2014–15 Champions Hockey League

2014–15 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates 21 August 2014 – 3 February 2015
Teams 44
Final positions
Champions  Sweden Luleå Hockey (1st title)
Runner-up  Sweden Frölunda HC
Third place  Finland Oulun Kärpät
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Tournament statistics
Matches played 161
Goals scored 894 (5.55 per match)
Attendance 490,848 (3,049 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Norway Mathis Olimb[1]
(26 points)
MVP Norway Mathis Olimb[2]

The 2014–15 Champions Hockey League was the first season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament launched by 26 founding clubs, six leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The regulation round began on 21 August 2014 and ended on 8 October 2014. The playoffs began on 4 November 2014 and ended with the Champions Hockey League Final on 3 February 2015. Luleå Hockey defeated Frölunda HC 4–2 to win the first edition of Champions Hockey League.

On 9 December 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched the Champions Hockey League tournament, starting in the 2014–15 season.[3] The season's format was revealed on 20 December 2013, during the playoffs of the 2013 European Trophy.[4]

Team allocation

A total of 44 teams from eleven different European first-tier leagues participated in the 2014–15 Champions Hockey League. The teams were decided with regards to different licenses for the founding teams, leagues and wildcards.[3][5]

Team license

The participating teams were decided with regards to different licenses for founding teams, league teams (from founding leagues) and other wildcard teams.[5][6]

  1. National champion
  2. Regular season winner
  3. Runner-up, regular season
  4. Play-off finalist
  5. Best placed semifinal loser
  6. Worst placed semifinal loser

Teams

A full list of the teams participating in the inaugural season and how they qualified was presented on 10 May 2014.[6]

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[13][14][15]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 21 May 2014, 12:00 CET[16] 21–22 August 2014
Matchday 2 23–24 August 2014
Matchday 3 4–5 September 2014
Matchday 4 6–7 September 2014
Matchday 5 23–24 September 2014
Matchday 6 7–8 October 2014
Playoff Eighth-finals 10 October 2014, 12:00 CET[17] 4 November 2014 11 November 2014
Quarter-finals 2 December 2014 9 December 2014
Semi-finals 13 January 2014 20 January 2015
Final 3 February 2015

Group stage

Teams in the 2014–15 Champions Hockey League.
Red: Group A; Yellow: Group B; Green: Group C; Black: Group D; Brown: Group E; Pink: Group F; Blue: Group G; Orange: Group H; Purple: Group I; Deep pink: Group J; Turquoise: Group K.

The group stage draw took place on 21 May 2014 in Minsk, Belarus, and the teams were assigned to eleven groups from A to K.[18] The 44 teams were allocated into four pots based on their positions in their national leagues 2014, with the top seeded teams being placed in Pot 1 and the lower ranked teams in Pot 2, Pot 3 and the lowest ranked teams in Pot 4.[19] They were drawn into eleven groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.[16]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, giving six games per team. In total, 132 games were played in the group stage.[13]

The schedule was released on 2 June 2014, with 30 of 44 teams playing their first game 21 August 2014, and the other teams playing their first game the following day. The match days were 21–22 August, 23–24 August, 4–5 September, 6–7 September, 23–24 September and 7–8 October 2014. All game times are local times.[14][20]

The 11 group winners and the five best ranked runners-up qualified for the playoffs.[13] The five best runners-up were determined by ranking all runners-up based on their amount of points and goal differential in their respective groups, explained more detailed in the detailed group stage article.[21]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and the five best runners-up advanced to the playoffs

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Group A

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Finland Oulun Kärpät 6 3 2 0 1 17 12 +5 13
Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 6 3 0 0 3 16 15 +1 9
Slovakia HC Košice 6 2 0 1 3 14 16 −2 7
Germany Kölner Haie 6 2 0 1 3 12 16 −4 7
  KAR KOL LIB KOS
Oulun Kärpät — 3–2 (SO) 3–1 3–2 (OT)
Kölner Haie 3–2 — 1–4 2–1
Bílí Tygři Liberec 3–4 2–1 — 3–2
HC Košice 1–2 4–3 4–3 —

Group B

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Austria Vienna Capitals 6 4 1 1 0 16 9 +7 15
Switzerland ZSC Lions 6 2 1 2 1 17 16 +1 10
Sweden Färjestad BK 6 1 3 1 1 15 13 +2 10
Norway Vålerenga IF 6 0 0 1 5 7 17 −10 1
  ZSC FBK VIC VIF
ZSC Lions — 2–3 (OT) 2–1 (OT) 4–1
Färjestad BK 4–3 (OT) — 1–2 (SO) 4–1
Vienna Capitals 5–3 4–1 — 2–1
Vålerenga IF 2–3 1–2 (SO) 1–2 —

Group C

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Sweden Frölunda HC 6 5 0 0 1 35 13 +22 15
Switzerland Genève-Servette 6 5 0 0 1 28 15 +13 15
Austria Villach SV 6 2 0 0 4 11 23 −12 6
France Briançon Diables Rouges 6 0 0 0 6 8 31 −23 0
  FHC VSV GEN BRI
Frölunda HC — 5–2 7–3 6–2
Villach SV 1–7 — 0–5 4–1
Genève-Servette 4–3 4–2 — 5–1
Briançon Diables Rouges 1–7 1–2 2–7 —

Group D

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 6 3 2 1 0 21 13 +8 14
Czech Republic PSG Zlín 6 2 1 2 1 15 20 −5 10
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 6 2 1 1 2 21 16 +5 9
Germany Eisbären Berlin 6 0 1 1 4 14 22 −8 3
  ZLÍ FRI BER DIF
PSG Zlín — 2–3 (OT) 4–2 3–1
Fribourg-Gottéron 3–2 (SO) — 6–3 3–1
Eisbären Berlin 3–4 (SO) 0–2 — 4–3 (SO)
Djurgårdens IF 8–0 5–4 (OT) 3–2 —

Group E

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Finland Tappara 6 3 0 2 1 21 16 +5 11
Norway Stavanger Oilers 6 3 1 0 2 19 17 +2 11
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 6 3 0 0 3 20 14 +6 9
Switzerland SC Bern 6 1 1 0 4 11 24 −13 5
  TAP TRI SCB OIL
Tappara — 5–1 3–5 7–3
Oceláři Třinec 1–2 — 7–0 4–5
SC Bern 4–3 (SO) 0–4 — 0–2
Stavanger Oilers 2–1 (SO) 2–3 5–2 —

Group F

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Sweden Linköping HC 6 4 1 0 1 20 10 +10 14
Finland TPS 6 3 1 1 1 21 12 +9 12
Italy HC Bolzano 6 3 0 0 3 12 22 −10 9
Czech Republic HC Pardubice 6 0 0 1 5 11 20 −9 1
  HCB LHC PCE TPS
HC Bolzano — 1–2 4–3 4–2
Linköping HC 5–0 — 2–1 1–2
HC Pardubice 1–3 3–6 — 2–3 (SO)
TPS 9–0 3–4 (SO) 2–1 —

Group G

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Czech Republic Sparta Prague 6 3 1 1 1 25 19 +6 12
Sweden Växjö Lakers 6 4 0 0 2 19 14 +5 12
Finland KalPa 6 2 0 1 3 11 15 −4 7
Germany Adler Mannheim 6 1 1 0 4 11 18 −7 5
  SPA VLH MAN KAL
Sparta Prague — 5–4 6–3 2–3
Växjö Lakers 2–5 — 6–1 2–1
Adler Mannheim 3–2 (OT) 1–2 — 3–1
KalPa 4–5 (SO) 1–3 1–0 —

Group H

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Finland SaiPa 6 4 1 0 1 18 11 +7 14
Switzerland EV Zug 6 3 0 1 2 14 14 0 10
Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 6 1 1 1 3 18 20 −2 6
Germany ERC Ingolstadt 6 1 1 1 3 16 21 −5 6
  ING SAI VÍT EVZ
ERC Ingolstadt — 4–1 4–5 (SO) 3–2 (OT)
SaiPa 5–2 — 4–3 (SO) 3–0
Vítkovice Steel 5–1 1–3 — 2–5
EV Zug 3–2 1–2 3–2 —

Group I

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 5 0 0 1 23 8 +15 15
Finland JYP 6 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 13
Sweden HV71 6 2 0 1 3 15 17 −2 7
Switzerland Kloten Flyers 6 0 0 1 5 5 22 −17 1
  RBS KLO JYP HV71
Red Bull Salzburg — 7–1 4–0 3–1
Kloten Flyers 0–2 — 2–3 (OT) 0–5
JYP 3–2 2–0 — 4–3 (SO)
HV71 3–5 3–2 0–3 —

Group J

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Sweden Skellefteå AIK 6 5 0 0 1 20 8 +12 15
Finland HIFK 6 4 1 0 1 31 15 +16 14
Denmark SønderjyskE 6 1 0 1 4 15 31 −16 4
Germany Krefeld Pinguine 6 1 0 0 5 13 25 −12 3
  SKE KRE IFK SON
Skellefteå AIK — 4–0 3–0 4–1
Krefeld Pinguine 1–2 — 3–5 3–4
HIFK 5–3 6–1 — 10–1
SønderjyskE 1–4 4–5 4–5 (SO) —

Group K

Team
 GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Finland Lukko 6 5 0 0 1 21 7 +14 15
Sweden Luleå Hockey 6 5 0 0 1 32 6 +26 15
Germany Hamburg Freezers 6 1 0 0 5 8 21 −13 3
United Kingdom Nottingham Panthers 6 1 0 0 5 9 36 −27 3
  HAM LUK LHF NOT
Hamburg Freezers — 0–3 1–4 6–0
Lukko 5–0 — 2–0 6–2
Luleå Hockey 6–0 3–1 — 9–1
Nottingham Panthers 3–1 2–4 1–10 —

Ranking of second-placed teams

Group
 Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
K Sweden Luleå Hockey 6 5 0 0 1 32 6 +26 15
C Switzerland Genève-Servette 6 5 0 0 1 28 15 +13 15
J Finland HIFK 6 4 1 0 1 31 15 +16 14
I Finland JYP 6 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 13
F Finland TPS 6 3 1 1 1 21 12 +9 12
G Sweden Växjö Lakers 6 4 0 0 2 19 14 +5 12
E Norway Stavanger Oilers 6 3 1 0 2 19 17 +2 11
B Switzerland ZSC Lions 6 2 1 2 1 17 16 +1 10
H Switzerland EV Zug 6 3 0 1 2 14 14 0 10
D Czech Republic PSG Zlín 6 2 1 2 1 15 20 −5 10
A Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 6 3 0 0 3 16 15 +1 9

See the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis with the team with the better standing after the group stage having the second game at home, except for the one-match final played at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.[3][4][13]

The mechanism of the draw for playoffs are as follows:

Bracket

  Eighth-finals Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                                         
 Finland JYP 5 2 7(2)  
 Sweden Skellefteå AIK (SO) 4 3 7(3)  
   Sweden Linköping HC 1 4 5(0)  
   Sweden Skellefteå AIK (SO) 2 3 5(1)  
 Czech Republic Sparta Prague 1 2 3
 Sweden Linköping HC 2 2 4  
   Sweden Skellefteå AIK 2 2 4  
   Sweden Luleå Hockey 2 3 5  
 Finland TPS 1 4 5  
 Finland Lukko 5 3 8  
   Finland Lukko 2 1 3
   Sweden Luleå Hockey 5 2 7  
 Sweden Luleå Hockey (SO) 2 7 9(2)
 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 4 5 9(0)  
   Sweden Luleå Hockey 4
   Sweden Frölunda HC 2
 Switzerland Genève-Servette 2 2 4(0)  
 Finland SaiPa (SO) 0 4 4(3)  
   Finland SaiPa 0 2 2
   Finland Oulun Kärpät 2 3 5  
 Finland Oulun Kärpät 3 3 6
 Austria Vienna Capitals 1 2 3  
   Sweden Frölunda HC (OT) 4 2 6
   Finland Oulun Kärpät 2 3 5  
 Finland Tappara 1 2 3  
 Sweden Frölunda HC 5 4 9  
   Finland HIFK 2 3 5
   Sweden Frölunda HC 1 5 6  
 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 2 1 3
 Finland HIFK 2 3 5  

Note:

  1. The teams listed on top of each tie play first match at home and the bottom team plays second match at home.

Eighth-finals

The draw for the entire playoff (eighth-finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) was held on 10 October 2014.[17] The first legs were played on 4 November, and the second legs were played on 11 November 2014.[15][22]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
JYP Finland 7–7 (2–3 SO) Sweden Skellefteå AIK 5–4 2–3 (OT)
Genève-Servette Switzerland 4–4 (0–3 SO) Finland SaiPa 2–0 2–4 (OT)
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 3–4 Sweden Linköping HC 1–2 2–2
Oulun Kärpät Finland 6–3 Austria Vienna Capitals 3–1 3–2
TPS Finland 5–8 Finland Lukko 1–5 4–3
Tappara Finland 3–9 Sweden Frölunda HC 1–5 2–4
Luleå Hockey Sweden 9–9 (2–0 SO) Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2–4 7–5 (OT)
Fribourg-Gottéron Switzerland 3–5[A] Finland HIFK 2–2 1–3
Notes
  1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw, since HIFK home ice was unavailable on 4 November.[22]

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 2 December, and the second legs were played on 9 December 2014.[15]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linköping HC Sweden 5–5 (0–1 SO) Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1–2 4–3 (OT)
Lukko Finland 3–7 Sweden Luleå Hockey 2–5 1–2
SaiPa Finland 2–5 Finland Oulun Kärpät 0–2 2–3
HIFK Finland 5–6 Sweden Frölunda HC 2–1 3–5

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 13 January, and the second legs were played on 20 January 2015.[15]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Skellefteå AIK Sweden 4–5 Sweden Luleå Hockey 2–2 2–3
Frölunda HC Sweden 6–5 Finland Oulun Kärpät 4–2 2–3 (OT)

Final

The final was played on 3 February 2015 at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.[13][15]

3 February 2015
20:15		Luleå Hockey Sweden4–2
(0–2,0–0,4–0)		Sweden Frölunda HCCoop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

Statistics

Leading scorers

Rankings based upon points, and sorted by goals.[23]

Rank Player Team GP G A Pts PIM +/−
1 Norway Mathis Olimb Sweden Frölunda HC 10717246+11
2 Sweden Andreas Johnson Sweden Frölunda HC 91112236+13
3 Sweden Erik Gustafsson Sweden Frölunda HC 10512172+7
4 Canada Matt D'Agostini Switzerland Genève-Servette 849136+7
5 Sweden Daniel Zaar Sweden Luleå Hockey 1066120+4
6 Sweden Max Görtz Sweden Frölunda HC 1057120+5
7 Sweden Pär Lindholm Sweden Skellefteå AIK 10111122+10
8 Finland Joonas Donskoi Finland Oulun Kärpät 1074112+11
9 Finland Niklas Fogstrom Sweden Luleå Hockey 1056110+9
9 Sweden Per Ledin Sweden Luleå Hockey 1056114+5

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes, ranked by save percentage.[24]

RankGoaltenderTeamMinutesGAGAASV%SavesSO
1Slovenia Luka GračnarAustria Red Bull Salzburg300:0051.00.9661412
2Switzerland Melvin NyffelerSwitzerland Fribourg-Gottéron243:1161.48.9571331
3Czech Republic Marek SchwarzCzech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec211:2551.42.9561090
4Sweden Joel LassinanttiSweden Luleå Hockey257:1251.17.948910
5Canada Justin PoggeSweden Färjestads BK290:3671.45.9401090
6Sweden Marcus HögbergSweden Linköping HC362:35101.65.9331430
7Lithuania Mantas ArmalisSweden Djurgårdens IF246:1481.95.9331121
8Finland Iiro TarkkiFinland Oulun Kärpät304:5571.38.931951
9Sweden Stefan SteenSweden Växjö Lakers199:2051.51.931670
10Finland Eero KilpeläinenFinland KalPa303:48112.17.9301461

Prize money

The 44 teams will compete for a grand total of 1.5 million euros. However, the money distribution has not been announced.[4]

References

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  2. ↑ "Mathis Olimb wins NordicBet MVP Trophy". championshockeyleague.net. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
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  7. ↑ "New clubs join CHL". iihf.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Qualifikationskriterien für die Champions Hockey League". iihf.com (in German). 20 February 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Fredberg, Peter (2 May 2014). "Sønderjyske med i Champions Hockey League". BT (in Danish). Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  10. ↑ Grefve, Daniel (11 April 2014). "Klart: De får wild cards till Champions League". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Oftedal Kvendseth, Kristian (15 April 2014). "Oilers slipper å kvalifisere seg til mesterligaen". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "Nottingham Panthers to play in Champions Hockey League". Nottingham Post. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The CHL playing format". championshockeyleague.net. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  14. 1 2 "2014/2015 CHL group stage schedule". championshockeyleague.net. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Champions Hockey League playoff races intensify with Game Day 5 Tuesday & Wednesday". 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  16. 1 2 "Wednesday is Draw Day -- here is the procedure". championshockeyleague.net. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  17. 1 2 3 "Champions Hockey League Playoff Draw set for 10 October at MTV Studios in Helsinki". 29 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  18. ↑ "The Champions Hockey League draw - the groups". championshockeyleague.net. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  19. ↑ "Ready for the draw -- How are the teams ranked?". 9 May 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Schedule". championshockeyleague.net. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Determining the Final 16: Tie-breaking and ranking". championshockeyleague.net. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  22. 1 2 "1/8-final schedule! All games on 4 & 11 Nov". 14 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
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  24. ↑ "Statistics – Goalkeepers". championshockeyleague.net. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
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