Euro Hockey Tour

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Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) is an annual ice hockey tournament only opened for Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden.

EHT consists of four tournaments: Ceska Pojistovna Cup in Czech Republic, Karjala Tournament in Finland, Channel One Cup in Russia and LG Hockey Games in Sweden. After the four tournaments have finished, the EHT playoffs are played where the first and second placed teams play the EHT Gold Medal Game and the third and fourth placed teams play the Bronze Medal Game. The winner of the Gold Medal game counts as the unofficial European Champion.

Most teams use the competition as preparation for the World Championships or Olympics, allowing less experienced players to collect valuable ice time in their national colours.

Contents 1 Participating teams 2 Euro Hockey Tour finalists 3 Statistics 3.1 Season 2006-07 3.2 Season 2005-06 3.2.1 EHT playoffs 3.3 All time table 3.4 Medal count 4 References

[edit] Participating teams

Only four European teams compete in EHT:

• Finland
• Russia
• Czech Republic
• Sweden

[edit] Euro Hockey Tour finalists

Season	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
2005-06	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2004-05	Russia	Sweden	Finland
2003-04	Finland	Sweden	Russia
2002-03	Finland	Russia	Czech Republic
2001-02	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2000-01	Finland	Russia	Sweden
1999-00	Finland	Czech Republic	Russia
1998-99	Sweden	Finland	Czech Republic
1997-98	Czech Republic	Sweden	Finland
1996-971	Finland	Sweden	Russia

¹ Only points from Karjala Cup, Izvestija cup and Swedish Hockey Games counted in the final standings due to that the Russian team did not play in the Pragobanka cup.

Note that the EHT Gold medal Game and the EHT Bronze Medal Game were not played until season 2003-04. Before that, winner, second and third place were determined by final EHT standings. Also, during seasons 2003-04 and 2004-05, the EHT playoffs were played over two games. Starting with season 2005-06 only one game is played to determine the winner.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Season 2006-07

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	OTW	OTL	PSW	PSL
Russia	6	4	0	2	23	17	16	0	0	2	0
Sweden	6	2	3	1	18	19	7	0	0	0	1
Finland	6	2	3	1	11	13	7	0	0	0	1
Czech Republic	6	1	3	2	15	18	6	0	0	1	1

Table as of November 12, 2006. Ceska Pojistovna Cup and Karjala Tournament played.

[edit] Season 2005-06

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	OTW	OTL
Russia	12	8	2	0	40	28	26	0	2
Sweden	12	6	4	0	32	24	22	2	0
Finland	12	4	5	0	22	26	17	2	1
Czech Republic	12	1	8	0	27	43	7	1	2

[edit] EHT playoffs

The EHT playoffs 2005-06 were played in Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden, on May 1, 2006. Russia beat Sweden in the final with 2-1 and won the EHT. Finland won over Czech Republic with 3-2 and clinched the 3rd place.

May 1, 2006
	Russia	2–1	Sweden	Globen Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
	J. Malkin 27:51 (PP) D. Zaripov 35:23 (ES)		N. Bäckström 31:07 (PP)

May 1, 2006
	Finland	3–2	Czech Republic	Globen Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
	V. Peltonen 29:30 (PS) J. Hentunen 31:39 (ES) J. Rita 38:30 (ES)		I. Prorok 08:12 (ES) J. Balastik 13:29 (ES)

[edit] All time table

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	OTW	OTL
Finland	72	35	19	7	190	159	111	7	4
Czech Republic	72	27	26	8	200	174	87	4	7
Russia	72	22	30	7	156	191	85	8	5
Sweden	72	23	32	8	164	186	77	3	6

[edit] Medal count

Pos	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	6	1	3	10
2	Russia	2	3	3	8
3	Sweden	1	5	2	8
4	Czech Republic	1	1	2	4

[edit] References