Champions Hockey League 2018-2019
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It used to be the final standings after the season but they changed it.
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Does Liiga ever rationalize their decisions? Maybe some teams thought there would be a better chance for new teams to take part this way.
Just want to throw this in here. I looked up the recent TV ratings of hockey games in Germany and to my complete surprise the CHL is doing actually pretty well. The last game of Munich was watched by an average of 250k viewers, which are typical DEL game TV ratings. I expected the numbers to be MUCH lower. The 15 games which have been broadcasted this CHL season had an average viewership of 166k. To me it looks like German hockey fans have kind of accepted the CHL and give it the same attention as DEL games or Deutschland Cup games. I think the Semi Final game in Munich was also sold out.
Although first round attendance for all 3 German teams was pretty bad. Berlin didn't even take the games serious, the first of the 3 games was held in their old/small arena in total they had maybe 30% attendance of a normal DEL game. In Munich it was a bit better with maybe 60% of DEL attendance and in Nürnberg it was around 80%. I hope that Munich showing that Semi Finals and Finals can sell out the arena and TV ratings being pretty good will show German teams that it's worth making an effort in future seasons.
Although first round attendance for all 3 German teams was pretty bad. Berlin didn't even take the games serious, the first of the 3 games was held in their old/small arena in total they had maybe 30% attendance of a normal DEL game. In Munich it was a bit better with maybe 60% of DEL attendance and in Nürnberg it was around 80%. I hope that Munich showing that Semi Finals and Finals can sell out the arena and TV ratings being pretty good will show German teams that it's worth making an effort in future seasons.
I am under the impression, that this ruling came from CHL and Liiga had nothing to say to it. If I remember it right, the reason was something like "central europeans found it hard to understand the qualifying rules for CHL and so they made them easier to understand". I thing they should let every participating league decide, with what formula they send their best to CHL, because current rules can lead to situation where there would be the Champion and three teams that ended their season in the first round of playoffs. Not very likely scenario but would be very hard for finnish viewer to understand and get excited about the competition.
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No. I mean the current system, that was in place still for this season. New system will come for next season.
current system (wikipedia)
New system on the bottom of this article on chl webpage
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He's undrafted. If NHL team scouts are watching tonight, he probably raised his stock quite a bit.
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Anyone know what channel this is on in the U.S since it's geo blocked here, it must be on tv somewhere
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