Vienna Capitals failed to make the last 16 in the Champions Hockey League for the sixth straight season after losing by two on the road to Polish side GKS Tychy.

Knowing that anything other than a win would see them eliminated from this season’s competition, Vienna got the goal they needed to lead after one period in Poland. Riley Holzapfel put home the perfect feed from Ty Looney to put the Capitals one ahead with 14:59 gone.

However it didn’t go to plan for the visitors in period two, as Tychy 35 seconds into the period Loney was called on a double minor for high-sticking, and Tychy made full use of their extra skater. First Aliaksei Yafimenka slotted home from close range, and then Peter Novajovsky crashed in a slapshot to put them 2-1 up. Some three minutes later Alex Wall levelled for the Capitals on a man advantage of their own, but at 30:03 Filip Komorski on the breakaway put Tychy back ahead.

As Vienna pushed for the equaliser, Filip Komorski sped away to score on 1-on-0 and give Tychy their second ever win in the CHL!