2014–15 Champions Hockey League playoffs

The playoffs of the 2014–15 Champions Hockey League were played on 4 November 2014 and concluded on 3 February 2015 with the final. A total of 16 teams competed in the playoffs which were drawn on 10 October 2014.

All times are CET (UTC+1).

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.

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

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.

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.
• 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.

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.

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
	1	JYP	5	2	7(2)
	16	Skellefteå AIK (SO)	4	3	7(3)
								Linköping HC		1	4	5(0)
								Skellefteå AIK (SO)		2	3	5(1)
	8	Sparta Prague	1	2	3
	9	Linköping HC	2	2	4
															Skellefteå AIK		2	2	4
															Luleå Hockey		2	3	5
	5	TPS	1	4	5
	12	Lukko	5	3	8
								Lukko		2	1	3
								Luleå Hockey		5	2	7
	4	Luleå Hockey (SO)	2	7	9(2)
	13	Red Bull Salzburg	4	5	9(0)
																						Luleå Hockey		4
																						Frölunda HC		2
	6	Genève-Servette	2	2	4(0)
	11	SaiPa (SO)	0	4	4(3)
								SaiPa		0	2	2
								Oulun Kärpät		2	3	5
	3	Oulun Kärpät	3	3	6
	14	Vienna Capitals	1	2	3
															Frölunda HC (OT)		4	2	6
															Oulun Kärpät		2	3	5
	7	Tappara	1	2	3
	10	Frölunda HC	5	4	9
								HIFK		2	3	5
								Frölunda HC		1	5	6
	2	Fribourg-Gottéron	2	1	3
	15	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. The first legs were played on 4 November, and the second legs were played on 11 November 2014.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	7–8 (2–3 SO)	Skellefteå AIK	5–4	2–4 (OT)
Genève-Servette	4–5 (0–3 SO)	SaiPa	2–0	2–5 (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	10–9 (2–0 SO)	Red Bull Salzburg	2–4	8–5 (OT)
Fribourg-Gottéron	3–5	HIFK	2–2	1–3

Notes

First leg

4 November 2014 17:30

JYP

5–4 (2–1, 3–0, 0–3)

Skellefteå AIK

Synergia-areena, Jyväskylä Attendance: 1,757

Game reference
	Tuomas Tarkki	Goalies	Erik Hanses
	0–1 6:56 – (PP) Holmström (Forssell, Kabanov) Hännikäinen (Luoma, Tuppurainen) – 8:30 1–1 Perrin (Pihlman, Hubáček) – 16:33 2–1 Hännikäinen (Boyce, Ikonen) (PP) – 22:17 3–1 Ikonen (Lahti) – 26:03 4–1 Nenonen (Lahti, Salmio) – 38:40 5–1 5–2 40:58 – Kabanov (Zackrisson, Pettersson) 5–3 48:15 – Burström 5–4 50:32 – (PP) Calof (Lindholm, Sundqvist)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min

4 November 2014 17:30

Oulun Kärpät

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Vienna Capitals

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 4,239

Game reference
	Iiro Tarkki	Goalies	Matt Zaba
	Masuhr (Donskoi, Kemppainen) – 10:14 1–0 Donskoi (Laatikainen) (PP) – 19:02 2–0 Glenn (Laatikainen, Huml) – 25:15 3–0 3–1 47:24 – Ferland (Klimbacher)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min

4 November 2014 17:30

TPS

1–5 (1–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Lukko

HK Areena, Turku Attendance: 3,642

Game reference
	Teemu Lassila	Goalies	Oskari Setänen
	0–1 3:17 – Mikkola (Gagnon) 0–2 12:22 – Gagnon (Ahtola, Vahalahti) Koskiranta (Smoleňák, Lasch) (PP, 5 ON 3) – 18:46 1–2 1–3 25:52 – Forsberg (Niskala) 1–4 38:05 – (PP) Virtanen (Niskala, Virtanen) 1–5 54:07 – (PP) Vahalahti (Gagnon, Tommila)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min

4 November 2014 17:30

Tappara

1–5 (0–3, 0–1, 1–1)

Frölunda HC

Hakametsa, Tampere Attendance: 2,546

Game reference
	Dominik Hrachovina	Goalies	Linus Fernström
	0–1 8:43 – (PP) Gustafsson (Johnsson, Olimb) 0–2 10:06 – Bäckman (Karlsson, Janmark) 0–3 13:32 – Johnsson (Olimb, Görtz) 0–4 39:57 – (SHG) Blidh (Bäckman) 0–5 47:40 – Janmark (Lehkonen, Figren) Erkinjuntti (Peltola, Kolomatis) (SHG) – 54:49 1–5
	8 min	Penalties	10 min

4 November 2014 18:00

Sparta Prague

1–2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Linköping HC

Tipsport Arena, Prague Attendance: 2,381

Game reference
	Rastislav Staňa	Goalies	Marcus Högberg
	0–1 35:13 – Micflikier (Taffe) 0–2 42:49 – (PP) Karlsson (McDonell, Karlsson) Cingel (Bahenský, Švrček (PP) – 45:25 1–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min

4 November 2014 19:45

Genève-Servette

2–0 (0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

SaiPa

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva Attendance: 5,214

Game reference
	Robert Mayer	Goalies	Jussi Markkanen
	Romy (D'Agostini) 28:15 1–0 Romy (Kast, Simek – 34:37 2–0
	31 min	Penalties	4 min

4 November 2014 19:45

Fribourg-Gottéron

2–2 (0–0, 1–1, 1–1)

HIFK

BCF Arena, Fribourg Attendance: 1,171

Game reference
	Benjamin Conz	Goalies	Ville Husso
	Tambellini (Pouliot, NGoy) – 21:08 1–0 1–1 31:15 – Goldobin (Auvitu, Ikonen) Wildhaber (Kwiatkowski, Dubé) – 47:11 2–1 2–2 54:01 – Záborský (Elkins)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min

4 November 2014 20:05

Luleå Hockey

2–4 (0–1, 1–3, 1–0)

Red Bull Salzburg

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 2,559

Game reference
	Niko Hovinen	Goalies	Daniel Larsson
	0–1 19:03 – (PP) Milam (Walter, Duncan) 0–2 24:59 – Sterling (Kutlák, Walter) 0–3 29:56 – Beach (Welser, Meckler) Wallmark (Fagerudd, Zaar) – 31:45 1–3 1–4 32:35 – Kutlák (Sterling, Hughes) Zaar (Wallmark, Fagerudd) – 58:52 2–4
	4 min	Penalties	4 min

Second leg

11 November 2014 17:30

SaiPa

5–2 (2–0 SO) (2–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO 1–0)

Genève-Servette

Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta Attendance: 2,830

SaiPa won 5–4 on aggregate after winning 2–0 in a shootout.

11 November 2014 17:30

Lukko

3–4 (0–2, 0–0, 3–2)

TPS

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: 2,472

Game reference
	Oskari Setänen	Goalies	Teemu Lassila
	0–1 8:58 – (PP) Lasch (Smoleňák, Gysbers) 0–2 11:11 – (PP) Smoleňák (Lasch, Sointu) Sipiläinen (Virtanen (SHG) – 40:52 1–2 1–3 41:30 – (PP, 5 ON 3) Smoleňák (Lasch, Lucenius) Vahalahti (SHG) – 42:03 2–3 Gagnon (Nurmi, Tommila) (PP) – 48:17 3–3 3–4 50:58 – Lasch (Nakládal)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min

Lukko won 8–5 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 17:30

HIFK

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Fribourg-Gottéron

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,809

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Benjamin Conz
	0–1 12:26 – Dubé (Sprunger, Plüss) Ikonen (Blomqvist, Leino) – 31:45 1–1 Ikonen (Leino, Goldobin) (PP) – 56:42 2–1 Záborský (Lamberg) (ENG) – 59:59 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min

HIFK won 5–3 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 19:00

Skellefteå AIK

4–2 (3–2 SO) (0–1, 1–0, 2–1) (OT 0–0) (SO 1–0)

JYP

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 2,518

Skellefteå AIK won 8–7 on aggregate after winning 3–2 in a shootout.

11 November 2014 19:00

Linköping HC

2–2 (0–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Sparta Prague

Saab Arena, Linköping Attendance: 2,437

Game reference
	David Rautio	Goalies	Filip Novotný
	0–1 1:27 – Hlinka (Přibyl, Buchtele) Junland (Johansson) (PP) – 47:53 1–1 1–2 51:16 – Piskáček (Reway) Micflikier (Karlsson, Taffe) – 59:58 2–2
	6 min	Penalties	35 min

Linköping HC won 4–3 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 19:30

Vienna Capitals

2–3 (0–0, 1–2, 1–1)

Oulun Kärpät

Albert Schultz Eishalle, Vienna Attendance: 4,700

Game reference
	Matt Zaba	Goalies	Iiro Tarkki
	0–1 28:46 – Keränen (Eminger, Alikoski) Watkins (Rotter, Nödl) – 32:41 1–1 1–2 33:12 – Junttila (Glenn, Kemppainen) 1–3 41:33 – Huml (Haataja, Manninen) Schlacher (Bauer, Schiechl) – 47:24 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	0 min

Oulun Kärpät won 6–3 on aggregate.

11 November 2014 19:30

Red Bull Salzburg

5–8 (0–2 SO) (4–1, 0–5, 1–1) (OT 0–0) (SO 0–1)

Luleå Hockey

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg Attendance: 2,610

Game reference
	Niko Hovinen (pulled at 39:42) Bernd Brückler	Goalies	Daniel Larsson (pulled at 12:48) Joel Lassinantti
	Raffl (Latusa) – 3:39 1–0 Beach (Meckler, Welser) – 4:47 2–0 Beach (Milam, Fahey (SHG) – 10:43 3–0 3–1 14:31 – Fogström (Ledin, Dixon) Meckler (Beach, Trattnig) – 16:32 4–1 4–2 27:05 – (PP) Dixon (Näkyvä, Nagander) 4–3 29:45 – Ledin (Fogström) 4–4 34:25 – Fogström (Forsberg, Fabrucius) 4–5 35:29 – Petrell (Granström, Näkyvä) 4–6 39:42 – Zaar (Kukan) 4–7 49:54 – (PP) Zaar (Ledin, Fagerudd) Raffl (Trattnig, Heinrich) (PP) – 58:05 5–7 5–8 70:00 – (SOG) Fogström
	Komarek Raffl Duncan Trattnig	Shootout	Sandström Zaar Fogström Forsberg
	10 min	Penalties	8 min

Luleå Hockey won 10–9 on aggregate after winning 2–0 in a shootout.

11 November 2014 20:05

Frölunda HC

4–2 (2–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Tappara

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 4,770

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Juha Metsola
	Johnsson (Lehkonen, Figren) (PP) – 4:31 1–0 Widerström (Bäckman, Kahnberg) – 8:07 2–0 Rosseli Olsen (Johnsson, Olimb) – 35:15 3–0 3–1 42:57 – da Costa Görtz (Blidh) (PP) – 47:14 4–1 4–2 48:40 – Jormakka
	8 min	Penalties	6 min

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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Linköping HC	5–6 (0–1 SO)	Skellefteå AIK	1–2	4–4 (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 (1–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Luleå Hockey

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: 2,224

Game reference
	Oskari Setänen	Goalies	Daniel Larsson
	Niskala (Piitulainen, Virtanen) – 8:50 1–0 1–1 9:49 – Näkyvä (Nagander, Petrell) 1–2 16:08 – Fogström (Näkyvä, Petrell) 1–3 16:25 – Fabricius (Fogström, Näkyvä) 1–4 34:35 – Sylvegård Riska (Sipiläinen, Mikkola) (SHG) – 37:59 2–4 2–5 41:57 – (PP) Abbott, (Fagerudd, Fogström)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min

2 December 2014 17:30

SaiPa

0–2 (0–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Oulun Kärpät

Kisapuisto, Lappeenranta Attendance: 2,187

Game reference
	Jussi Markkanen	Goalies	Iiro Tarkki
	0–1 22:57 – (PP) Donskoi (Haataja, Huml) 0–2 33:44 – Donskoi (Kemppainen)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min

2 December 2014 17:30

HIFK

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Frölunda HC

Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 4,858

Game reference
	Ville Husso	Goalies	Linus Fernström
	Záborský – 0:34 1–0 1–1 12:23 – Olimb (Gustafsson) Záborský (Kuparinen, Grillfors) (PP) – 24:56 2–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min

2 December 2014 20:05

Linköping HC

1–2 (1–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Skellefteå AIK

Saab Arena, Linköping Attendance: 2,276

Game reference
	Marcus Högberg	Goalies	Erik Hanses
	Little (Hardt, Sjögren) – 4:51 1–0 1–1 18:39 – Aho (Lindholm, Sundqvist) 1–2 39:46 – Sundqvist (Widing, Ševc)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min

Second leg

9 December 2014 17:30

Oulun Kärpät

3–2 (0–1, 1–0, 2–1)

SaiPa

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 3,492

Game reference
	Jussi Markkanen	Goalies	Iiro Tarkki
	0–1 15:30 – Järvinen (Maalahti, Spina) Kemppainen (Kukkonen, Masuhr) – 39:59 1–1 Donskoi (Kemppainen, Aho) – 43:19 2–1 2–2 48:26 – (PP) Lofquist (Spina, Maalahti) Keränen (Haataja, Spang) – 55:30 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	14 min

Oulun Kärpät won 5–2 on aggregate.

9 December 2014 18:30

Luleå Hockey

2–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Lukko

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 3,252

Game reference
	Joel Lassinantti	Goalies	Oskari Setänen
	Fagerudd (Fogström, Abbott) (PP) – 34:01 1–0 Abbott (Abbott, Sylvegård) – 34:19 2–0 2–1 59:14 – Virtanen (Kousa, Nurmi)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min

Luleå Hockey won 7–3 on aggregate.

9 December 2014 19:00

Frölunda HC

5–3 (1–0, 1–1, 3–2)

HIFK

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,560

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Ville Husso
	Rosseli Olsen (Olimb, Gustafsson) (PP) – 15:30 1–0 Johnsson (Görtz, Bohm) – 21:47 2–0 2–1 25:40 – Leino (Goldobin) 2–2 44:04 – Elkins (Blomqvist, Honkaheimo) Figren (Falth, Wikstrand) – 46:13 3–2 Olimb (Gustafsson, Johnsson) – 47:34 4–2 4–3 52:22 – Leino (Goldobin) Figren (Janmark, Bäckman) – 59:10 5–3
	10 min	Penalties	74 min

Frölunda HC won 6–5 on aggregate.

9 December 2014 20:05

Skellefteå AIK

4–4 (1–0 SO) (1–1, 1–1, 1–2) (OT 0–0) (SO 1–0)

Linköping HC

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 2,812

Skellefteå AIK won 6–5 on aggregate after winning 1–0 in a shootout.

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 13 January, and the second legs were played on 20 January 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

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
	0–1 01:32 – L. Bryggman (A. Hjelm) A. Lindholm (E. Andersson) – 34:14 1–1 P. Zackrisson (P. Petterström) – 43:29 2–1 2–2 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 1–0 1–1 02:02 – J. Junttila R. Figren (J. Nyberg, L. Johansson) – 28:27 2–1 E. Fälth (M. Wikstrand, A. Johnson) (PP) – 32:53 3–1 A. Blidh (M. Janmark, M. Görtz) – 38:28 4–1 4–2 51:30 – M. Pyörälä (M. Nutivaara)
	18 min	Penalties	8 min

Second leg

20 January 2015 17:30

Oulun Kärpät

3–2 (OT) (1–1, 0–0, 2–0) (OT 0–1)

Frölunda HC

Oulun Energia Areena, Oulu Attendance: 5,868

Game reference
	Tomi Karhunen	Goalies	Lars Johansson
	Donskoi (Pirnes, Masuhr) (PP) – 4:07 1–0 1–1 7:26 – (PP) Janmark (Gustafsson, Lundqvist) Pirnes (Masuhr, Komulainen) (PP) – 48:37 2–1 Junttila (Pemppainen) – 49:09 3–1 3–2 65:06 – (PP) Gustafsson (Olimb, Falth)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min

Frölunda HC won 6–5 on aggregate.

20 January 2015 19:00

Luleå Hockey

3–2 (2–1, 1–0, 0–1)

Skellefteå AIK

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 5,540

Game reference
	Joel Lassinantti	Goalies	Erik Hanses
	Fabricius (Forsberg, Fogström) – 5:51 1–0 1–1 7:17 – (PP) Heed (Zackrisson, Forssell) Zaar (Granström, Nagander) – 14:06 2–1 Sandström (Fagerudd, Cehlárik) (PP) – 38:34 3–1 3–2 58:51 – (SHG, EA) Lundberg (Forssell, Kabanov)
	26 min	Penalties	32 min

Luleå Hockey won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2015 Champions Hockey League 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.

3 February 2015 20:15

Luleå HF

4–2 (0–2, 0–0, 4–0)

Frölunda HC

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 6,300

Game reference
	Joel Lassinantti	Goalies	Linus Fernström	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: André Schrader Sakari Suominen
	0–1 00:17 – Lundqvist (Lehkonen, Fälth) 0–2 12:45 – Olimb (Johnsson, Görtz) Näkyvä (Abbott) (PP) – 47:43 1–2 Cehlárik (Fagerudd, Näkyvä) (PP) – 48:57 2–2 Forsberg (Sandström) (PP) – 53:04 3–2 Kukan (Sandström, Granström) (ENG) – 58:36 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	45 min
	25	Shots	27

External links

• Champions Hockey League