The 2002 Baltika Cup was played between 16 and 22 December 2002. 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 Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia and one match in LänsiAuto Areena in Espoo, Finland. Czech Republic won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 2002–03 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+4) Espoo – (Eastern European Time – UTC+2)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA Pts+/−PIMPOS 1 Michal Mikeska 4 3 2 5 +6 2 CE 2 Vitali Proshkin 4 3 1 4 +2 0 LD 3 Eero Somervuori 4 2 2 4 +4 0 RW 3 Aleksander Suglobov 4 2 2 4 +4 2 LW 5 Jaroslav Balaštík 4 2 2 4 +5 6 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 Adam Svoboda 125:00 2 0.96 96.67 0 2 Miroslav Šimonovič 120:00 2 1.00 96.15 0 3 Henrik Lundqvist 124:44 4 1.92 92.31 0 4 Stefan Liv 119:20 4 2.01 91.84 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 2002:
Best goaltender: Kimmo Kapanen Best defenceman: Vitali Proshkin Best forward: Michal Mikeska Most Valuable Player: Eero Somervuori
Media All-Star Team: Goaltender: Adam Svoboda Defence: Toni Söderholm, Radim Tezarik Forwards: Eero Somervuori, Michal Mikeska, Aleksander Suglobov
References
External links on hockeyarchives.info