The Helsinki Ice Challenge was a series of two ice hockey regular season games (one for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and one for the SM-liiga respectively) which were scheduled to be played outdoors. Jokerit played against SKA Saint Petersburg in the first match and the second match was HIFK playing against Oulun Kärpät. Both games took place at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland on December 2 and December 5, 2017 respectively.[1]
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| Date | December 2, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Kaisaniemi Park | |||||||||||||||
| City | Helsinki, Finland | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 17,645 | |||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 5, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Kaisaniemi Park | ||||||||||||||||||
| City | Helsinki, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The Games
edit- Bolded teams denote winners
| Year | Date | Venue | Location | Visiting team | Home team | Score | Attendance | Notes |
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| 2017 | December 2, 2017 | Kaisaniemi Park | Helsinki, Finland | SKA Saint Petersburg | Jokerit | 4–3 | 17,645 | [2] |
| December 5, 2017 | Kaisaniemi Park | Helsinki, Finland | Oulun Kärpät | HIFK | 4–3 (OT) | 16,000 |
References
edit- ^ "Jokerit to host SKA in open-air classic". en.khl.ru. June 6, 2017. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
- ^ "A day for the history books. Helsinki Ice Challenge. December 2". en.khl.ru. December 2, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.