After an odd year for the Euro Hockey Tour with the 2018 Olympics smack dab in the middle of the schedule, the 2018-19 Euro Hockey Tour schedule has returned to a similar format, with the core four teams of Czechia, Russia, Finland and Sweden starting up this season’s tournament in November.
Both November’s Karjala Tournament and December’s Channel One Cup return to the four team format, after a year of introducing six teams at both tournaments in the lead-up to PyeongChang. The Sweden Hockey Games, now known by their corporate name of the Beijer Hockey Games, will return to its February dates, while the Carlson Hockey Games slide out to the beginning of May, just prior to the start of the 2019 World Championship in Bratislava andย Koลกice, Slovakia.
The Carlson Games will also act as the final leg of the 2019 Euro Hockey Challenge, with teams looking to gain valuable points to capture the Challenge title. Finland, who last year won both the Euro Hockey Tour and Challenge, will look to become the first team to repeat as double champions, while Russia and Sweden will look to carry momentum from their 2018 Olympic and World Championship Gold Medal victories, respectively, heading into the 2019 Worlds.
The schedule for the 2018-19 Euro Hockey Tour is as follows:
2018 KARJALA TOURNAMENT |
2018 CHANNEL ONE CUP |
Thursday, 08 November ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Thursday, 13 December ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Saturday, 10 November ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finlandย ๐ซ๐ฎ |
Saturday, 15 December ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Sunday, 11 November ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Sunday, 16 December ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
2019 BEIJER HOCKEY GAMES |
2019 CARLSON HOCKEY GAMES |
Thursday, 07 February ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
Wednesday, 01 May ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช Thursday, 02 May ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ |
Saturday, 09 February ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Finland ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ท๐บ Russia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Saturday, 04 May ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Sunday, 10 February ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช |
Sunday, 05 May ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland vs. Sweden ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ฟ Czechia vs. Russia ๐ท๐บ |
This year’s Tour once again sees Sweden starting the tour withย the International Hockey Lineal Championship, ensuring the title will carry through at least to the Beijer Hockey Games, before the incumbent would start April in the Euro Hockey Challenge against a non-Tour competitor. Whether the title will make the Carlson Hockey Games, and who will hold the title into the 2019 Worlds, still remains to be seen!