2008 LG Hockey Games

2008 LG Hockey Games

Tournament details
Host countries	Sweden  Finland
Cities	Stockholm Tampere
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7-10 February 2008
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	34 (5.67 per game)
Attendance	50,325 (8,388 per game)
Scoring leader	Mattias Weinhandl (4 points)

The 2008 LG Hockey Games was played between 7 and 10 February 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and one match in the Tampere Ice Stadium in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was part of 2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour.

Sweden lost the final game, 1–2, against Finland despite Swedish goalkeeper Stefan Liv saving many shots.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	7	+4	6
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	8	7	+1	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	8	0	3
4	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	12	−5	3

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

7 February 2008 18:15

Finland

6-1 (2-0, 3-0, 1-1)

Czech Republic

Tampere Ice Stadium in Tampere Attendance: 7,800

Game reference
	Sinuhe Wallinheimo	Goalies	Tomas Duba	Referee: Alexey Ravodin Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Antti Orelma
	04:17 – Tomi Kallio (Tony Salmelainen) (PP) 1-0 19:58 – Mikko Lehtonen (Janne Pesonen) (PP) 2-0 23:20 – Hannes Hyvönen (Janne Pesonen, Esa Pirnes) 3-0 25:51 – Esa Pirnes (Tomi Kallio, Pasi Puistola) (PP) 4-0 00:00 – Tony Salmelainen (Esa Pirnes, Tomi Kallio) (PP) 5-0 5-1 44:03 – Pavel Kasparik (Josef Melichar) (PP) 59:56 – Tuomas Pihlman (Raimo Helminen) 6-1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	35	Shots	24

7 February 2008 19:00

Russia

4-3 (1-0, 1-1, 2-2)

Sweden

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 10,340

Game reference
	Alexander Yeryomenko	Goalies	Daniel Larsson (ice hockey)	Referee: Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Fredrik Carlman Peter Sabelström
	16:57 – Sergei Mozyakin (Maxim Sushinsky, Andrei Kuteikin) 1-0 1-1 21:31 – Tony Mårtensson (Jonas Junland, Mattias Weinhandl) 32:17 – Nikolai Kulyomin (Alexei Mikhnov, Petr Schastlivy) 2-1 45:01 – Sergei Mozyakin (Maxim Sushinsky, Anton Kuryanov) 3-1 3-2 46:15 – Patric Hörnqvist (Andreas Johansson, Nils Ekman) 3-3 46:39 – Mattias Weinhandl (Linus Videll, Jonas Junland) 51:40 – Denis Platonov (Alexei Mikhnov) 4-3
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	48

9 February 2008 12:00

Finland

0-5 (0-0, 0-2, 0-3)

Russia

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 6,723

Game reference
	Antti Niemi	Goalies	Semyon Varlamov	Referee: Thomas Andersson Linesmen: Christian Jönsson Fredrik Ulriksson
	0-1 23:41 – Nikolai Kulyomin (Petr Schastlivy, Vitaly Atyushov) 0-2 33:03 – Maxim Sushinsky (Andrei Kuteikin, Petr Schastlivy) 0-3 41:16 – Oleg Saprykin (Konstantin Korneyev, Denis Platonov) 0-4 54:46 – Ilja Nikulin (Andrei Nikolishin) 0-5 56:12 – Maxim Sushinsky (Ilja Nikulin, Anton Kuryanov)
	14 min	Penalties	36 min
	41	Shots	20

9 February 2008 15:30

Sweden

4-2 (0-1, 1-1, 3-0)

Czech Republic

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 10,532

Game reference
	Daniel Larsson	Goalies	Milan Hnilicka	Referee: Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Peter Sabelström Daniel Winge
	0-1 08:59 – Jan Marek (Tomas Rolinek, Tomas Kurka) 33:05 – Kenny Jönsson (Nils Ekman, Patric Hörnqvist) 1-1 1-2 35:19 – Tomas Rolinek (Radek Hamr, Tomas Zizka) 44:56 – Mattias Weinhandl (Johan Åkerman, Tony Mårtensson) 2-2 48:59 – Per Ledin (Tony Mårtensson, Daniel Widing) 3-2 59:01 – Mattias Weinhandl (Daniel Fernholm, Fredrik Warg) 4-2
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	23

10 February 2008 12:00

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 1,080

Game reference
	Milan Hnilicka	Goalies	Alexander Yeryomenko	Referee: Morgan Johansson Linesmen: Christian Jönsson Daniel Winge
	0-1 18:34 – Fedor Fedorov (Danny Markov, Alexei Tereshchenko) 23:08 – Petr Kumstat 1-1 24:34 – Pavel Kasparik (Tomas Netik, Tomas Kurka) 2-1 27:30 – Tomas Netik (Frantisek Lukes) 3-1 35:38 – Jakub Klepis (Frantisek Lukes) 4-1 4-2 37:21 – Ilja Nikulin (Andrei Nikolishin)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	20

10 February 2008 15:30

Sweden

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

Finland

Stockholm Globe Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 13,850

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Antti Niemi	Referee: Vladimir Sindler Linesmen: Fredrik Fredrik Leo Takula
	11:23 – Per Ledin (Daniel Widing) 1-0 1-1 14:49 – Pasi Puistola (Mikko Luoma, Esa Pirnes) (PP) 1-2 32:42 – Janne Pesonen (Hannes Hyvönen, Anssi Salmela) (PP)
	24 min	Penalties	28 min
	27	Shots	33

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Mattias Weinhandl	Sweden	3	3	1	4	+2	2	CE
2	Maxim Sushinsky	Russia	2	2	2	4	+2	0	RW
3	Esa Pirnes	Finland	3	1	3	4	+1	2	CE
4	Ilya Nikulin	Russia	3	2	1	3	+3	6	LD
5	Tony Mårtensson	Sweden	3	1	2	3	+2	0	RW

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

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	80:00	0	0.00	100.00	1
2	Alexander Yeryomenko	Russia	100:00	7	4.20	89.55	0
3	Antti Niemi	Finland	117:23	5	2.56	89.13	0
4	Daniel Larsson	Sweden	118:58	6	3.03	89.09	0
5	Milan Hnilička	Czech Republic	124:46	8	3.11	87.69	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey^[4]

The tournament directorate nominated the following players:^[5]

• Best goaltender: Semyon Varlamov
• Best defenceman: Kenny Jönsson
• Best forward: Maxim Sushinski

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Semyon Varlamov
• Defence: Ilya Nikulin, Kenny Jönsson
• Forwards: Maxim Sushinski, Tony Mårtensson, Mattias Weinhandl

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