2021–22 Champions Hockey League

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2021–22 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates 26 August 2021 – 1 March 2022
Teams 32
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Sweden Rögle BK (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Finland Tappara
Tournament statistics
Matches played 123
Goals scored 679 (5.52 per match)
Scoring leader(s) United States Ryan Lasch[1]
(18 points)
MVP Germany Frederik Tiffels[2]
← 2020–21 (cancelled)

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

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

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 3rd 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 5th 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

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

Teams in the 2021–22 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 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

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 be 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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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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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):[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

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 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

In each round except the final, the teams played two games and the aggregate score was decide which team advances. As a rule, the first leg was 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 followed. 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
                                         
 Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 2 2 4  
 Germany EHC Red Bull München 4 3 7  
   Germany EHC Red Bull München (OT) 2 2 4  
   Finland Lukko 2 1 3  
 Italy HC Bolzano 1 — 1
 Finland Lukko 3 — 3  
   Germany EHC Red Bull München — 0 0  
   Finland Tappara — 3 3  
 Sweden Växjö Lakers 2 2 4  
 Finland Tappara 2 4 6  
   Finland Tappara 3 4 7
   France Dragons de Rouen 3 0 3  
 France Dragons de Rouen 3 1 4
 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0 3 3  
   Finland Tappara 1
   Sweden Rögle BK 2
 Switzerland ZSC Lions 3 1 4  
 Sweden Rögle BK 4 3 7  
   Sweden Rögle BK 5 1 6
   Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 2 3 5  
 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1 2 3
 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 3 1 4  
   Sweden Rögle BK 5 3 8
   Sweden Frölunda HC 3 1 4  
 Germany Adler Mannheim 1 1 2  
 Sweden Frölunda HC 10 4 14  
   Sweden Frölunda HC 5 3 8
   Sweden Leksands IF 2 3 5  
 Austria EC KAC 4 1 5
 Sweden Leksands IF 0 8 8  

Round of 16

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. 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
  • ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Quarter-finals

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

Team 1 Agg. 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

Semi-finals

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

Team 1 Agg. 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

Final

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players are leading the league in points.[25]

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

The following goaltenders are leading the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.[26]

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

  1. ↑ HC Donbass played their home matches at Palace of Sports, Kyiv, instead of their regular arena Altair Arena, Druzhkivka.[7]
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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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