No more chances in this game. Final score 2-2.

Game is whistled down for a hand pass.

Fribourg tries to relaunch another attack.

In case this game ends with a tie, there will be no overtime. The decision, who will pass in this series will be made next week in the finnish capital.

Conz covers the puck.

Less than five minutes left... will there be another goal in this game?

Icing Helsinki.

HIFK is back at full strength.

Tambellini shoots just wide.

Good powerplay so far, but Fribourg doesn't get the puck on target.

We are back at 5-on-5 hockey, as Mottet leaves the box.

Again the puck is far away from the swiss net.

But a bad pass at the blue line and the puck is cleared.

Helsinki is in the zone...

Zaborsky can not pass the defense.

Power break. The home crowd is cheering for its team, who is back in the lead!

Nice play by Fritsche, but his shot is denied by Husso.

A shot by Kwiatkowski goes wide.

Husso covers the puck. Face-off in front of the HIFK net.

Attendance for this game is 1171.

Icing Helsinki.

Fribourg is back at full strength.

Fribourg clears it down the ice.

46 seconds left in this powerplay.

Conz blocks the puck.

Zaborsky with a first shot, but the puck goes wide.

Here we go!

A last shot by Bruegger and then the horn ends tis period.

CTS Ramstedt with a pass to Grillfors, but he loses control and the puck is blocked by Conz.

One minute to go in the second period.

Offside call against Helsinki.

Play is stopped as the puck goes over the boards.

Hasani with a puck for Mottet, but Husso can stop this one... and on the conter-attack Helsinki gets a decent chance, but this one is too high!

Icing Helsinki – the face-off is given on the other end oft the rink.

Tambellini with a puck in the slot, but Husso grabs it.

Offside Fribourg.

Pouliot enters the offense-zone and is held back. But the referee does not whistle down the game in this situation.

Fribourg with the puck behind their own net.

The second period is much more interesting for the fans. And finally both sides found the way to the net.

Time for another power break.

Conz stopps the puck.

The puck hits the big screen above center-ice and play is stopped.

Offside call against IFK.

Fribourg intercepts the puck but the pass is not well timed...

Helsinki is playing at full strength.

On the other side, Zaborsky with a shot – shorthanded – but the puck is deflected by Conz.

Goldobin is on in the penalty box for his team.

Offside HIFK – power break.

Now the game goes up and down the ice, with shots for both teams but the goaltenders are on their spot.

Blomqvist is all alone going for the equalizer, but what a play by Ngoy who picks the puck from his stick.

Fribourg is playing at full strength, IFK did not create real danger on this powerplay.

IFK Herlsinki is back at full strength, and tries to show a reaction on their powerplay.

Fribourg is in the zone now.

Fribourg with some decent chances, but still Husso has a blank sheet. No gaols in the first period.

The puck is blocked, 21 seconds to go in the first period.

Another good chance for Mottet, saved by Husso.

Kwiatkowski with a rush, plays the puck to Mauldin.

Helsinki intercepts the puck at the blue line and gets two dangerous chances, but still the puck did not cross the line.

Icing Fribourg.

The defenders of both teams are playing strong so far.

CTS Ramstedt finds his teammate, but Teppo's shot is stopped by Conz.

Mauldin is denied by Husso.

Five minutes to go in the first period.

Fribourg has the puck under control.

A shot from Tarkkanen is stopped by Conz – next power break.

Asten is all alone, but the puck goes wide.

Mauldin centers but no other Fribourg attacker is in front of the net.

Fribourg clears it down, but there is an Icing call.

Heikkinen shoots wide.

Mottet with a shot from the slot, but Husso is there with his pad. Still scoreless.

Conz grabs a bouncing puck. Face-off in front of the net of Fribourg.

A shot from Wildhaber is blocked.

Helsinki intercepts all attempts by Fribourg early in the neutral zone.

What a play by Goldobin, but no teammate can take profit of his work. Fribourg clears the puck.

Offside Helsinki – and time for a power break.

The puck is still in the defense zone of the home side, but no more danger so far.

Conz blocks the puck after a shot by Blomqvist.

Offside Fribourg.

Goldobin shoots, denied by Conz.

Fribourg dumps the puck in and in the end there is Ness in dangerous position, but Husso closes the angle.

Good chance for Auvitu, but Conz stopps it with a stick-save.

The first attempt by Fribourg, but no danger after the shot from Tambellini.

Icing call against Helsinki.

First shot for IFK by Ikonen, but Conz is there.

Helsinki wins the face-off.

The players are on the ice – ready for the action!

The referees for this game are Manuel Nikolic from Austria and Robin Sir from Czech Republic, assisted by the swiss linesmen Roman Kaderli and Balazs Kovacs.

For the coach of the finnish side, Antti Tormänen, this game is also a return to a place where he celebrated one of his biggest victories as a coach so far. It was in 2013, when Tormänen defeated Fribourg-Goittöson with his team SC Berne in the swiss playoff-finals to win the championship.

The question for the home crowd is, if they are going to see Fribourg in Champions League shape (as they played very well in this competition so far) or if there will be the same problems they encountered in the first part of the national championship.

The teams are on the ice for the warm-up session. No big surprises in the line-ups, but Fribourg has with some very young players tonight, especially in defense – due to several injurys.
In front of the net for the home side starts Benjamin Conz, the starting goaltender for Helsinki is Ville Husso. Cramo Topscorers: Greg Mauldin for Fribourg, Teemu Ramstedt for IFK Helsinki.

Starting lineups:

Fribourg-Gottéron: Conz (Nyffeler) – Kwiatkowski, Ngoy, Huguenin, Montandon, Kamerzin, Schilt, Knutti, Wildhaber – Plüss, Dubé, Sprunger – Tambellini, Pouliot, Mauldin – Hasani, Ness, Mottet – Bruegger, Marchon, Fritsche

IFK Helsinki: Husso (Lankinen) – Grillfors, Honkaheimo, Heikkinen, Auvitu, Teppo, Salmi, Tarkkanen – Ikonen, Elkins, Zaborsky – Asten, Ramstedt, Goldobin – Partanen, Nykopp, Lamberg – Tamminen, Luttinen, Blomqvist

Referees: Sir (CZE), Nikolic (AUT) – Kaderli (SUI), Kovacs (SUI).

My name is Alain Hauert and I will be your live reporter for tonights game.

Welcome to BCF-arena in Fribourg for this match between Fribourg-Gottéron and IFK Helsinki.

In this eighth-final game of this years CHL season, Fribourg-Gottéron will meet IFK Helsinki. Even the swiss side was the seeded team and would normally by winning the group stage in Group D (with PSG Zlin, Eisbären Berlin and Djurgarden Stockholm) also have won the home ice advantage for this first play-off round, the first game will take place in Fribourg. This is due to the fact, that the home arena of IFK Helsinki was not free on the scheduled day for the first game.

This is one more reason why Fribourg-Gotteron will have to play a strong first match, if the team wants to continue its way through Europe this season.
Actually Fribourg-Gottéron has shown two very different faces to the fans so far. In CHL the team played very well, especially in the defense and did not allow many goals against. In the national championship NLA, on the other side, the "dragons" had a very bad start. As they were able to get 9 points out of the last 4 games, the team is now a little relaunched, but Fribourg still has to win games for getting a playoff-spot in march.

The opponent for the swiss in this eighth-final is IFK Helsinki. The team from the finnish capital was second in their Group behind Skelleftea AIK, but they qualified also for the Playoff-stage, as one of the five best-performing runner-ups. In total they were able to win 14 points in the CHL group-stage, which means they totalized exactly the same number of points as Fribourg. In their home championship Liiga, HIFK is placed in 7th position.

Also there are two games to decide which team will continue the european adventure and qualify for the next round, the first game is important. Fribourg must show, that changing home ice will not be an error and trying to get a good situation for the second game in Finland next week, while Helsinki is trying to prepare a good base for their qualification they would like to celebrate with their fans on november 11 at their home arena.

Welcome. Game starts at 19:45.