2018 Sweden Hockey Games

The 2018 Sweden Hockey Games was played between 26–29 April 2018. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Three of the matches were played in Stockholm, Sweden, two matches in Södertälje, Sweden and one match in Helsinki, Finland. Finland won the tournament.[1] The tournament was part of 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour.

2018 Sweden Hockey Games (Euro Hockey Tour)

Tournament details
Dates	26–29 April 2018
Teams	4
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Finland (7th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	30 (5 per match)
Attendance	26,270 (4,378 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Veli-Matti Savinainen Pavel Buchnevich (3 points)
← 2017

Standings

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

Source: stats.swehockey.se[1]

Games

All times are local. Södertälje and Stockholm– (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2) Helsinki – (Eastern European Summer Time - UTC+3)

26 April 2018 18:30

Finland

3–2 (0–1,1–0,1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Russia

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,439

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Igor Shestyorkin	Referees: Vladimir Pesina Robin Sir Linesmen: Henri Neva Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 07:42 – Galiev (Buchnevich) Puustinen (Pokka, Savinainen) (PP) – 28:34 1–1 Rajala (Savinainen, Jokiharju) – 45:42 2–1 2–2 55:44 – Kablukov (Mamin, Bereglazov)
	Rajala Puustinen Savinainen Palola	Shootout	Kablukov Buchnevich Dadonov Kruchinin
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	26	Shots	17

26 April 2018 19:00

Czech Republic

1–3 (0–1, 0–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Scaniarinken, Södertälje Attendance: 4,707

Game reference
	David Rittich	Goalies	Anders Nilsson	Referees: Anssi Salonen Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Daniel Persson Emil Wernström
	0–1 15:19 – Nilsson (Backlund, Brännström) 0–2 33:30 – Zibanejad (Janmark-Nylén, Wikstrand) (SH) 0–3 35:25 – Ekman-Larsson (Andersson, Larsson) Sklenička (Červenka, Hanzl) – 50:51 1–3
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	33

28 April 2018 12:00

Finland

5–2 (2–0, 0–1, 3–1)

Czech Republic

Scaniarinken, Södertälje Attendance: 1,577

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Dominik Furch	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Holm Linesmen: David Laksola Anders Nyqvist
	Honka (Ikonen) (PP) – 13:37 1–0 Suomela (Riikola) (PP) – 16:33 2–0 2–1 30:15 – Musil Kiiskinen (Pesonen, Ikonen) – 40:53 3–1 Rajala (Sandell, Riikola) (PP2) – 51:15 4–1 Kivistö (Manninen) (PP) – 51:40 5–1 5–2 55:26 – Kousal (Stransky) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	27	Shots	21

28 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Russia

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 5,696

Game reference
	Magnus Hellberg	Goalies	Vasily Koshechkin	Referees: Anssi Salonen Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Daniel Persson Andreas Malmqvist
	Norman (Janmark) – 17:31 1–0 Pilut (Kempe) – 33:02 2–0 Nilsson – 34:14 3–0 3–1 53:37 – Byvaltsev (Kablukov)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	24

29 April 2018 12:00

Russia

4–2 (2–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,101

Game reference
	Igor Shestyorkin	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Holm Linesmen: David Laksola Anders Nyqvist
	0–1 08:44 – Jaškin (Chytil) (PP) Dadonov (Anisimov) – 09:14 1–1 Buchnevich (Tkachyov) – 12:54 2–1 2–2 33:02 – Chytil (Jaškin, Nestrašil) (PP) Tkachyov (Buchnevich) – 37:28 3–2 Soshnikov (EN) – 58:20 4–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	24

29 April 2018 15:30

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–3)

Finland

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 6,750

Game reference
	Anders Nilsson	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Daniel Persson Andreas Malmqvist
	Ekman-Larsson (Klingberg) (PP) – 29:07 1–0 1–1 41:42 – Riikola (Ikonen) (PP) 1–2 43:42 – Savinainen (Teräväinen) 1–3 59:41 – Aho (Anttila) (EN)
	20 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	24

References

1. "Sweden Hockey Games". Stats.Swehockey.se. Swedish Icehockey Association. Retrieved 28 April 2018.