1997 Baltika Cup

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.

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

All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+4)

17 December 1997 13:00

Czech Republic

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

Finland

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 300

17 December 1997 16:30

Russia

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

Sweden

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 3,000

Game reference
				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

Game reference
				Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld
	0-1 04:39 – Huusko (Tornberg) (PP) Vykoukal (Patera) – 08:14 1-1 Procházka (Kaberle) – 09:27 2-1 Bělohlav (Růžička) – 09:34 3-1 Moravec (Benýšek, Beránek) – 09:46 4-1 4-2 12:22 – Nord (Påhlsson, Salomonsson) 4-3 13:27 – Lindquist (Johansson) Beránek (Kaberle) (PP) – 22:32 5-3 5-4 27:43 – Johnsson 5-5 29:21 – Nordström (Johnsson) 5-6 31:17 – Kjellberg (Lindquist) Dopita (Špaček) – 58:56 6-6
	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

Game reference
				Referee: Sergei Karabanov
	0-1 16:39 – Kakko (Varvio) 0-2 23:37 – Karalahti (Peltonen) 0-3 34:48 – Timonen (Helminen, Karalahti) (PP) Kjellberg (Westlund) – 47:31 1-3
	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

	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

Game reference
				Referee: Leonid Vaisfeld
	0-1 23:45 – Huokko (Kjellberg) (PP) 0-2 26:42 – Sundblad Ruuttu (Ruutu, Törmänen) (PP) – 55:14 1-2
	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

Game reference
				Referee: Gerhard Müller
	Dopita (Beránek, Moravec) – 16:04 1-0
	10 min	Penalties	23 min

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]

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

• [1] on hockeyarchives.info