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
Skellefteå AIK
2:1 (1:1, 0:0, 1:0)
Eisbären Berlín
Tuesday 10.11.2015, 19:00 • Skellefteå Kraft Arena • Champions League • Round of 16
     
    Erik Forssell (Skellefteå AIK):
    "We won the game and moves on to the next stage, thats good. But our game tonight was far from good, we were sloppy in the passing play and when we get a chance to score we decide to pass an extra time instead of shooting."

    About Davos:
    "Thats gonna be a funny matchup to play for sure, last year we only got to play against finnish and swedish teams so this year its a welcomed change to face teams from different leagues" (21:28:01)
     
    Hans Wallsson (Coach of Skellefteå AIK):

    "Of course its a relief that we are through to the next stage, we have the ambition to win this tournament. Tonights game was far from our best performance but im proud of my team anyways – they come from a week long break and we´ve had eight boys on different national team camps"

    "Eisbären Berlin was a good opponent, they have a skilled team that will punish you if you let your guard down. And that was exactly what we did in the early stage of this game – but we were lucky to have a excellent Svensson in the net and at that point he saved us"

    About facing Davos in the next stage (not decided yet though):
    "We will face a more skilled team with greater speed. For sure we´ll have to compete through all the 120 minutes to defeat them. We see it as an good challenge for us"
     
    Game statistics:

    Skellefteå AIK – Eisbären Berlin 2-1 (1-1, 0-0, 1-0)

    Shots on goal: 30-20 (11-8, 8-8, 11-4)
    Penalty Minutes: 6-10 (4-4, 2-4, 0-2)

    0-1 (03.11) EQ Marcel Noebels (Jens Baxmann)
    1-1 (06.07) EQ Martin Lundberg (Fredrik Lindgren, Axel Holmström)
    2-1 (56.34) PP1 Erik Forssell (John Norman, Sebastian Aho)
     
    Skellefteå wins this game with 2-1 for the total score of 7-3 and moves on to the QUARTERFINAL.
     
    Game over.
     
    59:50
    Skellefteå will win this!
     
    59:00
    Some connection error made the last 2 minutes hard to liveblog so sorry for that dear readers.
    Erik FORSSELL - 2:1
     
    56:34
    Goal for Skellefteå!
    ERIK FORSSELL capitalizes in the man advantage and Skellefteå now leads the match with 2-1 and the complete aggregate with 7-3. Assisted by John Norman and Sebastian Aho.
     
    54:56
    Vladislav Filin gets called 2:00 minutes for interference.

    Skellefteå will play 5-on-4.
     
    54:20
    Berlin tries to establish some offensive play in but fails and Skellefteå goes for turnover.
     
    52:10
    The game is live again after a quick power break.
     
    51:44
    Skellefteå spends most of the time in Berlins zone and the feeling grows that they´ll soon score the 2-1 goal.
     
    50:00
    Ten minutes remaining and Berlin still needs three goals to take this to overtime.
     
    48:57
    It seems like the Skellefteå forward, Axel Holmström, has left the bench with a injury after a hit from Constantine Braun.
     
    47:30
    Berlins offense is gone and the team looks beaten.
     
    45:50
    Jimmie Ericsson recieves a nice pass and gets the breakway – Vehanen saves.
     
    45:25
    Skellefteå just plays on the lead and has gone into complete defensive mode.
     
    44:25
    Berlin once again fails to convert their scoring attempts in to goals – but Svensson, the Skellefteå netminder, plays well too and makes it hard for the germans to score.
     
    41:36
    The icebears from Berlin has started this period well and looks confident – Skellefteå has to look out now or else things could turn fast.
     
    40:20
    Berlin goes to the offense in the beginning of the period.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    Second period statistics:

    Skellefteå AIK – Eisbären Berlin 1-1 (1-1, 0-0, X-X) Agg: 6-3

    Shots on goal: 8-8
    Penalty minutes: 2-4

    No goals in this period.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    39:40
    Constantin Braun with a good shot from the blueline – Svensson saves.
     
    38:11
    Urbom plays sloppy on Skellefteås blueline and Berlin gets a breakaway that Svensson saves.
     
    37:43
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    36:05
    Axel Holmström with a scoring attempt with the onetimer after a excellent pass from Zackrisson. Vehanen saves.
     
    35:43
    Team Eisbären Berlin plays with too many players on the ice and gets called 2:00 minutes for this.

    Skellefteå will now play 5-on-4 again.
     
    34:40
    It seems like the players of Berlin follows this liveblog because they really steps it up and creates some good chances.
     
    32:50
    The future looks blurry for the visiting team that fails to create anything at value in this 2nd period. With 27 minutes to go they still need to score three times to take this in to overtime.
     
    31:37
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    30:01
    The swedish team tries to establish their man advantage and moves the puck quite well.
     
    29:37
    Bruno Gervais, Eisbären Berlin, gets called 2:00 minutes for slashing.

    Skellefteå gets the chance to play 5-on-4.
     
    29:28
    Home team at full strength.
     
    29:10
    Still no quality scoring attempt for the visiting team – they struggle hard in this man advantage.
     
    28:50
    Berlin fails to setup their PP – misses a lot of passes and looks frustrated.
     
    27:28
    Jimmie Ericsson will see the bench 2:00 minutes for slashing.

    Eisbären Berlin goes into the 5-on-4 advantage.
     
    27:15
    John Norman skates well and finds his teammate Ericsson with a great pass.
     
    25:28
    Petr Pohl with a shooting attempt but it goes wide and Skellefteå goes for the turnaround.
     
    23:13
    Petterström forechecks well and takes control of the puck – finds his teammate Lindholm in front of the net and hes close to score but Vehanen saves.
     
    22:05
    Shuhei Kuji with a solo-attempt that fails. Maybe he should´ve dropped the puck to a teammate?
     
    20:59
    Pesonen with a high quality scoring chance – Vehanen saves with the shoulder.
     
    20:20
    With 40 minutes to go – Berlin has to score atleast 3 goals to have a chance on moving further in this tournament.
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    We´re about the get the 2nd period going – just minutes away.
     
    First period statistics:

    Skellefteå AIK – Eisbären Berlin 1-1 (total 6-3 agg)

    Shots on goal: 11-7
    Penalty minutes: 4-4

    0-1 (03.11) EQ Marcel Noebels (Jens Baxmann)
    1-1 (06.07) EQ Martin Lundberg (Fredrik Lindgren, Axel Holmström)
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    19:16
    Berlin fails to convert their man advantage into a goal.
     
    19:11
    Home team at full strength.
     
    18:30
    40 seconds remaining of Berlins man advantage.
     
    18:21
    Skellefteå now plays with 4 players on the ice.
     
    17:39
    Berlin tries to setup their power play but fails to get their passing game going. Skellefteå stands no problem in their box play, this far.
     
    17:11
    Fredrik Lindgren, Skellefteå AIK, will go out 2:00 minutes for high-sticking.

    Eisbären Berlin will now play 5-on-3 for 1 minute and 11 seconds.
     
    16:21
    Markus Svensson, Skellefteå AIK, gets called 2:00 minutes for delaying the game. John Norman serves the penalty.

    Eisbären Berlin will now play 5-on-4.
     
    15:59
    Four minutes to go in the first period.
     
    14:37
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    14:20
    Tallackson blocks a Skellefteå-attempt and then clears the puck down to the Skellefteå-zone.

     
    13:41
    Aho skates well and gets rid of the forechecking Berlin-player – shoots over the glass.
     
    12:50
    Heed with the shot but Machacek blocks.
     
    12:37
    Julien Talbot, Eisbären Berlin, will see the bench 2:00 minutes for hooking.

    Skellefteå goes back to the 5-on-4.
     
    10:29
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    10:26
    Seems like Eisbären Berlin will make this man disadvantage without any goal against.
     
    9:10
    Skellefteå creates two great chances in the man advantage but fails to connect.
     
    08:29
    Florian Busch will go out 2:00 minutes for hooking.

    Skellefteå now plays 5-on-4.
     
    07:48
    For those of you that just arrived, as you can see the score of the game is 1-1 which means a total aggregate 6-3 in Skellefteås favor.
     
    07:22
    The swedish team has complete control of the game at the moment – spends most of the time in Berlins zone.
     
    06:07
    Goal for Skellefteå!
    MARTIN LUNDBERG ties the game with a deflection in front of Vehanen. Assisted by Fredrik Lindgren and Axel Holmström. Current total aggregate is 6-3 to Skellefteå.
     
    5:20
    Skellefteås 2nd line steps on the gas pedal and push the Berlin team back in their defensive zone.
     
    04:30
    Pär Lindholm, Skellefteå AIK, with the hometeams first scoring attempt. Vehanen saves.
     
    03:11
    Current total aggregate: Skellefteå vs. Berlin 5-3
    Marcel NOEBELS - 0:1
     
    03:11
    Goal for Eisbären Berlin!
    MARCEL NOEBELS capitalizes from the high slot area – and its a beautiful release from the german stick. Assisted by Jens Baxmann.
     
    2:50
    Berlin has started this game in a impressive way and creates some good scoring chances.
     
    1:44
    The japanese forward, Kuji, with a breakaway – Svensson saves on the slapshot.
     
    0:59
    Eisbären Berlin has a fanclub with them on this journey – around 30 of them.
     
    0:30
    Skellefteå with the first offensive attempt but Berlin steps in the physical play and gets control over the puck.
     
    We´re live!
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    Tonights starting goalies:

    For Skellefteå, Markus Svensson.
    For Berlin, Petri Vehanen.
     
    Hans Wallsson, coach of Skellefteå AIK about the three goal lead:

    "We must go into this game with respect for Berlin – if we go out with the feeling that we´ve already won it might strike back on us."
     
    We´re getting close to the first period.
     
    Last week the match between those 2 teams were crowded, as stated before – this week its the complete opposite. Skellefteå Kraft Arena is close to empty, and at maximum 2000 attendance.
     
    This is the 2nd match between those teams – last tuesday Skellefteå took a comfortable 5-2 victory in a crowded and electric Mercedes Benz Arena.

    And because of that Skellefteå will enter tonights game with a total lead of +3 (5-2 in aggregate) and the team from the capital city of Germany, Berlin, therefore has to win with 3 goals to take it to overtime. If they strike back Skellefteå with 4 goals or more, Eisbären moves on to the quarterfinal stage.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Skellefteå AIK: Svensson (Hanses) – Urbom, Burström, Aho, Heed, Lindgren, M Pettersson, Öhman – Ericsson, Forsell, Norman – Pesonen, Zackrisson, Calof – A Pettersson, Holmström, Lundberg – Petterström, Lindholm, Broadhurst – Wingerli

    Eisbären Berlin: Vehanen (Nastiuk) – Dupont, Baxmann, Gervais, Haase, Wissmann, Braun – Tallackson, Olver, Noebels – Kuji, Busch, Pohl – Machacek, Mulock, Talbot – Braun, Filin, Ziegler

    Referees: Fonselius, Salonen (both FIN) – Käck, Altberg (both SWE).
     
    Hello and welcome to this liveblog where you´ll be able to follow anything that happens on the ice between the swedish team, Skellefteå AIK, and their german opponents, Eisbären Berlin.

    The man behind the entries is me, Robin Lindgren, and i will make sure that you wont miss out on any of the events tonight.

    If you have any question, dont hesitate to write here or on twitter: https://twitter.com/robinlindgreen
     
    Having lost the first game 5-2 at home, the only remaining German team in this season's CHL have it all do to tonight in Sweden. The Eisbaren will need to win the game by three just to force overtime, and meet a Skelleftea side that have been strong in this year's CHL and went all the way to the semifinals last season.
    Skellefteå Kraft Arena
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 19:00.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 7. Lundberg (Lindgren, Holmström), 57. Forssell (Norman, Aho) – 4. Noebels (Baxmann)

    Skellefteå AIK: Svensson (Hanses) – Urbom, Burström, Aho, Heed, Lindgren, M Pettersson, Öhman – Ericsson, Forsell, Norman – Pesonen, Zackrisson, Calof – A Pettersson, Holmström, Lundberg – Petterström, Lindholm, Broadhurst – Wingerli
    Eisbären Berlín: Vehanen (Nastiuk) – Dupont, Baxmann, Gervais, Haase, Wissmann, Braun – Tallackson, Olver, Noebels – Kuji, Busch, Pohl – Machacek, Mulock, Talbot – Braun, Filin, Ziegler
    Referees: Fonselius, Salonen (both FIN) – Käck, Altberg (both SWE)
    1st game
    03.11.2015
    Eisbären - Skellefteå 2:5

    Goals and assists: 31. Gervais (L. Braun, Tallackson), 56. L. Braun (Olver, Tallackson) – 4. Heed (Norman, Forssell), 12. Forssell (Aho, Norman), 28. Heed (Holmstrom), 41. Calof (Pesonen, Heed), 46. Ericsson (Norman, Forrsell)