2017 Karjala Tournament

The 2017 Karjala Tournament was played between 8–12 November 2017. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia. The new teams involved in the tournament were Canada and Switzerland.

2017 Karjala Tournament (Euro Hockey Games)

Tournament details
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Dates	8–12 November 2017
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Finland (12th title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Sweden
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Goals scored	51 (5.67 per game)
Attendance	57,266 (6,363 per game)
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Finland won the tournament, ahead of Russia and Sweden.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Finland	3	3	0	0	0	10	6	+4	9
2	Russia	3	2	0	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	8	6	+2	6
4	Canada	3	1	0	0	2	6	8	−2	3
5	Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3
6	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0

Source: Swehockey^[1]

Games

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

8 November 2017 19:00

Sweden

5–3 (1–1, 2–2, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Behrn Arena, Örebro Attendance: 5,500

Game reference
	Jhonas Enroth	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Jimmy Dahmén
	0–1 J. Nakládal (A. Nestrašil, L. Radil) (PP) – 12:55 D. Everberg (J. Ahnelöv, A. Lander) – 14:45 1–1 1–2 M. Birner ( M. Řepík, T. Kundrátek) – 21:55 O. Möller (J. Lindström) – 29:53 2–2 J. Lindström (S. Kronwall) (PP) – 32:07 3–2 3–3 L. Radil (J. Klepiš, J. Nakládal) – 35:22 D. Axelsson (A. Petersson, L. Omark) (PP) – 48:25 4–3 D. Axelsson (A. Petersson) (PP) – 57:42 5–3
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	23

8 November 2017 20:15

Switzerland

2–3 (0–0, 1–3, 1–0)

Canada

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Attendance: 5,476

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Ben Scrivens	Referees: Marcus Vinnerborg Daniel Sticker
	M. Fora (C. Almond, L. Martschini) – 25:43 1–0 1–1 G. Brulé (S. Després, C. Genoway) – 28:24 1–2 E. O'Dell (K. Stollery, Z. Whitecloud) – 35:43 1–3 M. Ellison (G. Kinrade) – 36:47 R. Loeffel (F. Du Bois, G. Hofmann) – 58:02 2–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	28

9 November 2017 18:30

Finland

3–2 (1–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Russia

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 10,860

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Tobias Björk Linus Öhlund
	J. Kemppainen (J. Junttila, M. Koivisto) – 01:55 1–0 M. Heiskanen (A. Pihlström, M. Anttila) – 23:10 2–0 2–1 K. Kaprizov (N. Gusev) – 26:41 2–2 S. Plotnikov (I. Telegin) – 37:007 A. Ohtamaa (M. Anttila) – 50:52 3–2
	31 min	Penalties	29 min
	24	Shots	17

10 November 2017 15:00

Czech Republic

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Switzerland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 1,320

Game reference
	Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Gilles Senn	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Lassi Heikkinen Linesmen: Daniel Österholm Lauri Nikulainen
	M. Gulaš (J. Krejčík, D. Kubalík) (PP) – 02:02 1–0 L. Radil (J. Klepiš) (PP) – 19:46 2–0 2–1 G. Haas (V. Praplan, D. Hollenstein) – 22:50 D. Kubalík (M. Gulaš) (2PP) – 32:52 3–1 3–2 A. Ambühl (F. Du Bois, R. Loeffel) – 50:54
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	29	Shots	24

10 November 2017 18:30

Canada

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 2,132

Game reference
	Ben Scrivens	Goalies	Magnus Hellberg	Referees: Anssi Salonen Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Markus Hägerström
	0–1 P. Lindholm (P. Hersley, R. Dahlin) (PP) – 36:02 0–2 P. Lindholm (O. Möller, J. Lindström) (PP) – 51:53
	37 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	21

11 November 2017 13:30

Switzerland

2–6 (2–1. 0–0, 0–5)

Russia

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 2,713

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Ilya Sorokin	Referees: Anssi Salonen Aleksi Rantala
	0–1 S. Shirokov (N. Gusev, N. Nesterov) (PP) – 04:19 S. Moser (F. Du Bois, A. Ambühl) (PP2) – 14:49 1–1 V. Praplan (G. Haas, R. Schäppi) (PP) – 19:34 2–1 2–2 S. Kalinin (M. Grigorenko, P. Kraskovsky) – 46:04 2–3 N. Nesterov (N. Gusev, D. Khafizullin) – 46:05 2–4 V. Nichushkin (S. Mozyakin, B. Kiselevich) – 50:01 2–5 M. Grigorenko (P. Kraskovsky, V. Tokranov) – 51:08 2–6 V. Tkachev (S. Mozyakin, M. Grigorenko) – 59:47
	10 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	34

11 November 2017 17:30

Finland

3–1 (1–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Sweden

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,085

Game reference
	Mikko Koskinen	Goalies	Magnus Hellberg Jhonas Enroth(31:19)	Referees: Robin Šír René Hradil Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Henri Neve
	E. Tolvanen (P. Kontiola) – 03:20 1–0 J. Peltola (E. Tolvanen) – 20:50 2–0 S. Manninen (J. Lajunen, M. Pyörälä) – 30:59 3–0 3–1 F. Pettersson (E. Gustafsson, R. Nilsson) – 31:19
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	17

12 November 2017 13:30

Russia

5–2 (2–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,143

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Marek Mazanec	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Sakari Suominen Markus Hägerström
	M. Grigorenko (V. Tokranov) – 04:23 1–0 M. Grigorenko (S. Kalinin) – 11:10 2–0 K. Kaprizov (N. Gusev, N. Nesterov) (PP2) – 23:40 3–0 3–1 D. Kubalík (J. Kovář, M. Řepík) (PP) – 30:36 M. Grigorenko (P. Kraskovsky) – 33:06 4–1 D. Khafizullin (S. Mozyakin, V. Tkachev) – 55:36 5–1 5–2 J. Klepiš (J. Kovář) – 59:52
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	35	Shots	28

12 November 2017 17:30

Finland

4–3 (1–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Canada

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 13,037

Game reference
	Eero Kilpeläinen	Goalies	Ben Scrivens	Referees: Robin Šír René Hradil
	0–1 G. Brulé (M. Ellison, W. Wolski) – 02:22 J. Lajunen (S. Manninen, M. Pyörälä) – 12:19 1–1 1–2 M. Noreau (T. Purcell) (PP) – 29:36 S. Lepistö (M. Pyörälä) (PP) – 39:54 2–2 M. Heiskanen (J. Lajunen, A. Erkinjuntti) – 39:54 3–2 3–3 C. Thomas – 46:25 E. Tolvanen (S. Lepistö, M. Pyörälä) (PP) – 52:36 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	28

Best Players of the Tournament

Goaltender	Defense	Forward
Mikko Koskinen	Jakub Nakládal	Mikhail Grigorenko

References

1. "Karjala Tournament". Stats.Swehockey.se. Swedish Icehockey Association. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2017-06-10.