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Competitive distortion in the CHL quarterfinals in mid-December. As a reminder, the SCRJ Lakers had to play in the second leg against Vitkovice (Czech Republic) without their captain Roman Cervenka (38). The Czech was expected at the Nati camp on match day. The association was cold by the gentlemen’s agreement it had once concluded with the CHL and insisted on Cervenka’s presence 48 hours before the first international match. This is stated in the IIHF regulations.
The Lakers club management – unlike Färjestad – expressed their anger about this. Because the Swedes were also hit as a team. For the same reason, they could not use their top scorer David Tomasek (27, Czech) against Skelleftea. The quarter-finals were the end of the game for both SCRJ and Färjestad.
The Czechs’ stubbornness and the resulting uproar also led to criticism of the Champions Hockey League. She acted. CHL CEO Martin Baumann, who tried everything in mid-December until the last minute to bring the Czech association to its senses: “We are solution-oriented. This must be regulated. Until that happens, no new gaming calendar will be released. I don’t want to be in this situation anymore.”
Adjust the 48-hour rule in writing
Since then, several meetings have been held on this subject. With the participating associations of the Euro Hockey Tour and the world association IIHF. To prevent such a scheduling problem from happening again in the future, there is a solution: the IIHF should adjust this 48-hour rule for the December national team week for the CHL teams.
And in writing, now that the gentlemen’s agreement that has worked in recent years is being ignored for the first time by one of the associations. What if that doesn’t happen? Next season, the international calendar foresees the second leg of the quarter-finals a week later, which would in turn affect the calendar of the respective league matches. Follow-up to follow.
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team
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SP
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T.D
|
PT
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1
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 Adler Mannheim
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6
|
12
|
16
|
|
|
2
|
 Vaxjo Lakers
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6
|
16
|
16
|
|
|
3
|
 Lukko Rauma
|
6
|
7
|
15
|
|
|
4
|
 Farjestads BK
|
6
|
15
|
14
|
|
|
5
|
 Skelleftea AIK
|
6
|
7
|
12
|
|
|
6
|
 Ilves Tampere
|
6
|
4
|
12
|
|
|
7
|
 Geneva-Servette HC
|
6
|
11
|
11
|
|
|
8th
|
 Pelicans Lahti
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6
|
8th
|
11
|
|
|
9
|
 HC Vitkovice
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6
|
5
|
11
|
|
|
10
|
 EHC Red Bull Munich
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6
|
6
|
10
|
|
|
11
|
 HC Pardubice
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6
|
6
|
10
|
|
|
12
|
 HC Ocelari Trinec
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6
|
4
|
10
|
|
|
13
|
 EHC Biel
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6
|
2
|
10
|
|
|
14
|
 HC TWK Innsbruck
|
6
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-8th
|
9
|
|
|
15
|
 ERC Ingolstadt
|
6
|
-9
|
9
|
|
|
16
|
 SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
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6
|
-1
|
9
|
|
|
17
|
 The giants of Belfast
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6
|
-3
|
8th
|
|
|
18
|
 Tappara Tampere
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6
|
1
|
7
|
|
|
19
|
 Rouen dragons
|
6
|
-10
|
6
|
|
|
20
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 Red Bull Salzburg
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6
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-8th
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4
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|
|
21
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 Stavanger oil companies
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6
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-11
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4
|
|
|
22
|
 HC Bolzano-Bozen Vossen
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6
|
-19
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1
|
|
|
23
|
 Aalborg Pirates
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6
|
-22
|
1
|
|
|
24
|
 HC Kosice
|
6
|
-13
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0
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Source : Blick
I’m Emma Jack, a news website author at 24 News Reporters. I have been in the industry for over five years and it has been an incredible journey so far. I specialize in sports reporting and am highly knowledgeable about the latest trends and developments in this field.
