2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games

2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games

Tournament details
Host countries	Czechia  Russia
Cities	Brno Saint Petersburg
Venues	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	26–29 April 2012
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Finland (5th title)
Runners-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per game)
Attendance	38,082 (6,347 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Niklas Olausson Jiří Novotný (4 points)

The 2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games was played between 26 and 29 April 2012. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in Kajot Arena in Brno, Czech Republic, and one match in Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The tournament was part of 2011–12 Euro Hockey Tour.

Finland won the tournament for the fifth time, winning all three games. It was also their first Czech/Kajotbet Hockey Games win since 2003. From this year's tournament, it's called Kajotbet Hockey Games due to sponsoring by Kajotbet.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	0	9	3	+6	8
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	9	7	+2	7
3	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0

All times are local (UTC+2 for the games in the Czech Republic, and UTC+4 for the game in Russia).^[1]

26 April 2012 18:30

Sweden

3–5 (1–1, 2–2, 0–2)

Czech Republic

Kajot Arena, Brno Attendance: 7,068

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Jakub Štěpánek	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Konstantin Olenin
	05:39 – Calle Järnkrok (Mattias Karlsson) (PP) 1–0 1–1 19:33 – Ondrej Nemec (Tomas Zizka, Jiri Novotny) (PP) 1–2 23:05 – Jiri Novotny (Ales Hemsky) (PP) 1–3 23:53 – Jiri Tlusty (Miroslav Blatak, Tomáš Plekanec) (PP) 33:18 – Staffan Kronwall (Niklas Olausson, Patrik Zackrisson) 2–3 33:40 – Johan Harju (Joel Lundqvist) 3–3 3–4 40:08 – Tomáš Plekanec 3–5 59:52 - Petr Prucha (EN)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	39	Shots	29

26 April 2012 20:00

Russia

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 5,620

Game reference
	Semen Varlamov	Goalies	Kari Lehtonen	Referees: Christer Lärking Alexandr Sadovnikov
	0–1 32:30 – Mikko Mäenpää (Harri Pesonen, Juuso Hietanen) (PP) 0–2 59:44 – Antti Pihlström (Matti Kuparinen, Kari Lehtonen)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	18

28 April 2012 14:00

Czech Republic

2–3 OT (2–0, 0–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

Finland

Kajot Arena, Brno Attendance: 6,905

Game reference
	Jakub Štěpánek	Goalies	Petri Vehanen	Referees: Konstantin Olenin Alexei Anisimov
	13:28 – Ondrej Nemec (Petr Nedvěd, Ales Hemsky) (PP) 1–0 16:51 – Lukas Kaspar (Jiří Novotný) (PP) 2–0 2–1 26:43 – Lennart Petrell (Topi Jaakola, Tuomas Kiiskinen) 2–2 31:03 – Mikko Mäenpää (Juuso Hietanen, Jussi Jokinen) (PP) 2–3 62:27 – Tuomas Kiiskinen
	39 min	Penalties	41 min
	29	Shots	28

28 April 2012 18:30

Russia

4–2 (0–0, 3–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Kajot Arena, Brno Attendance: 5,655

Game reference
	Semen Varlamov	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Vladimir Sindler Martin Frano
	34:44 – Evgeny Kuznetsov (Alexei Tereshchenko) (PP) 1–0 37:29 – Nikolai Kulyomin (Konstantin Korneyev, Ilya Nikulin) 2–0 38:19 – Nikolai Zherdev (Alexei Tereshchenko) 3–0 3–1 38:55 – Niklas Olausson (Jonas Andersson, Staffan Kronwall) 3–2 55:48 – Mattias Karlsson (Niklas Olausson, Jesper Fast) (PP) 58:25 – Nikolai Zherdev (Alexei Tereshchenko, Danis Zaripov) 4–2
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	37	Shots	24

29 April 2012 14:00

Finland

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Sweden

Kajot Arena, Brno Attendance: 5,634

Game reference
	Kari Lehtonen	Goalies	Jhonas Enroth	Referees: Vladimir Sindler Jan Hribik
	01:28 – Jussi Jokinen (Juuso Hietanen, Mikko Mäenpää) (PP) 1–0 28:27 – Ville Peltonen (Ossi Väänänen, Joonas Järvinen) 2–0 2–1 44:42 – atrik Zackrisson (Niklas Olausson, Jonas Andersson) 49:06 – Tuomas Kiiskinen (Jussi Jokinen, [[]]) 3–1 59:07 – Janne Pesonen (Mikael Granlund) (EN) 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	23

29 April 2012 18:00

Czech Republic

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Russia

Kajot Arena, Brno Attendance: 7,200

Game reference
	Jakub Kovář	Goalies	Konstantin Barulin	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Jari Leppäalho
	0–1 23:11 – Yevgeny Ketov (Danis Zaripov) 37:37 – Jakub Petružálek (Jiří Novotný, Lukáš Kašpar) 1–1 38:54 – Petr Nedvěd (Tomáš Plekanec) 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	23

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Jiří Novotný	Czech Republic	3	1	3	4	2	+1	CE
1	Niklas Olausson	Sweden	3	1	3	4	2	-1	F
3	Tuomas Kiiskinen	Finland	3	2	1	3	0	+3	RW
4	Mikko Mäenpää	Finland	3	2	1	3	0	+2	LD
5	Jussi Jokinen	Finland	3	1	2	3	0	+1	LW

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

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Kari Lehtonen	Finland	120:00	1	0.50	98.28	1
2	Semyon Varlamov	Russia	119:00	3	1.51	93.02	0
3	Jakub Štěpánek	Czech Republic	122:27	6	2.94	90.00	0
4	Jhonas Enroth	Sweden	118:27	7	3.55	84.09	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]

The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 2012:^[5]

• Best goalkeeper: Kari Lehtonen
• Best defenceman: Dmitri Kalinin
• Best forward: Tomáš Plekanec