2011 Karjala Tournament

2011 Karjala Tournament (Euro Hockey Games)

Tournament details
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	10–13 November 2011
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Russia (6th title)
Runner-up	Finland
Third place	Czech Republic
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	29 (4.83 per game)
Attendance	49,852 (8,309 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexander Radulov (5 points)
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The 2011 Karjala Tournament was played between 10 and 13 November 2011. 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 the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki, Finland, and one match in the Fjällräven Center in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The tournament was won by Russia, who won all their three games. The tournament was part of 2011–12 Euro Hockey Tour.

Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Russia	3	2	1	0	0	8	3	+5	8
Finland	3	1	0	1	1	8	6	+2	4
Czech Republic	3	1	0	0	2	6	8	−2	3
Sweden	3	1	0	0	2	7	12	−5	3

All times are local (UTC+2 for the games in Finland, and UTC+1 for the game in Sweden).^[1]

November 10, 2011 18:30

Russia

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Finland

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,244

Game reference
	Konstantin Barulin	Goalies	Karri Rämö	Referees: Sören Persson Mikael Nord
	? 1–0 1–1 ?
	?	Shootout	?
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	34

November 10, 2011 19:00

Sweden

2–5 (0–1, 2–1, 0–3)

Czech Republic

Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik Attendance: 5,227

Game reference
	Gustaf Wesslau	Goalies	Jakub Štěpánek	Referees: Vyacheslav Bulanov Alexey Ravodin
	0–1 ? 0–2 ? ? 1–2 ? 2–2 2–3 ? 2–4 ? 2–5 ?
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	27

November 12, 2011 13:00

Sweden

1–4 (0–2, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 5,578

Game reference
	Gustaf Wesslau	Goalies	Mikhail Biryukov	Referees: Jari Leppäalho Jari Levonen
	0–1 ? 0–2 ? ? 1–2 1–3 ? 1–4 ?
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	21

November 12, 2011 17:00

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,814

Game reference
	Niko Hovinen	Goalies	Jakub Štěpánek	Referees: Sören Persson Mikael Nord
	? 1–0 ? 2–0 ? 3–0 ? 4–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	22

November 13, 2011 13:00

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Russia

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 3,794

Game reference
	Jakub Kovář	Goalies	Konstantin Barulin	Referees: Antti Boman Alexei Rantala
	? 1–0 1–1 ? 1–2 ?
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	24

November 13, 2011 17:00

Finland

3–4 (1–1, 0–3, 2–0)

Sweden

Hartwall Areena, Helsinki Attendance: 12,195

Game reference
	Karri Rämö	Goalies	Johan Gustafsson	Referees: Martin Frano Jan Hribik
	J. Immonen (M. Granlund, S. Vatanen) (PP) – 05:14 1–0 1–1 18:29 – (PP) N. Danielsson (C. Järnkrok, C. Bäckman) 1–2 27:33 – M. Thörnberg (P. Zackrisson, J. Brodin) 1–3 32:35 – (PP) C. Bäckman (J. Fasth, F. Warg) 1–4 38:24 – (SH) M. Thörnberg (P. Zackrisson, K. Dahlbeck) S. Vatanen (M. Granlund) (PP2) – 39:15 2–4 L. Komarov (J. Joensuu, M. Kuparinen) – 48:58 3–4
	18 min	Penalties	20 min
	38	Shots	24

Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
1	Alexander Radulov	Russia	3	4	1	5	0	4	FW
2	Jarkko Immonen	Finland	3	3	1	4	+2	0	FW
3	Janne Pesonen	Finland	3	1	3	4	+3	2	FW
4	Mikael Granlund	Finland	3	0	4	4	+2	2	FW
5	Petr Nedvěd	Czech Republic	3	3	0	3	0	2	FW
6	Sami Vatanen	Finland	3	2	1	3	0	0	DF
7	Ilya Nikulin	Russia	3	0	3	3	+2	2	DF
8	Jakub Petružálek	Czech Republic	3	2	0	2	+2	0	FW
8	Martin Thörnberg	Sweden	3	2	0	2	0	0	FW
10	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Russia	3	2	0	2	+1	0	FW

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: Swehockey

Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	Sv%	SO
1	Niko Hovinen	Finland	85:31	1	0.70	96.67	1
2	Konstantin Barulin	Russia	125:00	2	0.96	96.47	0
3	Jakub Štěpánek	Czech Republic	120:00	6	3.00	89.83	0
4	Karri Rämö	Finland	98:36	5	3.04	89.36	0
5	Gustaf Wesslau	Sweden	118:58	8	4.03	82.98	0

TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source:

Best players selected by the directorate:^[2]

• Best Goalkeeper: Konstantin Barulin
• Best Defenceman: Ilya Nikulin
• Best Forward: Jarkko Immonen
• Top Scorer: Alexander Radulov (4 goals, 1 assist)

Tournament All-Star Team selected by the media:
Goaltender: Konstantin Barulin
Defencemen: Ilya Nikulin, Sami Vatanen
Forwards: Mikael Granlund, Jarkko Immonen, Alexander Radulov