2017–18 Champions Hockey League

If two teams are tied in points after the group stage is finished, the teams precedence is decided by head-to-head games. If teams are tied after that, then the team which was ranked higher prior to the tournament took precedence. When comparing head-to-head results, the following criteria was applied:[5]

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

   If the head-to-head games between teams ended as draws after regulation, this additional criterion was applied:

5. overtime wins against the other tied team

   If the head-to-head games between teams ended with game winning shots, this additional criterion was applied:

6. more goals scored in the two game winning shot competitions

   If teams are still tied, the higher position in the 2016–17 CHL club ranking was decided about precedence.

In each round except the final, the teams played two games and the aggregate score was decided the team which advances. As a rule, the first leg was hosted by the team who had inferior record in the tournament so far and the second leg was 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 game winning shot competition advances.[5]

The final was played on the home ice of team who had better record in the tournament on February 6, 2018.

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.[5] The draw took place in Helsinki, Finland on October 13, 2017.[6]

	Round of 16							Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	1	JYP	3	2	5
	16	Tappara	1	3	4
								JYP		3	5	8
								Kometa Brno		3	3	6
	8	Kometa Brno	4	5	9
	9	EV Zug	3	2	5
															JYP (SO)		4	3	7
															Oceláři Třinec		2	4	6
	5	Brynäs IF	3	2	5
	12	Adler Mannheim	2	1	3
								Brynäs IF		1	3	4
								Oceláři Třinec		3	5	8
	4	Oceláři Třinec	2	2	4
	13	Malmö Redhawks	1	1	2
																						JYP		2
																						Växjö Lakers		0
	6	Red Bull Salzburg	2	3	5
	11	Växjö Lakers	1	5	6
								Växjö Lakers		2	4	6
								SC Bern		3	2	5
	3	SC Bern	2	5	7
	14	Red Bull München	3	2	5
															Växjö Lakers		1	6	7
															Bílí Tygři Liberec		1	1	2
	7	ZSC Lions	3	3	6
	10	Nottingham Panthers	1	0	1
								ZSC Lions		1	0	1
								Bílí Tygři Liberec (SO)		0	2	2
	2	Bílí Tygři Liberec (OT)	2	6	8
	15	Frölunda HC	3	4	7

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. Due to conflicting schedules however, both Malmö Redhawks and Adler Mannheim ended up playing their first legs at home.
2. The order of the legs (what team starts at home) in the future rounds may be changed as the team with best record should have second match at home.

The draw for the entire playoff was held on 13 October 2017 in Helsinki. The first legs were played on 31 October with return legs played the following week.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	5–4	Tappara	3–1	2–3
Kometa Brno	9–5	EV Zug	4–3	5–2
Brynäs IF	5–3	Adler Mannheim	3–2	2–1
Oceláři Třinec	4–2	Malmö Redhawks	2–1	2–1
Red Bull Salzburg	5–6	Växjö Lakers	2–1	3–5
SC Bern	7–5	Red Bull München	2–3	5–2
ZSC Lions	6–1	Nottingham Panthers	3–1	3–0
Bílí Tygři Liberec	8–7	Frölunda HC	2–3	6–4 OT

First legs were played on 5 December, return legs were played on 12 December.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	8–6	Kometa Brno	3–3	5–3
Brynäs IF	4–8	Oceláři Třinec	1–3	3–5
Växjö Lakers	6–5	SC Bern	2–4	3–2
ZSC Lions	1–2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1–0	0–2 SO

First legs were played on 9 January, return legs were played on 16 January 2018.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
JYP	7–6	Oceláři Třinec	4–2	3–4 SO
Växjö Lakers	7–2	Bílí Tygři Liberec	1–1	6–1

The final was played on 6 February 2018.

6 February 2018 18:45

Växjö Lakers

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

JYP

Vida Arena, Växjö Attendance: 5,750

Game reference
	Viktor Fasth	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Piechaczek Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Elias Seewald
	0–1 34:32 – Nättinen (Kalteva) (PP) 0–2 59:40 – Kolehmainen (SH, ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	18

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	+/–	GWG	PPG	SHG	SOG	S%
Fredrik Pettersson	ZSC Lions	9	9	7	16	4	+7	4	4	0	37	24.32%
Ryan Lasch	Frölunda HC	7	4	11	15	4	+5	2	1	0	21	19.05%
Martin Bakoš	Bílí Tygři Liberec	10	10	4	14	4	+5	1	3	1	42	23.81%
Andrew Ebbett	SC Bern	10	4	7	11	2	–5	0	1	0	30	13.33%
Jiří Polanský	Oceláři Třinec	12	3	8	11	10	+5	0	1	0	18	16.67%
Joel Persson	Växjö Lakers	13	1	10	11	2	+4	0	1	0	32	3.13%
Kevin Clark	Brynäs IF	8	4	6	10	2	+3	2	2	0	31	12.9%
Jarkko Immonen	JYP	12	4	6	10	6	+3	0	1	0	37	10.81%
Robert Nilsson	ZSC Lions	8	1	9	10	0	+6	0	0	0	14	7.14%
Adam Almqvist	Frölunda HC	7	0	10	10	4	+5	0	0	0	14	0.00%

Source: championshockeyleague.net

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	Team	GP	W	L	SV	GA	SV%	GAA	SO	MIN
Šimon Hrubec	Oceláři Třinec	10	9	1	278	11	96.19%	1.07	2	615
Niklas Schlegel	ZSC Lions	5	3	2	83	4	95.40%	0.78	2	309
Tomáš Duba	EC KAC	3	2	1	87	5	94.57%	1.67	0	180
Lukas Flüeler	ZSC Lions	5	3	2	122	8	93.85%	1.59	2	301
Juho Olkinuora	JYP	9	6	1	245	17	93.51%	2.06	1	495

Source: championshockeyleague.net