The 1997 Karjala Tournament was played between 6 and 9 November 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 games were played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki, Finland. Sweden won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 1997–98 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 Mikael Johansson 3 2 3 5 +2 0 F 2 Patric Kjellberg 3 2 1 3 +1 0 F 3 Mika Nieminen 3 1 2 3 -1 0 F 4 Kimmo Rintanen 3 1 2 3 0 0 F 5 David Moravec 3 0 3 3 0 2 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 Tommy Söderström 180:00 3 X.XX 96.63 0 2 Milan Hnilička 118:00 2 X.XX 96.08 0 2 Yegor Podomatsky 119:00 4 X.XX 94.34 0 4 Martin Prusek 60:00 2 X.XX 93.75 0 5 Jarmo Myllys 119:00 5 X.XX 88.00 0 6 Oleg Shevtsov 60:00 5 X.XX 84.21 0 7 Markus Ketterer 60:00 5 X.XX 82.14 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:
Media All-Star Team A: Goaltender: Tommy Söderström Defence: Magnus Svensson, Petteri Nummelin Forwards: Jan Čaloun, Patric Kjellberg, Kimmo Rintanen
Media All-Star Team B: Goaltender: Jarmo Myllys Defence: Jaroslav Špaček, Dmitry Yerofeyev Forwards: Mikael Johansson, Mika Nieminen, Vitali Prokhorov
References
External links Tournament on hockeyarchives.info