2021–22 Champions Hockey League

2021–22 Champions Hockey League

Tournament details
Dates	26 August 2021 – 1 March 2022
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Rögle BK (1st title)
Runner-up	Tappara
Tournament statistics
Games played	123
Goals scored	679 (5.52 per game)
Attendance	244,498 (1,988 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ryan Lasch (18 points)
MVP	Frederik Tiffels

The 2021–22 Champions Hockey League was the seventh season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was competed by 32 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. The six founding leagues were represented by between three and five teams (based on a four-year league ranking), while seven "challenge leagues" were to be represented by one team each.

Swedish team Rögle BK won their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Finnish team Tappara 2–1 in the final. This made Rögle BK the sixth Swedish side to win the European Trophy and the first team in the history of the tournament to win the title in its first season. The title holders Frölunda HC were defeated by Rögle BK in the semi-finals with the total score 4–8.

American right winger Ryan Lasch from Swedish team Frölunda HC became the top scorer for the fourth time, scoring 18 points.

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams from different European first-tier leagues participated in the 2021–22 Champions Hockey League. Besides the Continental Cup champions, 24 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Norway, Denmark, France, Belarus, the United Kingdom, Poland and Ukraine could qualify. The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:

1. CHL champions
2. National league champions (play-off winners)
3. Regular season winners
4. Regular season runners-up
5. Regular season third-placed team
6. Regular season fourth-placed team
7. Regular season fifth-placed team

For the ICE Hockey League teams were picked in this order:

1. League champions
2. Regular season winners
3. Pick Round winners
4. Pick Round runners-up
5. Losing playoff finalists

For the Deutsche Eishockey Liga teams were picked in this order:

1. League champions
2. North / South group winners with higher PPG
3. North / South group winners with lower PPG
4. North / South group runners-up with higher PPG
5. North / South group runners-up with lower PPG

Teams

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	2020 CHL winners	7th	Champion
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	Play-off champion	6th	Final
Rögle BK	Ängelholm	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	1st	First appearance
Leksands IF	Leksand	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season fourth	6th	Semi-finals
EV Zug	Zug	National League	Play-off champion	7th	Quarter-finals
HC Lugano	Lugano	National League	Regular season runners-up	3rd	Round of 16
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Fribourg	National League	Regular season third	4rd	Semi-finals
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	National League	Regular season fourth	2nd	Quarter-finals
ZSC Lions	Zürich	National League	Regular season fifth	6th	Quarter-finals
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Play-off champion	5th	Round of 16
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	South group winners	6th	Round of 16
EHC Red Bull München	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	South group runners-up	6th	Final
Fischtown Pinguins	Bremerhaven	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	North group runners-up	1st	First appearance
Lukko	Rauma	Liiga	Play-off champion	4th	Semi-finals
HIFK	Helsinki	Liiga	Regular season runners-up	6th	Quarter-finals
TPS	Turku	Liiga	Regular season third	6th	Quarter-finals
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season fourth	7th	Round of 16
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	Play-off champion	6th	Semi-finals
HC Sparta Praha	Prague	Czech Extraliga	Regular season winners	4th	Final
BK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Czech Extraliga	Regular season third	2nd	Group stage
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	ICE Hockey League	Play-off champion	4th	Group stage
HC Bolzano	Bolzano	ICE Hockey League	Regular season winners	3rd	Round of 16
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	ICE Hockey League	Higher ranked semi-finalists	6th	Semi-finals
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Elite Ice Hockey League	2019–20 regular season winners	4th	Group stage
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Ligue Magnus	Regular season winners	3rd	Round of 16
Frisk Asker Ishockey	Asker	Eliteserien	Regular season winners	2nd	Group stage
JKH GKS Jastrzębie	Jastrzębie-Zdrój	Polska Hokej Liga	Play-off champion	1st	First appearance
Rungsted Ishockey	Rungsted	Metal Ligaen	Play-off champion	2nd	Group stage
SønderjyskE Ishockey	Vojens	Metal Ligaen	2019–20 Continental Cup winner	3rd	Group stage
HC Donbass	Donetsk	Ukrainian Hockey League	Wild card	1st	First appearance
Slovan Bratislava	Bratislava	Tipos extraliga	Wild card	1st	First appearance

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Phase	Round		Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	Groups A-F	19 May 2021	26–27 August 2021
		Groups G-H		9–10 September 2021
	Matchday 2	Groups A-F		28–29 August 2021
		Groups G-H		11–12 September 2021
	Matchday 3			2–3 September 2021
	Matchday 4			4–5 September 2021
	Matchday 5			5–6 October 2021
	Matchday 6			12–13 October 2021
Playoff	Round of 16		15 October 2021	16–17 November 2021	23–24 November 2021
	Quarter-finals			7–8 December 2021	14 December 2021
	Semi-finals			4–5 January 2022	11–12 January 2022
	Final			1 March 2022

Group stage

Växjö

Praha

TPS

Bremerhaven

Frölunda

HIFK

Mladá Boleslav

ZSC

Lukko

Mannheim

Lausanne

Cardiff

Zug

Rögle

München

SønderjyskE

Berlin

Lugano

Skellefteå

Tappara

Třinec

Leksands

Fribourg

Bratislava

Rungsted

Rouen

KAC

Donbass
(not on map)

Jastrzębie

Salzburg

Asker

Bolzano

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Teams in the 2021–22 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 played home and away against every other team for a total of six games. The best two teams qualified to the round of 16.

The draw of the group stage took place on 19 May 2021.

Pots

Due to a scheduling conflict caused by the 2022 Winter Olympics final qualification tournament being held on 26–29 August 2021, eight teams from countries participating in the Olympic qualification (Austria, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Poland, Ukraine) were allocated into the pot 5 and drawn into two separate groups of four which did not play their games on the specified dates. There was no league protection for the teams from these two groups. The other 24 teams (from five remaining founding leagues as well as teams from Belarus and the United Kingdom as top two challenger leagues and 2019–20 IIHF Continental Cup winners SønderjyskE Ishockey) were allocated into four pots and drawn by the standard procedure into six groups of four.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
Frölunda HC Växjö Lakers EV Zug Eisbären Berlin Lukko Oceláři Třinec	Rögle BK HC Lugano Adler Mannheim HIFK HC Sparta Praha Leksands IF	HC Fribourg-Gottéron EHC Red Bull München TPS BK Mladá Boleslav Skellefteå AIK Lausanne HC	Fischtown Pinguins Tappara ZSC Lions HC Yunost Minsk Cardiff Devils SønderjyskE Ishockey	EC KAC HC Bolzano Red Bull Salzburg Dragons de Rouen Frisk Asker Ishockey JKH GKS Jastrzębie Rungsted Ishockey HC Donbass

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SPA	VAX	BRE	TPS
1	HC Sparta Praha	6	3	2	0	1	17	10	+7	13	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–1 (OT)	5–2	3–2
2	Växjö Lakers	6	3	0	1	2	14	10	+4	10			2–1	—	5–0	4–2
3	Fischtown Pinguins	6	3	0	0	3	10	15	−5	9			1–2	2–1	—	3–0
4	TPS	6	1	0	1	4	10	16	−6	4			2–3 (SO)	3–1	1–2	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FRO	ZSC	HIFK	MLA
1	Frölunda HC	6	4	1	0	1	19	13	+6	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	4–3 (OT)	4–1	4–3
2	ZSC Lions	6	4	0	1	1	16	12	+4	13			4–2	—	0–3	7–3
3	HIFK	6	2	1	0	3	10	9	+1	8			2–3	0–2	—	2–1
4	BK Mladá Boleslav	6	0	0	1	5	9	20	−11	1			1–4	0–1	1–2 (OT)	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LUK	MAN	LAU	CAR
1	Lukko	6	4	0	2	0	22	11	+11	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	5–1	2–3 (OT)	5–2
2	Adler Mannheim	6	3	1	0	2	21	13	+8	11			2–1 (SO)	—	1–3	7–2
3	Lausanne HC	6	2	1	0	3	11	15	−4	8			0–3	2–5	—	2–0
4	Cardiff Devils	6	1	0	0	5	11	26	−15	3			3–6	0–5	4–1	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROG	MUN	ZUG	SON
1	Rögle BK	6	4	1	0	1	23	14	+9	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	4–3	5–3	8–3
2	EHC Red Bull München	6	4	0	0	2	25	13	+12	12			2–1	—	3–4	6–2
3	EV Zug	6	3	0	1	2	28	19	+9	10			1–2 (OT)	1–6	—	9–3
4	SønderjyskE Ishockey	6	0	0	0	6	11	41	−30	0			2–3	1–5	0–10	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TAP	SKE	BER	LUG
1	Tappara	6	3	2	0	1	25	18	+7	13	Advance to Playoffs		—	4–2	5–4 (OT)	3–2 (OT)
2	Skellefteå AIK	6	3	0	0	3	22	21	+1	9			6–1	—	5–3	3–5
3	Eisbären Berlin	6	2	0	1	3	21	26	−5	7			1–6	3–5	—	6–3
4	HC Lugano	6	2	0	1	3	20	23	−3	7			3–6	5–1	2–4	—

Source: Champions Hockey League
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FRG	LEK	TRI	SLO
1	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	6	6	0	0	0	25	9	+16	18	Advance to Playoffs		—	3–0	6–2	5–2
2	Leksands IF	6	4	0	0	2	17	16	+1	12			2–5	—	3–2	5–3
3	Oceláři Třinec	6	2	0	0	4	15	17	−2	6			3–4	1–3	—	3–0
4	HC Slovan Bratislava	6	0	0	0	6	8	23	−15	0			0–2	2–4	1–4	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KAC	ROU	DON	RUN
1	EC KAC	6	3	2	0	1	19	9	+10	13	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–1 (OT)	1–2	3–2 (OT)
2	Dragons de Rouen	6	3	0	1	2	15	14	+1	10			0–4	—	4–3	5–1
3	HC Donbass	6	2	0	2	2	15	17	−2	8			3–4	2–1	—	2–3 (SO)
4	Rungsted Ishockey	6	0	2	1	3	13	22	−9	5			1–5	2–4	4–3 (OT)	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SAL	BOL	JAS	FRI
1	Red Bull Salzburg	6	4	1	0	1	23	13	+10	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	3–5	6–1	1–0
2	HC Bolzano	6	3	1	2	0	20	13	+7	13			3–4 (OT)	—	3–1	1–2 (SO)
3	JKH GKS Jastrzębie	6	2	0	1	3	17	21	−4	7			2–3	2–3 (SO)	—	4–3
4	Frisk Asker Ishockey	6	0	1	0	5	11	24	−13	2			2–6	1–5	3–7	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group stage tie-breaking criteria

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation time, 2 points for a win in overtime, 1 point for a loss in overtime, 0 points for a loss in regulation time). If two or more teams were tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4. Tie breaking formula group stage standings):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among the tied teams;
4. The higher number of goals in one of the matches among the tied teams;
5. The most goals in the two game winning shot series;
6. If more than two teams are tied, head-to-head criteria 1, 2 and 3 are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
7. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying head-to-head criteria 1, 2 and 3, a subset of teams are still tied, goal difference and goals scored then the results between each of the three teams and the closest best-ranked team outside the subset was applied; best-ranked team outside the sub-group was applied;
8. The higher position in the 2019–20 Champions Hockey League club ranking;
9. Goal difference in all group matches;
10. Goals scored in all group matches;
11. Regulation time wins in all group matches;
12. Overtime wins in all group matches;
13. Overtime losses in all group matches.

Playoffs

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves the 16 teams which qualify as winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage.

Group	Winners (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Runners-up (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
A	HC Sparta Praha	Växjö Lakers
B	Frölunda HC	ZSC Lions
C	Lukko	Adler Mannheim
D	Rögle BK	EHC Red Bull München
E	Tappara	Skellefteå AIK
F	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	Leksands IF
G	EC KAC	Dragons de Rouen
H	Red Bull Salzburg	HC Bolzano

Format

In each round except the final, the teams played two games and the aggregate score decided which team advanced. As a rule, the first leg was hosted by the team who had the inferior record in the tournament with the second leg being played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score was tied, a sudden death overtime followed. If the overtime was scoreless, the team who won the shoot out competition advanced.

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

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.

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	2	2	4
	16	EHC Red Bull München	4	3	7
								EHC Red Bull München (OT)		2	2	4
								Lukko		2	1	3
	8	HC Bolzano	1	—	1
	9	Lukko	3	—	3
															EHC Red Bull München		—	0	0
															Tappara		—	3	3
	5	Växjö Lakers	2	2	4
	12	Tappara	2	4	6
								Tappara		3	4	7
								Dragons de Rouen		3	0	3
	4	Dragons de Rouen	3	1	4
	13	Red Bull Salzburg	0	3	3
																						Tappara		1
																						Rögle BK		2
	6	ZSC Lions	3	1	4
	11	Rögle BK	4	3	7
								Rögle BK		5	1	6
								HC Sparta Praha		2	3	5
	3	Skellefteå AIK	1	2	3
	14	HC Sparta Praha	3	1	4
															Rögle BK		5	3	8
															Frölunda HC		3	1	4
	7	Adler Mannheim	1	1	2
	10	Frölunda HC	10	4	14
								Frölunda HC		5	3	8
								Leksands IF		2	3	5
	2	EC KAC	4	1	5
	15	Leksands IF	0	8	8

Round of 16

The draw for the entire playoff was held on 15 October 2021 in Zürich. The first legs were played on 16 and 17 November with return legs played on 23 and 24 November 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
HC Fribourg-Gottéron	4–7	EHC Red Bull München	2–4	2–3
HC Bolzano	1–3	Lukko	1–3	Cancelled
Växjö Lakers	4–6	Tappara	2–2	2–4
Dragons de Rouen	4–3	Red Bull Salzburg	3–0	1–3
ZSC Lions	4–7	Rögle BK	3–4	1–3
Skellefteå AIK	3–4	HC Sparta Praha	1–3	2–1
Adler Mannheim	2–14	Frölunda HC	1–10	1–4
EC KAC	5–8	Leksands IF	4–0	1–8

First Leg

16 November 2021 18:05 CET

Skellefteå AIK

1–3 (0–1, 1–1, 0–1)

HC Sparta Praha

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 2,433

Game reference
	Strauss Mann	Goalies	Alexander Salák	Referees: Milan Zrnić Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Tobias Nordlander
	0–1 1:02 – Chlapík (Jeřábek, Moravčík) Möller (Nilsson, Lindström) (PP) – 24:02 1–1 1–2 39:46 – Pavelka (Thorell, Sobotka) 1–3 50:18 – Thorell Sobotka, Kaše)
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	17

16 November 2021 19:00 CET

Växjö Lakers

2–2 (2–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Tappara

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 2,462

Game reference
	Adam Åhman	Goalies	Christian Heljanko	Referees: Robin Šír René Hradil Linesmen: Daniel Persson Richard Nilsson
	0–1 5:49 – Morley (Henriksson, Austin) Persson (Holmberg) – 11:03 1–1 Forslund (Claesson, Lycksell) – 18:33 2–1 2–2 23:12 – Rönni (Henriksson, Seppälä)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	27

16 November 2021 19:00 CET

EC KAC

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Leksands IF

Stadthalle Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt Attendance: 1,609

Game reference
	Sebastian Dahm	Goalies	Kasimir Kaskisuo	Referees: Daniel Pražák Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Elias Seewald David Nothegger
	Koch (Unterweger, Bischofberger) (PP) – 11:11 1–0 Bischofberger (Hundertpfund) – 23:35 2–0 Strong (Hundertpfund, Bischofberger) – 49:50 3–0 Bischofberger (Hundertpfund, Vallant) – 53:31 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	36

16 November 2021 19:30 CET

Adler Mannheim

1–10 (1–2, 0–3, 0–5)

Frölunda HC

SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 2,968

Game reference
	Felix Brückmann	Goalies	Matthew Tomkins	Referees: Ladislav Smetana Christian Ofner Linesmen: Christopher Hurtik Andreas Hofer
	Rendulic – 6:03 1–0 1–1 8:01 – (PP) Lundqvist (Lasch, Špaček) 1–2 11:11 – (PP) Carlsson (Sundström, Lasch) 1–3 26:36 – (PS) Lasch 1–4 27:18 – Lasu (Elliott, Lasch) 1–5 33:26 – (PP) Söderblom (Olsson, Lasch) 1–6 40:21 – Henriksson (Mursak, Folin) 1–7 43:33 – Söderblom (Lasch) 1–8 46:50 – Niederbach (Söderblom, Folin) 1–9 57:14 – (PP) Sundström (Carlsson, Elliott) 1–10 58:06 – (SHG) Carlsson (Sundström)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	33

16 November 2021 19:30 CET

HC Bolzano

1–3 (0–2, 1–1, 0–0)

Lukko

Eiswelle, Bolzano Attendance: 2,300

Game reference
	Justin Fazio	Goalies	Lassi Lehtinen	Referees: Daniel Stricker Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Jaka Gasper Zgonc Ulrich Pardatscher
	0–1 5:29 – Pooley (Slovacek, Grégoire) 0–2 11:46 – Saarijärvi (Pooley, Haga) Halmo (Tauferer) – 31:08 1–2 1–3 38:18 – Hakulinen (Saarijärvi, Repo)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	24	Shots	34

17 November 2021 19:30 CET

Rouen Dragons

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Red Bull Salzburg

Centre sportif Guy-Boissière, Rouen Attendance: 3,279

Game reference
	Matija Pintarič	Goalies	Atte Tolvanen	Referees: Lasse Kopitz Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Clément Goncalves
	Gilbert (Johnston, Nesa) 1–0 Vigners (Lampérier, Dorion) – 52:18 2–0 Vigners (SHG) – 55:42 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	33

16 November 2021 20:05 CET

HC Fribourg-Gottéron

2–4 (1–1, 0–3, 1–0)

EHC Red Bull München

BCF Arena, Fribourg Attendance: 5,039

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Mikael Nord Mikael Holm Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Marc-Henri Progin
	Mottet – 7:25 1–0 1–1 16:13 – Schütz (Gogulla, Smith) 1–2 25:35 – (SHG) Blum (Tiffels, Parkes) 1–3 35:40 – Tiffels (Parkes, Street) 1–4 38:51 – Abeltshauser (Ehliz, Ortega) Desharnais (PS) – 44:28 2–4
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	26

16 November 2021 20:05 CET

ZSC Lions

3–4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)

Rögle BK

Hallenstadion, Zürich Attendance: 3,016

Game reference
	Lukas Flüeler	Goalies	Calle Clang	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: David Obwegeser Eric Cattaneo
	0–1 17:33 – (PP) Tambellini (Jonsson, Bristedt) Sigrist (Hollenstein, Krüger) – 17:53 1–1 Hollenstein (Schappi, Diem) – 28:02 2–1 2–2 35:12 – (PP) Everberg (Tambellini, Bengtsson) 2–3 38:35 – Tambellini (Jonsson, Bristedt) Geering (Malgin, Quenneville) – 49:27 3–3 3–4 59:28 – Jonsson (Tambellini, Bristedt)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	29

Second Leg

23 November 2021 18:00 CET

HC Sparta Praha

1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Skellefteå AIK

Tipsport Arena, Prague Attendance: 3,417

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Gustaf Lindvall	Referees: Michael Tscherrig Micha Hebeisen Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Josef Špůr
	Řepík (Sobotka, Polášek) – 10:57 1–0 1–1 41:29 – (EA) Granberg (Karlsson, Hugg) 1–2 59:38 – (EA) Karlsson (Kühnhackl, Pudas)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	27

HC Sparta Praha won 4–3 on Aggregate.

23 November 2021 18:00 CET

Tappara

4–2 (0–0, 1–2, 3–0)

Växjö Lakers

Hakametsä, Tampere Attendance: Game was played behind closed doors.

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Janis Kalnins	Referees: Marc Iwert André Schrader Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 27:41 – Aktell (Persson, Nilsson) Platzer (Kuusela, Rantakari) (PP) – 31:30 1–1 1–2 38:24 – (PP) Lycksell (Gynge, Holmberg) Virta (Tuulola, Kuusela) – 43:59 2–2 Levtchi (Jürgens, Merelä) 3–2 Vittasmäki (Rauhala) (SHENG) – 58:24 4–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	32

Tappara won 6–4 on Aggregate.

23 November 2021 18:05 CET

Frölunda HC

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Adler Mannheim

Frölundaborgs Isstadion, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,738

Game reference
	Niklas Rubin	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Joonas Kova Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Gustav Jonsson
	Söderblom (Edvinsson) – 12:24 1–0 Sundström (Edvinsson, Folin) – 25:28 2–0 2–1 44:38 – Tosto (Klos) Söderblom (Sundström, Elliott) – 52:56 3–1 Mursak (Lundqvist, Elliott) – 55:00 4–1
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	11

Frölunda HC won 14–2 on Aggregate.

23 November 2021 18:05 CET

Rögle BK

3–1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

ZSC Lions

Catena Arena, Ängelholm Attendance: 3,147

Game reference
	Christoffer Rifalk	Goalies	Ludovic Waeber	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Andreas Svensson
	0–1 33:11 – Weber (Diem, Krüger) Larsson (McKiernan, Lyrenäs) (PP) – 36:50 1–1 Everberg (Tambellini, Bengtsson) (PP) – 52:55 2–1 Edström (Brithen, Jonsson) (ENG) – 59:24 3–1
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	30	Shots	37

Rögle BK won 7–4 on Aggregate.

23 November 2021 19:00 CET

Leksands IF

8–1 (3–0, 2–0, 3–1)

EC KAC

Tegera Arena, Leksand Attendance: 2,365

Game reference
	Axel Brage	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Riku Brander Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Daniel Persson Peter Almerstedt
	Rosèn (Kloos) – 1:34 1–0 Rosèn (Camper, Zackrisson) (PP) – 8:49 2–0 Heineman (Kloos, Själin) (PP) – 12:27 3–0 Karlsson (Själin, Kloos) (PP) – 32:58 4–0 Caito (Camper, Zackrisson) (PP 5 on 3) – 36:12 5–0 5–1 46:24 – Haudum (Hundertpfund) Heineman (Kloos, Ashton) – 49:49 6–1 Heineman (Camper, Caito) – 58:10 7–1 Camper (Veronneau) (ENG) – 59:05 8–1
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	21

Leksands won 8–5 on aggregate.

23 November 2021 18:00 CET

Lukko

Cancelled NA

HC Bolzano

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: NA

Game reference
	NA	Goalies	NA	Referees: Jakub Šindel Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Markus Hägerström Tommi Niittylä

Lukko won 3–1 on Aggregate. Lukko vs HC Bolzano: The round of 16 return game between Lukko and HC Bolzano was cancelled as a number of players of Lukko were unavailable due to the COVID-19 protocol and it was decided to take into consideration only the result of the first game.

24 November 2021 18:00 CET

EHC Red Bull München

3–2 (0–0, 0–0, 3–2)

HC Fribourg-Gottéron

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: 986

Game reference
	Danny aus den Birken	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: Milan Zrnić Christian Ofner Linesmen: Tobias Schwenk Marius Wölzmüller
	0–1 41:20 – DiDomenico (Schmid, Furrer 0–2 42:22 – Walser (Brodin) Parkes (Street, Danny aus den Birken) – 43:55 1–2 Redmond (Ehliz, Hager) – 52:49 2–2 Gogulla (Schütz) (ENG) – 59:48 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	18

EHC Red Bull München won 7–4 on aggregate.

24 November 2021 20:20 CET

Red Bull Salzburg

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Rouen Dragons

Eisarena Salzburg, Salzburg Attendance: Game was played behind closed doors.

Game reference
	Atte Tolvanen	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Kristijan Nikolić Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Elias Seewald Simon Riecken
	Raffl (Järvinen, Pallestrang) (PP) – 15:58 1–0 Raffl (Kanzig, Heinrich) – 35:52 2–0 Järvinen (Raffl, Schreier) – 49:38 3–0 3–1 54:48 – Vigners (Yeo, Caron)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	54	Shots	28

Dragons de Rouen won 4–3 on aggregate.

Order of legs reversed after original draw.

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on 7 December, return legs were played on 14 December 2021.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Lukko	3–4 (OT)	EHC Red Bull München	2–2	1–2
Tappara	7–3	Dragons de Rouen	3–3	4–0
HC Sparta Praha	5–6	Rögle BK	2–5	3–1
Leksands IF	5–8	Frölunda HC	2–5	3–3

First Leg

7 December 2021 18:00 CET

HC Sparta Praha

2–5 (1–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Rögle BK

Tipsport Arena, Prague Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Calle Clang	Referees: Christian Ofner Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Ondráček
	Thorell (Horák, Řepík) – 1:11 1–0 1–1 19:55 – (PP) Bristedt (Jonsson, Tambellini) 1–2 25:53 – Sund (Kelleher) 1–3 26:22 – Tambellini (Jonsson, Gelinas) Jeřábek (Sobotka, Buchtele) – 36:13 2–3 2–4 39:31 – Johannesson (Ferguson, Everberg) 2–5 45:23 – Jonsson (Larsson, Gelinas)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	29

7 December 2021 18:00 CET

Tappara

3–3 (2–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Rouen Dragons

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,874

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Hannu Sormunen
	Platzer (Rantakari, Merelä) (PP) – 6:09 1–0 Merelä (Levtchi, Rauhala) – 17:14 2–0 2–1 28:04 (PP) – Lampérier (Chakiachvili, Johnston) 2–2 31:30 – (PP) Vigners (Caron, Flood) Tanus (Rantakari, Platzer) (PP) – 34:01 3–2 3–3 54:01 – Johnston (Flood
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	12

7 December 2021 18:00 CET

Lukko

2–2 (0–0, 2–0, 0–2)

EHC Red Bull München

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: 953

Game reference
	Artem Zagidulin	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Markus Hagerström Lauri Nikulainen
	Nyman (Ilomäki, Pooley) – 24:25 1–0 Piipponen (Haga, Saarijärvi) – 39:34 2–0 2–1 43:37 – Tiffels (Mauer, Blum) 2–2 53:50 – Parkes (Seidenberg, Street)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	27

7 December 2021 19:00 CET

Leksands IF

2–5 (2–2, 0–0, 0–3)

Frölunda HC

Tegera Arena, Leksand Attendance: 2,011

Game reference
	Axel Brage	Goalies	Matthew Tomkins	Referees: Mikael Nord Tobias Björk Linesmen: Tobias Nordlander Daniel Persson
	Veronneau (Camper, Zackrisson) – 9:28 1–0 1–1 10:02 – Carlsson (Olsson, Friberg) 1–2 16:40 – Olsson (Sundström, Niederbach) Bichsel (Thomas, Zackrisson) – 18:17 2–2 2–3 53:04 – Elliott (Söderblom, Niederbach) 2–4 54:57 – Carlsson (Grönlund, Friberg) 2–5 56:06 – Söderblom (Friberg, Folin)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	25

Second Leg

14 December 2021 19:00 CET

Frölunda HC

3–3 (1–1, 1–1, 1–1)

Leksands IF

Frölundaborgs Isstadion, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,575

Game reference
	Matthew Tomkins	Goalies	Axel Brage	Referees: Mikael Holm Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Andreas Svensson Gustav Jonsson
	0–1 6:47 – Ruohomaa (Caito, Ashton) Lasch (Söderblom, Špaček) (PP) – 16:53 1–1 1–2 26:53 – Noren (Zackrisson, Camper) Friberg (SHG) – 35:06 2–2 2–3 46:23 – Åman (Karlsson, Zackrisson) Söderblom (Lasch, Špaček) (PP) – 59:57 3–3
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	43

Frölunda HC won 8–5 on Aggregate.

14 December 2021 19:00 CET

Rögle BK

1–3 (0–0, 0–0, 1–3)

HC Sparta Praha

Catena Arena, Ängelholm Attendance: 3,442

Game reference
	Christoffer Rifalk	Goalies	Alexander Salák	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist
	Ferguson (Gelinas, Kelleher) (PP) – 43:48 1–0 1–1 46:44 – Forman (Thorell, Matushkin) 1–2 54:24 – (EAG) Chlapík (Jandus, Pavelka) 1–3 58:37 – (EAG) Chlapík (Jandus, Polášek)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	20	Shots	26

Rögle BK won 6–5 on Aggregate.

14 December 2021 19:30 CET

Dragons de Rouen

0–4 (0–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Tappara

Centre sportif Guy-Boissière, Rouen Attendance: 3,016

Game reference
	Matija Pintarič	Goalies	Christian Heljanko	Referees: Lasse Kopitz Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Clément Goncalves
	0–1 20:55 – (PP) Platzer (Ranrakari, Tanus) 0–2 23:29 – Salonen (Puhakka, Kinnunen) 0–3 56:37 – (ENG) Seppälä (Puhakka) 0–4 58:29 – (ENG) Bertrand (Kuusela)
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	52

Tappara won 7–3 on Aggregate.

14 December 2021 20:15 CET

EHC Red Bull München

2–1 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

Lukko

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: Game was behind Closed Doors.

Game reference
	Danny aus den Birken	Goalies	Lassi Lehtinen	Referees: Christoph Sternat Trpimir Piragić Linesmen: Tobias Schwenk Marius Wölzmüller
	0–1 32:31 – Repo Tiffels (Boyle) – 38:24 1–1 Schütz (Street, Blum) – 62:25 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	21

Red Bull München won 4–3 in Overtime on Aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs were played on 4 January, return legs were played on 11 January and 1 February 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
EHC Red Bull München	0–3	Tappara	Cancelled	0–3
Rögle BK	8–4	Frölunda HC	5–3	3–1

First Leg

4 January 2022 19:00 CET

Rögle BK

5–3 (0–1, 2–0, 3–2)

Frölunda HC

Catena Arena, Ängelholm Attendance: 1,995

Game reference
	Christoffer Rifalk	Goalies	Matthew Tomkins	Referees: Anssi Salonen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Gustav Jonsson
	0–1 18:38 – (PP) Sundström (Lundqvist, Carlsson) Brithen (Lyrenäs, Larsson) – 30:32 1–1 Johannesson (Sjögren, Jonsson) – 34:18 2–1 Brithen (Lyrenäs, Gelinas) – 41:27 3–1 Bristedt – 45:04 4–1 4–2 46:29 – Lasu (Lasch, Rosseli Olsen) 4–3 48:41 – Lasch Sundström) Brithen (Everberg, Bristedt) – 49:47 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	38

4 January 2022 20:30 CET

EHC Red Bull München

NA NA

Tappara

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: NA

Game reference
	NA	Goalies	NA	Referees: Kristijan Nikolić Christoph Sternat Linesmen: Jonas Merten Marius Wölzmüller
	NA Goals NA
	NA min	Penalties	NA min
	NA	Shots	NA

Game was cancelled as one player of EHC Red Bull München was unavailable due to the COVID-19 protocol.

Second Leg

11 January 2022 19:00 CET

Frölunda HC

1–3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)

Rögle BK

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 1,218

Game reference
	Matthew Tomkins	Goalies	Christoffer Rifalk	Referees: Linus Öhlund Mikael Nord Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 0:32 – Bengtsson (Ferguson, Sjödin) 0–2 35:18 – (PP) Everberg (Jonsson, Tambellini) 0–3 50:36 – (SHENG) Larsson Johansson (Sundström, Carlsson) – 56:10 1–3
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	24

Rögle BK won 8–4 on Aggregate.

1 February 2022 18:00 CET

Tappara

3–0 (1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

EHC Red Bull München

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: Game was Behind Closed Doors

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Daniel Stricker Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Hannu Sormunen
	Kuusela (Levtchi, Rantakari) (PP) – 4:13 1–0 Luoto (Rantakari, Tanus) – 51:47 2–0 Kuusela (Rantakari, Levtchi) (PP) – 53:29 3–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	25

Tappara won 3–0 on Aggregate.

Final

1 March 2022 19:00 (UTC+1)

Rögle BK

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Tappara

Catena Arena, Ängelholm Attendance: 4,950

Game reference
	Christoffer Rifalk	Goalies	Christian Heljanko	Referees: Robin Šír Vladimír Pešina Linesmen: Simon Riecken Oto Durmis
	Zaar (Bengtsson, Jonsson) – 02:53 1–0 Zaar (Tambellini, Stål Lyrenäs) (PP) – 29:22 2–0 2–1 44:23 – Merelä (Morley, Levtchi)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	25

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players are leading the league in points.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	12	4	14	18	2	+5	0	2	0	23	17.39%
Frederik Tiffels	Red Bull München	10	8	6	14	0	+9	2	0	0	30	26.67%
Ludvig Larsson	Rögle BK	13	5	9	14	8	+1	0	3	1	21	23.81%
Ben Street	Red Bull München	10	3	10	13	2	+11	1	2	0	17	17.65%
Adam Tambellini	Rögle BK	11	5	8	13	0	+5	2	3	0	26	19.23%
Patrik Carlsson	Frölunda HC	12	7	6	13	2	0	2	2	2	23	30.43%
Kristian Kuusela	Tappara	12	2	11	13	0	+5	1	2	0	20	10.00%
Lucas Ekeståhl-Jonsson	Rögle BK	13	2	11	13	4	+2	0	1	0	19	10.53%
Trevor Parkes	Red Bull München	11	6	6	12	16	+9	1	3	0	24	25.00%
Leon Bristedt	Rögle BK	12	3	9	12	14	+8	1	1	0	12	25.00%

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders are leading the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Connor Hughes	HC Fribourg-Gottéron	5	4	0	126	4	96,92%	0,94	2	255
Lassi Lehtinen	Lukko	5	3	2	111	6	94,87%	1,18	1	305
Alexander Salák	HC Sparta Praha	6	4	1	159	9	94,64%	1,58	0	357
Matija Pintarič	Dragons de Rouen	10	4	5	388	22	94,63%	2,21	1	597
Kevin Boyle	HC Bolzano	4	3	1	145	9	94,16%	2,25	0	240