2018–19 Champions Hockey League

2018–19 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates30 August 2018 – 5 February 2019
Teams32
Final positions
Champions  Frölunda HC[1] (3rd title)
Runners-up  Red Bull München
Tournament statistics
Games played125
Goals scored738 (5.9 per game)
Attendance425,050 (3,400 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Ryan Lasch[2] (22 points)
Awards
MVP Trevor Parkes[3]

The 2018–19 Champions Hockey League was the fifth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was competed by 32 teams, and qualification was 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 represented by one team each. One place was awarded to the Continental Cup champion. Unlike in the first three editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify.[4] The group stages began on 30 August 2018, and ended on 17 October 2018.[5] The season had an average attendance of 3,401 per game, one percent increase from the previous season.[6]

Swedish team Frölunda HC won their third Champions Hockey League title, defeating Red Bull München, the first German team to reach the final, 3–1 at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg.[1]

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participated in the 2018–19 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, the United Kingdom and Poland qualified.

The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:[7]

  1. National league champion (play-off winners)
  2. Regular season winners
  3. Regular season runner-up
  4. Losing play-off finalist
  5. Higher regular season ranked losing semi-finalist
  6. Lower regular season ranked losing semi-finalist
  7. Third placed team in regular season
  8. Fourth placed team in regular season
  9. Fifth placed team in regular season.

Teams

Team City/Area League Qualification Participation Previous best
JYP Jyväskylä SM-liiga 2018 CHL winner 5th Champion
Växjö Lakers Växjö Swedish Hockey League play-off champion 5th final
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Swedish Hockey League regular season runner-up 4th round of 16
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League play-off finalist 4th semi-finals
Malmö Redhawks Malmö Swedish Hockey League play-off semi-finalist 2nd round of 16
Frölunda HC Gothenburg Swedish Hockey League regular season third place 5th Champion
Kärpät Oulu Liiga play-off champion 4th final
TPS Turku Liiga regular season runner-up 5th quarter-finals
Tappara Tampere Liiga play-off finalist 5th round of 16
HIFK Helsinki Liiga play-off semi-finalist 5th quarter-finals
Kometa Brno Brno Czech Extraliga play-off champion 2nd quarter-finals
HC Plzeň Plzeň Czech Extraliga regular season winner 2nd round of 32
Mountfield HK Hradec Králové Czech Extraliga regular season runner-up 2nd group stage
Oceláři Třinec Třinec Czech Extraliga play-off finalist 4th semi-finals
ZSC Lions Zürich National League play-off champion 5th quarter-finals
SC Bern Bern National League regular season winner 5th quarter-finals
EV Zug Zug National League regular season runner-up 5th round of 16
HC Lugano Lugano National League play-off finalist 2nd round of 16
Red Bull München Munich Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off champion 4th round of 16
Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga regular season runner-up 4th round of 16
Nürnberg Ice Tigers Nuremberg Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off semi-finalist 1st
HC Bolzano Bolzano Austrian Hockey League play-off champion 2nd group stage
Vienna Capitals Vienna Austrian Hockey League regular season first round winner 5th round of 16
Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Austrian Hockey League regular season pick round runner-up 5th round of 16
Yunost Minsk Minsk Belarusian Extraleague Continental Cup winner 2nd round of 32
Neman Grodno Grodno Belarusian Extraleague play-off champion 3rd group stage
HC '05 Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica Tipsport Liga play-off champion 2nd group stage
Storhamar Ishockey Hamar GET-ligaen play-off champion 2nd round of 16
Cardiff Devils Cardiff Elite Ice Hockey League regular season champion 2nd group stage
Aalborg Pirates Aalborg Metal Ligaen play-off champion 1st
Dragons de Rouen Rouen Ligue Magnus play-off champion 2nd group stage
GKS Tychy Tychy Polska Hokej Liga play-off champion 1st

Group stage

Teams in the 2018–19 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 6 games. The best 2 teams qualified to the round of 16.[8]

Pots

As the reigning CHL champions, JYP were 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. 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 Yunost Minsk, the champion of 2017–18 IIHF Continental Cup.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

JYP
Växjö Lakers
Kärpät
Kometa Brno
ZSC Lions
Red Bull München
HC Bolzano
Djurgårdens IF

TPS
HC Plzeň
SC Bern
Eisbären Berlin
Vienna Capitals
Skellefteå AIK
Tappara
Mountfield HK

EV Zug
Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Red Bull Salzburg
Malmö Redhawks
HIFK
Oceláři Třinec
HC Lugano
Frölunda HC

HC '05 Banská Bystrica
Neman Grodno
Storhamar Ishockey
Cardiff Devils
Aalborg Pirates
Dragons de Rouen
GKS Tychy
Yunost Minsk

Group stage tie-breaking criteria

If two teams were tied in points after the group stage was finished, the teams precedence was decided by head-to-head games. If teams were tied after that, then the team which was ranked higher prior to the tournament took precedence. When comparing head-to-head results, the following criteria were applied:[8]

  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
  5. overtime wins against the other tied team
  6. more goals scored in the two game winning shot competitions
  7. higher position in the 2017–18 CHL club ranking

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FHC ZSC VIC ABP
1 Frölunda HC 6 4 0 1 1 22 11 +11 13[a] Advance to Playoffs — 4–2 1–4 6–0
2 ZSC Lions 6 3 2 0 1 26 18 +8 13[a] 3–2 (SO) — 7–4 6–5 (OT)
3 Vienna Capitals 6 2 0 1 3 19 22 −3 7 1–4 2–6 — 2–3 (OT)
4 Aalborg Pirates 6 0 1 1 4 11 27 −16 3 1–5 1–2 1–6 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Frölunda HC 4, ZSC Lions 2.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAL RBM TPS YUN
1 Malmö Redhawks 6 4 0 0 2 24 16 +8 12[a] Advance to Playoffs — 6–1 8–4 4–1
2 Red Bull München 6 4 0 0 2 19 17 +2 12[a] 3–2 — 5–1 4–3
3 TPS 6 2 0 0 4 15 21 −6 6[b] 1–2 5–3 — 3–1
4 Yunost Minsk 6 2 0 0 4 13 17 −4 6[b] 6–2 0–3 2–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Malmö Redhawks +4, Red Bull München –4.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: TPS +1, Yunost Minsk –1.

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKE HCB HIFK GKS
1 Skellefteå AIK 6 4 0 2 0 27 13 +14 14 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 3–4 (OT) 6–2
2 HC Bolzano 6 2 2 0 2 20 16 +4 10 4–3 (SO) — 4–1 6–4
3 HIFK 6 2 1 1 2 14 18 −4 9 1–5 1–2 (SO) — 2–1
4 GKS Tychy 6 1 0 0 5 16 30 −14 3 1–8 5–3 3–5 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVZ KOM BER NEM
1 EV Zug 6 5 0 1 0 22 12 +10 16 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 6–1 2–3 (OT)
2 Kometa Brno 6 3 0 0 3 18 16 +2 9 2–3 — 4–3 6–2
3 Eisbären Berlin 6 2 0 0 4 17 21 −4 6 3–5 2–3 — 4–1
4 Neman Grodno 6 1 1 0 4 14 22 −8 5 2–4 4–2 2–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAP STO DIF TRI
1 Tappara 6 4 1 1 0 29 12 +17 15 Advance to Playoffs — 6–1 5–1 3–2 (OT)
2 Storhamar Hockey 6 2 1 1 2 17 20 −3 9 3–2 (SO) — 2–3 (OT) 6–2
3 Djurgårdens IF 6 2 1 0 3 21 19 +2 8 3–5 5–2 — 3–4
4 Oceláři Třinec 6 1 0 1 4 13 29 −16 4 2–8 2–3 1–6 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KAR DRA NIT MHK
1 Kärpät 6 4 1 0 1 27 14 +13 14 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 9–3 3–2
2 Dragons de Rouen 6 3 0 0 3 15 15 0 9 2–4 — 4–2 2–0
3 Nürnberg Ice Tigers 6 2 1 0 3 17 25 −8 8 4–3 2–5 — 4–3 (OT)
4 Mountfield HK 6 1 0 2 3 12 17 −5 5 3–4 (SO) 3–2 1–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBS SCB VLH CAR
1 Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 0 1 1 18 15 +3 13[a] Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 4–3 4–2
2 SC Bern 6 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 13[a] 2–1 (SO) — 4–3 3–2
3 Växjö Lakers 6 2 1 0 3 21 18 +3 8 5–2 1–2 — 3–1
4 Cardiff Devils 6 0 0 2 4 14 24 −10 2 2–5 2–3 (OT) 5–6 (OT) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Red Bull Salzburg 4, SC Bern 2.

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HCP LUG JYP BAB
1 HC Plzeň 6 5 1 0 0 25 14 +11 17 Advance to Playoffs — 3–2 4–2 6–4
2 HC Lugano 6 3 0 0 3 13 12 +1 9 2–3 — 2–0 4–1
3 JYP 6 2 0 0 4 16 14 +2 6 2–6 0–1 — 6–0
4 HC '05 Banská Bystrica 6 1 0 1 4 13 27 −14 4 2–3 (OT) 5–2 1–6 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net

Playoffs

Qualified teams

Group Winners (seed) Runners-up
A Frölunda HC (6) ZSC Lions
B Malmö Redhawks (8) Red Bull München
C Skellefteå AIK (4) HC Bolzano
D EV Zug (2) Kometa Brno
E Tappara (3) Storhamar
F Kärpät (5) Dragons de Rouen
G Red Bull Salzburg (7) SC Bern
H HC Plzeň (1) HC Lugano

Format

In each round except the final, the teams played two games and the aggregate score decided the team which advanced. As a rule, the first leg was hosted by the team who had the inferior record in the tournament to that point and the second leg was played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score was tied, a sudden death overtime followed. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the game winning shot competition advanced.[8]

The final was played on the home ice of the team who had the better record in the tournament on 5 February 2019.

Bracket

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.[8] The draw took place in Helsinki, Finland on 19 October 2018.[10]

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
1 Red Bull München 2 2 4
16 EV Zug 3 0 3
Red Bull München (OT) 2 5 7
Malmö Redhawks 1 5 6
8 SC Bern 1 0 1
9 Malmö Redhawks 4 1 5
Red Bull München 0 3 3
Red Bull Salzburg 0 1 1
5 ZSC Lions 4 2 6
12 Kärpät 4 3 7
Kärpät 2 1 3
Red Bull Salzburg 3 1 4
4 Dragons de Rouen 3 1 4
13 Red Bull Salzburg 3 5 8
Red Bull München 1
Frölunda HC 3
6 Kometa Brno 5 5 10
11 Tappara 1 5 6
Kometa Brno 1 1 2
Frölunda HC 4 6 10
3 HC Lugano 1 4 5
14 Frölunda HC 1 5 6
Frölunda HC 6 3 9
HC Plzeň 3 1 4
7 Storhamar 4 2 6
10 Skellefteå AIK 4 3 7
Skellefteå AIK 3 1 4
HC Plzeň (SO) 3 2 5
2 HC Bolzano 1 2 3
15 HC Plzeň 6 6 12

Note:

  1. 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. The Malmö Redhawks, however, ended up playing their first leg at home due to their arena being reserved on 20 November.
  2. The order of the legs (which team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with the best record should have the second game at home.

Round of 16

First Leg

6 November 2018
18:00 CET		Malmö Redhawks 4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 SC BernMalmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 2,543
Game reference
Lars VoldenGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
Christopher Hurtik
Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Anders Nyqvist
Hetta (Bryggman, Mylläri) – 23:371–0
1–131:51 – Bieber (Arcobello, Moser)
Setkov (Wemmenborn, Hetta) – 35:442–1
Sylvegård (Bryggman, Volden) – 54:433–1
Mylläri (Hardt, Storm) – 58:074–1
12 minPenalties10 min
27Shots28
6 November 2018
18:00 CET		Kometa Brno 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 TapparaDRFG Arena, Brno
Attendance: 3,365
Game reference
Karel VejmelkaGoaliesChristian HeljankoReferees:
Mikael Andersson
Mikael Sjöqvist
Linesmen:
Miroslav Lhotský
Jiří Svoboda
Čermák (Dočekal, Köhler) – 7:401–0
Plášek (Mikyska) – 9:112–0
Mueller (Dočekal) – 22:183–0
3–124:05 – Moilanen (Kemiläinen, Levtchi)
Holík (Kašpar, Mueller) – 48:084–1
Čermák (Mallet) – 53:045–1
10 minPenalties6 min
26Shots32
6 November 2018
18:30 CET		Storhamar Hockey 4–4
(0–0, 3–4, 1–0)		 Skellefteå AIKCC Amfi, Hamar
Attendance: 4,850
Game reference
Oskar ÖstlundGoaliesGustaf LindvallReferees:
Ladislav Smetana
Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
Jon Kilian
Knut Einar Bråten
0–120:40 – Olimb (Ericsson)
Thoresen – 25:311–1
1–229:32 – Hedberg (Norén)
1–331:21 – Djuse (Olimb, Lindström)
1–431:47 – Norén
Svensson (Thoresen, Johansson) (PP) – 37:292–4
Larrivée (Irving, Jensen) – 38:093–4
Jakobs (Thoresen) (PP) – 46:194–4
8 minPenalties8 min
24Shots31
6 November 2018
19:45 CET		ZSC Lions 4–4
(2–2, 1–0, 1–2)		 KärpätHallenstadion, Zürich
Attendance: 3,510
Game reference
Niklas SchlegelGoaliesVeini VehviläinenReferees:
Marcus Linde
Mikael Nord
Linesmen:
Franco Castelli
Dominik Altmann
0–10:44 – Heponiemi
Klein – 8:471–1
Prassl (Noreau, Schlegel) – 15:422–1
2–218:41 – (SHG) Lasu (Lindsten, Ohtamaa)
Pettersson (Suter) – 33:473–2
3–351:20 – (PP) Lasu
3–458:53 – (PP) Heshka (Kivihalme, Leskinen)
Pettersson (Suter, Noreau) – 59:584–4
12 minPenalties6 min
29Shots22
6 November 2018
19:45 CET		HC Bolzano 1–6
(0–2, 1–3, 0–1)		 HC PlzeňEiswelle, Bolzano
Attendance: 4,850
Game reference
Leland Irving (pulled at 40:00) Jacob SmithGoaliesDmitri MilchakovReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Marian Rohatsch
Linesmen:
Ulrich Pardatscher
Jakob Schauer
0–14:28 – Allen (Kaňák, Eberle)
0–26:52 – Indrák (Kodýtek)
Petan (Kuparinen, Frigo) – 22:411–2
1–325:08 – Indrák (Kindl, Kodýtek)
1–432:03 – Gulaš (Kracík)
1–538:49 – Indrák (Kaňák)
1–649:22 – Straka
39 minPenalties33 min
21Shots41
6 November 2018
19:45 CET		HC Lugano 1–1
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 Frölunda HCCornèr Arena, Porza
Attendance: 3,846
Game reference
Elvis MerzlikinsGoaliesJohan MattssonReferees:
Lasse Heikkinen
Stefan Fonselius
Linesmen:
Stany Gnemmi
Dario Fuchs
0–125:46 – Westerholm (Westerholm)
Haapala (Sannitz, Hofmann) – 38:211–1
8 minPenalties8 min
22Shots40
6 November 2018
20:00 CET		Red Bull München 2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)		 EV ZugOlympia Eishalle, Munich
Attendance: 2,290
Game reference
Danny aus den BirkenGoaliesTobias StephanReferees:
Manuel Nikolić
Miroslav Stolc
Linesmen:
Kilian Hinterdobler
Andreas Hofer
0–19:20 – Schlumpf (Simion)
0–228:13 – Martschini (Suri)
Shugg (Aulie) – 29:351–2
Mitchell – 32:252–2
2–357:58 – Martschini (Suri, Albrecht)
26 minPenalties4 min
26Shots30
6 November 2018
20:00 CET		Rouen Dragons 3–3
(2–2, 1–1, 0–0)		 Red Bull SalzburgÎle Lacroix, Rouen
Attendance: 2,746
Game reference
Matija PintaričGoaliesStephen MichalekReferees:
Marc Wiegand
Thomas Urban
Linesmen:
Clément Goncalves
Nicolas Constantineau
Thinel (Dusseau, Langlais) – 13:241–0
1–114:55 – Hochkofler (Huber)
1–215:38 – Vandevelde (Raymond, Feldner)
Deschamps (Aleardi, Brodeur) – 18:352–2
Ritz (Lampérier, Guttig) (PP) – 21:493–2
3–339:32 – Štajnoch (Raymond, Harris)
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots31

Second Leg

20 November 2018
17:00 CET		HC Plzeň 6–2
(1–0, 4–2, 1–0)		 HC BolzanoHome Monitoring Aréna, Plzeň
Attendance: 4,831
Game reference
Dmitri MilchakovGoaliesJacob Smith (pulled at 25:29) Leland IrvingReferees:
Marcus Linde
Marc Lemelin
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Josef Špůr
Gulaš (PS) – 15:131–0
Gulaš (Němec) – 21:162–0
Gulaš (Němec) – 23:443–0
Preisinger (Indrák) (PP) – 25:294–0
4–128:58 – Insam (Kuparinen)
Gulaš – 33:335–1
5–233:56 – Findlay
Indrák (Kaňák, Gulaš) – 51:046–2
4 minPenalties8 min
40Shots22
HC Plzeň won 12–3 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
18:00 CET		Frölunda HC 5–4
(1–1, 1–2, 3–1)		 HC LuganoFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,469
Game reference
Johan GustafssonGoaliesElvis MerzlikinsReferees:
Jan Hribik
Robin Šír
Linesmen:
Henrik Pihlblad
Anders Nyqvist
Sigalet (Fagemo, Lasch) – 0:501–0
1–111:33 – Bertaggia (Chorney, Romanenghi)
1–231:17 – Bertaggia (Romanenghi)
1–332:35 – Lajunen (Jörg, Walker)
Lasch (Rakhshani, Genoway) (PP 5 ON 3) – 34:302–3
Stålberg (Lindström, Sigalet) – 45:123–3
3–448:56 – (PP) Sannitz (Hofmann, Klasen)
Grönlund (Fagemo, Lasch) – 52:084–4
Lasch (Rakhshani, Genoway) (PP) – 57:135–4
6 minPenalties10 min
38Shots27
Frölunda HC won 6–5 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
18:00 CET		Skellefteå AIK 3–2
(1–2, 2–0, 0–0)		 Storhamar HockeySkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
Attendance: 1,524
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesOskar ÖstlundReferees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Emil Yletyienen
Johannes Käck
0–15:18 – (PP) Thoresen (Zettergren)
Aaltonen (Holloway, Möller) (PP) – 9:161–1
1–212:26 – (PP) Johansson (Svensson, Dahlstrøm)
Holloway (Möller, Holloway) (PP) – 28:092–2
Holloway (Ericsson, Djuse) – 31:423–2
10 minPenalties6 min
24Shots20
Skellefteå AIK won 7–6 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
18:00 CET		Kärpät 3–2
(1–1, 0–1, 2–0)		 ZSC LionsOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 3,441
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesLukas FlüelerReferees:
Linus Öhlund
Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Henri Neva
Hannu Sormunen
Kivihalme (Krištof, Heshka) – 10:381–0
1–113:12 – (PP) Baltisberger (Pettersson, Suter)
1–221:20 – Bachofner (Suter)
Koblížek (Lasu) – 43:372–2
Koblížek (Lasu, Kukkonen) – 58:473–2
10 minPenalties4 min
26Shots30
Oulun Kärpät won 7–6 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
18:00 CET		Tappara 5–5
(2–0, 1–2, 2–3)		 Kometa BrnoHakametsä Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 4,049
Game reference
Christian HeljankoGoaliesKarel VejmelkaReferees:
Joris Müller
Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Jani Pesonen
Vittasmaki (Kemiläinen) – 2:021–0
Elias (Elorinne, Malinen) – 11:012–0
2–123:30 – Kašpar
2–224:42 – Zaťovič (Mueller)
Erkinjuntti (Järvinen, Vittasmaki) – 30:043–2
Erkinjuntti (Kemiläinen, Ojamäki) (PP) – 44:544–2
4–348:07 – Hruška
4–453:25 – (PP) Mueller (Zaťovič, Holík)
4–555:46 – Dočekal (Köhler, Čermák)
Jasu (Järvinen, Malinen) (PP) – 57:415–5
8 minPenalties12 min
30Shots22
Kometa Brno won 10–6 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
19:30 CET		Red Bull Salzburg 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)		 Rouen DragonsEisarena Salzburg, Salzburg
Attendance: 2,177
Game reference
Stephen MichalekGoaliesMatija PintaričReferees:
Oldřich Hejduk
Antonín Jeřábek
Linesmen:
Elias Seewald
David Nothegger
Duncan (Hughes, Heinrich) (PP) – 11:191–0
Harris (Herburger, Vandevelde) – 18:572–0
2–127:00 – Bedin
Raffl (Regner, Hughes) – 27:473–1
Raymond (Hochkofler) – 56:354–1
Duncan (Huber, Hughes) (ENG) – 58:295–1
8 minPenalties6 min
51Shots22
Red Bull Salzburg won 8–4 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
19:45 CET		SC Bern 0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)		 Malmö RedhawksPostFinance Arena, Bern
Attendance: 13,573
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesOscar AlsenfeltReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Lasse Kopitz
Linesmen:
Franco Castelli
Dario Fuchs
0–158:38 – (ENG) Warg (Sylvegård, Ekberg)
6 minPenalties8 min
27Shots17
Malmö Redhawks won 5–1 on Aggregate.
20 November 2018
19:45 CET		EV Zug 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 Red Bull MünchenBossard Arena, Zug
Attendance: 4,946
Game reference
Tobias StephanGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
Ladislav Smetana
Manuel Nikolić
Linesmen:
Simon Wust
Dominik Altmann
0–121:07 – (PP) Shugg (Joslin, Mitchell)
0–254:52 – Mauer (Voakes)
6 minPenalties8 min
37Shots25
Red Bull München won 4–3 on Aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First Leg

4 December 2018
18:00 CET		Kometa Brno 1–4
(1–1, 0–3, 0–0)		 Frölunda HCDRFG Arena, Brno
Attendance: 3,290
Game reference
Lukáš DostálGoaliesJohan GustafssonReferees:
Marc Lemelin
Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Rudolf Tošenovjan
Köhler (Zohorna, Mikyska) (PP) – 9:571–0
1–119:33 – (PP) Carlsson (Lasch, Rakhshani)
1–220:17 – Carlsson (Lasch, Genoway)
1–327:21 – Rosseli Olsen (Friberg, Mustonen)
1–430:54 – (PP 5 on 3) Genoway (Lasch, Carlsson)
16 minPenalties10 min
17Shots30
4 December 2018
18:00 CET		Skellefteå AIK 3–3
(0–1, 0–2, 3–0)		 HC PlzeňSkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
Attendance: 1,570
Game reference
Mantas ArmalisGoaliesDmitri MilchakovReferees:
Kristian Vikman
Lasse Heikkinen
Linesmen:
Emil Yletyienen
Johannes Käck
0–111:20 – Gulaš (Kantner)
0–225:17 – Kantner
0–328:22 – Kodýtek (Straka, Kvasnička)
Aaltonen (Wingerli, Alm) – 47:251–3
Lindström (Aaltonen, Djuse) – 52:552–3
Lindström (Granberg, Alm) – 57:063–3
8 minPenalties10 min
35Shots25
4 December 2018
19:30 CET		Red Bull München 2–1
(0–0, 0–0, 2–1)		 Malmö RedhawksOlympia Eishalle, Munich
Attendance: 3,440
Game reference
Danny aus den BirkenGoaliesCristopher NihlstorpReferees:
Manuel Nikolić
Kristian Nikolić
Linesmen:
Andreas Hofer
Kilian Hinterdobler
0–145:38 – Storm (Torp, Hetta)
Joslin (Eder) – 47:141–1
Mauer (Kastner, Bodnarchuk) – 53:372–1
8 minPenalties8 min
31Shots29
4 December 2018
19:30 CET		Red Bull Salzburg 3–2
(0–0, 1–0, 2–2)		 KärpätEisarena Salzburg, Salzburg
Attendance: 2,786
Game reference
Stephen MichalekGoaliesVeini VehviläinenReferees:
Mikael Sjöqvist
Sören Persson
Linesmen:
David Nothegger
Elias Seewald
Harris (Vandevelde, Raymond) – 21:291–0
Harris (Trattnig, Pallestrang) – 41:532–0
2–143:30 – Lasu (Hakanpää)
2–249:33 – Junnila (Karvinen, Kukkonen)
Hughes (Raymond, Raffl) – 59:373–2
6 minPenalties4 min
26Shots25

Second Leg

11 December 2018
17:00 CET		HC Plzeň 2–1 (3–1 SO)
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1) (0–0) (SO 3–1)		 Skellefteå AIKHome Monitoring Aréna, Plzeň
Attendance: 4,224
Game reference
Dominik FrodlGoaliesGustaf LindvallReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Marian Rohatsch
Linesmen:
Josef Špůr
Jiří Svoboda
0–157:32 – (PP) Alvarez (Pudas, Aaltonen)
Kindl (Gulaš, Kovář (EA) – 59:241–1
Kovář (SO) – 70:002–1
Kratěna
Kodýtek
Kovář
Gulaš 		Shootout Pudas
Lindström
Lindström
Möller
8 minPenalties12 min
35Shots37
HC Plzeň won 5–4 on Aggregate after winning 3–1 in a shootout.
11 December 2018
18:00 CET		Frölunda HC 6–1
(0–1, 3–0, 3–0)		 Kometa BrnoFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,058
Game reference
Johan GustafssonGoaliesKarel VejmelkaReferees:
Marc Wiegand
Alessandro DiPietro
Linesmen:
Henrik Pihlblad
Anders Nyqvist
0–12:26 – Meluzín (Mlynář, Schaus)
Genoway (Carlsson, Stålberg) – 20:391–1
Carlsson (Söderlund, Westerlund) – 26:102–1
Genoway (Carlsson, Rakhshani) (PP) – 29:423–1
Westerholm (Sigalet, Friberg) (PP) – 41:074–1
Rakhshani (Westerlund, Nørstebø) – 43:585–1
Westerholm (Fagemo, Westerholm) – 53:596–1
2 minPenalties8 min
43Shots15
Frölunda HC won 10–2 on Aggregate.
11 December 2018
18:00 CET		Malmö Redhawks 5–5 (OT)
(2–1, 2–3, 1–0) (OT 0–1)		 Red Bull MünchenMalmö Arena, Malmö
Attendance: 2,493
Game reference
Oscar AlsenfeltGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
Antonín Jeřábek
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Örjan Åhlen
Sylvegård (Lerby) – 2:581–0
Olofsson (Händemark) (PP) – 11:382–0
2–119:56 – (PP) Parkes (Ehliz, Mitchell)
2–221:17 – Parkes (Mitchell)
2–324:26 – Shugg (Voakes)
Olofsson (Janolhs) – 34:533–3
Olsson (Komarek, Setkov) – 38:404–3
4–439:43 – Boyle (Mitchell, Parkes)
Storm (Warg) – 53:165–4
5–564:02 – Parkes (Mitchell)
6 minPenalties10 min
31Shots27
Red Bull München won 7–6 on Aggregate in Overtime.
11 December 2018
18:00 CET		Kärpät 1–1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)		 Red Bull SalzburgOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 3,565
Game reference
Veini VehviläinenGoaliesStephen MichalekReferees:
Linus Öhlund
Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Lauri Nikulainen
Jani Pesonen
0–114:23 – (PP) Rauchenwald (Herburger, Viveiros)
Osala (Heponiemi) – 21:471–1
6 minPenalties10 min
45Shots13
Red Bull Salzburg won 4–3 on Aggregate.

Semi-finals

First Leg

8 January 2019
18:00 CET		Frölunda HC 6–3
(2–1, 3–1, 1–1)		 HC PlzeňFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 2,975
Game reference
Johan GustafssonGoaliesDmitri Milchakov (pulled at 29:49) Dominik FrodlReferees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Kristian Vikman
Linesmen:
Henrik Pihlblad
Anders Nyqvist
Mustonen (Ekbom) (SHG) – 5:451–0
Rakhshani (Lasch, Genoway) (PP) – 11:432–0
2–118:48 – (SHG) Allen
2–224:31 – Allen (Straka, Jones)
Lasch (Carlsson, Fagemo) – 27:543–2
Grönlund (Rakhshani, Friberg) – 29:494–2
Hjalmarsson (Stålberg, Sigalet) – 31:065–2
Rakhshani (Lasch, Lundqvist) (PP) – 47:576–2
6–350:56 – Allen (Gulaš, Kovář)
12 minPenalties14 min
26Shots27
8 January 2019
19:30 CET		Red Bull München 0–0
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 Red Bull SalzburgOlympia Eishalle, Munich
Attendance: 6,142
Game reference
Danny aus den BirkenGoaliesStephen MichalekReferees:
Marc Lemelin
Daniel Stricker
Linesmen:
Kilian Hinterdobler
Andreas Hofer
18 minPenalties12 min
31Shots26

Second Leg

15 January 2019
17:30 CET		HC Plzeň 1–3
(0–1, 0–0, 1–2)		 Frölunda HCHome Monitoring Aréna, Plzeň
Attendance: 5,105
Game reference
Johan GustafssonGoaliesDominik FrodlReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Marian Rohatsch
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Miroslav Lhotský
Kindl – 50:42Goals3:12 – Lasch (Carlsson, Moverare) / 41:59 – (PP) Hjalmarsson (Lindström, Westerholm) / 42:41 – Mustonen
10 minPenalties8 min
16Shots21
Frölunda HC won 9–4 on Aggregate.
16 January 2019
20:20 CET		Red Bull Salzburg 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)		 Red Bull MünchenEisarena Salzburg, Salzburg
Attendance: 3,400
Game reference
Stephen MichalekGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
Mikael Nord
Sören Persson
Linesmen:
Elias Seewald
David Nothegger
Rauchenwald (Pallestrang) – 13:261–0
1–116:57 – Kastner (Voakes, Seidenberg)
1–219:54 – Seidenberg (Wolf, Joslin)
1–349:59 – Hager (Ehliz, Wolf)
2 minPenalties4 min
26Shots35
Red Bull München won 3–1 on Aggregate.

Final

5 February 2019
19:00 (UTC+1)		Frölunda HC 3–1
(1–0, 2–0, 0–1)		 Red Bull MünchenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,044
Game reference
Johan GustafssonGoaliesDanny aus den BirkenReferees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Mark Lemelin
Linesmen:
Hannu Sormunen
Balazs Kovacs
Fagemo (Genoway, Friberg) (PP) – 10:321–0
Lasch (Lundqvist, Hjalmarsson) (PP) – 24:162–0
Westerholm (Hjalmarsson, Lundqvist) (PP) – 34:273–0
3–151:29 – Ehliz (Seidenberg, Voakes) (PP, EA)
14 minPenalties24 min
31Shots36

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points.[11]

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM +/– GWG PPG SHG SOG S%
Ryan Lasch Frölunda HC 13 5 17 22 6 +4 2 3 0 26 19.23%
Chay Genoway Frölunda HC 13 6 10 16 35 +1 0 4 0 36 16.67%
John Mitchell Red Bull München 11 2 12 14 24 +6 0 1 0 26 7.69%
Nicklas Lasu Kärpät 9 8 5 13 2 +4 1 4 2 25 32.00%
Milan Gulaš HC Plzeň 10 8 5 13 8 +11 2 2 0 38 21.05%
Trevor Parkes Red Bull München 9 9 3 12 18 +5 3 2 1 29 31.03%
Jarkko Malinen Tappara 7 2 10 12 2 +4 0 0 0 11 18.18%
Oscar Möller Skellefteå AIK 10 7 4 11 0 +6 1 2 0 48 14.58%
David Stach HC Plzeň 10 3 8 11 0 –2 1 2 0 18 16.67%
Peter Schneider Vienna Capitals 6 7 3 10 29 0 1 4 0 27 25.93%

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.[12]

Player Team GP W L SV GA SV% GAA SO MIN
Cristopher Nihlstorp Malmö Redhawks 4 2 2 108 7 93.91% 1.75 0 240
Steve Michalek Red Bull Salzburg 10 4 3 264 19 93.29% 1.90 0 600
Matija Pintarič Dragons de Rouen 8 3 4 290 21 93.25% 2.65 1 475
Johan Mattsson Frölunda HC 6 3 2 122 9 93.13% 1.69 0 319
Leonardo Genoni SC Bern 8 5 3 203 15 93.12% 1.86 1 483

References

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