The 2008 LG Hockey Games was played between 7 and 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)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 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 PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%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: Semyon Varlamov Best defenceman: Kenny Jönsson Best forward: Maxim Sushinski
Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Semyon Varlamov Defence: Ilya Nikulin, Kenny Jönsson Forwards: Maxim Sushinski, Tony Mårtensson, Mattias Weinhandl
References
External links Hockeyarchives Official Games Reports 2008 LG Hockey Games awards