2023–24 Champions Hockey League

The 2023–24 Champions Hockey League was the ninth season of the Champions Hockey League, a European ice hockey tournament. The tournament was competed by 24 teams, with qualification being on sporting merits only. Apart from the reigning champion, the six founding leagues were represented by three teams each, while five "challenge leagues" were represented by one team each.

Swiss team Genève-Servette HC won their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Swedish team Skellefteå AIK 3–2 in the final. This made Genève-Servette HC the first Swiss side to win the title.^[4] The title holders Tappara finished 18th in the regular season and did not qualify for the playoffs.^[5]

Czech left forward Dominik Lakatoš from Czech team Vítkovice Ridera became the top scorer with 12 points.^[2]

Format changes

Starting from the 2023–24 season the format was changed. The number of teams was reduced from 32 to 24 teams. The group stage was replaced with the regular season in which teams played six games each, with the teams being ranked in overall standings and 16 best-ranked teams advancing to the playoffs.

In the regular season draw, teams were allocated into four pots featuring six teams each. The seeding depends on the teams’ achievements in their national leagues and the respective league’s standing in the CHL league ranking. Each team was drawn against two teams from each of the other three pots.

In the playoffs, teams formed pairs based on the overall regular season standings.^[6]

For the first time since the 2015–16 season, the IIHF Continental Cup winners did not get a wild card spot.^[7]

Team allocation

A total of 24 teams from different European first-tier leagues were scheduled to participate in the league. Besides the title holders Tappara, 18 teams from the six founding leagues, as well as the national champions from Denmark, France, Norway, Slovakia and the United Kingdom participated.^[8]

The qualification criteria for national leagues was based on the following rules:^[6]

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. In 2023, Belfast Giants won both competitions.^[9]

Teams

Team	City/Area	League	Qualification	Participation	Previous best
Tappara	Tampere	Liiga	2023 CHL winners	9th	Champion
Växjö Lakers	Växjö	Swedish Hockey League	Play-off winners	7th	Final
Skellefteå AIK	Skellefteå	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season runners-up	8th	Semi-finals
Färjestad BK	Karlstad	Swedish Hockey League	Regular season third	6th	Round of 16
Genève-Servette HC	Geneva	National League	Play-off winners	3rd	Round of 16
EHC Biel-Bienne	Biel/Bienne	National League	Regular season runners-up	2nd	Quarter-finals
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	Rapperswil	National League	Regular season third	2nd	Group stage
Red Bull München	Munich	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Play-off winners	8th	Final
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season runners-up	4th	Round of 32
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	Deutsche Eishockey Liga	Regular season third	7th	Round of 16
Ilves	Tampere	Liiga	Regular season runners-up	2nd	Group stage
Lukko	Rauma	Liiga	Regular season third	5th	Semi-finals
Pelicans	Lahti	Liiga	Regular season fourth	2nd	Group stage
Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	ICE Hockey League	Play-off winners	8th	Semi-finals
HC Bolzano	Bolzano	ICE Hockey League	Regular season winners	4th	Round of 16
HC Innsbruck	Innsbruck	ICE Hockey League	Regular season third	1st	First appearance
Oceláři Třinec	Třinec	Czech Extraliga	Play-off winners	8th	Semi-finals
Dynamo Pardubice	Pardubice	Czech Extraliga	Regular season winners	4th	Group stage
Vítkovice Ridera	Ostrava	Czech Extraliga	Regular season runners-up	4th	Quarter-finals
Dragons de Rouen	Rouen	Ligue Magnus	Play-off winners	4th	Quarter-finals
Stavanger Oilers	Stavanger	Fjordkraftligaen	Play-off winners	6th	Round of 32
Aalborg Pirates	Aalborg	Metal Ligaen	Play-off winners	3rd	Group stage
Belfast Giants	Belfast	Elite Ice Hockey League	Regular season winners	3rd	Group stage
HC Košice	Košice	Slovak Extraliga	Play-off winners	4th	Round of 32

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows.^[1][10]

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Group stage	Matchday 1	24 May 2023[10]	31 August–1 September 2023
	Matchday 2		2–3 September 2023
	Matchday 3		7–8 September 2023
	Matchday 4		9–10 September 2023
	Matchday 5		10–11 October 2023
	Matchday 6		17–18 October 2023
Playoff	Round of 16	No draw	14–15 November 2023	21–22 November 2023
	Quarter-finals		5–6 December 2023	12 December 2023
	Semi-finals		9–10 January 2024	16–17 January 2024
	Final		20 February 2024

Regular season

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

The draw of the regular season took place on 24 May 2023 in Tampere, Finland.^[10]

Pots

The participating teams were 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 Tappara were the top seeded team and therefore given a place in pot A. The top pot also contained the reigning champions of four of the top five founding leagues according to the league rankings (Sweden, Switzerland, Germany and ICE Hockey League), as well as 2022–23 Liiga regular season runners-up.^[11]

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D
Tappara Växjö Lakers Genève-Servette HC Red Bull München Ilves Red Bull Salzburg	Oceláři Třinec Skellefteå AIK EHC Biel-Bienne ERC Ingolstadt Lukko HC Bolzano	Dynamo Pardubice Färjestad BK SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers Adler Mannheim Pelicans HC Innsbruck	Vítkovice Ridera Dragons de Rouen Stavanger Oilers Aalborg Pirates Belfast Giants HC Košice

Grid

Teams were allocated their opponents based on a pattern in connection to the positions in the regular season grid. They played the teams on the left-hand side at home and the ones on the right-hand side away excluding teams from the same row. Teams from the last column played teams from the first column away, and teams from the first column played teams from the last column at home.

A1	Tappara	A2	Red Bull München	A3	Växjö Lakers	A4	Ilves	A5	Red Bull Salzburg	A6	Genève-Servette HC
B1	Lukko	B2	EHC Biel-Bienne	B3	Oceláři Třinec	B4	ERC Ingolstadt	B5	HC Bolzano	B6	Skellefteå AIK
C1	HC Innsbruck	C2	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	C3	Färjestad BK	C4	Pelicans	C5	Dynamo Pardubice	C6	Adler Mannheim
D1	HC Košice	D2	Aalborg Pirates	D3	Vítkovice Ridera	D4	Stavanger Oilers	D5	Dragons de Rouen	D6	Belfast Giants

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Adler Mannheim	6	5	0	1	0	21	9	+12	16	Qualification to playoffs
2	Växjö Lakers	6	4	2	0	0	29	13	+16	16
3	Lukko	6	5	0	0	1	21	14	+7	15
4	Färjestad BK	6	4	1	0	1	26	11	+15	14
5	Skellefteå AIK	6	4	0	0	2	18	11	+7	12
6	Ilves	6	3	1	1	1	22	18	+4	12
7	Genève-Servette HC	6	3	1	0	2	25	14	+11	11
8	Pelicans	6	3	1	0	2	23	15	+8	11
9	Vítkovice Ridera	6	2	2	1	1	19	14	+5	11
10	Red Bull München	6	3	0	1	2	22	16	+6	10
11	Dynamo Pardubice	6	3	0	1	2	20	14	+6	10
12	Oceláři Třinec	6	3	0	1	2	21	17	+4	10
13	EHC Biel-Bienne	6	3	0	1	2	19	17	+2	10
14	HC Innsbruck	6	3	0	0	3	18	26	−8	9
15	ERC Ingolstadt	6	3	0	0	3	13	22	−9	9
16	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	6	2	1	1	2	21	22	−1	9
17	Belfast Giants	6	2	1	0	3	10	13	−3	8
18	Tappara	6	1	2	0	3	18	17	+1	7
19	Dragons de Rouen	6	2	0	0	4	16	26	−10	6
20	Red Bull Salzburg	6	1	0	1	4	9	17	−8	4
21	Stavanger Oilers	6	1	0	1	4	14	25	−11	4
22	HC Bolzano	6	0	0	1	5	7	26	−19	1
23	Aalborg Pirates	6	0	0	1	5	9	31	−22	1
24	HC Košice	6	0	0	0	6	9	22	−13	0

Regular season tie-breaking criteria

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):^[12]

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

Playoffs

Format

In the playoffs, pairings were formed based on the positions of the teams in the regular season as follows: the team finished 1st in the regular season face the team finished 16th, the team finished 2nd face the team finished 15th, and so on. There were 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 was 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 was tied, a sudden death overtime follows. If the overtime was scoreless, the team who wins the shoot out competition advances.

The final was played on the home ice of the team with the higher accumulative ranking across the entire campaign, including play-off games.^[13]

Bracket

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	16	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	4	3	7
	1	Adler Mannheim	1	1	2
								16	SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	2	1	3
								9	Vítkovice Ridera	1	5	6
	8	Pelicans	0	1	1
	9	Vítkovice Ridera	3	1	4
															9	Vítkovice Ridera	2	2	4
															5	Skellefteå AIK	4	1	5
	13	EHC Biel-Bienne	3	4	7
	4	Färjestad BK	5	6	11
								4	Färjestad BK	4	1	5
								5	Skellefteå AIK	3	4	7
	12	Oceláři Třinec	4	2	6
	5	Skellefteå AIK	3	5	8
																						5	Skellefteå AIK	2
																						7	Genève-Servette HC	3
	15	ERC Ingolstadt	1	3	4
	2	Växjö Lakers	4	3	7
								2	Växjö Lakers	1	3	4
								7	Genève-Servette HC	4	2	6
	10	Red Bull München	3	1	4
	7	Genève-Servette HC	2	3	5
															7	Genève-Servette HC	2	3	5
															3	Lukko	2	2	4
	14	HC Innsbruck	2	1	3
	3	Lukko (OT)	2	2	4
								3	Lukko	6	2	8
								11	Dynamo Pardubice	4	3	7
	6	Ilves	1	2	3
	11	Dynamo Pardubice	3	2	5

Round of 16

The first legs were played on 14 and 15 November with return legs played on 21 and 22 November 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	7–2	Adler Mannheim	4–1	3–1
ERC Ingolstadt	4–7	Växjö Lakers	1–4	3–3
HC Innsbruck	3–4 (OT)	Lukko	2–2	1–2
EHC Biel-Bienne	7–11	Färjestad BK	3–5	4–6
Oceláři Třinec	6–8	Skellefteå AIK	4–3	2–5
Ilves	3–5	Dynamo Pardubice	1–3	2–2
Red Bull München	4–5	Genève-Servette HC	3–2	1–3
Pelicans	1–4	Vítkovice Ridera	0–3 (w/o)[A]	1–1

^

The first game between Pelicans and Vítkovice Ridera on 14 November was cancelled due to poor ice conditions at Isku Areena, Lahti, Finland. Vítkovice Ridera was awarded the win per league's sports regulations.^[14]

(1) Adler Mannheim vs. (16) SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

14 November 2023 19:45 CET

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

4–1 (2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Adler Mannheim

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 3,515

Game reference
	Melvin Nyffeler	Goalies	Felix Brückmann	Referees: Manuel Nikolić Michał Baca Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Sébastien Duc
	Schroeder (Moy, Červenka) (PP) – 7:44 1–0 1–1 11:19 – Vey (Mayer, Wolf) Wetter (Frk, Rask) – 17:11 2–1 Schroeder (Jensen, Capaul) – 44:24 3–1 Frk (Rask) – 58:21 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	21

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21 November 2023 19:30 CET

Adler Mannheim

1–3 (0–1, 0–1,1–1)

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

SAP Arena, Mannheim Attendance: 3,812

Game reference
	Arno Tiefensee	Goalies	Melvin Nyffeler	Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Kai Jürgens Patrick Laguzov
	0–1 1:51 – Wetter (Grossniklaus, Frk) 0–2 30:09 – Schroeder (Jensen, Aebischer) Plachta (Jokipakka, Ennis) (PP) – 44:09 1–2 1–3 58:49 – (ENG) Dünner (Capaul)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	29

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers won 7–2 on aggregate.

(2) Växjö Lakers vs. (15) ERC Ingolstadt

14 November 2023 18:30 CET

ERC Ingolstadt

1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Växjö Lakers

Saturn Arena, Ingolstadt Attendance: 2,654

Game reference
	Devin Williams	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Daniel Soos Linesmen: Tim Heffner Andreas Hofer
	0–1 3:11 – Rieder 0–2 10:29 – Carlsson (Martinsson Rosén) Pietta (St. Denis, Henriquez-Morales) – 20:35 1–2 1–3 26:52 – Stjernborg (Gustafsson) 1–4 29:17 – McLaughlin (Cooper, Rosén)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	32	Shots	31

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21 November 2023 18:00 CET

Växjö Lakers

3–3 (2–1, 0–0, 1–2)

ERC Ingolstadt

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 2,771

Game reference
	Adam Åhman	Goalies	Devin Williams	Referees: Micha Hebeisen Cedric Borga Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Anders Nyqvist
	*Kossila (Sylvegård, Persson) (PP) – 8:11 1–0 1–1 14:57 – Edwards (Krauß, Nijenhuis) McLaughlin (Rosén, Martinsson) – 19:42 2–1 2–2 42:38 – Bodie (Hüttl, Pietta) 2–3 45:49 – Krauß (Rowe, Bertrand) Nilsson (Sylvegård) (ENG) – 57:44 3–3
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	27

Växjö Lakers won 7–4 on aggregate.

(3) Lukko vs. (14) HC Innsbruck

14 November 2023 20:20 CET

HC Innsbruck

2–2 (0–2, 1–0, 1–0)

Lukko

Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena, Innsbruck Attendance: 2,000

Game reference
	Evan Buitenhuis	Goalies	Daniel Lebedeff	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Chris van Grinsven Linesmen: David Nothegger Simon Riecken
	0–1 11:52 – Burke (Repo, Mattila) 0–2 17:14 – Repo (Burke, Almari) Shaw (Green,  Krogsgaard) – 39:45 1–2 Shaw (Mackin,Green) – 54:19 2–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	17	Shots	21

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22 November 2023 18:30 EET

Lukko

2–1 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

HC Innsbruck

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: 1,602

Game reference
	Daniel Lebedeff	Goalies	Evan Buitenhuis	Referees: Michael Tscherrig Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Lauri Nikulainen
	Westerholm (Stenqvist, Westerholm) – 1:09 1–0 1–1 56:17 – (PP) Albano (Rockwood) Reunanen (Repo, Mattila) – 60:19 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	47	Shots	12

Lukko won 4–3 on aggregate.

(4) Färjestad BK vs. (13) EHC Biel-Bienne

14 November 2023 19:45 CET

EHC Biel-Bienne

3–5 (1–1, 1–3, 1–1)

Färjestad BK

Tissot Arena, Biel/Bienne Attendance: 3,533

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Maxime Lagacé	Referees: Lasse Kopitz Uldis Buss Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Aurélien Urfer
	Rajala (Bukarts) – 11:15 1–0 1–1 16:00 – Lundh (Westfält, Tornberg) 1–2 24:45 – Ejdsell (Kellman, Bergkvist) Brunner (Rathgeb, Kessler) (PP) – 31:13 2–2 2–3 31:59 – (PP) Ejdsell (Nyström, Kellman) 2–4 36:58 – Tornberg (Westfält, Forsell) 2–5 43:51 – Lindqvist (Lawner, Johansson) Yakovenko (Sallinen) (PP) – 52:00 3–5
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	30

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21 November 2023 19:00 CET

Färjestad BK

6–4 (2–0, 2–2, 2–2)

EHC Biel-Bienne

Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad Attendance: 2,397

Game reference
	Maxime Lagacé	Goalies	Joren van Pottelberghe	Referees: Riku Brander Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Gustav Jonsson Daniel Persson
	Forsell (Westfält, Dahlström) – 7:09 1–0 Lindqvist (Bergkvist, Lawner) – 11:28 2–0 2–1 24:22 – (PP) Sallinen (Bukarts, Kessler) Kellman (Johansson, Lindqvist) (PP) – 25:46 3–1 3–2 37:38 – Kessler Johansson (Nygård (SH) – 38:49 4–2 4–3 44:08 – Pokka (Sallinen, Bachofner) Dahlström (Nygård) – 54:10 5–3 Nygård (Johansson) (SHENG) – 56:40 6–3 6–4 57:10 – Burren (Stampfli, Reichle)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	24

Färjestad BK won 11–7 on aggregate.

(5) Skellefteå AIK vs. (12) Oceláři Třinec

14 November 2023 18:00 CET

Oceláři Třinec

4–3 (2–0, 0–1, 2–2)

Skellefteå AIK

Werk Arena, Třinec Attendance: 3,547

Game reference
	Ondřej Kacetl	Goalies	Gustaf Lindvall	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Martin Christensen Linesmen: Jiří Svoboda Josef Špůr
	Jeřábek (Vrána) – 1:41 1–0 Růžička (Dańo, Jeřábek) (PP) – 13:03 2–0 2–1 24:46 – Lindström (Hugg) Kurovský (Čacho, Dravecký) – 44:54 3–1 3–2 46:15 – Forsfjäll (Stenman, Dzierkals) 3–3 52:21 – (PP) Sikura (Lindström, Lindholm) Hudáček (Nestrašil, Polášek) – 56:06 4–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	15	Shots	26

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21 November 2023 18:00 CET

Skellefteå AIK

5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Oceláři Třinec

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 1,892

Game reference
	David Rautio	Goalies	Ondřej Kacetl	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Joonas Kova Linesmen: Rasmus Strömberg Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 3:19 – (PP) Jeřábek (Růžička, Dańo) Lindholm (Pudas, Sandberg) – 13:43 1–1 Lindholm (Pudas, Sandberg) – 30:59 2–1 Sikura (Johnson) – 39:20 3–1 3–2 43:56 – Pánik Lindholm (Nilsson, Johnson) (PP) – 51:15 4–2 Salomonsson (Heikkinen, Lindberg) – 55:19 5–2
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	20

Skellefteå AIK won 8–6 on aggregate.

(6) Ilves vs. (11) Dynamo Pardubice

15 November 2023 18:30 EET

Ilves

1–3 (1–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Dynamo Pardubice

Nokia Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,538

Game reference
	Jakub Málek	Goalies	Roman Will	Referees: Marcus Linde Kilian Hinterdobler Linesmen: Onni Hautamaki Jussi Thomann
	Meskanen (Stránský, Ratinen) (PP) – 10:49 1–0 1–1 17:39 – Radil (Zohorna, Vála) 1–2 21:35 – Zohorna (Kousal, Radil) 1–3 34:14 – Radil (Kousal, Zohorna)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	24

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21 November 2023 17:30 CET

Dynamo Pardubice

2–2 (0–1, 1–1, 1–0)

Ilves

Enteria Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 4,597

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Jonas Gunnarsson	Referees: Gordon Schukies Ladislav Smetana Linesmen: Josef Špůr Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 7:36 – Ikonen (Mäntykivi, Ratinen) Kaut (Čerešňák, Hyka) (PP) – 22:40 1–1 1–2 25:13 – Suomi (Lancaster, Nyman) Musil (Vála, Kaut) – 42:13 2–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	22

Dynamo Pardubice won 5–3 on aggregate.

(7) Genève-Servette HC vs. (10) Red Bull München

15 November 2023 19:30 CET

Red Bull München

3–2 (2–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Genève-Servette HC

Olympia Eishalle, Munich Attendance: 3,027

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Robert Mayer	Referees: Christian Ofner Daniel Soos Linesmen: Marius Wölzmüller Joshua Römer
	Krämmer (Eder, Blum) – 4:58 1–0 DeSousa (Kastner) – 5:30 2–0 2–1 47:54 – Manninen (Hartikainen, Vatanen) Smith (Abeltshauser, Varejcka) – 52:20 3–1 3–2 58:09 – Winnik (Lennström)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	18

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22 November 2023 19:45 CET

Genève-Servette HC

3–1 (0–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Red Bull München

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva Attendance: 5,527

Game reference
	Robert Mayer	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Mikael Holm Mikael Sjöqvist Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Dominik Schlegel
	0–1 19:49 – MacWilliam (DeSousa, Kastner) Hartikainen (Richard, Le Coultre) (PP) – 35:55 1–1 Jooris (Vatanen, Filppula) – 47:39 2–1 Richard – 50:57 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	38	Shots	21

Genève-Servette HC won 5–4 on aggregate.

(9) Vítkovice Ridera vs. (8) Pelicans

14 November 2023 18:30 EET

Pelicans

0–3

Vítkovice Ridera

Isku Areena, Lahti

Game reference

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21 November 2023 18:00 CET

Vítkovice Ridera

1–1 (1–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Pelicans

Ostravar Aréna, Vítkovice Attendance: 4,007

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Jasper Patrikainen	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Marek Žák Linesmen: Vít Lederer Lukáš Rampír
	Lakatoš (Kalus, Mueller) (PP) - 19:49 1–0 1–1 44:10 - (PP) Schnarr (Roine,  Král)
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	30

Vítkovice Ridera won 4–1 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

First legs were played on 5 and 6 December with return legs played on 12 December 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genève-Servette HC	6–4	Växjö Lakers	4–1	2–3
Dynamo Pardubice	7–8	Lukko	4–6	3–2
Skellefteå AIK	7–5	Färjestad BK	3–4	4–1
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers	3–6	Vítkovice Ridera	2–1	1–5

(2) Växjö Lakers vs. (7) Genève-Servette HC

5 December 2023 19:45 CET

Genève-Servette HC

4–1 (3–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Växjö Lakers

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva Attendance: 3,494

Game reference
	Robert Mayer	Goalies	Adam Åhman	Referees: Adam Kika Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Dominik Altmann Dominik Schlegel
	Filppula (Pouliot, Berni) – 3:07 1–0 Berni (Manninen, Praplan) – 4:56 2–0 Richard (Winnik, Mirandą) – 18:53 3–0 Praplan (Filppula, Richard) (PP) – 35:28 4–0 4–1 57:59 – Rieder (Ågren, Giuttari)
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	29

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12 December 2023 19:00 CET

Växjö Lakers

3–2 (0–0, 1–0, 2–2)

Genève-Servette HC

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 1,752

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Jussi Olkinuora	Referees: Riku Brander Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Anders Nyqvist Ludvig Lundgren
	Nilsson (Blichfeld) – 35:26 1-0 1-1 44:40 – Vatanen (Manninen, Jooris) 1-2 46:36 – (SH) Manninen (Jooris) Kossila (Blichfeld, Persson) (PP, EA) – 48:53 2-2 Rosén (Persson, Sylvegård) (PP, EA) – 49:31 3-2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	33

Genève-Servette HC won 6–4 on aggregate.

(3) Lukko vs. (11) Dynamo Pardubice

6 December 2023 20:00 CET

Dynamo Pardubice

4–6 (2–4, 0–1, 2–1)

Lukko

Enteria Arena, Pardubice Attendance: 4,129

Game reference
	Roman Will	Goalies	Daniel Lebedeff	Referees: Michael Tscherrig Stefan Hürlimann Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Jiří Svoboda
	0–1 1:36 – Almari (Tieksola, (Abt) 0–2 3:02 – Tieksola (Repo, Reunanen) 0–3 9:01 – Nieminen 0–4 16:08 – Fontaine (Abt, Tieksola) Radil (Sedlák) (PP) – 17:54 1–4 Košťálek (Kousal (PP) – 19:08, Zohorna) 2–4 2–5 29:14 – Westerholm (Westerholm) 2–6 53:46 – Burke (Mattila) Mandát (Vála) – 55:05 3–6 Kousal (Radil, Čerešňák) – 57:05 4–6
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	39	Shots	21

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12 December 2023 18:30 EET

Lukko

2–3 (0–0, 2–1, 0–2)

Dynamo Pardubice

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: 3,172

Game reference
	Samuel Harvey	Goalies	Roman Will	Referees: Marcus Linde Manuel Nikolić Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Joni Pekkala
	Kainulainen (Ikonen, Reunanen) – 23:22 1–0 1–1 33:49 – (PP) Čerešňák (Radil, Sedlák) Kainulainen (Reunanen) – 38:50 2–1 2–2 57:17 – (EA) Musil (Košťálek, Radil) 2–3 58:22 – (EA) Hyka (Říčka, Paulovič)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	42

Lukko won 8–7 on aggregate.

(4) Färjestad BK vs. (5) Skellefteå AIK

5 December 2023 19:00 CET

Skellefteå AIK

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Färjestad BK

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 3,417

Game reference
				Referees: Tobias Björk Mikael Holm Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 6:27 – (PSG) Ejdsell Forsfjäll (Salomonsson, Stenman) – 11:24 1–1 1–2 34:18 – Ejdsell 1–3 38:20 – Kellman (Bergkvist, Nygren) 1–4 50:13 – Öhgren (Kellman, Tomášek) Lindström (Lindholm , Nilsson) (PP) – 51:44 2–4 Sandin-Pellika (Hugg) – 54:00 3–4
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	15

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12 December 2023 19:00 CET

Färjestad BK

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Skellefteå AIK

Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad Attendance: 4,837

Game reference
	Maxime Lagacé	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Linus Öhlund Mikael Nord Linesmen: Emil Yletyinen Gustav Jonsson
	0–1 4:40 – Sikura (Lindholm, Johnson) Johansson (Ejdsell, Kellman) (PP) – 11:07 1–1 1–2 50:08 – Stenman (Dzierkals, Sandin-Pellika) 1–3 54:20 – Nilsson (Sikura, Lindholm) 1–4 58:14 (SHG, ENG) – Nilsson
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	30

Skellefteå AIK won 7–5 on aggregate.

(9) Vítkovice Ridera vs. (16) SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

5 December 2023 19:45 CET

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

2–1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Vítkovice Ridera

St. Galler Kantonalbank Arena, Rapperswil Attendance: 2,933

Game reference
	Robin Meyer	Goalies	Lukáš Klimeš	Referees: André Schrader Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Eric Cattaneo Nathy Burgy
	0–1 1:07- Barinka (Fridrich, Mikuš) Vouardoux (Jensen, Moy) –13:19 1–1 Rask (Dünner, Lammer) (PP) – 16:16 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	31

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12 December 2023 18:00 CET

Vítkovice Ridera

5–1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)

SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers

Ostravar Aréna, Vítkovice Attendance: 4,055

Game reference
	Matěj Machovský	Goalies	Robin Meyer	Referees: Ladislav Smetana Marek Žák Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Petr Šimánek
	0–1 3:01 – Lammer (Wick) Zdráhal (Barinka, Jeřábek) – 24:32 1–1 Vondráček (Kovář, Kreiger) – 29:31 2–1 Vondráček (Grman, Mikuš) – 35:36 3–1 Vondráček (Raskob, Zdráhal) (PP) – 53:46 4–1 Lakatoš (Kalus) (ENG) – 59:49 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	30

Vítkovice Ridera won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First legs will be played on 9 January with return legs played on 16 January 2024.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genève-Servette HC	5–4	Lukko	2–2	3–2
Vítkovice Ridera	4–5	Skellefteå AIK	2–4	2–1

(3) Lukko vs. (7) SC Genève-Servette HC

9 January 2024 20:15 CET

Genève-Servette HC

2–2 (1–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Lukko

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva Attendance: 4,371

Game reference
	Jussi Olkinuora	Goalies	Daniel Lebedeff	Linesmen: Dario Fuchs Michael Stalder
	Miranda (Praplan, Honka) – 8:14 1–0 1–1 24:34 – Mattila (Abt, Jandric) 1–2 26:39 – Fontaine (Tieksola, Burke) Chanton (Miranda) – 29:02 2–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	23	Shots	19

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16 January 2024 20:30 EET

Lukko

2–3 (2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Genève-Servette HC

Kivikylän Areena, Rauma Attendance: 4,322

Game reference
	Christopher Gibson	Goalies	Jussi Olkinuora	Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Luka Mäkinen
	Stenqvist (Ikonen) – 6:00 1–0 Burke (Brook) – 11:15 2–0 2–1 36:49 – Filppula (Hartikainen, Le Coultre) 2–2 37:47 – Vatanen (Hartikainen) 2–3 45:05 – Filppula (Vatanen, Chanton)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	21	Shots	31

Genève-Servette won 5–4 on aggregate.

(5) Skellefteå AIK vs. (9) Vítkovice Ridera

9 January 2024 18:00 CET

Vítkovice Ridera

2–4 (2–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Skellefteå AIK

Ostravar Aréna, Vítkovice Attendance: 5,455

Game reference
	Lukáš Klimeš	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Michael Tscherrig André Schrader Linesmen: Jiří Svoboda Daniel Hynek
	0–1 5:26 – Lindström (Granberg, Lindholm) Lakatoš (Bukarts, Kalus) (PP) – 7:08 1–1 Dej – 9:20 2–1 2–2 11:32 – (SHG) Dzierkals 2–3 25:06 – Lindholm (Sikura, Hugg) 2–4 44:01 – Sikura (Nilsson, Johnson)
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	25

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16 January 2024 19:00 CET

Skellefteå AIK

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Vítkovice Ridera

Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå Attendance: 4,029

Game reference
	Linus Söderström	Goalies	Matěj Machovský	Referees: Joonas Kova Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Emil Yletyinen
	Salomonsson (Hugg, Robertsson) – 5:43 1–0 1–1 32:53 – (PP) Barinka (Raskob, Chlán) 1–2 41:38 – Kalus (Claireaux, Vondráček)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	32

Skellefteå AIK won 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

20 February 2024 19:30 CET

Genève-Servette HC

3–2 (3–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Skellefteå AIK

Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva Attendance: 7,135

Game reference
	Jussi Olkinuora	Goalies	Linus Söderström	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Joonas Kova Linesmen: Josef Špůr Jiří Svoboda
	Berthon (Jacquemet, Jooris) – 5:30 1–0 1–1 Dzierkals (Lindholm, Forsfjäll) – 11:35 Manninen (Hartikainen, Filppula) (PP) – 17:37 2–1 Winnik (Berni, Praplan) (PP) – 18:36 3–1 3–2 Heikkinen (Lindberg, Nilsson) – 48:09
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	15	Shots	25

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points.^[15]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Dominik Lakatoš	Vítkovice Ridera	11	7	5	12	8	–3	2	4	0	34	20.59%
Sami Vatanen	Genève-Servette HC	13	3	9	12	4	+7	0	0	0	47	6.38%
Tanner Richard	Genève-Servette HC	13	2	10	12	2	+8	0	0	0	24	8.33%
Libor Hudáček	Oceláři Třinec	7	5	6	11	0	–1	1	1	0	22	22.73%
Linus Lindström	Skellefteå AIK	13	6	5	11	2	+10	1	1	1	31	19.35%
Teemu Hartikainen	Genève-Servette HC	13	4	7	11	12	+3	0	1	0	30	13.33%
Jonathon Blum	Red Bull München	7	1	9	10	0	+8	0	0	0	11	9.09%
Braeden Shaw	HC Innsbruck	8	6	4	10	6	+5	1	2	0	26	23.08%
Dylan McLaughlin	Växjö Lakers	9	5	5	10	2	-1	2	1	0	12	41.67%
Brayden Burke	Lukko	10	6	4	10	0	+4	1	0	0	14	42.86%

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in save percentage, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.^[16]

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Matěj Machovský	Vítkovice Ridera	6	4	1	178	6	96.74%	0.99	1	364
Jasper Patrikainen	Lahti Pelicans	3	2	0	83	4	95.40%	1.36	1	177
Tyler Beskorowany	Belfast Giants	6	3	3	160	12	93.02%	2.01	2	358
Felix Brückmann	Adler Mannheim	4	3	1	87	7	92.55%	1.75	1	240
Daniel Lebedeff	Lukko	8	6	0	184	15	92.46%	1.88	0	480

Awards

Team of the Regular Season

The Team of the Regular Season was announced on 2 November 2023.^[17]

Position	Player	Team
Goaltender	Tyler Beskorowany	Belfast Giants
Defenceman	Sami Vatanen	Genève-Servette HC
Defenceman	Les Lancaster	Ilves
Forward	Libor Hudáček	Oceláři Třinec
Forward	Aatu Jämsen	Pelicans
Forward	Pär Lindholm	Skellefteå AIK

MVP

The winner of the LGT MVP Award was announced on 20 February 2024.^[3]

Player	Team
Sami Vatanen	Genève-Servette HC

Team of the Season

The Team of the Season was announced on 11 March 2024.^[18]

Position	Player	Team
Goaltender	Jussi Olkinuora	Pelicans / Genève-Servette HC
Defenceman	Sami Vatanen	Genève-Servette HC
Defenceman	Tarmo Reunanen	Lukko
Forward	Dominik Lakatoš	Vítkovice Ridera
Forward	Linus Lindström	Skellefteå AIK
Forward	Braeden Shaw	HC Innsbruck

References