FRI 3:2 KAL | Fribourg-Gottéron - KalPa Kuopio (Champions League)

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Vitkovice – Liberec	3:1 (after OT)	\|	IFK Helsinki – Linköping	0:1 (end)	\|	JYP – Bern	3:3 (end)
Växjö – SaiPa	4:2 (after OT)	\|	HV71 – Sparta	0:5 (end)	\|	Fribourg – Kuopio	3:2 (after OT)
Frölunda – Eisbären	4:1 (end)

final/OT

Fribourg-Gottéron Switzerland

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

KalPa Kuopio

Tuesday 08.11.2016, 19:45 • BCF Arena • Champions League • 1/16 Finals

		Welcome. Game starts at 19:45.
RESULT: KalPa Kuopio – Fribourg-Gotteron 1–1#KALvsFRI #CHL ???? pic.twitter.com/vVNXjDSJra — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) November 1, 2016
		A goal inside the last five minutes last week helped Fribourg to head back to home ice level with Liiga opponents KalPa. In another winner takes all game, both sides will be looking to make the quarter-final stage for the first time.
ARE YOU REAAAAAADY ?@championshockey @cramotopscorer @FrGotteron @KalPa_Hockey #GreatDayAtCHL #FanAmbassador #FRIKAL pic.twitter.com/kEx3BuxdyE — Oliver Rumo (@oliverrumo) November 8, 2016
		Welcome to BCF-Arena for this "the winner takes it all" game between Fribourg-Gottéron and KalPa Kuopio. My name is Alain Hauert and I am in charge for tonights live ticker...
Ready to play in Switzerland #chl #championsleague #hockey #hockeyfan #fribourg #kuopio #gloves Fotka zveřejněná uživatelem Champions Hockey League (@championshockey), Lis 8, 2016 v 9:47 PST
		Starting lineups: Fribourg-Gottéron: Conz (Saikkonen) – Rathgeb, Picard, Maret, Abplanalp, Stalder, Leeger, Chiquet, Chavaillaz – Schmutz, Gustafsson, Marchon – Mauldin, Bykov, Mottet – Sprunger, Cervenka, Birner – Neukom, Rivera, Neuenschwander. KalPa Kuopio: Kinnunen (Godla) – Timonen, Leskinen, Mikkola, Lukka, Riikola, Sopanen – Keranen, Risstanen, Ruuttu – Jokinen, Sebok, Ankinen – Mutanen, Myttynen, Junnila – Piipponen, Pitkanen, Nuutinen. Referees: Kubus (SVK), Brügemann (GER) – Progin, Kovacs (All SUI).
		The home fans are really awaiting tonights matchup, as this is the first appearance on the ice for the new Fribourg attacker Michal Birner, who was recently released from his contract with Traktor Tscheljabinsk. Interesting fact, that today there are only two players which were selected for the World Cup of Hockey in September and October 2016 that are not playing either in the NHL or KHL: Roman Cervenka and Michal Birner. Today these two attackers will be reunited for the first time in Fribourg and joined by team-captain Julien Sprunger to make a very interesting offensive line...
		Other important points from the lineups: Fribourg is starting with Benjamin Conz in the net, this goalie is back in play after that coach Larry Huras gave Dennis Saikkonen a starting opportunity in Kuopio. The goaltender for Kalpa tonight is Severi Kinnunen.
		The two Cramo Topscorers are Roman Cervenka for the swiss and Jesse Mankinen for the finnish side.
.@FrGotteron and @KalPa_Hockey prepare to do battle in the #CHL in 30 minutes. Here are to guys to look out for! pic.twitter.com/RbDclCK6yQ — Cramo Top Scorer (@cramotopscorer) November 8, 2016
		The referees for this game are Brüggemann from Germany and Kubus from Slovakia assisted by linesmen Kovacs and Progin from Switzerland.
		The starting six are ready on the ice, we are about to start this game in a few seconds.
	00:01	Game started.
	00:01	Here we go!
	00:29	First shot of the game by Piiponen, but the puck goes wide.
	01:58	Fribourg is struggling to enter the offensive zone, Bykov loses the puck.
	02:35	Icing KalPa
	03:15	Bad pass from Leeger, but no finnish player can take an advantage of it.
	03:50	A good chance for Myttynen, but Conz is there.
	04:30	Fribourg has pulled the goalie for a delayed penalty.
	04:37	Powerbreak!
	04:37	First penalty in this game, Mutanen gets called for high-sticking.
	04:55	And the Powerplay is over after only a few second as Mauldin gets called this time for tripping.
	05:28	A good shot by Maret, but the puck misses the target.
Jännittää. Ei mulla muuta. #KalPa #CHLfi #nitroja — sanna. (@sannamarikei) November 8, 2016 "I am nervous, nothing else."
	06:13	A rather hard call by the refs. Rivera is on the bench for tripping and KalPa has a chance to play a Powerplay.
	06:39	KalPa is back at full strength, 5 on 3 now!
	07:03	Keranen and Mankinen with two good chances, but Conz can block the puck. Fribourg is back at 4.
	07:24	Goal for KalPa! KalPa opens the scoring tonight. MATIAS MYTTYNEN scores after a nice dribbling in the swiss defense with a shot topshelf. Assisted by: Santeri Lukka.
07:24 MYTTYNEN - 0:1
	08:46	Sopanen with the next attempt, but this time Conz can close the door.
	08:46	The finnish team is stronger in this first period so far...
	08:55	Goal for Fribourg! And only seconds after I wrote about KalPa dominating the game so far, its GREG MAULDIN on a breakaway after a noice setup by Killian Mottet. Assisted Killian Mottet and Yannick Rathgeb.
08:55 MAULDIN - 1:1
	09:30	Neukom with a shot from the blueline, which is blocked.
	10:00	And on the other end Conz covers it up.
	11:13	Icing Fribourg
whoa, nice! what a beauty! #CHL #FRIvsKAL — Fabienne (Pinkhair) (@The_Pinkhair) November 8, 2016
	12:04	Rissanen centers it but the player in front of the net didn't get the stick on the ice to deflect it.
	12:42	Icing Kuopio
	13:20	Birner and Sprunger are close to get the lead for Fribourg, but somehow KalPa can clear this one.
	14:15	Powerbreak
	14:15	Fribourg gets another chance to play wit a one-man-advantage as Mikkola gets called for Icing. Just seconds after another good shot by Rathgeb.
	14:38	Gustafsson with the first chance in this Powerplay, but we are still tied at one.
	15:25	KalPa clears the puck down the ice.
	16:06	Offside Fribourg
	16:16	Kuopio is back at full strength
	16:33	Riikola with a puck to follow, but Conz covers it up.
	16:44	Roman Cervenka gets a chance, but he can not redirect this puck properly
	17:23	The next shot is for KalPa by Mikkola, but Conz stopps it.
	17:45	Nuutinen with a deflection but the puck goes wide.
	19:00	One minute left in the first period.
	19:12	A shot from Neukom is saved by Kinnunen.
	19:54	Neukom gets called for tripping with 6 seconds left in this period.
	19:59	A last shot by Myttynen, but Conz can close the door at the first post.
	20:00	1st period finished.
		The first period ends with a tied score 1-1 (2-2 on aggregate). KalPa started with very high energy in this game, creating a bunch of scoring chances. this efforts paid off after 7:24 when Myttynen scored after a nice deke to avoid a defender and aiming his shot in the upper right corner. Fribourg had some problems to find a way back in this game, but after the equalizer scored on a breakaway by Mauldin, the home side was back. Fribourg was even closer to score the second goal after that, but they were not lucky on these attempts. A last minute penalty against Neukom will offer the guests from KalPa the opportunity to begin the second 20 minutes with a 5-on-4 Powerplay.
		We will be back with more action from BCF-Arena in about 12 minutes.
		First period statistics: Shots on goal 7-12 PIM 6-4 Score 1-1 Aggregate score 2-2
	20:01	Start of 2nd period.
	20:01	Fribourg wins the faceoff, as KalPa plays with one man more on the ice
	20:40	Fribourg clears it down the ice.
	20:55	Mankinen misses the shot and Fribourg gets te puck away once again.
	21:27	Another penalty coming up against Fribourg. Birner gets called for tripping.
	21:55	Mauldin clears it for Fribourg and Neukom is back on the ice.
	22:30	One more minute in this Powerplay for KalPa
	23:29	What a save from Conz against Ruuttu... nd seconds later he denies also Myttynen, then Fribourg is back at full strength.
	24:02	Goal for Fribourg! Just back from the penalty bench MICHAL BIRNER gets the puck from Julien Sprunger and can score the second for the home side. But what a preparation work by captain Sprunger!
24:02 BIRNER - 2:1
	25:04	Icing Fribourg
	25:36	Mikkola with a shot right from the slot, but Conz stopps it.
	26:15	A shot by Neuenschwander misses the net.
	26:22	Offside KalPa
	26:22	Powerbreak!
First Game, First Goal, the new guy Michal Birner looks promising. #CHL #FRIvsKAL — Fabienne (Pinkhair) (@The_Pinkhair) November 8, 2016
	26:22	Fribourg has taken the lead in this game and also leads on aggregate (3-2). As the away goals do not count double in the CHL, KalPa needs one goal at least to get an OT now. But Fribourg seems not to slow down the pace, its a good game with chances on both sides so far.
	27:40	An information about the team of Fribourg. Alexandre Picard is no more on the bench, suffering from an injury apparently
	28:33	Offside Fribourg
	28:52	Mankinen with a shot, but no problem for the swiss goalkeeper.
	29:24	Fribourg with a good chance for a conter-attack, but the play is whistled down for offside.
	29:45	Offside KalPa
	29:52	Conz with a save after the attempt by Lukka
	30:37	Now Fribourg will get a chance to play in a Powerplay as Rissanen gets called for tripping.
	32:13	The powerplay is not good so far, KalPa clears the puck
	32:40	The finnish side is playing at full strength
	33:45	Leeger with a shot from center-ice, Kinnanen with a glove save.
	33:45	Powerbreak!
	33:48	A chance right from the faceoff. Cervenka wins the duel and Birner with a good shot. Kinnanen is there.
	34:05	Goal for KalPa! And there is the equalizer. A nice transition pass from Sebok and its TOMMI JOKINEN who beats Conz in a one on one. Assisted: Balazs Sebok
Toooooommmi Jooookinen Tommi Jokinen!! JESS!! #kalpa #CHLfi — Esa Hietikko (@KuopioSports) November 8, 2016
	34:35	We are all tied again here at BCF-Arena
	35:02	Dangerous shot by Leeger, but the puck goes just wide.
	36:06	And then the refs are – again – in the center of the interest. The penalty called against Fribourg is – at least – hard. Nevertheless, Marchon is sent to the bench.
	37:12	Fribourg clears it.
	38:08	Rissanen with a shot in the last seconds of the Powerplay and then Fribourg is back at full strength.
	38:18	Offside Fribourg
	38:30	Tonights attendance is 3032.
	39:00	One minute left in the second period.
	39:09	Play is stopped when a KalPa Player is going down after a hard hit. But Sebok leaves the ice moments later.
	39:33	Cervenka for Sprunger, but the rocket is stopped by Kinnanen
	39:40	Offside Kuopio
	40:00	2nd period finished.
		After two periods the score is still even between these two teams 2-2. In the second it was Fribourg who scored first. Just second safter having killed a 5-on-3 penalty the home side took the lead from the stick of Michal Birner. The new attacker (who played some years ago also for KalPa) finished a great preparation work from Julien Sprunger. Later in this period, there were more and more little errors in the swiss defense and it was after a nice transition pass that Tommi Jokinen faced Conz all alone and made this one a tie-game again.
		20 minutes left – until this moment who are not closer to a decision in this matchup than we were after game 1... Stay tuned.
#FRIvsKAL 2–2 after 2nd period (3–3 on aggregate)@FrGotteron vs @KalPa_Hockey #CHL — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) November 8, 2016
		Second period statistics: Shots on goal 9-11 (16-23) PIM 4-2 (10-6) Score 1-1 (2-2) Aggregate score 3-3
		Players and Referees are back on the ice for the third period.
	40:01	Start of 3rd period.
	40:01	The faceoff is won by Fribourg
	40:07	Kinnanen prefers to cover the puck.
	40:25	Rissanen with a wrister, stopped by Conz.
	41:02	Delayed penalty coming up against Fribourg
	41:16	Fribourg will have to play with 4 players on the ice only, as CTS Cervenka gets called for hooking.
	41:39	Neuenschwander with a chance shorthanded, he misses the net by inches only.
	42:48	Fribourg clears it
	43:18	The home team is back at full strength
	43:27	Schmutz leaves the puck behind for Stalder who gets a shot, but Kinnanen is there for a save.
	43:52	Jokinen tries to beat Conz, but the swiss keeper is there with his glove.
	44:43	Good chance for Neuenschwander again, he misses the net.
	45:19	The puck is deflected out of play
	45:57	A shot from Mikkola is deflected into the protection net by Mankinen
	47:10	A chaotic situation in front of Kinnanen, but no Fribourg attacker can fire it home.
	47:38	Ruuttu is shooting, the puck is deflected wide.
	47:38	Powerbreak!
	48:12	Marchon with a shot and Gustafsson treis to work the puck behind Kinnanen, but the finnish keeper wind the battle.
	48:29	Icing Fribourg
	48:56	Offside Fribourg
	49:42	Icing Fribourg
	50:27	A shot by Mottet misses the net
	50:50	Lucky situation for KalPa as the finnish side had clearly too many men on the ice. The referees did call them for this
	51:27	Conz blocks the puck.
	52:35	Icing KalPa
	52:50	Powerbreak!
	53:00	Just 7 minutes left in regulation, an the game is still tied.
	53:36	The game is whistled down for handpass.
	53:45	Stalder with a shot and Cervenka is trying to screen the goalkeeper. Kinnanen can still block it.
	53:51	Kinnanen has a problem with his equipment.
	54:06	Neukom in the slot is stopped by Lukka, but this was a foul and Lukka gets called for tripping
	56:10	KalPa is back at full strength
	57:09	Conz covers it up.
	57:49	Icing Fribourg
	57:49	Will we see an overtime here at BCF-Arena?
	59:15	45 seconds to go.
	60:00	3rd period finished.
		The third period is over... The score didn't move anymore in these last 20 minutes. Fribourg-Gottéron and KalPa Kuopio are all even after 120 minutes of ice-hockey.
		We are now preparing for the OT decision. The overtime will be played with 3 players on both sides.
		Another maximum 10 minutes of intense sports between these two sides. We are about to know who will go through to the next round.
For the third time tonight, we are going into OT in the #CHL – @FrGotteron and @KalPa_Hockey locked at 3-3 after 120 minutes of hockey! — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) November 8, 2016
		Third period statistics: Shots on goal 11-11 PIM 2-2 Score 0-0 Aggregate score 3-3
	60:01	Overtime began.
	60:32	Conz blocks the puck.
	61:20	Goal for Fribourg! And this the decision in this game. Rathgeb, Cervenka and Sprunger are creating a very nice passing in the zone of KalPa and in the end its a beatyful backhand goal scored by YANNICK RATHGEB which sends Fribourg to the quarterfinals!
		Game over.
		This was a close one. Fribourg and KalPa played a very good and intense match and in the end the swiss side gets a nice goal in OT to take the victory in this duel. The fans are singing their anthe,m of victory "lyoba", an ancient song from the alps and the players celebrate this win. Overall Fribourg deserved the victory, even if KalPa was a strong opponent during the two matches.
		Voted by the jury as best players: KalPa: Matias Myttynen Fribourg: Yannick Rathgeb
		Game statistics Shots on goal 28-34 PIM 12-8 Score 3-2 (OT) Aggergate score 4-3
AWESOME! Fribourg proceeds to the #CHL-Quarterfinals!!!!!! #SwissHockeyUnited — Fabienne (Pinkhair) (@The_Pinkhair) November 8, 2016
Fribourg wins it on the overtime and if I'm not mistaken eliminates the last Finnish team from #CHL this season. — Toby_StH (@Toby_StH) November 8, 2016
That's it – Finland have lost all of their teams tonight as Fribourg win in OT at 61:20 with YANNICK RATHGEB's backhanded effort! #CHL pic.twitter.com/3yYwgQaowU — Champs Hockey League (@championshockey) November 8, 2016
		Thank you for your interest in this game and my live ticker, I hope you enjoyed this game on the CHL network / homepage. This is Alain Hauert from BCF-Arena in Fribourg, I wish you agood night and hope you'll be back with us for the next games – which will be the quarterfinals of CHL! (22:23:28)

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Goals & lineups Match log

Goals and assists: 9. Mauldin (Mottet, Rathgeb), 25. Birner (Sprunger), 62. Rathgeb (Sprunger, Cervenka) – 8. Myttynen (Lukka), 35. Jokinen (Sebok)

Fribourg-Gottéron: Conz (Saikkonen) – Rathgeb, Picard, Maret, Abplanalp, Stalder, Leeger, Chiquet, Chavaillaz – Schmutz, Gustafsson, Marchon – Mauldin, Bykov, Mottet – Sprunger, Cervenka, Birner – Neukom, Rivera, Neuenschwander

KalPa Kuopio: Kinnunen (Godla) – Timonen, Leskinen, Mikkola, Lukka, Riikola, Sopanen – Keranen, Risstanen, Ruuttu – Jokinen, Sebok, Ankinen – Mutanen, Myttynen, Junnila – Piipponen, Pitkanen, Nuutinen

Referees: Kubus (SVK), Brügemann (GER) – Progin, Kovacs (All SUI)

Attendance: 3032

1st game

01.11.2016
Kuopio - Fribourg 1:1

Goals and assists: 38. Mankinen (Riikola) – 56. Sprunger (Rathgeb, Mottet)

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1st period
	04:37	KAL	2	Mutanen, high-sticking
	04:55	FRI	2	Mauldin, tripping
	06:13	FRI	2	Rivera, tripping
	07:24	KAL	0:1	Myttynen (Lukka)
	08:55	FRI	1:1	Mauldin (Mottet, Rathgeb)
	14:15	KAL	2	Mikkola, interference
	19:54	FRI	2	Neukom, tripping
1st intermission
2nd period
	21:27	FRI	2	Birner, tripping
	24:02	FRI	2:1	Birner (Sprunger)
	30:37	KAL	2	Rissanen, tripping
	34:05	KAL	2:2	Jokinen (Sebok)
	36:06	FRI	2	Marchon, tripping
2nd intermission
3rd period
	41:16	FRI	2	Cervenka, hooking
	54:06	KAL	2	Lukka, tripping
After 3rd period
Overtime
	61:20	FRI	3:2	Rathgeb (Sprunger, Cervenka)
Final/OT