1997 Baltika Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Russia |
| City | Moscow |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 17–21 December 1997 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Czech Republic (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Russia |
| Third place | Sweden |
| Fourth place | Finland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 8 |
| Goals scored | 35 (4.38 per game) |
| Attendance | 9,800 (1,225 per game) |
| Scoring leader | David Moravec (5 points) |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Alexander Kharitonov |
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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 5 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 2 |
Source: swehockey[1]
Games
All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
Group Stage
| 17 December 1997 13:00 | Czech Republic | 4-4 (2-0, 1-2, 1-2) | Finland | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 300 |
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 17 December 1997 16:30 | Russia | 0-0 (0-0, 0-0, 0-0) | Sweden | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 3,000 |
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| Referee: Sergej Bervenskij | ||||
| 4 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||
| 21 | Shots | 6 | ||
| 18 December 1997 13:00 | Czech Republic | 6-6 (4-3, 1-3, 1-0) | Sweden | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
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| 12 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Shots | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 December 1997 16:30 | Finland | 1-2 (0-1, 0-0, 1-1) | Russia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow |
| 20 December 1997 11:00 | Sweden | 1-3 (0-1, 0-2, 1-0) | Finland | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 500 |
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| Referee: Sergei Karabanov | ||||||||||||||
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| 8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
| 19 | Shots | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 20 December 1997 15:00 | Russia | 1-7 (0-0, 1-7, 0-0) | Czech Republic | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 6,000 |
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| 16 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||
PlayOff
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| 4 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | ||||||||
| Russia | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | |||||||||
| 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| Finland | 1 | ||||||||
| Sweden | 2 | ||||||||
| 21 December 1997 11:00 | Finland | 1-2 (0-0, 0-2, 1-0) | Sweden | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 500 |
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| Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld | |||||||||||
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| 14 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
| 25 | Shots | 21 | |||||||||
| 21 December 1997 15:00 | Czech Republic | 1-0 (1-0, 0-0, 0-0) | Russia | Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 7,000 |
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| Referee: Gerhard Müller | |||||
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| 10 min | Penalties | 23 min | |||
Scoring leaders
| Pos | Player | Country | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Moravec | Czech Republic | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | +3 | 0 | F |
| 2 | Josef Beránek | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | +4 | 2 | F |
| 3 | Jiří Dopita | Czech Republic | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 4 | F |
| 3 | Ville Peltonen | Finland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +1 | 0 | F |
| 5 | Patric Kjellberg | Sweden | 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[2]
Tournament awards
The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:[3]
- Best goaltender: Pasi Kuivalainen
- Best defenceman: Dmitri Erofeyev
- Best forward: Jiří Dopita
- Most Valuable Player: Alexander Kharitonov
References
- ^ "Baltika Cup 1997 Standings". swehockey.se. swehockey. 21 December 1997. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Baltika Cup 1997 Scoring Leaders". quanthockey.com. quanthockey. 21 December 1997. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ^ "Best players by position".
External links
- [1] on hockeyarchives.info