Vitkovice – Ingolstadt 5:1 (end) | Třinec – Bern 7:0 (end) | Tappara – Stavanger 7:3 (end)
Kuopio – Sparta 4:5 (2:3 after SO) | Köln – Košice 2:1 (end) | Vienna – Färjestad 4:1 (end)
Krefeld – Skellefteå 1:2 (end) | Zürich – Vålerenga 4:1 (end) | Genève – Frölunda 4:3 (end)
Briançon – Villach 1:2 (end) | Zug – SaiPa 1:2 (end) | Liberec – Kärpät 3:4 (end)
SønderjyskE – IFK Helsinki 4:5 (0:2 after SO) | Djurgården – Fribourg 5:4 (after OT) | Växjö – Mannheim 6:1 (end)
final
Kölner Haie
2:1 (1:0, 1:1, 0:0)
HC Košice
Thursday 21.08.2014, 19:30 • LANXESS arena • Champions League
     
    That was a close one! Köln takes the first points in Group A with a 2-1 win over HC Kosice. Give full respect to the guests who battled hard and never gave up, even took out goaltender Melichercik with 85 seconds left. But Kölns defense stood tall and wouldn't let Kosice score again in an highly intense third period. (21:42:24)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:28
    Empty Net Kosice.
     
    58:54
    Big scramble in front of aus den Birken. Kosice just can not find the way to beat the German netminder.
     
    58:27
    Visiting team timeout.
     
    58:00
    Exciting last period with 2 minutes remaining. Cologne with a lot of pressure towards Melichercik.
     
    56:25
    Tic-tac-passes from Falk to Marcel Müller in front of Melichercik, who stays big in his net and makes an important save for his team.
     
    55:17
    Cologne kills the penalty. A bit more than 4 minutes to go.
     
    54:47
    Kloucek with a nice tip in try infront of aus den Birken but misses the net. Cologne clears the zone with 30 seconds remaining on the penalty.
     
    53:17
    2 minutes penalty against Jamie Johnson (Kölner Haie) for Slashing.
     
    52:59
    Every shot on goal is important at this stage of the game. Marcel Müller tries a bad angle shot, but Melichercik turns it into the crowd.
     
    52:19
    Not only battles on the boards but also in front of the goal of Melichercik, which moves the net and we get a faceoff in the offensive zone for Cologne.
     
    50:19
    The Haie are generating more pressure in the Slovakian zone. Intense battles on the boards followed by more shots on goal.
     
    49:52
    Cologne is coming back with a huge breakaway chance right after Kosice's powerplay. Another shot finds the glove of Melichercik a few seconds later. 10 minutes remaining.
     
    48:39
    Penalty over. Cologne with five players again.
     
    46:39
    2 minutes penalty against Chris Minard (Kölner Haie) for Slashing.
     
    45:57
    Back and forth between both ends of the ice without any good chances. Looks like the calm before the storm?
     
    44:09
    Cologne seems to be a bit nervous, but are still trying to control the game. They are giving away too much pucks though.
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    Robert Heppekausen

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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 13. Sulzer (Johnson), 35. Falk (Gogulla) – 39. Bicek (Kolena)

    Kölner Haie: Aus den Birken (Stefaniszin) – Sulzer, Mo. Müller – Krupp, Tjärnqvist – Ankert, Lüdemann – Schmolz, Zerressen – Rankin, Falk, Ma. Müller – Minard, Johnson, Gogulla – Tripp, Stephens, Ohmann – Riefers, Pfohl, Weiss
    HC Košice: Melichercik (Hylak) – Cernak, Philipp – Cebak, Janosik – Drgon, Kloucek – Macejko, Strbak – Spilar, Bartos, Jencik – Hrnka, Zagrapan, Bartanus – Bicek, Cesik, Kolena – Hindos, Chovan, Stupka
    Referees: S. Persson (SWE), M. Krawinkel (GER) – B. Hoppe (GER), Ch. Hurtik (GER)
    Attendance: 3774