2007 Karjala Tournament

2007 Karjala Tournament

Tournament details
Host countries	Finland  Sweden
Cities	Helsinki Jönköping
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	8-11 November 2007
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Sweden
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	24 (4 per game)
Attendance	48,658 (8,110 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andreas Holmqvist Fedor Fedorov (3 points)

The 2007 Karjala Tournament was played between 8 and 11 November 2007. Five games were played in Finland and one was played in Sweden. Russia won the tournament before Sweden and the Czech Republic. The tournament was part of the 2007-08 Euro Hockey Tour.

Sweden opened the tournament in Jönköping, losing 1–3 against Russia.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	Finland	3	1	0	0	2	4	5	−1	3

Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Jönköping – (Central European Time – UTC+1)
Source^[3]

8 November 2007 18:15

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,643

Game reference
	Antti Niemi	Goalies	Milan Hnilicka	Referee: Ulf Rönnmark Linesmen: Jussi Terho Mikko Kekäläinen
	0-1 02:35 – Petr Kumstát (Vaclav Skuhravý, Vladimir Sicák) (PP) 03:55 – Teemu Aalto (Jarkko Immonen) 1-1 1-2 40:41 – Tomas Rolinek (Leos Cermák, Josef Melichar) (PP) 50:09 – Janne Pesonen (Tommi Santala) 2-2 2-3 58:09 – Jan Marek (PEN)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	27

8 November 2007 19:30

Sweden

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

Russia

Kinnarps Arena, Jönköping Attendance: 7,038

Game reference
	Stefan Liv	Goalies	Alexander Eremenko	Referee: Vladimir Sindler Linesmen: Christian Jönsson Johan Sjödahl
	0-1 06:49 – Sergei Zinoviev (Sergei Mozyakin, Vladimir Antipov) (PP) 11:18 – Kenny Jönsson (Fredrik Warg, Nils Ekman) 1-1 1-2 13:31 – Alexei Tereschenko (Fedor Fedorov, Dmitri Afanasenkov) 1-3 54:00 – Evgeni Medvedev (Aleksei Simakov, Fedor Fedorov)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	24

10 November 2007 14:15

Sweden

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

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,105

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Tomas Duba	Referee: Jari Levonen Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Antti Orelma
	08:18 – Tony Mårtensson (Andreas Holmqvist, Rickard Wallin) (PP) 1-0 1-1 22:04 – Leos Cermák (Josef Straka, Josef Melichar) (PP) 33:57 – Andreas Holmqvist (Tony Mårtensson) 2-1 42:54 – Tony Mårtensson (Rickard Wallin, Andreas Holmqvist) 3-1 3-2 45:41 – Tomas Rolinek (Vaclav Varada, Jan Marek) (PP) 56:19 – Christian Berglund (Johan Andersson) 4-2
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	31

10 November 2007 18:15

Finland

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

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,702

Game reference
	Jussi Markkanen	Goalies	Dmitri Yachano	Referee: Ulf Rönnmark Linesmen: Mikko Kekäläinen Jouni Saukkonen
	27:54 – Antti Laaksonen (Toni Koivisto) 1-0 41:26 – Toni Koivisto 2-0 2-1 51:11 – Oleg Saprykin (Aleksei Simakov)
	14 min	Penalties	40 min
	26	Shots	33

11 November 2007 14:15

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 6,159

Game reference
	Aleksandr Eremenko	Goalies	Milan Hnilicka	Referee: Sami Partanen Linesmen: Jouni Saukkonen Jussi Terho
	00:46 – Fedor Fedorov (Dmitri Afanasenkov) 1-0 20:38 – Vitaly Proshkin (Ilya Nikulin, Sergei Mozyakin) (PP) 2-0 2-1 36:57 – Zbynek Irgl (Filip Novák) 49:10 – Timofei Shishkanov (Ivan Nepryaev, Nikolaï Kulemin) 3-1 53:30 – Konstantin Korneev (Anton Kuryanov) (PP) 4-1
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	43

11 November 2007 18:15

Finland

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

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,011

Game reference
	Jussi Markkanen	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Aleksandr Poliakov Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Antti Orelma
	0-1 43:43 – Nils Ekman (Linus Videll)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	26

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Andreas Holmqvist	Sweden	3	1	2	3	+1	0	RD
2	Fedor Fedorov	Russia	3	1	2	3	+2	14	CE
3	Rickard Wallin	Sweden	3	0	3	3	+1	4	CE
4	Oleg Saprykin	Russia	3	2	0	2	+2	2	CE
5	Tomáš Rolinek	Czech Republic	3	2	0	2	+1	4	LW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: swehockey^[4]

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Alexander Yeryomenko	Russia	120:00	2	1.00	97.26	0
2	Jussi Markkanen	Finland	119:24	2	1.01	96.61	0
3	Stefan Liv	Sweden	119:01	3	1.51	92.86	1
4	Milan Hnilička	Czech Republic	120:00	6	3.00	88.68	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey^[5]

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2007:^[6]

• Best player: Andreas Holmqvist
• Best goalkeeper: Jussi Markkanen
• Best defenceman: Kenny Jönsson
• Best forward: Oleg Saprykin

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Jussi Markkanen
• Defence: Janne Niinimaa, Andreas Holmqvist
• Forwards: Tony Mårtensson, Jan Marek, Toni Koivisto

• Tournament on hockeyarchives.info