2017–18 Champions Hockey League

The 2017–18 Champions Hockey League was the fourth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was reduced to 32 teams, and qualification was on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues are represented by between three and five teams (based on a three-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" are represented by one team each. One place was reserved for the Continental Cup champion. Unlike in the three previous editions, founding teams did not automatically qualify.^[1] The season concluded with the final on 6 February 2018 at Vida Arena where JYP beat Växjö Lakers 2–0, becoming the first non-Swedish team to win the title.

2017–18 Champions Hockey League

Tournament details
Dates	24 August 2017 – 6 February 2018
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	JYP (1st title)
Runners-up	Växjö Lakers
Tournament statistics
Games played	125
Goals scored	735 (5.88 per game)
Attendance	421,743 (3,374 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Fredrik Pettersson (16 points)
Awards
MVP	Šimon Hrubec
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participate in the 2017–18 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, France, Belarus, the United Kingdom and Poland qualified.^[2][3]

The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:^[4]

1. National league champion (play-off winners)
2. Regular season winners
3. Regular season runner-up
4. Losing play-off finalist
5. Higher regular season ranked losing semi-finalist
6. Lower regular season ranked losing semi-finalist
7. Third placed team in regular season
8. Fourth placed team in regular season
9. Fifth placed team in regular season.

Teams

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	2017 CHL winner	4th	champion
HV71	Jönköping	Swedish Hockey League	play-off champion	4th	round of 16
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	regular season winner	4th	semi-finals
Brynäs IF	Gävle	Swedish Hockey League	play-off finalist	1st
Malmö Redhawks	Malmö	Swedish Hockey League	play-off semi-finalist	1st
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	play-off champion	4th	round of 16
TPS	Turku	Liiga	regular season runner-up	4th	quarter-finals
KalPa	Kuopio	Liiga	play-off finalist	4th	round of 16
JYP	Jyväskylä	Liiga	play-off semi-finalist	4th	round of 16
HIFK	Helsinki	Liiga	play-off semi-finalist	4th	quarter-finals
SC Bern	Bern	National League	play-off champion	4th	quarter-finals
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League	regular season runner-up	4th	quarter-finals
EV Zug	Zug	National League	play-off finalist	4th	round of 32
HC Davos	Davos	National League	play-off semi-finalist	3rd	semi-finals
Kometa Brno	Brno	Czech Extraliga	play-off champion	1st
Bílí Tygři Liberec	Liberec	Czech Extraliga	regular season winner	4th	round of 16
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	regular season runner-up	3rd	round of 32
Mountfield HK	Hradec Králové	Czech Extraliga	play-off semi-finalist	1st
Red Bull München	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	play-off champion	3rd	round of 32
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	regular season runner-up	4th	round of 32
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	play-off finalist	2nd	round of 32
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Austrian Hockey League	play-off champion	4th	round of 16
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Austrian Hockey League	regular season runner-up	4th	round of 16
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	Austrian Hockey League	play-off finalist	2nd	group stage
Nottingham Panthers	Nottingham	Elite Ice Hockey League	Continental Cup winner	2nd	group stage
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Elite Ice Hockey League	regular season champion	1st
HC '05 Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Tipsport Liga	play-off champion	1st
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	GET-ligaen	play-off champion	4th	round of 32
Neman Grodno	Grodno	Belarusian Extraleague	play-off champion	2nd	group stage
Esbjerg Energy	Esbjerg	Metal Ligaen	play-off champion	2nd	group stage
Rapaces de Gap	Gap	Ligue Magnus	play-off champion	3rd	group stage
ComArch Cracovia	Kraków	Polska Hokej Liga	play-off champion	2nd	group stage

Group stage

Tappara

Salzburg

Wolfsburg

Banská Bystrica

Brno

KalPa

Malmö

Stavanger

Vienna

Zug

JYP

Grodno

HV71

Mannheim

Třinec

Esbjerg

Växjö

Liberec

Davos

Cardiff

Bern

TPS

Mountfield

Nottingham

München

Brynäs

HIFK

Cracovia

Frölunda

ZSC

KAC

Gap

Teams in the 2017–18 Champions Hockey League
Black: Group A; Purple: Group B; Blue: Group C; Red: Group D; Orange: Group E; Green: Group F; White: Group G; Yellow: Group H.

For the group stage, the teams were drawn into 8 groups of 4 teams. Each team plays home and away against every other team for a total of 6 games. The best 2 teams qualify to the round of 16.^[1]

As the reigning CHL champions, Frölunda HC was the top seeded team. In the top pot were also the reigning champions of the six founding leagues and the regular season winner of SHL, Växjö Lakers. The 16 remaining teams from founding leagues were placed to pots 2 and 3. The fourth pot included playoff champions of seven challenge leagues and Nottingham Panthers, the champion of 2016–17 IIHF Continental Cup.

Group stage tie-breaking criteria

If two teams are tied in points after the group stage is finished, the teams precedence is decided by head-to-head games. If teams are tied after that, then the team which was ranked higher prior to the tournament took precedence. When comparing head-to-head results, the following criteria were applied:^[5]

1. more points in games against the other tied team
2. better goal difference in games against the other tied team
3. more goals scored against the other tied team
4. more goals scored in a single game against the other tied team

   If the head-to-head games between teams ended as draws after regulation, this additional criterion was applied:

5. overtime wins against the other tied team

   If the head-to-head games between teams ended with game winning shots, this additional criterion was applied:

6. more goals scored in the two game winning shot competitions

   If teams are still tied, the higher position in the 2016–17 CHL club ranking was decided about precedence.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Frölunda HC HV71 Tappara SC Bern Kometa Brno Red Bull München Vienna Capitals Växjö Lakers	TPS ZSC Lions Bílí Tygři Liberec Adler Mannheim Red Bull Salzburg Brynäs IF KalPa EV Zug	Oceláři Třinec Grizzlys Wolfsburg EC KAC Malmö Redhawks JYP HC Davos Mountfield HK HIFK	HC '05 Banská Bystrica Stavanger Oilers Neman Grodno Esbjerg Energy Cardiff Devils Rapaces de Gap ComArch Cracovia Nottingham Panthers

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TAP	RBS	WOB	BAB
1	Tappara	6	5	0	0	1	26	11	+15	15	Advance to Playoffs		—	4–2	4–2	3–0
2	Red Bull Salzburg	6	3	0	0	3	20	22	−2	9			1–6	—	4–3	5–0
3	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	6	2	0	0	4	15	23	−8	6			1–7	4–5	—	4–3
4	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	6	2	0	0	4	13	18	−5	6			5–2	5–3	0–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAL	KOM	KAL	OIL
1	Malmö Redhawks	6	4	0	1	1	23	17	+6	13	Advance to Playoffs		—	3–0	6–2	2–1
2	Kometa Brno	6	2	3	0	1	18	15	+3	12			5–4 (OT)	—	3–2 (OT)	4–3 (OT)
3	KalPa	6	3	0	1	2	25	22	+3	10			6–4	2–4	—	7–1
4	Stavanger Oilers	6	0	0	1	5	13	25	−12	1			3–4	1–2	4–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EVZ	JYP	NEM	VIC
1	EV Zug	6	3	1	0	2	20	16	+4	11	Advance to Playoffs		—	6–3	3–2 (SO)	3–1
2	JYP	6	3	1	0	2	16	15	+1	11			3–2	—	3–2 (SO)	4–1
3	Neman Grodno	6	1	1	3	1	18	18	0	8			2–3	3–0	—	5–4 (OT)
4	Vienna Capitals	6	1	1	1	3	17	22	−5	6			5–3	1–3	5–4 (SO)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAN	TRI	HV71	ESB
1	Adler Mannheim	6	5	0	0	1	26	12	+14	15	Advance to Playoffs		—	6–2	6–3	4–1
2	Oceláři Třinec	6	4	0	1	1	20	10	+10	13			3–0	—	3–0	9–1
3	HV71	6	2	1	0	3	16	16	0	8			1–4	2–1 (SO)	—	3–0
4	Esbjerg Energy	6	0	0	0	6	7	31	−24	0			2–6	1–2	2–7	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VLH	LIB	HCD	CAR
1	Växjö Lakers	6	4	1	0	1	22	16	+6	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	6–3	5–3	3–2
2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	6	3	0	1	2	24	21	+3	10			3–4 (OT)	—	4–3	5–2
3	HC Davos	6	2	0	1	3	22	19	+3	7			0–3	3–2	—	10–1
4	Cardiff Devils	6	1	1	0	4	17	29	−12	5			5–1	3–7	4–3 (OT)	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOT	SCB	TPS	MHK
1	Nottingham Panthers	6	3	1	0	2	18	17	+1	11	Advance to Playoffs		—	4–2	2–0	4–3 (OT)
2	SC Bern	6	3	0	0	3	21	16	+5	9			5–2	—	4–0	5–2
3	TPS	6	3	0	0	3	12	15	−3	9			5–2	3–1	—	3–1
4	Mountfield HK	6	2	0	1	3	18	21	−3	7			2–4	5–4	5–1	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBM	BIF	HIFK	CRA
1	Red Bull München	6	5	0	0	1	21	11	+10	15	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–3	4–1	6–2
2	Brynäs IF	6	4	1	0	1	25	12	+13	14			2–3	—	4–3 (SO)	8–0
3	HIFK	6	2	0	1	3	20	20	0	7			2–4	2–5	—	6–3
4	ComArch Cracovia	6	0	0	0	6	8	31	−23	0			1–2	2–3	0–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FHC	ZSC	KAC	GAP
1	Frölunda HC	6	5	1	0	0	21	10	+11	17	Advance to Playoffs		—	5–4 (OT)	2–1	5–1
2	ZSC Lions	6	3	0	2	1	24	10	+14	11			1–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	EC KAC	6	2	1	0	3	15	15	0	8			2–4	2–1 (OT)	—	4–2
4	Rapaces de Gap	6	0	0	0	6	8	33	−25	0			1–3	1–11	3–6	—

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Playoffs

Qualified teams

Group	Winners (seed)	Runners-up
A	Tappara (2)	Red Bull Salzburg
B	Malmö Redhawks (6)	Kometa Brno
C	EV Zug (7)	JYP
D	Adler Mannheim (3)	Oceláři Třinec
E	Växjö Lakers (5)	Bílí Tygři Liberec
F	Nottingham Panthers (8)	SC Bern
G	Red Bull München (4)	Brynäs IF
H	Frölunda HC (1)	ZSC Lions

Format

In each round except the final, the teams played two games and the aggregate score was decided the team which advances. As a rule, the first leg was hosted by the team who had inferior record in the tournament so far and the second leg was played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime followed. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the game winning shot competition advances.^[5]

The final was played on the home ice of team who had better record in the tournament on February 6, 2018.

Bracket

The eight group winners and the eight second-placed teams advanced to the Round of 16. The teams were divided into two seeding groups and group winners were randomly drawn against runners-up. Teams who had faced each other in the group stage could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16.^[5] The draw took place in Helsinki, Finland on October 13, 2017.^[6]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	JYP	3	2	5
	16	Tappara	1	3	4
								JYP		3	5	8
								Kometa Brno		3	3	6
	8	Kometa Brno	4	5	9
	9	EV Zug	3	2	5
															JYP (SO)		4	3	7
															Oceláři Třinec		2	4	6
	5	Brynäs IF	3	2	5
	12	Adler Mannheim	2	1	3
								Brynäs IF		1	3	4
								Oceláři Třinec		3	5	8
	4	Oceláři Třinec	2	2	4
	13	Malmö Redhawks	1	1	2
																						JYP		2
																						Växjö Lakers		0
	6	Red Bull Salzburg	2	3	5
	11	Växjö Lakers	1	5	6
								Växjö Lakers		2	4	6
								SC Bern		3	2	5
	3	SC Bern	2	5	7
	14	Red Bull München	3	2	5
															Växjö Lakers		1	6	7
															Bílí Tygři Liberec		1	1	2
	7	ZSC Lions	3	3	6
	10	Nottingham Panthers	1	0	1
								ZSC Lions		1	0	1
								Bílí Tygři Liberec (SO)		0	2	2
	2	Bílí Tygři Liberec (OT)	2	6	8
	15	Frölunda HC	3	4	7

Note:

1. The teams listed on top of each tie were runners up in the group stage and play the first leg at home. The bottom team were group winners and play the second leg at home. Due to conflicting schedules however, both Malmö Redhawks and Adler Mannheim ended up playing their first legs at home.
2. The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second match at home.

Round of 16

The draw for the entire playoff was held on 13 October 2017 in Helsinki. The first legs were played on 31 October with return legs played the following week.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	5–4	Tappara	3–1	2–3
Kometa Brno	9–5	EV Zug	4–3	5–2
Brynäs IF	5–3	Adler Mannheim	3–2	2–1
Oceláři Třinec	4–2	Malmö Redhawks	2–1	2–1
Red Bull Salzburg	5–6	Växjö Lakers	2–1	3–5
SC Bern	7–5	Red Bull München	2–3	5–2
ZSC Lions	6–1	Nottingham Panthers	3–1	3–0
Bílí Tygři Liberec	8–7	Frölunda HC	2–3	6–4 OT

First Leg

31 October 2017 17:00 CET

Bílí Tygři Liberec

2–3 (1–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Frölunda HC

Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 3,712

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Johan Mattsson	Referees: Peter Stano Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Ondráček
	Bakoš – 9:53 1–0 1–1 24:15 – Stålberg 1–2 28:28 – (PP) Lundqvist (Olofsson, Almquist) Krenželok (Jelínek, Bakoš) (PP) – 43:14 2–2 2–3 53:11 – (PP) Dahlin (Donovan)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	27	Shots	23

31 October 2017 18:00 CET

JYP

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Tappara

LähiTapiola Areena, Jyväskylä Attendance: 3,279

Game reference
	Eetu Laurikainen	Goalies	Dominik Hrachovina	Referees: Andris Ansons Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Hannu Sormunen
	Miklík (Hytönen) – 10:41 1–0 Suomela – 41:40 2–0 2–1 47:38 – Jasu (Záborský, Kuusela) Tuppurainen (Nattinen) – 56:17 3–1
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	23

31 October 2017 18:30 CET

Malmö Redhawks

1–2 (0–0, 1–0, 0–2)

Oceláři Třinec

Malmö Arena, Malmö Attendance: 1,662

Game reference
	Oscar Alsenfelt	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Marc Wiegand Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist
	Hardt (Storm) – 21:10 1–0 1–1 40:53 – Svačina (Adamský, Polanský) 1–2 57:10 – Chmielewski (Musil, Dravecký)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	26

31 October 2017 19:00 CET

Kometa Brno

4–3 (1–0, 1–2, 2–1)

EV Zug

DRFG Arena, Brno Attendance: 3,345

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Tobias Stephan	Referees: Kristian Vikman Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Jiří Frodl
	Süss (Horký) – 2:36 1–0 1–1 28:25 – Stalberg Mallet (Plášek, Zohorna) (SHG) – 36:15 2–1 2–2 38:08 – (SHG) Suri (Stalberg, Helbling) Haščák (Němec) (PP, 5 ON 3) – 48:36 3–2 Haščák (Němec) (PP) – 56:48 4–2 4–3 59:20 – (PP) McIntyre (Roe, Martschini)
	8 min	Penalties	16 min
	43	Shots	24

31 October 2017 19:30 CET

Adler Mannheim

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Brynäs IF

SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 4,176

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Linus Fernström	Referees: Daniel Pražák Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Robert Schelewski Tobias Schwenk
	0–1 14:46 – Paille (Ikonen, Bertilsson) 0–2 29:14 – Hirsch (Alcén, Carlsson) Plachta (Adam) – 34:00 1–2 1–3 35:29 – Jensen (Ikonen, Paille) Plachta (Raedeke, Desjardins) – 57:38 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	27

31 October 2017 19:30 CET

Red Bull Salzburg

2–1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Växjö Lakers

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg Attendance: 2,561

Game reference
	Luka Gracnar	Goalies	Viktor Andrén	Referees: Ivan Fateev Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Elias Seewald David Nothegger
	Schiechl (Hochkofler, Cijan) – 2:04 1–0 Pallestrang (Cijan) – 6:52 2–0 2–1 36:49 – Fröberg (Welch, Brodecki)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	43

31 October 2017 19:45 CET

SC Bern

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Red Bull München

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 13,763

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Mikael Holm Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Cedric Borga Balazs Kovacs
	Ebbett (Arcobello, Noreau) (PP) – 13:41 1–0 1–1 21:16 – Aucoin (Pinizzotto) 1–2 23:57 – Eder Krueger (Randegger, Pyörälä) – 26:28 2–2 2–3 58:21 – Kastner (Mauer)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	35

31 October 2017 19:45 CET

ZSC Lions

3–1 (1–0, 0–0, 2–1)

Nottingham Panthers

Hallenstadion, Zürich Attendance: 3,024

Game reference
	Lukas Flueler	Goalies	Michael Garnett	Referees: André Schrader Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Simon Wust
	Guerra (Korpikoski) – 8:56 1–0 1–1 40:52 – Perlini (Mosey, Shalla) Wick – 45:51 2–1 Pettersson (Suter, Nilsson) – 55:40 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	19

Second Leg

7 November 2017 18:00 CET

Oceláři Třinec

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Malmö Redhawks

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,782

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Oscar Alsenfelt	Referees: Marc Iwert Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Josef Špůr Daniel Hynek
	Marcinko (Linhart, Irgl) – 6:22 1–0 1–1 56:09 – (SHG) Bryggman (Händemark, Olsson) Cienciala (Kovařčík) (ENG) – 59:42 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	21

HC Oceláři Třinec won 4–2 on Aggregate.

7 November 2017 18:00 CET

Tappara

3–2 (1–0, 0–2, 2–0)

JYP

Tampere Ice Stadium, Tampere Attendance: 4,221

Game reference
	Dominik Hrachovina	Goalies	Eetu Laurikainen	Referees: Maxim Sidorenko Sören Persson Linesmen: Markus Hagerström Sakari Suominen
	Kuusela (Záborský, Mikkola) – 3:12 1–0 1–1 22:17 – Suomela (Tuppurainen, Kalteva) 1–2 35:00 – Kalteva (Nattinen, Turkulainen) Järvinen (Peltola, Lehtonen) (PP) – 49:28 2–2 Peltola (Rantakari, Kuusela) (PP) – 54:14 3–2
	2 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	32

JYP won 5–4 on Aggregate.

7 November 2017 18:30 CET

Brynäs IF

2–1 (0–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Adler Mannheim

Gavlerinken Arena, Gävle Attendance: 4,252

Game reference
	Linus Fernström	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Daniel Persson Jimmy Dahmén
	0–1 1:39 – Setoguchi (Larkin) Blomqvist (Clark) (PP, 5 ON 3) – 57:20 1–1 Ölund (Ikonen, Kilström) (PP, ENG) – 59:08 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	108 min
	32	Shots	11

Brynäs IF won 5–3 on Aggregate.

7 November 2017 19:00 CET

Frölunda HC

4–6 (OT) (1–1, 1–0, 2–4) (OT 0–1)

Bílí Tygři Liberec

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,570

Game reference
	Johan Mattsson	Goalies	Jaroslav Janus	Referees: Manuel Nikolić Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Alexander Waldejer
	Widerström (Hjalmarsson, Stålberg) – 6:02 1–0 1–1 18:47 – (PP) Ševc (Bakoš, Krenželok) Olofsson (Lasch, Almquist) (PP) – 31:58 2–1 2–2 43:47 – Šmíd (Krenželok, Jašek) 2–3 48:19 – Plutnar (Ordoš) Grundström (Lundqvist, Lasch) (PP) – 50:37 3–3 3–4 50:56 – Vantuch (Ševc, Havlín) Lasch (Lundqvist, Grundström) – 54:41 4–4 4–5 59:10 – Bakoš (Ševc, Jelínek) 4–6 61:01 – (PP) Bulíř (Bakoš, Ševc)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	44	Shots	22

Bílí Tygři Liberec won 8–7 on Aggregate in Overtime.

7 November 2017 19:00 CET

Växjö Lakers

5–3 (1–2, 2–0, 2–1)

Red Bull Salzburg

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 1,354

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Adam Kika Jan Hribik Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist
	Calof (Persson) – 8:08 1–0 1–1 11:04 – (PP) Harris (Schremp, Mueller) 1–2 14:46 – Raffl (Rauchenwald, Hughes) Bokk (Persson, Rosén) (PP) – 26:16 2–2 Røndbjerg (Bohm, Josefsson) – 31:18 3–2 Josefsson (Røndbjerg, Persson) – 48:09 4–2 4–3 51:25 – (PP) Schremp (Mueller, Starkbaum) Pettersson (Rosén, Bokk) – 56:29 5–3
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	23

Växjö Lakers won 6–5 on Aggregate.

7 November 2017 19:30 CET

Red Bull München

2–5 (1–1, 1–1, 0–3)

SC Bern

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: 2,690

Game reference
	David Leggio	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Milan Novák Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Andreas Hofer
	Macek (Pinizzotto, Abeltshauser) – 9:09 1–0 1–1 9:47 – Scherwey Joslin (Kastner, Button) – 21:34 2–1 2–2 26:47 – (PP) Moser (Ebbett, Noreau) 2–3 45:27 – Hischier (Randegger, Arcobello) 2–4 49:48 – Bodenmann (Ebbett, Raymond) 2–5 56:42 – Ebbett
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	39

SC Bern won 7–5 on Aggregate.

7 November 2017 19:45 CET

EV Zug

2–5 (1–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Kometa Brno

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,846

Game reference
	Tobias Stephan	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Marc Lemelin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Balazs Kovacs
	0–1 13:54 – Nahodil (Dočekal) Diaz (Stalberg, Martschini) (PP) – 19:17 1–1 1–2 28:30 – Mlynář (Gajarský) 1–3 32:14 – (PP) Mallet 1–4 40:51 – (PP) Bartejs (Hruška) 1–5 41:28 – Nahodil Martschini (Stalberg) – 45:22 2–5
	22 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	30

HC Kometa Brno won 9–5 on Aggregate.

7 November 2017 20:00 CET

Nottingham Panthers

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

ZSC Lions

Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham Attendance: 6,598

Game reference
	Michael Garnett	Goalies	Lukas Flueler	Referees: Mikael Andersson Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andrew Dalton James Kavanagh
	0–1 26:24 – Pettersson (Nilsson, Flueler) 0–2 49:10 – Wick (Kenins) 0–3 54:20 – (PP, 5 ON 3) Pettersson (Nilsson)
	37 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	30

ZSC Lions won 6–1 on Aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on 5 December, return legs were played on 12 December.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	8–6	Kometa Brno	3–3	5–3
Brynäs IF	4–8	Oceláři Třinec	1–3	3–5
Växjö Lakers	6–5	SC Bern	2–4	3–2
ZSC Lions	1–2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1–0	0–2 SO

First Leg

5 December 2017 17:00 CET

Oceláři Třinec

3–1 (0–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Brynäs IF

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 4,081

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Linus Fernström	Referees: Manuel Nikolić Marc Lemelin Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 34:48 – Miller (Clark, Kilström) Rákos (Marcinko, Mikulík) (PP) – 40:25 1–1 Adamský (Polanský, Irgl) – 43:45 2–1 Chmielewski (Kovařčík, Kovařčík) – 52:21 3–1
	36	Shots	30

5 December 2017 18:00 CET

JYP

3–3 (1–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Kometa Brno

LähiTapiola Areena, Jyväskylä Attendance: 2,317

Game reference
	Jussi Olkinuora	Goalies	Pavel Jekel	Referees: Alessandro DiPietro Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 6:00 – Süss (Mallet, Bartejs) 0–2 7:50 – Süss (Vincour, Gulaši) Suomela (Turkulainen, Miklík) (PP) – 15:45 1–2 Puustinen (Immonen) (PP) – 29:44 2–2 2–3 36:14 – Süss (Vincour, Vágner) Mäenpää (Turkulainen, Miklík) – 56:43 3–3
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	40	Shots	19

5 December 2017 19:15 CET

Bílí Tygři Liberec

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

ZSC Lions

Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 3,842

Game reference
	Jaroslav Janus	Goalies	Niklas Schlegel	Referees: Milan Novák Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Jakub Frodl Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 44:12 – Pestoni (Pettersson, Baltisberger)
	0 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	17

5 December 2017 20:00 CET

SC Bern

3–2 (1–0, 1–0, 1–2)

Växjö Lakers

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 13,629

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Viktor Fasth	Referees: Kristian Vikman Anssi Salonen Linesmen: David Obwegeser Balazs Kovacs
	Haas (Blum (PP) – 2:01 1–0 Bodenmann (Raymond, Haas) (PP) – 27:26 2–0 2–1 43:22 – Fröberg 2–2 46:01 – Rosén (Kiiskinen, Calof) Untersander (Arcobello, Rüfenacht) – 55:35 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	37 min
	29	Shots	34

Second Leg

12 December 2017 17:30 CET

Kometa Brno

3–5 (0–3, 1–0, 2–2)

JYP

DRFG Arena, Brno Attendance: 4,116

Game reference
	Marek Čiliak	Goalies	Jussi Olkinuora	Referees: Peter Stano Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Josef Špůr Daniel Hynek
	0–1 5:17 – Immonen (Tuppurainen, Nattinen) 0–2 13:36 – Puustinen (Suomela, Turkulainen) 0–3 14:57 – Kolehmainen Horký (Zohorna) (PP) – 38:50 1–3 1–4 47:10 – Nattinen (Immonen, Tuppurainen) Nečas (Horký) – 50:00 2–4 Svoboda (Nečas, Krejčík) (PP) – 53:36 3–4 3–5 59:43 – (ENG) Yonkman (Immonen)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	27

JYP won 8–6 on Aggregate.

12 December 2017 18:30 CET

Växjö Lakers

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

SC Bern

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 1,275

Game reference
	Viktor Andrén	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Lasse Heikkinen Stefan Fonselius Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist
	Calof (Bohm, Persson) – 2:09 1–0 1–1 8:06 – (PP) Arcobello (Scherwey, Andersson) Reddox (Bohm, Fröberg) – 23:42 2–1 Pettersson (Reddox, Högberg) – 41:25 3–1 Rosén (Persson, Shinnimin) – 44:16 4–1 4–2 53:52 – Arcobello (Scherwey, Untersander)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	29

Växjö Lakers won 6–5 on Aggregate.

12 December 2017 18:30 CET

Brynäs IF

3–5 (0–1, 2–2, 1–2)

Oceláři Třinec

Gavlerinken Arena, Gävle Attendance: 1,386

Game reference
	David Rautio	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Marc Wiegand Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Orjan Ahlen Jimmy Dahmén
	0–1 12:19 – Marcinko (Krajíček, Rákos) 0–2 25:00 – Petružálek (Polanský, Musil) Bjurström (Ikonen, Bertilsson) – 29:20 1–2 1–3 32:34 – Irgl (Rákos, Kovář) Elias (Jensen, Gunderson) (PP) – 39:52 2–3 2–4 40:25 – Musil (Linhart, Polanský) Mannberg (Blomqvist, Boqvist) – 49:03 3–4 3–5 59:40 – Mikulík (Dravecký)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	29

HC Oceláři Třinec won 8–4 on Aggregate.

12 December 2017 20:00 CET

ZSC Lions

0–2 (0–2 SO) (0–0, 0–0, 0–1) (0–2 SO)

Bílí Tygři Liberec

Hallenstadion, Zürich Attendance: 3,412

Game reference
	0–1 41:39 – Krenželok (Kolmann, Jelínek 0–2 70:00 – (SO) Bakos
	Geering Klein	Shootout	Bakos Kolmann

Bílí Tygři Liberec won 2–1 on aggregate after winning 2–0 in a shootout.

Semi-finals

First legs were played on 9 January, return legs were played on 16 January 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	7–6	Oceláři Třinec	4–2	3–4 SO
Växjö Lakers	7–2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1–1	6–1

First Leg

9 January 2018 17:30 CET

Bílí Tygři Liberec

1–1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Växjö Lakers

Home Credit Arena, Liberec Attendance: 5,718

Game reference
	Jaroslav Janus	Goalies	Viktor Andrén	Referees: Kristian Vikman Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Jiří Ondráček
	Jašek (Lakatoš) – 46:17 Goals 20:33 – Reddox (Fröberg)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	39

9 January 2018 18:00 CET

JYP

4–2 (0–1, 4–0, 0–1)

Oceláři Třinec

LähiTapiola Areena, Jyväskylä Attendance: 2,646

Game reference
	Jussi Olkinuora	Goalies	Peter Hamerlík	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Mikael Nord Linesmen: Pasi Nieminen Jani Pesonen
	0–1 11:47 – (PP) Adamský (Polanský, Krajíček) Rooba (Jokinen, Turkulainen) – 26:25 1–1 Mäenpää (Puustinen, Tuppurainen) (PP, 5 ON 3) – 32:04 2–1 Mäenpää (Immonen) (PP) – 33:55 3–1 Kolehmainen (Vainio, Saari) – 34:19 4–1 4–2 42:16 – Marcinko (Svačina, Růžička)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	38

Second Leg

16 January 2018 17:00 CET

Oceláři Třinec

4–3 (SO 0–2) (1–2, 1–0, 2–0) (0–0) (SO 0–2)

JYP

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 5,048

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Jussi Olkinuora	Referees: Mikael Andersson Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Josef Špůr
	Růžička (Marcinko, Rákos) – 2:07 1–0 1–1 10:49 – Vainio (Immonen) 1–2 17:36 – (PP) Immonen (Hytönen) Kovařčík ( Chmielewski, Dravecký) – 25:07 2–2 Musil (Kovařčík) – 47:50 3–2 Kovařčík (Cienciala) – 50:56 4–2 4–3 70:00 – (SO) Immonen
	Polanský Vlach Růžička Chmielewski	Shootout	Nattinen Puustinen Immonen Suomela
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	34

JYP won 7–6 on Aggregate after winning 2–0 in a shootout.

16 January 2018 18:30 CET

Växjö Lakers

6–1 (3–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Bílí Tygři Liberec

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 4,711

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Jaroslav Janus	Referees: André Schrader Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Henrik Pihlblad
	Pettersson (Martonsson, Pesonen) (PP) – 5:50 1–0 Lundberg (Shinnimin, Calof) – 6:26 2–0 Fröberg (Netterberg, Welch) – 15:35 3–0 Kiiskinen (Pesonen, Persson) 4–0 4–1 39:10 – (PP) Jelínek (Krenželok, Ševc) Netterberg – 52:12 5–1 Pettersson (Kiiskinen, Welch) – 58:15 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	16

Växjö Lakers won 7–2 on Aggregate.

Final

The final was played on 6 February 2018.

6 February 2018 18:45 CET

Växjö Lakers

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

JYP

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 5,750

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Elias Seewald
	0–1 34:32 – Nättinen (Kalteva) (PP) 0–2 59:40 – Kolehmainen (SH, ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	18

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Fredrik Pettersson	ZSC Lions	9	9	7	16	4	+7	4	4	0	37	24.32%
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	7	4	11	15	4	+5	2	1	0	21	19.05%
Martin Bakoš	Bílí Tygři Liberec	10	10	4	14	4	+5	1	3	1	42	23.81%
Andrew Ebbett	SC Bern	10	4	7	11	2	–5	0	1	0	30	13.33%
Jiří Polanský	Oceláři Třinec	12	3	8	11	10	+5	0	1	0	18	16.67%
Joel Persson	Växjö Lakers	13	1	10	11	2	+4	0	1	0	32	3.13%
Kevin Clark	Brynäs IF	8	4	6	10	2	+3	2	2	0	31	12.9%
Jarkko Immonen	JYP	12	4	6	10	6	+3	0	1	0	37	10.81%
Robert Nilsson	ZSC Lions	8	1	9	10	0	+6	0	0	0	14	7.14%
Adam Almqvist	Frölunda HC	7	0	10	10	4	+5	0	0	0	14	0.00%

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Šimon Hrubec	Oceláři Třinec	10	9	1	278	11	96.19%	1.07	2	615
Niklas Schlegel	ZSC Lions	5	3	2	83	4	95.40%	0.78	2	309
Tomáš Duba	EC KAC	3	2	1	87	5	94.57%	1.67	0	180
Lukas Flüeler	ZSC Lions	5	3	2	122	8	93.85%	1.59	2	301
Juho Olkinuora	JYP	9	6	1	245	17	93.51%	2.06	1	495

Source: championshockeyleague.net