2001 Baltika Cup

2001 Baltika Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Moscow
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–22 December 2001
Teams	5
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (2nd title)
Runners-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Finland
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	33 (5.5 per game)
Attendance	23,450 (3,908 per game)
Scoring leader	Petr Čajánek (4 points)
Awards
MVP	Petr Čajánek

The 2001 Baltika Cup was played between 18 and 22 December 2001. 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. Czech Republic won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 2001–02 Euro Hockey Tour.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	5	+7	8
2	Russia	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	6	8	−2	5
3	Sweden	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	8	10	−2	3
4	Finland	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	7	11	−4	2

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

18 December 2001 15:00

Czech Republic

4-3 GWS (0-1, 2-1, 1-1) (OT: 0-0) (SO: 1-0)

Sweden

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 2,150

Game reference
				Referee: Sergej Semenov
	0-1 01:55 – Melin (Davidsson) 0-2 21:34 – Artursson (Söderström) Leška (Štrba) – 30:20 1-2 Rosa – 34:10 2-2 Sedlák (Rosa, Kucharčík) – 50:09 3-2 3-3 57:31 – Johansson (Andersson)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	29

18 December 2001 18:30

Russia

3-2 GWS (1-1, 1-1, 0-0) (OT: 0-0) (SO: 1-0)

Finland

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow

Game reference
	Vasiliev (Koznev) – 02:56 1-0 1-1 16:48 – Koskenkorva (Tukio, Pirjetä) 1-2 21:15 – Mäntylä (Pesonen, Hassinen) Savchenkov (Razin, Golts) – 31:53 2-2
	Karpov	Shootout

20 December 2001 15:00

Finland

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

Czech Republic

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
				Referee: Sergei Karabanov
	0-1 21:46 – Čajánek (Štrba) (PP) Tukio (Pirjetä) (PP) – 26:30 1-1 1-2 32:09 – Gureň (Čajánek, Nosek) 1-3 50:27 – Mudroch (Posmyk, Patera) Pesonen (Pirjetä) (PP) – 59:17 2-3 2-4 59:51 – Ujčík (Čajánek)
	14 min	Penalties	24 min
	29	Shots	38

20 December 2001 18:30

Sweden

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

Russia

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 7,700

21 December 2001 18:30

Finland

3-4 GWS (0-2, 2-1, 1-0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 2,600

Game reference
				Referee: Sergei Karabanov
	0-1 03:27 – Nordström (Johansson) 0-2 19:09 – Johnson (Weinhandl, Johansson) 0-3 23:58 – Johnson (Weinhandl) (PP) Turunen (Pirnes) – 27:34 1-3 Viinanen (Maattanen, Kakko) – 28:54 2-3 Niskala (Pirjetä) – 47:30 3-3
		Shootout	Weinhandl

22 December 2001 13:00

Russia

0-4 (0-3, 0-1, 0-0)

Czech Republic

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 8,500

Game reference
				Referee: Lars Johan Ryhed
	0-1 06:21 – Balaštík (Čech, Leška) (PP) 0-2 07:45 – Kucharčík (Ujčík) 0-3 12:34 – Balaštík (Leška) 0-4 36:21 – Rosa (Čajánek)
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	34	Shots	31

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Petr Čajánek	Czech Republic	3	1	3	4	+3	2	F
2	Lasse Pirjetä	Finland	3	0	4	4	-1	0	F
3	Pavel Rosa	Czech Republic	3	2	1	3	+1	0	F
3	Jonas Johnson	Sweden	3	2	1	3	-2	2	F
5	Johan Davidsson	Sweden	3	2	1	3	+1	2	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 2001:^[3]

• Best goaltender: Jiří Trvaj
• Best defenceman: Ronnie Sundin
• Best forward: Pavel Torgayev
• Most Valuable Player: Petr Čajánek

• [1] on hockeyarchives.info