The 1997 Baltika Cup was played between 17 and 21 December 1997. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All of the matches were played in Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Russia won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 1997–98 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
Group Stage
PlayOff
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 David Moravec 4 4 1 5 +3 0 F 2 Josef Beránek 4 1 4 5 +4 2 F 3 Jiří Dopita 4 1 3 4 +2 4 F 3 Ville Peltonen 4 1 3 4 +1 0 F 5 Patric Kjellberg 4 2 1 3 0 0 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: quanthockey
Tournament awards The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:
Best goaltender: Pasi Kuivalainen Best defenceman: Dmitri Erofeyev Best forward: Jiří Dopita Most Valuable Player: Alexander Kharitonov
References
External links on hockeyarchives.info