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2024–25 Champions Hockey League

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

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.

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

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

Switzerland Genève-Servette HC
Sweden Skellefteå AIK
Switzerland ZSC Lions
Germany Eisbären Berlin
Finland Tappara
Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec

Austria Red Bull Salzburg
Sweden Färjestad BK
Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Germany Fischtown Pinguins
Finland Ilves
Czech Republic Dynamo Pardubice

Austria EC KAC
Sweden Växjö Lakers
Switzerland Lausanne HC
Germany Straubing Tigers
Finland Pelicans
Czech Republic Sparta Praha

Hungary Fehérvár AV19
United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
France Dragons de Rouen
Norway Storhamar
Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey
Poland Unia Oświęcim

Grid

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

League table

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

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 Finland Tappara 2
1 Sweden Färjestad BK 3
 
 
9 Finland Pelicans 1
8 Austria Red Bull Salzburg 2
 
 
13 Czech Republic Sparta Praha
4 Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec
Czech Republic
 
12 Sweden Växjö Lakers 1
5 Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 0
 
 
11 Germany Fischtown Pinguins 5
6 Sweden Skellefteå AIK 0
 
Switzerland
3 Switzerland Lausanne HC 0
12 Switzerland Genève-Servette HC 5
 
 
10 United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
7 Germany Eisbären Berlin
 
 
15 Germany Straubing Tigers 2
2 Switzerland 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 Finland A Sweden Färjestad BK 2–3 19 Nov
Fischtown Pinguins Germany B Sweden Skellefteå AIK 5–0 19 Nov
Sheffield Steelers United Kingdom C Germany Eisbären Berlin 13 Nov 19 Nov
Sparta Praha Czech Republic D Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 13 Nov 20 Nov
Växjö Lakers Sweden E Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 1–0 19 Nov
Straubing Tigers Germany F Switzerland ZSC Lions 2–4 19 Nov
Lausanne HC Switzerland G Switzerland Genève-Servette HC 0–5 20 Nov
Pelicans Finland H Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–2 20 Nov

First Leg

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November 12
17:30 CET (18:30 EEST)
Pelicans Finland1–2
(0–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Austria 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 Finland2–3
(1–0, 1–1, 0–2)
Sweden Färjestad BKNokia Arena, Tampere
Attendance: 5,137
Game reference
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 Sweden1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Switzerland HC Fribourg-GottéronVida Arena, Växjö
Attendance: 2,463
Game reference
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 Germany2–4
(0–1, 2–1, 0–2)
Switzerland ZSC LionsEisstadion am Pulverturm, Straubing
Attendance: 3,548
Game reference
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 Germany5–0
(4–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Sweden Skellefteå AIKEisarena Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven
Attendance: 3,847
Game reference
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 Switzerland0–5
(0–1, 0–2, 0–2)
Switzerland Genève-Servette HCVaudoise Aréna, Prilly
Attendance: 8,973
Game reference
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 Czech RepublicvCzech Republic Oceláři TřinecO2 Arena, Prague
November 13
20:00 CET
Sheffield Steelers United KingdomvGermany Eisbären BerlinUtilita Arena Sheffield, Sheffield

Second Leg

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November 19
18:00 CET
Skellefteå AIK SwedenvGermany Fischtown PinguinsSkellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå
November 19
19:00 CET
Färjestad BK SwedenvFinland TapparaLöfbergs Arena, Karlstad
November 19
19:30 CET
Eisbären Berlin GermanyvUnited Kingdom Sheffield SteelersWellblechpalast, Alt-Hohenschönhausen
November 19
19:45 CET
HC Fribourg-Gottéron SwitzerlandvSweden Växjö LakersBCF Arena, Fribourg
November 19
19:45 CET
ZSC Lions SwitzerlandvGermany Straubing TigersSwiss Life Arena, Altstetten
November 20
18:00 CET
Oceláři Třinec Czech RepublicvCzech Republic Sparta PrahaWerk Arena, Třinec
November 20
19:45 CET
Genève-Servette HC SwitzerlandvSwitzerland Lausanne HCPatinoire des Vernets, Geneva
November 20
20:20 CET
Red Bull Salzburg AustriavFinland 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 Switzerland winner G 2 Winner B or Switzerland winner G 3–4 Dec 17 Dec
Winner C or winner F 3 Winner C or winner F 3–4 Dec 17 Dec
Czech Republic Winner D or winner E 4 Czech Republic 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%
Czech Republic Michael Špaček Switzerland Genève-Servette HC 6 7 5 12 4 +3 1 5 0 14 50.00%
Slovakia Libor Hudáček Czech Republic Oceláři Třinec 6 4 8 12 4 +4 0 1 0 21 19.05%
Sweden Marcus Sörensen Switzerland HC Fribourg-Gottéron 5 2 8 10 8 +9 1 0 0 11 18.18%
Slovenia Žiga Jeglič Germany Fischtown Pinguins 6 2 7 9 2 +5 1 1 0 8 25.00%
Sweden Oskar Steen Sweden Färjestad BK 6 2 7 9 2 +3 1 2 0 19 10.53%
Germany Leonhard Pföderl Germany Eisbären Berlin 6 4 4 8 4 0 2 3 0 12 33.33%
Sweden Hampus Olsson Poland Unia Oświęcim 6 4 4 8 6 +4 1 1 0 12 33.33%
Austria Peter Schneider Austria Red Bull Salzburg 6 4 4 8 6 +1 1 3 0 23 17.39%
Finland Kristian Tanus Finland Tappara 6 3 5 8 4 –4 2 1 0 17 17.65%
Slovakia Marko Daňo Czech Republic 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
Czech Republic Šimon Hrubec Switzerland ZSC Lions 4 4 0 107 5 95.54% 1.22 0 245
United States Jake Hildebrand Germany Eisbären Berlin 3 2 1 88 5 94.62% 1.63 1 184
Canada Maxime Lagacé Sweden Färjestad BK 4 4 0 67 4 94.37% 1.09 1 221
Germany Maximilian Franzreb Germany Fischtown Pinguins 3 2 1 75 5 93.75% 1.64 1 183
United States Matthew Greenfield United Kingdom 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.
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  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.