European Hockey League 1996/97

The 1996/97 season of the European Hockey League was the first edition of the competition of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF and took place parallel to the last edition of the European Cup . It was held between September 1996 and January 26, 1997. A total of 20 teams from twelve nations took part. The leagues from Finland, the Czech Republic and Sweden were each represented by three teams, while Russia and Germany each provided two participants.

As the first winner of the competition, the Final Four of which was held in the Elysée Arena in Turku , Finland , TPS Turku emerged from the Finnish SM-liiga , which was the first to win an international title and was immortalized in the Silver Stone Trophy . The Finnish team met the winner of the national championship competition at the beginning of the following season in order to play off the winner of the IIHF Super Cup .

The national champions from Sweden and Finland did not participate in the European Cup and started in the EHL. Otherwise, the sporting qualification was the responsibility of the respective countries. In order to fill the field of participants, the IIHF decided to invite teams from the densely populated cities of Europe in order to attract audiences in the metropolises. Since the HK ZSKA Moscow , CE Vienna , Manchester Storm and HC Milano 24 disappointed four such invited teams and failed in the preliminary round, the world association partially rejected this plan for the following year and placed more emphasis on the athletic performance of the individual teams.

Attendees

The 20 participants who attended the first event came from twelve different European leagues. The strongest among them had more than just one participant, including the Finnish SM-liiga , Swedish Elitserien and Czech Extraliga with three teams each, as well as the Russian Super League and the German Ice Hockey League with two teams. The national champions took part in the parallel European Cup - with the exception of the champions of Sweden and Finland, who waived the European Cup. The athletic qualification took place according to the final placements of the previous year. In addition, the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF awarded some wild cards , including to the Manchester Storm with the recently built NYNEX Arena .

• Jokerit Helsinki (master of SM-liiga )
• TPS Turku (SM-liiga runner-up)
• Lukko Rauma (third of the SM-liiga)
• Luleå HF (Master of the Elitserien )
• Västra Frölunda Göteborg (runner-up in the Elitserien)
• Färjestad BK Karlstad (third in the main round of the Elitserien)
• HC Chemopetrol Litvínov (runner-up in the Czech extra league )
• HC Sparta Prague (playoff semi-finalist of the Czech extra league)
• HC České Budějovice (play-off semi-finalist of the Czech extra league)
• HK Dynamo Moscow (runner-up in the International Hockey League )
• HK CSKA Moscow (main round fifteenth of the International Hockey League)
• Kölner Haie (runner-up in the German Ice Hockey League )
• Berlin Capitals (second in the main round of the German Ice Hockey League)
• HC Slovan Bratislava (third in the Slovak extra league )
• SC Bern (runner-up in the National League A )
• Rouen Hockey Elite 76 (runner-up in Ligue Magnus )
• CE Vienna (fourth in the main round of the Austrian Bundesliga )
• HC Milano 24 ( Series A runner-up )
• Vålerenga IF Oslo (runner-up in the Elite Series )
• Manchester Storm (Division 1 champions, promoted to Ice Hockey Superleague )

Jokerit Helsinki TPS Turku Luleå HF Västra Frölunda Färjestads BK HC Litvínov HC Sparta Prague HC České Budějovice HK Dynamo Moscow HK CSKA Moscow Cologne Sharks Berlin Capitals HC Slovan Bratislava SC Bern Rouen Hockey Elite CE Vienna HC Milano 24 Vålerenga IF Oslo Manchester Storm

Field of participants in the 1996/97 season

Group stage

In the group phase, which took place between September and December 1999, a total of 20 teams took part in five groups of four teams each. These determined the placements in the league system . The group first in each group and the three runners-up with the highest points reached the quarter-finals.

Group A

In Group A, the Finnish runner-up TPS Turku made it through to the quarter-finals as the only one of the four teams in the group. With the exception of the home game against Luleå HF from Sweden, which ended in a draw, the Finns won all games. Luleå, with seven points in second place, and the German representative Berlin Capitals , with six points third, lost too many points and failed. Leaving behind and without a win, Manchester Storm, representing the British Ice Hockey Superleague, brought up the rear of the group.

September 1996	Manchester Storm	0: 6 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 1)	TPS Turku	NYNEX Arena , Manchester spectators:
September 1996	Berlin Capitals	1: 5 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 1)	Luleå HF	Ice rink Jafféstraße , Berlin Spectators:
October 1996	TPS Turku	4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Berlin Capitals	Elysée Arena , Turku spectators:
October 1996	Luleå HF	10: 6 (5: 2, 2: 2, 3: 2)	Manchester Storm	Ishallen dolphins , Luleå spectators:
October 1996	Manchester Storm	2: 4 (1: 2, 1: 1, 0: 1)	Berlin Capitals	NYNEX Arena, Manchester spectators:
October 1996	TPS Turku	3: 3 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2)	Luleå HF	Elysée Arena, Turku spectators:
November 1996	Berlin Capitals	6: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 4: 1)	Manchester Storm	Ice rink Jafféstraße, Berlin Spectators:
November 1996	Luleå HF	0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	TPS Turku	Ishallen dolphins, Luleå spectators:
November 1996	Manchester Storm	0:11 (0: 2, 0: 5, 0: 4)	Luleå HF	NYNEX Arena, Manchester spectators:
November 1996	Berlin Capitals	0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)	TPS Turku	Ice rink Jafféstraße, Berlin Spectators:
December 1996	Luleå HF	1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2)	Berlin Capitals	Ishallen dolphins, Luleå spectators:
December 1996	TPS Turku	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)	Manchester Storm	Elysée Arena, Turku spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TPS Turku	6th	5	1	0	20: 06	11: 01
2.	Luleå HF	6th	3	1	2	30:16	07: 05
3.	Berlin Capitals	6th	3	0	3	16:15	06: 06
4th	Manchester Storm	6th	0	0	6th	10:39	00:12

Group B

The balanced group B, in which each of the four teams could win at least once, saw the Russian representatives HK Dynamo Moscow and HC České Budějovice from the Czech Republic reach the quarter-finals. The progress of the Czechs was mainly characterized by three wins in the respective second legs, after they had only drawn two in the previous three games and were surprisingly defeated Vålerenga IF Oslo . The victory of Oslo was also their only one, whereby they were eliminated as the bottom of the group, as did Färjestad BK Karlstad as third in the table with 5: 7 points.

September 1996	HK Dynamo Moscow	5: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)	Färjestad BK Karlstad	Sports Palace Luzhniki , Moscow Spectators:
September 1996	Vålerenga IF Oslo	2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	HC České Budějovice	Jordal Amfi , Oslo spectators:
October 1996	HC České Budějovice	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	HK Dynamo Moscow	Prestava Aréna , Budweis spectators:
October 1996	Färjestad BK Karlstad	7: 2 (4: 0, 2: 0, 1: 2)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Isstadion , Karlstad spectators:
October 1996	Vålerenga IF Oslo	1: 8 (0: 3, 0: 2, 1: 3)	HK Dynamo Moscow	Jordal Amfi, Oslo spectators:
October 1996	HC České Budějovice	3: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1)	Färjestad BK Karlstad	Prestava Aréna, Budweis spectators:
November 1996	HK Dynamo Moscow	3: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Sports Palace Luzhniki, Moscow Spectators:
November 1996	Färjestad BK Karlstad	3: 5 (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 3)	HC České Budějovice	Isstadion, Karlstad spectators:
November 1996	Vålerenga IF Oslo	1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2)	Färjestad BK Karlstad	Jordal Amfi, Oslo spectators:
November 1996	HK Dynamo Moscow	2: 6 (2: 3, 0: 1, 0: 2)	HC České Budějovice	Sports Palace Luzhniki, Moscow Spectators:
December 1996	HC České Budějovice	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Prestava Aréna, Budweis spectators:
December 1996	Färjestad BK Karlstad	1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0)	HK Dynamo Moscow	Isstadion, Karlstad spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Dynamo Moscow	6th	4th	1	1	21:11	09: 03
2.	HC České Budějovice	6th	3	2	1	18:12	08: 04
3.	Färjestad BK Karlstad	6th	2	1	3	18:18	05: 07
4th	Vålerenga IF Oslo	6th	1	0	5	09:25	02:10

Group C

From Group C, HC Sparta Prague and HC Slovan Bratislava made it to the quarter-finals. While Bratislava was one of the positive appearances in the preliminary round, the Russian army club and series winner of the European Cup , HK CSKA Moscow , disappointed across the board and were eliminated with only three wins. The preliminary round was just as disappointing for the only representative from Austria, CE Vienna , who clearly lost all games, including two with eight or more goals difference.

For Prague, reaching the next round as top of the table was all the more astonishing, as the team suffered from protracted food poisoning from the trip to the second round game in Moscow , which subsequently forced them to postpone games.

September 1996	HC Sparta Prague	9: 1 (3: 1, 3: 0, 3: 1)	CE Vienna	Sportovní hala , Prague spectators:
September 1996	HC Slovan Bratislava	7: 3 (2: 1, 4: 2, 1: 0)	HK CSKA Moscow	Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu , Bratislava spectators:
October 1996	HK CSKA Moscow	4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)	HC Sparta Prague	CSKA Ice Sports Palace , Moscow Spectators:
October 1996	CE Vienna	0: 9 (0: 2, 0: 3, 0: 4)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Albert Schultz ice rink , Vienna spectators:
October 1996	HK CSKA Moscow	5: 2 (1: 0, 3: 2, 1: 0)	CE Vienna	CSKA Ice Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators:
October 1996	HC Slovan Bratislava	1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1)	HC Sparta Prague	Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava spectators:
November 1996	HC Sparta Prague	5: 3 (1: 1, 3: 2, 1: 0)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Sportovní hala, Prague spectators:
November 1996	CE Vienna	1: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2)	HK CSKA Moscow	Albert Schultz ice rink, Vienna spectators:
November 1996	HC Sparta Prague	4: 2 (2: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0)	HK CSKA Moscow	Sportovní hala, Prague spectators:
November 1996	HC Slovan Bratislava	6: 5 (2: 2, 2: 2, 2: 1)	CE Vienna	Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava spectators:
December 1996	HK CSKA Moscow	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)	HC Slovan Bratislava	CSKA Ice Sports Palace, Moscow Spectators:
December 1996	CE Vienna	3: 4 (1: 2, 0: 0, 2: 2)	HC Sparta Prague	Albert Schultz ice rink, Vienna spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Sparta Prague	6th	5	0	1	28:14	10: 02
2.	HC Slovan Bratislava	6th	4th	0	2	28:19	08: 04
3.	HK CSKA Moscow	6th	3	0	3	20:17	06: 06
4th	CE Vienna	6th	0	0	6th	12:38	00:12

Group D

In Pool D, the reigning Finnish champions Jokerit Helsinki became the favorites early on. After they had all won their first three games and the Kölner Haie and SC Bern - the other two contenders for group victory - had separated in a draw, they led the group unchallenged. Since neither Cologne nor Bern could take the maximum number of points from the second comparison, only the Finns reached the quarter-finals. The Italian representative HC Milano 24 was also eliminated with six defeats from six matches.

September 1996	HC Milano 24	1: 6 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 2)	Cologne Sharks	Pala Agorà , Milan audience:
September 1996	Jokerit Helsinki	3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)	SC Bern	Hartwall Areena , Helsinki spectators:
October 8, 1996	Cologne Sharks	0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Jokerit Helsinki	Ice and swimming stadium , Cologne Spectators:
October 8, 1996	SC Bern	8: 4 (2: 0, 2: 3, 4: 1)	HC Milano 24	Eisstadion Allmend , Bern Spectators:
October 22, 1996	HC Milano 24	0:11 (0: 7, 0: 3, 0: 1)	Jokerit Helsinki	Pala Agorà, Milan audience:
October 22, 1996	Cologne Sharks	2: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)	SC Bern	Ice and swimming stadium, Cologne Spectators:
November 1996	Jokerit Helsinki	7: 4 (0: 0, 5: 2, 2: 2)	HC Milano 24	Hartwall Areena, Helsinki spectators:
November 1996	SC Bern	3: 3 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Cologne Sharks	Eisstadion Allmend, Bern Spectators:
November 1996	Jokerit Helsinki	3: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1)	Cologne Sharks	Hartwall Areena, Helsinki spectators:
November 1996	HC Milano 24	3: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)	SC Bern	Pala Agorà, Milan audience:
December 1996	Cologne Sharks	3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	HC Milano 24	Ice and swimming stadium, Cologne Spectators:
December 1996	SC Bern	2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 3)	Jokerit Helsinki	Eisstadion Allmend, Bern Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Jokerit Helsinki	6th	6th	0	0	28: 09	12: 00
2.	Cologne Sharks	6th	2	2	2	16:10	06: 06
3.	SC Bern	6th	2	2	2	20:18	06: 06
4th	HC Milano 24	6th	0	0	6th	12:39	00:12

Group E

Group E was just as balanced as Group B, with group winner Västra Frölunda Göteborg from Sweden and runner-up HC Chemopetrol Litvínov from the Czech Republic qualifying for the quarter-finals. In contrast to Group B, the bottom of the table Rouen Hockey Elite 76 could not win a game, but only achieve two draws. Third place went to Lukko Rauma , who after success in the first two games could only get one point from the following four matches.

September 1996	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Lukko Rauma	Scandinavium , Gothenburg spectators:
September 1996	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	3: 3 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1)	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	Île Lacroix , Rouen spectators:
October 1996	Lukko Rauma	4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	Äijänsuo Areena , Rauma audience:
October 1996	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	1: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	Zimní stadion Litvínov , Litvínov spectators:
October 1996	Lukko Rauma	3: 5 (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 3)	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience:
October 1996	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	8: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 4: 0)	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators:
November 1996	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	9: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Lukko Rauma	Zimní stadion Litvínov, Litvínov spectators:
November 1996	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	2: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	Île Lacroix, Rouen spectators:
November 1996	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	7: 7 (1: 0, 3: 1, 3: 6)	Lukko Rauma	Île Lacroix, Rouen spectators:
November 1996	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	6: 2 (3: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	Scandinavium, Gothenburg spectators:
December 1996	Lukko Rauma	3: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	Äijänsuo Areena, Rauma audience:
December 1996	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	4: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	Zimní stadion Litvínov, Litvínov spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	6th	4th	1	1	23:10	09: 03
2.	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	6th	3	2	1	24:19	08: 04
3.	Lukko Rauma	6th	2	1	3	23:28	05: 07
4th	Rouen Hockey Elite 76	6th	0	2	4th	16:29	02:10

Final round

For the final round, the first-placed and the three second-placed runners-up of the five preliminary round groups qualified. In the quarter-finals, two teams met each other in the first and second leg. If both teams had won a game and had the same number of goals scored, or both games ended in a draw, the second game was followed by decisive overtime or, if necessary, a penalty shoot- out that started when the score was 0-0. The goal difference played no role. The four winning teams of the comparisons eventually reached the Final Four .

The semifinals and the two placement games were decided in just one duel. In the event of a tie after regular time, there was also an extension and, if necessary, a penalty shootout.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

A1

TPS Turku

2

E2

HC Chemopetrol Litvínov

0

A1

TPS Turku

5

C1

HC Sparta Prague

3

C1

HC Sparta Prague

1

B2

HC České Budějovice

0

A1

TPS Turku

5

B1

HK Dynamo Moscow

2

B1

HK Dynamo Moscow

2

C2

HC Slovan Bratislava

0

B1

HK Dynamo Moscow

3

3rd place match

E1

Västra Frölunda Gothenburg

2

D1

Jokerit Helsinki

0

C1

HC Sparta Prague

3

E1

Västra Frölunda Gothenburg

1

E1

Västra Frölunda Gothenburg

4th

Quarter finals

After the group stage was over, two champions, four runner-ups and two teams that were placed further behind in the national championship qualified for the quarter-finals. The Czech Republic was the only country still represented with three teams in the competition, Finland with two.

While the teams from Turku and Moscow won the games between Turku and Litvínov as well as Moscow and Bratislava with two wins, in the purely Scandinavian duel between Gothenburg and Helsinki and the Czech duel between České Budějovice and Prague only Prague and Gothenburg won their home game surprisingly in the Hartwall Areena of Helsinki . Since the other games ended in a draw, Gothenburg and Prague could buy the ticket to the Final Four .

January 1997	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	TPS Turku	Zimní stadion Litvínov , Litvínov spectators:
January 1997	TPS Turku	4: 2 (1: 2, 1: 0, 2: 0)	HC Chemopetrol Litvínov	Elysée Arena , Turku spectators:

January 1997	HC České Budějovice	2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)	HC Sparta Prague	Prestava Aréna , Budweis spectators:
January 1997	HC Sparta Prague	9: 3 (1: 0, 6: 0, 2: 3)	HC České Budějovice	Sportovní hala , Prague spectators:

January 1997	HC Slovan Bratislava	1: 5 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 2)	HK Dynamo Moscow	Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu , Bratislava spectators:
January 1997	HK Dynamo Moscow	3: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 3: 0)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Sports Palace Luzhniki , Moscow Spectators:

January 1997	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	1: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0)	Jokerit Helsinki	Scandinavium , Gothenburg spectators:
January 1997	Jokerit Helsinki	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	Hartwall Areena , Helsinki spectators:

Final Four

The Final Four with the two semi-finals and the following placement games for third place and final victory took place on January 25 and 26, 1997 in the Elysée Arena in Turku , Finland .

Semifinals

In the semifinals, the hosts Turku met Prague and Moscow met Västra Frölunda from Gothenburg. The tournament organizer saw the first semi-final in its own hall, with a 5-3 victory, reaching the final on the following day. In the second game, the traditional Russian club prevailed against the surprise semi-finalist from Sweden 3-2 in extra time .

January 25, 1997	TPS Turku	5: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1)	HC Sparta Prague	Elysée Arena , Turku spectators:
January 25, 1997	HK Dynamo Moscow	3: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg	Elysée Arena, Turku spectators:

3rd place match

The game for third place showed a varied game, which Västra Frölunda won just 4: 3. At the end of the first period they had already led with two goals, but the Czech capitals managed to reduce the score to one goal in the middle section.

January 26, 1997

HC Sparta Prague

3: 4 (0: 2, 2: 1, 1: 1)

Västra Frölunda Gothenburg

Elysée Arena, Turku spectators:

final

With a 5-2 win over Moscow, Turku won the first final of the European Hockey League and thus secured the Silver Stone Trophy for the first time . Turku striker Sami Mettovaara played a major role in winning the title with a hat trick in the final. The decisive factor for the win, however, was Turku's 3-2 opening goal halfway through the game, after the Muscovites had equalized 2-2 a minute earlier by two-time goalscorer Dmitri Chumachenko .

January 26, 1997

TPS Turku S. Mettovaara (8th) K. Timonen (27th) S. Mettovaara (29th) T. Suursoo (46.) S. Mettovaara (60.)

5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 2: 0)

HK Dynamo Moscow D. Tschumachenko (23rd) D. Tschumachenko (28th)

Elysée Arena, Turku Spectators: 8,116

statistics

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Jiří Zelenka	Prague	10	7th	7th	14th	+7	4th
Richard Žemlička	Prague	9	7th	6th	13	+8	4th
Filip Turek	České Budějovice	8th	4th	8th	12	+8	2
Niklas Sundblad	Turku	10	3	9	12	+17	12
Zdeno Cíger	Bratislava	8th	5	6th	11	+5	4th
Gaetano Orlando	Bern	6th	4th	7th	11	+6	10
Petri Varis	Helsinki	8th	2	9	11	+10	16
Roman Horák	Prague	9	2	9	11	+8	2
David Výborný	Prague	10	6th	4th	10	+8	6th
Martin Rousek	Litvínov	8th	4th	6th	10	+10	4th

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Yevgeny Nabokov	HK Dynamo Moscow
Best defender	Ronnie Sundin	Västra Frölunda Gothenburg
Best striker	Marcus Thuresson	TPS Turku

All-Star Team of the Final Four

Attack:	Richard Žemlička - Antti Aalto - Alexander Kharitonov
Defense:	Ronnie Sundin - Hannu Virta
Goal:	Jani Hurme

Winning team

European Hockey League winner TPS Turku

Goalkeepers: Jani Hurme , Kimmo Lecklin , Fredrik Norrena Defenders: Teemu Elomo , Mika Koivunen , Mika Lehtinen , Riku-Petteri Lehtonen , Sami Salo , Andrei Skopinzew , Kārlis Skrastiņš , Mikko Sokka , Kimmo Timonen , Hannu Virta Attackers: Antti Aalto , Mikko Eloranta , Hannes Hyvönen , Juho Jokinen , Tomi Kallio , Jani Kiviharju , Sami Mettovaara , Tommi Miettinen , Kimmo Rintanen , Miikka Rousu , Simo Rouvali , Niklas Sundblad , Toivo Suursoo , Harri Suvanto , Marcus Thuresson Head coach: Vladimir Yursinov

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 436-437 .

• Horst Eckert: Ice Hockey Almanach 98th International IIHF Yearbook 1997–98 . Copress Sport Verlag, Munich, Germany 1997, ISBN 978-3-7679-0497-2 .

Web links

• Results of the tournament at hockeyarchives.info
• Results of the tournament at hokej.snt.cz