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.
Games against Canada was not included in the 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Stockholm – (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 Michael Nylander 4 1 6 7 +1 0 F 2 Pavel Patera 4 3 2 5 +-3 2 F 3 Marko Jantunen 4 4 0 4 +4 0 F 4 Juha Lind 4 3 1 4 +3 4 F 5 Sami Mettovaara 4 3 1 4 +3 6 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: quanthockey
Goaltending leaders PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Jarmo Myllys 120:00 2 1.0 97.80 1 2 Jani Hurme 120:00 3 1.50 93.90 0 3 Andrew Verner 237:00 8 2.00 94.10 0 4 Sergey Fateev 120:00 4 2.00 92.70 0 5 Johan Hedberg 180:00 7 2.33 91.40 0 6 Maxim Mikhailovsky 120:00 6 3.00 90.50 0 7 Milan Hnilička 140:00 7 2.33 86.80 0 8 Martin Prusek 100:00 10 5.00 82.10 0 9 Mikael Sandberg 60:00 3 3.00 80.00 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: swehockey
Tournament awards The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:
Best goalkeeper: Andrew Verner Best defenceman: Hannu Virta Best forward: Michael Nylander
Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Andrew Verner Defence: Hannu Virta, Roger Johansson Forwards: Sami Mettivaara, Michael Nylander, Per Eklund
References
External links Hockeyarchives