2003 Baltika Cup

2003 Baltika Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Moscow
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	18–21 December 2003
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	26 (4.33 per game)
Attendance	32,850 (5,475 per game)
Scoring leader	Petr Průcha (4 points)

The 2003 Baltika Cup was played between 18 and 21 December 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. All of the matches were played in the Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Finland won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 2003–04 Euro Hockey Tour.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	−1	6
2	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	9	7	+2	5
3	Russia	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	6	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	3

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

18 December 2003 15:00

Czech Republic

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

Sweden

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Adam Svoboda	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Prokhorov Mikhail Buturlin
	0-1 Rhodin (Johansson) – 15:52 Kolář (Průcha) – 25:33 1-1 Novák (Hejda) (PP) – 27:54 2-1 2-2 42:59 – Carlsson (Persson) (PP)
	Divíšek Sup Marek	Shootout	Eriksson Kahnberg Nordgren
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	37	Shots	20

18 December 2003 18:30

Russia

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

Finland

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 7,000

Game reference
	Maxim Sokolov	Goalies	Fredrik Norrena	Referee: Christer Lärking Linesmen: Makarov Konstantin Olenin
	Sushinsky (Tverdovsky, Zatonsky) (PP) – 06:24 1-0 1-1 15:29 – Sahlstedt (Virta, Eloranta) 1-2 29:09 – Niskala (Rintanen) (PP) 1-3 44:02 – Voutilainen (Nummelin, Dahlman)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	19

20 December 2003 13:00

Sweden

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

Russia

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 7,000

Game reference
	Daniel Henriksson	Goalies	Yegor Podomatsky	Referee: Tom Laaksonen Linesmen: Yury Oskirko Dmitry Selianin
	Kahnberg – 22:20 1-0 1-1 27:13 – Sushinsky (Skopintsev) (SHG)
	Nordgren	Shootout	Kovalenko
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	36

20 December 2003 17:00

Finland

1-5 (1-1, 0-0, 0-4)

Czech Republic

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 3,500

Game reference
	Mika Lehto	Goalies	Adam Svoboda	Referee: Igor Zakharov Linesmen: Viktor Gashilov Konstantin Gordenko
	0-1 03:18 – Sup (Divíšek) Kuhta (Karalahti) – 11:01 1-1 1-2 40:58 – Průcha (Hamr) 1-3 43:54 – Koukal (Průcha) 1-4 44:58 – Dlouhý (Marek) 1-5 50:36 – Hlinka (Divíšek, Malinský)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	24

20 December 2003 13:00

Russia

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

Czech Republic

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 9,000

Game reference
	Yegor Podomatsky	Goalies	Dušan Salfický	Referee: Tom Laaksonen Linesmen: Yury Oskirko Dmitry Selianin
	0-1 03:36 – Průcha (Kolář) Prokopyev – 07:38 1-1 Guskov (Yachmenev, Butsayev) – 31:54 2-1 2-2 57:11 – Hlinka (Divíšek, Koukal) (PP)
	Kovalenko Kovalenko Kovalenko	Shootout	Sup Průcha Průcha
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	23

20 December 2003 16:30

Finland

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

Sweden

Luzhniki Palace of Sports, Moscow Attendance: 5,350

Game reference
	Fredrik Norrena	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Igor Zakharov Linesmen: Yury Oskirko Dmitry Selianin
	Aalto (Nummelin) – 20:30 1-0 1-1 23:52 – Eriksson (Rhodin) Kuhta (Peltonen, Söderholm) – 59:43 2-1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	23

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Petr Průcha	Czech Republic	3	2	2	4	+4	0	LW
2	Tomáš Divíšek	Czech Republic	3	3	3	3	+2	8	CE
3	Jaroslav Hlinka	Czech Republic	3	2	0	2	+2	0	CE
3	Kimmo Kuhta	Finland	3	2	0	2	+2	0	LW
5	Andrei Kovalenko	Russia	3	2	0	2	+1	0	LD

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

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Fredrik Norrena	Finland	120:00	2	1.00	95.74	0
2	Fredrik Norrena	Sweden	125:00	4	1.92	93.55	0
3	Yegor Podomatsky	Russia	130:00	3	1.38	91.67	0
4	Adam Svoboda	Czech Republic	125:01	4	1.92	89.19	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: swehockey^[3]

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2003:^[4]

• Best goalkeeper: Fredrik Norrena
• Best defenceman: Thomas Rhodin
• Best forward: Petr Průcha

Media All-Star Team:

• Goaltender: Stefan Liv
• Defence: Thomas Rhodin, Petteri Nummelin
• Forwards: Magnus Kahnberg, etr Koukal, Maxim Sushinsky

• [1] on hockeyarchives.info