AIK lost 1:2 (1:0, 0:1, 0:1), winning 5:4 in two games.
Dzierkals spent eight minutes and 39 seconds on the ice, scoring twice and blocking an opponent’s shot.
Buckart played 17 minutes and 26 seconds, scoring twice and blocking shots each.
In the sixth minute the hosts took the lead with Elias Salomonson’s “goal”.
In the 33rd minute Marcel Barinka almost equalized the score, but in the 42nd minute Marek Kaluss scored the winning goal for the Czech team.
In the final, AIK will play against the Swiss club Geneva “Servette”, which won 3:2 (0:2, 2:0, 1:0) against Rauma “Lukko” in Finland on Tuesday, celebrating a 5th success :4 in the sum of two games.
In the first period Jakob Stenqvist and Brayden Burk gave the Finns the lead, but at the end of the second period the guests reacted in 59 seconds with precise shots from Valteri Filpulas and Sami Vatanen. Filpula scored the winning goal in the 46th minute.
The final will take place on February 20th.
This season, the number of teams was reduced from 32 to 24. The teams played six matches in the main tournament, but their place was determined in the overall standings, with the top 16 teams qualifying for the playoffs.
In the previous season, the Finnish club Tampere “Tappara” won the IIHF Champions League tournament.
The tournament took place for the first time in the 2014/2015 season.
2024-01-16 21:03:07
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