Release from 14.10.2024

Last round of the Champions Hockey league phase on Tuesday and Wednesday

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The final round of the league phase in the Champions Hockey League is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. With champion EC Red Bull Salzburg, one team of the win2day ICE Hockey League has already qualified for the round of 16. Runner-up EC-KAC need a win and a support of other clubs to make it through to the knockout stage. Hydro Fehérvár AV19, on the other hand, have no chance of finishing the league phase among the top 16 teams.

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With four wins from five games and second place in the table, EC Red Bull Salzburg is shining in this year's Champions Hockey League season. At the end of the league phase, the Red Bulls will face 17th-placed Sparta Prague at home on Tuesday. The Czechs need a win to qualify for the knockout stage. Prague have won two of their five games so far. Sparta are in third place in the domestic Extraliga with 20 points. Salzburg have 16 points in the win2day ICE Hockey League, are fourth in the table and have only been beaten three times in all competitions this season, two of them were after shootout.

On Tuesday, Hydro Fehérvár AV19 will also be in action. The Hungarians will meet defending champions Genève-Servette, who were beaten by EC-KAC in overtime last week. With seven points, the Swiss are in 18th place in the table and therefore need a win for a place in the round of 16. Fehérvár are 23rd with no points. In their last game, the Hungarians lost 2:4 at Skelleftea. In the ICE Hockey League, Fehérvár recently celebrated a 4-1 home win against Asiago. It was their fourth win in seven games. Geneva are only eleventh in the National League and have only won three of their eight games so far this season.

The EC-KAC will also face a Swiss team on Wednesday. The Klagenfurt team will host the ZSC Lions Zurich, who are already guaranteed a place in the round of 16 as third in the table. Klagenfurt are 19th and only have a small chance of qualifying for the knockout phase. With five points, they are currently two points behind 16th-placed Pardubice. Last week, the KAC defeated Geneva, a team from the National League. Zurich, however, are in very good form, are top of the table in their domestic league and have not lost any of their last five games in all competitions. They have only been beaten twice this season, once in the league and once in the CHL. In the Champions Hockey League, however, with Salzburg, a team from the win2day ICE Hockey League, won against the Swiss. The Red Bulls prevailed 4:2 in Zurich. The KAC are fifth in the win2day ICE Hockey League with five wins from nine games. The two teams have met twice in the CHL so far. In the 2017 group stage, the home team won each time.

Champions Hockey League:
Tuesday, 15.10.2024:
18:30: Hydro Fehérvár AV19 - Genève-Servette | >> Livestream <<
20:20: EC Red Bull Salzburg – Sparta Prague | >> Livestream <<

Wednesday, 16.10.2024:
20:20 Uhr: EC-KAC - ZSC Lions Zurich | >> Livestream <<