Tuesday's Referees & Linesmen; qualification procedure for quarter-finals
Check who will be officiating this Tuesday. by Tappara Tampere/CHL via Getty Images
The Champions Hockey League resumes play on Tuesday with eight games. Read below to find out which referees and linesmen will officiate them, as well as how the winners of the home-and-away aggregate series will be decided.
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As the Champions Hockey League moves closer to the Final, the pool of teams becomes smaller and so does the pool of game officials. There are 16 teams in action on Tuesday, featuring 16 referees and 16 linesmen. When the CHL returns to the ice for the quarter-finals in December, those numbers will be halved to eight each.
From now on, the assigning procedure is slightly different than it was for the group stage and Round of 32 – both linesmen will be from the league of the home team and both referees will be from neutral countries. Below are the list of referees and linesmen who will work Tuesday's games.
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| Home | Away | Face-off (CET) | Referee 1 | Referee 2 | Linesman 1 | Linesman 2 | ||||||
| FIN | Kärpät Oulu | Sparta Prague | CZE | 17:30 | Kubus Jozef, Bratislava | SVK | Vinnerborg Marcus, Cham | SUI | Neva Henri, Jyväskylä | FIN | Sormunen Hannu, Jyväskylä | SWE |
| FIN | Lukko Rauma | Djurgården Stockholm | SWE | 17:30 | Odinš Eduard, Riga | LAT | Stricker Daniel, Dubendorf | SUI | Nieminen Pasi, Tampere | FIN | Saha Joonas, Helsinki | FIN |
| NOR | Storhamar Hamar | TPS Turku | FIN | 19:00 | Pešina Vladimír, Hlinice | CZE | Holm Mikael Skärhamn | SWE | Waldejier Alexander, Porsgrunn | NOR | Kilian Jon, Oslo | NOR |
| SWE | Skellefteå AIK | Eisbären Berlin | GER | 19:00 | Fonselius Stefan, Turku | FIN | Salonen Anssi Kalevi, Tampere | FIN | Käck Johannes, Umeå | SWE | Altberg Fredrik, Stockholm | FIN |
| SWE | Luleå HF | Tappara Tampere | FIN | 19:00 | Rohatsch Martin, Palling | GER | Brueggemann Lars, Iserlohn | GER | Sandström Jan, Luleå | SWE | Yletyinen Emil, Rosvik | SUI |
| SUI | HC Davos | Bílí Tygři Liberec | CZE | 19:45 | Öhlund Linus, Älvsbyn | SWE | Nord Mikael, Arbioga | SWE | Tscherrig Michael, Réchy | SUI | Kaderli Roman, Krauchthal | SWE |
| SWE | HV71 Jönköping | Espoo Blues | FIN | 20:00 | Anisimov Alexey, Moscow | RUS | Massy Didier, Saviése | SUI | Malmqvist Andreas, Åtvidaberg | SWE | Pihlblad Henrik, Gothenburg | SWE |
| SWE | Frölunda Gothenburg | HC Litvínov | CZE | 20:00 | Müllner Robert, Bratislava | SVK | Lindqvist Petri, Kouvola | FIN | Haster Tobias, Jönköping | SWE | Lundgren Ludvig, Hässleholm | SWE |
From each of Tuesday's games a winner must be produced, so read below for the procedure of determining the eight quarter-finalists:
- The aggregate score after two games determines the winner (total goals). Visit our GAMECENTER for Game 1 results.
- This consequently means that there can be no overtime or penalty shootout (Game-Winning Shots) after the first game, even if that game ends in a tie. This of course also means that, if there is a win for either team in the first game, there will be no overtime or penalty shootout after the second game if it ends in a tie.
- Overtime and possibly a shootout can only occur after the second game if the score is tied after 60 minutes of regulation in the second game. FOR CLARITY: Football’s “away-goal-rule” does not apply here.
- Overtime periods in the round of 32, eighth-finals, quarter-finals and semi-finals are 10 minutes, sudden-death. In the one-game final it is a 20-minute sudden-death period.
- Ranking (home-ice advantage in the second game of the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final) is determined by the clubs’ records in the group stage plus the record in the completed playoff stage. Therefore, home-ice advantage in the quarter-finals is determined by the clubs’ record in the group stage plus their four completed playoff games. Home-ice advantage in the semi-finals is determined the by the clubs’ records in the group stage plus the six completed playoff games. Home-ice advantage in the final is determined the by the clubs’ total records in all previous 12 games.
- As in all penalty shootouts so far in the CHL, we will continue using five shooters. More shooters will be used if the teams are tied, continuing until one team has more goals after each team has taken an equal number of shots. Fewer shooters will be used if one team gains a lead that cannot be equalled in the remaining available shots.