2024–25 Champions Hockey League

2024–25 Champions Hockey League

Tournament details
Dates	5 September 2024 – 18 February 2025
Teams	24

The 2024–25 Champions Hockey League will be the 10th season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament will be competed by 24 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. Apart from the reigning champion, the six founding leagues will be represented by three teams each, while five "challenge leagues" will be represented by one team each.

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from different European first-tier leagues are scheduled to participate in the league. Besides the title holders Genève-Servette HC, 18 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom.

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

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

Note: the national league champions of the United Kingdom are distinct from the national champions, who are determined in play-offs following the regular season.

Teams

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	National League	2024 CHL winners	4th	Champion
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	Play-off winners	9th	Final
Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season winners	7th	Quarter-finals
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	8th	Final
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League	Play-off winners	8th	Quarter-finals
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	National League	Regular season runners-up	6th	Semi-finals
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	National League	Regular season third place	3rd	Quarter-finals
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Play-off winners	7th	Round of 16
Fischtown Pinguins	Bremerhaven	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season winners	2nd	Group stage
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season third	2nd	Round of 16
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	Play-off winners	10th	Champion
Ilves	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season runners-up	3rd	Round of 16
Pelicans	Lahti	Liiga	Regular season third place	3rd	Round of 16
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	Play-off winners	9th	Semi-finals
Dynamo Pardubice	Pardubice	Czech Extraliga	Regular season winners	5th	Quarter-finals
Sparta Praha	Prague	Czech Extraliga	Regular season runners-up	6th	Final
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	ICE Hockey League	Play-off winners	9th	Semi-finals
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	ICE Hockey League	Regular season winners	5th	Round of 16
Fehérvár AV19	Székesfehérvár	ICE Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	2nd	Group stage
Sheffield Steelers	Sheffield	Elite Ice Hockey League	Regular season winners	3rd	Group stage
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Ligue Magnus	Play-off winners	5th	Quarter-finals
Storhamar	Hamar	EliteHockey Ligaen	Play-off winners	3rd	Round of 16
SønderjyskE Ishockey	Vojens	Metal Ligaen	Play-off winners	4th	Group stage
Unia Oświęcim	Oświęcim	Polska Hokej Liga	Play-off winners	1st	First appearance

Salzburg

KAC

Fehérvár

Pardubice

Třinec

Praha

SønderjyskE

Tampere

Tampere teams
Tappara
Ilves

Pelicans

Rouen

Berlin

Bremerhaven

Straubing

Storhamar

Oświęcim

Färjestad

Skellefteå

Växjö

Genève

ZSC

Fribourg

Lausanne

Sheffield

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Teams in the 2024–25 Champions Hockey League.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition will be as follows.

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	22 May 2024	5–6 September 2024
	Matchday 2		7–8 September 2024
	Matchday 3		12–13 September 2024
	Matchday 4		14–15 September 2024
	Matchday 5		8–9 October 2024
	Matchday 6		15–16 October 2024
Playoff	Round of 16	No draw	12–13 November 2024	19–20 November 2024
	Quarter-finals		3–4 December 2024	17 December 2024
	Semi-finals		14–15 January 2025	21–22 January 2025
	Final		18 February 2025

Regular season

In the regular season the 24 teams will be combined into one table. Each team will play home and away against six different opponents once. The best sixteen teams qualified to the round of 16.

The draw of the regular season will take place on 22 May 2024 in Prague, Czechia.

Pots

The participating teams are seeded into Pots A to D according to their achievements in their national leagues and their respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking. The reigning CHL champions Genève-Servette HC are the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot A. The top pot also contains the reigning champions of four of the top five founding leagues according to the league rankings (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Finland and Czechia). Pot D contains 2023–24 ICE Hockey League regular season runners-up Fehérvár AV19 and champions of five challenger leagues.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Genève-Servette HC Skellefteå AIK ZSC Lions Eisbären Berlin Tappara Oceláři Třinec	Red Bull Salzburg Färjestad BK HC Fribourg-Gottéron Fischtown Pinguins Ilves Dynamo Pardubice	EC KAC Växjö Lakers Lausanne HC Straubing Tigers Pelicans Sparta Praha	Fehérvár AV19 Sheffield Steelers Dragons de Rouen Storhamar SønderjyskE Ishockey Unia Oświęcim

Grid

A1	Tappara	A2	Skellefteå AIK	A3	Eisbären Berlin	A4	ZSC Lions	A5	Oceláři Třinec	A6	Genève-Servette HC
B1	Fischtown Pinguins	B2	Dynamo Pardubice	B3	Red Bull Salzburg	B4	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	B5	Ilves	B6	Färjestad BK
C1	Pelicans	C2	Sparta Praha	C3	Straubing Tigers	C4	Växjö Lakers	C5	EC KAC	C6	Lausanne HC
D1	Fehérvár AV19	D2	SønderjyskE Ishockey	D3	Sheffield Steelers	D4	Unia Oświęcim	D5	Storhamar	D6	Dragons de Rouen

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Färjestad BK	6	5	1	0	0	26	10	+16	17	Qualification to playoffs
2	ZSC Lions	6	4	1	0	1	20	10	+10	14
3	Lausanne HC	6	4	0	2	0	17	9	+8	14
4	Oceláři Třinec	6	3	1	1	1	24	16	+8	12
5	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	6	3	1	1	1	23	16	+7	12
6	Skellefteå AIK	6	3	1	1	1	19	15	+4	12
7	Eisbären Berlin	6	3	1	0	2	22	15	+7	11
8	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	1	0	2	20	13	+7	11
9	Pelicans	6	3	1	0	2	24	18	+6	11
10	Sheffield Steelers	6	2	2	1	1	18	13	+5	11
11	Fischtown Pinguins	6	3	0	1	2	17	13	+4	10
12	Växjö Lakers	6	3	0	1	2	13	12	+1	10
13	Sparta Praha	6	3	0	1	2	13	15	−2	10
14	Genève-Servette HC	6	2	1	2	1	21	19	+2	10
15	Straubing Tigers	6	2	1	1	2	14	14	0	9
16	Tappara	6	2	1	0	3	20	16	+4	8
17	Dynamo Pardubice	6	2	0	2	2	20	13	+7	8
18	Unia Oświęcim	6	2	0	2	2	18	23	−5	8
19	Ilves	6	1	2	0	3	17	21	−4	7
20	EC KAC	6	1	1	0	4	14	24	−10	5
21	Storhamar	6	0	2	1	3	10	17	−7	5
22	Dragons de Rouen	6	0	0	1	5	12	33	−21	1
23	Fehérvár AV19	6	0	0	0	6	8	27	−19	0
24	SønderjyskE Ishockey	6	0	0	0	6	5	33	−28	0

Source: Champions Hockey League

Regular season tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation time, 2 points 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 was applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4. Tie breaking formula group stage standings):

1. Greater number of wins in regulation time (3 point wins);
2. Greater number of wins in total (regulation time wins + overtime and shootout wins);
3. Better goal difference;
4. More goals scored;
5. More away goals scored;
6. The higher position in the CHL Draw pot allocation.

Results

Home \ Away	ROU	KLA	BER	FBK	FEH	BRE	GEN	PAR	FRI	ILV	LAU	TŘI	PEL	RBS	SHE	SKE	SØN	PRA	STO	STR	TAP	UNI	VÄX	ZSC
Dragons de Rouen		2–4								3–4 SO		3–5
EC KAC									0–4													4–5		1–5
Eisbären Berlin								3–2 SO									8–0	3–0
Färjestad BK		6–2										3–2 OT							3–1
Fehérvár AV19				1–3			2–5				1–3
Fischtown Pinguins	4–2						3–2				1–2
Genève-Servette HC		2–3 OT								4–3									4–3 SO
Dynamo Pardubice					7–0								2–3								5–1
HC Fribourg-Gottéron			9–3												4–3					3–2 OT
Ilves																						4–3 OT	3–0	1–4
Lausanne HC										7–2		1–2 OT							2–3 OT
Oceláři Třinec									7–3													7–3	1–3
Pelicans	10–1			0–5			5–4 SO
Red Bull Salzburg																3–4	6–2	1–2
Sheffield Steelers								3–2 SO								3–2		5–1
Skellefteå AIK					4–2	3–2 OT							4–2
SønderjyskE Ishockey						0–5							2–4								1–7
Sparta Praha					5–2	4–2															1–2 SO
Storhamar									1–0 SO														1–4	1–4
Straubing Tigers								3–2								3–2 SO	3–0
Tappara	6–1			4–6							0–2
Unia Oświęcim			1–4											2–3 OT						4–1
Växjö Lakers			3–1											1–3	2–3 OT
ZSC Lions														2–4	2–1 SO					3–2

Source: Champions Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Format

In the playoffs, pairings will be formed based on the positions of the teams in the regular season as follows: the team finished 1st in the regular season will face the team finished 16th, the team finished 2nd will face the team finished 15th, and so on. There will be no play-off draw or any reseedings for the quarter-finals and semi-finals. In each round except the final, the teams play two games and the aggregate score decides which team advances. The first leg is hosted by the team with the lower seed 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 with the higher seed.

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	16	Tappara
	1	Färjestad BK
	9	Pelicans
	8	Red Bull Salzburg
	13	Sparta Praha
	4	Oceláři Třinec
	12	Växjö Lakers
	5	HC Fribourg-Gottéron
	11	Fischtown Pinguins
	6	Skellefteå AIK
	3	Lausanne HC
	12	Genève-Servette HC
	10	Sheffield Steelers
	7	Eisbären Berlin
	15	Straubing Tigers
	2	ZSC Lions

Round of 16

The first legs will be played on 12 and 13 November with return legs played on 19 and 20 November 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tappara	A	Färjestad BK	12 Nov	19 Nov
Fischtown Pinguins	B	Skellefteå AIK	12 Nov	19 Nov
Sheffield Steelers	C	Eisbären Berlin	13 Nov	19 Nov
Sparta Praha	D	Oceláři Třinec	13 Nov	20 Nov
Växjö Lakers	E	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	12 Nov	19 Nov
Straubing Tigers	F	ZSC Lions	12 Nov	19 Nov
Lausanne HC	G	Genève-Servette HC	12 Nov	20 Nov
Pelicans	H	Red Bull Salzburg	12 Nov	20 Nov

Quarter-finals

First legs will be played on 3 and 4 December with return legs played on 17 December 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner A or winner H	1	Winner A or winner H	3–4 Dec	17 Dec
Winner B or winner G	2	Winner B or winner G	3–4 Dec	17 Dec
Winner C or winner F	3	Winner C or winner F	3–4 Dec	17 Dec
Winner D or winner E	4	Winner D or winner E	3–4 Dec	17 Dec

Semi-finals

First legs will be played on 14 and 15 January with return legs played on 21 and 22 January 2025.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Winner QF 1 or winner QF 4	1	Winner QF 1 or winner QF 4	14–15 Jan	21-22 Jan
Winner QF 2 or winner QF 3	2	Winner QF 2 or winner QF 3	14–15 Jan	21-22 Jan

Final

18 February 2025

Winner SF 1 or winner SF 2

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Winner SF 1 or winner SF 2

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players lead the league in points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Michael Špaček	Genève-Servette HC	6	7	5	12	4	+3	1	5	0	14	50.00%
Libor Hudáček	Oceláři Třinec	6	4	8	12	4	+4	0	1	0	21	19.05%
Marcus Sörensen	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	5	2	8	10	8	+9	1	0	0	11	18.18%
Žiga Jeglič	Fischtown Pinguins	6	2	7	9	2	+5	1	1	0	8	25.00%
Oskar Steen	Färjestad BK	6	2	7	9	2	+3	1	2	0	19	10.53%
Leonhard Pföderl	Eisbären Berlin	6	4	4	8	4	0	2	3	0	12	33.33%
Hampus Olsson	Unia Oświęcim	6	4	4	8	6	+4	1	1	0	12	33.33%
Peter Schneider	Red Bull Salzburg	6	4	4	8	6	+1	1	3	0	23	17.39%
Kristian Tanus	Tappara	6	3	5	8	4	–4	2	1	0	17	17.65%
Marko Daňo	Oceláři Třinec	6	2	6	8	2	0	1	0	0	12	16.67%

Leading goaltenders

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

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Šimon Hrubec	ZSC Lions	4	4	0	107	5	95.54%	1.22	0	245
Jake Hildebrand	Eisbären Berlin	3	2	1	88	5	94.62%	1.63	1	184
Maxime Lagacé	Färjestad BK	4	4	0	67	4	94.37%	1.09	1	221
Maximilian Franzreb	Fischtown Pinguins	3	2	1	75	5	93.75%	1.64	1	183
Matthew Greenfield	Sheffield Steelers	6	4	2	192	13	93.66%	2.08	0	375