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2024–25 Champions Hockey League

The 2024–25 Champions Hockey League will be the 10th season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament will be competed by 24 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. Apart from the reigning champion, the six founding leagues will be represented by three teams each, while five "challenge leagues" will be represented by one team each.

2024–25 Champions Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates5 September 2024 – 18 February 2025[1]
Teams24

Team allocation

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A total of 24 teams from different European first-tier leagues are scheduled to participate in the league. Besides the title holders Genève-Servette HC, 18 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, Norway, Poland and the United Kingdom.[2][3]

The qualification criteria for national leagues is based on the following rules:[4]

  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

Note: the national league champions of the United Kingdom are distinct from the national champions, who are determined in play-offs following the regular season.[5]

Teams

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Team City/Area League Qualification Participation Previous best
  Genève-Servette HC Geneva National League 2024 CHL winners 4th Champion
  Skellefteå AIK Skellefteå Swedish Hockey League Play-off winners 9th Final
  Färjestad BK Karlstad Swedish Hockey League Regular season winners 7th Quarter-finals
  Växjö Lakers Växjö Swedish Hockey League Regular season runners-up 8th Final
  ZSC Lions Zürich National League Play-off winners 8th Quarter-finals
  HC Fribourg-Gottéron Fribourg National League Regular season runners-up 6th Semi-finals
  Lausanne HC Lausanne National League Regular season third place 3rd Quarter-finals
  Eisbären Berlin Berlin Deutsche Eishockey Liga Play-off winners 7th Round of 16
  Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season winners 2nd Group stage
  Straubing Tigers Straubing Deutsche Eishockey Liga Regular season third 2nd Round of 16
  Tappara Tampere Liiga Play-off winners 10th Champion
  Ilves Tampere Liiga Regular season runners-up 3rd Round of 16
  Pelicans Lahti Liiga Regular season third place 3rd Round of 16
  Oceláři Třinec Třinec Czech Extraliga Play-off winners 9th Semi-finals
  Dynamo Pardubice Pardubice Czech Extraliga Regular season winners 5th Quarter-finals
  Sparta Praha Prague Czech Extraliga Regular season runners-up 6th Final
  Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg ICE Hockey League Play-off winners 9th Semi-finals
  EC KAC Klagenfurt ICE Hockey League Regular season winners 5th Round of 16
  Fehérvár AV19 Székesfehérvár ICE Hockey League Regular season runners-up 2nd Group stage
  Sheffield Steelers Sheffield Elite Ice Hockey League Regular season winners 3rd Group stage
  Dragons de Rouen Rouen Ligue Magnus Play-off winners 5th Quarter-finals
  Storhamar Hamar EliteHockey Ligaen Play-off winners 3rd Round of 16
  SønderjyskE Ishockey Vojens Metal Ligaen Play-off winners 4th Group stage
  Unia Oświęcim Oświęcim Polska Hokej Liga Play-off winners 1st First appearance
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Teams in the 2024–25 Champions Hockey League.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition will be as follows.[1][6]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 22 May 2024 5–6 September 2024
Matchday 2 7–8 September 2024
Matchday 3 12–13 September 2024
Matchday 4 14–15 September 2024
Matchday 5 8–9 October 2024
Matchday 6 15–16 October 2024
Playoff Round of 16 No draw 12–13 November 2024 19–20 November 2024
Quarter-finals 3–4 December 2024 17 December 2024
Semi-finals 14–15 January 2025 21–22 January 2025
Final 18 February 2025

Regular season

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In the regular season the 24 teams will be combined into one table. Each team will play home and away against six different opponents once. The best sixteen teams qualified to the round of 16.

The draw of the regular season will take place on 22 May 2024 in Prague, Czechia.[6]

Pots

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The participating teams are seeded into Pots A to D according to their achievements in their national leagues and their respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking. The reigning CHL champions Genève-Servette HC are the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot A. The top pot also contains the reigning champions of four of the top five founding leagues according to the league rankings (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, Finland and Czechia). Pot D contains 2023–24 ICE Hockey League regular season runners-up Fehérvár AV19 and champions of five challenger leagues.[7]

Pot A Pot B Pot C Pot D

  Genève-Servette HC
  Skellefteå AIK
  ZSC Lions
  Eisbären Berlin
  Tappara
  Oceláři Třinec

  Red Bull Salzburg
  Färjestad BK
  HC Fribourg-Gottéron
  Fischtown Pinguins
  Ilves
  Dynamo Pardubice

  EC KAC
  Växjö Lakers
  Lausanne HC
  Straubing Tigers
  Pelicans
  Sparta Praha

  Fehérvár AV19
  Sheffield Steelers
  Dragons de Rouen
  Storhamar
  SønderjyskE Ishockey
  Unia Oświęcim

Grid

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A1   Tappara A2   Skellefteå AIK A3   Eisbären Berlin A4   ZSC Lions A5   Oceláři Třinec A6   Genève-Servette HC
B1   Fischtown Pinguins B2   Dynamo Pardubice B3   Red Bull Salzburg B4   HC Fribourg-Gottéron B5   Ilves B6   Färjestad BK
C1   Pelicans C2   Sparta Praha C3   Straubing Tigers C4   Växjö Lakers C5   EC KAC C6   Lausanne HC
D1   Fehérvár AV19 D2   SønderjyskE Ishockey D3   Sheffield Steelers D4   Unia Oświęcim D5   Storhamar D6   Dragons de Rouen

League table

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Färjestad BK 6 5 1 0 0 26 10 +16 17 Qualification to playoffs
2   ZSC Lions 6 4 1 0 1 20 10 +10 14
3   Lausanne HC 6 4 0 2 0 17 9 +8 14
4   Oceláři Třinec 6 3 1 1 1 24 16 +8 12
5   HC Fribourg-Gottéron 6 3 1 1 1 23 16 +7 12
6   Skellefteå AIK 6 3 1 1 1 19 15 +4 12
7   Eisbären Berlin 6 3 1 0 2 22 15 +7 11
8   Red Bull Salzburg 6 3 1 0 2 20 13 +7 11
9   Pelicans 6 3 1 0 2 24 18 +6 11
10   Sheffield Steelers 6 2 2 1 1 18 13 +5 11
11   Fischtown Pinguins 6 3 0 1 2 17 13 +4 10
12   Växjö Lakers 6 3 0 1 2 13 12 +1 10
13   Sparta Praha 6 3 0 1 2 13 15 −2 10
14   Genève-Servette HC 6 2 1 2 1 21 19 +2 10
15   Straubing Tigers 6 2 1 1 2 14 14 0 9
16   Tappara 6 2 1 0 3 20 16 +4 8
17   Dynamo Pardubice 6 2 0 2 2 20 13 +7 8
18   Unia Oświęcim 6 2 0 2 2 18 23 −5 8
19   Ilves 6 1 2 0 3 17 21 −4 7
20   EC KAC 6 1 1 0 4 14 24 −10 5
21   Storhamar 6 0 2 1 3 10 17 −7 5
22   Dragons de Rouen 6 0 0 1 5 12 33 −21 1
23   Fehérvár AV19 6 0 0 0 6 8 27 −19 0
24   SønderjyskE Ishockey 6 0 0 0 6 5 33 −28 0
Source: Champions Hockey League

Regular season tie-breaking criteria

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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 was applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (see 8.4.4. Tie breaking formula group stage standings):[8]

  1. Greater number of wins in regulation time (3 point wins);
  2. Greater number of wins in total (regulation time wins + overtime and shootout wins);
  3. Better goal difference;
  4. More goals scored;
  5. More away goals scored;
  6. The higher position in the CHL Draw pot allocation.

Results

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Home \ Away ROU KLA BER FBK FEH BRE GEN PAR FRI ILV LAU TŘI PEL RBS SHE SKE SØN PRA STO STR TAP UNI VÄX ZSC
Dragons de Rouen 2–4 3–4 SO 3–5
EC KAC 0–4 4–5 1–5
Eisbären Berlin 3–2 SO 8–0 3–0
Färjestad BK 6–2 3–2 OT 3–1
Fehérvár AV19 1–3 2–5 1–3
Fischtown Pinguins 4–2 3–2 1–2
Genève-Servette HC 2–3 OT 4–3 4–3 SO
Dynamo Pardubice 7–0 2–3 5–1
HC Fribourg-Gottéron 9–3 4–3 3–2 OT
Ilves 4–3 OT 3–0 1–4
Lausanne HC 7–2 1–2 OT 2–3 OT
Oceláři Třinec 7–3 7–3 1–3
Pelicans 10–1 0–5 5–4 SO
Red Bull Salzburg 3–4 6–2 1–2
Sheffield Steelers 3–2 SO 3–2 5–1
Skellefteå AIK 4–2 3–2 OT 4–2
SønderjyskE Ishockey 0–5 2–4 1–7
Sparta Praha 5–2 4–2 1–2 SO
Storhamar 1–0 SO 1–4 1–4
Straubing Tigers 3–2 3–2 SO 3–0
Tappara 6–1 4–6 0–2
Unia Oświęcim 1–4 2–3 OT 4–1
Växjö Lakers 3–1 1–3 2–3 OT
ZSC Lions 2–4 2–1 SO 3–2
Source: Champions Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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Format

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In the playoffs, pairings will be formed based on the positions of the teams in the regular season as follows: the team finished 1st in the regular season will face the team finished 16th, the team finished 2nd will face the team finished 15th, and so on. There will be no play-off draw or any reseedings for the quarter-finals and semi-finals. In each round except the final, the teams play two games and the aggregate score decides which team advances. The first leg is hosted by the team with the lower seed with the second leg being played on the home ice of the other team. If aggregate score is tied, a sudden death overtime follows. If the overtime is scoreless, the team who wins the shoot out competition advances.

The final will be played on the home ice of the team with the higher seed.

Bracket

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Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
16   Tappara 2
1   Färjestad BK 3
 
 
9   Pelicans 1
8   Red Bull Salzburg 2
 
 
13   Sparta Praha 4
4   Oceláři Třinec 1
 
 
12   Växjö Lakers 1
5   HC Fribourg-Gottéron 0
 
 
11   Fischtown Pinguins 5
6   Skellefteå AIK 0
 
 
3   Lausanne HC 0
12   Genève-Servette HC 5
 
 
10   Sheffield Steelers 3
7   Eisbären Berlin 5
 
 
15   Straubing Tigers 2
2   ZSC Lions 4

Round of 16

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The first legs will be played on 12 and 13 November with return legs played on 19 and 20 November 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tappara   A   Färjestad BK 2–3 19 Nov
Fischtown Pinguins   B   Skellefteå AIK 5–0 19 Nov
Sheffield Steelers   C   Eisbären Berlin 3–5 19 Nov
Sparta Praha   D   Oceláři Třinec 4–1 20 Nov
Växjö Lakers   E   HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1–0 19 Nov
Straubing Tigers   F   ZSC Lions 2–4 19 Nov
Lausanne HC   G   Genève-Servette HC 0–5 20 Nov
Pelicans   H   Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 20 Nov

First Leg

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November 12
17:30 CET (18:30 EEST)		Pelicans  1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)		  Red Bull SalzburgIsku Areena, Lahti
Attendance: 2,021
Game reference
Jasper PatrikainenGoaliesAtte TolvanenReferees:
Stefan Hürlimann
Seedo Janssen
Linesmen:
Onni Hautamäki
Joni Pekkala
0–125:23 – (SHG) Huber (Rowe)
Bryggman (Junkkari, Carlsson) – 28:361–1
1–244:52 – Bourke (Thaler, Wukovits)
6 minPenalties28 min
13Shots33
November 12
17:30 CET (18:30 EEST)		Tappara  2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)		  Färjestad BKNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 5,137
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Juha MetsolaGoaliesMaxime LagacéReferees:
Cedric Borga
Phillip Ströbel
Linesmen:
Luka Mäkinen
Tommi Niittylä
Halloran (Keskinen, Gallet) – 7:501–0
Gallet (Tanus) – 23:242–0
2–128:22 – Steen (Ollas Mattson, Studenič)
2–243:35 – (PPG) Kellman (Bergkvist, Lindqvist)
2–347:09 – (PPG) Bergkvist (Studenič, Kellman)
4 minPenalties4 min
15Shots29
November 12
19:00 CET		Växjö Lakers  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)		  HC Fribourg-GottéronVida Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 2,463
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Adam ÅhmanGoaliesReto BerraReferees:
Lassi Heikkinen
Andreas Huber
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Anders Nyqvist
Rosén (McLaughlin, Koivula) – 33:521–0
4 minPenalties8 min
23Shots14
November 12
19:30 CET		Straubing Tigers  2–4
(0–1, 2–1, 0–2)		  ZSC LionsEisstadion am Pulverturm, Straubing
Attendance: 3,548
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Zane McIntyreGoaliesŠimon HrubecReferees:
Daniel Pražák
Marcus Vardeberg Wannerstedt
Linesmen:
Markus Merk
Tobias Schwenk
0–113:56 – Malgin (Baltisberger, Andrighetto)
St. Denis (Samanski, Lipon) – 27:371–1
Brunnhuber (Zimmermann, Green) – 30:362–1
2–237:12 – (PPG) Andrighetto (Lehtonen, Malgin)
2–348:58 – Lammikko (Frödén, Olsson)
2–458:14 – Malgin (Andrighetto)
8 minPenalties4 min
22Shots29
November 12
19:30 CET		Fischtown Pinguins  5–0
(4–0, 0–0, 1–0)		  Skellefteå AIKEisarena Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven
Attendance: 3,847
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Maximilian FranzrebGoaliesDavid RautioReferees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Jiří Ondráček
Linesmen:
Patrick Laguzov
Kai Jürgens
Vikingstad (Görtz, Bruggisser) – 6:061–0
Jeglič (Bruggisser, Verlič) (PPG) – 10:552–0
Urbas (Jensen, Jeglič) (PPG) – 12:103–0
Mauermann (Görtz, Appendino) – 14:274–0
Kinder (Abt) (SHG) – 42:465–0
16 minPenalties12 min
33Shots29
November 12
19:45 CET		Lausanne HC  0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)		  Genève-Servette HCVaudoise Aréna, Prilly
Attendance: 8,973
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Kevin PascheGoaliesAntti RaantaReferees:
Mikael Holm
Marcus Linde
Linesmen:
Michael Stalder
Sébastien Duc
0–119:50 – Manninen (Granlund, Hartikainen)
0–222:40 – (SHG) Richard (Miranda)
0–334:24 – Palve (Schneller, Cavelleri)
0–444:53 – (PPG) Granlund (Vatanen, Hartikainen)
0–559:02 – Palve (Le Coultre)
10 minPenalties29 min
29Shots27
November 13
18:00 CET		Sparta Praha  4–1
(3–0, 0–1, 1–0)		  Oceláři TřinecO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 7,689
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Jakub KovářGoaliesMarek MazanecReferees:
André Schrader
Lukas Kohlmüller
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Jiří Svoboda
Hyka (Sobotka, Mikliš) – 0:201–0
Hrabík (Kousal, Krejčík) (PP) – 8:492–0
Kousal (Mikliš, Chlapík) – 11:443–0
3–139:58 – (PP) Kurovský (Kundrátek)
Irving (Chlapík, Horák) – 51:064–1
14 minPenalties10 min
33Shots31
November 13
20:00 CET		Sheffield Steelers  3–5
(0–1, 3–2, 0–2)		  Eisbären BerlinUtilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield
Attendance: 8,983
Game reference
Matt GreenfieldGoaliesJake HildebrandReferees:
Christian Ofner
Geoffrey Barcelo
Linesmen:
Scott Rodger
Ryan Fraley
0–118:35 – Boychuk (Ronning, Pföderl)
0–221:15 – Reinke (Kirk, Byron)
Simpson (Ciampini, Tansey) – 23:531–2
1–327:45 – Ronning (Kirk, Pföderl)
Tremblay (Shudra) – 33:182–3
Cormier (Vainio, Whistle) – 39:073–3
3–443:58 – Byron (Reinke)
3–556:36 – Pföderl (Mik, Wissmann)
4 minPenalties6 min
22Shots35

Second Leg

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November 19
18:00 CET		Skellefteå AIK  v  Fischtown PinguinsSkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
November 19
19:00 CET		Färjestad BK  v  TapparaLöfbergs Arena, Karlstad
November 19
19:30 CET		Eisbären Berlin  v  Sheffield SteelersWellblechpalast, Alt-Hohenschönhausen
November 19
19:45 CET		HC Fribourg-Gottéron  v  Växjö LakersBCF Arena, Fribourg
November 19
19:45 CET		ZSC Lions  v  Straubing TigersSwiss Life Arena, Altstetten
November 20
18:00 CET		Oceláři Třinec  v  Sparta PrahaWerk Arena, Třinec
November 20
19:45 CET		Genève-Servette HC  v  Lausanne HCPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
November 20
20:20 CET		Red Bull Salzburg  v  PelicansEisarena Salzburg, Salzburg

Quarter-finals

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First legs will be played on 3 and 4 December with return legs played on 17 December 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner A or winner H 1 Winner A or winner H 3–4 Dec 17 Dec
Winner B or   winner G 2 Winner B or   winner G 3–4 Dec 17 Dec
Winner C or winner F 3 Winner C or winner F 3–4 Dec 17 Dec
  Winner D or winner E 4   Winner D or winner E 3–4 Dec 17 Dec

Semi-finals

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First legs will be played on 14 and 15 January with return legs played on 21 and 22 January 2025.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner QF 1 or winner QF 4 1 Winner QF 1 or winner QF 4 14–15 Jan 21-22 Jan
Winner QF 2 or winner QF 3 2 Winner QF 2 or winner QF 3 14–15 Jan 21-22 Jan

Final

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18 February 2025Winner SF 1 or winner SF 2vWinner SF 1 or winner SF 2

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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The following players lead the league in points.[9]

Player Team GP G A PTS PIM +/– GWG PPG SHG SOG S%
  Michael Špaček   Genève-Servette HC 6 7 5 12 4 +3 1 5 0 14 50.00%
  Libor Hudáček   Oceláři Třinec 6 4 8 12 4 +4 0 1 0 21 19.05%
  Marcus Sörensen   HC Fribourg-Gottéron 5 2 8 10 8 +9 1 0 0 11 18.18%
  Žiga Jeglič   Fischtown Pinguins 6 2 7 9 2 +5 1 1 0 8 25.00%
  Oskar Steen   Färjestad BK 6 2 7 9 2 +3 1 2 0 19 10.53%
  Leonhard Pföderl   Eisbären Berlin 6 4 4 8 4 0 2 3 0 12 33.33%
  Hampus Olsson   Unia Oświęcim 6 4 4 8 6 +4 1 1 0 12 33.33%
  Peter Schneider   Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 4 8 6 +1 1 3 0 23 17.39%
  Kristian Tanus   Tappara 6 3 5 8 4 –4 2 1 0 17 17.65%
  Marko Daňo   Oceláři Třinec 6 2 6 8 2 0 1 0 0 12 16.67%

Leading goaltenders

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The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.[10]

Player Team GP W L SV GA SV% GAA SO MIN
  Šimon Hrubec   ZSC Lions 4 4 0 107 5 95.54% 1.22 0 245
  Jake Hildebrand   Eisbären Berlin 3 2 1 88 5 94.62% 1.63 1 184
  Maxime Lagacé   Färjestad BK 4 4 0 67 4 94.37% 1.09 1 221
  Maximilian Franzreb   Fischtown Pinguins 3 2 1 75 5 93.75% 1.64 1 183
  Matthew Greenfield   Sheffield Steelers 6 4 2 192 13 93.66% 2.08 0 375

References

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  2. ^ "Who's Qualified for 2024/25?". championshockeyleague.com. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Places for Challenger Leagues in 2024/25 Confirmed". championshockeyleague.com. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ "New CHL competition format for 2023/24 revealed". championshockeyleague.com. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ^ "The CHL Format". championshockeyleague.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ^ a b "The 2024/25 line-up is complete!". championshockeyleague.com. 2 May 2024. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Draw Pots for 2024/25 CHL Draw Announced!". championshockeyleague.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Tie Breaking Formula Regular Season Standings" (PDF). championshockeyleague.com. Champions Hockey League. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Statistics 2024/25: Players". Champions Hockey League. Champions Hockey League (CHL) AG. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Statistics 2024/25: Goalkeepers". Champions Hockey League. Champions Hockey League (CHL) AG. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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