The 2008 Karjala Tournament was played between 6 and 9 November 2008. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. One match was played in Moscow, Russia the rest of the matches were played in Helsinki, Finland. Russia won the tournament. The tournament was part of 2008–09 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Helsinki – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Moscow – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2) Source
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 Alexei Mikhnov 3 3 0 3 +3 0 LW 2 Petteri Nummelin 3 2 1 3 +1 2 RD 3 Alexander Radulov 3 1 1 2 +3 0 CE 4 Miloslav Hořava 3 1 1 2 +1 0 RW 5 Danis Zaripov 3 1 1 2 0 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 Johan Holmqvist 118:14 1 0.51 98.39 1 2 Miroslav Kopřiva 125:01 2 0.96 95.65 0 3 Alexander Yeryomenko 120:00 2 1.00 95.65 1 4 Juuso Riksman 122:49 5 2.44 90.00 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 2008:
Best Player: Aleksei Mikhnov Best goalkeeper: Johan Holmqvist Best defenceman: Petteri Nummelin Best forward: Aleksandr Radulov
Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Miroslav Kopriva Defence: Vitali Proshkin, Petteri Nummelin Forwards: Aleksei Mikhnov, Sergei Zinoviev, Aleksandr Radulov
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