The Champions Hockey League enters its final stage on January 21 (all starting times listed are CET). The game will be broadcast live (see TV listings below) and will also be streamed live on www.championshockeyleague.com.

The CHL finals begin this week. Two games, home & away, will be played on January 21 and on January 28.

Zurich earned home-ice advantage in the return game because of its better record in the group stage.

Final 1

Metallurg Magnitogorsk – ZSC Lions 17.30 (in Magnitogorsk, RUS)
The team that wins on Wednesday will have a better chance to be crowned the CHL champion. However, the decisive game will be played in Rapperswil-Jona.
Statistically, the ZSC Lions appear to be the favourites, but the giant Russian club impressed in its last game against Salavat Yulayev Ufa.


Broadcasters for Wednesday’s games:

Metallurg Magnitogorsk – ZSC Lions

Live: RTR All Sports (also live streaming, Russia), SRG Switzerland (SF2; TSR2; TSI2), TVP Sport (Poland), Universal Sports (also live streaming, USA), MTV3 (also live streaming, Finland), www.championshockeyleague.com, www.sportstream.cz, Viasat Sport (Norway), CT4 (Czech Republic), Viasat Sport (Sweden), Boom Sport One (Romania), TV3 (Latvia), STV3 (also live streaming, Slovakia), Sportklub (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo), Laola (live streaming, Austria), Viasat Sport Baltic (Estonia, Lithuania), Sport + (France and Africa)

Delayed: Eurosport 1 (Germany), TV2 (Denmark), Score Network (Canada), Rai Sport (Italy), Megasport (Ukraine)

Highlights: Megasport, BSB Sky (United Kingdom), SNTV (News), EVS (News), MTV3, Radio DRS (news reporting, Switzerland)


Go to championshockeyleague.com for latest news, team updates and the clubs in the semi-final round. Click here for the on-ice officials assignments for the Wednesday’s games. Click here for the 25-man rosters of both teams.

The next final game will be played on January 28, 2009 in Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland