2021–22 Champions Hockey League

2021–22 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates26 August 2021 – 1 March 2022
Teams32
Final positions
Champions Sweden Rögle BK (1st title)
Runner-up Finland Tappara
Tournament statistics
Games played123
Goals scored679 (5.52 per game)
Attendance244,498 (1,988 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Ryan Lasch[1] (18 points)
MVPGermany Frederik Tiffels[2]
← 2020–21 (cancelled)
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The 2021–22 Champions Hockey League was the seventh season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were to be represented by one team each.

Swedish team Rögle BK won their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Finnish team Tappara 2–1 in the final. This made Rögle BK the sixth Swedish side to win the European Trophy and the first team in the history of the tournament to win the title in its first season.[3] The title holders Frölunda HC were defeated by Rögle BK in the semi-finals with the total score 4–8.[4]

American right winger Ryan Lasch from Swedish team Frölunda HC became the top scorer for the fourth time, scoring 18 points.[1]

Team allocation

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A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participated in the 2021–22 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Norway, Denmark, France, Belarus, the United Kingdom, Poland and Ukraine could qualify. The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:[5]

  1. CHL champions
  2. National league champions (play-off winners)
  3. Regular season winners
  4. Regular season runners-up
  5. Regular season third-placed team
  6. Regular season fourth-placed team
  7. Regular season fifth-placed team

For the ICE Hockey League teams were picked in this order:[5]

  1. League champions
  2. Regular season winners
  3. Pick Round winners
  4. Pick Round runners-up
  5. Losing playoff finalists

For the Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams were picked in this order:[6]

  1. League champions
  2. North / South group winners with higher PPG
  3. North / South group winners with lower PPG
  4. North / South group runners-up with higher PPG
  5. North / South group runners-up with lower PPG

Teams

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Team City/Area League Qualification Participation Previous best
Sweden Frölunda HC Gothenburg Swedish Hockey League 2020 CHL winners 7th Champion
Sweden Växjö Lakers Växjö Swedish Hockey League Play-off champion 6th Final
Sweden Rögle BK Ängelholm Swedish Hockey League Regular season runners-up 1st First appearance
Sweden Leksands IF Leksand Swedish Hockey League Regular season third 1st First appearance
Sweden Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League Regular season fourth 6th Semi-finals
Switzerland EV Zug Zug National League Play-off champion 7th Quarter-finals
Switzerland HC Lugano Lugano National League Regular season runners-up 3rd Round of 16
Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg National League Regular season third 4rd Semi-finals
Switzerland Lausanne HC Lausanne National League Regular season fourth 2nd Quarter-finals
Switzerland ZSC Lions Zürich National League Regular season fifth 6th Quarter-finals
Germany Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga Play-off champion 5th Round of 16
Germany Adler Mannheim Mannheim Deutsche Eishockey Liga South group winners 6th Round of 16
Germany EHC Red Bull München Munich Deutsche Eishockey Liga South group runners-up 6th Final
Germany Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven Deutsche Eishockey Liga North group runners-up 1st First appearance
Finland Lukko Rauma Liiga Play-off champion 4th Semi-finals
Finland HIFK Helsinki Liiga Regular season runners-up 6th Quarter-finals
Finland TPS Turku Liiga Regular season third 6th Quarter-finals
Finland Tappara Tampere Liiga Regular season fourth 7th Round of 16
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec Třinec Czech Extraliga Play-off champion 6th Semi-finals
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha Prague Czech Extraliga Regular season winners 4th Final
Czech Republic BK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Czech Extraliga Regular season third 2nd Group stage
Austria EC KAC Klagenfurt ICE Hockey League Play-off champion 4th Group stage
Italy HC Bolzano Bolzano ICE Hockey League Regular season winners 3rd Round of 16
Austria Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg ICE Hockey League Higher ranked semi-finalists 6th Semi-finals
United Kingdom Cardiff Devils Cardiff Elite Ice Hockey League 2019–20 regular season winners 4th Group stage
France Dragons de Rouen Rouen Ligue Magnus Regular season winners 3rd Round of 16
Norway Frisk Asker Ishockey Asker Eliteserien Regular season winners 2nd Group stage
Poland JKH GKS Jastrzębie Jastrzębie-Zdrój Polska Hokej Liga Play-off champion 1st First appearance
Denmark Rungsted Ishockey Rungsted Metal Ligaen Play-off champion 2nd Group stage
Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey Vojens Metal Ligaen 2019–20 Continental Cup winner 3rd Group stage
Ukraine HC Donbass Donetsk[note 1] Ukrainian Hockey League Wild card[8] 1st First appearance
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava[note 2] Bratislava Tipos extraliga Wild card[10] 1st First appearance

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows.[11]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 Groups A-F 19 May 2021[11] 26–27 August 2021
Groups G-H 9–10 September 2021
Matchday 2 Groups A-F 28–29 August 2021
Groups G-H 11–12 September 2021
Matchday 3 2–3 September 2021
Matchday 4 4–5 September 2021
Matchday 5 5–6 October 2021
Matchday 6 12–13 October 2021
Playoff Round of 16 15 October 2021[12] 16–17 November 2021 23–24 November 2021
Quarter-finals 7–8 December 2021 14 December 2021
Semi-finals 4–5 January 2022 11–12 January 2022
Final 1 March 2022

Group stage

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Teams in the 2021–22 Champions Hockey League
Black: Group A; Purple: Group B; Blue: Group C; Red: Group D; Orange: Group E; Green: Group F; White: Group G; Yellow: Group H.

For the group stage, the teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams. Each team played home and away against every other team for a total of six games. The best two teams qualified to the round of 16.

The draw of the group stage took place on 19 May 2021.[13]

Pots

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Due to a scheduling conflict caused by the 2022 Winter Olympics final qualification tournament being held on 26–29 August 2021, eight teams from countries participating in the Olympic qualification (Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Ukraine) were allocated into the pot 5 and drawn into two separate groups of four which did not play their games on the specified dates. There was no league protection for the teams from these two groups. The other 24 teams (from five remaining founding leagues as well as teams from Belarus and the United Kingdom as top two challenger leagues and 2019–20 IIHF Continental Cup winners SønderjyskE Ishockey) were allocated into four pots and drawn by the standard procedure into six groups of four.[11][14]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5

Sweden Frölunda HC
Sweden Växjö Lakers
Switzerland EV Zug
Germany Eisbären Berlin
Finland Lukko
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec
 
 

Sweden Rögle BK
Switzerland HC Lugano
Germany Adler Mannheim
Finland HIFK
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha
Sweden Leksands IF
 
 

Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Germany EHC Red Bull München
Finland TPS
Czech Republic BK Mladá Boleslav
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Switzerland Lausanne HC
 
 

Germany Fischtown Pinguins
Finland Tappara
Switzerland ZSC Lions
Belarus HC Yunost Minsk[note 2]
United Kingdom Cardiff Devils
Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey
 
 

Austria EC KAC
Italy HC Bolzano
Austria Red Bull Salzburg
France Dragons de Rouen
Norway Frisk Asker Ishockey
Poland JKH GKS Jastrzębie
Denmark Rungsted Ishockey
Ukraine HC Donbass

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SPA VAX BRE TPS
1 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 6 3 2 0 1 17 10 +7 13 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 (OT) 5–2 3–2
2 Sweden Växjö Lakers 6 3 0 1 2 14 10 +4 10 2–1 — 5–0 4–2
3 Germany Fischtown Pinguins 6 3 0 0 3 10 15 −5 9 1–2 2–1 — 3–0
4 Finland TPS 6 1 0 1 4 10 16 −6 4 2–3 (SO) 3–1 1–2 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group B

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRO ZSC HIFK MLA
1 Sweden Frölunda HC 6 4 1 0 1 19 13 +6 14 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3 (OT) 4–1 4–3
2 Switzerland ZSC Lions 6 4 0 1 1 16 12 +4 13 4–2 — 0–3 7–3
3 Finland HIFK 6 2 1 0 3 10 9 +1 8 2–3 0–2 — 2–1
4 Czech Republic BK Mladá Boleslav 6 0 0 1 5 9 20 −11 1 1–4 0–1 1–2 (OT) —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group C

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LUK MAN LAU CAR
1 Finland Lukko 6 4 0 2 0 22 11 +11 14 Advance to Playoffs — 5–1 2–3 (OT) 5–2
2 Germany Adler Mannheim 6 3 1 0 2 21 13 +8 11 2–1 (SO) — 1–3 7–2
3 Switzerland Lausanne HC 6 2 1 0 3 11 15 −4 8 0–3 2–5 — 2–0
4 United Kingdom Cardiff Devils 6 1 0 0 5 11 26 −15 3 3–6 0–5 4–1 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group D

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROG MUN ZUG SON
1 Sweden Rögle BK 6 4 1 0 1 23 14 +9 14 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3 5–3 8–3
2 Germany EHC Red Bull München 6 4 0 0 2 25 13 +12 12 2–1 — 3–4 6–2
3 Switzerland EV Zug 6 3 0 1 2 28 19 +9 10 1–2 (OT) 1–6 — 9–3
4 Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey 6 0 0 0 6 11 41 −30 0 2–3 1–5 0–10 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group E

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAP SKE BER LUG
1 Finland Tappara 6 3 2 0 1 25 18 +7 13 Advance to Playoffs — 4–2 5–4 (OT) 3–2 (OT)
2 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 6 3 0 0 3 22 21 +1 9 6–1 — 5–3 3–5
3 Germany Eisbären Berlin 6 2 0 1 3 21 26 −5 7[a] 1–6 3–5 — 6–3
4 Switzerland HC Lugano 6 2 0 1 3 20 23 −3 7[a] 3–6 5–1 2–4 —
Source: Champions Hockey League
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Eisbären Berlin 6, HC Lugano 0.

Group F

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRG LEK TRI SLO
1 Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 6 6 0 0 0 25 9 +16 18 Advance to Playoffs — 3–0 6–2 5–2
2 Sweden Leksands IF 6 4 0 0 2 17 16 +1 12 2–5 — 3–2 5–3
3 Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 6 2 0 0 4 15 17 −2 6 3–4 1–3 — 3–0
4 Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava 6 0 0 0 6 8 23 −15 0 0–2 2–4 1–4 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group G

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KAC ROU DON RUN
1 Austria EC KAC 6 3 2 0 1 19 9 +10 13 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 (OT) 1–2 3–2 (OT)
2 France Dragons de Rouen 6 3 0 1 2 15 14 +1 10 0–4 — 4–3 5–1
3 Ukraine HC Donbass 6 2 0 2 2 15 17 −2 8 3–4 2–1 — 2–3 (SO)
4 Denmark Rungsted Ishockey 6 0 2 1 3 13 22 −9 5 1–5 2–4 4–3 (OT) —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group H

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAL BOL JAS FRI
1 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 1 0 1 23 13 +10 14 Advance to Playoffs — 3–5 6–1 1–0
2 Italy HC Bolzano 6 3 1 2 0 20 13 +7 13 3–4 (OT) — 3–1 1–2 (SO)
3 Poland JKH GKS Jastrzębie 6 2 0 1 3 17 21 −4 7 2–3 2–3 (SO) — 4–3
4 Norway Frisk Asker Ishockey 6 0 1 0 5 11 24 −13 2 2–6 1–5 3–7 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group stage tie-breaking criteria

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Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation time, 2 points for a win in overtime, 1 point for a loss in overtime, 0 points for a loss in regulation time). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4. Tie breaking formula group stage standings):[15][16]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
  4. The higher number of goals in one of the matches among the tied teams;
  5. The most goals in the two game winning shot series;
  6. If more than two teams are tied, head-to-head criteria 1, 2 and 3 are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  7. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying head-to-head criteria 1, 2 and 3, a subset of teams are still tied, goal difference and goals scored then the results between each of the three teams and the closest best-ranked team outside the subset was applied; best-ranked team outside the sub-group was applied;
  8. The higher position in the 2019–20 Champions Hockey League club ranking;
  9. Goal difference in all group matches;
  10. Goals scored in all group matches;
  11. Regulation time wins in all group matches;
  12. Overtime wins in all group matches;
  13. Overtime losses in all group matches.

Playoffs

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Qualified teams

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The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group Winners
(seeded in round of 16 draw) 		Runners-up
(unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha Sweden Växjö Lakers
B Sweden Frölunda HC Switzerland ZSC Lions
C Finland Lukko Germany Adler Mannheim
D Sweden Rögle BK Germany EHC Red Bull München
E Finland Tappara Sweden Skellefteå AIK
F Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron Sweden Leksands IF
G Austria EC KAC France Dragons de Rouen
H Austria Red Bull Salzburg Italy HC Bolzano

Format

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In each round except the final, the teams played two games and the aggregate score decided which team advanced. As a rule, the first leg was hosted by the team who had the inferior record in the tournament with the second leg being played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score was tied, a sudden death overtime followed. If the overtime was scoreless, the team who won the shoot out competition advanced.

The final was played on the home ice of the team who had the better record in the tournament.

Bracket

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The eight group winners and the eight 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 could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
1 Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2 2 4
16 Germany EHC Red Bull München 4 3 7
Germany EHC Red Bull München (OT) 2 2 4
Finland Lukko 2 1 3
8 Italy HC Bolzano 1 — 1
9 Finland Lukko 3 — 3
Germany EHC Red Bull München — 0 0
Finland Tappara — 3 3
5 Sweden Växjö Lakers 2 2 4
12 Finland Tappara 2 4 6
Finland Tappara 3 4 7
France Dragons de Rouen 3 0 3
4 France Dragons de Rouen 3 1 4
13 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0 3 3
Finland Tappara 1
Sweden Rögle BK 2
6 Switzerland ZSC Lions 3 1 4
11 Sweden Rögle BK 4 3 7
Sweden Rögle BK 5 1 6
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 2 3 5
3 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1 2 3
14 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 3 1 4
Sweden Rögle BK 5 3 8
Sweden Frölunda HC 3 1 4
7 Germany Adler Mannheim 1 1 2
10 Sweden Frölunda HC 10 4 14
Sweden Frölunda HC 5 3 8
Sweden Leksands IF 2 3 5
2 Austria EC KAC 4 1 5
15 Sweden Leksands IF 0 8 8

Round of 16

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The draw for the entire playoff was held on 15 October 2021 in Zürich.[12][17] The first legs were played on 16 and 17 November with return legs played on 23 and 24 November 2021.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
HC Fribourg-Gottéron Switzerland 4–7[A] Germany EHC Red Bull München 2–4 2–3
HC Bolzano Italy 1–3 Finland Lukko 1–3 Cancelled[note 3]
Växjö Lakers Sweden 4–6 Finland Tappara 2–2 2–4
Dragons de Rouen France 4–3 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 3–0 1–3
ZSC Lions Switzerland 4–7 Sweden Rögle BK 3–4 1–3
Skellefteå AIK Sweden 3–4 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 1–3 2–1
Adler Mannheim Germany 2–14 Sweden Frölunda HC 1–10 1–4
EC KAC Austria 5–8[A] Sweden Leksands IF 4–0 1–8

First Leg

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16 November 2021
18:05 CET		Skellefteå AIK Sweden1–3
(0–1, 1–1, 0–1)		Czech Republic HC Sparta PrahaSkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
Attendance: 2,433
Game reference
Strauss MannGoaliesAlexander SalákReferees:
Milan Zrnić
Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Emil Yletyinen
Tobias Nordlander
0–11:02 – Chlapík (Jeřábek, Moravčík)
Möller (Nilsson, Lindström) (PP) – 24:021–1
1–239:46 – Pavelka (Thorell, Sobotka)
1–350:18 – Thorell Sobotka, Kaše)
0 minPenalties6 min
28Shots17
16 November 2021
19:00 CET		Växjö Lakers Sweden2–2
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)		Finland TapparaVida Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 2,462
Game reference
Adam ÅhmanGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
Robin Šír
René Hradil
Linesmen:
Daniel Persson
Richard Nilsson
0–15:49 – Morley (Henriksson, Austin)
Persson (Holmberg) – 11:031–1
Forslund (Claesson, Lycksell) – 18:332–1
2–223:12 – Rönni (Henriksson, Seppälä)
4 minPenalties4 min
29Shots27
16 November 2021
19:00 CET		EC KAC Austria4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0)		Sweden Leksands IFStadthalle Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 1,609
Game reference
Sebastian DahmGoaliesKasimir KaskisuoReferees:
Daniel Pražák
Vladimír Pešina
Linesmen:
Elias Seewald
David Nothegger
Koch (Unterweger, Bischofberger) (PP) – 11:111–0
Bischofberger (Hundertpfund) – 23:352–0
Strong (Hundertpfund, Bischofberger) – 49:503–0
Bischofberger (Hundertpfund, Vallant) – 53:314–0
10 minPenalties10 min
21Shots36
16 November 2021
19:30 CET		Adler Mannheim Germany1–10
(1–2, 0–3, 0–5)		Sweden Frölunda HCSAP Arena, Mannheim
Attendance: 2,968
Game reference
Felix BrückmannGoaliesMatthew TomkinsReferees:
Ladislav Smetana
Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
Christopher Hurtik
Andreas Hofer
Rendulic – 6:031–0
1–18:01 – (PP) Lundqvist (Lasch, Špaček)
1–211:11 – (PP) Carlsson (Sundström, Lasch)
1–326:36 – (PS) Lasch
1–427:18 – Lasu (Elliott, Lasch)
1–533:26 – (PP) Söderblom (Olsson, Lasch)
1–640:21 – Henriksson (Mursak, Folin)
1–743:33 – Söderblom (Lasch)
1–846:50 – Niederbach (Söderblom, Folin)
1–957:14 – (PP) Sundström (Carlsson, Elliott)
1–1058:06 – (SHG) Carlsson (Sundström)
10 minPenalties8 min
16Shots33
16 November 2021
19:30 CET		HC Bolzano Italy1–3
(0–2, 1–1, 0–0)		Finland LukkoEiswelle, Bolzano
Attendance: 2,300
Game reference
Justin FazioGoaliesLassi LehtinenReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Miroslav Stolc
Linesmen:
Jaka Gasper Zgonc
Ulrich Pardatscher
0–15:29 – Pooley (Slovacek, Grégoire)
0–211:46 – Saarijärvi (Pooley, Haga)
Halmo (Tauferer) – 31:081–2
1–338:18 – Hakulinen (Saarijärvi, Repo)
10 minPenalties10 min
24Shots34
17 November 2021
19:30 CET		Rouen Dragons France3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)		Austria Red Bull SalzburgCentre sportif Guy-Boissière, Rouen
Attendance: 3,279
Game reference
Matija PintaričGoaliesAtte TolvanenReferees:
Lasse Kopitz
Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
Nicolas Constantineau
Clément Goncalves
Gilbert (Johnston, Nesa)1–0
Vigners (Lampérier, Dorion) – 52:182–0
Vigners (SHG) – 55:423–0
4 minPenalties4 min
22Shots33
16 November 2021
20:05 CET		HC Fribourg-Gottéron Switzerland2–4
(1–1, 0–3, 1–0)		Germany EHC Red Bull MünchenBCF Arena, Fribourg
Attendance: 5,039
Game reference
Reto BerraGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
Mikael Nord
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Dario Fuchs
Marc-Henri Progin
Mottet – 7:251–0
1–116:13 – Schütz (Gogulla, Smith)
1–225:35 – (SHG) Blum (Tiffels, Parkes)
1–335:40 – Tiffels (Parkes, Street)
1–438:51 – Abeltshauser (Ehliz, Ortega)
Desharnais (PS) – 44:282–4
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots26
16 November 2021
20:05 CET		ZSC Lions Switzerland3–4
(1–1, 1–2, 1–1)		Sweden Rögle BKHallenstadion, Zürich
Attendance: 3,016
Game reference
Lukas FlüelerGoaliesCalle ClangReferees:
Aleksi Rantala
Marian Rohatsch
Linesmen:
David Obwegeser
Eric Cattaneo
0–117:33 – (PP) Tambellini (Jonsson, Bristedt)
Sigrist (Hollenstein, Krüger) – 17:531–1
Hollenstein (Schappi, Diem) – 28:022–1
2–235:12 – (PP) Everberg (Tambellini, Bengtsson)
2–338:35 – Tambellini (Jonsson, Bristedt)
Geering (Malgin, Quenneville) – 49:273–3
3–459:28 – Jonsson (Tambellini, Bristedt)
8 minPenalties4 min
34Shots29

Second Leg

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23 November 2021
18:00 CET		HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)		Sweden Skellefteå AIKTipsport Arena, Prague
Attendance: 3,417
Game reference
Matěj MachovskýGoaliesGustaf LindvallReferees:
Michael Tscherrig
Micha Hebeisen
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Josef Špůr
Řepík (Sobotka, Polášek) – 10:571–0
1–141:29 – (EA) Granberg (Karlsson, Hugg)
1–259:38 – (EA) Karlsson (Kühnhackl, Pudas)
6 minPenalties6 min
19Shots27
HC Sparta Praha won 4–3 on Aggregate.
23 November 2021
18:00 CET		Tappara Finland4–2
(0–0, 1–2, 3–0)		Sweden Växjö LakersHakametsä, Tampere
Attendance: Game was played behind closed doors.
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesJanis KalninsReferees:
Marc Iwert
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Hannu Sormunen
0–127:41 – Aktell (Persson, Nilsson)
Platzer (Kuusela, Rantakari) (PP) – 31:301–1
1–238:24 – (PP) Lycksell (Gynge, Holmberg)
Virta (Tuulola, Kuusela) – 43:592–2
Levtchi (Jürgens, Merelä)3–2
Vittasmäki (Rauhala) (SHENG) – 58:244–2
8 minPenalties8 min
21Shots32
Tappara won 6–4 on Aggregate.
23 November 2021
18:05 CET		Frölunda HC Sweden4–1
(1–0, 1–0, 2–1)		Germany Adler MannheimFrölundaborgs Isstadion, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,738
Game reference
Niklas RubinGoaliesDennis EndrasReferees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Joonas Kova
Linesmen:
Andreas Malmqvist
Gustav Jonsson
Söderblom (Edvinsson) – 12:241–0
Sundström (Edvinsson, Folin) – 25:282–0
2–144:38 – Tosto (Klos)
Söderblom (Sundström, Elliott) – 52:563–1
Mursak (Lundqvist, Elliott) – 55:004–1
0 minPenalties6 min
35Shots11
Frölunda HC won 14–2 on Aggregate.
23 November 2021
18:05 CET		Rögle BK Sweden3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)		Switzerland ZSC LionsCatena Arena, Ängelholm
Attendance: 3,147
Game reference
Christoffer RifalkGoaliesLudovic WaeberReferees:
Lassi Heikkinen
Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Andreas Svensson
0–133:11 – Weber (Diem, Krüger)
Larsson (McKiernan, Lyrenäs) (PP) – 36:501–1
Everberg (Tambellini, Bengtsson) (PP) – 52:552–1
Edström (Brithen, Jonsson) (ENG) – 59:243–1
12 minPenalties16 min
30Shots37
Rögle BK won 7–4 on Aggregate.
23 November 2021
19:00 CET		Leksands IF Sweden8–1
(3–0, 2–0, 3–1)		Austria EC KACTegera Arena, Leksand
Attendance: 2,365
Game reference
Axel BrageGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
Riku Brander
Aaro Brännare
Linesmen:
Daniel Persson
Peter Almerstedt
Rosèn (Kloos) – 1:341–0
Rosèn (Camper, Zackrisson) (PP) – 8:492–0
Heineman (Kloos, Själin) (PP) – 12:273–0
Karlsson (Själin, Kloos) (PP) – 32:584–0
Caito (Camper, Zackrisson) (PP 5 on 3) – 36:125–0
5–146:24 – Haudum (Hundertpfund)
Heineman (Kloos, Ashton) – 49:496–1
Heineman (Camper, Caito) – 58:107–1
Camper (Veronneau) (ENG) – 59:058–1
4 minPenalties14 min
50Shots21
Leksands won 8–5 on aggregate.
23 November 2021
18:00 CET		Lukko FinlandCancelled
NA		Italy HC BolzanoKivikylän Areena, Rauma
Attendance: NA
Game reference
NAGoaliesNAReferees:
Jakub Šindel
Vladimír Pešina
Linesmen:
Markus Hägerström
Tommi Niittylä
Lukko won 3–1 on Aggregate.
Lukko vs HC Bolzano: The round of 16 return game between Lukko and HC Bolzano was cancelled as a number of players of Lukko were unavailable due to the COVID-19 protocol and it was decided to take into consideration only the result of the first game.
24 November 2021
18:00 CET		EHC Red Bull München Germany3–2
(0–0, 0–0, 3–2)		Switzerland HC Fribourg-GottéronOlympia Eishalle, Munich
Attendance: 986
Game reference
Danny aus den BirkenGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
Milan Zrnić
Christian Ofner
Linesmen:
Tobias Schwenk
Marius Wölzmüller
0–141:20 – DiDomenico (Schmid, Furrer
0–242:22 – Walser (Brodin)
Parkes (Street, Danny aus den Birken) – 43:551–2
Redmond (Ehliz, Hager) – 52:492–2
Gogulla (Schütz) (ENG) – 59:483–2
6 minPenalties8 min
32Shots18
EHC Red Bull München won 7–4 on aggregate.
24 November 2021
20:20 CET		Red Bull Salzburg Austria3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)		France Rouen DragonsEisarena Salzburg, Salzburg
Attendance: Game was played behind closed doors.
Game reference
Atte TolvanenGoaliesMatija PintaričReferees:
Kristijan Nikolić
Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
Elias Seewald
Simon Riecken
Raffl (Järvinen, Pallestrang) (PP) – 15:581–0
Raffl (Kanzig, Heinrich) – 35:522–0
Järvinen (Raffl, Schreier) – 49:383–0
3–154:48 – Vigners (Yeo, Caron)
6 minPenalties4 min
54Shots28
Dragons de Rouen won 4–3 on aggregate.
  • ^
    Order of legs reversed after original draw.

    • Quarter-finals

    [edit]

    First legs were played on 7 December, return legs were played on 14 December 2021.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Lukko Finland 3–4 (OT) Germany EHC Red Bull München 2–2 1–2
    Tappara Finland 7–3 France Dragons de Rouen 3–3 4–0
    HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic 5–6 Sweden Rögle BK 2–5 3–1
    Leksands IF Sweden 5–8 Sweden Frölunda HC 2–5 3–3

    First Leg

    [edit]
    7 December 2021
    18:00 CET    		HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic2–5
    (1–1, 1–3, 0–1)    		Rögle BK SwedenTipsport Arena, Prague
    Attendance: 1,000
    Game reference
    Matěj MachovskýGoaliesCalle ClangReferees:
    Christian Ofner
    Christoph Sternat
    Linesmen:
    Daniel Hynek
    Jiří Ondráček
    Thorell (Horák, Řepík) – 1:111–0
    1–119:55 – (PP) Bristedt (Jonsson, Tambellini)
    1–225:53 – Sund (Kelleher)
    1–326:22 – Tambellini (Jonsson, Gelinas)
    Jeřábek (Sobotka, Buchtele) – 36:132–3
    2–439:31 – Johannesson (Ferguson, Everberg)
    2–545:23 – Jonsson (Larsson, Gelinas)
    6 minPenalties4 min
    23Shots29
    7 December 2021
    18:00 CET    		Tappara Finland3–3
    (2–0, 1–2, 0–1)    		France Rouen DragonsNokia Arena, Tampere
    Attendance: 3,874
    Game reference
    Christian HeljankoGoaliesMatija PintaričReferees:
    Vladimír Pešina
    Jakub Šindel
    Linesmen:
    Tommi Niittylä
    Hannu Sormunen
    Platzer (Rantakari, Merelä) (PP) – 6:091–0
    Merelä (Levtchi, Rauhala) – 17:142–0
    2–128:04 (PP) – Lampérier (Chakiachvili, Johnston)
    2–231:30 – (PP) Vigners (Caron, Flood)
    Tanus (Rantakari, Platzer) (PP) – 34:013–2
    3–354:01 – Johnston (Flood
    4 minPenalties8 min
    43Shots12
    7 December 2021
    18:00 CET    		Lukko Finland2–2
    (0–0, 2–0, 0–2)    		Germany EHC Red Bull MünchenKivikylän Areena, Rauma
    Attendance: 953
    Game reference
    Artem ZagidulinGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
    Mark Lemelin
    Daniel Stricker
    Linesmen:
    Markus Hagerström
    Lauri Nikulainen
    Nyman (Ilomäki, Pooley) – 24:251–0
    Piipponen (Haga, Saarijärvi) – 39:342–0
    2–143:37 – Tiffels (Mauer, Blum)
    2–253:50 – Parkes (Seidenberg, Street)
    8 minPenalties10 min
    21Shots27
    7 December 2021
    19:00 CET    		Leksands IF Sweden2–5
    (2–2, 0–0, 0–3)    		Sweden Frölunda HCTegera Arena, Leksand
    Attendance: 2,011
    Game reference
    Axel BrageGoaliesMatthew TomkinsReferees:
    Mikael Nord
    Tobias Björk
    Linesmen:
    Tobias Nordlander
    Daniel Persson
    Veronneau (Camper, Zackrisson) – 9:281–0
    1–110:02 – Carlsson (Olsson, Friberg)
    1–216:40 – Olsson (Sundström, Niederbach)
    Bichsel (Thomas, Zackrisson) – 18:172–2
    2–353:04 – Elliott (Söderblom, Niederbach)
    2–454:57 – Carlsson (Grönlund, Friberg)
    2–556:06 – Söderblom (Friberg, Folin)
    2 minPenalties2 min
    36Shots25

    Second Leg

    [edit]
    14 December 2021
    19:00 CET    		Frölunda HC Sweden3–3
    (1–1, 1–1, 1–1)    		Sweden Leksands IFFrölundaborgs Isstadion, Gothenburg
    Attendance: 3,575
    Game reference
    Matthew TomkinsGoaliesAxel BrageReferees:
    Mikael Holm
    Linus Öhlund
    Linesmen:
    Andreas Svensson
    Gustav Jonsson
    0–16:47 – Ruohomaa (Caito, Ashton)
    Lasch (Söderblom, Špaček) (PP) – 16:531–1
    1–226:53 – Noren (Zackrisson, Camper)
    Friberg (SHG) – 35:062–2
    2–346:23 – Åman (Karlsson, Zackrisson)
    Söderblom (Lasch, Špaček) (PP) – 59:573–3
    6 minPenalties14 min
    20Shots43
    Frölunda HC won 8–5 on Aggregate.
    14 December 2021
    19:00 CET    		Rögle BK Sweden1–3
    (0–0, 0–0, 1–3)    		Czech Republic HC Sparta PrahaCatena Arena, Ängelholm
    Attendance: 3,442
    Game reference
    Christoffer RifalkGoaliesAlexander SalákReferees:
    Mikko Kaukokari
    Kristian Vikman
    Linesmen:
    Ludvig Lundgren
    Anders Nyqvist
    Ferguson (Gelinas, Kelleher) (PP) – 43:481–0
    1–146:44 – Forman (Thorell, Matushkin)
    1–254:24 – (EAG) Chlapík (Jandus, Pavelka)
    1–358:37 – (EAG) Chlapík (Jandus, Polášek)
    6 minPenalties12 min
    20Shots26
    Rögle BK won 6–5 on Aggregate.
    14 December 2021
    19:30 CET    		Dragons de Rouen France0–4
    (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)    		Finland TapparaCentre sportif Guy-Boissière, Rouen
    Attendance: 3,016
    Game reference
    Matija PintaričGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
    Lasse Kopitz
    Gordon Schukies
    Linesmen:
    Nicolas Constantineau
    Clément Goncalves
    0–120:55 – (PP) Platzer (Ranrakari, Tanus)
    0–223:29 – Salonen (Puhakka, Kinnunen)
    0–356:37 – (ENG) Seppälä (Puhakka)
    0–458:29 – (ENG) Bertrand (Kuusela)
    16 minPenalties6 min
    19Shots52
    Tappara won 7–3 on Aggregate.
    14 December 2021
    20:15 CET    		EHC Red Bull München Germany2–1 (OT)
    (0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
    (OT 1–0)    		Finland LukkoOlympia Eishalle, Munich
    Attendance: Game was behind Closed Doors.
    Game reference
    Danny aus den BirkenGoaliesLassi LehtinenReferees:
    Christoph Sternat
    Trpimir Piragić
    Linesmen:
    Tobias Schwenk
    Marius Wölzmüller
    0–132:31 – Repo
    Tiffels (Boyle) – 38:241–1
    Schütz (Street, Blum) – 62:252–1
    2 minPenalties10 min
    32Shots21
    Red Bull München won 4–3 in Overtime on Aggregate.

    Semi-finals

    [edit]

    First legs were played on 4 January, return legs were played on 11 January and 1 February 2022.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    EHC Red Bull München Germany 0–3 Finland Tappara Cancelled[note 4] 0–3[note 5]
    Rögle BK Sweden 8–4 Sweden Frölunda HC 5–3 3–1

    First Leg

    [edit]
    4 January 2022
    19:00 CET    		Rögle BK Sweden5–3
    (0–1, 2–0, 3–2)    		Sweden Frölunda HCCatena Arena, Ängelholm
    Attendance: 1,995
    Game reference
    Christoffer RifalkGoaliesMatthew TomkinsReferees:
    Anssi Salonen
    Kristian Vikman
    Linesmen:
    Anders Nyqvist
    Gustav Jonsson
    0–118:38 – (PP) Sundström (Lundqvist, Carlsson)
    Brithen (Lyrenäs, Larsson) – 30:321–1
    Johannesson (Sjögren, Jonsson) – 34:182–1
    Brithen (Lyrenäs, Gelinas) – 41:273–1
    Bristedt – 45:044–1
    4–246:29 – Lasu (Lasch, Rosseli Olsen)
    4–348:41 – Lasch Sundström)
    Brithen (Everberg, Bristedt) – 49:475–3
    6 minPenalties4 min
    36Shots38
    4 January 2022
    20:30 CET    		EHC Red Bull München GermanyNA
    NA    		Finland TapparaOlympia Eishalle, Munich
    Attendance: NA
    Game reference
    NAGoaliesNAReferees:
    Kristijan Nikolić
    Christoph Sternat
    Linesmen:
    Jonas Merten
    Marius Wölzmüller
    NAGoalsNA
    NA minPenaltiesNA min
    NAShotsNA
    Game was cancelled as one player of EHC Red Bull München was unavailable due to the COVID-19 protocol.

    Second Leg

    [edit]
    11 January 2022
    19:00 CET    		Frölunda HC Sweden1–3
    (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)    		Sweden Rögle BKFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
    Attendance: 1,218
    Game reference
    Matthew TomkinsGoaliesChristoffer RifalkReferees:
    Linus Öhlund
    Mikael Nord
    Linesmen:
    Andreas Malmqvist
    Ludvig Lundgren
    0–10:32 – Bengtsson (Ferguson, Sjödin)
    0–235:18 – (PP) Everberg (Jonsson, Tambellini)
    0–350:36 – (SHENG) Larsson
    Johansson (Sundström, Carlsson) – 56:101–3
    4 minPenalties12 min
    39Shots24
    Rögle BK won 8–4 on Aggregate.
    1 February 2022
    18:00 CET    		Tappara Finland3–0
    (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)    		Germany EHC Red Bull MünchenNokia Arena, Tampere
    Attendance: Game was Behind Closed Doors
    Game reference
    Christian HeljankoGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
    Daniel Stricker
    Mark Lemelin
    Linesmen:
    Tommi Niittylä
    Hannu Sormunen
    Kuusela (Levtchi, Rantakari) (PP) – 4:131–0
    Luoto (Rantakari, Tanus) – 51:472–0
    Kuusela (Rantakari, Levtchi) (PP) – 53:293–0
    10 minPenalties8 min
    34Shots25
    Tappara won 3–0 on Aggregate.

    Final

    [edit]
    1 March 2022
    19:00 (UTC+1)    		Rögle BK Sweden2–1
    (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)    		Finland TapparaCatena Arena, Ängelholm[25]
    Attendance: 4,950
    Game reference
    Christoffer RifalkGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
    Czech Republic Robin Šír
    Czech Republic Vladimír Pešina
    Linesmen:
    Austria Simon Riecken
    Slovakia Oto Durmis
    Zaar (Bengtsson, Jonsson) – 02:531–0
    Zaar (Tambellini, Stål Lyrenäs) (PP) – 29:222–0
    2–144:23 – Merelä (Morley, Levtchi)
    2 minPenalties2 min
    29Shots25

    Statistics

    [edit]

    Scoring leaders

    [edit]

    The following players are leading the league in points.[26]

    Player Team GP G A PTS PIM +/– GWG PPG SHG SOG S%
    United States Ryan Lasch Sweden Frölunda HC 12 4 14 18 2 +5 0 2 0 23 17.39%
    Germany Frederik Tiffels Germany Red Bull München 10 8 6 14 0 +9 2 0 0 30 26.67%
    Sweden Ludvig Larsson Sweden Rögle BK 13 5 9 14 8 +1 0 3 1 21 23.81%
    Canada Ben Street Germany Red Bull München 10 3 10 13 2 +11 1 2 0 17 17.65%
    Canada Adam Tambellini Sweden Rögle BK 11 5 8 13 0 +5 2 3 0 26 19.23%
    Sweden Patrik Carlsson Sweden Frölunda HC 12 7 6 13 2 0 2 2 2 23 30.43%
    Finland Kristian Kuusela Finland Tappara 12 2 11 13 0 +5 1 2 0 20 10.00%
    Sweden Lucas Ekeståhl-Jonsson Sweden Rögle BK 13 2 11 13 4 +2 0 1 0 19 10.53%
    Canada Trevor Parkes Germany Red Bull München 11 6 6 12 16 +9 1 3 0 24 25.00%
    Sweden Leon Bristedt Sweden Rögle BK 12 3 9 12 14 +8 1 1 0 12 25.00%

    Leading goaltenders

    [edit]

    The following goaltenders are leading the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.[27]

    Player Team GP W L SV GA SV% GAA SO MIN
    Canada Connor Hughes Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 5 4 0 126 4 96,92% 0,94 2 255
    Finland Lassi Lehtinen Finland Lukko 5 3 2 111 6 94,87% 1,18 1 305
    Czech Republic Alexander Salák Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 6 4 1 159 9 94,64% 1,58 0 357
    Slovenia Matija Pintarič France Dragons de Rouen 10 4 5 388 22 94,63% 2,21 1 597
    United States Kevin Boyle Italy HC Bolzano 4 3 1 145 9 94,16% 2,25 0 240

    Notes

    [edit]
    1. ^ HC Donbass played their home matches at Palace of Sports, Kyiv, instead of their regular arena Altair Arena, Druzhkivka.[7]
    2. ^ a b HC Slovan Bratislava replaced Yunost Minsk due to the political situation in Belarus.[9]
    3. ^ The round of 16 return game between Lukko and HC Bolzano was cancelled as a number of players of Lukko were unavailable due to the COVID-19 protocol and it was decided to take into consideration only the result of the first game.[18][19]
    4. ^ The first semi-final game between EHC Red Bull München and Tappara was cancelled as one player of EHC Red Bull München was unavailable due to the COVID-19 protocol.[20]
    5. ^ The second semi-final game between Tappara and EHC Red Bull München was originally cancelled due to restrictions related to COVID-19[21] but was later rescheduled to be played on 25 January 2022 instead of 11 January 2022.[22] On 20 January 2022 the game was postponed once again as several team members of Tappara tested positive for COVID-19.[23] On 24 January 2022 the game was scheduled to be played on 1 February 2022.[24]

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