The full schedule for the 2017-18 Euro Hockey Tour has been announced, the highlights being the moving of the Sweden Hockey Games to April (due to this year’s Olympics in February), and the addition of teams from Canada, Switzerland and Korea, all preparing for the Games in Pyeongchang.
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The IIHF Annual Congress today was held on the off day at the 2017 World Championships in Cologne, Germany, with a number of major announcements voted on to impact the future of international hockey in the coming years.
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Finland 4-3 Russia 
(OT)
World Junior Championship Gold Medal Game
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
Tuesday, January 5, 2016
BOXSCORE
1st Period
03:55 – PEN – Kähkönen, delay of game
04:50 – PP GOAL – Kamenev (Provorov, Lazarev)
08:40 – PEN – Mikkola, holding
15:01 – PEN – Lauta, hooking
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Finland 2-1 Sweden 
World Junior Championship Semifinal
Hartwall Arena, Helsinki
Monday, January 4, 2016
BOXSCORE
1st Period
10:17 – GOAL – Asplund (Timashov, Larsson)
17:07 – PEN – Kempe, holding
17:30 – PEN – Aho, slashing
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Sweden 6-0 Slovakia 
World Junior Championship Quarterfinal
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki
Saturday, January 2, 2016
BOXSCORE
1st Period
05:10 – GOAL – Eriksson Ek (Forsbacka-Karlsson)
08:58 – PEN – Ollas-Mattsson, interference
10:33 – PEN – Lešťan, cross checking
11:35 – PP GOAL – Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe)
14:56 – PEN – Larsson, boarding
18:07 – PEN – Asplund, interference
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Sweden 5-2 Canada 
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki
Thursday, December 31, 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
04:20 – PEN – McKeown, roughing
04:20 – PEN – Kempe, roughing
04:20 – PEN – Virtanen, roughing
04:37 – PP GOAL – Nylander (Asplund, Timashov)
05:03 – PEN – Chartier, high sticking
06:37 – PEN – Beauvillier, delay of game
07:08 – PP GOAL – Forsling (Nylander, Kempe)
09:18 – PEN – Lagesson, slashing
15:51 – GOAL – Stephens (Chabot)
16:13 – PEN – Crouse, interference
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Sweden 5-0 Denmark 
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:13 – GOAL – Kempe (Lindblom)
08:03 – PEN – True, roughing / holding double minor
10:22 – PP GOAL – Forsling (Forsbacka-Karlsson)
14:39 – PEN – Holmberg, hooking
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Sweden 1-0 United States 
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki
Monday, December 28, 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
00:22 – PEN – Lagesson, cross checking
02:39 – PEN – Schmaltz, tripping
04:36 – PEN – White, hooking
12:31 – PEN – Pettersson, slashing
16:10 – PEN – Englund, slashing
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With Helsinki hosting the 2016 World Junior Championships this winter, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association will retire the numbers of four national team legends during the tournament, with the numbers of Teemu Selänne, Saku Koivu, Jere Lehtinen and Ville Peltonen to be forever enshrined in the rafters of Hartwall Arena.
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Sweden 8-3 Switzerland 
World Junior Championship Preliminary Round
Helsingin jäähalli, Helsinki
Saturday, December 26, 2015
BOXSCORE
1st Period
01:21 – GOAL – W. Nylander (A. Nylander, Timashov)
04:58 – PEN – Heldner, checking ot the head major + 20 min. misconduct
10:17 – GOAL – Lindblom (Holmström, Kempe)
10:54 – PEN – Carlsson, high sticking double minor
15:37 – PEN – Egli, checking to the head major + 20 min. misconduct
15:37 – PEN – Pettersson, roughing
17:23 – GOAL – Kessler (Malgin, Glauser)
19:31 – PP GOAL – Timashov (A. Nylander)
20:00 – PEN – Siegenthaler, roughing
20:00 – PEN – Meier, cross checking
20:00 – PEN – Holmström, roughing
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