CHL Season Review 2018/19

14 16 May 2018 GROUP STAGE DRAW The 2018/19 Group Stage Draw was held at the IIHF World Championships in Copenhagen. 28/29/30 May 2018 MARKETING & COMMUNICATION WORKSHOPS The CHL Office met with marketing & com- munication managers from participating clubs in Zurich, Stockholm and Prague. 12 June 2018 GENERAL ASSEMBLY & CLUB INFO MEETING The annual ordinary General Assembly was held in Prague, followed by a club information event for shareholders and all participating clubs. 14-28 August 2018 PRESS CONFERENCES Journalists were invited to meet with CHL and club representatives in all founding league countries. 30 August 2018 SEASON START The first game of the season faced-off at 17.00 CEST. HC Pilsen beat HC Lugano 3-2 on home-ice. 10 October 2018 ATTENDANCE RECORD This season’s attendance record of 13,715 was registered at PostFinance Arena for the SC Bern vs Red Bull Salzburg game. 19 October 2018 PLAYOFF DRAW The pairings of the best 16 teams were drawn in Helsinki, setting the path to the CHL Final. 5 February 2019 CHL FINAL In front of a sold out 12,044 crowd, Frölunda Indians defeated Red Bull Munich to be crowned CHL Champions for the third time. FAN AMBASSADORS GOING BEYOND Phil Förster of Red Bull Munich was selected out of 32 Fan Ambassadors to win a trip to the CHL Final. He wasn’t the only one travelling to Gothenburg: Chris Klinger (RBS) and Josefin Ceder (VLH) joined him and all were welcomed by Rebecca Gordon (FHC). TREVOR PARKES VOTED MVP Leading Red Bull Munich to the CHL Final as the first German team, Parkes was voted MVP by both fans and a jury. The Canada-native had an outstanding season with 9 goals in as many games. BEST GOAL OF THE SEASON SCORED BY CICHY Michael Cichy scored a beautiful between-the-legs goal voted best of the season in their Group Stage fixture versus HC Bolzano, which eventually turned out to be the first CHL victory for a Polish team. GET TO KNOW YOUR FANS AND ENGAGE WITH THEM In the Semi-Finals and Final, a pilot for a fan en- gagement tool on Facebook and in-arena was run. This application will be launched for all 125 games in the 2019/20 season. Stay tuned! 14 CHAMPIONS HOCKEY LEAGUE IN NHL19 For the second time, the CHL was fully integrated into EA Sports’ NHL19, which included the 32 par- ticipating teams and their players, CHL team uniforms, arenas and home atmospheres.