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Champions Hockey League gameday liveblog (21.8.2014)
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Today's game schedule (times CET):
17:00 Vítkovice Ostrava – ERC Ingolstadt 5:1
17:30 Oceláři Třinec – SC Bern 7:0
17:30 Tappara Tampere – Stavanger Oilers 7:3
17:30 KalPa Kuopio – Sparta Prague 4:5so
19:30 Kölner Haie – HC Košice 2:1
19:30 Krefeld Pinguine – Skellefteå AIK 1:2
19:30 Vienna Capitals – Färjestad Karlstad 4:1
19:45 Genève-Servette – Frölunda Gothenburg 4:3
19:45 EV Zug – SaiPa Lappeenranta 1:2
19:45 ZSC Lions Zurich – Vålerenga Olso 4:1
19:45 Diables Rouges Briançon – Villach SV 1:2
20:00 SønderjyskE Vojens – IFK Helsinki 4:5so
20:00 Bílí Tygři Liberec – Kärpät Oulu 3:4
20:05 Djurgården Stockholm – Fribourg-Gottéron 5:4ot
20:05 Växjö Lakers – Adler Mannheim 6:1
Today's game schedule (times CET):
17:00 Vítkovice Ostrava – ERC Ingolstadt 5:1
17:30 Oceláři Třinec – SC Bern 7:0
17:30 Tappara Tampere – Stavanger Oilers 7:3
17:30 KalPa Kuopio – Sparta Prague 4:5so
19:30 Kölner Haie – HC Košice 2:1
19:30 Krefeld Pinguine – Skellefteå AIK 1:2
19:30 Vienna Capitals – Färjestad Karlstad 4:1
19:45 Genève-Servette – Frölunda Gothenburg 4:3
19:45 EV Zug – SaiPa Lappeenranta 1:2
19:45 ZSC Lions Zurich – Vålerenga Olso 4:1
19:45 Diables Rouges Briançon – Villach SV 1:2
20:00 SønderjyskE Vojens – IFK Helsinki 4:5so
20:00 Bílí Tygři Liberec – Kärpät Oulu 3:4
20:05 Djurgården Stockholm – Fribourg-Gottéron 5:4ot
20:05 Växjö Lakers – Adler Mannheim 6:1
17:00 Vítkovice Ostrava – ERC Ingolstadt 5:1
17:30 Oceláři Třinec – SC Bern 7:0
17:30 Tappara Tampere – Stavanger Oilers 7:3
17:30 KalPa Kuopio – Sparta Prague 4:5so
19:30 Kölner Haie – HC Košice 2:1
19:30 Krefeld Pinguine – Skellefteå AIK 1:2
19:30 Vienna Capitals – Färjestad Karlstad 4:1
19:45 Genève-Servette – Frölunda Gothenburg 4:3
19:45 EV Zug – SaiPa Lappeenranta 1:2
19:45 ZSC Lions Zurich – Vålerenga Olso 4:1
19:45 Diables Rouges Briançon – Villach SV 1:2
20:00 SønderjyskE Vojens – IFK Helsinki 4:5so
20:00 Bílí Tygři Liberec – Kärpät Oulu 3:4
20:05 Djurgården Stockholm – Fribourg-Gottéron 5:4ot
20:05 Växjö Lakers – Adler Mannheim 6:1
Herberts Vasiljevs (captain, Krefeld Pinguine): "In the second period, the Swedish team got better. We made a few mistakes and it cost us the game. We need more structure in our game. We can't let the other guys to do what they want like they did."
Hans Wallson (coach, Skellefteå AIK): "It was a tough game. Krefeld was better in the first period, but then we started growing. We're happy to win. We have twelve new players and it was a difficult game to win."
Václav Varaďa, assistant coach Oceláři Třinec:
„I have to admit that we expected this game to be harder than it was. We knew that Bern is very good team and is hard to defeat. We had a good beginning of the game, we scored some goals. Then we played more relaxed and it was visible on our play. We really wanted to win today, we expected huge attendance because Bern is very attractive opponent. It's great to play against strong team in the Champions Hockey League.“
Guy Boucher, Headcoach SC Bern:
„They came out really strong, they had a lot of pressure in our zone and we had troubles to play in first seven, ten minutes. We had really bad penalty killing, after that we were just playing a catch-up hockey. We didn't play it well, they were transiting very fast. I am surprised by seven and by how we showed up. But I'm not surprised that Trinec is a good team. We knew it. We need to be better in next games, that's for sure.“
Apart from Trončinský, whose shorthanded goal will be definitely among CHL highlights, other notable player of Oceláři Třinec is Zbyněk Irgl. After 7 long years in Russia he decided to return, but 33-years-old winger did not join his hometown club of Vitkovice, but decided to move to Trinec, which is only a 30 km away from Ostrava. Vitkovice fans got upset and Irgl will have a tough time playing there during the season. But three assists in the first CHL game shows, how valuable Irgl could be for Třinec.
Great introduction to professional hockey for the 19-years-old Zdráhal, who scored twice in the game and added one assist. He spent last two seasons in QMJHL, but returned home this summer and it seems that it was a smart decision. Scoring twice in his first CHL game without a single appearance in Czech extraliga before, that's impressive!
Sparta finished 1st in the Czech Extraliga regular season last year but were eliminated in the semi-finals. At the other end of the spectrum, KalPa Kuopio finished last place in the Finnish Liiga.
Djurgården is returning to the Swedish Hockey League after being promoted from Sweden's second tier at the end of last season, while Fribourg finished 2nd in the Swiss NLA regular season before falling to the Kloten Flyers in the semi-finals.
This is a good time to remind you that the puck used to score the first CHL goal today will be immediately removed from the game and afterward be sent to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. That will probably happen in the Vítkovice Ostrava – ERC Ingolstadt game at 17:00 CET. If the first period is scoreless, however, three more games start at 17:30, and the first goal could be scored in Třinec, Tampere or Kuopio as well.
The second game starts 50 km away in Třinec, who host SC Bern at 17:30. If the first period in Ostrava is scoreless, the second game also becomes a candidate to see the first goal.
17:00 Vítkovice Ostrava – ERC Ingolstadt
17:30 Oceláři Třinec – SC Bern
17:30 Tappara Tampere – Stavanger Oilers
17:30 KalPa Kuopio – Sparta Prague
19:30 Kölner Haie – HC Košice
19:30 Krefeld Pinguine – Skellefteå AIK
19:30 Vienna Capitals – Färjestad Karlstad
19:45 Genève-Servette – Frölunda Gothenburg
19:45 EV Zug – SaiPa Lappeenranta
19:45 ZSC Lions Zurich – Vålerenga Olso
19:45 Diables Rouges Briançon – Villach SV
20:00 SønderjyskE Vojens – IFK Helsinki
20:00 Bílí Tygři Liberec – Kärpät Oulu
20:05 Djurgården Stockholm – Fribourg-Gottéron
20:05 Växjö Lakers – Adler Mannheim