LG Hockey Games

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LG Hockey Games, until 2006 known as Sweden Hockey Games (SHG), is an annual ice hockey event held in Sweden.

Since season 1996-97 the tournament is part of the Euro Hockey Tour in which Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden participate. For season 2005-06 the tournament's name was changed from Sweden Hockey Games to LG Hockey Games due to the new main sponsor LG Electronics.

The event is held in the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The winner of the tournament receives the Globen Cup - the tournament is sometimes called the Sweden Globen Cup. Only Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden are invited to the tournament but from season 1991-92 through 2003-04 Canada also participated.

Contents 1 LG Hockey Games winners 2 Statistics 2.1 Final standings 2006 2.2 Medal count 3 References

[edit] LG Hockey Games winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd place
2006	Finland	Russia	Sweden
2005	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia
2004	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia
2003	Russia	Sweden	Canada
2002	Sweden	Czech Republic	Finland
2001	Sweden	Finland	Canada
2000	Finland	Czech Republic	Canada
1999	Finland	Sweden	Canada
1998	Sweden	Czech Republic	Finland
1997	Finland	Sweden	Canada
1996	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia
1995	Sweden	Russia	Czech Republic
1994	Czech Republic	Sweden	Canada
1993	Sweden	Czech Republic	Russia
1992	Canada	USSR	Czechoslovakia
1991	USSR	Sweden	Finland

Winner, runner-up and third place is determined by total standing after a round-robin style of play.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Final standings 2006

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	OTW	OTL
Finland	3	2	1	0	8	4	6	0	0
Russia	3	2	1	0	16	13	6	0	0
Sweden	3	2	1	0	10	8	6	0	0
Czech Republic	3	0	3	0	6	15	0	0	0

[edit] Medal count

Pos	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	8	5	1	14
2	Finland	4	1	3	8
3	Czech Republic	1	7	1	9
4	Russia	1	2	4	7
5	USSR	1	1	0	2
6	Canada	1	0	6	7
7	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• LG Hockey Games (Swedish). Svenska Ishockeyförbundet. Retrieved on May 5, 2006.