Kärpät – Köln 3:2 (after SO) | Pardubice – Linköping 3:6 (end) | Lukko – Nottingham 6:2 (end)
Salzburg – JYP 4:0 (end) | Kloten – HV71 0:5 (end) | Bolzano – TPS 4:2 (end)
Djurgården – Eisbären 3:2 (end) | Luleå – Hamburg 6:0 (end)
final
Lukko Rauma
6:2 (4:0, 1:1, 1:1)
Nottingham Panthers
Friday 05.09.2014, 17:30 • Kivikylän Areena • Champions League
     
    Game ends to Lukko's victory. There were fine line between the teams and it can be seen on the result. (19:52:05)
     
    60:00
    Game over.
     
    59:27
    Cody Wild is showing his skills and makes great spin o rama on the defensive blue line.
     
    58:42
    Penalty for Janne Lahti for interference.
     
    56:42
    Goal Panthers!
    Greg Jacina gives great pass for BRANDON BENEDICT and he shoot immediatly. Setänen doesn't have chance. Assisted by: Greg Jacina, Cody Wild.
     
    56:09
    Penalty for Ilkka Mikkola for hooking.
     
    56:09
    Nottingham Panthers head coach Corey Neilson tooks time out.
     
    55:58
    Bruce Graham tackles nicely Ilkka Mikkola and Panthers get to the puck.
     
    51:40
    Very nice body check by Toni Suuronen to Charles Landry. Landry falls to ice and goes to the bench.
     
    48:40
    Panthers can't get to offensive zone. Only way they can get past the red line is dump and chase.
     
    47:03
    Nottingham Panthers is full strenght.
     
    45:03
    Penalty for Bryan Schmidt for hooking.
     
    44:43
    Goal for Lukko!
    Nice moves with the puck by Toni Koivisto, but Steve Lee plays it well. HENRIK KOIVISTO comes from behind, takes the puck and shoot it in. Assisted by: Toni Koivisto.
     
    42:34
    Few of Lukko's player are arrogant and selfish with their decisions, but Panthers can't harm goalkeeper Setänen. Their speed is not enough to get scoring chances.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Lukko changes goalie for the third period. Ryan Zapolski leaves the rink and Oskari Setänen replaces him.
     
    Game has been fully on Lukko's control. One goal, that Nottingham Panthers scored doesn't change that thing.
     
    Goalies saves on the second period: Zapolski 2, Kowalski 6.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:45
    Harri Tikkanen shoots from the blue line and Janne Lahti gets his stick on it. Craig Kowalski saves it with his elbow.
     
    38:11
    Penalty for Bruce Graham for slashing.
     
    37:06
    Lukko gets to great 2 on 1 attack. Janne Lahti passes it to Toni Koivisto, but his shot goes over the Panthers goal.
     
    35:09
    Goal for Lukko Rauma!
    Lukko makes it 5-1. Sharp wrist shot by Lukko's Cramo Top Scorer JERRY AHTOLA and Panthers can't celebrate for long. Assisted by: Eetu Koski, Harri Tikkanen.
     
    34:24
    Goal for Nottingham Panthers!
    Great pass from the pack of the net to EVAN MOSEY who scores first goal for his team. Assisted by: Nathan Robinson, Brandon Benedict.
     
    32:45
    Craig Kowalski gets to the puck, but turns it right to the Jerry Ahtola. Puck unfortunatelly goes away of his stick and Panthers goalie can breathe for a while.
     
    32:18
    Home team at full strength.
     
    30:18
    Penalty for Ilkka Mikkola for slashing.
     
    25:20
    Second period has started same way that first period ended. Lukko is playing on Panthers end and Panthers have hard time to survive.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    As you can see from the numbers, first period was Lukko's period. Nottingham was really in trouble with the home team.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:07
    Goal for Lukko Rauma!
    Lukko comes to offensive zone, Ahtola passes to JESPER PIITULAINEN and he shoots it in. Assisted by: Jerry Ahtola.
     
    17:14
    Penalty for Chris Lawrence for interference.
     
    17:01
    Goal for Lukko Rauma!
    JANNE NISKALA gets pass on offensive zone, dances with the puck and lazy shot is going in. Easy puck for Kowalski. Assisted by: Aaron Gagnon, Ville Valalahti.
     
    16:04
    Jonne Virtanen gives to Mike Berube little peace of stick and that's not what Panthers likes. Virtanen has little chat with Berube and his team mates.
     
    13:06
    Goal for Lukko Rauma!
    Aaron Gagnon forechecks the puck and gives it to Nurmi. He passes it to VILLE VAHALAHTI and he has no problem scoring from there. Assisted by: Teemu Nurmi, Aaron Gagnon.

     
    10:30
    Panthers creates dangerous scoring chance, but Ryan Zapolski saves with his glove. Bruce Graham didn't get good enough shot.
     
    08:03
    Jonne Virtanen is on break away, but his shot goes from Kowalski's elbow over the goal.
     
    06:54
    Goal for Lukko Rauma!
    Panthers can't get the puck away from their defensive zone and AARON GAGNON strikes. He comes behind the net, shoots on the left and Lukko leads. Assists: Ville Vahalahti and Teemu Nurmi.
     
    05:52
    Nottingham Panthers have problems with Lukko's speed and strenght. Game has been mostly in Panthers defensive zone. Panthers goalie Craig Kowalski is keeping them up.
     
    4:01
    Nottingham Panthers are full strength.
     
    3:05
    Lukko's powerplay is nice, but so far Panthers has survived.
     
    2:01
    First penalty of the game. Brandon Benedict two minutes for hooking.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (Setänen) – Mikkola, Je. Virtanen, Niskala, Tikkanen, Jaatinen, Forsberg – Vahalahti, Gagnon , Nurmi – T. Koivisto, H. Koivisto, Lahti – Ahtola, Jo. Virtanen, Piitulainen – Sipiläinen, Riska, Nieminen, Suuronen, Koski.

    Nottingham Panthers: Kowalski (Green) – Berube, Cohen, Lee, Wild, Schmidt, Landry, Mosey, Oakford – Graham, Benedict, Robinson – Lachowicz, Lawrence, Boxill – Langelier-Parent, Farmer, Jacina.

    Referees: M. Holm (SWE), A. Boman (FIN) – J. Saha (FIN), S. Suominen (FIN).

     
    Champions Hockey League continues after break, that lasted one and half weeks.

    Lukko tries to continue it's victorious run on CHL. Lukko took three points against Nottingham Panthers by 4-2 victory and Hamburg Freezers fell against finns 3-0. Only thing that keeps Lukko away from top place of the group K is Luleå's better goal difference.

    For Nottingham the start of CHL wasn't so good. Panthers lost first at home for Lukko 4-2, but this was just the beginning. Panthers didn't got any chance, when Luleå came and won 10-1.

    Lukko's Cramo Top Scorer at this game will be Jerry Ahtola with two goals and one assist. Cramo Top Scorer's jersey at Panthers team will be put on by defender Steve Lee, who scored two goals against Lukko
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Gagnon (Valalahti, Nurmi), 14. Vahalahti (Nurmi, Gagnon), 18. Niskala (Gagnon, Vahalahti), 20. Piitulainen (Ahtola), 36. Ahtola (Koski, Tikkanen), 45. H. Koivisto (Koivisto) – 35. Mosey (Robinson, Benedict), 57. Benedict (Jacina, Wild)

    Lukko Rauma: Zapolski (41. Setänen) – Mikkola, Je. Virtanen, Niskala, Tikkanen, Jaatinen, Forsberg – Vahalahti, Gagnon , Nurmi – T. Koivisto, H. Koivisto, Lahti – Ahtola, Jo. Virtanen, Piitulainen – Sipiläinen, Riska, Nieminen, Suuronen, Koski.
    Nottingham Panthers: Kowalski (Green) – Berube, Cohen, Lee, Wild, Schmidt, Landry, Mosey, Oakford – Graham, Benedict, Robinson – Lachowicz, Lawrence, Boxill – Langelier-Parent, Farmer, Jacina.
    Referees: M. Holm (SWE), A. Boman (FIN) – J. Saha (FIN), S. Suominen (FIN)
    Attendance: 3072