2015–16 Champions Hockey League

2015–16 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates20 August 2015 – 9 February 2016
Teams48
Final positions
Champions Sweden Frölunda HC (1st title)
Runner-up Finland Kärpät
Tournament statistics
Games played157
Goals scored802 (5.11 per game)
Attendance512,040 (3,261 per game)
Scoring leader(s)United States Ryan Lasch (16 points)
MVPUnited States Ryan Lasch

The 2015–16 Champions Hockey League was the second season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament launched by 26 founding clubs, six leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The regulation round began on 20 August 2015 and ended on 6 September 2015. The playoffs began on 22 September 2015 and ended with the Champions Hockey League Final on 9 February 2016. Frölunda HC defeated Kärpät 2–1 to win the second edition of Champions Hockey League.

Team allocation

A total of 48 teams from twelve different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League.

Team license

The teams were decided with regards to different licenses for the founding teams, leagues and wildcards.

  • A license: The 26 founding teams get an A license, if they play in the first-tier league of their respective domestic league system in the 2015–16 season.
  • B license: Two teams – the regular-season winner and the play-off champion in the 2014–15 season – from each of the founding leagues (the Austrian EBEL, the Czech Extraliga, the Finnish Liiga, the German DEL, the Swedish SHL and the Swiss NLA) received a B licence to the tournament. If those teams had already received an A license, other teams from the league took the B license spots. The order the B licenses were handed out is:[1][2]
  1. National champion
  2. Regular season winner
  3. Runner-up, regular season
  4. Play-off finalist
  5. Best placed semifinal loser
  6. Worst placed semifinal loser
  • C license: There were 10 wild cards. The champions from Norway, Denmark, Slovakia, France and the United Kingdom—like the previous season—got wild cards.[3] From Slovakia, France, Norway and the United Kingdom, a second team also got a wild card.[4] One wild card license were assigned to the 2014–15 IIHF Continental Cup winner HK Neman Grodno.[5][6][7]

Teams

Team City/Area League Qualification License
Austria Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Austrian Hockey League founding club A
Austria Vienna Capitals Vienna Austrian Hockey League founding club A
Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec Liberec Czech Extraliga founding club A
Czech Republic HC Pardubice Pardubice Czech Extraliga founding club A
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha Prague Czech Extraliga founding club A
Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel Ostrava Czech Extraliga founding club A
Finland HIFK Helsinki Liiga founding club A
Finland JYP Jyväskylä Liiga founding club A
Finland KalPa Kuopio Liiga founding club A
Finland Kärpät Oulu Liiga founding club A
Finland Tappara Tampere Liiga founding club A
Finland TPS Turku Liiga founding club A
Germany Adler Mannheim Mannheim Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Germany Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Germany ERC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Germany Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Switzerland SC Bern Bern National League A founding club A
Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg National League A founding club A
Switzerland ZSC Lions Zürich National League A founding club A
Switzerland EV Zug Zug National League A founding club A
Sweden Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Frölunda HC Gothenburg Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Färjestad BK Karlstad Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden HV71 Jönköping Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Linköpings HC Linköping Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Sweden Luleå HF Luleå Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Austria Black Wings Linz Linz Austrian Hockey League regular season runner-up B
Austria KAC Klagenfurt Klagenfurt Austrian Hockey League play-off semi-finalist B
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec Třinec Czech Extraliga regular season winner B
Czech Republic HC Litvínov Litvínov Czech Extraliga play-off champion B
Finland Lukko Rauma Liiga play-off semi-finalist B
Finland Espoo Blues Espoo Liiga regular season fifth [8] B
Germany Red Bull Munich Munich Deutsche Eishockey Liga regular season runner-up B
Germany Düsseldorfer EG Düsseldorf Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off semi-finalist B
Switzerland HC Davos Davos National League A play-off champion B
Switzerland Genève-Servette Geneva National League A play-off semi-finalist B
Sweden Växjö Lakers Växjö Swedish Hockey League play-off champion B
Sweden Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League regular season winner B
Belarus Neman Grodno Grodno Belarusian Extraleague Continental Cup winner C
Norway Stavanger Oilers Stavanger GET-ligaen play-off champion C
Norway Storhamar Ishockey Hamar GET-ligaen regular season runner-up C
Slovakia HC Košice Košice Tipsport Liga play-off champion C
Slovakia HK Nitra Nitra Tipsport Liga regular season runner-up C
Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey Vojens Metal Ligaen play-off champion C
United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Elite Ice Hockey League regular season champion C
United Kingdom Braehead Clan Glasgow Elite Ice Hockey League regular season runner-up C
France Rapaces de Gap Gap Ligue Magnus play-off champion C
France Grenoble Grenoble Ligue Magnus regular season winner C

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[9][10]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 13 May 2015[11] 20–21 August 2015
Matchday 2 22–23 August 2015
Matchday 3 27–28 August 2015
Matchday 4 29–30 August 2015
Matchday 5 3–4 September 2015
Matchday 6 5–6 September 2015
Playoff Round of 32 8 September 2015[12] 22 September 2015 6 October 2015
Round of 16 3 November 2015 10 November 2015
Quarter-finals 1 December 2015 8 December 2015
Semi-finals 12 January 2016 19 January 2016
Final 9 February 2016

Group stage

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Teams in the 2015–16 Champions Hockey League
Black: Group A; Purple: Group B; Blue: Group C; Red: Group D; Orange: Group E; Green: Group F; White: Group G; Yellow: Group H; Brown: Group I; Pink: Group J; Gold: Group K; Turquoise: Group L; Cyan: Group M; Asselian: Group N; Deep pink: Group O; Steel: Group P.

For the 2015–16 season, the regular season was expanded to 48 teams, divided into 16 groups with 3 teams in each group. The two first teams in each group advanced to the play-offs (round of 32).[5]

The group stage began on 20 August and ended on 6 September 2015.[13][14] The 48 teams were divided into 16 groups of three teams each. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, facing each team at home and on the road, giving 4 games per team. The 16 group winners and the 16 runners-up qualified for the playoffs.[15]

Group stage draw

The 16 groups were determined by a draw taking place on 13 May 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. The 48 teams had been ranked and placed into three pots of 16 teams each. Following the draw, each group consisted of one team from each pot. The seedings were as follows;[16]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Sweden Växjö Lakers
Finland Kärpät
Czech Republic HC Litvínov
Switzerland HC Davos
Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Germany Adler Mannheim
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Finland Tappara
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec
Switzerland ZSC Lions
Austria Black Wings Linz
Germany Red Bull Munich
Sweden Frölunda HC
Finland Lukko
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha
Switzerland SC Bern

Austria Vienna Capitals
Germany ERC Ingolstadt
Sweden Linköpings HC
Finland JYP
Czech Republic HC Pardubice
Switzerland Genève-Servette
Austria KAC Klagenfurt
Germany Düsseldorfer EG
Sweden HV71
Finland Espoo Blues
Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel
Switzerland EV Zug
Germany Eisbären Berlin
Sweden Luleå HF
Finland KalPa
Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec

Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron
Germany Krefeld Pinguine
Sweden Färjestad BK
Finland HIFK
Sweden Djurgårdens IF
Finland TPS
Slovakia HC Košice
Norway Stavanger Oilers
Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey
United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
France Rapaces de Gap
Slovakia HK Nitra
Norway Storhamar Ishockey
United Kingdom Braehead Clan
France Grenoble
Belarus Neman Grodno

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regular time, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime loss or shootout loss, 0 points for a loss in regular time). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings:[17]

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of wins in regular time in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. higher number of goals scored in one match in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  6. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 5, teams still had an equal ranking in a two-way tie, criteria 1 to 5 were reapplied against the third team in the group. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 10 applied;
  7. higher number of wins in overtime;
  8. higher number of goals scored in shootout (if both matches ended in shootout);
  9. if two teams still remained tied and they met in their group's final game, they played a shootout to determine which team is ranked higher;
  10. higher pre-draw rankings.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LHC HIFK SCB
1 Sweden Linköpings HC 4 3 1 0 0 14 4 +10 11 Advance to Playoffs — 2–0 3–2(SO)
2 Finland HIFK 4 1 0 1 2 6 8 −2 4 1–2 — 3–1
3 Switzerland SC Bern 4 0 1 1 2 7 15 −8 3 1–7 3–2(SO) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAP DIF EVZ
1 Finland Tappara 4 3 0 1 0 16 6 +10 10 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3(OT) 3–1
2 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 4 2 1 0 1 13 11 +2 8 2–4 — 5–3
3 Switzerland EV Zug 4 0 0 0 4 6 18 −12 0 0–7 2–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HV71 RBS SON
1 Sweden HV71 4 4 0 0 0 16 4 +12 12 Advance to Playoffs — 4–1 7–1
2 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 4 1 0 0 3 10 13 −3 3 1–3 — 7–2
3 Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey 4 1 0 0 3 8 17 −9 3 1–2 4–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKE LIB NIT
1 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 4 3 1 0 0 16 6 +10 11 Advance to Playoffs — 5–2 3–2(SO)
2 Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 4 2 0 0 2 13 9 +4 6 0–4 — 2–0
3 Slovakia HK Nitra 4 0 0 1 3 4 18 −14 1 2–4 0–9 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HCD FBK PCE
1 Switzerland HC Davos 4 3 0 1 0 12 6 +6 10 Advance to Playoffs — 0–1(OT) 5–3
2 Sweden Färjestad BK 4 1 2 0 1 8 9 −1 7 0–4 — 4–3(OT)
3 Czech Republic HC Pardubice 4 0 0 1 3 10 15 −5 1 2–3 2–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIT BLU GRE
1 Czech Republic HC Litvínov 4 3 1 0 0 14 7 +7 11 Advance to Playoffs — 3–2(OT) 6–4
2 Finland Espoo Blues 4 1 0 1 2 7 8 −1 4 0–1 — 4–2
3 France Grenoble 4 1 0 0 3 9 15 −6 3 1–4 2–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPS DEG BWL
1 Finland TPS 4 2 1 1 0 15 9 +6 9 Advance to Playoffs — 1–2(SO) 6–1
2 Germany Düsseldorfer EG 4 1 1 0 2 15 14 +1 5 4–5 — 6–3
3 Austria Black Wings Linz 4 1 0 1 2 11 18 −7 4 2–3(OT) 5–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RBM KOS KAC
1 Germany Red Bull Munich 4 4 0 0 0 15 4 +11 12 Advance to Playoffs — 1–0 6–1
2 Slovakia HC Košice 4 1 1 0 2 7 8 −1 5 2–4 — 2–1(SO)
3 Austria KAC Klagenfurt 4 0 0 1 3 5 15 −10 1 1–4 2–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group I

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAN VIT NEM
1 Germany Adler Mannheim 4 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 8 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1(SO) 2–1
2 Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 4 2 0 1 1 7 5 +2 7 1–2 — 3–1
3 Belarus Neman Grodno 4 1 0 0 3 4 7 −3 3 2–0 0–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group J

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KÄR VIC KRE
1 Finland Kärpät 4 4 0 0 0 12 1 +11 12 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 4–1
2 Austria Vienna Capitals 4 1 0 1 2 8 14 −6 4 0–2 — 2–3(SO)
3 Germany Krefeld Pinguine 4 0 1 0 3 9 14 −5 2 0–2 5–6 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group K

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LHF LUK FRI
1 Sweden Luleå HF 4 2 1 0 1 14 9 +5 8 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3(SO) 4–2
2 Finland Lukko 4 1 1 1 1 11 12 −1 6 0–3 — 4–2
3 Switzerland Fribourg-Gottéron 4 1 0 1 2 11 15 −4 4 4–3 3–4(SO) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group L

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OIL TRI KAL
1 Norway Stavanger Oilers 4 2 0 1 1 11 7 +4 7 Advance to Playoffs — 4–1 3–0
2 Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 4 1 1 1 1 14 11 +3 6 4–3(OT) — 6–0
3 Finland KalPa 4 1 1 0 2 6 13 −7 5 2–1 4–3(SO) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group M

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STO SPA GEN
1 Norway Storhamar Ishockey 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3 5–1
2 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 4 2 0 1 1 12 10 +2 7 1–2 — 5–2
3 Switzerland Genève-Servette 4 0 1 0 3 7 16 −9 2 0–3 4–3(OT) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group N

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FHC JYP SHE
1 Sweden Frölunda HC 4 4 0 0 0 20 5 +15 12 Advance to Playoffs — 3–2 9–1
2 Finland JYP 4 2 0 0 2 10 9 +1 6 1–4 — 3–0
3 United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers 4 0 0 0 4 4 20 −16 0 1–4 2–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group O

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VLH ING BRA
1 Sweden Växjö Lakers 4 3 0 0 1 20 10 +10 9 Advance to Playoffs — 4–2 10–2
2 Germany ERC Ingolstadt 4 2 0 0 2 16 15 +1 6 5–3 — 5–2
3 United Kingdom Braehead Clan 4 1 0 0 3 11 22 −11 3 1–3 6–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group P

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZSC BER GAP
1 Switzerland ZSC Lions 4 4 0 0 0 20 10 +10 12 Advance to Playoffs — 3–2 6–1
2 Germany Eisbären Berlin 4 1 0 0 3 12 13 −1 3 3–6 — 6–1
3 France Rapaces de Gap 4 1 0 0 3 9 18 −9 3 4–5 3–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the teams played 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-game final played at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.

The mechanism of the draw for playoffs were as follows:

  • The entire playoff was drawn at a single occasion on 8 September 2015 to determine the sixteen pairings for the Round of 32. After the draw, all games up to the final were set in brackets.[12]
  • In the draw for the Round of 32, the 16 group winners were seeded, and the 16 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.[12]

Playoff teams

Group Winners
(Seeded in round of 32 draw) 		Runners-up
(Unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A Sweden Linköpings HC Finland HIFK
B Finland Tappara Sweden Djurgårdens IF
C Sweden HV71 Austria Red Bull Salzburg
D Sweden Skellefteå AIK Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec
E Switzerland HC Davos Sweden Färjestad BK
F Czech Republic HC Litvínov Finland Espoo Blues
G Finland TPS Germany Düsseldorfer EG
H Germany Red Bull Munich Slovakia HC Košice
I Germany Adler Mannheim Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel
J Finland Kärpät Austria Vienna Capitals
K Sweden Luleå HF Finland Lukko
L Norway Stavanger Oilers Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec
M Norway Storhamar Ishockey Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha
N Sweden Frölunda HC Finland JYP
O Sweden Växjö Lakers Germany ERC Ingolstadt
P Switzerland ZSC Lions Germany Eisbären Berlin

Bracket

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 2 1 3
Sweden HV71 2 3 5 Finland Espoo Blues 3 1 4
Finland Espoo Blues 4 2 6 Sweden HV71 1 1 2
Germany Adler Mannheim 1 3 4 Finland Espoo Blues 2 1 3
Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 3 3 6 Finland Kärpät 0 5 5
Switzerland ZSC Lions 2 0 2 Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha 4 1 5
Germany Düsseldorfer EG 0 0 0 Finland Kärpät 2 4 6
Finland Kärpät 2 3 5 Finland Lukko 2 2 4
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1 2 3 Finland Kärpät 3 2 5
Norway Storhamar Ishockey 3 3 6 Finland TPS 4 2 6
Finland JYP 2 1 3 Norway Storhamar Ishockey 3 1 4
Finland TPS 2 4 6 Finland TPS 3 1 4(0)
Finland Lukko 5 3 8 Finland Lukko (SO) 3 1 4(1)
Germany Red Bull Munich 3 0 3 Sweden Djurgårdens IF 1 1 2
Sweden Djurgårdens IF 4 3 7 Finland Lukko 2 2 4
Sweden Växjö Lakers 3 3 6 Finland Kärpät 1
Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 4 6 10 Sweden Frölunda HC 2
Sweden Linköpings HC 1 3 4 Czech Republic Bílí Tygři Liberec 3 3 6
Finland HIFK 2 2 4 Switzerland HC Davos 5 4 9
Switzerland HC Davos 1 5 6 Switzerland HC Davos 1 4 5
Germany Eisbären Berlin 3 3 6 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1 1 2
Norway Stavanger Oilers 0 3 3 Germany Eisbären Berlin 2 1 3
Slovakia HC Košice 4 0 4 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 5 2 7
Sweden Skellefteå AIK 3 3 6 Switzerland HC Davos 0 1 1
Germany ERC Ingolstadt 4 1 5 Sweden Frölunda HC 5 1 6
Sweden Frölunda HC (OT) 2 4 6 Czech Republic HC Litvínov 2 0 2
Austria Vienna Capitals 3 2 5 Sweden Frölunda HC 1 6 7
Czech Republic HC Litvínov (OT) 4 2 6 Sweden Luleå HF 3 4 7(1)
Czech Republic Vítkovice Steel 0 1 1 Sweden Frölunda HC (SO) 2 5 7(3)
Finland Tappara 2 2 4 Finland Tappara 2 0 2
Sweden Färjestad BK 0 3 3 Sweden Luleå HF 1 5 6
Sweden Luleå HF 3 1 4

Note:

  1. The teams listed on top of each tie play first game at home and the bottom team plays second game at home.
  2. The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second game at home.

Round of 32

The draw for the entire playoff (round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) was held on 8 September 2015.[10][12] The first legs were played on 22 and 29 September, and the second legs were played on 6 October 2015. The seeded teams (group winners) played the last game at home.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oceláři Třinec Czech Republic 3–5 Sweden HV71 2–2 1–3
Bílí Tygři Liberec Czech Republic 10–4 Sweden Linköpings HC 4–1 6–3
Espoo Blues Finland 6–4 Germany Adler Mannheim 4–1 2–3
HIFK Finland 4–6 Switzerland HC Davos 2–1 2–5
HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic 6–2 Switzerland ZSC Lions 3–2 3–0
Eisbären Berlin Germany 6–3 Norway Stavanger Oilers 3–0 3–3
Düsseldorfer EG Germany 0–5 Finland Kärpät 0–2 0–3
HC Košice Slovakia 4–6 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 4–3 0–3
Red Bull Salzburg Austria 3–6 Norway Storhamar Ishockey 1–3 2–3
ERC Ingolstadt Germany 5–6 Sweden Frölunda HC 4–2 1–4 (OT)
JYP Finland 3–6 Finland TPS 2–2 1–4
Vienna Capitals Austria 5–6 Czech Republic HC Litvínov 3–4 2–2 (OT)
Lukko Finland 8–3 Germany Red Bull Munich 5–3 3–0
Vítkovice Steel Czech Republic 1–4 Finland Tappara 0–2 1–2
Djurgårdens IF Sweden 7–6 Sweden Växjö Lakers 4–3 3–3
Färjestad BK Sweden 3–4 Sweden Luleå HF 0–3 3–1

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 3 November, and the second legs were played on 10 November 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espoo Blues Finland 4–2 Sweden HV71 3–1 1–1
HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic 5–6 Finland Kärpät 4–2 1–4
TPS Finland 6–4 Norway Storhamar Ishockey 4–3 2–1
Djurgårdens IF Sweden 2–4 Finland Lukko 1–2 1–2
Bílí Tygři Liberec Czech Republic 6–9 Switzerland HC Davos 3–5 3–4
Eisbären Berlin Germany 3–7 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 2–5 1–2
HC Litvínov Czech Republic 2–7 Sweden Frölunda HC 2–1 0–6
Tappara Finland 2–6 Sweden Luleå HF 2–1 0–5

First Leg

3 November 2015
9:00		HC Litvínov Czech Republic2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)		Sweden Frölunda HCIvan Hlinka Stadion, Litvínov
Attendance: 1,125
Game reference
3 November 2015Tappara Finland2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)		Sweden Luleå HFTampere Ice Stadium, Tampere
Attendance: 3,903
Game reference
3 November 2015TPS Finland4–3
(0–3, 3–0, 1–0)		Norway Storhamar IshockeyHK Areena, Turku
Attendance: 4,238
Game reference
3 November 2015Espoo Blues Finland3–1
(2–0, 1–1, 0–0)		Sweden HV71Espoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 3,045
Game reference
3 November 2015Bílí Tygři Liberec Czech Republic3–5
(1–3, 1–1, 1–1)		Switzerland HC Davos Tipsport Arena, Liberec
Attendance: 7,148
Game reference
3 November 2015HC Sparta Praha Czech Republic4–2
(0–1, 2–0, 2–1)		Finland KärpätO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 4,593
Game reference
3 November 2015
11:00		Eisbären Berlin Germany2–5
(0–2, 1–1, 1–2)		Sweden Skellefteå AIKO2 World, Berlin
Attendance: 4,554
Game reference
3 November 2015Djurgårdens IF Sweden1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		Finland LukkoHovet, Stockholm
Attendance: 978
Game reference
Mikael TellqvistGoaliesRyan Zapolski
0–18:55 – Lähteenmäki (Nurmi, Niskala)
Hultström (Mattsson, Sörensen) – 38:531–1
1–256:43 – Mikkola (Gagnon)
14 minPenalties20 min

Second Leg

10 November 2015Kärpät Finland4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)		Czech Republic HC Sparta PrahaOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 3,716
Game reference
Oulun Kärpät won 6–5 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015
9:30		Lukko Finland2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		Sweden Djurgårdens IFKivikylän Areena, Rauma
Attendance: 2,435
Game reference
Ryan ZapolskiGoaliesMikael TellqvistReferee:
EdwardOdins
Gagnon (PS) – 34:481–0
1–136:37 – Ahlén (Holm)
Koivisto (Riska, Mikkola) (SHENG) – 58:412–1
8 minPenalties2 min
Lukko won 4–2 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015Luleå HF Sweden5–0
(2–0, 0–0, 3–0)		Finland TapparaCoop Norrbotten Arena
Attendance: 3,829
Game reference
6 minPenalties8 min
Luleå HF won 6–2 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015Skellefteå AIK Sweden2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)		Germany Eisbären BerlinSkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
Attendance: 1,758
Game reference
Markus SvenssonGoaliesPetri VehanenReferee:
Stefan Fonselius
0–13:11 – Noebels (Baxmann)
Lundberg (Lindgren, Holmström) – 6:071–1
Forssell (Norman, Aho) (PP) – 56:042–1
Skellefteå AIK won 7–3 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015Storhamar Ishockey Norway1–2
(0–1, 1–0, 0–1)		Finland TPSHamar OL-Amfi, Hamar
Attendance: 5,367
Game reference
Oskar ÖstlundGoaliesTeemu LassilaReferee:
Vladimír Pešina
0–113:44 – (PP) Kumeliauskas (Spina, Perrin)
Berglund (Rose, Øksnes) – 31:571–1
1–259:23 – (ENG) Tallinder (Tikkanen, Kumeliauskas)
10 minPenalties30 min
TPS Turku won 6–4 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015HC Davos Switzerland4–3
(3–1, 0–2, 1–0)		Czech Republic Bílí Tygři LiberecVaillant Arena, Davos
Attendance: 3,252
Game reference
Referee:
Mikael Nord
HC Davos won 9–6 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015Frölunda HC Sweden6–0
(0–0, 3–0, 3–0)		Czech Republic HC LitvínovFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
Attendance: 1,378
Game reference
Frölunda HC won 7–2 on Aggregate.
10 November 2015HV71 Sweden1–1
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)		Finland Espoo BluesKinnarps Arena, Jönköping
Attendance: 1,653
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Fredrik Pettersson WentzelGoaliesChristian Engstrand
Christensen (Hansson, Brithen) (PP) – 28:061–0
1–129:52 – (PP) Makkonen (Korhonen, Hirschovits)
10 minPenalties10 min
Espoo Blues won 4–2 on Aggregate.

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 1 December, and the second legs were played on 8 December 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espoo Blues Finland 3–5 Finland Kärpät 2–0 1–5
TPS Finland 4–4 (0–1 SO) Finland Lukko 3–3 1–1 (OT)
HC Davos Switzerland 5–2 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 1–1 4–1
Luleå HF Sweden 7–7 (1–3 SO) Sweden Frölunda HC 3–2 4–5 (OT)

First Leg

1 December 2015
9:30		TPS Finland3–3
(1–2, 0–0, 2–1)		Finland LukkoHK Areena, Turku
Attendance: 3,006
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Oskari SetänenGoaliesRyan ZapolskiReferees:
Roman Gofman
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Iikka Kiilunen
Joonas Saha
Kallio (Perrin) – 6:061–0
1–19:55 – Nurmi (Lähteenmäki)
1–213:28 – Lahti (Asplund)
1–342:01 – Piitulainen
Spina (Kallio, Perrin) – 57:172–3
Kallio (Perrin, Pikkarainen) (PP) – 59:403–3
10 minPenalties12 min
1 December 2015
9:30		Espoo Blues Finland2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)		Finland KärpätEspoo Metro Areena, Espoo
Attendance: 2,799
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Kaapo KähkönenGoaliesNiko HovinenReferees:
Peter Gebei
Morgan Johansson
Linesmen:
Jani Pesonen
Masi Puolakka
Makkonen (Korhonen, Poukkula) (PP) – 8:441–0
Sailio (Vaakanainen) (SHG) – 49:322–0
10 minPenalties8 min
1 December 2015
11:45		HC Davos Switzerland1–1
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)		Sweden Skellefteå AIKVaillant Arena, Davos
Attendance: 4,002
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Leonardo GenoniGoaliesMarkus SvenssonReferees:
Daniel Piechaczek
Marian Rohatsch
Linesmen:
Roman Kaderli
Michael Tscherring
Aeschlimann (Wieser, Setoguchi) – 16:531–0
1–123:47 – (PP) Calof (Broadhurst, Forssell)
6 minPenalties10 min
1 December 2015
12:00		Luleå HF Sweden3–2
(1–0, 1–2, 1–0)		Sweden Frölunda HCCoop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 4,130
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Joel LassinanttiGoaliesJohan GustafssonReferees:
Martin Fraňo
Jussi Leppanen
Linesmen:
Jan Sandström
Emil Yletyienen
Fabricius (Melart, Mastomäki) – 5:241–0
1–122:22 – Lundqvist (Rosseli Olsen, Lasch)
Ekarv (Oskarsson, Melart) – 33:572–1
2–238:24 – Larsson (Lundqvist , Rosseli Olsen)
Mastomäki (Harju, Sigalet) – 57:073–2
4 minPenalties8 min

Second Leg

8 December 2015
9:30		Kärpät Finland5–1
(2–0, 0–0, 3–1)		Finland Espoo BluesOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
Attendance: 3,173
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Sami AittokallioGoaliesKaapo KähkönenReferees:
Daniel Stricker
Marc Wiegand
Linesmen:
Henri Neva
Hannu Sormunen
Junttila (Laatikainen, Ikonen) – 0:561–0
Hakanpää (Aaltonen, Junttila) – 1:192–0
Junttila (Masuhr, Huml) – 46:473–0
3–147:12 – Suomela (Seppälä, Sailio)
Nutivaara (Aho, Junttila) – 48:014–1
Junttila (SHG) – 58:465–1
8 minPenalties10 min
Oulun Kärpät won 5–3 on Aggregate.
8 December 2015
9:30		Lukko Finland1–1 (1–0 SO)
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1) (0–0) (1–0)		Finland TPSKivikylän Areena, Rauma
Attendance: 3,389
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Ryan ZapolskiGoaliesOskari SetänenReferees:
Tobias Björk
Patrik Sjöberg
Linesmen:
Markus Hagerström
Sakari Suominen
Vahalahti (Koivisto, Asplund) – 35:521–0
1–155:36 – Tikkanen
*Koivisto MISS Shootout*Perrin MISS
  • Numellin MISS
  • Kumeliauskas MISS
  • Kallio MISS
  • Spina MISS
    • 4 minPenalties6 min
    Lukko won 1–0 in a shootout after tying 4–4 on Aggregate.
    8 December 2015
    11:00    		Skellefteå AIK Sweden1–4
    (0–2, 1–0, 0–2)    		Switzerland HC DavosSkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
    Attendance: 2,134
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    Markus SvenssonGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
    Alexey Anisimov
    Anssi Salonen
    Linesmen:
    Johannes Käck
    Emil Yletyienen
    0–14:07 – Axelsson (Wieser)
    0–29:52 – Corvi (Wieser)
    Forssell (Ericsson, Burström) – 20:231–2
    1–350:32 – (SHG) Ambühl
    1–459:23 – (ENG) Lindgren (Dubois)
    6 minPenalties34 min
    HC Davos won 5–2 on Aggregate.
    8 December 2015
    12:00    		Frölunda HC Sweden5–4 (3–1 SO)
    (2–2, 3–1, 0–1) (0–0) (1–0)    		Sweden Luleå HFFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
    Attendance: 1,590
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    Joel LassinanttiGoaliesLars JohanssonReferees:
    Danny Kurmann
    Maxim Sidorenko
    Linesmen:
    Tobias Haster
    Henrik Pihlblad
    Sundström (Fantenberg, Bengtsson) – 5:091–0
    1–111:33 – (PP) Rajala (Micflikier, Lagace)
    Johnson (Lasch, Abbott) (PP 5 on 3) – 17:152–1
    2–218:36 – (SHG) Forsberg (Fabricius)
    Carlsson (Lehkonen, Figren) – 21:313–2
    3–321:42 – Mastomäki (Fabricius, Sigalet)
    Fantenberg (PP) – 28:314–3
    Abbott (Lundqvist) (PP) – 34:355–3
    5–446:12 – (PP) Harju (Sigalet, Schira)
    *Lasch GOAL Shootout*Lagace GOAL
  • Rajala MISS
  • Micflikier MISS
  • Harju MISS
    • 35 minPenalties16 min
    Frölunda HC won 3–1 in a shootout after tying 7–7 on Aggregate.

    Semi-finals

    The first legs were played on 12 January, and the second legs were played on 19 January 2016.

    Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
    Lukko Finland 4–5 Finland Kärpät 2–3 2–2
    HC Davos Switzerland 1–6[A] Sweden Frölunda HC 0–5 1–1
    12 January 2016
    9:30    		Lukko Finland2–3
    (2–1, 0–0, 0–2)    		Finland KärpätKivikylän Areena, Rauma
    Attendance: 2,063
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    Ryan ZapolskiGoaliesSami AittokallioReferees:
    Sören Persson
    Tobias Wehrli
    Linesmen:
    Joonas Saha
    Sakari Suominen
    Koivisto (Lahti, Ahonen) – 9:361–0
    Virtanen – 10:592–0
    2–114:40 – (PP) Kukkonen (Nutivaara, Pirnes)
    2–244:29 – Keränen (Nutivaara, Pirnes)
    2–353:16 – Aaltonen (Aho, Laatikainen)
    6 minPenalties4 min
    12 January 2016
    12:15    		HC Davos Switzerland0–5
    (0–1, 0–1, 0–3)    		Sweden Frölunda HCEisstadion Davos, Davos
    Attendance: 5,887
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    Leonardo GenoniGoaliesLars JohanssonReferees:
    Roman Gofman
    Daniel Piechaczek
    Linesmen:
    Roger Bürgi
    Simon Wust
    0–15:29 – (PP) Abbott (Lundqvist, Lasch)
    0–228:55 – Lehkonen
    0–340:43 – Lasch (Rosseli Olsen)
    0–448:00 – Larsson (Fantenberg, Sundström)
    0–559:04 – Larsson (Sundström
    16 minPenalties8 min

    Second Leg

    19 January 2016
    9:30    		Kärpät Finland2–2
    (0–0, 1–1, 1–1)    		Finland LukkoOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
    Attendance: 3,394
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    Sami AittokallioGoaliesRyan ZapolskiReferees:
    Gordon Schukies
    Marcus Vinnerborg
    Linesmen:
    Jani Pesonen
    Hannu Sormunen
    Pyörälä (Aho, Nutivaara) (PP) – 26:181–0
    1–131:02 – (PP) Kovisto (Asplund, Lahti)
    Nutivaara (Puljujarvi, Laatikainen) – 41:292–1
    2–254:23 – (PP) Lahti
    6 minPenalties8 min
    Oulun Kärpät won 5–4 on Aggregate.
    19 January 2016
    12:05    		Frölunda HC Sweden1–1
    (1–0, 0–1, 0–0)    		Switzerland HC DavosFrölundaborg, Gothenburg
    Attendance: 3,819
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    Lars JohanssonGoaliesLeonardo GenoniReferees:
    Stefan Fonselius
    Jozef Kubuš
    Linesmen:
    Tobias Haster
    Andreas Malmqvist
    Carlsson (Lehkonen, Figren) – 3:291–0
    1–121:29 – (PP) Ambühl (Corvi, Lindgren)
    10 minPenalties30 min
    Frölunda HC won 6–1 on Aggregate.
    Notes
    1. ^
      Order of legs reversed, since HC Davos home ice was unavailable on 19 January.[18]

    Final

    The final was played on 9 February 2016.

    9 February 2016
    18:30    		Kärpät Finland1–2
    (0–2, 0–0, 1–0)    		Sweden Frölunda HCOulun Energia Areena, Oulu
    Attendance: 6,200
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    Sami AittokallioGoaliesLars JohanssonReferees:
    Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
    Switzerland Marc Wiegand
    Linesmen:
    Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
    Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
    0–116:20 – R. Lasch (O. Fantenberg, J. Larsson)
    0–217:43 – S. Abbott (H. Tömmernes, J. Sundström)
    J. Keränen (S. Suoranta, A. Masuhr) (PP1) – 47:011–2
    2 minPenalties8 min
    19Shots23

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