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Red Bulls face Lahti Pelicans in CHL round of 16The Austrian champions finish the regular season in eighth place // CHL AchtelfinaleThe last matchday has reshuffled the regular season table once again. The Red Bulls will now face the Finnish top club Lahti Pelicans in the Champions Hockey League playoffs in eighth place overall.After EC Red Bull Salzburg already played its last game of the regular season against Sparta Prague on Tuesday (1:2), the final standings in the CHL standings have now been determined after the end of the last matchday. With four wins and two losses, the Red Bulls are in 8th place and will face the 9th-placed club from Finland.
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This is the eighth time the Red Bulls have reached the knockout round of Europe's top flight in their ninth appearance. The biggest success so far was the semi-final of the 2018/19 season, in which the Salzburgers lost out to their Red Bull colleagues from Munich. The two games in the round of 16 against the Lahti Pelicans are scheduled for November 12/13 and 19/20.
The opponent
The Lahti Pelicans are a Finnish club based in Lahti, southern Finland, which plays in the Finnish top league Liiga. After finishing third in the 2018/19 Liiga regular season under head coach Ville Niemine, the club qualified for the Champions Hockey League for the first time. On his debut in the 2019/20 season, the Finns finished the season in the group stage with a 2-4 record and returned in the 2023/24 season, where they survived the regular season but were eliminated in the round of 16 against Czech club Vítkovice Ridera. Before that, they also beat the Red Bulls 5:1 in Salzburg in the last game of the regular season.
Oliver David about the regular season
CHL | Playoff mode
The first 16 teams in the 24-team field will play in the playoff round of 16. They play 1st against 16th, 2nd against 15th and so on. This results in the playoff tree up to the final. The play-off matches are decided by a first and second leg, with the total number of goals (aggregate score) being decisive in the event of a tie. Only the final is decided in an all-important game.
CHL | Playoff dates
Round of 16: November 12/13 & 19/20
Quarterfinals: December 3/4 & 17
Semifinals: January 14/15 & 21/22
Final: February 18, 2025
CHL | Regular Season of the Red Bulls
Fri, 06.09.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - Skellefteå AIK 3:4 (0:1, 2:2, 1:1)
Sun, 08.09.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - SønderjyskE Vojens 6:2 (1:0, 4:0, 1:2)
Fri, 13.09.24 | Unia Oświęcim - EC Red Bull Salzburg 2:3 (1:1, 1:1, 0:0) OT
Sun, 15.09.24 | ZSC Lions - EC Red Bull Salzburg 2:4 (0:3, 1:1, 1:0)
Tue, 8.10.24 | Växjö Lakers - EC Red Bull Salzburg 1:3 (1:0, 0:0, 0:3)
Tue, 15.10.24 | EC Red Bull Salzburg - Sparta Prague 1:2 (0:1, 0:1, 1:0)
CHL | All rankings of the Red Bulls
2014/15 | Round of 16 | Luleå Hockey (SWE)
2015/16 | 1/16 final | Storhamar Hockey (NOR)
2016/17 | 1/16 final | SC Bern (SUI)
2017/18 | Round of 16 | Växjö Lakers (SWE)
2018/19 | Semi-finals | EHC Red Bull Munich (GER)
2019/20 | Not qualified
2020/21 | Qualified, competition canceled due to Corona
2021/22 | Round of 16 | Rouen Dragons (FRA)
2022/23 | Round of 16 | Rögle BK (SWE)
2023/24 | Regular Season
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