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2014-2015 Champions Hockey League

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Yabob said:
Sparta's look a bit different, so probably not. The ads, the flag and logo placements seems identical though.
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And now I know what seemed to me so suspicious and weird on Sparta's jersey. A was actually worried that this design should be for regular season :))
 
Falling Snow said:
I dont think this is from swiss league, i think thats how the top scorer back will look from every team in the chl... :whatever:
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God I hope not. How could anyone possibly think that is a good idea? Guess this new CHL is going to be all about the quick and easy bucks. Guess they figure they should do everything the exact opposite from the way the IIHF ran the last attempt.
 
Yay, the whole CHL season for free! And i'm not even a customer of Sonera. This really made my day. Will still attend every home game of HIFK though.
 
eme said:
Yay, the whole CHL season for free! And i'm not even a customer of Sonera. This really made my day. Will still attend every home game of HIFK though.
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How? I don't get it free, and I'm using their ADSL. They say its only free if you buy Sonera viihde first.


That top scorers jersey is horrible idea. At least if it's so dramatically different, as it is now..
 
I created a Sonera Viihde account, and asked about their offer from their chat. Viihde is free for the first 6 months, and that includes the CHL. Call their customer service, you might get some more info.
 
eme said:
I created a Sonera Viihde account, and asked about their offer from their chat. Viihde is free for the first 6 months, and that includes the CHL. Call their customer service, you might get some more info.
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Ok. Mind to tell how long deal?
 
eme said:
I created a Sonera Viihde account, and asked about their offer from their chat. Viihde is free for the first 6 months, and that includes the CHL. Call their customer service, you might get some more info.
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Lol it was too easy as I had sonera internet. I will laugh all the way to the shop buying something good for KalPa's game.

Just go to sonera.fi, press the commercial that says about CHL, create new account for viihde from there, and you should get it free. If you dont order anything from sonera, first order 6kk deal that is free (peruspaketti). After that, you are customer, you should get the CHL total for free :D

Strange how their customer service earlier said that I can't get it for free. I send them new message and told them that now I have it free anyway. :)
 
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Vicente said:
Topteams of their countries I miss are: EC KAC (AUT), HC Plzen (CZE), HC Davos & HC Lugano (SUI). But thats it.

Here is some additional info to the teams that were not in semifinals or top of regular season rankings but participate.

- Liberec (CZE) - twice in semifinals of Extraliga in last 4 years, in 2011 runners up in regular season
- Eisbären Berlin (GER) - DEL record champions, won title in 2011, 2012 and 2013, ET winner in 2010
- Djurgården (SWE) - Swedish record champions, returned from Allsvenskan but as second tier team made it to ET final round in 2013
- Bern (SUI) - one of Swiss top teams; champions in 2013, runners up in 2012
- Pardubice (CZE) - Extraliga champions in 2010 and 2012
- TPS Turku (FIN) - SM-liiga champions in 2010
- Mannheim (GER) - DEL finalists 2012, regular season winners 2013
- KalPa (FIN) - 2012 regular season winners
- Vítkovice (CZE) - Extraliga vice champions in 2010 and 2011
- EV Zug (SUI) - NLA regular season winners in 2012, semifinals in 2013
- Jyp (FIN) - Finnish champions in 2012, won ET in 2013
- HV71 (SWE) - 2011 Elitserien regular season winners
- IFK Helsingfors (FIN) - Finnish champions in 2011
- Luleå (SWE) - 2012 ET champions, 2013 Elitserien finalists

Although these teams have not had much success in the 2013-14 season, they all were among the very best teams of their respective countries in the very last years. Well maybe with the exception of DIF but they showed their talent in last ET version despite playing Allsvenskan.

So, this shows that CHL is not a weak tournament by its lineup. Of course it can be reduced in the future like for a 32 team or 24 team format but it doesn't mean the additional teams are lowering the level at all. As we all know ice hockey is a rather well-balanced sports with many different top teams every year, not like football where you have the same top 4 teams for decades.
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You forgot to mention that KalPa and TPS were the two worst teams of Liiga last season.
 
If youre considering should you pay for Sonera viihde, don't. Picture quality is horribad.. Maybe it is better in mtv katsomo site.
 
Topscorer jersey is ugly as hell and so are the sleeves and the team jerseys in general. They look really cheap and nothing like normal regular season jerseys... especially as they were presented before!

CHL logo also looks like it represents some sort of DIY market, not a hockey league.
 
Vicente said:
Topscorer jersey is ugly as hell and so are the sleeves and the team jerseys in general. They look really cheap and nothing like normal regular season jerseys... especially as they were presented before!

CHL logo also looks like it represents some sort of DIY market, not a hockey league.
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Agreed. There's a lot of things to improve in that field. Let's hope the games aren't nearly as horrible.
 
Already like this league. Watched just last period of Kalpa-Sparta. Both teams showed some typical signs of diff. hockey schools. Kaipa was fast, physical and played good as a team, Sparta better 3 passes than one shot, soft hands and fast breakaways... Also players seemed to took it seriously.... Promising
 
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Slimmy said:
Agreed. There's a lot of things to improve in that field. Let's hope the games aren't nearly as horrible.
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First period of Cologne-Kosice game was pretty decent hockey. The Sharks were a bit unorganized in defense - something they had shown earlier in pre-season already - but showed some great offense.
 
Slimmy said:
From a swedish perspective; SAIK was the clear favorite before the transfers. Now it's anyone's guess. I wouldn't call them a darkhorse but Frölunda might surprise a few people. Think they have a good shot at winning. Believe Djurgården will do pretty well in their group. Though, they are the clear underdog as far as Swedish teams go.
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In which league is Djurgarden?Just thinking how they got there....
 
Jablkon said:
In which league is Djurgarden?Just thinking how they got there....
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They were promoted from second-tier Allsvenskan to SHL last season. They participated in ET final tournament despite playing Allsvenskan only. They are founding members of CHL and dont have to qualify.
 
I root for Bern in the Swiss league.

Last year was a veeeery long season ... , they finished playing to avoid being sent in the inferior division.

this years they start with a healthy : Berne 0 - 7 Ocelari Trinec :facepalm:

I hope this is not another long season to come.
 
Surprisingly even first round. Expected more blowouts, but most of the games i caught were competitive. I have a feeling this is going to be a good season of CHL. HIFK need to play a lot better though. A lot.
 
They need to do something about the top scorer jersey ASAP. It's embarrassing. Other than that, I'm excited about this tournament. I wish the KHL would come on board, but travel would be quite difficult.
 
I think the CHL is shooting themself in the foot by using the top scorer jersey and not allowing teams to use their regular jerseys. They want to reach out to most of the fans, but what it really does is proving fans right about it being some kind of pre-season tournament league.

I mean, why wouldn't you be able to use your regular jerseys, and just add the CHL patch plus the sponsor ones? And the big ad on the arm? Looks horrible! They already got a sponsor patch on the right front side of the jersey, why would they also need to ruin a jersey but applying another one on a whole ****ing arm? :facepalm:
 
Exarz said:
I think the CHL is shooting themself in the foot by using the top scorer jersey and not allowing teams to use their regular jerseys. They want to reach out to most of the fans, but what it really does is proving fans right about it being some kind of pre-season tournament league.

I mean, why wouldn't you be able to use your regular jerseys, and just add the CHL patch plus the sponsor ones? And the big ad on the arm? Looks horrible! They already got a sponsor patch on the right front side of the jersey, why would they also need to ruin a jersey but applying another one on a whole ****ing arm? :facepalm:
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It's not just the jerseys, they made Tappara use blue pants instead of their iconic oranges ones, for example.
 
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