Lukko – Djurgården 2:1 (end) | Kärpät – Sparta 4:1 (end) | Luleå – Tappara 5:0 (end)
Skellefteå – Eisbären 2:1 (end) | Storhamar – TPS 1:2 (end) | Davos – Liberec 4:3 (end)
Frölunda – Litvínov 6:0 (end) | HV71 – Blues 1:1 (end)
final
Frölunda Gothenburg
6:0 (0:0, 3:0, 3:0)
HC VERVA Litvinov
Tuesday 10.11.2015, 20:00 • Frölundaborgs Isstadion, Göteborg • Champions League • Round of 16
     
    Game over. (22:13:35)
     
    59:00
    We're in the last minute of the game.
     
    58:45
    Litvínov back on full strength.
     
    57:48
    Frölunda draws the next penalty, and it's Andreas Johnson who gets to sit in the sin bin. 2 minutes for Cross-Checking.
     
    56:45
    Another Litvínov penalty when Viktor Hübl draws a High Sticking penalty.
     
    54:39
    Powerplay Goal for Frölunda!
    Frölunda takes advantage of another powerplay when RYAN LASCH scores on the one-timer to make it 6-0 (agg 7-2). Assisted by: Spencer Abbott & Henrik Tömmernes.
     
    53:10
    Zbynek Sklenicka, Litvínov, goes to the box 2 minutes for Kneeing.
     
    52:22
    Shots in the third period are right now 11-2 in Frölunda's favour.
     
    51:25
    Frölunda have this game in their hands right now and really don't believe that Litvínov could score four goals to force this series to an overtime. Frölunda createsscoring chances pretty often right now.
    Spencer ABBOTT - 5:0
     
    48:02
    Goal for Frölunda!
    Things are just falling through now.
    SPENCER ABBOTT puts the biscuit in the net to 5-0 (6-2 agg).
    Assisted by: Andreas Johnson and Johan Sundström.
     
    46:22
    Litvínov back on full strength.
     
    44:22
    Marek Baránek of Litvínov draws a 2 minutes Interference penalty.
    43:16 Lukas BENGTSSON - 4:0
     
    43:16
    Powerplay Goal for Frölunda!
    Frölunda increases their lead to 4-0 (5-2) when Artturi Lehkonen passes LUKAS BENGTSSON in front of the net who can tip it in.
    Assisted by: Artturi Lehkonen & Oscar Fantenberg.
    4-0 Frölunda (agg. 5-2)
     
    42:51
    Litvínov's Frantisek Lukes goes to box 2 minutes for Slashing.
     
    41:55
    Litvínov are back on full strength.
     
    Third period is under way and Litvínov must score at least two goals to force an overtime.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    As Luleå defeated Tappara with 5-0 the winner of this series will face Luleå in the quarter finals. Imagine a rematch from last seasons CHL Final, which is highly possible now as Frölunda have the 4-2 lead on agg.!
     
    Frölunda dominated the second period and scored three goals leading the way to a 3-0-lead (4-2 aggregate).

    1-0 (27:47) | Spencer Abbott (Unassisted) PP1
    2-0 (29:20) | Robin Figren (Elias Fälth, Lars Johansson)
    3-0 (37:35) | Sebastian Stålberg (Nicklas Lasu)

    Shots: 10-5 (total: 20-10)
    Pen.min: 4-8 (total: 4-12)
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    38:55
    Zbynek Sklenicka, Litvínov, draws a 2 minutes penalty for Hooking.
     
    37:35
    Goal for Frölunda!
    Nicklas Lasu serves SEBASTIAN STÅLBERG with a great pass, and Stålberg makes no mistake on the breakaway when putting the puck in the net.
    Assisted by: Nicklas Lasu.
    Frölunda 3-0 (agg. 4-2)
     
    36:14
    Frölunda's Artturi Lehkonen makes a great effort when he fights his way past a Litvínov d-man and gets to release a shot, but it goes wide.
     
    33:24
    Litvínov are back on full strength.
     
    31:24
    Litvínov draws another penalty. Karel Kubat 2 minutes for Hooking.
     
    30:01
    Frölunda's Robin Figren and Litvínov's Michal Travnicek draws a 2 minutes Slashing penalty each and we'll skate 4 on 4.
     
    29:20
    The 1-0-goal really got Frölunda going.
    Because just 1:33 after the first goal they take the series lead when ROBIN FIGREN puts the puck in the net on a turnover. Assisted by Elias Fälth & Lars Johansson.

    Frölunda 2-0 (agg. score 3-2 Frölunda)
    27:43 Spencer ABBOTT - 1:0
     
    27:43
    Powerplay Goal for Frölunda!
    SPENCER ABBOTT makes a tremendous effort when saving the puck in the zone with his glove on the blue line. Then he shoots the puck in the net and Frölunda have a 1-0-lead in the game while the series is tied on 2-2. Unassisted.
     
    27:39
    Next penalty is drawn by Tomas Pavelka who's getting a 2 minutes Tripping penalty. Third PP for Frölunda in the game coming up.
     
    25:59
    Ouch. Petr Chaloupka of Litvínov gets the puck straight in his face when Elias Fälth tries the wrister.
    Chaloupka seems to be okay after a while, but he'll need a couple of stitches.
     
    25:46
    Frölunda starts the second period really good and pushes down Litvínov in their defensive zone. Litvínov whips another puck to an icing.
     
    24:32
    Robin Figren of Frölunda enters the zone with the puck and advances for the net and release a great wrister. But Petrasek whips out his leg and makes a solid pad save.
     
    23:16
    Frölunda back on full strength.
     
    Litvínov have the 11th best PP in the CHL with 8 goals on 31 attempts (25.81%).

    Frölunda penalty killing is the 29th ranked with 4 goals allowed on 19 PK's (78.95%).
     
    We'll have 4 on 4 for 43 seconds and then a Litvínov PP for 1.17.
     
    21:16
    Frölunda draws next penalty of the game when Johan Sundström goes to the box. 2 minutes for High Sticking.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    Players are back on the ice and we're about a minute from 2nd period – which Frölunda will start with a PP for 1:58.
     
    Litvínov have the aggregate lead 2-1.
     
    First period ends scoreless and it was the visitors Litvínov that started the game best, but never came out to create that many really good scoring chances.
    Halfway into the period Frölunda started to skate more and faster which led to that they were creating more chances and took over the game.

    Shots: 10-5
    Pen.min.: 0-4

    We're back somewhere around 8:50 PM with the second period.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:58
    Tomas Frolo draws the second penalty of the game when he gets penatilized 2 minutes for Tripping.
     
    18:41
    Litvínov are back on full strength!
     
    18:19
    First okay scoring chance comes with just 23 seconds left when Johan Sundström advances from the left and tries the wrister. But Petrasek makes another save.
     
    Frölunda have the third best PP in CHL with 15 goals on 46 attempts (32.61%).

    Litvínov are ranked 35th in CHL on the PK with 7 goals allowed on 30 PK's (76.67%).
     
    16:41
    First penalty of the game is drawn. Jiri Gula, Litvínov, goes to the box 2 minutes for High Sticking.
     
    15:59
    Henrik Tömmernes, Frö, hits the post with a slapper.
     
    15:25
    Lukas Valek of Litvínov gets served in the slot and is close to beat Lars Johansson, but Johansson gets his shoulder on the puck and it bounces off just wide.
     
    15:02
    Frölunda d-man tries a slap shot from the blue line and it hits his teammate (and Cramo Top Scorer...) Ryan Lasch badly as it seems. But he gets up on his feet a couple of seconds later and seems to be okay!
     
    14:55
    ...and that makes Litvínov clear for another icing.
     
    14:15
    Frölunda with a great period right now. They have created a couple of good chances, but Michael Petrasek in Litvínov's net are rather solid right now.
     
    11:07
    Frölunda have a little momentum with a long attack and Litvínov is forced to send the puck to an icing.
     
    10:01
    Wow, on a turnover Victor Hübl of Litvínov gets the chance with a quickly released shot, but Johansson makes another save. He has started quite good in Frölunda's net.
     
    8:15
    We get to see good intentions from visitors Litvínov who have started the game pretty good. Leading the shots on goal with 5-2.
     
    5:49
    Litvínov with a great attack wherre d-man Kamil Cerny got a shot on goal. Lars Johanssno makes a solid pad save though.
     
    3:30
    Quite a fast paced game so far initially. No really good scoring chance yet, but we have good hopes.
     
    00:57
    Robin Hanzl of Litvínov almost gets a breakaway, but the puck flips over his stick and down in the end zone.
     
    0:30
    Just half a minute into the game we get to see a huge hit delivered by Frölunda's Mats Rosseli Olsen. Quite a way to get the crowd going early in the game.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Starting goalies are Lars Johansson, Frölunda, and Michael Petrasek, Litvínov.
     
    We're ready for faceoff!
     
    HC Litvínov leads the series with a one-goal-advantage after the 2-1-win on home ice last week.
     
    The teams enter the ice here in Frölundaborg, Gothenburg and we'll shortly be ready for the second game in this Eight Final Series.
     
    Warmup is finished.
     
    Line-ups for today's game:

    Frölunda HC
    Johansson (Gustafsson) – Bengtsson, Tömmernes, Larsson, Fantenberg, Fälth, Persson, Gunnarsson – Abbott, Sundström, Johnson – Lasch, Lundqvist, Carlsson – Stålberg, Lasu, Rosseli Olsen – Figren, Ehn, Lehkonen – Karlsson.

    HC Litvínov
    Petrasek (Janus) – Chaloupka, Kubat, Pavelka, Pavlik, Baránek, Sklenicka, Cerny, Gula – Lukes, Hübl, Smolka – Travnicek (CTS), Hanzl, Valek – Frolo, Piros, Martynek – Chlapík, Gerhat, Jurcik.
     
    A narrow lead for Litvinov sees the Czech side start this game with something to defend, although it will only take an early goal from the home side to see this matchup all square on aggregate. ”There is going to be a different team on home ice than in Litvinov," said Frolunda coach Roger Rönnberg of his own team. "We know what we have to do and if we execute our gameplan, we are a very hard team to beat.” Meanwhile Litvínov's Rostislav Martynek knows his side can't rest on their one-goal lead: "I expect a tough rematch. They’re strong when playing with the puck and they skate well. However, we’re going to Göteborg to fight for next stage. The win from first game is very important for us now" said the forward.
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 20:00.
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    Efraim Larsson

    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 28. Abbott, 30. Lehkonen (Figren, Fälth), 38. Stålberg (Lasu), 44. Bengtsson (Lehkonen, Fantenberg), 49. Abbott (Johnson, Sundström), 55. Lasch (Abbott, Tömmernes)

    Frölunda Gothenburg: Johansson (Gustafsson) – Bengtsson, Tömmernes, Larsson, Fantenberg, Fälth, Persson, Gunnarsson –
    Abbott, Sundström, Johnson – Lasch, Lundqvist, Carlsson – Stålberg, Lasu, Rosseli Olsen – Figren, Ehn, Lehkonen – Karlsson.
    HC VERVA Litvinov: Petrasek (Janus) – Chaloupka, Kubát, Pavelka, Pavlík, Baránek, Sklenicka, Cerny, Gula – Lukes, Hübl, Smolka – Travnicek (CTS), Hanzl, Valek – Frolo, Piros, Martynek – Chlapík, Gerhat, Jurcik.
    Referees: Müllner (SVK), Lindqvist (FIN) – Haster, Lundgren (both SWE)
    1st game
    03.11.2015
    Litvínov - Frölunda 2:1

    Goals and assists: 33. Kubat (Jurcik), 46. Hanzl (Travnicek) – 42. Johnson (Lasch)