2019–20 Champions Hockey League

2019–20 Champions Hockey League

Tournament details
Dates	29 August 2019 – 4 February 2020
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Frölunda HC (4th title)
Runner-up	Mountfield HK
Tournament statistics
Games played	125
Goals scored	683 (5.46 per game)
Attendance	430,750 (3,446 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Ryan Lasch[1] (22 points)
MVP	Ryan Lasch[2]

The 2019–20 Champions Hockey League was the sixth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. 32 teams are competing in the tournament, 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 awarded to the champion of the 2018–19 Champions Hockey League as well as a wild card spot selected by the board. Unlike in the first three editions of the tournament, founding teams did not automatically qualify.^[3]

Swedish team Frölunda HC successfully defended their Champions Hockey League title, defeating Czech team Mountfield HK 3–1 in the final to win the European Trophy for a fourth time.^[4] For the first time in the history of the league, the final was held in the Czech Republic as Mountfield HK earned the right to host the game at ČPP Arena.^[5]

Team allocation

A total of 32 teams from 13 different European first-tier leagues are participating in the 2019–20 Champions Hockey League. There were 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. Out of the founding leagues Sweden and Switzerland were allocated 5 teams, Finland and Czech Republic 4 with Austria and Germany given 3. Because no league was allowed more than five teams, the winner of the 2018–19 Champions Hockey League won a berth but at the expense of a place for their league.

Due to the fact that Arlan Kokshetau of the Kazakhstan Hockey Championship were ineligible to qualify for the Champions Hockey League despite winning the 2018–19 Continental Cup, it was announced that the board would select a Wild Card team in its place.^[6] On 13 February, the Champions Hockey League announced that the Belfast Giants as Continental Cup runners-up had been approved to take part as the Wild Card entry.^[7]

The qualification for these places was set out in the rules as follows:^[8]

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 Austrian Hockey League teams are however picked in this order:^[8]

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

Note: the United Kingdom is the lone exception as the EIHL, in line with their traditions, determine their national champion following the regular season (not in the playoffs).^[9]

Teams

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Frölunda HC	Gothenburg	Swedish Hockey League	2019 CHL winner	6th	Champion
Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season winner	4th	Round of 32
Luleå HF	Luleå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season runner-up	4th	Champion
Djurgårdens IF	Stockholm	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season fourth	5th	Round of 16
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season fifth	5th	Semi-finals
SC Bern	Bern	National League	Play-off champion	6th	Quarter-finals
EV Zug	Zug	National League	Regular season runner-up	6th	Round of 16
Lausanne HC	Lausanne	National League	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
EHC Biel	Biel/Bienne	National League	Regular season fourth	1st	First appearance
HC Ambrì-Piotta	Ambrì	National League	Regular season fifth	1st	First appearance
HPK	Hämeenlinna	Liiga	Play-off champion	1st	First appearance
Kärpät	Oulu	Liiga	Regular season winner	5th	Final
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season runner-up	6th	Round of 16
Pelicans	Lahti	Liiga	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	Play-off champion	5th	Semi-finals
Bílí Tygři Liberec	Liberec	Czech Extraliga	Regular season winner	5th	Semi-finals
HC Plzeň	Plzeň	Czech Extraliga	Regular season third	3rd	Semi-finals
Mountfield HK	Hradec Králové	Czech Extraliga	Regular season fourth	3rd	Group stage
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Play-off champion	5th	Round of 16
Red Bull München	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season runner-up	5th	Final
Augsburger Panther	Augsburg	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	Austrian Hockey League	Play-off champion	3rd	Group stage
Graz 99ers	Graz	Austrian Hockey League	Regular season first round winner	1st	First appearance
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Austrian Hockey League	Regular season pick round winner	6th	Round of 16
Belfast Giants	Belfast	Elite Ice Hockey League	Continental Cup Wild Card	1st	First appearance
Yunost Minsk	Minsk	Belarusian Extraleague	Play-off champion	3rd	Round of 32
Frisk Asker	Asker	GET-ligaen	Play-off champion	1st	First appearance
HC '05 Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica	Tipsport Liga	Play-off champion	3rd	Group stage
Brûleurs de Loups	Grenoble	Ligue Magnus	Play-off champion	2nd	Group stage
Rungsted Ishockey	Rungsted	Metal Ligaen	Play-off champion	1st	First appearance
Cardiff Devils	Cardiff	Elite Ice Hockey League	Regular season runner-up	3rd	Group stage
GKS Tychy	Tychy	Polska Hokej Liga	Play-off champion	2nd	Group stage

Group stage

KAC

Tappara

Biel

Asker

HPK

Zug

Plzeň

Rungsted

Luleå

Liberec

Augsburg

Belfast

Třinec

Lausanne

Pelicans

Minsk
(not on map)

Bern

Kärpät

Skellefteå

Grenoble

Mannheim

Djurgården

Vienna

Tychy

Färjestad

München

Ambrì-Piotta

Banská Bystrica

Frölunda

Graz

Mountfield

Cardiff

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Teams in the 2019–20 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 6 games. The best 2 teams qualify to the round of 16.

Pots

The reigning CHL champions is the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot 1. In the top pot there were also the reigning champions of the six founding leagues and the regular season winner of SHL. The 16 remaining teams from the founding leagues were placed to pots 2 and 3. The fourth pot include the playoff champions from the seven challenge leagues and the Belfast Giants, the wild card team following the 2018–19 IIHF Continental Cup.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Frölunda HC Färjestad BK SC Bern HPK Oceláři Třinec Adler Mannheim EC KAC Luleå HF	EV Zug Kärpät Bílí Tygři Liberec Red Bull München Graz 99ers Djurgårdens IF Lausanne HC Tappara	HC Plzeň Augsburger Panther Vienna Capitals Skellefteå AIK EHC Biel Pelicans Mountfield HK HC Ambrì-Piotta	Yunost Minsk Frisk Asker HC '05 Banská Bystrica Brûleurs de Loups Rungsted Ishockey Cardiff Devils GKS Tychy Belfast Giants

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BIE	TAP	KAC	FAS
1	EHC Biel	6	5	0	0	1	16	9	+7	15	Advance to Playoffs		—	1–0	4–2	2–1
2	Tappara	6	4	0	0	2	21	11	+10	12			1–0	—	8–3	7–3
3	EC KAC	6	3	0	0	3	18	20	−2	9			3–6	3–2	—	3–0
4	Frisk Asker	6	0	0	0	6	7	22	−15	0			2–3	1–3	0–4	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		EVZ	PLZ	HPK	RUN
1	EV Zug	6	4	0	2	0	22	11	+11	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	5–2	3–4 (SO)	5–2
2	HC Plzeň	6	2	3	0	1	24	16	+8	12			2–1 (SO)	—	5–4 (OT)	9–3
3	HPK	6	1	1	2	2	13	16	−3	7			1–3	1–2 (OT)	—	2–0
4	Rungsted Ishockey	6	1	0	0	5	10	26	−16	3			0–5	2–4	3–1	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LHF	AUG	LIB	BEL
1	Luleå HF	6	3	2	1	0	26	15	+11	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–3 (SO)	4–1	4–0
2	Augsburger Panther	6	2	2	2	0	18	15	+3	12			4–5 (OT)	—	2–3 (SO)	3–1
3	Bílí Tygři Liberec	6	1	1	1	3	20	20	0	6			4–5 (OT)	2–3	—	6–1
4	Belfast Giants	6	1	0	1	4	12	26	−14	4			3–6	2–3 (OT)	5–4	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LAU	YUN	TRI	PEL
1	Lausanne HC	6	2	2	2	0	20	17	+3	12	Advance to Playoffs		—	3–2	5–3	4–3 (SO)
2	Yunost Minsk	6	2	1	1	2	15	17	−2	9			3–2 (OT)	—	2–0	2–3 (SO)
3	Oceláři Třinec	6	2	1	0	3	17	14	+3	8			2–1 (OT)	7–2	—	5–3
4	Pelicans	6	1	1	2	2	16	20	−4	7			4–5 (SO)	2–4	1–0	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SKE	SCB	KAR	BdL
1	Skellefteå AIK	6	2	2	1	1	19	14	+5	11[a]	Advance to Playoffs		—	3–2 (SO)	2–0	1–2
2	SC Bern	6	2	1	3	0	17	14	+3	11[a]			4–5 (SO)	—	1–2 (SO)	4–1
3	Kärpät	6	2	2	1	1	18	13	+5	11[a]			5–4 (SO)	2–3 (OT)	—	3–1
4	Brûleurs de Loups	6	1	0	0	5	8	21	−13	3			1–4	1–3	2–6	—

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

1. Head-to-head points: Skellefteå AIK 8, SC Bern 5, Kärpät 5.

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MAN	DIF	VIC	GKS
1	Adler Mannheim	6	4	1	0	1	23	10	+13	14	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–1	4–0	5–0
2	Djurgårdens IF	6	4	0	0	2	20	14	+6	12			6–3	—	3–6	2–0
3	Vienna Capitals	6	2	0	0	4	15	21	−6	6			1–6	1–2	—	5–2
4	GKS Tychy	6	1	0	1	4	10	23	−13	4			2–3 (OT)	2–6	4–2	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RBM	FBK	AMB	BAB
1	Red Bull München	6	3	1	1	1	14	9	+5	12	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–1	3–0	3–0
2	Färjestad BK	6	3	1	0	2	17	10	+7	11			3–1	—	2–1	6–1
3	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6	3	0	1	2	13	12	+1	10			2–3 (SO)	2–1	—	4–3
4	HC '05 Banská Bystrica	6	0	1	1	4	10	23	−13	3			3–2 (SO)	3–4 (OT)	0–4	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FHC	MHK	CAR	GRA
1	Frölunda HC	6	4	0	1	1	34	17	+17	13	Advance to Playoffs		—	2–3	9–2	5–6 (SO)
2	Mountfield HK	6	4	0	0	2	22	13	+9	12			3–4	—	5–2	7–1
3	Cardiff Devils	6	2	1	0	3	18	30	−12	8			2–9	3–2	—	4–3 (SO)
4	Graz 99ers	6	0	1	1	4	14	28	−14	3			1–5	1–2	2–5	—

Source: Champions Hockey League

Group stage tie-breaking criteria

If two teams were tied in points after the group stage is finished, the teams precedence is decided by head-to-head games. If the teams are still tied after that, then the team that was ranked higher prior to the tournament took precedence. When comparing head-to-head results, the following criteria were applied:^[9]

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
5. overtime wins against the other tied team
6. more goals scored in the two game winning shot competitions
7. higher position in the 2016–17 CHL club ranking

Playoffs

Qualified teams

Group	Winners (seed)	Runners-up
A	EHC Biel	Tappara
B	EV Zug	HC Plzeň
C	Luleå HF	Augsburger Panther
D	Lausanne HC	Yunost Minsk
E	Skellefteå AIK	SC Bern
F	Adler Mannheim	Djurgårdens IF
G	Red Bull München	Färjestad BK
H	Frölunda HC	Mountfield HK

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 is tied, a sudden death overtime followed. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the shoot out competition advances.

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. The draw took place in Helsinki, Finland on 18 October 2019.^[10]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	Djurgårdens IF	3	4	7
	16	Skellefteå AIK	3	1	4
								Djurgårdens IF		5	3	8
								Red Bull München		1	0	1
	8	Yunost Minsk	2	0	2
	9	Red Bull München	3	6	9
															Djurgårdens IF		1	0	1
															Mountfield HK		3	3	6
	5	Tappara	3	1	4
	12	EV Zug	3	3	6
								EV Zug		1	0	1
								Mountfield HK		1	4	5
	4	Mountfield HK	1	1	2
	13	Adler Mannheim	0	1	1
																						Mountfield HK		1
																						Frölunda HC		3
	6	Augsburger Panther	2	1	3
	11	EHC Biel (OT)	2	2	4
								EHC Biel		3	3	6
								Frölunda HC (OT)		2	5	7
	3	Färjestad BK	6	2	8
	14	Frölunda HC	3	8	11
															Frölunda HC		2	3	5
															Luleå HF		3	1	4
	7	SC Bern	0	2	2
	10	Luleå HF	3	4	7
								Luleå HF		2	5	7
								Lausanne HC		1	2	3
	2	HC Plzeň	1	4	5
	15	Lausanne HC (OT)	2	4	6

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. Skellefteå AIK, however, would play their first leg at home in their tie against Djurgårdens IF.
2. The order of the legs (which team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with the best record should have the second game at home.

Round of 16

First Leg

12 November 2019 17:00 CET

Yunost Minsk

2–3 (2–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Red Bull München

Chizhovka-Arena, Minsk Attendance: 3,243

Game reference
	Igor Brikun	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Kristian Vikman Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Artsiom Labzou Mikita Paliakou
	Gainetdinov (Brikun) – 8:26 1–0 Drozdov (Stefanovich) – 16:52 2–0 2–1 33:23 – Schütz 2–2 41:30 – (PP) Parkes (Schütz) 2–3 43:29 – Ehliz (Hager, Bodnarchuk)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	33

12 November 2019

HC Plzeň

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Lausanne HC

Logspeed CZ Aréna, Plzeň Attendance: 5,360

Game reference
	Dominik Frodl	Goalies	Tobias Stephan	Referees: Daniel Rencz Kristijan Nikolić Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Josef Špůr
	Pour (Kantner) – 34:26 1–0 1–1 37:56 – Vermin (Lindbohm, Frick) 1–2 56:41 – (PP) Genazzi (Almond)
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	24	Shots	26

12 November 2019 18:00 CET

Skellefteå AIK

3–3 (2–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Djurgårdens IF

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 1,904

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Niklas Svedberg	Referees: Christian Persson Tobias Björk Linesmen: Johannes Käck Emil Yletyinen
	Pudas (Alvarez, Burström) – 1:25 1–0 Olofsson – 5:24 2–0 2–1 5:57 – Eriksson 2–2 21:08 – Guter (Alsing) Pettersson (Frödén, Wingerli) – 26:27 3–2 3–3 48:52 – (ENG) Svedberg
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	27

12 November 2019 18:00 CET

Färjestad BK

6–3 (3–0, 2–1, 1–2)

Frölunda HC

Lofbergs Arena, Karlstad Attendance: 4,423

Game reference
	Markus Svensson	Goalies	Niklas Rubin (pulled at 23:27) Johan Mattsson	Referees: Stanislav Raming Viktor Birin Linesmen: Fredrik Altberg Örjan Åhlen
	Nilsson (Erixon) – 0:40 1–0 Ejdsell (Johansson, Blum) – 17:14 2–0 Viksten – 18:52 3–0 Åslund (Johansson, Erixon) – 21:06 4–0 Ejdsell (Johansson) – 23:27 5–0 5–1 32:02 – Mustonen (Friberg, Lundqvist) 5–2 41:14 – Lasch (Hjalmarsson, Peterson) Åslund (Mozík, Johansson) – 45:58 6–2 6–3 47:52 – Printz (Rakhshani, Grönlund)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	30	Shots	27

12 November 2019 18:00 CET

Tappara

3–3 (0–2, 3–0, 0–1)

EV Zug

Hakametsä, Tampere Attendance: 5,275

Game reference
	Christian Heljanko	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Lasse Kopitz André Schrader Linesmen: Joona Elonen Markus Hägerström
	0–1 1:42 – Simion (Zryd, Zgraggen) 0–2 6:04 – (PP) Alatalo (Klingberg, Lindberg) Kemiläinen (Kuusela, Bertrand (PP) – 27:37 1–2 Karjalainen (Kuusela, Kemiläinen) (PP) – 33:25 2–2 Vauhkonen (Virta, Suhonen) (PP) – 39:16 3–2 3–3 42:31 – Hofmann
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	32

12 November 2019 19:30 CET

Augsburger Panther

2–2 (1–0, 1–0, 0–2)

EHC Biel

Curt Frenzel Stadion, Augsburg Attendance: 5,580

Game reference
	Olivier Roy	Goalies	Elien Paupe	Referees: Eduards Odins Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Gabriel Gaube
	Hafenrichter (LeBlanc, Valentine) – 0:28 1–0 Fraser (Gill) – 20:55 2–0 2–1 47:04 – Ullström (Ulmer) 2–2 53:43 – Rajala (Ullström)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	26

12 November 2019 19:45 CET

SC Bern

0–3 (0–0, 0–3, 0–0)

Luleå HF

PostFinance Arena, Bern Attendance: 4,019

Game reference
	Niklas Schlegel	Goalies	David Rautio	Referees: Andrei Schrubok Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 23:42 – Lundkvist (Jalvanti, Tyrväinen) 0–2 26:54 – Kovacs (Engsund, Emanuelsson) 0–3 27:48 – Brännström (Ilomäki, Sellgren)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	25

13 November 2019 18:00 CET

Mountfield HK

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Adler Mannheim

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 2,647

Game reference
	Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Johan Gustafsson	Referees: Daniel Rencz Kristijan Nikolić Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Miroslav Lhotský
	Jergl (Klíma) – 55:52 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	28	Shots	23

Second Leg

19 November 2019 18:00 CET

Frölunda HC

8–2 (2–1, 2–1, 4–0)

Färjestad BK

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,472

Game reference
	Johan Mattsson	Goalies	Markus Svensson (pulled at 31:26) Arvid Holm	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Aaro Brännare Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Ludvig Lundgren
	Ekbom (Carlsson, Fagemo) – 3:13 1–0 Hjalmarsson (Rakhshani, Lasch) (PP) – 5:29 2–0 2–1 7:29 – Arnesson (Rydahl, Nilsson) Lasch (Hjalmarsson, Rakhshani) (PP) – 29:11 3–1 Mustonen (Gormley, Lundqvist) – 31:26 4–1 4–2 34:06 – Rydahl (Lindqvist, Nilsson) Lasu (Sundström, Fagemo) (PP) – 47:20 5–2 Lasu (Carlsson, Lennström) (PP) – 48:31 6–2 Lasu (Grönlund, Rakhshani) – 56:12 7–2 Lennström (Mattson) (ENG) – 57:03 8–2
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	41	Shots	16

Frölunda HC won 11–8 on Aggregate.

19 November 2019 18:00 CET

Luleå HF

4–2 (2–2, 1–0, 1–0)

SC Bern

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Attendance: 2,205

Game reference
	Joel Lassinantti	Goalies	Pascal Caminada	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Marc Iwert Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Jan Sandström
	0–1 5:45 – (SHG) Ebbett (Untersander) Kovacs (Gustavsson) – 14:02 1–1 Ilomäki (Gustavsson, Jalvanti) – 18:15 2–1 2–2 19:03 – Burren (Untersander, Ebbett) Ilomäki (Kovacs, Sellgren) (PP) – 29:03 3–2 Ilomäki (Tyrväinen, Kovacs) (PP) 55:43 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	15

Luleå HF won 7–2 on Aggregate.

19 November 2019 18:00 CET

Djurgårdens IF

4–1 (1–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Skellefteå AIK

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,732

Game reference
	Niklas Svedberg	Goalies	Gustaf Lindvall	Referees: Robin Šír Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Daniel Persson
	Axelsson (Berglund) (PP, 5 ON 3) – 14:43 1–0 Possler (Östman) – 38:33 2–0 2–1 45:04 – (PP) Lindström (Möller, Pudas) Bergfors (Alsing, Hultström) (PP) – 48:35 3–1 Berglund (Guter, Holtz) (PP, 5 ON 3) – 52:25 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	31	Shots	27

Djurgårdens IF won 7–4 on aggregate.

19 November 2019 19:00 CET

Adler Mannheim

1–1 (0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Mountfield HK

SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 3,611

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Marek Mazanec	Referees: Linus Öhlund Tobias Björk Linesmen: Christopher Hurtik Joep Leermakers
	0–1 39:07 – Chalupa (Jergl, Pilař) Hungerecker (Soramies, Lampl) – 49:13 1–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	21

Mountfield HK won 2–1 on Aggregate.

19 November 2019 19:45 CET

EV Zug

3–1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Tappara

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 3,559

Game reference
	Luca Hollenstein	Goalies	Michael Garteig	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Eric Cattaneo
	Simion (Schlumpf, Leuenberger) – 10:40 1–0 Hofmann (Kovář, McIntyre) (PP) – 27:58 2–0 Hofmann (Diaz) (PP) – 34:27 3–0 3–1 49:49 – Bertrand (Malinen)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	19

EV Zug won 6–4 on Aggregate.

19 November 2019 19:45 CET

Lausanne HC

4–4 (OT) (3–2, 0–0, 0–2) (OT 1–0)

HC Plzeň

Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Attendance: 3,239

Game reference
	Tobias Stephan	Goalies	Dominik Frodl	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Manuel Nikolić Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Thomas Wolf
	Jeffrey (Kenins, Heldner) – 5:41 1–0 1–1 9:21 – Kracík (Pour) 1–2 11:40 – Kaňák (Vlach, Pour) Lindbohm (Vermin) – 11:50 2–2 Moy Nodari – 15:31 3–2 3–3 46:30 – Kantner (Pour) 3–4 53:25 – Rob (Houdek, Malát) Emmerton (Genazzi) – 60:58 4–4
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	26

Lausanne HC won 6–5 on Aggregate in Overtime.

19 November 2019 19:45 CET

EHC Biel

2–1 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 0–0,) (OT 1–0)

Augsburger Panther

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Attendance: 4,632

Game reference
	Elien Paupe	Goalies	Olivier Roy	Referees: Mikael Nord Mikael Sjökvist Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Dominik Schlegel
	Kessler (Fuchs) – 21:15 1–0 1–1 37:55 – LeBlanc (Haase) Rajala – 63:04 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	26

EHC Biel won 4–3 on Aggregate in Overtime.

20 November 2019 20:00 CET

Red Bull München

6–0 (0–0, 1–0, 5–0)

Yunost Minsk

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: 4,120

Game reference
	Kevin Reich	Goalies	Igor Brikun (pulled at 54:41) Yan Shelepnyov	Referees: Marc Wiegand Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Tobias Schwenk
	Bodnarchuk (SHG) – 35:56 1–0 Sanguinetti (Voakes) (PP) – 46:16 2–0 Bourque (Parkes, Peterka) (PP) – 49:21 3–0 Peterka (Bourque, Abeltshauser) – 54:01 4–0 Schütz – 54:41 5–0 Zitterbart (Voakes, Bodnarchuk) (PP) – 55:32 6–0
	37 min	Penalties	82 min
	34	Shots	19

Red Bull München won 9–2 on Aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First Leg

3 December 2019 18:00 CET

Mountfield HK

1–1 (0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

EV Zug

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 2,503

Game reference
	Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Luca Hollenstein	Referees: Mikael Sjökvist Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Tomáš Brejcha Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 4:48 – Simion (Diaz) Vincour (Smoleňák, Pavlík) (PP) – 44:07 1–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	27

3 December 2019 18:00 CET

Frölunda HC

2–3 (0–0, 0–2, 2–1)

EHC Biel

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,182

Game reference
	Johan Mattsson	Goalies	Jonas Hiller	Referees: Robin Šír Oldřich Hejduk Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist
	0–1 24:03 – (PP) Fuchs (Salmela, Ullström) 0–2 33:49 – Brunner (Kreis) 0–3 40:52 – Pouliot (Rajala, Moser) Lasu (Carlsson, Grönlund) – 50:52 1–3 Mustonen (Moverare) 2–3
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	53	Shots	18

3 December 2019 18:00 CET

Djurgårdens IF

5–1 (2–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Red Bull München

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 1,796

Game reference
	Karri Rämö	Goalies	Kevin Reich (Pulled at 40:00) Daniel Fießinger	Referees: Mark Lemelin Marc Wiegand Linesmen: Örjan Åhlen Andreas Malmqvist
	Berglund (Johansson, Bergfors) – 6:45 1–0 1–1 8:42 – Jaffray (Mauer) Possler (Nilsson, Alsing) – 9:02 2–1 Östman (Eriksson, Possler) – 30:05 3–1 Nilsson (Hedman, Wandell) – 34:21 4–1 Hedman (Strandberg, Högström) (PP) – 55:26 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	21

3 December 2019 20:15 CET

Lausanne HC

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Luleå HF

Vaudoise Aréna, Lausanne Attendance: 3,232

Game reference
	Luca Boltshauser	Goalies	Joel Lassinantti	Referees: Daniel Piechaczek Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 31:53 – (PP) Kovacs (Sellgren, Ilomäki) Jooris (Genazzi, Emmerton) (PP) – 39:35 1–1 1–2 41:07 – Kovacs (Sellgren, Sondell)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	26	Shots	21

Second Leg

10 December 2019 18:00 CET

Luleå HF

5–2 (2–1, 0–0, 3–1)

Lausanne HC

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 2,895

Game reference
	David Rautio	Goalies	Tobias Stephan	Referees: Aaro Brännare Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Jan Sandström
	0–1 3:15 – (SHG) Vermin (Jooris) Brännström (Olausson, Gustavsson) (PP) – 3:58 1–1 Gunler – 17:44 2–1 Gunler (Lundkvist, Connolly) (PP) – 42:27 3–1 Sondell (Berglund) (ENG) – 53:01 4–1 4–2 57:38 – (PPEAG) Almond (Bertschy) Farley (Berglund, Fabricius) – 59:43 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	27

Luleå HF won 7–3 on Aggregate.

10 December 2019 19:45 CET

EV Zug

0–4 (0–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Mountfield HK

Bossard Arena, Zug Attendance: 4,450

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Marek Mazanec	Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Nord Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 22:16 – Koukal 0–2 27:33 – Smoleňák 0–3 29:57 – (PP) Pavlík (Zámorský, Koukal) 0–4 58:33 – (ENG) Chalupa (Smoleňák)
	27 min	Penalties	33 min
	29	Shots	24

Mountfield HK won 5–1 on Aggregate.

10 December 2019 19:45 CET

EHC Biel

3–5 (OT) (0–2, 1–0, 2–2) (OT 0–1)

Frölunda HC

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Attendance: 5,592

Game reference
	Jonas Hiller	Goalies	Johan Mattsson	Referees: Vladimír Pešina Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Balazs Kovacs Marc-Henri Progin
	0–1 3:08 – (PP) Lasch (Gormley, Hjalmarsson) 0–2 15:36 – Lundqvist (Friberg, Moverare) Ulmer (Gustafsson) – 30:34 1–2 Pouliot (Rajala) – 52:08 2–2 Schneider (Cunti (PP) – 56:02 3–2 3–3 57:10 – (EAG) Carlsson (Lasch, Lundqvist) 3–4 57:29 – Lennström (Friberg, Lasu) 3–5 65:53 – (PP) Carlsson (Sundström)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	42

Frölunda HC won 7–6 on Aggregate in Overtime.

10 December 2019 20:00 CET

Red Bull München

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Djurgårdens IF

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: 3,450

Game reference
	Daniel Fießinger	Goalies	Karri Rämö	Referees: Daniel Stricker Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Tobias Schwenk
	0–1 22:24 – Nilsson (Ågren, Alsing) 0–2 43:48 – (ENG) Östman 0–3 56:53 – (ENG) Eriksson (Alsing, Högström)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	30

Djurgårdens IF won 8–1 on Aggregate.

Semi-Finals

First Leg

7 January 2020 18:00 CET

Frölunda HC

2–3 (0–2, 2–0, 0–1)

Luleå HF

Frölundaborg, Gothenburg Attendance: 3,564

Game reference
	Johan Mattsson	Goalies	Joel Lassinantti	Referees: Robin Šír Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 13:48 – Emanuelsson (Kovacs) 0–2 17:16 – (PP 5 ON 3) Sondell (Emanuelsson, Lundkvist) Ekbom (Fagemo, Rosseli Olsen) – 23:27 1–2 Stollery (Friberg, Printz) – 34:59 2–2 2–3 53:35 – Connolly (Hållander, Emanuelsson)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	27

7 January 2020 19:00 CET

Djurgårdens IF

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Mountfield HK

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 2,383

Game reference
	Karri Rämö	Goalies	Marek Mazanec	Referees: Viktor Birin Stanislav Raming Linesmen: Örjan Åhlen Daniel Persson
	Possler (Alsing) – 2:50 1–0 1–1 4:29 – Nedomlel (Koukal) 1–2 22:15 – Chalupa (Nedomlel, Perret) 1–3 49:39 – Chalupa
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	26

Second Leg

14 January 2020 18:00 CET

Luleå HF

1–3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)

Frölunda HC

Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå Attendance: 4,305

Game reference
	Joel Lassinantti	Goalies	Johan Mattsson	Referees: Kristian Vikman Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Jan Sandström Emil Yletyinen
	Tyrväinen (Gustavsson, Lundkvist) – 13:41 1–0 1–1 30:59 – (PP) Rakhshani (Lundqvist, Fagemo) 1–2 43:19 – Lundqvist (Mustonen) 1–3 50:35 – Lasch (Carlsson, Rosseli Olsen)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	29

Frölunda HC won 5–4 on Aggregate.

14 January 2020 18:00 CET

Mountfield HK

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Djurgårdens IF

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 6,161

Game reference
	Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Niklas Svedberg	Referees: Manuel Nikolić Peter Stano Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Daniel Hynek
	Lev (Chalupa) – 20:53 1–0 Nedomlel – 42:07 2–0 Jergl (ENG) – 51:34 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	25

Mountfield HK won 6–1 on Aggregate.

Final

4 February 2020 18:45 (UTC+1)

Mountfield HK

1–3 (1–3, 0–0, 0–0)

Frölunda HC

ČPP Arena, Hradec Králové Attendance: 6,890

Game reference
	Marek Mazanec	Goalies	Johan Mattsson	Referees: Kristian Vikman Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Andreas Hofer Joep Leermakers
	Koukal (Cibuļskis, Pavlík) (PP) – 06:53 1–0 1–1 16:29 – Hjalmarsson (Lundqvist, Lasch) (PP) 1–2 18:21 – Friberg (Grönlund) 1–3 19:21 – Sundström (Ekbom, Fagemo)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	29

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points.^[11]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	13	6	16	22	0	+5	1	2	0	37	16.22%
Rhett Rakhshani	Frölunda HC	12	3	13	16	6	-5	0	3	0	24	12.50%
Olle Alsing	Djurgårdens IF	12	3	12	15	14	+3	1	2	0	23	13.04%
Samuel Fagemo	Frölunda HC	11	7	6	13	4	+10	1	0	0	41	17.07%
Arttu Ilomäki	Luleå HF	11	6	7	13	8	+9	1	3	0	20	30.00%
Milan Gulaš	HC Plzeň	6	8	4	12	2	+4	3	3	0	20	40.00%
Joel Lundqvist	Frölunda HC	12	7	5	12	8	+6	2	4	0	31	22.58%
Robin Kovacs	Luleå HF	12	6	6	12	2	+5	2	1	0	25	24.00%
Simon Hjalmarsson	Frölunda HC	12	6	5	11	4	+4	0	6	0	38	15.79%
Nils Lundkvist	Luleå HF	12	2	9	11	6	+4	1	0	0	23	8.70%

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.^[12]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Danny aus den Birken	EHC Red Bull München	4	4	0	121	5	96.03%	1.22	1	256
Luca Hollenstein	EV Zug	5	3	1	102	5	95.33%	0.98	1	305
Dominik Hrachovina	HC Ambrì-Piotta	4	3	1	120	6	95.24%	1.51	1	238
Jonas Hiller	EHC Biel-Bienne	4	2	2	153	8	95.03%	1.96	1	245
Niklas Schlegel	SC Bern	5	2	3	146	8	94.81%	1.73	0	278

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