- Fribourg have already secured a Playoff spot
- Herning will try to finish the competition with first-ever CHL win
- Both teams are reigning national champions
On the last day of the Champions Hockey League Regular Season, Danish champions Herning Blue Fox will be going for their first win of the competition, hosting Swiss champions Fribourg-Gottéron, who have already qualified for the Playoffs.
Through their first five games, Herning have managed one point from a 2-1 shootout loss to Bílí Tygři Liberec, back on 11 September in Czechia. The team’s top defensive pair of John Terrance Amorosa and Emil Løjborg Kristensen are ranked first and second in CHL ice time at 24:06 and 23:30 per game, respectively. Goaltender Jānis Fecers is second in saves with 115 and the team’s top scorer continues to be Jared Kyle Dmytriw with three assists.
Fribourg have nine points and enter Game Day 6 in seventh place, looking to move up. The team is led in scoring by forwards Jacob de la Rose and Anthony Richard and defenceman Yannick Rathgeb with five points each. De la Rose and Rathgeb are the team's co-leaders with 14 shots on goal and Marcus Sörensen leads the team in ice time at 20:00 minutes on average per game.