Austrian Ice Hockey League 2005/06

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The Austrian Ice Hockey League 2005/2006 began on September 22, 2005 and ended on April 2, 2006 . The defending champions were the Vienna Capitals , but the new Austrian champion was the EC VSV for the sixth time . This was able to prevail in the final against EC Red Bull Salzburg , who had still led after the regular round.

In advance

Attendees

EC Graz 99ers EC KAC (Klagenfurt) EC VSV (Villach) EC Red Bull Salzburg Vienna Capitals EHC Black Wings Linz HC Innsbruck

Map of all club locations for the 2005/06 season

The same seven clubs took part as in the previous season. The EHC Linz was re-established after bankruptcy proceedings opened against the original club in June 2005.

team	Preseason	Trainer
Vienna Capitals	master	Jim bonuses
EC KAC	Runner-up	Mats Waltin (until October 31, 2005) Kevin Primeau (from November 6, 2005)
HC Innsbruck	Semi-final out	Alan Haworth
EC VSV	Semi-final out	Greg Holst
EC Graz 99ers	Rank 5	Mike Zettel (until November 23, 2005) Bill Stewart (from November 27, 2005)
EHC Liwest Linz	Rank 6	Kurt Harand Mike Zettel (from February 20, 2006)
EC Red Bulls Salzburg	Rank 7	Hardy Nilsson

mode

In the basic round, after a double round trip back and forth, the points achieved up to then were halved (point sharing ), after which another double round trip was played. There were two points for a win in regular time. If there was a tie after sixty minutes, a 5-minute overtime was played. If there was no winner after that either, this was determined in a penalty shootout. The winner then received two points, the defeated opponent one point. The best four clubs qualify for the semi-finals, which, like the subsequent final, were held in best of seven mode.

Time schedule

• Basic round: September 23, 2005 to March 3, 2006
• Semi-finals ( best of seven ): March 5 to March 19, 2006
• Final (Best of Seven): March 21 to April 4, 2006

Basic round

The first half of the basic round was dominated by EC VSV and HC Innsbruck. The Villachers had initially placed themselves at the top with four wins at the start, but after the first round they were replaced by the Innsbruckers, who had meanwhile been able to gain a lead of five points on second place. Conversely, the EC KAC initially brought up the rear, as the first six games were lost. It was only gradually that some victories followed, while the 99ers, plagued by bad luck with injuries, fell back more and more and finally came in last place in the course of an eight-game series of defeats. The other teams stayed close to each other in midfield and maintained close contact with the leading group.

With the division of points, the field narrowed back to nine points, but the trends continued. While the Innsbruckers collapsed in their performances in December and were replaced by the Salzburgers at the top of the table, the VSV also had to struggle with a small interim low, which created a little gap to the top. The performance of the Villachers stabilized quickly, so that towards the end of the main round Villach and Salzburg dueled with a clear gap for first place, which finally went to Salzburg with two points difference.

In midfield the tide turned as the championship progressed. The EC KAC had stabilized a little in the meantime and fought their way back to the playoff ranks in the table together with the Capitals, who had fallen far behind after a dubious game with only one win out of seven games. In the last few rounds a fight between four teams became apparent: Vienna, Klagenfurt, Linz and Innsbruck were ultimately very close to each other, as the latter two had got into trouble with some unnecessary defeats. The Capitals were able to win their last two games and save themselves to fourth. With equal points, Innsbruck took third place after a home win against Salzburg in the last game. The parallel game between the KAC and Linz, both of which had hoped for help from Salzburg, went to the KAC, but subsequently remained of no value in the fight for the playoff places.

Salzburg was the only team to have a positive record against all opponents. The exact opposite was the Graz 99ers, who had not succeeded in this with any other team. The Graz team also struggled with an impossible deficit for the entire second half of the regular season and never found their form despite two coach changes. Injuries did the rest. Only nine out of 28 games in the second half of the championship could be won, with serious discussions after the season about whether the 99ers would compete in the Bundesliga again.

Special events during the regular round

The last game of the basic round between the EC VSV and the Vienna Capitals drew a lot of discussions

• In the penultimate round there was a special curiosity: the game Vienna Capitals against EC VSV went to the penalty shootout - but when the score was 2: 1 for the Viennese, the wrong Villacher started (probably the linesman had noted the wrong shooters), which is why he The referee canceled the hit and declared the Viennese the winner. Since there are no clear regulations for this case, and the situation was aggravated by the fact that at this point in time four clubs (including the Capitals) were still playing for the remaining two play-off places, there were strong protests from the other clubs. The VSV was already firmly qualified for the playoff at this point. The association decided to re-host the entire penalty shootout. Against this decision, the Viennese obtained an injunction before a civil court , on the basis of which the Villachers, who were already on their way to Vienna, had to turn back. After a renewed examination by the association, it was decided to continue the penalty shootout when the score was 2: 1 for Vienna, in the order originally specified. This was played on March 2nd in front of about 1500 spectators in the Albert-Schultz-Halle . Günther Lanzinger competed against the Viennese goalkeeper Jürgen Penker and missed the penalty, whereby the Capitals were finally declared the winner and fixed the entry into the play-offs with the additional point.
• In the course of the season, three of the seven teams changed coach: the EC KAC dismissed the Swede Mats Waltin and hired Kevin Primeau in his place. In November, the Graz 99ers signed Bill Stewart instead of Mike Zettel, and shortly before the end of the basic round, the Blackwings Linz, with their coach Kurt Harand, took the only Austrian Bundesliga coach on leave . Mike Zettel, who was dismissed by the Grazers, was signed up, but he could no longer help the Linzers to a playoff place. For the next season, the Linz team signed Bill Stewart, which created the curious situation that Mike Zettel was replaced by Bill Stewart twice in one season.
• KAC goalkeeper Andrew Verner achieved something special in the game against HC Innsbruck on January 27, 2006: he scored the goal to make it 4-2 in the 60th minute after Innsbruck's goalkeeper Claus Dalpiaz had taken off the ice.
• The Red Bulls Salzburg made the most sensational transfer of the year when they signed the Latvian goalkeeper Artūrs Irbe , who replaced Björn Bjurling from Sweden in December.
• In December, the game between Graz 99ers and Red Bulls Salzburg had to be verified 5-0 in favor of Salzburg because the Graz team were unable to play due to more than 10 injured players and Salzburg were not prepared to postpone it.
• In the history of the Carinthian ice hockey derby , there was a perfect season for a team for the first time since the 1979/80 season , back then for EC KAC : the later champions EC VSV were able to play all eight matches with local rivals EC KAC in the basic round for decide, even if the last four games only found their winner in the penalty shootout. These eight games were part of a 17-game series that remains a record in derby history to this day.

Table after the basic round

space	team	SP	S.	N	SNV	NNV	T	GT	TVH	PKT
1	Red Bulls Salzburg	48	23	13	6th	6th	177	140	+37	49
2	EC VSV	48	21st	14th	6th	7th	149	125	+24	47
3	HC Innsbruck	48	22nd	17th	4th	5	160	147	+13	40
4th	Vienna Capitals	48	21st	20th	4th	3	173	163	+10	40
5	EC KAC	48	17th	20th	5	6th	136	153	−17	39
6th	EHC Linz	48	17th	19th	7th	5	141	156	−15	38
7th	EC Graz 99ers	48	9	27	6th	6th	119	171	−52	28

statistics

Top scorer

	player	team	GP	G	A.	PTS	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG
	Todd Elik	innsbruck	48	21st	53	74	150	+19	9	18th	2	4th	2
	Daniel Gauthier	VSV	48	20th	52	72	24	+11	4th	25th	4th	2	3
	Oliver Setzinger	Capitals	45	32	38	70	98	+18	7th	16	6th	0	6th
	Dany Bousquet	VSV	45	36	32	68	77	+11	14th	11	3	3	3
	James Desmarais	innsbruck	48	32	34	66	99	+16	8th	12	4th	0	4th
	Chad Hinz	KAC	48	25th	37	62	30th	+18	6th	17th	2	2	7th
	Dave Chyzowski	Linz	48	25th	36	61	100	+5	5	15th	3	1	6th
	Bob Wren	Capitals	42	22nd	38	60	110	+9	6th	17th	0	1	4th
	Mike Craig	Capitals	47	25th	34	59	103	+11	7th	11	0	2	4th
	Anthony Iob	KAC	41	24	35	59	84	+11	7th	12	4th	4th	5

Legend:
GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, PTS = scorer points, +/- = plus-minus value, PIM = penalty minutes, PPG = power play goals, PPA = power play assists, SHG = underpaid goals, SHA = underpaid assists, GWG = victory goals

goalkeeper

	player	team	GP	GPI	MIP	SO-CALLED	SVS	GA	SVS%	ATM	SO	W.	L.	OTL
	Gert Prohaska	VSV	48	41	2497	1406	1308	98	93.03	2.36	5	26th	10	5
	Walter Bartholomew	Capitals	48	30th	1634	964	885	79	91.80	2.90	1	14th	12	1
	Andrew Verner	KAC	36	36	2066	1227	1126	101	91.77	2.93	4th	16	13	6th
	Artūrs Irbe	Salzburg	17th	17th	1009	409	374	35	91.44	2.08	2	11	3	2
	Claus Dalpiaz	innsbruck	46	43	2569	1282	1162	120	90.64	2.80	1	25th	14th	4th
	Jeff Maund	Capitals	23	14th	790	497	449	48	90.34	3.65	0	6th	6th	1
	Pavel Nešťák	Linz	48	47	2819	1480	1331	149	89.93	3.17	6th	23	19th	5
	Scott Fankhouser	99ers	47	47	2807	1548	1389	159	89.73	3.40	3	15th	26th	6th
	Hannes Enzenhofer	KAC	47	16	844	456	409	47	89.69	3.34	0	6th	7th	0
	Bjorn Bjurling	Salzburg	23	23	1363	663	585	78	88.24	3.43	1	12	6th	4th

Legend:
GP = games, GPI = actual stakes, MIP = game minutes, GA = goals conceded, GAA = goals conceded every 60 minutes, SOG = shots on goal, SVS = shots saved, SVS% = catch rate, SO = shutouts, W = wins, L = Losses, OTL = Losses after extra time or penalty shootout

Playoffs

Dany Bousquet with championship trophy. He scored 47 goals that season. Left: Greg Holst with the master's medal.

Playoff tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	EC Red Bull Salzburg	4th
	4th	Vienna Capitals	1
						1	EC Red Bull Salzburg	2
						2	EC VSV	4th
	2	EC VSV	4th
	4th	HC Innsbruck	3

Semifinals

Series EC Red Bull Salzburg - Vienna Capitals

In retrospect, the EC Red Bull Salzburg series against Vienna Capitals was the prelude to a dubious game for the Viennese that would drag on over the next four years and mean the semi-final out against Salzburg every year. In the first game, Salzburg took the lead in the series with an undisputed 6-1 home win. In the second game, the Viennese ran after a narrow deficit until the final section, but were able to achieve the redeeming 2-2 in the 48th minute. However, Salzburg immediately took the lead again and finally brought the narrow lead over time.

The third game ended 6: 3 for Red Bulls Salzburg, but was penalized because the Salzburgers made a formal error when they switched legionnaires from Darby Hendrickson to Patrick Thoresen and the Norwegian would not have been eligible to play. This decision, which once again left no hope in the Capitals for a short time, was canceled in the following game. After the game had been very close until the end of the second period, although Salzburg was still in the lead with one goal, two quick goals at the beginning of the final third decided the fourth game in favor of the Bulls.

In the decisive game Salzburg, the home side pulled away 4-0 in the first forty minutes. The Viennese were only able to correct the result with a goal from Oliver Setzinger and were eliminated from the series with 1: 4, but without a real win.

Semi-finals: EC Red Bull Salzburg (1) - Vienna Capitals (4)
March 5, 2006 Volksgarten-Arena 3,000 spectators	EC Red Bull Salzburg B. Henry (8:52, power play , J. Lind , F. Banham ), 1: 0 A. Lakos (20:21, power play , M. Trattnig ), 2: 1 F. Banham (23: 00, Powerplay , Marco Pewal , G. Artursson ), 3: 1 Martin Pewal (26:56, Powerplay , A. Lakos, M. Grabher-Meier ), 4: 1 D. Kalt (37:31, M. Trattnig) , 5: 1 T. Auer (52:56, power play , M. Trattnig, D. Kalt), 6: 1	6: 1 (1: 1, 4: 0, 1: 0) Penalty minutes: 26:86 Goalkeepers: A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 minutes, 26 shots, 1 goal) J. Penker (Capitals, 34 shots, 6 goals )	Vienna Capitals 1: 1 , P. Lakos (17:32, G. Ressmann )
March 7, 2006 Albert-Schultz-Halle 4,200 spectators	Vienna Capitals M. Craig (22:37, B. Wren , O. Setzinger ), 1: 2 O. Setzinger (47:45, K. Mitchell , B. Wren), 2: 2	2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1) Penalty minutes: 45:18 Goalkeeper: W. Bartholomäus (Capitals, 60 min., 28 shots, 3 goals) A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 26 Shots, 2 goals)	EC Red Bull Salzburg 0: 1 , J. Lind (02:24, F. Banham, Marco Pewal) 0: 2 , B. Henry (08:20, power play , Marco Pewal, A. Lakos) 2: 3 , A. Lakos (51:20, Marco Pewal, F. Banham)
March 9, 2006 Volksgarten-Arena 3,200 spectators	EC Red Bull Salzburg	0: 5 Criminal verified Original score: 6: 3	Vienna Capitals
March 12, 2006 Albert-Schultz-Halle	Vienna Capitals O. Setzinger (26:12, penalty shot ), 1: 2 M. Craig (28:56, O. Setzinger, B. Wren), 2: 2 O. Setzinger (53:05, B. Wren, M. Latusa ), 3: 5	3: 5 (0: 1, 2: 2, 1: 2) Penalty minutes: 28:20 Goalkeeper: W. Bartholomäus (Capitals, 60 min., 47 shots, 5 goals) A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 30 Shots, 3 goals)	EC Red Bull Salzburg 0: 1 , Marco Pewal (11:10, A. Lakos, B. Henry) 0: 2 , D. Kalt (23:47, power play , P. Thoresen, G. Artursson) 2: 3 , D. . Kalt (39:00, Powerplay , P. Thoresen, D. Kalt) 2: 4 , M. Trattnig (42:57, P. Thoresen, D. Kalt) 2: 5 , J. Lind (46:46, Marco Pewal, A. Lakos)
March 14, 2006 Volksgarten-Arena 3,200 spectators	EC Red Bull Salzburg Marco Pewal (00:29, F. Banham, A. Lakos), 1: 0 J. Lind (18:23, power play , B. Henry, Marco Pewal), 2: 0 F. Banham (25: 37, Powerplay , Marco Pewal, J. Lind), 3: 0 M. Trattnig (38:52, P. Thoresen, D. Kalt), 4: 0	4: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) Penalty minutes: 14:16 Goalkeeper: A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 20 shots, 1 goal) J. Penker (Capitals, 60 min., 33 Shots, 4 goals)	Vienna Capitals 4: 1 , O. Setzinger (44:51, B. Wren, D. Werenka )
EC Red Bull Salzburg won the series with 4-1 victories.

Series EC VSV - HC Innsbruck

The second semifinal series between EC VSV and HC Innsbruck was much tighter. The Villachers succeeded in the first round a safe victory on their own ice, but the Innsbruckers were able to equalize in the series in a hard-fought game with alternating goals and a total of 100 penalty minutes. The third encounter brought the Innsbruckers an early lead, which was quickly equalized by the VSV and finally turned into a clear 4-1 home win. Game four turned into a disaster for Innsbruck. After Villach had taken the lead after just two minutes and fifteen seconds and was able to extend it, the next goal succeeded in the meantime, but the very undisciplined Tyroleans weakened themselves with many penalties and finally had to accept a significant defeat on their own ice, with which they Series seemed to have been decided early on.

The Innsbruck team unexpectedly found their way back into the series and were able to keep up with the series with an away win in Villach, which could only be fixed in overtime. In an extremely close home game, in which the decisive goal came only three minutes before the end of the game, the Haie finally forced a seventh game in the series. In this, however, the EC VSV showed itself in impressive form and pulled away to 4: 2 at the beginning of the middle third. When the 5: 2 fell in the final third instead of the following goal, the game was decided, although Innsbruck was able to correct the result a little.

Semi-finals: EC VSV (2) - HC Innsbruck (3)
March 5, 2006 Villach town hall 2,000 spectators	EC VSV R. Kaspitz (10:34, W. Kromp , M. Stewart ), 1: 0 M. Brown (16:06, M. Peintner , M. Elick ), 2: 0 M. Peintner (17:16, Powerplay , M. Brown, M. Elick), 3: 0 D. Bousquet (50:43, Powerplay , M. Brown, M. Elick), 4: 1 W. Kromp (54:06, G. Lanzinger , M. Stewart), 5: 1	5: 2 (3: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1) Penalty minutes: 14:24 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 29 shots, 2 goals) C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 60 min., 32 Shots, 5 goals)	HC Innsbruck 3: 1 , M. Hohenberger (30:15, power play , T. Elik , T. Hansen ) 5: 2 , L. Schwitzer (54:59, A. Pusnik )
March 7, 2006 Olympia-Halle Innsbruck 4,500 spectators	HC Innsbruck T. Elik (12:16, power play , G. Unterluggauer , J. Desmarais ), 1: 0 G. Unterluggauer (28:09, T. Elik, T. Hansen), 2: 2 J. Desmarais (32: 28, Powerplay , M. Hohenberger, T. Elik), 3: 2 M. Hohenberger (41:25, Powerplay , D. Cloutier , T. Elik), 4: 2	4: 3 (1: 0, 2: 2, 1: 1) Penalty minutes: 49:51 Goalkeeper: C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 15 shots, 3 goals) G. Prohaska (VSV, 59 minutes, 51 shots, 4 goals )	EC VSV 1: 1 , G. Lanzinger (20:52, Powerplay , W. Kromp) 1: 2 , M. Peintner (22:53, M. Elick, W. Kromp) 4: 3 , G. Lanzinger (49: 23, Powerplay , W. Kromp, D. Scoville)
March 9, 2006 Villach town hall 4,000 spectators	EC VSV D. Bousquet (14:23, Powerplay , H. Hohenberger, M. Brown), 1: 1 S. Roy (23:44, Shorthanded , A. Judex , H. Hohenberger), 2: 1 D. Bousquet ( 28:54, M. Brown, S. Roy), 3: 1 M. Stewart (35:04, Powerplay , G. Lanzinger, R. Kaspitz), 4: 1	4: 1 (1: 1, 3: 0, 0: 0) Penalty minutes: 26:32 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 23 shots, 1 goal) C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 60 min., 31 Shots, 4 goals)	HC Innsbruck 0: 1 , T. Hansen (07:09, power play , M. Hohenberger)
March 12, 2006 Olympic Hall Innsbruck 6,000 spectators	HC Innsbruck J. Desmarais (26:04, D. Periard , L. Schwitzer), 1: 2	1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1) Penalty minutes: 43: 6 Goalkeeper: C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 38 min., 24 shots, 4 goals) F. Gottardis (Innsbruck, 22 min., 12 Shots, 1 goal) G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 21 shots, 1 goal)	EC VSV 0: 1 , M. Stewart (02:15, W. Kromp) 0: 2 , S. Roy (13:08, D. Bousquet) 1: 3 , M. Brown (37:26, S. Roy, D. Bousquet) 1: 4 , T. Pfeffer (37:57, M. Peintner)
March 14, 2006 Villach town hall 4,300 spectators	EC VSV M. Elick (56:56, Powerplay , D. Bousquet, M. Brown), 1: 2 M. Brown (58:44, H. Hohenberger, S. Roy), 2: 2	2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1) Penalty minutes: 18:28 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 63 min., 25 shots, 3 goals) C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 63 min., 40 shots, 2 goals)	HC Innsbruck 0: 1 , M. Hohenberger (32:20, A. Pusnik, D. Periard) 0: 2 , G. Unterluggauer (38:50, T. Elik, J. Desmarais) 2: 3 , J. Desmarais ( 62:46, Powerplay , T. Elik, M. Hohenberger)
March 16, 2006 Olympic Hall Innsbruck 5,500 spectators	HC Innsbruck G. Unterluggauer (04:03, power play , T. Elik, J. Desmarais), 1: 0 M. Hohenberger (19:01, power play , G. Unterluggauer, A. Pusnik), 2: 1 A. Mellitzer ( 56:47, D. Cloutier, J. Desmarais), 3: 2	3: 2 (2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1) Penalty minutes: 34:22 Goalkeeper: C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 60 min., 31 shots, 2 goals) G. Prohaska (VSV, 59 min., 28 Shots, 3 goals)	EC VSV 1: 1 , D. Bousquet (14:42, H. Hohenberger) 2: 2 , R. Kaspitz (51:47, G. Lanzinger)
March 19, 2006 Villach town hall 4,700 spectators	EC VSV G. Lanzinger (03:16, Powerplay , R. Kaspitz, M. Stewart), 1: 0 M. Peintner (10:03, N. Petrik, M. Oraze ), 2: 1 D. Bousquet (17: 45, Powerplay , S. Roy, M. Elick), 3: 2 D. Bousquet (26:41, shorthanded , M. Stewart, S. Roy), 4: 2 R. Kaspitz (46:01, M. Peintner, M. Elick), 5: 2 D. Bousquet (51:28, penalty shot ), 6: 3	6: 4 (3: 2, 1: 0, 2: 2) Penalty minutes: 20:20 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 48 shots, 4 goals) C. Dalpiaz (Innsbruck, 60 min., 24 Shots, 6 goals)	HC Innsbruck 1: 1 , D. Cloutier (08:17, T. Hansen, A. Pusnik) 2: 2 , G. Unterluggauer (11:30, power play , T. Elik, J. Desmarais) 5: 3 , M. Hohenberger (47:21, T. Hansen, A. Mellitzer) 6: 4 , G. Unterluggauer (54:38, power play , T. Elik, M. Hohenberger)
The EC VSV wins the series with 4: 3 victories.

Individual results final

An exciting fight for the championship title developed between the two front runners in the main round. In the very first game, the EC VSV conquered the home advantage with a narrow 3-2 away win, in which the decisive goal came only eight minutes before the end. As a result, the EC VSV made it 2-0 in the series, when the team pulled away to 3-0 in the following home game before the Salzburg team scored their first goal, which was ultimately cosmetic. However, Salzburg found their way back into the series with ease when the Latvian goalkeeper Artūrs Irbe blocked all twenty shots fired by the Villachers and helped his team to a sovereign 3-0 victory. The following game in Villach also went to Salzburg, which initially moved away with a double strike to 2-0, but which Villach also equalized with a double strike in the first third. After the lead in the meantime, Salzburg equalized with two more goals in the series.

The fifth game in the series was the key to Villach's title win, when the team was able to secure the match puck with a 6-2 win on foreign ice with virtually no risk. The sixth and decisive game then turned into a nerve-wracking thriller. After Salzburg had scored the first goal after only 59 seconds, Villach turned the score in the eighteenth minute with a double strike. Salzburg equalized in the second period, after which both teams acted extremely defensively. Without further goals, the game finally went into overtime. This went without penalties except for a double exclusion, but with many opportunities on both sides, which could be defused by the outstanding goalkeepers. It was only in the 78th minute that Dany Bousquet, the top scorer of the league, scored the decisive goal and so scored the EC VSV to his sixth championship title.

Final: EC Red Bull Salzburg (1) - EC VSV (2)
March 21, 2006 Volksgarten-Arena 3,200 spectators	EC Red Bull Salzburg P. Thoresen (18:51, G. Artursson , V. Lindgren ), 1: 1 Marco Pewal (46:26, P. Harand , G. Artursson), 2: 1	2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2) Penalty minutes: 8:14 Goalkeeper: A. Irbe (Salzburg, 59 min., 29 shots, 3 goals) G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 27 Shots, 2 goals)	EC VSV 0: 1 , M. Brown (14:12, T. Pfeffer , D. Bousquet ) 2: 2 , M. Brown (51:36, M. Elick ) 2: 3 , T. Pfeffer (52:14, M. Peintner )
March 23, 2006 Villach town hall 4,500 spectators	EC VSV W. Kromp (26:03, R. Kaspitz , H. Hohenberger ), 1: 0 M. Brown (26:21, S. Roy , D. Bousquet), 2: 0 D. Bousquet (33:35, M. Brown, S. Roy), 3: 0 M. Brown (49:53, S. Roy, D. Bousquet), 4: 1	4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) Penalty minutes: 10:14 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 25 shots, 1 goal) A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 27 Shots, 4 goals)	EC Red Bull Salzburg 3: 1 , F. Banham (47:29, Marco Pewal)
March 26, 2006 Volksgarten-Arena 3,200 spectators	EC Red Bull Salzburg P. Thoresen (22:58, D. Kalt ), 1: 0 A. Lakos (26:02, P. Thoresen, J. Lind ), 2: 0 G. Artursson (34:49, F. Banham, P. Thoresen), 3-0	3: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0) Penalty minutes: 22:20 Goalkeeper: A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 20 shots, 0 goals) G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 25 Shots, 3 goals)	EC VSV No goals
March 28, 2006 Villach town hall 4,500 spectators	EC VSV D. Bousquet (16:32, Powerplay , S. Roy, H. Hohenberger), 1: 2 G. Lanzinger (17:13, Powerplay , M. Stewart , D. Scoville ), 2: 2 D. Scoville ( 33:36, W. Kromp, G. Lanzinger), 3: 2	3: 4 (2: 2, 1: 0, 0: 2) Penalty minutes: 16:22 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 59 min., 39 shots, 4 goals) A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 27 Shots, 3 goals)	EC Red Bull Salzburg 0: 1 , F. Banham (12:09, power play , P. Thoresen, A. Lakos) 0: 2 , Martin Pewal (13:12, P. Harand, M. Ulrich ) 3: 3 , P. . Thoresen (43:09, J. Lind, F. Banham) 3: 4 , P. Thoresen (52:19, F. Banham, M. Trattnig )
March 30, 2006 Volksgarten-Arena 3,200 spectators	EC Red Bull Salzburg M. Trattnig (06:21, power play , Marco Pewal), 1: 0 Marco Pewal (28:45, power play , G. Artursson), 2: 3	2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2) Penalty minutes: 43:71 Goalkeeper: A. Irbe (Salzburg, 60 min., 27 shots, 6 goals) G. Prohaska (VSV, 60 min., 29 Shots, 2 goals)	EC VSV 1: 1 , G. Lanzinger (11:22, T. Pfeffer) 1: 2 , M. Peintner (18:22, D. Scoville) 1: 3 , D. Bousquet (27:28, power play , M. Brown, M. Elick) 2: 4 , S. Roy (32:15, Powerplay , H. Hohenberger) 2: 5 , M. Stewart (43:37, Powerplay , D. Bousquet, S. Roy) 2: 6 , G. Lanzinger (55:47, Powerplay , M. Elick, H. Hohenberger)
April 2, 2006 Villach town hall 4,500 spectators	EC VSV W. Kromp (17:28, R. Kaspitz, G. Lanzinger), 1: 1 M. Peintner (17:41, N. Petrik , T. Pfeffer), 2: 1 D. Bousquet (77:31, M. Elick, S. Roy), 3: 2	3: 2 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Penalty minutes: 12:14 Goalkeeper: G. Prohaska (VSV, 78 min., 32 shots, 2 goals) A. Irbe (Salzburg, 78 min., 47 shots, 3 goals)	EC Red Bull Salzburg 0: 1 , M. Ulrich (00:59, M. Trattnig, Marco Pewal) 2: 2 , F. Banham (27:22, A. Lakos)
The EC VSV wins the final series with 4: 2 victories.

statistics

Top scorer

	player	team	GP	G	A.	PTS	PIM	+/-	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG
	Dany Bousquet	VSV	13	11	7th	18th	10	+5	5	2	1	0	2
	Stephané Roy	VSV	11	4th	11	15th	10	+7	2	3	1	1	2
	Marc Brown	VSV	13	7th	7th	14th	24	+4	0	5	0	0	1
	Marco Pewal	Salzburg	11	3	10	13	14th	+1	1	5	0	0	0
	Frank Banham	Salzburg	11	5	7th	12	10	+5	3	1	0	0	0
	Mickey Elick	VSV	13	1	11	12	14th	+6	1	6th	0	0	0
	Günther Lanzinger	VSV	13	6th	5	11	20th	+1	5	1	0	0	0
	Patrick Thoresen	Salzburg	9	4th	7th	11	12	+6	0	3	0	0	2
	André Lakos	Salzburg	11	3	7th	10	2	+3	1	3	0	0	2
	Todd Elik	innsbruck	7th	1	9	10	18th	−7	1	7th	0	0	0

Legend:
GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, PTS = scorer points, +/- = plus-minus value, PIM = penalty minutes, PPG = power play goals, PPA = power play assists, SHG = underpaid goals, SHA = underpaid assists, GWG = victory goals

goalkeeper

	player	team	GP	GPI	MIP	SO-CALLED	SVS	GA	SVS%	ATM	SO	W.	L.	OTL
	Gert Prohaska	VSV	13	13	798	412	380	32	92.23	2.41	0	8th	4th	1
	Fabio Gottardis	innsbruck	7th	1	23	12	11	1	91.67	2.61	0	0	0	0
	Artūrs Irbe	Salzburg	10	10	617	279	253	26th	90.68	2.53	1	6th	3	1
	Walter Bartholomew	Capitals	4th	2	120	75	67	8th	89.33	4.00	0	0	2	0
	Claus Dalpiaz	innsbruck	7th	7th	401	197	171	26th	86.80	3.89	0	3	4th	0
	Jürgen Penker	Capitals	4th	2	120	67	57	10	85.07	5.00	0	0	2	0

Legend:
GP = games, GPI = actual stakes, MIP = game minutes, GA = goals conceded, GAA = goals conceded every 60 minutes, SOG = shots on goal, SVS = shots saved, SVS% = catch rate, SO = shutouts, W = wins, L = Losses, OTL = Losses after extra time or penalty shootout

Championship final result

The EC VSV celebrates the championship title.

1. EC VSV
2. EC Red Bull Salzburg
3. HC Innsbruck
4. Vienna Capitals
5. EC KAC
6. EHC Linz
7. EC Graz 99ers

Squad of the Austrian champions

Austrian champion EC VSV

Goalkeepers: Gert Prohaska , Patrick Machreich Defenders: Darrel Scoville , Mike Stewart , Paul Ullrich , David Slivnik , Alexander Neubauer , Martin Oraže , Mickey Elick , Thomas Pfeffer , Herbert Hohenberger Attackers: Thomas Raffl , Roland Kaspitz , Stefan Herzog , Daniel Nageler , Marc Brown , Nikolas Petrik , Günther Lanzinger , Daniel Gauthier , Wolfgang Kromp , Christoph Sivec , Stephané Roy , Markus Peintner , Markus Schlacher , Dany Bousquet , Andreas Judex Coaching team: Greg Holst

All star game

• See also KELLY'S all-star game

For the first time ever , an all-star game took place on February 11th , in which the Austrian national team ( Team Austria ) competed under Jim Boni against a legionnaires team supervised by Kurt Harand and Greg Holst (named Kelly's Allstars after the sponsor ). Both teams were determined by internet voting.

Team Austria	8: 6 (3: 1, 4: 3, 1: 2)	KELLY'S All-Stars
1: 0 G. Unterluggauer (9th) 2: 1 M. Latusa (15th) 3: 1 T. Koch (17th) 4: 4 D. Welser (33rd) 5: 4 M. Trattnig (34th) 6: 4 M. Szücs (34.) 7: 4 D. Kalt (37.) 8: 6 P. Lakos (60./EN)	February 11, 2006 Vienna , Albert-Schultz-Halle 3,000 spectators	1: 1 F. Banham (14th) 3: 2 B. Storey (23rd) 3: 3 M. Brown (28th) 3: 4 F. Banham (31st) 7: 5 D. Bousquet (51st) 7: 6 D. Bousquet (57th)
Oliver Setzinger	Player of the evening	Frank Banham

spectator

A total of 186 games were played and 605,890 spectators attended. With the resulting average of 3,275 spectators per game, the 2005/06 season is the most successful so far in this criterion.

		At home		Away		total
rank	team	Games	average	Games	average	Games	spectator	average
1	EC VSV	31	3,662	30th	3,469	61	217,564	3,567
2	EC KAC	24	3,640	24	3,321	48	167.057	3,480
3	Vienna Capitals	26th	3,852	27	2,961	53	180.095	3,398
4th	EHC Linz	24	3.125	24	3,229	48	152,500	3,177
5	HC Innsbruck	27	3,177	28	3.118	55	173.079	3,147
6th	EC Red Bull Salzburg	30th	2,757	29	3,517	59	184,693	3.130
7th	EC Graz 99ers	24	2,375	24	2,956	48	127,950	2,666

Web links

• Official Bundesliga statistics (PDF file; 373 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Black Wings Linz in bankruptcy , report on the Standard website from June 5, 2005
2. ^ New foundation in Linz ice hockey , report on www.news.at from March 24, 2005
3. ↑ Mats Waltin is gone , report on hockeyfans.at from October 31, 2005
4. ↑ Kevin Primeau becomes the new KAC trainer , report on the Standard website from November 6, 2005
5. ↑ Mike Zettel fired in Graz , report on hockeyfans.at from November 23, 2005
6. ↑ Bill Stewart new 99ers coach , report on www.hockeyfans.at from November 27, 2005
7. ↑ Kurt Harand fired as Linz trainer, ex-Graz coach Mike Zettel is his successor , report on www.news.at from February 20, 2006