Česká Pojišťovna Cup 1998

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Winner:	Sweden

The 1998 Česká Pojišťovna Cup was the fifth edition of the ice hockey tournament that has been taking place in the Czech Republic since 1994 and the first under the new name of the Česká Pojišťovna Cup. In 1996 the tournament was part of the new Euro Hockey Tour , in which the national teams of Sweden , the Czech Republic , Russia and Finland compete for the unofficial title of the best European national team.

The 1998 games took place in Zlín from 3 to 6 September in front of a total of 22,770 spectators . The Swedish national team won the tournament for the first time.

Games

September 3, 1998

Russia

0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)

Sweden Per Eklund (35:12) Johan Lindblom (43:30) Per Eklund (53:26)

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky , Zlín Spectators: 1,174

September 3, 1998

Czech Republic Pavel Patera (12:40)

1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)

Finland Juha Ikonen (20:30) Jarkko Ruutu (27:42)

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Spectators: 4,946

4th September 1998

Sweden Samuel Påhlsson (25:33) Johan Lindbom (42:28) Johan Lindblom (45:13) Magnus Wernblom (51:29)

4: 1 (0: 1.1: 0.3: 0)

Finland Sami Ahlberg (10:37)

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Spectators: 2,065

5th September 1998

Czech Republic Jiří Dopita (8:31) Jan Hlaváč (30:16) David Výborný (42:36)

3: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1)

Russia Yuri Buzajew (23:49) Maxim Afinogenow (28:36) Alexei Kudaschow (40:23)

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Spectators: 6,474

September 6, 1998

Finland Petteri Nummelin (23:52) Niko Kapanen (54:22)

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

Russia

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Spectators: 1,123

September 6, 1998

Czech Republic

0: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)

Sweden

Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky, Zlín Spectators: 6,988

table

Pl.	National team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sweden	3	2	1	0	7: 1	5
2.	Finland	3	2	0	1	5: 5	4th
3.	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	4: 5	2
4th	Russia	3	0	1	2	3: 8	1

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt
Per Eklund	Sweden	3	2	2	4th
Johan Lindbom	Sweden	3	3	0	3
Samuel Påhlsson	Sweden	3	1	2	3
Magnus Wernblom	Sweden	3	1	1	2
Jan Hlaváč	Czech Republic	3	1	1	2
David Výborný	Czech Republic	3	1	1	2
Jiří Dopita	Czech Republic	3	1	1	2
Jarkko Ruutu	Finland	3	1	1	2

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice time (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SaT = shots on goal, Sv% = shots saved (in%) ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SaT	Sv%
Johan Hedberg	Sweden	2	120: 00	0	54	100.0
Vesa Toskala	Finland	2	120: 00	1	67	98.5
Milan Hnilička	Czech Republic	2	118: 37	2	51	96.0
Magnus Eriksson	Sweden	1	60:00	1	19th	94.7
Maxim Sokolov	Russia	1	60:00	2	26th	92.3
Roman Čechmánek	Czech Republic	1	60:00	3	29	89.6

Awards

All-Star Team

goal	Vesa Toskala
defense	Libor Procházka - Petteri Nummelin
attack	Maxim Afinogenov - Jiří Dopita - Per Eklund

Player trophies

Best goalkeeper	Johan Hedberg
Best defender	Petteri Nummelin
Best striker	Jiří Dopita

Web links

• Facts from the earlier tournaments 1994-2011. (PDF, 138 kB) In: stats.swehockey.se. Svenska Ishockejförbundet, p. 14 , accessed on April 17, 2014 . 
• Česká pojišťovna Cup, September 3-6, 1998 Zlín, Czech Republic on SFRP's Hockey Archive