1996 Karjala Tournament

1996 Karjala Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Finland
CityHelsinki
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates6–9 November 1996
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Finland (1st title)
Runners-up  Sweden
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Scoring leader Michael Nylander (6 points)

The 1996 Karjala Tournament was played between 7 and 10 November 1996. 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 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 3 2 1 0 15 6 +9 5
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
3  Russia 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 2
4  Czech Republic 3 0 1 2 5 9 −4 1
Source: hokej[1]

Games

All times are local. Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)

7 November 1996
17:00		Czech Republic 1-3
(1-2, 0-1, 0-0)		 SwedenHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Game reference
Roman ČechmánekGoaliesMikael Sandberg
0-109:14 – Kjellberg (Nylander)
Alinč (Vůjtek, Bělohlav) – 15:071-1
1-216:58 – Hävelid (Svartvadet, Eklund)
1-336:22 – Falk (Åkerström)
14 minPenalties4 min
7 November 1996
18:00		Finland 6-1
(1-1, 4-0, 1-0)		 RussiaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Game reference
Ari SulanderGoaliesAlexei Yegorov
Nieminen – 15:001-0
1-119:00 – Korolyuk
Varvio – 26:002-1
Nieminen – 37:003-1
Riihijärvi – 37:004-1
Riihijärvi – 40:005-1
Ojanen – 60:006-1
9 November 1996
15:00		Sweden 4-1
(1-0, 1-1, 2-0)		 RussiaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Game reference
Mikael SandbergGoaliesAlexei Yegorov
Svartvadet – 20:001-0
Bremberg – 30:002-0
2-137:00 – Fedotov
Magnus Svensson – 45:003-1
Kjellberg – 56:004-1
9 November 1996
18:30		Finland 3-3
(1-1, 0-1, 2-1)		 Czech RepublicHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Game reference
Jani HurmeGoaliesMartin Prusek
0-109:45 – Vůjtek
Kiprusoff (Koivisto, Aalto) – 15:221-1
1-235:40 – Šimíček (Bednář)
1-357:54 – Alinč (Vůjtek)
Rintanen (Strömberg) – 55:392-3
Jutila (Ojanen, Nieminen) – 59:413-3
6 minPenalties10 min
10 November 1996
15:00		Czech Republic 1-3
(1-0, 0-1, 0-2)		 RussiaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Game reference
Martin PrusekGoaliesVladimir Tikhomirov
Vlasák (Vůjtek, Alinč) – 11:311-0
1-137:34 – Korolyuk (Afinogenov)
1-257:34 – Gogolev (Fedotov)
1-359:55 – Afinogenov (Fedotov)
8 minPenalties8 min
10 November 1996
18:30		Finland 6-2
(0-0, 4-2, 2-0)		 SwedenHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Game reference
Jani HurmeGoaliesJohan Hedberg
Varis – 23:001-0
Timonen – 25:002-0
Jääskeläinen – 30:003-0
Varvio – 34:004-0
4-135:00 – Eklund
4-236:00 – Nylander
Lind – 47:005-2
Aalto – 57:006-2

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
1 Michael Nylander  Sweden 3 1 5 6 0 2 F
2 Patric Kjellberg  Sweden 3 2 2 4 0 0 F
3 Jarkko Varvio  Finland 3 2 2 4 +3 0 F
4 Mika Nieminen  Finland 3 2 2 4 +2 0 F
5 Vladimír Vůjtek  Czech Republic 3 1 3 4 +3 2 F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: quanthockey[2]

Goaltending leaders

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1996:[3]

Media All-Star Team A:

Media All-Star Team B:

References

  1. ^ "Karjala 1997 Standings". hokej.cz. hokej. 1996-11-10. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  2. ^ "Karjala Tournament 1996 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 1996-11-10. Retrieved 2026-02-11.
  3. ^ "Best players by position".
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