EIS 1:6 FRO | Eisbären Berlín - Frölunda Gothenburg (Champions League)

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Champions League

Liberec – Vitkovice	1:0 (end)	\|	Kuopio – Fribourg	1:1 (end)	\|	SaiPa – Växjö	3:2 (end)
Eisbären – Frölunda	1:6 (end)	\|	Sparta – HV71	2:4 (end)	\|	Lugano – Curych	3:2 (end)
Bern – JYP	3:2 (end)	\|	Linköping – IFK Helsinki	1:1 (end)

final

Eisbären Berlín Germany

1:6 (1:3, 0:1, 0:2)

Frölunda Gothenburg

Tuesday 01.11.2016, 19:30 • Mercedes-Benz Arena • Champions League • 1/16 Finals

		That's it from me for today. Thank you for following the game and have a nice evening. (21:42:32)
		The game is over. Frolunda made a huge step towards the CHL quarterfinals thanks to a 6–1 victory. The Swedes were better most of the game. Of course that this is just the first half of the series and Berlin still have a chance to come back but their position is very tough at the moment.
		Game stats: Shots on goal: 24–37 Face-offs won: 24–18 Penalty minutes: 8–4
		Game over.
	59:55	Gustafsson made a good save and stopped the play for one more time.
	59:46	Both players are back on the ice.
	59:30	Cuepper covered the puck and stopped the game.
	58:00	Two more minutes to play in the third period.
	57:46	Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Macqueen – 2 min., roughing). Penalty for Frölunda Gothenburg (Nyberg – 2 min., roughing).
	57:46	Hessler and Wellman started fighting in the neutral zone after the game was stopped and more players continued.
	57:25	Frolunda closed the home team in the zone. Even getting the puck over the blue line seems to be a hard job for Berlin.
	56:39	Icing against Berlin. The play is moving back towards Cuepper.
	55:49	Eisbaren got the puck out of the zone for a moment but Frolunda is back in front of Cuepper again.
	54:50	Both goalies made a big save. Gustafsson on one side using his pad, Cuepper on the other side using his blocker.
	54:06	Both teams are battling for the puck in the corner of the rink behind Cuepper.
	53:10	Lundqvist went down on the ice after a fight with Fischbuch and the Germans got the puck.
	52:27	Dupont is chasing the puck in the attacking zone.
	51:17	Cuepper covered the puck. Face-off in front of his goal.
	50:20	Rankel tried it from behind the goal but Gustafsson was at the right place and made an easy stop.
	48:19	Eisbären Berlin substitution: Vehanen is replaced by Cuepper.
	48:19	Goal for Frölunda! The Swedes are getting very close to the CHL quarterfinals. Henrik Tommernes shot the puck from the blue line and JOHAN SUNDSTRON touched it in front of the goalie so it went into the top corner of the goal. Assisted by: Henrik Tommernes.
	45:56	Goal for Frölunda! Nice play by CHRISTOFFER EHN who stole the puck at the blue line, skated towards Vehanen and scored along his right pad. Unassisted.
	45:09	Carlssson got the puck and sent it right towards Vehanen.
	44:41	The Swedes are called for an icing. Face-off in front of Gustafsson.
	44:20	Vehanen must pay attention as the visitors have the puck now.
	42:07	Petersen got really close to Gustafsson. He managed not just a shot but even a rebound try. Good pad save by the Frolunda goalie.
	41:05	Wellman in the attacking zone but couldn't get through the German defenders to a scoring position.
	40:12	Eisbaren Berlin at full strength.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
		Frolunda continued with their strong performance also in the second period. Joel Lundqvist scored his second goal of the night and made it 4–1. Berlin still have a lot of time to come back as there are four periods remaining in the whole series. But the more goals they can score tonight, the better position for them.
		Next period begins at 21:05 CET.
		Stats after the second period: Shots on goal: 16–24 Face-offs won: 14–15 Penalty minutes: 6–2
	40:00	2nd period finished.
	39:42	Frolunda still in the attacking zone. The Germans are really looking forward to the break.
	39:00	One minute to play in the second period.
	38:27	Olofsson hit the post behind Vehanen.
	38:12	Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Hessler – 2 min., hooking).
	37:51	Olofsson tried it with a hard shot from the right face-off circle. Vehanen stopped the puck just as the game. Face-off in the Swedish attacking zone.
	36:30	Huge pressure by the Swedes. Vehanen had a lot of work but most of the Frolunda shots went wide.
Frölunda Indians totally in control of #chl game leading 1-4 2nd period — Jeremy Sykes (@jeremysykes60) November 1, 2016
	34:49	Tommernes is back on the ice as well. Both teams are playing with five skaters again.
	34:44	Eisbaren Berlin at full strength.
	33:58	Frolunda players with the puck now.
	33:18	Berlin started making up a chance in the attacking zone but the visiting defenders stole the puck.
	32:49	Penalty for Frölunda Gothenburg (Tommernes – 2 min., interference).
	32:44	Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Olver – 2 min., holding the stick).
	31:59	Tommernes had to skate quickly for the puck behind his goal as one of the home team forwards chased him.
	31:09	Berlin forwards skated into the zone but they lost the puck immediately.
	29:49	Icing against Frolunda. The game is moving to Gustafsson's goal.
	27:36	Goal for Frölunda! Good stick play by JOEL LUNDQVIST. The Swedish captain moved the pass from Matthew Donovan towards the right goal post and scored the fourth goal of Frolunda. Assisted by: Matthew Donovan and Casey Wellman.
	26:16	Vehanen made a save od Figren's quick wrist shot.
Brilliant work with the stick by Vehanen to deny @frolunda_hc a 4th goal #CHL — Laurence Thorn (@LTIceHockeyNerd) November 1, 2016
	25:45	Home team timeout.
	25:45	Frolunda closed their opponent in the zone again. Berlin players helped themselves by an icing.
	24:42	Finally the managed it but the puck just went across the whole rink. The play is stopped after an icing.
	24:17	Berlin is having a hard time now, the Germans aren't able to get the puck out of the zone.
	23:10	Vehanen made a lucky pad save on a shot he didn't really see. Face-off in front of the goal of Berlin.
	22:25	The home team stayed in the zone for a few more seconds, Gustafsson had to make more save and he covered the puck in the end.
	21:53	Eisbaren players in the attacking zone, Gustafsson made a pad save.
	20:58	Both teams have already tried to make up a scoring chance. Now it is Frolunda with the puck.
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
		Next period begins at 20:17 CET.
		Three goals scored in the first – that's a perfect start of the series for the CHL defending champions. Berlin helped them selves by scoring once but the Germans should improve their play to keep their hopes alive.
		Stats after the first period: Shots on goal: 10–11 Face-offs won: 6–7 Penalty minutes: 2–0
	20:00	1st period finished.
	19:26	The play is stopped as the puck went over the glass. Face-off in front of Vehanen.
	19:00	One minute to play in the first period.
	18:06	Goal for Frölunda! The visitors are back in a two-goal lead. One of the defenders didn't guard CASEY WELLMAN properly so the Frolunda forward could score after a clever pass to the left post of the goal. Assisted by: Simon Hjamlarsson and Joel Lundqvist.
	17:30	Frolunda lost the puck after a long pass to nobody.
	16:57	The players are fighting for the puck behind Vehanen's goal.
	16:04	Goal for Eisbären! First goal for the Germans. SVEN ZIEGLER got into a breakaway, got the puck over Gustafsson's catching glove and hit the top corner of the net. Unassisted.
	15:15	Olofsson on the other side made some dangerous in front goal.
	14:09	Mueller skated through the attacking zone and tried to surprise Gustafsson. No success for the home team defender.
	13:46	The Swedes are in the zone again.
	13:16	Vehanen covered the puck bouncing towards his goal.
	11:02	Goal for Frölunda! Power play goal and the visitors now have a 2–0 lead. Casey Wellman found JOEL LUNDQVIST with a long pass across the attacking zone and the captain of Frolunda burned Vehanen on the glove side. Assisted by: Casey Wellman and Henrik Tommernes.
	10:10	Penalty for Eisbären Berlin (Fischbuch – 2 min., tripping).
	09:38	The Swedes keep playing actively in front of the German goal and they have made up more scoring chances so far.
	08:47	Johannesen with the puck in the defensive zone.
	06:57	Gustafsson made a big glove save on one of the home team forwards.
	05:49	Goal for Frölunda! The home team defenders left SEBASTIAN STALBERG behind. The Frolunda forward got a clever pass and moved the puck into the goal under Vehanen. Assisted by: Niklas Lasu and Mats Rosseli-Olsen.
	05:40	Gustafsson made a quick save and stopped the game.
	04:20	One of the visitors got the puck into a interesting position between the face-off circles, but his shot went wide in the end.
	02:58	Petersen with the puck at his goal looking for a teammate to pass it.
	02:05	The Germans got the puck behind the Swedish goal, but the defenders took it back and got it out.
	01:22	Berlin is called for icing. Face-off in front of Vehanen.
	00:52	Frolunda in the attacking zone trying to get the home team under pressure.
	00:01	Game started.
		Both teams are on the ice. We are starting in no time.
Both Jens Baxmann and Frank Hördler missing for @Eisbaeren_B tonight so an extremely young 3rd D pairing of Kai Wissmann and Maxi Adam #CHL — Laurence Thorn (@LTIceHockeyNerd) November 1, 2016
		Starting lineups: Eisbären Berlin: Vehanen (Cuepper) – Gervais, Mueller, Dupont, Braun, Adam, Wissmann – Macqueen, Tallackson, Talbot – Machacek, Wilson, Rankel – Petersen, Olver, Fischbuch – Jahnke, Hessler, Ziegler. Coach: Uwe Krupp. Frölunda Gothenburg: Gustafsson (Bakala) – Tommernes, Nyberg, Johannesen, Sigalet, Donovan, Dahlin – Wellman, Lundqvist, Hjamlarsson – Grundstrom, Figren, Sundstron – Stalberg, Lasu, Rosseli-Olsen – Ehn, Carlssson, Vesalainen – Olofsson. Coach: Roger Ronnberg. Referees: Salonen, Boman (both FIN) – Merten, Müller (both GER).
		Frolunda Gothenburg The visitors had a harder journey to this series as they lost the very first game of the play-offs 3–2 to Yunost Minsk but they reached the round of 16 in the end thanks to a 5–0 victory against the Belarusian opponent one week later. We can expect that the tournament goal of Frolunda is higher that just the second round of the play-offs because the Swedes are the CHL defending champions.
		Eisbaren Berlin The home team made the play-offs from group I and faced EV Zug in the first round. The Germans went further after wining 4–0 the first game and 2–1 the return game. However they have already won twice against a Swedish opponent in the group, the hockey public expects a tough series with Frolunda for Berlin.
		Good afternoon. Welcome to the online coverage of the Champions Hockey League play-offs. The round of 16 starts on Tuesday and one of the games you can follow is a match between German Eisbaren Berlin and Swedish Frolunda Gothenburg.
		Welcome. Game starts at 19:30.

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Vojtěch Jurák

Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 17. Ziegler – 6. Stalberg (Lasu, Rosseli-Olsen), 12. Lundqvist (Wellman, Tommernes), 19. Wellman (Hjamlarsson, Lundqvist), 28. Lundqvist (Donovan, Wellman), 46. Ehn, 49. Sundstron (Tommernes)

Eisbären Berlín: Vehanen (49. Cuepper) – Gervais, Mueller, Dupont, Braun, Adam, Wissmann – Macqueen, Tallackson, Talbot – Machacek, Wilson, Rankel – Petersen, Olver, Fischbuch – Jahnke, Hessler, Ziegler. Coach: Uwe Krupp.

Frölunda Gothenburg: Gustafsson (Bakala) – Tommernes, Nyberg, Johannesen, Sigalet, Donovan, Dahlin – Wellman, Lundqvist, Hjamlarsson – Grundstrom, Figren, Sundstron – Stalberg, Lasu, Rosseli-Olsen – Ehn, Carlsson, Vesalainen – Olofsson. Coach: Roger Ronnberg.

Referees: Salonen, Boman (both FIN) – Merten, Müller (both GER)

Second match

Tuesday 08.11.2016
Frölunda - Eisbären 4:1

Goals and assists: 2. Grundström (Stålberg, Figren), 11. Grundström (Donovan, Hjalmarsson), 54. Olsen (Grundstrröm, Donovan), 60. Olofsson (LArsson, Wellman) – 51. Gervais (Tallackson)

1st period
	05:49	FRO	0:1	Stalberg (Lasu, Rosseli-Olsen)
	10:10	EIS	2	Fischbuch, tripping
	11:02	FRO	0:2	Lundqvist (Wellman, Tommernes)
	16:04	EIS	1:2	Ziegler
	18:06	FRO	1:3	Wellman (Hjamlarsson, Lundqvist)
1st intermission
2nd period
	27:36	FRO	1:4	Lundqvist (Donovan, Wellman)
	32:44	EIS	2	Olver, holding the stick
	32:49	FRO	2	Tommernes, interference
	38:12	EIS	2	Hessler, hooking
2nd intermission
3rd period
	45:56	FRO	1:5	Ehn
	48:19	FRO	1:6	Sundstron (Tommernes)
	48:19
	57:46	EIS	2	Macqueen, roughing
	57:46	FRO	2	Nyberg, roughing
Final