2017–18 Champions Hockey League

2017–18 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates	24 August 2017 – 6 February 2018
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions File:Gold medal blank.svg	Template:Infobox international hockey competition/flag
Runner-up	Template:Infobox international hockey competition/flag
Third place	Template:Infobox international hockey competition/flag
Tournament statistics
Games played	125
Goals scored	735 (5.88 per game)
Attendance	421,134 (3,369 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Fredrik Pettersson (16 points)
MVP	Šimon Hrubec
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The 2017–18 Champions Hockey League is the fourth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues are represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" are represented by one team each. One place was reserved for the Continental Cup champion. Unlike in the three previous editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify.^[1] The season concluded with the final on 6 February 2018 at Vida Arena where JYP beat Växjö Lakers 2–0, becoming the first non-Swedish team to win the title.

Team allocation[]

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2017–18 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, France, Belarus, Great Britain and Poland qualified.^[2]^[3]

The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:^[4]

National league champion (play-off winners)
Regular season winners
Regular season runner-up
Losing play-off finalist
Higher regular season ranked losing semi-finalist
Lower regular season ranked losing semi-finalist
Third placed team in regular season
Fourth placed team in regular season
Fifth placed team in regular season.

Teams[]

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	2017 CHL winner	4th	champion
HV71	Jönköping	Swedish Hockey League	play-off champion	4th	round of 16
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	regular season winner	4th	semi-finals
Brynäs IF	Gävle	Swedish Hockey League	play-off finalist	1st
Malmö Redhawks	Malmö	Swedish Hockey League	play-off semi-finalist	1st
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	play-off champion	4th	round of 16
TPS	Turku	Liiga	regular season runner-up	4th	quarter-finals
KalPa	Kuopio	Liiga	play-off finalist	4th	round of 16
JYP	Jyväskylä	Liiga	play-off semi-finalist	4th	round of 16
HIFK	Helsinki	Liiga	play-off semi-finalist	4th	quarter-finals
SC Bern	Bern	National League	play-off champion	4th	quarter-finals
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League	regular season runner-up	4th	quarter-finals
EV Zug	Zug	National League	play-off finalist	4th	round of 32
HC Davos	Davos	National League	play-off semi-finalist	3rd	semi-finals
Kometa Brno	Brno	Czech Extraliga	play-off champion	1st
Bílí Tygři Liberec	Liberec	Czech Extraliga	regular season winner	4th	round of 16
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	regular season runner-up	3rd	round of 32
Mountfield HK	Hradec Králové	Czech Extraliga	play-off semi-finalist	1st
Red Bull München	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	play-off champion	3rd	round of 32
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	regular season runner-up	4th	round of 32
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	play-off finalist	2nd	round of 32
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Austrian Hockey League	play-off champion	4th	round of 16
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Austrian Hockey League	regular season runner-up	4th	round of 16
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	Austrian Hockey League	play-off finalist	2nd	group stage
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	Elite Ice Hockey League	Continental Cup winner	2nd	group stage
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Elite Ice Hockey League	regular season champion	1st
HC '05 Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Tipsport Liga	play-off champion	1st
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	GET-ligaen	play-off champion	4th	round of 32
Neman Grodno	Grodno	Belarusian Extraleague	play-off champion	2nd	group stage
Esbjerg Energy	Esbjerg	Metal Ligaen	play-off champion	2nd	group stage
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Ligue Magnus	play-off champion	3rd	group stage
ComArch Cracovia	Kraków	Polska Hokej Liga	play-off champion	2nd	group stage

Group stage[]

For the group stage, the teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays home and away against every other team for a total of 6 games. The best 2 teams qualify to the round of 16.^[1]

As the reigning CHL champions, Frölunda HC was the top seeded team. In the top pot were also the reigning champions of the six founding leagues and the regular season winner of SHL, Växjö Lakers. The 16 remaining teams from founding leagues were placed to pots 2 and 3. The fourth pot included playoff champions of seven challenge leagues and Nottingham Panthers, the champion of 2016–17 IIHF Continental Cup.

Group stage tie-breaking criteria[]

If two teams are tied in points after the group stage is finished, the teams precedence is decided by head-to-head games. If teams are tied after that, then the team which was ranked higher prior to the tournament will take precedence. When comparing head-to-head results, the following criteria will be applied:^[5]

1. more points in games against the other tied team 2. better goal difference in games against the other tied team 3. more goals scored against the other tied team 4. more goals scored in a single game against the other tied team

If the head-to-head games between teams ended as draws after regulation, this additional criterion will be applied:

5. overtime wins against the other tied team

If the head-to-head games between teams ended with game winning shots, this additional criterion will be applied:

6. more goals scored in the two game winning shot competitions

If teams are still tied, the higher position in the 2016/17 CHL club ranking will decide about precedence.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Frölunda HC HV71 Tappara SC Bern Kometa Brno Red Bull München Vienna Capitals Växjö Lakers	TPS ZSC Lions Bílí Tygři Liberec Adler Mannheim Red Bull Salzburg Brynäs IF KalPa EV Zug	Oceláři Třinec Grizzlys Wolfsburg EC KAC Malmö Redhawks JYP HC Davos Mountfield HK HIFK	HC '05 Banská Bystrica Stavanger Oilers Neman Grodno Esbjerg Energy Cardiff Devils Rapaces de Gap ComArch Cracovia Nottingham Panthers

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TAP	RBS	WOB	BAB
1	Tappara	6	5	1	26	11	+15	15	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–2	4–2	3–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	3	20	22	−2	9	Advance to Playoffs	1–6	—	4–3	5–0
3	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	6	2	4	15	23	−8	6		1–7	4–5	—	4–3
4	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	6	2	4	13	18	−5	6		5–2	5–3	0–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MAL	KOM	KAL	OIL
1	Malmö Redhawks	6	4	0	1	1	23	17	+6	13	Advance to Playoffs	—	3–0	6–2	2–1
2	Kometa Brno	6	2	3	0	1	18	15	+3	12	Advance to Playoffs	5–4 (OT)	—	3–2 (OT)	4–3 (OT)
3	KalPa	6	3	0	1	2	25	22	+3	10		6–4	2–4	—	7–1
4	Stavanger Oilers	6	0	0	1	5	13	25	−12	1		3–4	1–2	4–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	EVZ	JYP	NEM	VIC
1	EV Zug	6	3	1	0	2	20	16	+4	11	Advance to Playoffs	—	6–3	3–2 (SO)	3–1
2	JYP	6	3	1	0	2	16	15	+1	11	Advance to Playoffs	3–2	—	3–2 (SO)	4–1
3	Neman Grodno	6	1	1	3	1	18	18	0	8		2–3	3–0	—	5–4 (OT)
4	Vienna Capitals	6	1	1	1	3	17	22	−5	6		5–3	1–3	5–4 (SO)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MAN	TRI	HV71	ESB
1	Adler Mannheim	6	5	0	0	1	26	12	+14	15	Advance to Playoffs	—	6–2	6–3	4–1
2	Oceláři Třinec	6	4	0	1	1	20	10	+10	13	Advance to Playoffs	3–0	—	3–0	9–1
3	HV71	6	2	1	0	3	16	16	0	8		1–4	2–1 (SO)	—	3–0
4	Esbjerg Energy	6	0	0	0	6	7	31	−24	0		2–6	1–2	2–7	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	VLH	LIB	HCD	CAR
1	Växjö Lakers	6	4	1	0	1	22	16	+6	14	Advance to Playoffs	—	6–3	5–3	3–2
2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	6	3	0	1	2	24	21	+3	10	Advance to Playoffs	3–4 (OT)	—	4–3	5–2
3	HC Davos	6	2	0	1	3	22	19	+3	7		0–3	3–2	—	10–1
4	Cardiff Devils	6	1	1	0	4	17	29	−12	5		5–1	3–7	4–3 (OT)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NOT	SCB	TPS	MHK
1	Nottingham Panthers	6	3	1	0	2	18	17	+1	11	Advance to Playoffs	—	4–2	2–0	4–3 (OT)
2	SC Bern	6	3	0	0	3	21	16	+5	9	Advance to Playoffs	5–2	—	4–0	5–2
3	TPS	6	3	0	0	3	12	15	−3	9		5–2	3–1	—	3–1
4	Mountfield HK	6	2	0	1	3	18	21	−3	7		2–4	5–4	5–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RBM	BIF	HIFK	CRA
1	Red Bull München	6	5	0	0	1	21	11	+10	15	Advance to Playoffs	—	2–3	4–1	6–2
2	Brynäs IF	6	4	1	0	1	25	12	+13	14	Advance to Playoffs	2–3	—	4–3 (OT)	8–0
3	HIFK	6	2	0	1	3	20	20	0	7		2–4	2–5	—	6–3
4	ComArch Cracovia	6	0	0	0	6	8	31	−23	0		1–2	2–3	0–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FHC	ZSC	KAC	GAP
1	Frölunda HC	6	5	1	0	0	21	10	+11	17	Advance to Playoffs	—	5–4 (OT)	2–1	5–1
2	ZSC Lions	6	3	0	2	1	24	10	+14	11	Advance to Playoffs	1–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	EC KAC	6	2	1	0	3	15	15	0	8		2–4	2–1 (OT)	—	4–2
4	Rapaces de Gap	6	0	0	0	6	8	33	−25	0		1–3	1–11	3–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Playoffs[]

Qualified teams[]

Group	Winners (seed)	Runners-up
A	Tappara (2)	Red Bull Salzburg
B	Malmö Redhawks (6)	Kometa Brno
C	EV Zug (7)	JYP
D	Adler Mannheim (3)	Oceláři Třinec
E	Växjö Lakers (5)	Bílí Tygři Liberec
F	Nottingham Panthers (8)	SC Bern
G	Red Bull München (4)	Brynäs IF
H	Frölunda HC (1)	ZSC Lions

Format[]

In each round except the final, the teams will play two games and the aggregate score will decide the team which advances. As a rule, the first leg will be hosted by the team who has inferior record in the tournament so far and the second leg will be played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime will follow. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the game winning shot competition advances.^[5]

The final will be played on the home ice of team who has better record in the tournament on February 6, 2018.

Bracket[]

The 8 group winners and the 8 second-placed teams advanced to the Round of 16. The teams were divided into two seeding groups and group winners were randomly drawn against runners-up. Teams who had faced each other in the group stage couldn't be drawn against each other in the round of 16.^[5] The draw took place in Helsinki, Finland on October 13, 2017.^[6]

Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final

JYP	3	2	5
Tappara	1	3	4
Tappara	1	3	4	JYP	3	5	8
				JYP	3	5	8
				Kometa Brno	3	3	6
Kometa Brno	4	5	9	Kometa Brno	3	3	6
Kometa Brno	4	5	9
EV Zug	3	2	5
EV Zug	3	2	5					JYP (SO)	4	3	7
								JYP (SO)	4	3	7
								Oceláři Třinec	2	4	6
Brynäs IF	3	2	5					Oceláři Třinec	2	4	6
Brynäs IF	3	2	5
Adler Mannheim	2	1	3
Adler Mannheim	2	1	3	Brynäs IF	1	3	4
				Brynäs IF	1	3	4
				Oceláři Třinec	3	5	8
Oceláři Třinec	2	2	4	Oceláři Třinec	3	5	8
Oceláři Třinec	2	2	4
Malmö Redhawks	1	1	2
Malmö Redhawks	1	1	2									JYP	2
												JYP	2
												Växjö Lakers	0
Red Bull Salzburg	2	3	5									Växjö Lakers	0
Red Bull Salzburg	2	3	5
Växjö Lakers	1	5	6
Växjö Lakers	1	5	6	Växjö Lakers	2	4	6
				Växjö Lakers	2	4	6
				SC Bern	3	2	5
SC Bern	2	5	7	SC Bern	3	2	5
SC Bern	2	5	7
Red Bull München	3	2	5
Red Bull München	3	2	5					Växjö Lakers	1	6	7
								Växjö Lakers	1	6	7
								Bílí Tygři Liberec	1	1	2
ZSC Lions	3	3	6					Bílí Tygři Liberec	1	1	2
ZSC Lions	3	3	6
Nottingham Panthers	1	0	1
Nottingham Panthers	1	0	1	ZSC Lions	1	0	1
				ZSC Lions	1	0	1
				Bílí Tygři Liberec (SO)	0	2	2
Bílí Tygři Liberec (OT)	2	6	8	Bílí Tygři Liberec (SO)	0	2	2
Bílí Tygři Liberec (OT)	2	6	8
Frölunda HC	3	4	7

Note:

The teams listed on top of each tie were runners up in the group stage and play the first leg at home. The bottom team were group winners and play the second leg at home. Due to conflicting schedules however, both Malmö Redhawks and Adler Mannheim ended up playing their first legs at home.
The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second match at home.

Round of 16[]

The draw for the entire playoff was held on 13 October 2017 in Helsinki. The first legs were played on 31 October with return legs played the following week.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	5–4	Tappara	3–1	2–3
Kometa Brno	9–5	EV Zug	4–3	5–2
Brynäs IF	5–3	Adler Mannheim	3–2	2–1
Oceláři Třinec	4–2	Malmö Redhawks	2–1	2–1
Red Bull Salzburg	5–6	Växjö Lakers	2–1	3–5
SC Bern	7–5	Red Bull München	2–3	5–2
ZSC Lions	6–1	Nottingham Panthers	3–1	3–0
Bílí Tygři Liberec	8–7	Frölunda HC	2–3	6–4 OT

Quarter-finals[]

First legs were played on 5 December, return legs were played on 12 December.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	8–6	Kometa Brno	3–3	5–3
Brynäs IF	4–8	Oceláři Třinec	1–3	3–5
Växjö Lakers	6–5	SC Bern	2–4	3–2
ZSC Lions	1–2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1–0	0–2 SO

Semi-finals[]

First legs were played on 9 January, return legs were played on 16 January 2018.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	7–6	Oceláři Třinec	4–2	3–4 SO
Växjö Lakers	7–2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1–1	6–1

Final[]

The final was played on 6 February 2018.

6 February 2018
18:45

Växjö Lakers

0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

JYP

Vida Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 5,750


Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Piechaczek
	0–1 / 0–2	34:32 – Nättinen (Kalteva) (PP) / 59:40 – Kolehmainen (SH, ENG)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
31	Shots	18

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Pettersson, FredrikFredrik Pettersson	style="text-align:left;"\| ZSC Lions	9	9	7	16	4	+7	4	4	0	37	24.32%
Lasch, RyanRyan Lasch	style="text-align:left;"\| Frölunda HC	7	4	11	15	4	+5	2	1	0	21	19.05%
Bakoš, MartinMartin Bakoš	style="text-align:left;"\| Bílí Tygři Liberec	10	10	4	14	4	+5	1	3	1	42	23.81%
Ebbett, AndrewAndrew Ebbett	style="text-align:left;"\| SC Bern	10	4	7	11	2	–5	0	1	0	30	13.33%
Polanský, JiříJiří Polanský	style="text-align:left;"\| Oceláři Třinec	12	3	8	11	10	+5	0	1	0	18	16.67%
Persson, JoelJoel Persson	style="text-align:left;"\| Växjö Lakers	13	1	10	11	2	+4	0	1	0	32	3.13%
Clark, KevinKevin Clark	style="text-align:left;"\| Brynäs IF	8	4	6	10	2	+3	2	2	0	31	12.9%
Immonen, JarkkoJarkko Immonen	style="text-align:left;"\| JYP	12	4	6	10	6	+3	0	1	0	37	10.81%
Nilsson, RobertRobert Nilsson	style="text-align:left;"\| ZSC Lions	8	1	9	10	0	+6	0	0	0	14	7.14%
Almqvist, AdamAdam Almqvist	style="text-align:left;"\| Frölunda HC	7	0	10	10	4	+5	0	0	0	14	0.00%

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Hrubec, ŠimonŠimon Hrubec	style="text-align:left;"\| Oceláři Třinec	10	9	1	278	11	96.19%	1.07	2	615
Schlegel, NiklasNiklas Schlegel	style="text-align:left;"\| ZSC Lions	5	3	2	83	4	95.40%	0.78	2	309
Duba, TomášTomáš Duba	style="text-align:left;"\| EC KAC	3	2	1	87	5	94.57%	1.67	0	180
Flüeler, LukasLukas Flüeler	style="text-align:left;"\| ZSC Lions	5	3	2	122	8	93.85%	1.59	2	301
Olkinuora, JuhoJuho Olkinuora	style="text-align:left;"\| JYP	9	6	1	245	17	93.51%	2.06	1	495

Source: championshockeyleague.net

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 New CHL format for 2017–18! 32 teams & on-ice qualification only. championshockeyleague.net (2016-06-14).
↑ Nottingham Panthers confirmed for 2017-18. championshockeyleague.net (2017-01-25).
↑ Wildcard spots confirmed for Poland and Great Britain. championshockeyleague.net (2017-03-14).
↑ Number of teams for founding leagues in 2017-18 confirmed. championshockeyleague.net (2017-02-13).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 CHL sport regulations 2017/18 (PDF). Champions Hockey League. Retrieved on 3 October 2017.
↑ Watch the playoff draw live on 13 October (6 October 2017). Retrieved on 13 October 2017.

[format_2017-1] 1.0 ^1.1 New CHL format for 2017–18! 32 teams & on-ice qualification only. championshockeyleague.net (2016-06-14).

[2] Nottingham Panthers confirmed for 2017-18. championshockeyleague.net (2017-01-25).

[3] Wildcard spots confirmed for Poland and Great Britain. championshockeyleague.net (2017-03-14).

[4] Number of teams for founding leagues in 2017-18 confirmed. championshockeyleague.net (2017-02-13).

[sport_regulations-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 CHL sport regulations 2017/18 (PDF). Champions Hockey League. Retrieved on 3 October 2017.

[6] Watch the playoff draw live on 13 October (6 October 2017). Retrieved on 13 October 2017.

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Contents

Team allocation[]

Teams[]

Group stage[]

Group stage tie-breaking criteria[]

Group A[]

Group B[]

Group C[]

Group D[]

Group E[]

Group F[]

Group G[]

Group H[]

Playoffs[]

Qualified teams[]

Format[]

Bracket[]

Round of 16[]

Quarter-finals[]

Semi-finals[]

Final[]

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

Leading goaltenders[]

References[]

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