The 1997–98 European Hockey League was the second edition of the
European Hockey League
The European Hockey League was a European ice hockey club competition which ran between the years 1996 and 2000.
History
It was established in 1996 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and commercial partner CWL Telesport and first c ...
. The season started on September 16, 1997, and finished on January 25, 1998.
The tournament was won by
VEU Feldkirch
VEU Feldkirch is a professional ice hockey team from Feldkirch, Austria. The team currently plays in the Ö Eishockey Liga. They play their home games At Vorarlberghalle. They formerly played in the Austrian National League and Alps Hockey L ...
, who beat
HC Dynamo Moscow
HC Dynamo Moscow () is a professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Division in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Dynamo has won the Gagarin Cup twice, in 2011–12 KHL season, 2011–12 and 2012–13 ...
in the final.
A new points system was used in the first round of the tournament. The winner in regular time won 3 points; in case of a tie, an overtime is played, the winner in overtime won 2 points and the loser in overtime won 1 point.
First round
Group A
Group A standings
Group B
Group B standings
Group C
Group C standings
Group D
Group D standings
Group E
Group E standings
Group F
Group F standings
Quarterfinals
Final stage
(
Feldkirch,
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
)
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
References
Season 1998
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1997–98 in European ice hockey leagues
European Hockey League