1997 Pragobanka Cup

1997 Pragobanka Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Zlín
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	28–31 August 1997
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (3rd title)
Runners-up	Finland
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	40 (6.67 per game)
Attendance	27,176 (4,529 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Petr Ton Josef Beránek (6 points)

The 1997 Pragobanka Cup was played between 28 and 31 August 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 games were played in Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky in Zlín, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by Czech Republic. The tournament was part of 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	16	5	+11	9
2	Finland	3	1	1	1	13	9	+4	4
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4
4	Russia	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4

All times are local. Zlín – (Central European Summer Time – UTC+1)

28 August 1997 16:00

Sweden

1-8 (1-4, 0-3, 0-1)

Finland

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	Mikael Sandberg	Goalies	Miikka Kiprusoff	Referee: Petr Bolina Linesmen: Brázdil Pavel Halas
	Juhlin (Karlsson) – 07:00 1-0 1-1 08:00 – Pirjetä 1-2 10:0 – Niemi (Jantunen) 1-3 12:00 – Riihijärvi (Ojanen) 1-4 17:00 – Tarvainen (Hassinen) 1-5 23:00 – Rintanen 1-6 24:00 – Eloranta (Tarvainen) 1-7 34:00 – Peltonen (Lydman) 1-8 54:00 – Riihijärvi (Ojanen)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min

28 August 1997 20:00

Czech Republic

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

Russia

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 4,699

Game reference
	Roman Čechmánek	Goalies	Sergei Fadeyev Yegor Podomatsky	Referee: Lapeus Linesman: Stanislav Barvíř
	Bělohlav (Beránek) – 02:00 1-0 Zelenka (Patera) – 08:00 2-0 Kučera (Beránek) – 17:00 3-0 Ton (Štěpánek) – 27:00 4-0 Vykoukal (Beránek, Kratěna) – 38:00 5-0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min

29 August 1997 18:00

Finland

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

Russia

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 1,608

Game reference
	Ari Sulander	Goalies	Yegor Podomatsky	Referee: Karas Linesmen: Český Miloš Bádal
	Morozov (Prokopiev) – 37:00 1-0 Morozov – 42:00 2-0 2-1 14:00 – Nurminen (Peltonen) 2-2 23:00 – Nurminen (Nummelin)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 4 N2 = 5 PN = 2

30 August 1997 18:00

Sweden

2-5 (0-2, 2-2, 0-1)

Czech Republic

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 6,642

31 August 1997 13:30

Russia

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

Sweden

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 5,877

31 August 1997 17:30

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Attendance: 7,250

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Petr Ton	Czech Republic	3	4	2	6	+4	0	F
2	Josef Beránek	Czech Republic	3	2	4	6	+7	8	F
3	Alexei Morozov	Russia	3	5	0	5	+5	0	F
4	Juha Riihijärvi	Finland	3	2	3	5	+2	0	F
5	Janne Ojanen	Finland	3	2	2	4	+3	2	F

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	Roman Čechmánek	Czech Republic	120:00	X	X.XX	95.31	1
2	Yegor Podomatsky	Russia	140:00	X	X.XX	93.75	0
3	Miikka Kiprusoff	Finland	60:00	X	X.XX	93.10	0
4	Milan Hnilička	Czech Republic	60:00	X	X.XX	91.30	0
5	Ari Sulander	Finland	120:00	X	X.XX	88.89	0
6	Mikael Sandberg	Sweden	76:00	X	X.XX	86.00	0
7	Petter Rönnquist	Sweden	104:00	X	X.XX	81.63	0
8	Sergei Fadeyev	Russia	40:00	X	X.XX	70.59	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 1997:^[4]

• Best goalkeeper: Roman Čechmánek
• Best defenceman: Petteri Nummelin
• Best forward: Pavel Patera