Photographers at Champions Hockey League games capture some amazing moments, be it teams celebrating crucial goals, fans cheering in eye-catching ways, stunning or specific features of venues across Europe or giving standard photos an extra twist or a fun angle.

As a pan-European club competition, the variety of photos is outstanding and picking some that stand out and giving you, the fans, the chance to vote for your favourite, all while highlighting the people behind the lens, is something we love to do!

After the Round of 16 First Games, fans in our Instagram story poll voted this picture as their favourite! Daniel Schäfer snapped the winning shot of a passionate Kölner Haie fan all dressed up for the traditinal carnival in town - what a colourful picture! With a second Photo of the Week win of the season for Schäfer, there's all the more reason to keep up the festive atmosphere.