Liberec – Lørenskog 4:3 (after OT) | Sparta – Färjestad 1:2 (end) | Eisbären – SaiPa 2:4 (end)
Pardubice – Frölunda 3:2 (2:0 after SO) | Mlada Boleslav – Växjö 3:2 (2:1 after SO) | Mannheim – Tappara 4:1 (end)
Djurgården – Rouen 4:0 (end) | Gap – Linköping 0:2 (end)
final
Eisbären Berlín
2:4 (1:1, 0:2, 1:1)
SaiPa Lappeenranta
Sunday 21.08.2016, 14:30 • Mercedes-Benz Arena • Champions League • Group I
     
    Welcome. Game starts at 14:30.
     
    Good afternoon. Sunday is really full of European ice hockey as there are many games of the Champions Hockey League to be played. I am happy to invite you to follow the match of group I between German Eisbaren Berlin and Finnish SaiPa Lappeenranta.
     
    Eisbaren Berlin have already started the CHL season. They won against Lulea 2–1 two days ago and reached for their first points. Today's match is the second and also the last home game for the Germans in group I. Getting another victory would give Eisbaren a really big chance to qualify for the next round of the competition.

    SaiPa Lappeenranta are returning to the Champions Hockey League after a one-year break and starting the competition today. In contrast to their opponent, the Finns are starting the CHL twice as visitors. Apart from the upcoming game they are playing Lulea in two days. Can it be an advantage for SaiPa Lappeenranta to start away? We will get the answer soon.
     
    Starting lineups:

    Eisbären Berlin: Vehanen (Cuepper) – Mueller, Dupont, Bruneteau, Hoerdler, Baxmann, Wissmann – Machacek, Wilson, Rankel – Macqueen, Tallackson, Noebels – Petersen, Olver, Fischbuch – Braun, Talbot, Ziegler, Hessler.

    SaiPa Lappeenranta: Markkanen (Tuhoimaa) – Maalahti, Carson, Taipalus, Savilahti-Nagander, Backman, Lappalainen, Sneck, Makinen – McFarland, Jaaskelainen, Koskiranta – Stromberg, Jarvinen, Kaksonen – Leivo, Koski, Kuronen – Virkkunen, Kettunen, Salminen.

    Referees: Hodek (CZE), Hunnuis – Salewski, Höfer (All GER).
     
    Both teams are on the ice already. The home team is going to play in blue jerseys, the visitors in yellow.
     
    00:01
    Game started.
     
    00:35
    SaiPa Lappeenranta players with the puck skating into the attacking zone.
     
    01:01
    Penalty for SaiPa Lappeenranta (Koskiranta – 2 min., tripping).
     
    02:05
    No success for the home team during their power play so far. The play is stopped.
     
    02:44
    Face-off in front of Markkanen's net.
     
    03:01
    Koskiranta is back, SaiPa at full strength.
     
    03:20
    Power play this time for SaiPa. (Rankel – 2 min., kneeing).
     
    05:20
    The players of Eisbaren are also perfect in their defense. Rankel is back.
     
    05:35
    Both teams have already played with an advantage of one player on the ice, but we haven't seen any goals so far.
     
    06:03
    Markkanen made a save on an easy shot from his left side.
     
    06:40
    Macqueen found the puck in the neutral zone, skated towards Markkanen and tried it with a hard slap shot. The Finnish goalie made a good pad save.
     
    08:15
    Both teams are trying to get into the attacking zone.
     
    09:40
    Face-off in the attacking zone of SaiPa, but the home defenders got the puck out quickly.
     
    11:10
    Petersen battling in the corner for the puck.
     
    11:45
    Markkanen covered the puck into his glove. The game is stopped.
     
    12:25
    SaiPa sent the puck behind Vehanen's goal, but that was it. The home team defenders have it now.
     
    13:57
    Goal for Eisbären Berlin!
    Markkanen stopped a hard shot and went down on the ice. Many players skated into the crease and the home forwards got the puck into the net. But the Finns started complaining. Was it a goalie interference? Or was the goal moved out its position? Probably not, the referee says it's a good goal! Scored by NICHOLAS PETERSEN, assisted by: Darin Olver, Daniel Fischbuch.
     
    15:01
    Goal for SaiPa!
    Quick Finnish answer and the score is now 1–1. JOHN McFARLAND found the puck at the left post and as there was nobody near him, he scored into the empty part of the goal. Assisted by: Tero Koskiranta and Joona Jaaskelainen.
     
    16:12
    The first two goals made this game much more interesting a more dramatic.
     
    17:13
    Penalty for SaiPa Lappeenranta (Koskiranta – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    18:15
    The visitors are doing well in their defense.
     
    19:00
    One minute to play in the first period.
     
    19:13
    Finnish team at full strength.
     
    20:00
    1st period finished.
     
    The first twenty minutes of the game are over. We saw many shots and also two goals. Eisbaren Berlin scored first, but it took SaiPa Lappeenranta just 64 seconds to tie the score.
     
    Stats after the first period:

    Shots: 14–13
    Penalty minutes: 2–4
     
    20:01
    Start of 2nd period.
     
    20:49
    Tricky bouncy puck in front of Markkanen, but the home forward wasn't able to hit it.
     
    22:38
    Virkkunen stole the puck in his zone and went quickly over the whole rink. Vehanen stopped his shot and covered the puck.
     
    23:24
    Goal for SaiPa!
    Nice play by JOONA JAASKELAINEN in front of the net. The Finnish forward scored an early period goal and now it's SaiPa in the lead 2–1. Assisted by: Kalle Maalahti and Tero Koskiranta.
    23:24 JAASKELAINEN - 1:2
     
    23:55
    Berlin had a good chance to equalize. Rankel got in front of Markkanen, but the goalie made a good blocking pad save.
     
    25:23
    Penalty shot for Eisbaren Berlin as Lappalainen stopped one of the blue forwards in a forbidden way!
     
    25:23
    Markkanen saved this huge opportunity. Noebels tried to score in a way that made Peter Forsberg famous, but the goalie stopped the puck by his left pad. The score doesn't change.
     
    26:17
    Penalty for SaiPa Lappeenranta (Makinen – 2 min., cross-checking).
     
    28:17
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    30:15
    Eisbären is pushing hard. The Germans wouldn't like to lose, but the visitors are playing really well in their own zone.
     
    31:07
    Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Tallackson – 2 min., roughing).
     
    32:15
    SaiPa closed their opponent in the attacking zone, but didn't get into a scoring chance so far.
     
    33:07
    Berlin survived these two minutes and now they are playing with five skaters on the ice again.
     
    34:02
    Face-off in front of Markkanen. The visiting goalie must pay attention.
     
    35:12
    Berlin players with the puck and in the attacking zone.
     
    35:50
    Penalty for SaiPa Lappeenranta (Stromberg – 2 min., delay of game / shooting or throwing the puck out).
     
    36:32
    Eisbaren have more skaters on the rink, but they must start from their own zone again.
    37:44 JARVINEN - 1:3
     
    37:44
    Goal for SaiPa!
    Even though Berlin played a power play, MATTI JARVINEN stole the puck in the neutral zone, got into a breakaway and scored with a nice move! The score is now 3–1. No assist.
     
    39:00
    One minute remaining in the second period.
     
    39:05
    Penalty for SaiPa Lappeenranta (Sneck – 2 min., holding).
     
    39:50
    Eisbaren probably won't manage to score in this period, but they will start the third part with with a man advantage.
     
    40:00
    2nd period finished.
     
    Eisbaren players were more active and finished the period with 17 shots. But they didn't score any goals, whereas SaiPa scored twice. The visitors from Finland got into a 3–1 lead and they are closer to the victory at the moment.
     
    Stats after the second period:

    Shots: 31–20
    Penalty minutes: 4–10
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
     
    40:25
    Berlin players with the puck and in the attacking zone.
     
    40:50
    But this situation didn't took long. SaiPa got the puck out of their zone.
     
    41:05
    Visiting team at full strength.
     
    42:19
    One of the Finnish defenders helped Markkanen to cover the puck. The game is stopped.
     
    42:58
    Vehanen stopped one of the visitors in an interesting chance.
     
    43:59
    Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Hoerdler – 2 min., high-sticking).
     
    45:07
    This power play is a good opportunity for SaiPa, because scoring a fourth goal would move them even closer to the first points in the group. But the home team is playing well in front of Vehanen.
     
    45:59
    Hoerdler stepped back on the ice.
    Fischbuch- 2:3
     
    47:32
    Goal for Eisbären Berlin!
    What a play! Berlin scored a beautiful goal and made it 3–2. Nicholas Petersen appeared in a good position in front of Markkanen, but moved the puck to DANIEL FISCHBUCH on the left side and the home forward easily scored. Assisted by: Nicholas Petersen.
     
    48:48
    No surprise that the home team keeps pushing their opponent. One goal behind isn't a hopeless problem.
     
    51:29
    Goal for SaiPa!
    The visitors are back in a two-goal lead thanks to BRETT CARSON who burned Vehanen in the goal. Assisted by: Tero Koskiranta and Joona Jaaskelainen.
     
    54:06
    Penalty for SaiPa Lappeenranta (McFarland – 2 min., roughing).
    Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Fischbuch – 2 min., roughing).
     
    54:38
    Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Olver – 2 min., roughing).
     
    55:30
    The Finns are in the attacking zone trying to make up a scoring chance.
     
    56:06
    The first two players are back on the ice, but there are still a few seconds of SaiPa power play remaining.
     
    56:38
    Olver is also back now. Berlin with five skaters again, but the time is getting shorter and shorter for them.
     
    58:00
    Two minutes remaining in the third period.
     
    58:20
    Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Wissmann – 2 min., roughing).
     
    58:55
    SaiPa players with the puck.
     
    59:27
    The game is slowly finishing. Both teams know that the visitors are going to win today.
     
    59:54
    One more face-off in front of Vehanen.
     
    Game over.
     
    Today's game is over, SaiPa Lappeenranta won their first CHL game of the season. The key part of the match was the second period as the Finns scored two goals and got into a game deciding lead.
     
    Game stats:

    Shots on goal: 39–27
    Penalty minutes: 12–12
     
    This match is over, but there is still a lot of CHL hockey to watch today. Thank you for following this game and enjoy the rest of the day. (17:03:14)
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    Goals and assists: 14. Petersen (Olver, Fischbuch), 48. Fischbuch (Petersen) – 16. McFarland (Koskiranta, Jaaskelainen), 24. Jaaskelainen (Maalahti, Koskiranta), 38. Jarvinen, 52. Carson (Koskiranta, Jaaskelainen)

    Eisbären Berlín: Vehanen (Cuepper) – Mueller, Dupont, Bruneteau, Hoerdler, Baxmann, Wissmann – Machacek, Wilson, Rankel – Macqueen, Tallackson, Noebels – Petersen, Olver, Fischbuch – Braun, Talbot, Ziegler, Hessler.
    SaiPa Lappeenranta: Markkanen (Tuhoimaa) – Maalahti, Carson, Taipalus, Savilahti-Nagander, Backman, Lappalainen, Sneck, Makinen – McFarland, Jaaskelainen, Koskiranta – Stromberg, Jarvinen, Kaksonen – Leivo, Koski, Kuronen – Virkkunen, Kettunen, Salminen.
    Referees: Hodek (CZE), Hunnuis – Salewski, Höfer (All GER)