Czech Republic undefeated in Euro Hockey Challenge
23 Apr 2012 | - eurohockey.com
From April 10-22 a series of national team games including the European top nations were played under the name Euro Hockey Challenge. Czech Republic was the only undefeated team. Switzerland and Germany also performed well.
Czech Republic were undefeated in the 6 games of Euro Hockey Challenge - but the result wasn't perfect. Only two games were won in regulation. The other four were won in overtime or shoot-out.
Switzerland started the Euro Hockey Challenge with a 3-0 win over one of the World Championship hosts Finland. They also beat the other host, Sweden, twice; 4-2 and 5-2.
RK Team GP W T L GF:GA (GD) TP
1 Czech Republic 6 2 4 0 19:11 (8) 14
2 Switzerland 6 4 1 1 19:10 (9) 13
3 Finland 6 3 2 1 16:7 (9) 13
4 Germany 6 2 4 0 16:15 (1) 11
5 Sweden 6 2 2 2 22:14 (8) 10
6 Russia 6 2 2 2 13:11 (2) 10
7 Latvia 6 3 1 2 12:11 (1) 10
8 Austria 4 2 0 2 9:10 (-1) 6
9 Denmark 6 1 2 3 12:16 (-4) 6
10 Belarus 6 1 3 2 10:19 (-9)
11 France 2 1 0 1 7:9 (-2) 3
12 Slovakia 6 0 3 3 10:18 (-8) 3
13 Norway 6 1 0 5 11:25 (-14) 3
Sweden's Fredrik Pettersson (4+4) was the best scorer of Euro Hockey Challenge with 8 points in 6 games. Then followed Damien Brunner (SUI), Jakub Petruzalek (CZE), Lukas Kaspar (CZE) and Kai Hospelt (GER) all with 6 points.
Euro Hockey Challenge has ended but the national teams will continue the World Championship preparations with more games and tournaments, for example Kajotbet Hockey Games (EHT) in Brno.
Here are the Euro Hockey Challenge results team by team:
AustriaBelarus (h)
2-3 and
4-2Switzerland (h)
3-1 and
0-4
BelarusAustria (a)
3-2 and
2-4Sweden (h)
3-4 (SO) and
1-2 (SO)
Finland (a)
0-5 and
1-2 (SO)
Czech RepublicLatvia (a)
4-3 (SO) and
3-1Germany (h)
3-2 (OT) and
3-2 (SO)
Slovakia (h)
3-1Slovakia (a)
3-2 (SO)
DenmarkSlovakia (a)
3-1 and
4-3 (SO)
Latvia (h)
1-2 and
1-4Germany (a)
1-3 and
2-3 (SO)
FinlandSwitzerland (a)
0-3 and
3-2 (OT)
Norway (h)
3-1 and
3-0Belarus (h)
5-0 and
2-1 (SO)
FranceNorway (a)
3-6 and
4-3
GermanyRussia (h)
4-3 and
2-3 (SO)
Czech Republic (a)
2-3 (OT) and
2-3 (SO)
Denmark (h)
3-1 and
3-2 (SO)
LatviaCzech Republic (h)
3-4 (SO) and
1-3Denmark (a)
2-1 and
4-1Russia (h)
1-2 and
1-0
NorwaySweden (h)
0-5 and
1-7Finland (a)
1-3 and
0-3France (h)
6-3 and
3-4
RussiaGermany (a)
3-4 and
3-2 (SO)
Slovakia (h)
2-1 (SO) and
3-2Latvia (a)
2-1 and
0-1
SlovakiaDenmark (h)
1-3 and
3-4 (SO)
Russia (a)
1-2 (SO) and
2-3Czech Republic (a)
1-3Czech Republic (h)
2-3 (SO)
SwedenNorway (a)
5-0 and
7-1Belarus (a)
4-3 (SO) and
2-1 (SO)
Switzerland (h)
2-4 and
2-5
SwitzerlandFinland (h)
3-0 and
2-3 (OT)
Austria (a)
1-3 and
4-0Sweden (a)
4-2 and
5-2