LG Hockey Games - Globen Cup

[The Comish]

I only found out today that there is a four team tournament happening in Stockholm, Sweden. The teams involved are Sweden, Russia, Finland and the Czech Republic.

They play a tournament in each of their countries throughout the year. From 7-10 Feb they play in Stockholm.

You\'ll see some familiar names on each countries rosters - it\'s an interesting mix of old NHL players, young NHL prospects and each countries top league players. It\'s interesting that Sweden left a spot open for Forsberg.

This could be why there are several NHL GM\'s/reps in Sweden at the moment.

I couldn\'t find the Czech Republic\'s roster. Here are the others:

Doug Shedden is Team Finland’s Head Coach.

Goalies:
Antti Niemi, Pelicans
Petri Vehanen, Lukko

Defensemen:
Jukka-Pekka Laamanen, Kärpät
Mikko Lehtonen, Kärpät
Mikko Luoma, HV71 (se)
Pasi Puistola, HV71 (se)
Anssi Salmela, Tappara
Pekka Saravo, Luleå (se)
Toni Söderholm, Frölunda (se)
Ossi Väänänen, Djurgården (se)

Forwards:
Riku Hahl, Timrå (se)
Juha-Pekka Hytönen, JYP
Hannes Hyvönen, Kärpät
Tomi Kallio, Frölunda (se)
Toni Koivisto, Ilves
Antti Laaksonen, Fribourg (ch)
Ville Leino, Jokerit
Janne Pesonen, Kärpät
Tuomas Pihlman, JYP
Esa Pirnes, Färjestad (se)
Mika Pyörälä, Timrå (se)
Tony Salmelainen, Yaroslavl (ru)
Tommi Santala, Jokerit


Swedish roster for LG Hockey Games
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson announced the Swedish squad last night. Gustafsson holds a spot open for Peter Forsberg, but it\'s unlikely he decides to play.

Roster
Goalies
Daniel Larsson, Djurgården
Stefan Liv, HV71

Defensemen
Daniel Fernholm, Linköping
Jonas Frögren, Färjestad
Kenny Jönsson, Rögle
Fredrik Lindgren, Skellefteå
Sanny Lindström, Timrå
David Petrasek, HV71
Jan Sandström, Luleå
Johan Åkerman, HV71

Forwards
Johan Davidsson, HV71
Nils Ekman, Khimik Mytischy
Karl Fabricius, Frölunda
Patric Hörnqvist, Djurgården
Andreas Johansson, Färjestad
Tony Mårtensson, Linköping
Martin Thörnberg, HV71
Linus Videll, Södertälje
Rickard Wallin, Färjestad
Fredrik Warg, MODO
Mattias Weinhandl, Linköping
Daniel Widing, Brynäs

On February 5th Sweden will play Slovakia in Västerås. In that game Jonas Junland, Fabian Brunnström and Patrik Berglund will also participate.


Russia names roster for LG Hockey Games

Goalkeepers
Mikhail BIRYUKOV (HC MVD)
Semen VARLAMOV (Lokomotiv)
Aleksandr EREMENKO (Salavat Yulaev)
Dmitri YACHANOV (SKA St. Petersburg)

Defenders:
Vitaliy ATYUSHOV (Metallurg Mg)
Evgeniy BIRYUKOV (Metallurg Mg)
Alexey EMELIN (Ak Bars)
Ilya NIKULIN (Ak Bars)
Maxim KONDRATIEV (SKA St. Petersburg)
Sergey PERETYAGIN (SKA St. Petersburg)
Konstantin KORNEEV (CSKA Moscow)
Denis KULYASH (CSKA Moscow)
Andrey KUTEYKIN (Salavat Yulaev)
Daniil MARKOV (Dinamo Moscow)

Forwards
Dmitry AFANASENKOV (Dinamo Moscow)
Fedor FEDOROV (Dinamo Moscow)
Konstantin GOROVIKOV (SKA St. Petersburg)
Maxim SUSHINSKIY (SKA St. Petersburg)
Alexei KAIGORODOV (Metallurg Mg)
Nikolai KULEMIN (Metallurg Mg)
Igor MIRNOV (Metallurg Mg)
Denis PLATONOV (Metallurg Mg)
Anton KURYANOV (Avangard Omsk)
Aleksey MIKHNOV (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
Ivan NEPRYAEV (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
Aleksey YASHIN (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
Aleksandr PEREZHOGIN (Salavat Yulaev)
Aleksey TERESCHENKO (Salavat Yulaev)
Oleg SAPRYKIN (CSKA Moscow)
Alexey SIMAKOV (CSKA Moscow)
Petr SCHASTLIVIY (CSKA Moscow)
Sergey MOZYAKIN (Khimik Mytischi)
Andrey NIKOLISHIN (Traktor Chelyabinsk).

[miked]

yea i heard about htis tourney a few weeks ago when i was following forsberg... this is the tournament that he is planning to use as a measuring stick to test his ankle... i was gonna look into this tournament closely, but someone pluked forsberg from the free agents