The 1996 Izvestia Trophy was the 29th Izvestia Trophy competition, played between 16 and 22 December 1996. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia played a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. All of the matches were played in Luzhniki Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia. Russia won the tournament. The tournament was part of the 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.
Games against Canada was not included in the 1996–97 Euro Hockey Tour.
Standings
Games All times are local. Moscow – (Moscow Time – UTC+4)
Scoring leaders PosPlayerCountryGPGA PtsPIMPOS 1 Alexander Korolyuk 4 4 2 6 2 F 2 Mika Alatalo 4 3 1 4 6 F 3 Johan Lindbom 4 3 1 4 4 F 3 Kimmo Rintanen 4 3 1 4 2 F 5 Per Svartvadet 4 2 2 4 0 F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: quanthockey
Tournament awards The tournament directorate named the following players in the tournament 1997:
Best goaltender: Maxim Mikhailovsky Best defenceman: Marko Kiprusoff Best forward: Patrik Kjellberg Most Valuable Player: Alexander Korolyuk
References
External links on hockeyarchives.info