2016–17 Champions Hockey League

The 2016–17 Champions Hockey League is the third season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament launched by 26 founding clubs, six leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The season started on 16 August 2016 with the group stage and ended with the final game on 7 February 2017 with Frölunda defeating HC Sparta Praha, 4–3 in overtime.[1]

2016–17 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates16 August 2016 – 7 February 2017
Teams48
Final positions
Champions  Frölunda HC (2nd title)
Runner-up  HC Sparta Praha
Third place  Fribourg-Gottéron
Växjö Lakers
Tournament statistics
Matches played157
Goals scored795 (5.06 per match)
Attendance508,624 (3,240 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Casey Wellman
(14 points)
MVP Joel Lundqvist

Team allocation

A total of 48 teams from different European first-tier leagues participated in the 2016–17 Champions Hockey League.

Team license

The teams were selected based on different licenses for the founding teams, leagues and wildcards.[2]

  • A license: The 26 founding teams got an A license, if they played in the first-tier league of their respective domestic league system in the 2016–17 season.
  • B license: 12 teams – the regular-season winner and the play-off champion in the 2014–15 season – from each of the founding leagues (the Austrian EBEL, the Czech Extraliga, the Finnish Liiga, the German DEL, the Swedish SHL and the Swiss NLA) received a B licence to the tournament. If those teams had already received an A license, other teams from the league take the B license spots. The order the B licenses were handed out is:[3][4]
  1. National champion
  2. Regular season winner
  3. Runner-up, regular season
  4. Play-off finalist
  5. Best placed semifinal loser
  6. Worst placed semifinal loser
  • C license: There were 10 wild cards. The champions from Norway, Slovakia, Belarus, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom and Poland got wild cards. From Norway and Slovakia a second team, the regular season winner, also got a wild card. One wild card license was assigned to the 2015–16 IIHF Continental Cup winner Dragons de Rouen.[5][6]

Teams
Team City/Area League Qualification License
Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Austrian Hockey League founding club A
Vienna Capitals Vienna Austrian Hockey League founding club A
Bílí Tygři Liberec Liberec Czech Extraliga founding club A
Dynamo Pardubice Pardubice Czech Extraliga founding club A
HC Sparta Praha Prague Czech Extraliga founding club A
Vítkovice Steel Ostrava Czech Extraliga founding club A
HIFK Helsinki Liiga founding club A
JYP Jyväskylä Liiga founding club A
KalPa Kuopio Liiga founding club A
Kärpät Oulu Liiga founding club A
Tappara Tampere Liiga founding club A
TPS Turku Liiga founding club A
Adler Mannheim Mannheim Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
ERC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Deutsche Eishockey Liga founding club A
SC Bern Bern National League A founding club A
Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg National League A founding club A
ZSC Lions Zürich National League A founding club A
EV Zug Zug National League A founding club A
Djurgårdens IF Stockholm Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Frölunda HC Gothenburg Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Färjestad BK Karlstad Swedish Hockey League founding club A
HV71 Jönköping Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Linköpings HC Linköping Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Luleå HF Luleå Swedish Hockey League founding club A
Orli Znojmo Znojmo Austrian Hockey League regular season runner-up B
Black Wings Linz Linz Austrian Hockey League play-off semi-finalist B
HC Plzeň Plzeň Czech Extraliga play-off semi-finalist B
BK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Czech Extraliga play-off semi-finalist B
SaiPa Lappeenranta Liiga regular season 5th B
Lukko Rauma Liiga regular season 6th B
Red Bull München München Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off champion B
Grizzlys Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Deutsche Eishockey Liga play-off finalist B
HC Davos Davos National League A regular season runner-up B
HC Lugano Lugano National League A play-off finalist B
Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League regular season winner B
Växjö Lakers Växjö Swedish Hockey League play-off semi-finalist B
Dragons de Rouen Rouen Ligue Magnus Continental Cup winner C
Stavanger Oilers Stavanger GET-ligaen play-off champion C
Lørenskog IK Lørenskog GET-ligaen regular season runner-up C
HK Nitra Nitra Tipsport Liga play-off champion C
HC Košice Košice Tipsport Liga regular season winner C
Esbjerg Energy Esbjerg Metal Ligaen play-off champion C
Rapaces de Gap Gap Ligue Magnus regular season winner ‡ C
Yunost Minsk Minsk Belarusian Extraleague play-off champion C
Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Elite Ice Hockey League regular season champion C
ComArch Cracovia Kraków Polska Hokej Liga play-off champion C

Notes:

  • ‡ – Ligue Magnus champion Dragons de Rouen had already qualified via Continental Cup.

Group stage
Teams in the 2016–17 Champions Hockey League.
Blue: A-license; Red: B-license; Yellow: C-license.

The format remained the same as in the previous season. The group stage began on 16 August and finished on 11 September 2016. The 48 teams were divided into 16 groups of three teams each. Each team played a double round-robin in their group, facing each team at home and on the road, giving 4 games per team. The 16 group winners and the 16 runners-up qualified for the playoffs.

Group stage draw

The 16 groups were determined by a draw taking place on 3 May 2016 in Zurich, Switzerland. The 48 teams had been ranked and placed into three pots of 16 teams each. Following the draw, each group consisted of one team from each pot. The seedings were as follows:[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Frölunda HC
Tappara
Bílí Tygři Liberec
SC Bern
Red Bull München
Red Bull Salzburg
Skellefteå AIK
HIFK
HC Sparta Praha
ZSC Lions
Luleå HF
Kärpät
HC Plzeň
HC Davos
Växjö Lakers
JYP

BK Mladá Boleslav
HC Lugano
Linköpings HC
SaiPa
Vítkovice Steel
EV Zug
Färjestad BK
Lukko
Dynamo Pardubice
Fribourg-Gottéron
Djurgårdens IF
TPS
HV71
KalPa
HK Nitra
HC Košice

Eisbären Berlin
Orli Znojmo
Grizzlys Wolfsburg
Vienna Capitals
ERC Ingolstadt
Black Wings Linz
Adler Mannheim
Krefeld Pinguine
Stavanger Oilers
Esbjerg Energy
Yunost Minsk
Dragons de Rouen
Sheffield Steelers
ComArch Cracovia
Lørenskog IK
Rapaces de Gap

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regular time, 2 points for an overtime win or shootout win, 1 point for an overtime loss or shootout loss, 0 points for a loss in regular time). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied in the order given to determine the rankings:

  1. higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  4. higher number of wins in regular time in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  5. higher number of goals scored in one match in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  6. if, after having applied criteria 1 to 5, teams still had an equal ranking in a two-way tie, criteria 1 to 5 were reapplied against the third team in the group. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 7 to 10 applied;
  7. higher number of wins in overtime;
  8. higher number of goals scored in shootout (if both matches ended in shootout);
  9. if two teams still remained tied and they met in their group's final game, they played a shootout to determine which team is ranked higher;
  10. higher pre-draw rankings.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FHC WOL DYN
1 Frölunda HC 4 2 0 1 1 11 9 +2 7 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3 5–2
2 Grizzlys Wolfsburg 4 2 0 0 2 11 10 +1 6 1–2 — 6–0
3 Dynamo Pardubice 4 1 1 0 2 11 14 −3 5 3–2 (SO) 6–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DIF HCD ROU
1 Djurgårdens IF 4 2 1 0 1 15 6 +9 8 Advance to Playoffs — 6–0 4–0
2 HC Davos 4 2 1 0 1 10 10 0 8 3–1 — 4–1
3 Dragons de Rouen 4 0 0 2 2 6 15 −9 2 3–4 (OT) 2–3 (OT) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group C
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HCL TAP MAN
1 HC Lugano 4 2 1 0 1 11 9 +2 8 Advance to Playoffs — 1–3 4–3 (OT)
2 Tappara 4 2 0 0 2 7 9 −2 6 1–3 — 2–1
3 Adler Mannheim 4 1 0 1 2 10 10 0 4 2–3 4–1 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group D
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ZSC LUK ING
1 ZSC Lions 4 3 1 0 0 11 3 +8 11 Advance to Playoffs — 2–0 2–0
2 Lukko 4 1 0 1 2 9 9 0 4 2–3 (SO) — 1–3
3 ERC Ingolstadt 4 1 0 0 3 5 13 −8 3 1–4 1–6 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group E
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KAR VIT KRE
1 Kärpät 4 3 1 0 0 12 5 +7 11 Advance to Playoffs — 1–0 (OT) 5–3
2 Vítkovice Steel 4 1 0 1 2 7 10 −3 4 2–4 — 5–3
3 Krefeld Pinguine 4 1 0 0 3 8 12 −4 3 0–2 2–0 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group F
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FRI RBM ZNO
1 Fribourg-Gottéron 4 3 0 0 1 12 6 +6 9 Advance to Playoffs — 3–0 5–2
2 Red Bull München 4 3 0 0 1 14 7 +7 9 3–1 — 7–0
3 Orli Znojmo 4 0 0 0 4 6 19 −13 0 1–3 3–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group G
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EVZ HIFK ESB
1 EV Zug 4 3 1 0 0 17 7 +10 11 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 3–2 (SO)
2 HIFK 4 1 0 1 2 13 11 +2 4 1–4 — 7–0
3 Esbjerg Energy 4 0 1 1 2 10 22 −12 3 3–8 5–4 (OT) —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group H
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TPS LIB LIK
1 TPS 4 3 1 0 0 15 3 +12 11 Advance to Playoffs — 3–1 4–1
2 Bílí Tygři Liberec 4 1 1 1 1 8 9 −1 6 1–2 (SO) — 4–3 (OT)
3 Lørenskog IK 4 0 0 1 3 5 16 −11 1 0–6 1–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group I
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SAI BER LHF
1 SaiPa 4 3 1 0 0 17 9 +8 11 Advance to Playoffs — 6–3 3–2 (SO)
2 Eisbären Berlin 4 2 0 0 2 12 13 −1 6 2–4 — 2–1
3 Luleå HF 4 0 0 1 3 7 14 −7 1 2–4 2–5 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group J
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NIT PLZ OIL
1 HK Nitra 4 3 0 0 1 9 6 +3 9 Advance to Playoffs — 2–1 2–1
2 HC Plzeň 4 2 0 0 2 12 10 +2 6 2–4 — 6–4
3 Stavanger Oilers 4 1 0 0 3 7 12 −5 3 2–1 0–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group K
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LHC JYP GAP
1 Linköpings HC 4 4 0 0 0 16 5 +11 12 Advance to Playoffs — 4–3 6–1
2 JYP 4 2 0 0 2 12 9 +3 6 1–4 — 4–0
3 Rapaces de Gap 4 0 0 0 4 2 16 −14 0 0–2 1–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group L
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VLH YUN MLB
1 Växjö Lakers 4 2 0 2 0 16 10 +6 8 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 7–3
2 Yunost Minsk 4 1 1 0 2 10 13 −3 5 4–3 (OT) — 4–3
3 BK Mladá Boleslav 4 1 1 0 2 12 15 −3 5 3–2 (SO) 3–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group M
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCB KOS BWL
1 SC Bern 4 4 0 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Advance to Playoffs — 3–1 5–0
2 HC Košice 4 1 0 0 3 10 15 −5 3 3–6 — 2–3
3 Black Wings Linz 4 1 0 0 3 7 14 −7 3 1–3 3–4 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group N
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKE KAL VIC
1 Skellefteå AIK 4 2 0 1 1 10 9 +1 7 Advance to Playoffs — 4–0 2–5
2 KalPa 4 2 0 0 2 7 8 −1 6 1–2 — 3–1
3 Vienna Capitals 4 1 1 0 2 10 10 0 5 3–2 (OT) 1–3 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group O
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FBK SPA CRA
1 Färjestad BK 4 3 0 1 0 16 5 +11 10 Advance to Playoffs — 2–3 (OT) 7–0
2 HC Sparta Praha 4 2 1 0 1 16 10 +6 8 1–2 — 5–4
3 ComArch Cracovia 4 0 0 0 4 7 24 −17 0 1–5 2–7 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Group P
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HV71 RBS SHE
1 HV71 4 3 0 0 1 16 9 +7 9 Advance to Playoffs — 1–2 5–3
2 Red Bull Salzburg 4 2 0 0 2 14 12 +2 6 2–5 — 8–1
3 Sheffield Steelers 4 1 0 0 3 11 20 −9 3 2–5 5–2 —
Source: championshockeyleague.net
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Playoffs

In the playoffs, the teams play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis with the team with the better standing after the group stage having the second game at home, except for the one-match final played at the venue of the team with the best competition track record leading up to the final.

The mechanism of the draw for playoffs was as follows:[8]

  • The entire playoff was drawn on 12 September 2016 and determined the sixteen pairings for the Round of 32. Also at the draw, all matches up to the final were set in the bracket.
  • In the draw for the Round of 32, the 16 group winners were seeded, and the 16 runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teamswere drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group could be drawn against each other, but teams from the same league or country could be paired in any round.

Playoff teams
Group Winners
(Seeded in round of 32 draw)		 Runners-up
(Unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A Frölunda HC EHC Wolfsburg
B Djurgårdens IF HC Davos
C HC Lugano Tappara
D ZSC Lions Lukko
E Kärpät Vítkovice Steel
F Fribourg-Gottéron Red Bull München
G EV Zug HIFK
H TPS Bílí Tygři Liberec
I SaiPa Eisbären Berlin
J HK Nitra HC Plzeň
K Linköpings HC JYP
L Växjö Lakers Yunost Minsk
M SC Bern HC Košice
N Skellefteå AIK KalPa
O Färjestad BK HC Sparta Praha
P HV71 EC Red Bull Salzburg

Bracket
Round of 32   Round of 16   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
  Bílí Tygři Liberec 4 0 4  
  Färjestad BK 1 2 3       Bílí Tygři Liberec 1 1 2  
  Vítkovice Steel 7 5 12     Vítkovice Steel 0 3 3  
  HK Nitra 0 0 0         Vítkovice Steel 2 2 4  
  KalPa 2 1 3         Fribourg-Gottéron 5 3 8  
  Djurgårdens IF 0 2 2       KalPa 1 2 3
  HC Košice 1 1 2     Fribourg-Gottéron 1 3 4  
  Fribourg-Gottéron 1 4 5         Frölunda HC 5 4 9  
  Yunost Minsk 3 0 3         Fribourg-Gottéron 1 0 1  
  Frölunda HC´ 2 5 7       Eisbären Berlin 1 1 2  
  Eisbären Berlin 4 2 6     Frölunda HC 6 4 10  
  EV Zug 0 1 1         Frölunda HC 4 5 9
  HC Davos 4 3 7         Linköpings HC 0 2 2  
  Linköpings HC 7 2 9       Linköpings HC 1 1 2
  HIFK (SO) 1 4 5(2)     HIFK 1 0 1  
  TPS 1 4 5(1)         Frölunda HC 4
  EHC Wolfsburg 1 2 3         HC Sparta Praha 3
  ZSC Lions 4 5 9       HC Lugano 3 2 5  
  HC Plzeň 1 3 4     ZSC Lions 2 4 6  
  HC Lugano 4 3 7         ZSC Lions 0 2 2  
  Tappara 0 2 2         Växjö Lakers 0 3 3  
  SaiPa 2 4 6       SaiPa 3 2 5
  Red Bull München 1 3 4     Växjö Lakers 2 4 6  
  Växjö Lakers 1 4 5         Växjö Lakers 1 0 1
  HC Sparta Praha (OT) 1 1 2         HC Sparta Praha 2 4 6  
  Kärpät 1 0 1       HC Sparta Praha 2 5 7  
  Lukko 0 3 3     HV71 4 0 4  
  HV71 2 4 6         SC Bern 1 1 2
  JYP 4 2 6         HC Sparta Praha 1 4 5  
  Skellefteå AIK 0 4 4       SC Bern 3 3 6
  EC Red Bull Salzburg 1 3 4     JYP 2 3 5  
  SC Bern 4 3 7  

Note:

  1. The teams listed on top of each tie play first match at home and the bottom team plays second match 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 32

The draw for the entire playoff (round of 32, round of 16, quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) was held on 12 September 2016. The first legs were played on 4 October, and the second legs on 11 October 2016. The seeded teams (group winners) played the last match at home.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bílí Tygři Liberec 4–3 Färjestad BK 4–1 0–2
Vítkovice Steel 12–0 HK Nitra 7–0 5–0
KalPa 3–2 Djurgårdens IF 2–0 1–2
HC Košice 2–5 Fribourg-Gottéron 1–1 1–4
Yunost Minsk 3–7 Frölunda HC 3–2 0–5
Eisbären Berlin 6–1 EV Zug 4–0 2–1
HC Davos 7–9 Linköpings HC 4–7 3–2
TPS 5–6 HIFK 1–1 4–5 (SO)
EHC Wolfsburg 3–9 ZSC Lions 1–4 2–5
HC Lugano 7–4 HC Plzeň 4–1 3–3
Tappara 2–6 SaiPa 0–2 2–4
Red Bull München 4–5 Växjö Lakers 1–1 3–4
HC Sparta Praha 2–1 Kärpät 1–1 1–0 (OT)
HV71 6–3 Lukko 2–0 4–3
JYP 6–4 Skellefteå AIK 4–0 2–4
EC Red Bull Salzburg 4–7 SC Bern 1–4 3–3

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 1 November, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 November 2016.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bílí Tygři Liberec 2–3 Vítkovice Steel 1–0 1–3 (OT)
KalPa 3–4 Fribourg-Gottéron 1–1 2–3 (OT)
Eisbären Berlin 2–10 Frölunda HC 1–6 1–4
Linköpings HC 2–1 HIFK 1–1 1–0
HC Lugano 5–6 ZSC Lions 3–2 2–4 (OT)
SaiPa 5–6 Växjö Lakers 3–2 2–4 (OT)
HC Sparta Praha 7–4 HV71 2–4 5–0
SC Bern 6–5 JYP 3–2 3–3

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 6 December, and the second legs were played on 13 December 2016.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vítkovice Steel 4–8 Fribourg-Gottéron 2–5 2–3
Frölunda HC 9–2 Linköpings HC 4–0 5–2
ZSC Lions 2–3 Växjö Lakers 0–0 2–3
SC Bern 2–5 HC Sparta Praha 1–1 1–4

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 10 January, and the second legs were played on 17 January 2017.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Frölunda HC 9–1 Fribourg-Gottéron 5–1 4–0
Växjö Lakers 1–6 HC Sparta Praha 1–2 0–4

Final

The final was played on 7 February 2017.

7 February 2017
19:05		 Frölunda HC4–3 OT
(2–2, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)		 HC Sparta PrahaFrolundaborgs Isstadion, Gothenburg
Attendance: 6,044

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