Austrian Ice Hockey League 2001/02
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The Austrian Ice Hockey League 2001/02 was played with nine clubs. The defending champion was the EC KAC , the new champion was the EC VSV , who prevailed against the EHC Black Wings Linz in the final .
General
Participating clubs
Map of all club locations for the 2001/02 season |
A total of nine clubs took part in the championship. The previous year's last DEK Schellander no longer existed, the penultimate EV Zeltweg now entered the second highest division, the National League . The Vienna Capitals were a new addition , with which, after the departure of the Wiener EV after the 1999/00 season , a Viennese club took part in the top division for the first time.
- EC KAC (defending champion, coach: Lars Bergström )
- EC VSV (Trainer: Ron Kennedy )
- EHC Black Wings Linz (Trainer: Stanislav Barda )
- KSV Ice Hockey Club (Trainer: ??)
- HC Innsbruck (Trainer: ??)
- EC Graz 99ers (Trainer: Mike Shea , later Manfred Nitsch and Peter Znenahlik )
- EK Zell am See (Trainer: ??)
- EHC Lustenau (Trainer: ??)
- Vienna Capitals (Trainer: Kurt Harand )
mode
The nine clubs played against each other 4 times in the regular season, with the points halved after the first half of the season. In the event of a tie, extra time ( Sudden Victory Overtime ) was played. The winner thus determined received two points, the loser one.
Then a play-off was played, with all matches being played in best-of-seven mode. In the quarter-finals, the 1st of the basic round met the 8th, the 2nd against the 7th, the 3rd against the 6th and the 4th against the 5th.
Basic round
Table after the basic round (32 rounds)
space | team | Games | Victories | Defeats (a.d.) | Goal difference | Points |
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1 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 32 | 26th | 6 (1) | 147: 62 | 39 |
2 | EC VSV | 32 | 23 | 9 (3) | 120: 79 | 36 |
3 | EC KAC | 32 | 20th | 12 (2) | 119: 81 | 32 |
4th | Vienna Capitals | 32 | 16 | 16 (7) | 106: 97 | 30th |
5 | EC Graz 99ers | 32 | 13 | 19 (5) | 99: 114 | 26th |
6th | EK Zell am See | 32 | 15th | 17 (2) | 107: 117 | 24 |
7th | EHC Lustenau | 32 | 14th | 18 (3) | 105: 129 | 24 |
8th | HC Innsbruck | 32 | 13 | 19 (2) | 103: 119 | 20th |
9 | Kapfenberger SV | 32 | 4th | 28 (2) | 79: 187 | 8th |
Playoffs
Playoff tree
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
1 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 4th | |||||||||||
8th | HC Innsbruck | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 4th | |||||||||||
4th | Vienna Capitals | 0 | |||||||||||
4th | Vienna Capitals | 4th | |||||||||||
5 | EC Graz 99ers | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | EC VSV | 4th | |||||||||||
2 | EC VSV | 4th | |||||||||||
7th | EHC Lustenau | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | EC VSV | 4th | |||||||||||
3 | EC KAC | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | EC KAC | 4th | |||||||||||
6th | EK Zell am See | 1 |
Quarter finals
series | Final score | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 |
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Black Wings Linz (1) - HC Innsbruck (8) | 4-0 | 5: 1 | 7: 4 | 4: 3 | 3-0 | |
EC VSV (2) - EHC Lustenau (7) | 4: 1 | 1: 2 | 6: 1 | 6: 2 | 3: 1 | 4: 1 |
EC KAC (3) - EK Zell am See (6) | 4: 1 | 5: 1 | 2: 3 a.d. | 5: 2 | 5: 3 | 5-0 |
Vienna Capitals (4) - EC Graz 99ers (5) | 4-0 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 6: 2 | 4: 1 |
Semifinals
series | Final score | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Black Wings Linz (1) - Vienna Capitals (4) | 4-0 | 3: 2 | 7: 1 | 4: 3 a.d. | 4: 1 | |||
EC VSV (2) - EC KAC (3) | 4: 2 | 2: 6 | 1: 2 | 6: 2 | 5: 2 | 6: 2 | 3: 2 n.p. |
final
series | Final score | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 |
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Black Wings Linz (1) - EC VSV (2) | 1: 4 | 2: 3 n.p. | 2: 3 n.p. | 4: 7 | 4: 3 | 1: 5 |
With the 5: 1 victory in the fifth game, the EC VSV secured the fifth championship title in club history.
Championship final result
- EC VSV
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EHC Linz
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EC KAC
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Vienna Capitals
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EK Zell am See
- EHC Lustenau
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EC Graz 99ers
- HC Innsbruck
- KSV ice hockey club
Squad of the Austrian champions
Austrian champion EC VSV |
Goalkeepers: Gert Prohaska , Markus Kerschbaumer Defenders: Tom Searle , Michael Stewart , Mario Berger , Rene Wild , Robert Steinwender , Martin Oraže , Patrick Albl , Michael Mana , Stephan Hochenberger , Herbert Hohenberger Attackers: Andreas Pušnik , Wolfgang Kromp , Kent Salfi , Günther Lanzinger , Roland Kaspitz , Stefan Wiedmaier , Rod Hinks , Winfried Rac , Martin Pewal , Peter Floriantschitz , Nikolas Petrik , Sandro Winkler , Philipp Pinter , Martin Leitner
Trainer: Ron Kennedy
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statistics
- Note: The statistics listed here cover both the regular season and the playoffs, as separate statistics are not yet available.
Top scorer | |||||||||||||||||
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Rk | player | team | GP | G | A. | Pts | +/- | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG | ||||||
1 | Philipp Lukas | Linz | 45 | 22nd | 45 | 67 | +44 | 50 | 7th | 0 | 5 | ||||||
2 | Rick Nasheim | Linz | 38 | 33 | 31 | 64 | +34 | 20th | 11 | 0 | 6th | ||||||
3 | Ryan Foster | Cell | 37 | 38 | 25th | 63 | +13 | 46 | 15th | 1 | 5 | ||||||
4th | Gerald Ressmann | KAC | 41 | 23 | 39 | 62 | +16 | 82 | 6th | 2 | 2 | ||||||
5 | Andreas Pušnik | VSV | 48 | 14th | 46 | 60 | +18 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
6th | Wolfgang Kromp | VSV | 48 | 31 | 26th | 57 | +23 | 59 | 6th | 3 | 3 | ||||||
7th | Johan Strömwall | KAC | 43 | 24 | 30th | 54 | +18 | 22nd | 11 | 2 | 4th | ||||||
8th | Kent Salfi | VSV | 46 | 24 | 29 | 53 | +30 | 30th | 6th | 2 | 7th | ||||||
9 | Heimo Lindner | innsbruck | 36 | 25th | 27 | 52 | +13 | 69 | 7th | 0 | 5 | ||||||
10 | Mark Szücs | Linz | 41 | 22nd | 28 | 50 | +30 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
11 | Jeff Turner | 99ers | 36 | 24 | 24 | 48 | +7 | 38 | 7th | 1 | 2 | ||||||
12 | Yuri Tsurenkov | Capitals | 39 | 22nd | 25th | 47 | +2 | 26th | 7th | 1 | 8th | ||||||
13 | Ivo Jan | 99ers | 35 | 27 | 18th | 45 | +6 | 61 | 12 | 1 | 4th | ||||||
14th | Aaron Brand | innsbruck | 36 | 18th | 27 | 45 | +7 | 32 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
15th | Ray Podloski | Lustenau | 32 | 21st | 23 | 44 | −7 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 4th |
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Rk | player | team | GP | MIP | W. | T | L. | SO | GA | ATM | SO-CALLED | SVS% | |||||
1 | Pavel Nešťák | Linz | 44 | 2598 | 32 | 6th | 5 | 6th | 84 | 1.94 | 1212 | 93.07 | |||||
2 | Gert Prohaska | VSV | 44 | 2619 | 28 | 6th | 9 | 2 | 99 | 2.27 | 1365 | 92.75 | |||||
3 | Michael Suttnig | KAC | 43 | 2546 | 23 | 6th | 14th | 4th | 109 | 2.57 | 1403 | 92.23 | |||||
4th | Christian Cseh | Capitals | 38 | 2296 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 102 | 2.67 | 1165 | 91.24 | |||||
5 | Jürgen Penker | Lustenau | 23 | 1307 | 7th | 4th | 9 | 1 | 74 | 3.40 | 791 | 90.64 | |||||
6th | Marek Novotny | 99ers | 36 | 2138 | 12 | 6th | 17th | 2 | 117 | 3.28 | 1172 | 90.02 | |||||
7th | Patrick Machreich | Cell | 35 | 2025 | 12 | 7th | 16 | 1 | 116 | 3.44 | 1195 | 90.29 | |||||
8th | Claus Dalpiaz | innsbruck | 36 | 2119 | 8th | 7th | 21st | 1 | 127 | 3.60 | 1382 | 90.81 | |||||
9 | Bernhard Bock | Lustenau | 17th | 940 | 2 | 8th | 10 | 0 | 70 | 4.47 | 598 | 88.29 | |||||
10 | Markus Schilcher | Kapfenberg | 9 | 457 | 1 | 2 | 6th | 0 | 45 | 5.91 | 297 | 84.85 | |||||
11 | Daniel Höller | Kapfenberg | 21st | 1157 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 110 | 5.70 | 754 | 85.41 |
Web links
- Austrian Ice Hockey League 2001/02 at hockeyarchives.info (French)