The 2006 LG Hockey Games was played between 26 and 29 April 2006 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 Globen in Stockholm, Sweden, and one match in the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The tournament was won by Russia. The tournament was part of 2005–06 Euro Hockey Tour.
The tournament was played in late-April instead of early-February because of the 2006 Olympic tournament in Turin, Italy.
Standings
Games All times are local. Stockholm – (Central European Time – UTC+1) Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 Danis Zaripov 3 3 1 4 +2 2 LW 2 Fredrik Emvall 2 2 2 4 +4 0 CE 3 Maxim Sushinsky 3 2 2 4 +5 0 RW 4 Alexander Semin 3 3 0 3 +5 0 LW 5 Alexei Mikhnov 3 2 1 3 +4 0 LW GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: swehockey
Goaltending leaders PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Niklas Bäckström 120:00 3 1.50 95.31 1 2 Sergei Zvyagin 89:59 8 5.33 82.22 0 3 Milan Hnilička 120:00 8 4.00 81.82 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 named the following players in the tournament 2006:
Best goalkeeper: Daniel Henriksson Best defenceman: Kenny Jönsson Best forward: Aleksandr Semin
Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Daniel Henriksson Defence: Aki-Petteri Berg, Kenny Jönsson Forwards: Aleksandr Semin, Evgeni Malkin, Jesper Mattsson
References
External links Hockeyarchives