TPS – Linz 6:1 (end) | Košice – Munich 2:4 (end) | Djurgården – Tappara 2:4 (end)
SønderjyskE – Salzburg 4:1 (end) | Stavanger – Třinec 4:1 (end) | Storhamar – Sparta 2:3 (end)
Frölunda – Sheffield 9:1 (end) | Växjö – Braehead 10:2 (end) | Krefeld – Kärpät 0:2 (end)
Fribourg – Lukko 3:4 (1:2 after SO) | Färjestad – Davos 0:4 (end) | Gap – Zürich 4:5 (end)
final
TPS Turku
6:1 (2:0, 2:0, 2:1)
Black Wings Linz
Thursday 20.08.2015, 17:30 • HK Areena • Champions League • Group 7
     
    Linz's head coach Rob Daum:

    - They were much better than us. They deserved the win and 6-1 is probably fair based on the game.

    - I think the only positive things for us is that it's 20th August, not 20th January and nobody got hurt. It's the second game this year and we want to progress every game, which we didn't this time. That's what we'll do on Saturday in Düsseldorf.



    TPS' head coach Ari-Pekka Selin:

    - I'm proud of our team. The preparations were very good today and the start of the game was good. We have been together only two or three weeks and it's important to start like this at home. And of course our first line was strong.

    - Teemu Lassila played a very good game today. Linz's forwards were very dangerous and played straight to the net. (20:52:28)
     
    Shots from the third period: TPS 10, Linz 7.
     
    TPS win the match 6-1! Linz had some good phases in the first period, but after that TPS took the charge and beat the away team pretty easily.
     
    Game over.
     
    55:02
    Goal for TPS!
    ILKKA PIKKARAINEN gets the puck and shoots high! Ouzas isn't able to stop the shot. Dave Spina passes the puck to Pikkarainen even though he was laying on the ice.
    53:17. HISEY - 5:1
     
    53:17
    Goal for Linz!
    ROB HISEY deflects Marc-Andre Dorin's shot to the net. Olivier Latendresse is the second assistant of this power play goal. 5-1
     
    53:04
    TPS' Mojzis pushes Linz's player to the ice and gets a penalty for interference.
     
    51:35
    4150 spectators in Turku today!
     
    50:01
    TPS' Ahtola has a break-away chance but Ouzas saves.
     
    48:36
    TPS icing.
     
    47:44
    TPS had the puck on the powerplay but didn't get any good scoring opportunities.
     
    45:44
    Daniel Mitterdorfer trips TPS' Tikkanen behind Linz's goal and goes to the box for two minutes.
     
    41:58
    In the second period TPS shot 17 times, Linz 11 times.
     
    41:57
    Goal for TPS!
    HARRI TIKKANEN shoots on powerplay to the left corner of the net and scores! VILLE-VESA VAINIOLA assisted the goal.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Third period starts 19.11.
     
    TPS controlled the game in the second period. Linz didn't have good scoring opportunities even on powerplays.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:59
    Linz have too many players on ice. Ulmer goes to box.
     
    38:14
    Goal for TPS!
    JERRY AHTOLA scores at the same time TPS' penalty ends. Goaltender TEEMU LASSILA passes the puck to Ahtola who takes the puck to the offence zone and shoots it pass Ouzas. 4-0
     
    36:14
    Another penalty for TPS. Elias Karvonen goes to the box for tripping.
     
    35:44
    TPS Petteri Nummelin shoots from the blueline, Ouzas save.
     
    35:15
    Linz Patrick Spannring shots from the point and Jason Ulmer tries from the rebound, but Lassila saves.
     
    34:06
    Linz shots a couple of times on the powerplay, but TPS had no problem to keep them from scoring.
     
    32:06
    TPS Friman to the penalty box again. For holding this time.
     
    30:57
    Kumeliauskas drives to the net but Ouzas saves again.
     
    30:19
    Linz wakes up. First shot on Lassila in five minutes.
     
    29:35
    There are a lot of good opportunities for TPS to score again. Tukonen after Kumeliauskas' pass, Pikkarainen from the break-away and Ahtola from the one-timer. Ouzas keeps his team alive.
     
    26:26
    No goal for Linz on powerplay.
     
    26:20
    Piche shots hard and McLean tries from the rebound but Lassila saves.
     
    24:26
    TPS Niklas Friman takes two minute penalty for interference.
    24:05. TUKONEN - 3:0
     
    24:05
    Goal for TPS!
    LAURI TUKONEN finishes his hattrick! Nice wristshot to the top corner of the net. Assisted by: Tadas Kumeliauskas, Tomi Kallio. It was Kallio's third assist of the game. 3-0
     
    22:20
    TPS take the control in the first minutes of the second period.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Shots from the first period: TPS 15, Linz 8.
     
    The second period will begin at 19:22 EET, 18:22 CET.
     
    Linz had some chances in the first period, but TPS finished better.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:41
    Goal for TPS!
    Once again it's Kallio to LAURI TUKONEN with the one-time shot! This time the pass comes from the right wing boards and Tukonen shoots from the top of the slot. Power-play goal.
    Assisted by Toni Kallio. 2-0.
     
    19:29
    Spina steals the puck in front of Linz's net but Ouzas saves again.
     
    18:54
    Linz penalty. Daniel Oberkofler takes two minutes for hooking. TPS power play.
     
    16:48
    Tikkanen breaks to the net but Ouzas saves.
     
    15:55
    Linz don't succeed on the powerplay, TPS have a good attack short-handed though.
     
    13:55
    Toni Kallio of TPS shoots the puck over the glass and goes to the box for delaying the game. Power play Linz.
     
    12:55
    TPS had a good pressure after the goal, but now Linz woke up again.
    06:25. TUKONEN - 1:0
     
    06:25
    Goal for TPS!
    From down low Kallio passes in front to LAURI TUKONEN, who one-times the shot into the net from the top of the crease.
    Assisted by: Tomi Kallio, Petteri Nummelin. 1-0
     
    05:24
    Linz take the control again after the penalty. Lassila saves a couple of times.
     
    04:24
    TPS didn't score on the powerplay but had a couple of good chances.
     
    03:32
    TPS get their first shot on the powerplay in the front of the net. Ouzas shuts it.
     
    02:25
    Linz takes the first penalty of the match. Patrick Spanning goes to the box for cross-checking. TPS power play.
     
    01:01
    Offside, Linz.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting Lineups:

    TPS Turku: Lassila (Georgiyev) – Nummelin, Tallinder, Mojžíš, Forsström, Friman, Tikkanen, Eronen – Tukonen, Kumeliauskas, Kallio, Pikkarainen, Vainiola, Spina, Ahtola, Koskiranta, Karvonen, Vähätalo, Virtanen, Salo, Moisio

    Black Wings Linz: Ouzas (Dechel) – Piche, Dorion, Altmann, Palin, Lukas, Fechtig, Mitterdorfer, Mayrhauser – Kozek, DaSilva, McLean, Latendresse, Hisey, Hofer, Spannring, Oberkofler, Ulmer, Göhringer, Lukas, Moderer

    Referees: Odinš (LAT), Kaukokari – Hägerström, Suominen (All FIN).
     
    The first CHL match of the season is placed in Turku, Finland. TPS Turku is head-to-head with a CHL newcomer Black Wings Linz in the group G.

    TPS acquired some interesting players during the summer, for example former NHL-players Henrik Tallinder and Éric Perrin arrive in Turku for the new season. Also after spending 15 years in the NHL and Sweden, Tomi Kallio returns to Turku. 38-year-old Kallio, who was born in Turku, is also the new captain of the team.

    - I like the mix we have put together. We have a lot of experience and even more of it later on, when Eric Perrin joins the team. We have a good bunch of eager young guys to accompany the experienced players, a former NHL-goaltender, TPS' GM Antero Niittymäki says.

    TPS seems to be a great team on paper, but the team have had some struggles in pre-season games. Turku have played six games this summer and won only two of them. TPS surely has a lot of potential, but there's still much work to do.

    - There has been quite a bit of changes. The team is new, coaching staff is new too. It is still a work in progress, as the pre-season exhibitions have shown, but I believe our strengths will start showing on the ice as the games begin properly, Niittymäki admits.

    Black Wings Linz also got a lot of NHL experience as they signed Brett McLean from HC Lugano. McLean played almost 400 NHL games in Chicago, Colorado and Florida.

    Linz played their first pre-season game on friday, when München Red Bull beat the team 5-2. Linz is surely hungry for success after three consecutive semifinal losses in the Austrian league EBEL. Linz hunts their first CHL win in Turku.

    - We know little to nothing about our opponents, so we are going to focus on our game and our system. As an athlete you always look for new challenges. The Champions Hockey League is a new league and will show us where we stand, Linz's captain Philipp Lukas says.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 17:30.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Tukonen (Kallio, Nummelin), 20. Tukonen (Kallio), 25. Tukonen (Kumeliauskas, Kallio), 39. Ahtola (Lassila), 42. Tikkanen (Vainiola), 56. Pikkarainen (Spina) – 54. Hisey (Dorion, Latendresse)

    TPS Turku: Lassila (Georgiyev) – Nummelin, Tallinder, Mojžíš, Forsström, Friman, Tikkanen, Eronen – Tukonen, Kumeliauskas, Kallio – Pikkarainen, Vainiola, Spina – Ahtola, Koskiranta, Karvonen – Vähätalo, Virtanen, Salo – Moisio.
    Black Wings Linz: Ouzas (Dechel) – Piche, Dorion, Altmann, Palin, Lukas, Fechtig, Mitterdorfer, Mayrhauser – Kozek, DaSilva, McLean – Latendresse, Hisey, Hofer – Spannring, Oberkofler, Ulmer – Göhringer, Lukas, Moderer.
    Referees: Odinš (LAT), Kaukokari – Hägerström, Suominen (All FIN)
    Attendance: 4150