2014–15 Champions Hockey League playoffs

The playoffs of the 2014–15 Champions Hockey League will begin on 4 November 2014 and conclude on 3 February 2015 with the final. A total of 16 teams compete in the playoffs which were drawn on 10 October 2014.^[1][2]

All times are CET (UTC+1).^[3]

Round and draw dates

The playoffs were drawn on 10 October 2014 in Helsinki, Finland and the entire playoff bracket was determined in the draw.^[2]

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
Eighth-finals	10 October 2014, 12:00 CET[2]	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

Format

The eleven group winners and the five best group runners-up qualified for the playoffs, which will begin on 4 November 2014 and end with the final on 3 February 2015. It will be played as a single-elimination tournament, meaning that the losing teams in each round are eliminated from the tournament. The teams will play 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.^[1]

If the aggregate score after the two legs are equal the match will be decided in 10-minute overtime. If no goals were scored during overtime, the tie will be decided by penalty shootout. In the final, which was played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, there will be 20 minutes of overtime, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remained tied.^[1]

The mechanism of the draw for playoffs was 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 this draw, all games up to the final are set in brackets.^[1][2]
• 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.^[4]

Qualified teams

Eleven group winners and eight runners-up enter the playoffs and the eight group winners with the best group stage record were seeded in the eighth-finals. From quarter-finals and onwards there were no seeding.^[2][4]

The table is ordered by seeding order for the draw which is group position followed by points and goal differential.

Key to colours
Seeded in eighth-finals draw
Unseeded in eighth-finals draw

Group	Team	Group position	Pts	GD
C	Frölunda HC	Winners	15	+22
I	Red Bull Salzburg	Winners	15	+15
K	Lukko	Winners	15	+14
J	Skellefteå AIK	Winners	15	+12
B	Vienna Capitals	Winners	15	+7
F	Linköping HC	Winners	14	+10
D	Fribourg-Gottéron	Winners	14	+8
H	SaiPa	Winners	14	+7
A	Oulun Kärpät	Winners	13	+5
G	Sparta Prague	Winners	12	+6
E	Tappara	Winners	11	+5
K	Luleå Hockey	Runners-up	15	+26
C	Genève-Servette	Runners-up	15	+13
J	HIFK	Runners-up	14	+16
I	JYP	Runners-up	13	+4
F	TPS	Runners-up	12	+9

Bracket

	Eighth-finals						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	JYP	5	2	7(2)
	Skellefteå AIK (SO)	4	3	7(3)
							Linköping HC	1	4	5(0)
							Skellefteå AIK (SO)	2	3	5(1)
	Sparta Prague	1	2	3
	Linköping HC	2	2	4
													Skellefteå AIK	2	2	4
												Luleå Hockey	2	3	5
	TPS	1	4	5
	Lukko	5	3	8
							Lukko	2	1	3
							Luleå Hockey	5	2	7
	Luleå Hockey (SO)	2	7	9(2)
	Red Bull Salzburg	4	5	9(0)
																		Luleå Hockey	4
																			Frölunda HC	2
	Genève-Servette	2	2	4(0)
	SaiPa (SO)	0	4	4(3)
							SaiPa	0	2	2
							Oulun Kärpät	2	3	5
	Oulun Kärpät	3	3	6
	Vienna Capitals	1	2	3
													Frölunda HC (OT)	4	2	6
												Oulun Kärpät	2	3	5
	Tappara	1	2	3
	Frölunda HC	5	4	9
							HIFK	2	3	5
							Frölunda HC	1	5	6
	Fribourg-Gottéron	2	1	3
	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.^[2] The first legs were played on 4 November, and the second legs were played on 11 November 2014.^[3][5][6]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	7–7 (2–3 SO)	Skellefteå AIK	5–4	2–3 (OT)
Genève-Servette	4–4 (0–3 SO)	SaiPa	2–0	2–4 (OT)
Sparta Prague	3–4	Linköping HC	1–2	2–2
Oulun Kärpät	6–3	Vienna Capitals	3–1	3–2
TPS	5–8	Lukko	1–5	4–3
Tappara	3–9	Frölunda HC	1–5	2–4
Luleå Hockey	9–9 (2–0 SO)	Red Bull Salzburg	2–4	7–5 (OT)
Fribourg-Gottéron	3–5^[A]	HIFK	2–2	1–3

Notes

1. ^ Order of legs reversed after original draw, since HIFK home ice was unavailable on 4 November.^[6]

First leg

4 November 2014 17:30

JYP

4–5

Skellefteå AIK

Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä

4 November 2014 17:30

Oulun Kärpät

3–1

Vienna Capitals

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu

4 November 2014 17:30

TPS

1–5

Lukko

HK Areena, Turku

4 November 2014 17:30

Tappara

1–5

Frölunda HC

Hakametsa, Tampere

4 November 2014 18:00

Sparta Prague

1–2

Linköping HC

Tipsport Arena, Prague

4 November 2014 19:45

Genève-Servette

2–0

SaiPa

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva

4 November 2014 19:45

Fribourg-Gottéron

2–2

HIFK

BCF Arena, Fribourg

4 November 2014 20:05

Luleå Hockey

2–4

Red Bull Salzburg

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

Second leg

11 November 2014 17:30

SaiPa

4–2 (3–0 SO)

Genève-Servette

Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta

4–4 on aggregate. SaiPa won 3–0 on penalties.

11 November 2014 17:30

Lukko

3–4

TPS

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma

Lukko won 8–5 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 17:30

HIFK

3–1

Fribourg-Gottéron

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

HIFK won 5–3 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 19:00

Skellefteå AIK

3–2 (3–2 SO)

JYP

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå

7–7 on aggregate. Skellefteå AIK won 3–2 on penalties.

11 November 2014 19:00

Linköping HC

2–2

Sparta Prague

Saab Arena, Linköping

Linköping HC won 4–3 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 19:30

Vienna Capitals

2–3

Oulun Kärpät

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna

Oulun Kärpät won 6–3 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 19:30

Red Bull Salzburg

5–7 (0–2 SO)

Luleå Hockey

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg

9–9 on aggregate. Luleå Hockey won 2–0 on penalties.

11 November 2014 20:05

Frölunda HC

4–2

Tappara

Scandinavium, Gothenburg

Frölunda HC won 9–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 2 December, and the second legs were played on 9 December 2014.^[5]

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

First leg

2 December 2014 17:30

Lukko

2–5

Luleå Hockey

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma

2 December 2014 17:30

SaiPa

0–2

Oulun Kärpät

Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta

2 December 2014 17:30

HIFK

2–1

Frölunda HC

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki

2 December 2014 20:05

Linköping HC

1–2

Skellefteå AIK

Saab Arena, Linköping

Second leg

9 December 2014 17:30

Oulun Kärpät

3–2

SaiPa

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu

Oulun Kärpät won 5–2 on aggregate.

9 December 2014 18:30

Luleå Hockey

2–1

Lukko

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

Luleå Hockey won 7–3 on aggregate.

9 December 2014 19:00

Frölunda HC

5–3

HIFK

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg

Frölunda HC won 6–5 on aggregate.

9 December 2014 20:05

Skellefteå AIK

3–4 (1–0 SO)

Linköping HC

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå

5–5 on aggregate. Skellefteå AIK won 1–0 on penalties.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 13 January, and the second legs were played on 20 January 2015.^[5]

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

First leg

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13 January 2015 19:00

Skellefteå AIK

2–2 (0–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Luleå Hockey

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 3,304

Game reference
	Markus Svensson	Goalies	Joel Lassinantti	Referees: Alexei Anisimov Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Johannes Käck
	A. Lindholm (E. Andersson) – 34:14 P. Zackrisson (P. Petterström) – 43:29	0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2	01:32 – L. Bryggman (A. Hjelm) 58:57 – K. Näkyvä (D. Zaar) (PP)
	34 min	Penalties	10 min

13 January 2015 19:00

Frölunda HC

4–2 (1–1, 3–0, 0–1)

Oulun Kärpät

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 2,584

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Tomi Karhunen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Lars Bruggemann Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Tobias Haster
	M. Görtz (E. Fälth, M. Wikstrand) – 00:21 R. Figren (J. Nyberg, L. Johansson) – 28:27 E. Fälth (M. Wikstrand, A. Johnson) (PP) – 32:53 A. Blidh (M. Janmark, M. Görtz) – 38:28	1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 4–1 4–2	02:02 – J. Junttila 51:30 – M. Pyörälä (M. Nutivaara)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min

Second leg

20 January 2015 17:30

Oulun Kärpät

3–2 (OT)

Frölunda HC

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu

Frölunda HC won 6–5 on aggregate.

20 January 2015 19:00

Luleå Hockey

3–2

Skellefteå AIK

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

Luleå Hockey won 5–4 on aggregate.

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.^[1][5]

3 February 2015 20:15

Luleå Hockey

4–2 (0–2,0–0,4–0)

Frölunda HC

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå

References

1. "The CHL playing format". championshockeyleague.net. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
2. "Champions Hockey League Playoff Draw set for 10 October at MTV Studios in Helsinki". 29 September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
3. "Schedule". Retrieved 17 October 2014.
4. "Determining the Final 16: Tie-breaking and ranking". championshockeyleague.net. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
5. "Champions Hockey League playoff races intensify with Game Day 5 Tuesday & Wednesday". 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
6. "1/8-final schedule! All games on 4 & 11 Nov". 14 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

External links

• Champions Hockey League