Karjala Cup 2012

Karjala Cup
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Winner:	Czech Republic

The Karjala Cup 2012 was the 17th edition of the ice hockey tournament in Finland since 1996 . It is part of the Euro Hockey Tour , in which the national teams of Finland , Sweden , Russia and the Czech Republic compete. Except for the first game of the Czech team, which was played in the Czech Republic, the games took place in Turku. After three wins from three games, the Czech national team won the tournament for the first time.

Games

November 7, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Russia A. Anissimow (20:31)

1: 2 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report

Finland T. Laine (50:49) P. Nummelin (PS)

HK-areena , Turku spectators: 9,538

November 7, 2012 6:00 p.m.

Czech Republic T. Plekanec (40:37) M. Vondrka (48:56) J. Tlustý (52:48)

3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 3: 1) game report

Sweden C. Söderberg (58:58)

Tipsport Arena , Liberec Spectators: 5,893

November 9, 2012 2:00 p.m.

Sweden M. Thörnberg (5:07) T. Mårtensson (28:22)

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

Russia J. Aveverin (2:20) W. Schipachev (11:02) W. Tichonow (42:38)

HK-areena, Turku spectators: 4,365

November 9, 2012 5:30 p.m.

Finland

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Czech Republic P. Nedvěd (17:48)

HK-areena, Turku spectators: 10,238

November 10, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Czech Republic Z. Irgl (8:45) J. Tlustý (17:38)

2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Russia J. Medvedev (33:43)

HK-areena, Turku spectators: 7,869

November 10, 2012 4:00 p.m.

Finland S. Salminen (3:26) P. Nummelin (37:14) J. Haataja (58:32)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Sweden C. Söderberg (31:21)

HK-areena, Turku spectators: 11,820

table

space	team	Games	S.	S (OT)	N (OT)	N	T	P
	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	0	6: 2	9
	Finland	3	1	1	0	1	5: 3	5
	Russia	3	1	0	1	1	5: 5	4th
4th	Sweden	3	0	0	0	3	4: 9	0

Awards

All-Star Team

The all-star team was selected by the accredited journalists.

Attack:	Sakari salt mines - Mikko Koivu - Petr Nedvěd
Defense:	Ilja Nikulin - Petteri Nummelin
Goal:	Ondřej Pavelec

Player trophies

The choice of the best players of the tournament was made by the representatives of the IIHF .

Best striker:	Sakari salt mines
Best Defender:	Staffan Kronwall
Best goalkeeper:	Ondřej Pavelec

Web links

• Results of the Karjala Cup 2012 on Kicker.de
• Results and statistics of the Karjala Cup 2012 on Scoresway.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lukas Peroutka: Karjala Cup moves to Turku. eurohockey.com, August 9, 2012, accessed November 7, 2012 .