The 1997 Pragobanka Cup was played between 28 and 31 August 1997. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All games were played in Zimní stadion Luďka Čajky in Zlín, Czech Republic. The tournament was won by Czech Republic. The tournament was part of 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Zlín – (Central European Summer Time – UTC+1)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 Petr Ton 3 4 2 6 +4 0 F 2 Josef Beránek 3 2 4 6 +7 8 F 3 Alexei Morozov 3 5 0 5 +5 0 F 4 Juha Riihijärvi 3 2 3 5 +2 0 F 5 Janne Ojanen 3 2 2 4 +3 2 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: quanthockey
Goaltending leaders PosPlayerCountryTOIGAGAASv%SO 1 Roman Čechmánek 120:00 X X.XX 95.31 1 2 Yegor Podomatsky 140:00 X X.XX 93.75 0 3 Miikka Kiprusoff 60:00 X X.XX 93.10 0 4 Milan Hnilička 60:00 X X.XX 91.30 0 5 Ari Sulander 120:00 X X.XX 88.89 0 6 Mikael Sandberg 76:00 X X.XX 86.00 0 7 Petter Rönnquist 104:00 X X.XX 81.63 0 8 Sergei Fadeyev 40:00 X X.XX 70.59 0 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: hokej
Tournament awards The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:
Best goalkeeper: Roman Čechmánek Best defenceman: Petteri Nummelin Best forward: Pavel Patera
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