Luleå – Fribourg 4:2 (end) | Eisbären – Gap 6:1 (end) | HV71 – SønderjyskE 7:1 (end)
Blues – Grenoble 4:2 (end) | Düsseldorf – TPS 4:5 (end) | Nitra – Liberec 0:9 (end)
Vienna – Krefeld 2:3 (2:3 after SO) | Zug – Djurgården 2:3 (end) | Genève – Storhamar 0:3 (end)
Braehead – Växjö 1:3 (end)
final
Espoo Blues
4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1)
Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups
Saturday 29.08.2015, 17:30 • Barona Areena • Champions League • Group 6
     
    Blues forward Timi Lahtinen: "Of course it was important to win through good battling. We have had difficulties to score a goal but at the same time we keep believing on ourselves and shooting a lot." (20:31:26)
     
    Shots on goal in the game: Blues 49, Grenoble 16.
     
    Blues players selected Markus Poukkula as their "hero of the game".
     
    No big chances for Grenoble late in the game. French team didn't pull their goalie.
     
    Game over.
     
    59:19
    Visiting team timeout.
     
    56:43
    Hirschovits, Kuukka and Kukkonen the defending trio for Blues. Grenoble with Baylacq, Chouinard, Thinel, Bouchard and Labrecque. No goal in the power play.
     
    54:28
    In a quick succession second penalty for Blues. Korhonen to the box for tripping in the offensive zone.
     
    54:11
    Makkonen has to take a penalty to defend Grenoble from scoring.
     
    Korhonen tries to shoot, Mustukovs saves from lower left corner.
     
    53:35
    Penalty shot for Blues! Korhonen is tripped in the breakaway.
     
    Bisaillon is back on the ice, so nothing serious happened to him.
     
    53:15
    Quick attack by Blues leads to a shot by Korhonen. Easily saved my Mustukovs.
     
    52:19
    Bisaillon struggles off the ice. He had to stay for one extra shift due to icing, but that was only few seconds. He goes straight to the visiting dressing room.
     
    50:48
    Goal for Grenoble!
    JONATHAN HARTY one-times a pass by Labrecque past Engstrand. Assisted by: Dave Labrecque and Danick Bouchard.
     
    50:06
    Kukkonen, who had just ended his previous penalty, shoots the puck over glass.
     
    46:53
    Goal for the Blues!
    Tiivola finds ROOPE TAJALA in the middle of Grenoble defensive quartet, and he doesn't miss. Assisted by: Peter Tiivola and Kim Hirschovits.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 25. Hirschovits (Poukkula, Vainio), 34. Poukkula (Kuukka, Vainio), 43. Lahtinen (Rantakari, Tiivola), 47. Talaja (Tiivola, Hirschovits) – 15. Tartari (Harty, Bouchard), 51. Harty (Labrecque, Bouchard)

    Espoo Blues: Engstrand (Kähkönen) – Kukkonen, Rantakari, Kuukka, Vainio, Seppälä, Westermarck – Korhonen, Hirschovits, Poukkula – Talaja, Makkonen, Somervuori – Sailio, Liivik, Saari – Lahtinen, Tiivola, Rooba – Kangasniemi, Pitkänen.
    Grenoble Brûleurs de Loups: Mustukovs (Goy) – Bisaillon, Barlock, Faure, Favarin, Scolari, Harty, Favre-Felix – Chouinard, Thinel, Perret – Gauthier, Labreqcue, Bouchard – Baylacq, Kalus, Tartari – Lamirault, Lamboley, Chapuis.
    Referees: Ansons (LAT), Salonen – Kiilunen, Neva (All FIN)