Karjala Cup 1996

	Karjala Cup
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Winner:	Finland

The Karjala Cup 1996 was the 2nd edition of the ice hockey tournament taking place in Finland after 1995 . It was held for the first time this year as part of the Euro Hockey Tour . The national teams of Finland , Sweden , Russia and the Czech Republic compete .

Games

November 7, 1996

Czech Republic J. Alinč (15:07)

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

Sweden P. Kjellberg (9:14) N. Hävelid (16:58) N. Falk (36:22)

Helsinki

November 7, 1996

Finland M. Nieminen (14:05) J. Varvio (25:18) M. Nieminen (36:07) J. Riihijärvi (36:18) J. Riihijärvi (39:20) J. Ojanen (59:51)

6: 1 (1: 1, 4: 0, 1: 0)

Russia A. Koroljuk (18:02)

Helsinki

November 9, 1996

Sweden P. Svartvadet (19:40) F. Lindquist (29:33) 45. M. Svensson (44:58) P. Kjellberg (55:33)

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

Russia A. Fedotov (36:51)

Helsinki

November 9, 1996

Finland M. Kiprusoff (5:22) K. Rintanen (55:39) T. Jutila (59:41)

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

Czech Republic V. Vůjtek (9:45) R. Šimíček (35:40) J. Alinč (57:54)

Helsinki

November 10, 1996

Czech Republic 11:31 T. Vlasák

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

Russia 37:34 A. Koroljuk 57:34 Dmitri Gogolew Maxim Afinogenow (59:55)

November 10, 1996

Finland 23rd Varis 25th Timonen 30th Jaaskelainen 34th Varvio 47th Lind 57th Aalto

6: 2 (0: 0, 4: 2, 2: 0)

Sweden 35. Eklund 36. Nylander

table

space	team	Games	S.	U	N	T	P
	Finland	3	2	1	0	15: 06	5
	Sweden	3	2	0	1	09: 08	4th
	Russia	3	1	0	2	05:11	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	1	2	05: 09	1

The best players

The players with the highest points

space	player	Gates	templates	Points
1.	Michael Nylander	1	5	6th
2.	Jarkko Varvio	2	2	4th
3.	Mika Nieminen	2	2	4th
4th	Patric Kjellberg	2	2	4th
5.	Vladimír Vůjtek junior	1	3	4th
6th	Jan Alinč	2	1	3
7th	Janne Ojanen	1	2	3
8th.	Anatoly Fedotov	1	2	3
9.	Maxim Afinogenov	1	2	3
9.	Petri Varis	1	2	3

All-Star Team

Attack:	Patric Kjellberg - Mika Nieminen - Juha Riihijärvi
Defense:	Magnus Svensson - Timo Jutila
Goal:	Jani Hurme

All-Star Team B

Attack:	Vladimír Vujtek Jr. - Michael Nylander - Alexander Korolyuk
Defense:	Marko Kiprusoff - Johansson
Goal:	Sandberg

Best players

Goalkeeper: Alexei Jegorow - defender: Magnus Svensson - striker: Mika Nieminen

Web links

• Results, statistics of the Karjala Cup 1996 on Hokey.snt.cz
• Karjala Cup 1996 on Passionhockey.com