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2008 LG Hockey Games

Field	Value
tourney_name	LG Hockey Games
year	2008
size	200px
country	Sweden
dates	7-10 February 2008
num_teams	4
venues	2
cities	2
type	ih
winners	Russia
count	3
second	Finland
third	Sweden
fourth	Czech Republic
games	6
goals	34
attendance
scoring_leader	SWE Mattias Weinhandl
points	4
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

The 2008 LG Hockey Games were played between 7-10 February, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. 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 Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, and one match in the Tampere Ice Stadium in Tampere, Finland. The tournament was part of 2007–08 Euro Hockey Tour.

Sweden lost the final game, 1–2, against Finland despite Swedish goalkeeper Stefan Liv saving many shots.

Standings

Games

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

19:58 – Mikko Lehtonen (Janne Pesonen) (PP) 23:20 – Hannes Hyvönen (Janne Pesonen, Esa Pirnes) 25:51 – Esa Pirnes (Tomi Kallio, Pasi Puistola) (PP) 00:00 – Tony Salmelainen (Esa Pirnes, Tomi Kallio) (PP) 59:56 – Tuomas Pihlman (Raimo Helminen) 32:17 – Nikolai Kulyomin (Alexei Mikhnov, Petr Schastlivy) 45:01 – Sergei Mozyakin (Maxim Sushinsky, Anton Kuryanov) 51:40 – Denis Platonov (Alexei Mikhnov) 46:15 – Patric Hörnqvist (Andreas Johansson, Nils Ekman) 46:39 – Mattias Weinhandl (Linus Videll, Jonas Junland) 33:03 – Maxim Sushinsky (Andrei Kuteikin, Petr Schastlivy) 41:16 – Oleg Saprykin (Konstantin Korneyev, Denis Platonov) 54:46 – Ilja Nikulin (Andrei Nikolishin) 56:12 – Maxim Sushinsky (Ilja Nikulin, Anton Kuryanov) 44:56 – Mattias Weinhandl (Johan Åkerman, Tony Mårtensson) 48:59 – Per Ledin (Tony Mårtensson, Daniel Widing) 59:01 – Mattias Weinhandl (Daniel Fernholm, Fredrik Warg) 35:19 – Tomas Rolinek (Radek Hamr, Tomas Zizka) 24:34 – Pavel Kasparik (Tomas Netik, Tomas Kurka) 27:30 – Tomas Netik (Frantisek Lukes) 35:38 – Jakub Klepis (Frantisek Lukes) 37:21 – Ilja Nikulin (Andrei Nikolishin) 32:42 – Janne Pesonen (Hannes Hyvönen, Anssi Salmela) (PP)

Scoring leaders

Pos	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Mattias Weinhandl	3	3	1	4	+2	2	CE
2	Maxim Sushinsky	2	2	2	4	+2	0	RW
3	Esa Pirnes	3	1	3	4	+1	2	CE
4	Ilya Nikulin	3	2	1	3	+3	6	LD
5	Tony Mårtensson	3	1	2	3	+2	0	RW

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

Source: swehockey

Goaltending leaders

Pos	Player	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Semyon Varlamov	80:00	0	0.00	100.00	1
2	Alexander Yeryomenko	100:00	7	4.20	89.55	0
3	Antti Niemi	117:23	5	2.56	89.13	0
4	Daniel Larsson	118:58	6	3.03	89.09	0
5	Milan Hnilička	124:46	8	3.11	87.69	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Source: swehockey

Tournament awards

The tournament directorate nominated the following players:

Best goaltender: RUS Semyon Varlamov
Best defenceman: SWE Kenny Jönsson
Best forward: RUS Maxim Sushinski

Media All-Star Team:

Goaltender: RUS Semyon Varlamov
Defence: RUS Ilya Nikulin, SWE Kenny Jönsson
Forwards: RUS Maxim Sushinski, SWE Tony Mårtensson, SWE Mattias Weinhandl

References

Daniel Hultkvist. (10 February 2008). "Revansch för Liv mot Finland". J-nytt.
(2008-02-10). "LG Hockey Games 2008 Standings". swehockey.
(2008-02-10). "LG Hockey Games 2008 Scoring Leaders". swehockey.
(2008-02-10). "LG Hockey Games 20XX Goaltending Leaders". swehockey.
"Best players by position".

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