2003 Karjala Tournament

2003 Karjala Tournament
Tournament details
Host countries Finland
 Sweden
CitiesHelsinki
Nyköping
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates6-9 November 2003
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Finland (7th title)
Runners-up  Czech Republic
Third place  Russia
Fourth place Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored26 (4.33 per game)
Attendance47,273 (7,879 per game)
Scoring leader Maxim Sushinsky (4 points)

The 2003 Karjala Tournament was played between 6 and 9 November 2003. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. One game was played in Rosvalla, Nyköping, Sweden (Sweden vs Czech Republic) all the other games was played in Hartwall Areena, Helsinki. Finland won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 2003–04 Euro Hockey Tour.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 0 12 4 +8 9
2  Czech Republic 3 0 2 0 1 6 8 −2 4
3  Russia 3 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 4
4  Sweden 3 0 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: flashscore[1]

Games

Helsinki – (Eastern European TimeUTC+2) Nyköping– (Central European TimeUTC+1)
Source[2]

6 November 2003
18:30
Finland 3-2
(2-1, 0-0, 1-1)
 RussiaHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,265
Game reference
Fredrik NorrenaGoaliesMaksim SokolovReferee:
Milan Minar
Linesmen:
Riku Peltonen
Jouni Saukkonen
0-106:21 – Vitali Proshkin (Roman Kukhtinov, Sergueï Moziakin) (PP)
02:43 – Jukka Hentunen (Erkki Rajamäki, Marko Kiprusoff)1-1
16:18 – Toni Dahlman (Janne Laakkonen, Jarkko Immonen)2-1
2-248:26 – Aleksandr Boïkov
47:21 - Toni Dahlman (Petteri Nummelin)3-2
8 minPenalties24 min
35Shots25

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 3 N2 = 2 PN = 3

6 November 2003
18:00
Sweden 1-2 GWS
(1-0, 0-1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Czech RepublicRosvalla, Nyköping
Attendance: 5,008
Game reference
Stefan LivGoaliesAdam SvobodaReferee:
Hannu Henriksson
Linesmen:
Mikael Ljungqvist
Leo Takula
12:31 – Niklas Anger (Johan Davidsson)1-0
1-138:34 – Jaroslav Hlinka (Jirí Vykoukal, Petr Kadlec) (PP)
1-2
Steen ShootoutDivišek
10 minPenalties8 min
40Shots25
8 November 2003
15:00
Russia 2-0
(0-0, 1-0, 1-0)
 SwedenHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 6,352
Game reference
Maksim SokolovGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferee:
Timo Favorin
Linesmen:
Juha Kautto
Mikko Kekäläinen
23:02 – Sergueï Korolev (Dmitri Bykov, Maksim Sushinsky)1-0
50:37 – Kukhtinov (Maksim Sushinsky, Sergueï Korolev)2-0
12 minPenalties10 min
22Shots38
8 November 2003
18:30
Finland 5-1
(4-0, 0-0, 1-1)
 Czech RepublicHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,324
Game reference
Mika LehtoGoaliesAdam Svoboda Roman MálekReferee:
Sergueï Karabanov
Linesmen:
Antti Hämäläinen
Tuomo Sorakangas
06:26 – Mikko Eloranta (Tuukka Mäntylä, Jari Viuhkola) (PP)1-0
06:46 – Jarkko Immonen (Marko Tuulola)2-0
08:36 – Tomi Kallio (Timo Pärssinen)3-0
19:46 – Jari Viuhkola (Petri Pakaslahti)4-0
4-150:58 – Radek Duda (Jaroslav Balaštík, Jaroslav Hlinka) (PP)
58:36 – Janne Laakkonen5-1
8 minPenalties4 min
33Shots8

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

9 November 2003
14:30
Russia 2-3 GWS
(0-1, 0-0, 2-1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Czech RepublicHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 8,321
Game reference
Vadim TarasovGoaliesRoman MalekReferee:
Tom Laaksonen
Linesmen:
Mikko Kekäinen
Petri Nokisalmi
0-110:10 – Jan Hejda (Radek Duda, Petr Kadlec) (PP)
47:02 – Maksim Sushinsky (Sergueï Korolev) (PP)1-1
53:40 – Vasili Turkovsky (Maksim Sushinsky, Aleksandr Boïkov)2-1
2-254:52 – Tomáš Divišek (Petr Sýkora)
2-3
Moziakin ShootoutŠup
2 minPenalties10 min
35Shots22
9 November 2003
18:30
Finland 4-1
(1-0, 3-1, 0-0)
 SwedenHartwall Areena, Helsinki
Attendance: 10,003
Game reference
Fredrik NorrenaGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferees:


Linesmen:

13:18 – Petteri Nummelin (Kimmo Rintanen, Timo Pärssinen) (PP)1-0
23:12 – Petteri Nummelin (Timo Pärssinen) (PP)2-0
23:40 – Ville Peltonen (Tuukka Mäntylä, Mikko Eloranta) (PP)3-0
3-124:07 – Andreas Salomonsson (Per Svartvadet)
37:52 – Jere Karalahti (Janne Laakkonen)4-1
12 minPenalties14 min
25Shots24

Scoring leaders

Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
1 Maxim Sushinsky  Russia 3 1 3 4 +3 0 LD
2 Toni Dahlman  Finland 3 2 1 3 +4 0 RW
3 Petteri Nummelin  Finland 3 2 1 3 +2 2 RD
4 Jarkko Immonen  Finland 3 1 2 3 +4 0 CE
5 Sergei Korolyov  Russia 3 1 2 3 +3 0 LW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: swehockey[3]

Goaltending leaders

Pos Player Country TOI GA GAA Sv% SO
1 Roman Málek  Czech Republic 105:00 3 1.71 94.64 0
2 Fredrik Norrena  Finland 120:00 3 1.50 93.88 0
3 Maxim Sokolov  Russia 120:00 3 1.50 91.43 1
4 Adam Svoboda  Czech Republic 85:00 5 3.53 90.38 0
5 Henrik Lundqvist  Sweden 119:13 6 3.02 87.23 0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey[4]

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2003:[5]

Media All-Star Team:

References

  1. ^ "Karjala 2003 Standings". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2004-11-14. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
  2. ^ "Karjala 2003 Matches". flashscore.com. flashscore. 2003-11-09. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
  3. ^ "Karjala Tournament 2003 Scoring Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2003-11-09. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  4. ^ "Karjala Tournament 2003 Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.se. swehockey. 2003-11-09. Retrieved 2026-02-03.
  5. ^ "Best players by position".