2015 Channel One Cup

2015 Channel One Cup

Czech Republic wins the Cup
Tournament details
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	17–20 December 2015
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Czech Republic (9th title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	30 (5 per game)
Attendance	64,170 (10,695 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Alexander Radulov (5 points)
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The 2015 Channel One Cup was played between 17–20 December 2015. 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 VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, and one match in the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic. The tournament was part of 2015–16 Euro Hockey Tour. Tournament was won by Czech Republic before Sweden, Finland and Russia.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Winner of 2015 Channel One Cup
2	Sweden	3	1	1	0	1	7	5	+2	5
3	Finland	3	1	0	1	1	5	10	−5	4
4	Russia	3	1	0	0	2	11	9	+2	3

All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+3) Prague – (Central European Time – UTC+1)

17 December 2015 18:30

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Finland

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 16,257

Game reference
	Dominik Furch	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Tobias Björk Linus Öhnlund Linesmen: Rudolf Tošenovjan Vit Lederer
	0–1 32:46 – O. Palola 0–2 42:04 – M. Nutivaara (I. Filppula) 0–3 57:27 – J. Enlund (T. Sallinen) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	20

17 December 2015 19:00

Russia

1–4 (0–0, 1–3, 0–1)

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,194

Game reference
	Ilya Sorokin	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Robin Sir Pavel Hodek Linesmen: Dmitry Sivov Sergey Shelyanin
	M. Chudinov (A. Radulov, D. Zaripov) (PP) – 21:04 1–0 1–1 26:57 – A. Petersson (P. Hersley, L. Omark) (PP2) 1–2 29:33 – J. Ahnelöv (L. Omark, D. Rahimi) 1–3 33:15 – J. Norman (D. Rahimi, A. Johnson) 1–4 59:36 – O. Möller (M. Sjögren) (EN)
	22 min	Penalties	20 min
	31	Shots	24

19 December 2015 14:00

Finland

1–8 (0–4, 1–3, 0–1)

Russia

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,034

Game reference
	Jussi Rynnäs Harri Säteri	Goalies	Vasily Koshechkin	Referees: Pavel Hodek Robin Sir Linesmen: Dmitry Sivov Sergey Shelyanin
	0–1 01:26 – D. Zaripov (S. Mozyakin) 0–2 01:47 – D. Apalkov (I. Grigorenko) 0–3 06:23 – A. Radulov (B. Kiselevich, V. Shipachyov) 0–4 12:46 – A. Radulov (I. Kovalchuk, V. Shipachyov) 0–5 29:21 – M. Chudinov (V. Antipin, S. Mozyakin) A. Pihlström (V. Lajunen, I. Filppula) (PP) – 34:34 1–5 1–6 36:17 – I. Kovalchuk (V. Antipin, M. Chudinov) 1–7 39:12 – I. Kovalchuk (A. Radulov, D. Vishnevsky) 1–8 55:05 – D. Zaripov (E. Yakovlev, V. Shipachyov)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	31

19 December 2015 18:00

Sweden

1–3 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 6,250

Game reference
	Markus Svensson	Goalies	Pavel Francouz	Referees: Alexey Anisimiov Vyacheslav Bulanov Linesmen: Gleb Lazarov Alexander Otmakhov
	O. Möller (J. Lindström, M. Sjögren) (PP) 1–0 1–1 30:59 – T. Vincour (L. Radil, J. Jeřábek) 1–2 49:29 – T. Filippi (M. Doudera) (PP) 1–3 55:27 – T. Zohorna (L. Radil)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	15

20 December 2015 14:00

Russia

2–4 (0–1, 2–3, 0–0)

Czech Republic

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 12,095

Game reference
	Alexei Murygin	Goalies	Dominik Furch	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Dmitry Sivov Sergey Shelyanin
	0–1 05:26 – T. Vincour (P. Koukal) V. Kartayev (N. Gusev, E. Dadonov) – 22:28 1–1 V. Antipin (I. Kovalchuk, A. Radulov) – 25:09 2–1 2–2 27:29 – T. Kundrátek (M. Gulaš) 2–3 34:20 – M. Zaťovič (J. Kovář) (PP) 2–4 39:09 – R. Jarusek
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	22

20 December 2015 18:00

Finland

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

Sweden

VTB Ice Palace, Moscow Attendance: 5,340

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Roman Gofman Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarov Alexander Otmakhov
	0–1 39:07 – L. Wallmark (S. Kronwall, A. Engqvist) (PP) J. Enlund (K. Kuusela, V. Lajunen) – 45:25 1–1
	I. Filppula E. Elo	Shootout	A. Petersson O. Möller L. Omark
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	29

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  After the match between Sweden and Finland
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  A face-off in the match between Sweden and Czech Republic
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  Team Sweden wins silver medals at 2015 Channel One Cup
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  Team Finland finishes third
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  Kovar and Kronwall talk to referees before start of the match between Czech Republic and Sweden
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  Wolf, a mascot of Cup
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  Snowman, another mascot