Per Eklund (Michael Nylander, Fredrik Öberg)1-1
19:59 – Magnus Svensson (Niklas Sundblad) (PP)2-1
23:44 – Per Eklund (Fredrik Öberg, Niclas Hävelid)3-1
27:23 – Michael Nylander (Per Eklund) (PP)4-1
33:05 – Patric Kjellberg (Roger Johansson, Magnus Svensson)5-1
5-228:59 – Martin Prochazka (František Kaberle, Pavel Patera) (PP)
5-342:34 – Jiří Šlégr (Drahomír Kadlec, Pavel Patera) (PP)
54:57 – Jonas Bergqvist (Michael Nylander) (PP)6-3
10 minPenalties14 min
33Shots15
7 February 1997Finland 4-2
(1–0, 0–2, 3–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,223
Referee:
Czech Republic
7 February 1997Sweden 3-1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 RussiaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 11,321
Referees:
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Linesmen:
Finland
Finland
8 February 1997Czech Republic 2-1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)		 CanadaGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 1,872
Game reference
Referee:
Russia Leonid Vaisfeld
20:18 – Pavel Patera (Vladimír Vůjtek)
34:37 – Vladimír Vůjtek (Roman Meluzín)		Goals22:59 – Dean Evason (Jeff Tory) (PP)
8 minPenalties10 min
36Shots18
9 February 1997Russia 5-1
(2–1, 3–0, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,231
Game reference
Referee:
Norway Tor-Olov Johnsen
11:09 – Sergei Fokin (Sergei Petrenko, Anatoli Fedotov)1-0
1-116:13 – Pavel Patera (Ondřej Kratěna)
16:55 – Alexander Barkov (Sergei Fokin)2-1
24:45 – Oleg Belov (Vyacheslav Butsayev)3-1
33:57 – Alexei Morozov (Sergei Fokin, Alexander Barkov)4-1
38:35 – Alexander Nesterov (Alexander Gorsjkov)5-1
9 February 1997Sweden 2-4
(1–1, 0–1, 1–2)		 FinlandGloben, Stockholm
Attendance: 13,850
Game reference
Referee:
Russia Leonid Vaisfeld
07:20 – Per Eklund (Nichlas Falk, Michael Nylander)1-0
1-109:42 – arko Jantunen (Esa Keskinen)
1-231:20 – Marko Jantunen (Pasi Sormunen)
1-345:27 – uha Lind (Mika Strömberg) (PP)
50:15 – Kim Johnsson (Michael Nylander, Jonas Bergqvist)2-3
2-459:57 – Antti Aalto (Juha Lindh) (PP)

Scoring leaders

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Pos Player Country GP G APts +/− PIM POS
1Michael Nylander Sweden4167+10F
2Pavel Patera Czech Republic4325+-32F
3Marko Jantunen Finland4404+40F
4Juha Lind Finland4314+34F
5Sami Mettovaara Finland4314+36F

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

Goaltending leaders

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Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1Jarmo Myllys Finland120:0021.097.801
2Jani Hurme Finland120:0031.5093.900
3Andrew Verner Canada237:0082.0094.100
4Sergey Fateev Russia120:0042.0092.700
5Johan Hedberg Sweden180:0072.3391.400
6Maxim Mikhailovsky Russia120:0063.0090.500
7Milan Hnilička Czech Republic140:0072.3386.800
8Martin Prusek Czech Republic100:00105.0082.100
9Mikael Sandberg Sweden60:0033.0080.000

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

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The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:[5]

Media All-Star Team:

References

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  1. ↑ "Sweden Hockey Games 1997 Summary". swehockey.se (in Swedish). swehockey. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  2. ↑ "Sweden Hockey Games 1997 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 1997-02-09. Archived from the original on 1997-04-27. Retrieved 2025-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Sweden Hockey Games 1997 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 1997-02-09. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  4. ↑ "Sweden Hockey Games 1998 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 1997-02-09. Archived from the original on 1997-04-27. Retrieved 2025-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ↑ "Best players by position".
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