2015 Karjala Tournament

The 2015 Karjala Tournament was played between 5–8 November 2015. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches were played in the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, and one match in the Fjällräven Center in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The tournament was won by Sweden.^[1] The tournament is part of 2015–16 Euro Hockey Tour.

2015 Karjala Tournament (Euro Hockey Games)

Tournament details
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	5–8 November 2015
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Sweden (4th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Russia
Fourth place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	35 (5.83 per game)
Attendance	42,301 (7,050 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Linus Omark Vadim Shipachyov (4 points)
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Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	12	10	+2	6	Winner of 2015 Karjala Cup
2	Finland	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	1	1	10	9	+1	4
4	Czech Republic	3	0	1	0	2	7	11	−4	2

Source: EHT

Games

All times are local. Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Örnsköldsvik – (Central European Time – UTC+1)

5 November 2015 18:30

Finland

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 7,631

Game reference
	Juha Metsola	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Mikael Sjöqvist Marcus Linde Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 15:22 – I. Kovalchuck (I. Grigorenko, M. Grigoryev) L. Kukkonen (T. Huhtala, A. Ohtamaa) – 16:56 1–1 P. Kontiola (S. Lepistö, J. Hietanen)(PP) – 49:58 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	23

5 November 2015 19:15

Sweden

6–2 (2–0, 2–0, 2–2)

Czech Republic

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 5,735

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Jakub Kovář	Referees: Roman Gofman Alexei Ravodin Linesmen: Johannes Käck Emil Yletyinen
	J. Fransson (R. Rosén, R. Gynge)(PP) – 03:24 1–0 J. Ericsson (L. Omark, N. Danielsson)(PP) – 04:02 2–0 J. Lundqvist (D. Axelsson, M. Johansson) – 32:27 3–0 R. Rosén (R. Gynge, N. Danielsson) – 37:15 4–0 4–1 50:59 – M. Gulaš (J. Buchtele) M. Sörensen (J. Ericsson) – 53:29 5–1 5–2 56:11 – J. Hruska J. Lundqvist (S. Kronwall, J. Fransson) – 58:43 6–2
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	22

7 November 2015 13:00

Russia

6–3 (1–0, 3–2, 2–1)

Sweden

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 4,377

Game reference
	Vasily Koshechkin	Goalies	Henrik Karlsson	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Henri Neva
	D. Apalkov (N. Gusev, V. Kartayev) – 09:03 1–0 1–1 21:51 – L. Omark (D. Axelsson, S. Kronwall) S. Mozyakin (V. Shipachyov) – 28:19 2–1 2–2 30:03 – A. Engqvist (J. Ahnelöv, L. Omark) N. Prokhorkin (D. Zaripov) – 38:43 3–2 V. Shipachyov (E. Dadonov) – 39:37 4–2 4–3 43:26 R. Rosén (J. Fransson, M. Lundberg)(DP) V. Shipachyov (S. Mozyakin, E. Dadonov) – 46:56 5–3 I. Kovalchuk (D. Apalkov)(EN) – 58:51 6–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	25

7 November 2015 17:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 9,879

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Mikael Sjöqvist Marcus Linde Linesmen: Joonas Saha Jani Pesonen
	M. Gulaš (R. Šimek) – 29:58 1–0 1–1 36:16 - T. Huhtala (H. Pesonen, A. Elorinne) 1–2 41:20 – K. Kuusela (T. Huhtala, S. Lepistö)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	23

8 November 2015 13:00

Russia

3–4 GWS (0–0, 1–1, 2–2) (OT 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,384

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Jakub Kovář	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Jari-Pekka Pajula Linesmen: Masi Puolakka Pasi Nieminen
	0–1 20:26 – T. Zohorna (V. Sobotka, L. Radil) S. Shirokov (S. Mozyakin) – 24:51 1–1 M. Grigoryev (A. Tsvetkov, S. Shirokov) – 44:07 2–1 2–2 49:41 – M. Doudera (J. Kovář) (PP) 2–3 51:47 – M. Gulaš (D. Kubalík, M. Doudera) V. Antipin (V. Shipachyov, E. Dadonov)(PP) – 55:41 3–3
	V. Shipachyov S. Mozyakin S. Shirokov	Shootout	M. Gulaš V. Sobotka J. Kovář
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	15	Shots	34

8 November 2015 17:00

Finland

2–3 (0–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Sweden

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,295

Game reference
	Juha Metsola	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Jan Hribik René Hradil Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Markus Hägerström
	0–1 13:46 – J. Lundqvist (M. Johansson, D. Axelsson) 0–2 23:43 – J. Ericsson (S. Kronwall, J. Norman) S. Lepistö (J. Hietanen, O. Osala) (PP) – 34:48 1–2 1–3 49:13 – L. Omark (P. Hersley) (PP) K. Kuusela (T. Koivisto) (PP) – 59:52 2–3
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	24

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Vadim Shipachyov	Russia	3	2	2	4	0	0	FW
2	Linus Omark	Sweden	3	2	2	4	+1	0	FW
3	Joel Lundqvist	Sweden	3	3	0	3	+1	2	FW
4	Milan Gulaš	Czech Republic	3	3	0	3	+1	4	FW
5	Jimmie Ericsson	Sweden	3	2	1	3	+2	0	FW
6	Robert Rosén	Sweden	3	2	1	3	-1	2	FW
7	Johan Fransson	Sweden	3	1	2	3	+1	0	DF
8	Sami Lepistö	Finland	3	1	2	3	0	0	DF
9	Sergei Mozyakin	Russia	3	1	2	3	+2	2	FW
10	Tommi Huhtala	Finland	3	1	2	3	+3	2	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position

Source: Swehockey

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Harri Säteri	Finland	60:00	1	1.00	95.45	0
2	Viktor Fasth	Sweden	120:00	4	2.00	92.16	0
3	Juha Metsola	Finland	118:18	4	2.03	91.49	0
4	Ilya Sorokin	Russia	123:56	5	2.42	91.38	0
5	Jakub Kovář	Czech Republic	125:00	9	4.32	78.57	0

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: Swehockey

References

1. Göran Sundberg (8 November 2015). "Tre Kronor vann Karjalaturneringen" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 9 November 2015.