2022–23 Champions Hockey League

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2022–23 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates 1 September 2022 – 18 February 2023[1]
Teams 32
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg {{country data Finland Tappara

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}} (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg {{country data Sweden Luleå HF

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}}
Tournament statistics
Matches played 125
Attendance 355,153 (2,841 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Ryan Lasch[2]
(22 points)
MVP Finland Christian Heljanko[3]

The 2022–23 Champions Hockey League was the eighth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament is competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues will be represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" will be to be represented by one team each.

Finnish team Tappara won their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Swedish team Luleå HF 3–2 in the final. This made Tappara the second Finnish side to win the title.[4] The title holders Rögle BK were defeated by Tappara in the quarterfinals with the total score 7–4.[5]

American right winger Ryan Lasch from Swedish team Frölunda HC became the top scorer for the fifth time, scoring 22 points.[2]

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues will participate in the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions and wild card invitee Olimpija Ljubljana, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will participate. Belarusian teams were not invited to participate due to the current political situation in Belarus while a Ukrainian team HC Donbass was forced to withdraw from the competition due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and was replaced with the Slovenian champions Olimpija Ljubljana.[6][7]

The qualification criteria for national leagues is based on the following rules:[8]

  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

Note: the national league champions of the United Kingdom are determined following the regular season.[9]

Teams

On 12 January 2022 it was decided that the 2021–22 season would not be accounted for in the league ranking and the status at the end of the 2019–20 season was taken into consideration to allocate places for the season.[10]

Team City/Area League Qualification Participation Previous best
Sweden Rögle BK Ängelholm Swedish Hockey League 2022 CHL winners 2nd Champion
Sweden Färjestad BK Karlstad Swedish Hockey League Play-off winners 5th Round of 16
Sweden Luleå HF Luleå Swedish Hockey League Regular season runners-up 5th Champion
Sweden Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League Regular season third 7th Semi-finals
Sweden Frölunda HC Gothenburg Swedish Hockey League Regular season fourth 8th Champion
Switzerland EV Zug Zug National League Play-off winners 8th Quarter-finals
Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg National League Regular season runners-up 5th Semi-finals
Switzerland ZSC Lions Zürich National League Regular season third 7th Quarter-finals
Switzerland SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Rapperswil National League Regular season fourth 1st First appearance
Switzerland HC Davos Davos National League Regular season fifth 4th Semi-finals
Germany Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga Play-off winners 6th Round of 16
Germany Red Bull München Munich Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season runners-up 7th Final
Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season third 3rd Round of 32
Germany Straubing Tigers Straubing Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season fourth 1st First appearance
Finland Tappara Tampere Liiga Play-off winners 8th Final
Finland Jukurit Mikkeli Liiga Regular season runners-up 1st First appearance
Finland Ilves Tampere Liiga Regular season third 1st First appearance
Finland TPS Turku Liiga Regular season fourth 7th Quarter-finals
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec Třinec Czech Extraliga Play-off winners 7th Semi-finals
Czech Republic Mountfield HK Hradec Králové Czech Extraliga Regular season winners 4th Final
Czech Republic Sparta Praha Prague Czech Extraliga Regular season third 5th Final
Austria Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg ICE Hockey League Play-off winners 7th Semi-finals
Austria Villach SV Villach ICE Hockey League Regular season runners-up 2nd Group stage
Hungary Fehérvár AV19 Székesfehérvár ICE Hockey League Regular season third 1st First appearance
United Kingdom Belfast Giants Belfast Elite Ice Hockey League Regular season champions 2nd Group stage
France Brûleurs de Loups Grenoble Ligue Magnus Play-off winners 3rd Group stage
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava Bratislava Tipos Extraliga Play-off winners 2nd Group stage
Norway Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Fjordkraftligaen Play-off winners 5th Round of 32
Poland GKS Katowice Katowice Polska Hokej Liga Play-off winners 1st First appearance
Denmark Aalborg Pirates Aalborg Metal Ligaen Play-off winners 2nd Group stage
Poland MKS Cracovia Kraków Polska Hokej Liga Continental Cup winner 3rd Group stage
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana Slovenian Ice Hockey League Wild card[7][11] 1st First appearance

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1][12]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 25 May 2022[12] 1–2 September 2022
Matchday 2 3–4 September 2022
Matchday 3 8–9 September 2022
Matchday 4 10–11 September 2022
Matchday 5 4–5 October 2022
Matchday 6 11–12 October 2022
Playoff Round of 16 13 October 2022[13] 15–16 November 2022 22–23 November 2022
Quarter-finals 6–7 December 2022 13 December 2022
Semi-finals 10–11 January 2023 17–18 January 2023
Final 18 February 2023

Group stage

Teams in the 2022–23 Champions Hockey League
Black pog.svg Black: Group A; Purple pog.svg Purple: Group B; Blue pog.svg Blue: Group C; Red pog.svg Red: Group D; Orange pog.svg Orange: Group E; Green pog.svg Green: Group F; White pog.svg White: Group G; Yellow pog.svg Yellow: Group H.

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

The draw of the group stage took place on 25 May 2022 in Tampere, Finland.[12][14]

Pots

The participating teams were seeded into Pots 1 to 4 according to their achievements in their national leagues and their respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking.[15] The reigning CHL champions Rögle BK were the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot 1. In the top pot there were also the reigning champions of the six founding leagues and the regular season winner of SHL. The 16 remaining teams from the founding leagues were placed to pots 2 and 3. The fourth pot included the playoff champions from the seven challenge leagues and MKS Cracovia, winners of 2021–22 IIHF Continental Cup.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Sweden Rögle BK
Sweden Färjestad BK
Switzerland EV Zug
Germany Eisbären Berlin
Finland Tappara
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec
Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Sweden Luleå HF

Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Germany Red Bull München
Finland Jukurit
Czech Republic Mountfield HK
Austria Villach SV
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Switzerland ZSC Lions
Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg

Finland Ilves
Czech Republic Sparta Praha
Hungary Fehérvár AV19
Sweden Frölunda HC
Switzerland SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Germany Straubing Tigers
Finland TPS
Switzerland HC Davos

United Kingdom Belfast Giants
France Brûleurs de Loups
Slovakia Slovan Bratislava
Norway Stavanger Oilers
Poland GKS Katowice
Denmark Aalborg Pirates
Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana
Poland MKS Cracovia

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LHF JUK AAL SPA
1 Sweden Luleå HF 6 5 1 0 0 22 11 +11 17 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3 2–1 (OT) 5–2
2 Finland Jukurit 6 4 0 0 2 22 15 +7 12 2–5 — 5–3 3–0
3 Denmark Aalborg Pirates 6 1 0 1 4 10 21 −11 4 1–3 0–3 — 2–6
4 Czech Republic Sparta Praha 6 1 0 0 5 15 22 −7 3 2–3 3–6 2–3 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVZ WOB TPS OLI
1 Switzerland EV Zug 6 5 1 0 0 27 9 +18 17 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3 (OT) 6–1 5–2
2 Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg 6 4 0 1 1 25 16 +9 13 2–5 — 5–4 7–2
3 Finland TPS 6 2 0 0 4 13 23 −10 6 0–4 1–4 — 3–2
4 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 6 0 0 0 6 9 26 −17 0 1–3 0–4 2–4 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAP RBM RAP SLV
1 Finland Tappara 6 4 1 1 0 20 9 +11 15 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 2–3 (OT) 2–0
2 Germany Red Bull München 6 3 1 1 1 21 15 +6 12 3–4 (SO) — 5–4 (OT) 5–1
3 Switzerland SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers 6 2 1 1 2 19 19 0 9 1–3 1–4 — 4–1
4 Slovakia Slovan Bratislava 6 0 0 0 6 9 26 −17 0 2–5 1–4 4–6 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBK ZSC FEH KAT
1 Sweden Rögle BK 6 5 1 0 0 26 12 +14 17 Advance to Playoffs — 3–2 (OT) 7–1 5–1
2 Switzerland ZSC Lions 6 3 0 2 1 23 12 +11 11 3–4 — 5–1 5–1
3 Hungary Fehérvár AV19 6 2 0 0 4 9 23 −14 6 1–2 1–7 — 1–0
4 Poland GKS Katowice 6 0 1 0 5 10 21 −11 2 4–5 2–1 (OT) 2–4 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRI RBS OIL ILV
1 Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 6 4 1 0 1 12 5 +7 14 Advance to Playoffs — 3–2 (SO) 0–1 3–2
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 0 3 2 1 12 12 0 8[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 — 3–2 (OT) 2–3 (OT)
3 Norway Stavanger Oilers 6 2 0 2 2 10 15 −5 8[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 2–3 (SO) — 4–2
4 Finland Ilves 6 1 1 1 3 12 14 −2 6 0–2 1–2 (OT) 4–1 —
Source: Champions Hockey League
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Head-to-head points: Red Bull Salzburg 4, Stavanger Oilers 2

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STR FBK CRA VSV
1 Germany Straubing Tigers 6 5 0 0 1 24 11 +13 15 Advance to Playoffs — 5–2 3–2 8–0
2 Sweden Färjestad BK 6 4 0 0 2 25 12 +13 12 6–1 — 5–1 7–0
3 Poland MKS Cracovia 6 2 0 0 4 13 23 −10 6 0–4 4–3 — 4–2
4 Austria Villach SV 6 1 0 0 5 10 26 −16 3 1–3 1–2 6–2 —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MHK FHC BER GRE
1 Czech Republic Mountfield HK 6 5 0 0 1 29 17 +12 15[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Playoffs — 5–3 8–2 3–2
2 Sweden Frölunda HC 6 5 0 0 1 34 16 +18 15[lower-alpha 1] 4–2 — 7–1 7–4
3 Germany Eisbären Berlin 6 2 0 0 4 21 29 −8 6 3–7 2–3 — 5–2
4 France Brûleurs de Loups 6 0 0 0 6 15 37 −22 0 3–4 2–10 2–8 —
Source: Champions Hockey League
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The higher number of goals in one of the head-to-head matches: Mountfield HK 5, Frölunda HC 4

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKE HCD TRI BEL
1 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 6 4 1 0 1 23 14 +9 14 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3 3–2 (OT) 4–1
2 Switzerland HC Davos 6 4 0 0 2 23 15 +8 12 2–5 — 4–0 5–1
3 Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 6 2 0 2 2 16 18 −2 8 4–5 4–3 — 4–0
4 United Kingdom Belfast Giants 6 0 1 0 5 10 25 −15 2 2–4 3–6 3–2 (OT) —
Source: Champions Hockey League

Group stage tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation time, 2 poins 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):[16][17]

  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 2021–22 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

Qualified teams

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 Sweden Luleå HF Finland Jukurit
B Switzerland EV Zug Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg
C Finland Tappara Germany Red Bull München
D Sweden Rögle BK Switzerland ZSC Lions
E Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron Austria Red Bull Salzburg
F Germany Straubing Tigers Sweden Färjestad BK
G Czech Republic Mountfield HK Sweden Frölunda HC
H Sweden Skellefteå AIK Switzerland HC Davos

Format

In each round except the final, the teams play two games and the aggregate score decides which team advances. As a rule, the first leg is hosted by the team who has the inferior record in the tournament with the second leg being played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime follows. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the shoot out competition advances.

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

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.

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                           
Sweden Färjestad BK 4 2 6
Czech Republic Mountfield HK (OT) 3 4 7
Czech Republic Mountfield HK 2 1 3
Switzerland EV Zug (OT) 2 2 4
Germany Red Bull München 1 1 2
Switzerland EV Zug 5 5 10
Switzerland EV Zug 0 2 2
Finland Tappara 2 3 5
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 3 1 4
Sweden Rögle BK 1 5 6
Sweden Rögle BK 3 1 4
Finland Tappara 2 5 7
Switzerland HC Davos 0 2 2
Finland Tappara 1 2 3
Finland Tappara 3
Sweden Luleå HF 2
Finland Jukurit (OT) 1 2 3
Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1 1 2
Finland Jukurit 1 1 2
Sweden Luleå HF 5 3 8
Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg 2 1 3
Sweden Luleå HF 3 2 5
Sweden Luleå HF (SO) 2 4 6
Sweden Frölunda HC 2 3 5
Sweden Skellefteå AIK 5 4 9
Switzerland ZSC Lions 4 1 5
Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1 2 3
Sweden Frölunda HC (SO) 0 4 4
Sweden Frölunda HC 4 3 7
Germany Straubing Tigers 0 2 2

Round of 16

The draw for the entire playoff was held on 13 October 2022 in Zürich.[13][18] The first legs were played on 15 and 16 November with return legs played on 22 and 23 November 2022.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Färjestad BK Sweden 6–7 (OT) Czech Republic Mountfield HK 4–3 2–4
Red Bull München Germany 2–10 Switzerland EV Zug 1–5 1–5
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 4–6 Sweden Rögle BK 3–1 1–5
HC Davos Switzerland 2–3 Finland Tappara 0–1 2–2
Jukurit Finland 3–2 (OT) Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1–1 2–1
Grizzlys Wolfsburg Germany 3–5 Sweden Luleå HF 2–3 1–2
Skellefteå AIK Sweden 9–5[A] Switzerland ZSC Lions 5–4 4–1
Frölunda HC Sweden 7–2 Germany Straubing Tigers 4–0 3–2
  • ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on 6 and 7 December with return legs played on 13 December 2022.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mountfield HK Czech Republic 3–4 (OT) Switzerland EV Zug 2–2 1–2
Rögle BK Sweden 4–7 Finland Tappara 3–2 1–5
Luleå HF Sweden 8–2 Finland Jukurit 5–1 3–1
Skellefteå AIK Sweden 3–4 (SO) Sweden Frölunda HC 1–0 2–4

Semi-finals

First legs were played on 10 January with return legs played on 17 January 2023.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tappara Finland 5–2 Switzerland EV Zug 2–0 3–2
Frölunda HC Sweden 5–6 (SO) Sweden Luleå HF 2–2 3–4

Final

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players are leading the league in points.[19]

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM +/– GWG PPG SHG SOG S%
United States Ryan Lasch Sweden Frölunda HC 11 7 15 22 4 +8 1 0 0 27 25.93%
United States Brian O'Neill Switzerland EV Zug 12 6 11 17 8 +12 3 1 0 23 26.09%
Finland Juhani Tyrväinen Sweden Luleå HF 11 5 9 14 +4 9 1 1 0 20 25.00%
Finland Niko Ojamäki Finland Tappara 13 8 5 13 2 +10 2 3 0 35 22.86%
Sweden Rickard Hugg Sweden Skellefteå AIK 9 7 5 12 2 +7 0 0 0 17 41.18%
Sweden Max Friberg Sweden Frölunda HC 12 5 7 12 2 +3 1 3 1 30 16.67%
Finland Jori Lehterä Finland Tappara 13 3 9 12 6 +5 2 0 1 20 15.00%
Canada Zach Boychuk Germany Eisbären Berlin 6 8 3 11 6 +4 0 1 0 17 47.06%
Switzerland Enzo Corvi Switzerland HC Davos 8 5 6 11 6 +5 1 0 1 14 35.71%
Sweden Max Lindholm Sweden Skellefteå AIK 10 2 9 11 4 +1 0 1 0 17 11.76%

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders are leading the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.[20]

Player Team GP W L SV GA SV% GAA SO MIN
Canada Connor Hughes Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 6 2 2 115 4 96.64% 0.80 2 300
Finland Christian Heljanko Finland Tappara 12 9 2 312 16 95.12% 1.33 4 724
Germany Dustin Strahlmeier Germany Grizzlys Wolfsburg 5 2 3 165 11 93.75% 2.22 0 297
Norway Henrik Holm Norway Stavanger Oilers 6 2 4 189 13 93.56% 2.14 1 364
Sweden Linus Söderström Sweden Skellefteå AIK 4 3 1 105 8 92.92% 1.92 1 250

Awards

MVP

The winner of the LGT MVP Award was announced on 18 February 2023.[3]

Player Team
Finland Christian Heljanko Finland Tappara

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was announced on 23 February 2023.[21]

Position Player Team
Goaltender Finland Christian Heljanko Finland Tappara
Defenceman Finland Julius Honka Sweden Luleå HF
Defenceman Finland Valtteri Kemiläinen Finland Tappara
Forward United States Brian O'Neill Switzerland EV Zug
Forward Finland Juhani Tyrväinen Finland Tappara
Forward United States Ryan Lasch Sweden Frölunda HC

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