What a night – join us again in November for the Round of 16!
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DONE DEAL
Linkoping overcome Davos despite a scare to make the last 16!
DONE DEAL
Bern tie 3-3 with Salzburg but go through three goals to the good on aggregate.
DONE DEAL!
ZSC Lions beat Wolfsburg 5-2 on the night to go through 9-3 on aggregate!
GOAL!
Niclas Bergfors puts Linkoping back ahead on aggregate with a PP marker !
GOAL!
Davos have done it, sort of- they've scored the three they needed to draw level on aggregate. It's now a tied series!
Kosice seem to have given up the ghost in Fribourg, and now trail 4-1 – not a great night for Slovakia in the CHL.
In Switzerland, Berlin have tied the game in Zug, meaning the hosts now need four again to force overtime.
Fribourg could be heading to the last 16 – they open up a two-goal lead on Kosice at the start of the their period.
AS THINGS STAND
With one period left to play:
Bern 3-3 Salzburg (Agg: 7-4)
ZSC 2-1 Wolfsburg (Agg: 6-2)
Fribourg 2-1 Kosice (Agg: 3-2)
Zug 1-0 Berlin (Agg: 1-4)
Linkoping 0-2 Davos (Agg: 7-6)
DONE DEAL!
Farjestad can only manage two of the three goals they needed to pull Liberec back, so it's the Tigers who go through!
DONE DEAL!
Vaxjo hold on to beat Munich 4-3 on the night and go through 5-4. Frolunda survive another first leg deficit as they go through 7-3 on aggregate against Yunost Minsk.
DONE DEAL!
KalPa hang on and take a 3-2 aggregate win over Djugarden to make the last 16!
Late drama in Stockholm? Djurgarden take the lead over KalPa, but still need one more to force overtime.
Can Munich get back on level terms in Vaxjo? They need one goal, and have just over four minutes to do it in.
GOAL!
EV Zug have one back of the four they need to get back level with Berlin – midway through the middle period there. Also Kosice are level in Fribourg, so back to all square overall there too.
Frolunda look to have escaped another first leg deficit as they now lead Minsk 5-0. Munich need two goals to get back level overall in Vaxjo.
DONE DEAL!
IFK Helsinki win the shootout and advance to the Round of 16 over TPS!
They'll go to a shootout in Helsinki...
AS THINGS STAND:
Lugano, Vitkovice, Sparta Prague, SaiPa, HV71 all through.
IFK Helsinki & TPS playing OT.
Frolunda, Vaxjo both up on the night and aggregate after two periods. Liberal and JYP behind on the night but still ahead overall. Kappa tying in Stockholm but lead Djurgarden by two overall.
DONE DEAL!
Drama in Oulu, Sparta Prague score the OT winner to go through 2-1 on aggregate!
GOAL!
Davos are 2-0 up early in Linkoping as they look to make up a three goal deficit form the first leg!
Done Deal!
Vitkovice win 5-0 in Nitra to go through 12-0 overall.
Into OT!
Karpat and Sparta can't find a goal between them and will skate an extra 10 minutes. Drama in Helsinki as TPS tie it late forces the extra period there too.
Done deal!
Pilsen tie the game later on, but go out 7-4 to HC Lugano who make the Last 16 in their first CHL season!
Done deal!
HV71 are through with a 4-3 win in Rauma that sees them beat Lukko 5-3 overall.
Minsk now 3 down in Gothenburg as Frolunda move to two ahead overall. And in Fribourg, the hosts lead Kosice by a goal in the first – winner takes all there.
GOAL!
Late drama in Helsinki as IFK score to go one up on the night (4-3) and now lead the aggregate scoring too.
In Zurich, Wolfsburg have one of the three goals they need to get back on level terms overall, leading 1-0 early in the opening period.
Vaxjo are back on level terms against Munich – actually no, make that leading 3-2 -, while Skelleftea lead JYP 3-1 and need only two more to tie things up on aggregate.
GOAL!
SaiPa go 4-2 up on Tappara and the Finnish Champions are crashing put of the CHL at the first knockout stage.
Munich and Frolunda have both scored early in the middle session to lead their respective winner takes all games, while Djurdarden are back level on the night at home to KalPa but still trail by two overall.
Pilsen's CHL adventure looks to be almost at an end – Lugano score with just over eight minutes to go to go 3-2 up on the night, and lead by four overall.
The four games taking lace tonight in Switzerland are now all under way:
Bern vs. Salzburg (4-1)
Zurich vs. Wolfsburg (4-1)
Fribourg vs. Kosice (1-1)
Zug vs. Berlin (0-4)
HOW THINGS STAND
After two periods:
Pilsen 2-2 Lugano (3-6)
Lukko Rauma 3-4 HV71 (3-6)
SaiPa 3-2 Tappara (5-2)
Karpat 0-0 Sparta Prague (1-1)
Nitra 0-3 Vitkovice (0-10)
IFK Helsinki 3-3 TPS (4-4)
Defending Champions Frolunda are back level against Minsk – they lead 1-0 in the opening period to make it three each overall.
Oh, and Munich score to go level in Vaxjo. The sides drew one a piece last week in Bavaria so it's all square again now.
JYP tie the game on the night in Skelleftea to re-establish their four-goal advantage on aggregate.
In Rauma, HV71 go 4-3 up to extend their overall lead to three (again).
GOAL!
Skelleftea are one goal back in it against JYP, now needing three more to tie things up on aggregate. In Nitra it just gets worse, VItkovice go three up and it's double figures overall.
GOAL!
IFK Helsinki level again at home to TPS!
What a seesaw in Rauma, HV71 tie the game on the night to move back tow ahead on aggregate.
GOAL!
Vaxjo score early to go 1-0 up on Red Bull Munich in one of today's other 'winner takes all' games.
Pilsen score to tie the game at home to Lugano, with Lukas Pulpan scoring his first senior goal for the team in the process.
SaiPa back ahead of Tappara and again move to three up on aggregate.
As Tappara score to level things on the night in their game away to SaiPa, the 19hr games get going:
Farjestad vs. Liberec (1-4)
Vaxjo vs. Munich (1-1)
Skelleftea vs. JYP (0-4)
Frolunda vs. Minsk (2-3)
Djurgarden vs. KalPa (0-2)
GOAL!
Lukko Rauma back ahead at home to HV71, and again just a goal down on aggregate.
SaiPa have also hit another to lead Tappara 2-1 on the night and go up by three overall.
GOAL!
Two of them to tel you about actually – TPS have turned it around completely in Helsinki and lead 3-2 there.
In Pilsen, Lugano have taken the lead on the night and move out to 6-2 on aggregate.
GOAL!
TPS back on level terms in Helsinki at the start of the middle period, all square again on aggregate.
Back under way in the 18hr starts, and only 10 away from the next five games starting as well.
THIRTEEN (13!) goals across the opening 20 minutes in the 18:00 starts, quite incredible. Here's how things stand (aggregate scores in brackets):
Tappara score their first in over three periods against SaiPa to go level on the night, still trail by a pair on aggregate though.
IFK are back ahead of TPS, 2-1 in the live game and 3-2 overall.
Viktovice move two up on Nitra in this evening's game, making it 9 ahead on aggregate.
GOAL!
Four goals in Rauma already?! Yep – HV71 tie things up again to go back two ahead overall.
And then when you say it's gone quiet, someone scores! IFK tie up their home game against TPS, meaning it's all square on aggregate too.
Curse of the commentator of course, the minute you say there are a lot of goals about they stop...
GOAL!
They just keep flowing in at the moment! Lugano level the series on the night in Pilsen, Patrick Zackrisson slotting home on a big rebound.
GOAL!
Lukko back ahead in Rauma, 2-1 ahead of HV71 now and trailing by the single score on aggregate.
GOAL!
Pilsen are back to within two of HC Lugano – Jakub Lev putting the hosts a goal ahead tonight through the five-hole with just under 8 minutes gone.
GOAL!
SaiPa go ahead on the night over Tappara, and now lead that matchup 3-0 on aggregate. Big ask now for the Champions!
Also HV71 have pegged Lukko back to 1-1 in the live game, Swedes back two ahead.
GOAL!
If it wasn't already a long way back for Nitra, it's just got further – they concede after 2:44 and now trail Vitkovice 8-0 overall.
GOAL!
Here's an interesting one – Lukko Rauma are back in their tie early on against HV71. The Swedes lead 2-0 from the first leg, but that advantage has just been halved.
GOAL!
The first one of the day, and it's come in Helsinki – but not for the hosts. TPS take the lead early doors there, in what is one of two games where it's winner tonight takes all.
So let's get going, six games are live with Pilsen, Lukko, Tappara, and Nitra all needing to come form behind The games invovling SaiPa/Tappata and IFK/TPS start all square.
So it's your ten minute warning now – go grab a beverage!
Teams are out warming up now for the 18:00 starts – half an hour to go!
It's almost time for the games to begin – just 1hr10 minutes until we get live with SIX of todays 16 offerings:
Pilsen vs. Lugano (1-4)
Lukko Rauma vs. HV71 (0-2)
SaiPa vs. Tappara (2-0)
Karpat vs. Sparta Prague (1-1)
Nitra vs. Vitkovice (0-7)
IFK Helsinki vs. TPS (1-1)
Today 16 teams will advance to the next round, while the other half leave the competition.
Hello hockey fans and welcome along to a decisive day in this year's CHL!
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Linkoping overcome Davos despite a scare to make the last 16!
Bern tie 3-3 with Salzburg but go through three goals to the good on aggregate.
ZSC Lions beat Wolfsburg 5-2 on the night to go through 9-3 on aggregate!
Niclas Bergfors puts Linkoping back ahead on aggregate with a PP marker !
Davos have done it, sort of- they've scored the three they needed to draw level on aggregate. It's now a tied series!
In Switzerland, Berlin have tied the game in Zug, meaning the hosts now need four again to force overtime.
With one period left to play:
Bern 3-3 Salzburg (Agg: 7-4)
ZSC 2-1 Wolfsburg (Agg: 6-2)
Fribourg 2-1 Kosice (Agg: 3-2)
Zug 1-0 Berlin (Agg: 1-4)
Linkoping 0-2 Davos (Agg: 7-6)
Farjestad can only manage two of the three goals they needed to pull Liberec back, so it's the Tigers who go through!
Vaxjo hold on to beat Munich 4-3 on the night and go through 5-4. Frolunda survive another first leg deficit as they go through 7-3 on aggregate against Yunost Minsk.
KalPa hang on and take a 3-2 aggregate win over Djugarden to make the last 16!
EV Zug have one back of the four they need to get back level with Berlin – midway through the middle period there. Also Kosice are level in Fribourg, so back to all square overall there too.
IFK Helsinki win the shootout and advance to the Round of 16 over TPS!
Lugano, Vitkovice, Sparta Prague, SaiPa, HV71 all through.
IFK Helsinki & TPS playing OT.
Frolunda, Vaxjo both up on the night and aggregate after two periods. Liberal and JYP behind on the night but still ahead overall. Kappa tying in Stockholm but lead Djurgarden by two overall.
Drama in Oulu, Sparta Prague score the OT winner to go through 2-1 on aggregate!
Davos are 2-0 up early in Linkoping as they look to make up a three goal deficit form the first leg!
Vitkovice win 5-0 in Nitra to go through 12-0 overall.
Karpat and Sparta can't find a goal between them and will skate an extra 10 minutes. Drama in Helsinki as TPS tie it late forces the extra period there too.
Pilsen tie the game later on, but go out 7-4 to HC Lugano who make the Last 16 in their first CHL season!
HV71 are through with a 4-3 win in Rauma that sees them beat Lukko 5-3 overall.
Late drama in Helsinki as IFK score to go one up on the night (4-3) and now lead the aggregate scoring too.
In Zurich, Wolfsburg have one of the three goals they need to get back on level terms overall, leading 1-0 early in the opening period.
Vaxjo are back on level terms against Munich – actually no, make that leading 3-2 -, while Skelleftea lead JYP 3-1 and need only two more to tie things up on aggregate.
SaiPa go 4-2 up on Tappara and the Finnish Champions are crashing put of the CHL at the first knockout stage.
Munich and Frolunda have both scored early in the middle session to lead their respective winner takes all games, while Djurdarden are back level on the night at home to KalPa but still trail by two overall.
Bern vs. Salzburg (4-1)
Zurich vs. Wolfsburg (4-1)
Fribourg vs. Kosice (1-1)
Zug vs. Berlin (0-4)
After two periods:
Pilsen 2-2 Lugano (3-6)
Lukko Rauma 3-4 HV71 (3-6)
SaiPa 3-2 Tappara (5-2)
Karpat 0-0 Sparta Prague (1-1)
Nitra 0-3 Vitkovice (0-10)
IFK Helsinki 3-3 TPS (4-4)
After one period:
Farjestad 0-0 Liberec (1-4)
Vaxjo 1-1/ Munich (2-2)
Skelleftea 1-1 JYP (1-5)
Frolunda 1-0 Minsk (3-3)
Djurgarden 0-1 KalPa (0-3)
Defending Champions Frolunda are back level against Minsk – they lead 1-0 in the opening period to make it three each overall.
In Rauma, HV71 go 4-3 up to extend their overall lead to three (again).
Skelleftea are one goal back in it against JYP, now needing three more to tie things up on aggregate. In Nitra it just gets worse, VItkovice go three up and it's double figures overall.
IFK Helsinki level again at home to TPS!
Vaxjo score early to go 1-0 up on Red Bull Munich in one of today's other 'winner takes all' games.
SaiPa back ahead of Tappara and again move to three up on aggregate.
Farjestad vs. Liberec (1-4)
Vaxjo vs. Munich (1-1)
Skelleftea vs. JYP (0-4)
Frolunda vs. Minsk (2-3)
Djurgarden vs. KalPa (0-2)
Lukko Rauma back ahead at home to HV71, and again just a goal down on aggregate.
SaiPa have also hit another to lead Tappara 2-1 on the night and go up by three overall.
Two of them to tel you about actually – TPS have turned it around completely in Helsinki and lead 3-2 there.
In Pilsen, Lugano have taken the lead on the night and move out to 6-2 on aggregate.
TPS back on level terms in Helsinki at the start of the middle period, all square again on aggregate.
Pilsen 1-1 Lugano (2-5)
Lukko Rauma 2-2 HV71 (2-4)
SaiPa 1-1 Tappara (3-1)
Karpat 0-0 Sparta Prague (1-1)
Nitra 0-2 Vitkovice (0-9)
IFK Helsinki 2-1 TPS (3-2)
Tappara score their first in over three periods against SaiPa to go level on the night, still trail by a pair on aggregate though.
IFK are back ahead of TPS, 2-1 in the live game and 3-2 overall.
Four goals in Rauma already?! Yep – HV71 tie things up again to go back two ahead overall.
They just keep flowing in at the moment! Lugano level the series on the night in Pilsen, Patrick Zackrisson slotting home on a big rebound.
Lukko back ahead in Rauma, 2-1 ahead of HV71 now and trailing by the single score on aggregate.
Pilsen are back to within two of HC Lugano – Jakub Lev putting the hosts a goal ahead tonight through the five-hole with just under 8 minutes gone.
SaiPa go ahead on the night over Tappara, and now lead that matchup 3-0 on aggregate. Big ask now for the Champions!
Also HV71 have pegged Lukko back to 1-1 in the live game, Swedes back two ahead.
If it wasn't already a long way back for Nitra, it's just got further – they concede after 2:44 and now trail Vitkovice 8-0 overall.
Here's an interesting one – Lukko Rauma are back in their tie early on against HV71. The Swedes lead 2-0 from the first leg, but that advantage has just been halved.
The first one of the day, and it's come in Helsinki – but not for the hosts. TPS take the lead early doors there, in what is one of two games where it's winner tonight takes all.
Pilsen vs. Lugano (1-4)
Lukko Rauma vs. HV71 (0-2)
SaiPa vs. Tappara (2-0)
Karpat vs. Sparta Prague (1-1)
Nitra vs. Vitkovice (0-7)
IFK Helsinki vs. TPS (1-1)