The 2012 Kajotbet Hockey Games was played between 26 and 29 April 2012. 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 Kajot Arena in Brno, Czech Republic, and one match in Yubileyny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The tournament was part of 2011–12 Euro Hockey Tour.
Finland won the tournament for the fifth time, winning all three games. It was also their first Czech/Kajotbet Hockey Games win since 2003. From this year's tournament, it's called Kajotbet Hockey Games due to sponsoring by Kajotbet.
Standings
Games All times are local (UTC+2 for the games in the Czech Republic, and UTC+4 for the game in Russia).
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS 1 Jiří Novotný 3 1 3 4 2 +1 CE 1 Niklas Olausson 3 1 3 4 2 -1 F 3 Tuomas Kiiskinen 3 2 1 3 0 +3 RW 4 Mikko Mäenpää 3 2 1 3 0 +2 LD 5 Jussi Jokinen 3 1 2 3 0 +1 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 Kari Lehtonen 120:00 1 0.50 98.28 1 2 Semyon Varlamov 119:00 3 1.51 93.02 0 3 Jakub Štěpánek 122:27 6 2.94 90.00 0 4 Jhonas Enroth 118:27 7 3.55 84.09 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 2012:
Best goalkeeper: Kari Lehtonen Best defenceman: Dmitri Kalinin Best forward: Tomáš Plekanec
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