2000 Česká pojišťovna Cup

2000 Česká Pojišťovna Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Zlín
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	31 August - 3 September 2000
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Finland (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per game)
Attendance	14,300 (2,383 per game)
Scoring leader	Jari Kauppila (4 points)

The 2000 Česká Pojišťovna Cup was played between 31 August and 3 September 2000. 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 Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky in Zlín, Czech Republic, and one match in Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament was won by the Finland. The tournament was part of 2000–01 Euro Hockey Tour.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	4	1	1	1	1	9	7	+2	6
2	Sweden	3	1	1	0	1	8	8	0	5
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	0	7	8	−1	5
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	0	2	5	6	−1	2

All times are local. Zlín – (Central European Time – UTC+1) Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

31 August 2000 13:30

Russia

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

Finland

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Pasi Nurminen	Referee: Martin Homola
	11:48 – Pavel Boychenko (Vasili Turkovsky, Alexandre Boikov) 1-0 1-1 24:07 – Marko Kiprusoff (Jari Kauppila) 1-2 29:44 – Jukka Hentunen (Esa Pirnes, Niklas Hagman) 1-3 31:37 – jari Kauppila (Kimmo Kuhta, Marko Kauppinen) 36:07 – Pavel Boychenko (Sergej Makarov) 2-3 46:31 – Pavel Datsyuk (Alexander Gulyavtsev) 3-3
		Shootout	Hentunen
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	44

31 August 2000 17:30

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 4,000

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	Dušan Salfický	Goalies	Mikael Tellqvist	Referee: Sergei Karabanov Linesman: Stanislav Barvir
	15:48 – Martin Chabada (Vladimír Vůjtek, Radek Martínek) 1-0 1-1 23:43 – Christian Berglund (Jonathan Hedström) 1-2 35:18 – Christian Berglund (Kristofer Ottosson, Jonathan Hedström) 43:25 – Martin Paroulek (Radim Tesařík) 2-2 2-3 56:49 – Greger Artursson (Henrik Zetterberg)
	20 min	Penalties	22 min
	31	Shots	32

1 September 2000 17:00

Finland

4-2 (2-1, 1-0, 1-1)

Sweden

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 600

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	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Magnus Eriksson	Referee: Martin Homola
	0-1 02:36 – Magnus Wernblom (Mikael Johansson) 12:28 – Niklas Hagman (Esa Pirnes, Jani Nikko) 1-1 16:16 – Jari Kauppila (Kimmo Kuhta) 2-1 26:44 – Teemu Elomo (Lasse Pirjeta, Marko Kauppinen) 3-1 46:01 – Lasse Pirjeta 4-1 4-2 53:33 – Christian Berglund (Mikael Renberg)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	45	Shots	28

2 September 2000 15:30

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 4,000

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	Denis Khlopotnov	Goalies	Vladimír Hudáček	Referee: Jukka Pakaslahti
	0-1 19:50 – Michal Mikeska (Miroslav Okál, Petr Čajánek) 23:21 – Ravil Yakubov (Dmitri Ryabykin) 1-1 31:27 – Alexander Gulyavtsev (Ravil Yakubov, Dmitri Ryabykin) 2-1
	30 min	Penalties	16 min
	28	Shots	30

3 September 2000 13:30

Sweden

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

Russia

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 400

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	Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Maxim Sokolov	Referee: Jukka Pakaslahti
	0-1 05:32 – Dmitri Ryabykin (Ravil Yakubov) 0-2 16:21 – Alexander Gulyavtsev (Dmitri Ryabykin) 31:17 – Niklas Kronwall (Mikael Renberg) 1-2 40:50 – Henrik Zetterberg (Mathias Johansson) 2-2
	Johansson	Shootout
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	29

3 September 2000 17:30

Czech Republic

2-1 OT (1-1, 0-0, 0-0) (OT: 1–0)

Finland

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 4,800

Game reference
	Dušan Salfický	Goalies	Pasi Nurminen	Referee: Sergei Karabanov
	14:30 – Miroslav OKÁL (Petr Čajánek, Michal Mikeska) 1-0 1-1 06:10 – Jukka Hentunen (Jari Kauppila, Kimmo Kuhta) 63:48 - Martin Ručinský (Aleš Píša, Robert Reichel) 2-1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	47	Shots	31

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Jari Kauppila	Finland	3	2	2	4	+1	0	F
2	Christian Berglund	Sweden	3	3	0	3	-2	8	F
3	Jukka Hentunen	Finland	3	3	0	3	+2	6	F
4	Kimmo Kuhta	Finland	3	0	3	3	0	0	F
5	Michal Mikeska	Czech Republic	3	1	1	2	+1	0	D

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

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Denis Khlopotnov	Russia	60:00	1	1.00	96.67	0
2	Pasi Nurminen	Finland	129:00	5	2.33	93.75	0
3	Dušan Salfický	Czech Republic	123:00	4	1.95	93.65	0
4	Mikael Tellqvist	Sweden	125:00	4	1.92	93.33	0
5	Vladimír Hudáček	Czech Republic	59:00	2	2.03	92.86	0
5	Antero Niittymäki	Finland	60:00	2	2.00	92.86	0
7	Maxim Sokolov	Russia	130:00	7	3.23	91.95	0
8	Magnus Eriksson	Sweden	60:00	4	4.00	91.11	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: hokej^[3]

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2000:^[4]

• Best goalkeeper: Mikael Tellqvist
• Best defenceman: Marko Kiprusoff
• Best forward: Jukka Hentunen