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2014–15 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates21 August 2014 – 3 February 2015
Teams44
Final positions
Champions Sweden Luleå HF (1st title)
Runner-up Sweden Frölunda HC
Third place Finland Kärpät
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Tournament statistics
Games played161
Goals scored894 (5.55 per game)
Attendance490,848 (3,049 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Norway Mathis Olimb[1] (26 points)
MVPNorway 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 HF 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]

  • A license: The 26 founding teams all got an A license, since they play in the first-tier league of their respective domestic league system in the 2014–15 season.
  • B license: Two teams – the regular-season winner and the play-off champion in the 2013–14 season – from each of the founding leagues (the Austrian EBEL, the Czech Extraliga, the Finnish Liiga, the German DEL, the Swedish SHL and the Swiss NLA) received a B licence to the tournament. If those teams had already received an A license, other teams from the league took the B license spots. The order the B licenses were handed out is:[7][8]
  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]

Team City/Area League Qualification License
Austria Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Austrian Hockey League founding club A
Austria Vienna Capitals Vienna Austrian Hockey League founding club A
Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec Liberec Czech Extraliga founding club A
Czech Republic HC Pardubice Pardubice Czech Extraliga founding club A
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha Prague Czech Extraliga founding club A
Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel Ostrava Czech Extraliga founding club A
Finland HIFK Helsinki Liiga founding club A
Finland JYP Jyväskylä Liiga founding club A
Finland KalPa Kuopio Liiga founding club A
Finland Kärpät Oulu Liiga founding club A
Finland Tappara Tampere Liiga founding club A
Finland TPS Turku Liiga founding club A
Germany Adler Mannheim Mannheim Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Germany Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Germany ERC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Germany Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Switzerland SC Bern Bern National League A founding club A
Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg National League A founding club A
Switzerland ZSC Lions Zürich National League A founding club A
Switzerland EV Zug Zug National League A founding club A
Sweden Frölunda HC Gothenburg Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Färjestad BK Karlstad Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden HV71 Jönköping Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Linköpings HC Linköping Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Luleå HF Luleå Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League play-off champion B
Italy HC Bolzano Bolzano Austrian Hockey League play-off champion B
Germany Hamburg Freezers Hamburg Deutsche Eishockey Liga regular season winner B
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec Třinec Czech Extraliga regular season runner-up B
Switzerland Kloten Flyers Kloten National League A play-off finalist B
Switzerland Genève-Servette Geneva National League A play-off semi-finalist B
Sweden Växjö Lakers Växjö Swedish Hockey League play-off semi-finalist B
Austria Villach SV Villach Austrian Hockey League play-off semi-finalist B
Finland Lukko Rauma Liiga play-off semi-finalist B
Finland SaiPa Lappeenranta Liiga play-off semi-finalist B
Germany Kölner Haie Cologne Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off finalist B
Czech Republic PSG Zlín Zlín Czech Extraliga play-off champion B
Norway Stavanger Oilers Stavanger GET-ligaen play-off champion C
Slovakia HC Košice Košice Tipsport Liga champion C
Denmark SønderjyskE Vojens Metal Ligaen champion C
France Briançon Diables Rouges Briançon Ligue Magnus champion C
United Kingdom Nottingham Panthers Nottingham Elite Ice Hockey League Challenge Cup winner C
Norway Vålerenga IF Oslo GET-ligaen regular season winner C

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

Main article: 2014–15 Champions Hockey League group stage
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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 number 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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

Template:2014–15 Champions Hockey League standings – Group E

Group F

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Group G

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Group H

Template:2014–15 Champions Hockey League standings – Group H

Group I

Template:2014–15 Champions Hockey League standings – Group I

Group J

Template:2014–15 Champions Hockey League standings – Group J

Group K

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Ranking of second-placed teams

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

Playoffs

Main article: 2014–15 Champions Hockey League 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:

  • The entire playoff was drawn at a single occasion on 10 October 2014 to determine the eight pairings for the eighth-finals. After the draw, all matches up to the final are set in brackets.[13][17]
  • In the draw for the eighth-finals, the eight best group winners were seeded, and the three group winners with worst record and the five best runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.[21]

Bracket

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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.Tooltip Aggregate score 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)
HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic 3–4 Sweden Linköpings HC 1–2 2–2
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 HF 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Linköpings HC Sweden 5–5 (0–1 SO) Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1–2 4–3 (OT)
Lukko Finland 3–7 Sweden Luleå HF 2–5 1–2
SaiPa Finland 2–5 Finland 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Skellefteå AIK Sweden 4–5 Sweden Luleå HF 2–2 2–3
Frölunda HC Sweden 6–5 Finland 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 HF Sweden4–2
(0–2, 0–0, 4–0)		Sweden Frölunda HCCoop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 6,300
Game reference
Joel LassinanttiGoaliesLinus FernströmReferees:
Germany Daniel Piechaczek
Finland Aleksi Rantala
Linesmen:
Germany André Schrader
Finland Sakari Suominen
0–100:17 – Lundqvist (Lehkonen, Fälth)
0–212:45 – Olimb (Johnsson, Görtz)
Näkyvä (Abbott) (PP) – 47:431–2
Cehlárik (Fagerudd, Näkyvä) (PP) – 48:572–2
Forsberg (Sandström) (PP) – 53:043–2
Kukan (Sandström, Granström) (ENG) – 58:364–2
8 minPenalties45 min
25Shots27

Statistics

Leading scorers

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

Rank Player Team
v
v
v
v
v
v
1 Norway Mathis Olimb Sweden Frölunda HC 10 7 17 24 6 +11
2 Sweden Andreas Johnson Sweden Frölunda HC 9 11 12 23 6 +13
3 Sweden Erik Gustafsson Sweden Frölunda HC 10 5 12 17 2 +7
4 Canada Matt D'Agostini Switzerland Genève-Servette 8 4 9 13 6 +7
5 Sweden Daniel Zaar Sweden Luleå HF 10 6 6 12 0 +4
6 Sweden Max Görtz Sweden Frölunda HC 10 5 7 12 0 +5
7 Sweden Pär Lindholm Sweden Skellefteå AIK 10 1 11 12 2 +10
8 Finland Joonas Donskoi Finland Kärpät 10 7 4 11 2 +11
9 Finland Niklas Fogstrom Sweden Luleå HF 10 5 6 11 0 +9
9 Sweden Per Ledin Sweden Luleå HF 10 5 6 11 4 +5

Leading goaltenders

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

Rank Goaltender Team Minutes
v
v
v
 Saves
v
1 Slovenia Luka Gračnar Austria Red Bull Salzburg 300:00 5 1.00 .966 141 2
2 Switzerland Melvin Nyffeler Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 243:11 6 1.48 .957 133 1
3 Czech Republic Marek Schwarz Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 211:25 5 1.42 .956 109 0
4 Sweden Joel Lassinantti Sweden Luleå HF 257:12 5 1.17 .948 91 0
5 Canada Justin Pogge Sweden Färjestads BK 290:36 7 1.45 .940 109 0
6 Sweden Marcus Högberg Sweden Linköpings HC 362:35 10 1.65 .933 143 0
7 Lithuania Mantas Armalis Sweden Djurgårdens IF 246:14 8 1.95 .933 112 1
8 Finland Iiro Tarkki Finland Kärpät 304:55 7 1.38 .931 95 1
9 Sweden Stefan Steen Sweden Växjö Lakers 199:20 5 1.51 .931 67 0
10 Finland Eero Kilpeläinen Finland KalPa 303:48 11 2.17 .930 146 1

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]

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