Austrian Ice Hockey League 2015/16

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The 2015/16 season of the Austrian Ice Hockey League began on September 11, 2015 and ended on April 12, 2016 with the successful title defense of EC Red Bull Salzburg .

Participating teams

Map of all club locations for the 2015/16 season

In order to avoid the uncertainties that arise every year, the entry period for the season has been set earlier than usual. In January it was announced that all twelve teams involved in the preseason would remain in the league. However, that turned out to be a hasty announcement over the course of the summer; in June problems became apparent again, particularly affecting HC Bozen and HDD Olimpija Ljubljana. Both clubs struggled with major financial problems. The Italians repeatedly asked for the deadline for the final commitment to be postponed. HDD Jesenice's entry was also off the table after the previous club had left the league in the summer of 2012 for financial reasons.

As in previous years, there were also reports of a possible expansion of the league. The HC Slovan Bratislava was since the 2012/13 season in the Continental Hockey League was active (KHL) had, but it got financial problems and therefore looked for alternatives. At the beginning of 2015 there was therefore a change to the EBEL for a while, with the club even carrying out a survey among its supporters. In mid-April it was finally announced that the club was only considering remaining in the KHL or moving to the domestic extra league as serious options.

team Previous year's placement Trainer Home arena capacity
AustriaAustria EC Red Bull Salzburg master CanadaCanada Dan Ratushny Volksgarten arena 3,500
AustriaAustria Vienna Capitals Runner-up ItalyItaly Jim bonuses Albert Schultz Hall 7,022
AustriaAustria EHC Liwest Linz Semi-final out CanadaCanada Rob Daum No worries ice arena 4,863
AustriaAustria EC KAC Semi-final out CanadaCanada Doug Mason (until December 1) Alexander Mellitzer
AustriaAustria 		Ice sports center Klagenfurt 5,088
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Orli Znojmo Quarter final out Czech RepublicCzech Republic Jiří Režnar Hostan Arena 5,500
HungaryHungary Sapa Fehérvár AV19 Quarter final out United StatesUnited States Rob Pallin (until the beginning of January 2016) Hannu Järvenpää
FinlandFinland 		Székesfehérvár ice rink 3,500
AustriaAustria EC VSV Quarter final out FinlandFinland Hannu Järvenpää (until November 5th) Greg Holst
CanadaCanada 		Villach town hall 4,500
ItalyItaly HC Bolzano Quarter final out United StatesUnited States Tom Pokel Ice wave 7,000
AustriaAustria EC Graz 99ers 9. United StatesUnited States Todd Bjorkstrand (until October 5) Ivo Jan
SloveniaSlovenia 		Ice rink Graz-Liebenau 4,050
AustriaAustria EC Dornbirn 10. CanadaCanada Dave MacQueen Dornbirn exhibition stadium 4,270
AustriaAustria HC Innsbruck 11. SwedenSweden Christer Olsson Pierre Beaulieu
CanadaCanada 		Tyrolean hydropower arena 3,200
SloveniaSlovenia HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 12. GermanyGermany Fabian Dahlem Bojan Zajc
SloveniaSlovenia 		Hala Tivoli 4,500

Youth Leagues

The following supranational junior leagues are also organized by Erste Bank Eishockey Liga:

league master Season start Attendees
U20 Erste Bank Young Stars League EC Red Bull Salzburg 29th August 2015 14th
U18 Erste Bank Juniors League SAPA Fehérvár AV19 5th September 2015 18th

mode

The mode remained unchanged compared to the previous season. In the regular round, a double round trip was played (44 games), which was followed by an intermediate round with a simple round trip. The six better-placed teams played for the right to vote for the quarter-finals, the worse-placed teams for the last two playoff places. Playoffs followed with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. The series were played in best-of-seven mode.

The introduction of the three-point rule for victories after regular playing time was new, with which the EBEL followed the international trend with some delay.

Season preparation

As in the previous seasons, the teams took part in various preparatory tournaments. The most important tournament was again the Champions Hockey League , in which Masters Salzburg, the Vienna Capitals, the EHC Linz and the EC KAC participated in the 2015/16 season .

competition Participating teams Results
Nuremberg Insurance Cup
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
August 22 & 23, 2015		 HC Innsbruck
SC Riessersee ( DEL2 )
EV Ravensburg (DEL2)
Dresdner Eislöwen (DEL2)		 1. EV Ravensburg (2 wins)
2. SC Riessersee (1 win)
3: Dresdner Eislöwen (1 win)
4. HC Innsbruck (0 wins)
Mercedes-Benz Rent Cup
Nuremberg
August 28th to 30th, 2015		 EHC Linz
EC Graz 99ers
Nuremberg Ice Tigers ( DEL )		 1st Nuremberg Ice Tigers
2nd EHC Linz
3rd Graz 99ers
Tournament in Renon
4th & 5th September 2015		 EC VSV
Ritten Sport ( Serie A )
Fischtown Pinguins ( DEL2 )
Starbulls Rosenheim (DEL2)		 1. Fischtown Pinguins
2. Starbulls Rosenheim
3. Ritten Sport
4. EC VSV

Basic round

Main round

Table situation after the first round (22 games)
rank team Games S. N SNV NNV SNP NNP Gates TVH Points
1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 22nd 14th 8th 0 0 1 1 70:59 +11 42
2 EHC Linz 22nd 14th 8th 2 1 0 1 58:48 +10 42
3 Orli Znojmo 22nd 13 9 0 3 1 0 80:56 +24 41
4th EC Dornbirn 22nd 12 10 1 3 0 1 59:50 +9 39
5 EC KAC 22nd 12 10 3 1 0 3 72:66 +6 37
6th HC Bolzano 22nd 12 10 1 1 2 1 55:51 +4 35
7th Vienna Capitals 22nd 13 9 3 0 1 0 60:48 +12 35
8th Sapa Fehérvár AV19 22nd 11 11 1 3 2 0 53:57 −4 33
9 EC VSV 22nd 9 13 0 1 1 1 52:53 −1 28
10 HC Innsbruck 22nd 9 13 2 1 0 0 46:66 −20 26th
11 Graz 99ers 22nd 8th 14th 2 2 1 0 45:69 −24 23
12 Olimpija Ljubljana 22nd 5 17th 2 1 0 1 50:77 −27 15th

Defending champion Salzburg started the season with poor performance and was even in last place in the table. With a series of victories, however, he quickly caught up with the top field and finally took over first place. In the first half of the regular season it was also very close to the top of the table between Znojmo, EHC Linz and the Dornbirn ice hockey club. In particular, the performance of the Vorarlberger Club was surprising in view of the assessments made before the season.

The EC KAC was also able to keep up with the teams ahead for a long time. However, the club made an exchange of the coach, fired Doug Mason and hired Alexander Mellitzer first as an interim and later as a full-time coach. After this unexpected change, the team slipped into the lower half of the table. The opposite was the season for EC VSV, where Greg Holst (the club's master coach from the 2005/06 season ) replaced Hannu Järvenpää and the team quickly approached the top of the table.

Sapa Fehérvár AV19, Bolzano Foxes and Vienna Capitals stayed in midfield for most of the regular season. Only towards the end did the club from Hungary lose touch and finally stayed in the bottom third of the table. At the beginning of January 2016, coach Rob Pallin was replaced by Hannu Järvenpää, who had only been dismissed from the EC VSV a few weeks earlier. In the lower third of the table, the Graz 99ers and HC Innsbruck stayed close to each other in the battle for tenth place; both clubs fell far short of expectations, with the respective coaches being replaced.

The HDD Olimpija Ljubljana fell behind in last place. The Slovenian club got off to a good start in the season despite a weak squad, but later recorded mainly defeats (including two series with ten and eleven lost games without a point) and, as in previous seasons, had major financial problems fight.

Towards the end of the main round, a few transfers were also made. The EC KAC signed the Hungarian national team striker István Sofron , who switched from the Krefeld Penguins to the EBEL, defender Brendan Bell reinforced the Bozener Füchse, while André Lakos switched to Orli Znojmo. Furthermore, the Graz 99ers signed Kyle Beach , who had become champions with Salzburg in the previous season.

Table after the main round

rank team SP S. SNV SNP N NNV NNP T GT TVH PKT
1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 44 26th 4th 1 10 2 1 168 112 +56 91
2 EHC Black Wings Linz 44 23 4th 2 11 2 2 137 107 +30 85
3 Orli Znojmo 44 22nd 1 3 15th 3 0 157 116 +41 77
4th Vienna Capitals 44 20th 5 1 16 2 0 125 102 +23 74
5 HC Bolzano 44 20th 2 2 15th 3 2 120 111 +9 73
6th EC Dornbirn 44 21st 1 1 15th 4th 2 126 108 +18 73
7th EC VSV 44 21st 1 1 16 2 3 120 106 +14 72
8th EC KAC 44 18th 4th 0 16 2 4th 139 142 −3 68
9 Sapa Fehérvár AV19 44 14th 3 3 20th 4th 0 105 123 −18 58
10 EC Graz 99ers 44 14th 2 2 22nd 4th 0 94 123 −29 54
11 HC Innsbruck 44 11 2 0 26th 3 2 98 152 −54 42
12 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 44 4th 3 2 32 1 2 85 172 −87 25th

Development of table rank of the main round

Placement round

rank team SP S. SNV SNP N NNV NNP T GT TVH PKT (BPKT)
1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 10 4th 1 0 5 0 0 40 35 +5 20 (6)
2 Orli Znojmo 10 5 0 0 2 1 2 33 36 −3 20 (2)
3 Vienna Capitals 10 5 0 0 4th 0 1 30th 30th ± 0 17 (1)
4th HC Bolzano 10 4th 1 1 4th 0 0 38 32 +6 16 (0)
5 EHC Black Wings Linz 10 3 0 1 5 1 0 32 35 −3 16 (4)
6th EC Dornbirn 10 2 2 1 3 2 0 32 37 −5 14 (0)

Qualifying round

rank team SP S. SNV SNP N NNV NNP T GT TVH PKT (BPKT)
1 EC VSV 10 8th 0 0 0 2 0 34 15th +19 32 (6)
2 EC KAC 10 6th 1 0 3 0 0 43 32 +11 24 (4)
3 HC Innsbruck 10 5 0 1 4th 0 0 29 24 +5 17 (0)
4th Sapa Fehérvár AV19 10 3 1 0 5 0 1 31 31 ± 0 14 (2)
4th EC Graz 99ers 10 3 0 1 5 1 0 22nd 31 −9 13 (1)
6th HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 10 0 1 0 8th 0 1 14th 40 −26 3 (0)

Basic run statistics

Top scorer

player team GP G A. PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG SO-CALLED SG% FOW FOL FO%
John Hughes Salzburg 50 17th 49 66 +11 38 4th 18th 0 0 3 134 12.69 25th 25th 50.00
Andrew Kozek Linz 52 40 26th 66 ± 0 31 20th 9 0 0 7th 223 17.94 7th 7th 50.00
Brett McLean Linz 52 13 47 60 +3 40 8th 22nd 0 1 2 132 9.85 619 505 55.07
Colton Yellow Horn Znojmo 53 28 29 57 +8 36 4th 14th 0 0 8th 159 17.61 101 116 46.54
Ryan Duncan Salzburg 54 15th 41 56 +19 36 4th 8th 2 0 4th 125 12.00 588 498 54.14
Manuel Geier KAC 54 24 29 53 +3 24 9 6th 3 4th 3 151 15.89 35 42 45.45
Roman Tomas Znojmo 54 23 30th 53 +19 44 6th 10 0 0 6th 209 11.00 7th 11 38.89
Jamie Lundmark KAC 54 21st 32 53 +2 26th 7th 13 1 0 6th 187 11.23 194 195 49.87
Peter Pucher Znojmo 53 10 42 52 +23 16 3 13 0 0 3 84 11.90 509 452 52.97
Oliver Setzinger KAC 53 16 35 51 +3 55 1 17th 2 2 4th 142 11.27 2 4th 33.33

Legend : GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, PTS = points, +/- = plus-minus, PIM = penalty minutes, PPG = power play goals, PPA = power play assists, SHG = outnumbered goals, SHA = outnumbered Assists, GWG = winning goals, SOG = shots on goal, SG% = shot efficiency, FOW = face-offs won, FOL = face-offs lost, FO% = face-off win rate

goalkeeper

player team GP GPI GS MIP GA ATM SO-CALLED SVS SVS% SO W. L. OTL
Sebastian Dahm Graz 53 46 46 2696: 07 113 2.51 1626 1513 93.05 6th 22nd 18th 5
Michael Ouzas Linz 52 46 46 2791: 45 121 2.60 1720 1599 92.97 5 26th 15th 5
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux VSV 54 50 50 3032: 15 113 2.24 1561 1448 92.76 4th 28 15th 7th
Nathan Lawson Capitals 50 40 40 2336: 25 88 2.26 1157 1069 92.39 3 24 13 2
Miklós Rajna Fehérvár 52 33 30th 1756: 49 79 2.70 1014 935 92.21 2 14th 12 4th
Florian Hardy Dornbirn 49 37 37 2187: 57 85 2.33 1078 993 92.12 3 20th 12 5
Olivier Roy Ljubljana 43 42 42 2366: 23 128 3.25 1529 1401 91.63 1 9 29 3
Zoltán Hetényi Fehérvár 54 28 24 1515: 42 71 2.81 849 778 91.64 1 10 13 1
Luka Gračnar Salzburg 53 43 41 2452: 31 106 2.59 1250 1144 91.52 4th 27 9 3
Patrik Nechvátal Znojmo 53 51 49 2858: 15 126 2.64 1421 1295 91.13 4th 28 13 5
David Kickert Capitals 54 17th 14th 927: 24 41 2.65 437 396 90.62 1 7th 7th 1
Jaroslav Hübl Bolzano 54 54 54 3253: 06 135 2.49 1436 1301 90.60 4th 30th 19th 5
David Madlener Dornbirn 54 19th 17th 1095: 36 57 3.12 602 545 90.53 0 8th 6th 3
René Swette KAC 27 16 14th 831: 35 39 2.81 394 355 90.10 3 6th 8th 1
Andy Chiodo innsbruck 54 54 54 3272: 15 172 3.15 1728 1556 90.05 3 19th 30th 5
Fabian Weinhandl Salzburg 51 13 11 703: 18 31 2.64 306 275 89.87 1 9 4th 0
Bernd Brückler KAC 52 30th 28 1643: 05 89 3.25 796 707 88.82 0 15th 7th 3
Pekka Tuokkola KAC 24 15th 12 814: 35 38 2.80 330 292 88.48 2 8th 4th 2
Tomaž Trelc Ljubljana 43 18th 11 773: 12 64 4.97 462 398 86.15 0 1 10 1

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Playoffs

Playoff tree

On Monday, February 22nd, and after the end of the intermediate round, the three best placed teams in the placement round selected their opponents for the quarter-finals, resulting in the following pairings.

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  PL1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4th        
QU2 EC KAC 3  
PL1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4th
  QU1 EC VSV 2  
PL3 Vienna Capitals 1
QU1 EC VSV 4th  
PL1 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4th
  PL2 Orli Znojmo 2
PL2 Orli Znojmo 4th    
PL6 EC Dornbirn 2  
PL2 Orli Znojmo 4th
  PL5 EHC Linz 2  
PL4 HC Bolzano 2
  PL5 EHC Linz 4th  

Quarter finals

The shortest series was that between the Vienna Capitals and the EC VSV, although three of the five games could only be decided in overtime. The EC VSV acted defensively and relied on an outstanding goalkeeper in Jean-Philippe Lamoureux , while the Capitals were weakened by a series of failures. Shortly after the crucial game five, it was also announced that Jim Boni would end his job as head coach of the Wiener.

The series between EC Red Bull Salzburg and EC KAC began with two wins for Salzburg, but the EC KAC has since been able to turn it with three wins in a row. The equalizer in Klagenfurt was followed by a playoff, which resulted in a controversial scene: when the score was 3-2 for the home team, a penalty shot was awarded to the EC KAC in the middle of the second third. In the defensive action of the Salzburg goalkeeper Juuso Riksman , he dropped the bat, but this did not lead to any consequences. As a result, Salzburg won the game and the series with two empty net goals.

EC Dornbirn started their series against Orli Znojmo well with two wins, but then lost four times in a row, with which the Czechs won an EBEL quarter-finals for the first time and advanced to the semi-finals. The Czechs switched goalkeeper Patrik Nechvátal to new signing Jan Lukas in the middle of the second game and presented themselves defensively safer in the following games; only game four of the series went into overtime, where it was decided after just forty seconds by the top scorer of the Czechs, Colton Yellow Horn .

The only series in which the better placed team had not made a choice of the opponent began with two victories of the EHC Linz, through which the home right could be achieved. The Bolzano team equalized the series in the meantime, but in the end had to admit defeat in the overtime of the decisive game.

EC Red Bull Salzburg (PL1) - EC KAC (QU2) Season record of
the basic round: 3: 1 wins, 9: 3 points, 18:12 goals
February 26, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC KAC 4: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0)
February 28, 2016 EC KAC - EC Red Bull Salzburg 2: 3 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1)
March 1, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC KAC 3: 6 (0: 2, 1: 1, 2: 3)
4th March 2016 EC KAC - EC Red Bull Salzburg 4: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0)
March 6, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC KAC 3: 4 n.V. (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)
March 8, 2016 EC KAC - EC Red Bull Salzburg 2: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)
March 11, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC KAC 5: 2 (3: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)
Final score in the series: 4: 3
Orli Znojmo (PL2) - EC Dornbirn (PL6) Season record of
the basic round: 5: 1 wins, 15: 3 points, 21:11 goals
February 26, 2016 Orli Znojmo - EC Dornbirn 1: 3 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 1)
February 28, 2016 EC Dornbirn - Orli Znojmo 5: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)
March 1, 2016 Orli Znojmo - EC Dornbirn 3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)
4th March 2016 EC Dornbirn - Orli Znojmo 2: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)
March 6, 2016 Orli Znojmo - EC Dornbirn 5: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)
March 8, 2016 EC Dornbirn - Orli Znojmo 2: 5 (0: 0, 0: 3, 2: 2)
Final score in the series: 4: 2
Vienna Capitals (PL3) - EC VSV (QU1) Season
balance of the basic round: 2: 2 wins, 7: 5 points, 8: 9 goals
February 26, 2016 Vienna Capitals - EC VSV 2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 1)
February 28, 2016 EC VSV - Vienna Capitals 4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)
March 1, 2016 Vienna Capitals - EC VSV 2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
4th March 2016 EC VSV - Vienna Capitals 3: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)
March 6, 2016 Vienna Capitals - EC VSV 2: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Final score in the series: 1: 4
HC Bozen (PL4) - EHC Linz (PL5)
Season balance of the basic round: 2: 4 wins, 7:11 points, 15:21 goals
February 26, 2016 HC Bozen - EHC Linz 3: 5 (1: 1, 0: 2, 2: 2)
February 28, 2016 EHC Linz - HC Bozen 4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0)
March 1, 2016 HC Bozen - EHC Linz 5: 4 n.V. (2: 2, 0: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0)
4th March 2016 EHC Linz - HC Bozen 2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0)
March 6, 2016 HC Bozen - EHC Linz 4: 6 (0: 0, 1: 3, 3: 3)
March 8, 2016 EHC Linz - HC Bozen 3: 2 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
Final score in the series: 2: 4

Semifinals

With Orli Znojmo entering the finals, EC Red Bull Salzburg was the Austrian national champion.

EC Red Bull Salzburg (PL1) - EC VSV (QU1) Season record of
the basic round: 2: 2 wins, 6: 6 points, 10:10 goals
March 13, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC VSV 2: 1 n.V. (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)
15th March 2016 EC VSV - EC Red Bull Salzburg 2: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)
March 18, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC VSV 3: 4 (1: 2, 2: 0, 0: 2)
March 20, 2016 EC VSV - EC Red Bull Salzburg 1: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)
March 22, 2016 EC Red Bull Salzburg - EC VSV 2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
March 24, 2016 EC VSV - EC Red Bull Salzburg 1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2)
Final score in the series: 4: 2
Orli Znojmo (PL2) - EHC Linz (PL5) Season record of
the basic round: 2: 2 wins, 6: 6 points, 15:12 goals
March 13, 2016 Orli Znojmo - EHC Linz 3: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2)
15th March 2016 EHC Linz - Orli Znojmo 0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)
March 18, 2016 Orli Znojmo - EHC Linz 3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)
March 20, 2016 EHC Linz - Orli Znojmo 7: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 4: 2)
March 22, 2016 Orli Znojmo - EHC Linz 4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)
March 24, 2016 EHC Linz - Orli Znojmo 2: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2)
Final score in the series: 4: 2

final

The final series followed the pattern of the previous series of the club, with the Salzburg team lagging behind. The opening win of the Austrians was followed by two defeats, including a 3-7 on their own ice, in which the Czechs presented themselves confidently. However, Salzburg were able to turn the series around again and win the championship in the sixth game in Znojmo. This was the sixth title for the club since joining the EBEL and at the same time the third title defense.

April 1, 2016, 7:40 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,200 spectators 		EC Red Bull Salzburg 4: 2 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2) HC Orli Znojmo
Per Ledin (33:25, Konstantin Komarek , Luciano Aquino )
Dominique Heinrich (35:15, Daniel Welser )
Matthias Trattnig (53:40, Powerplay , John Hughes , Brett Sterling )
John Hughes (58:35, Empty Net ) 		Penalty minutes: 2 or 4
goalkeepers:
Juuso Riksman (Salzburg, 60:00 min., 27 shots, 2 goals)
Jan Lukáš (Znojmo, 58:55 min., 26 shots, 3 goals) 		Ondrej Šedivý (41:16, Libor Šulák , Colton Yellow Horn )
Martin Podešva (50:42, Marek Biro , Radek Číp )
April 3, 2016, 2:45 p.m.
Hostan Arena,
4,800 spectators 		HC Orli Znojmo 5: 3 (1: 2, 1: 1, 3: 0) EC Red Bull Salzburg
Radek Číp (15:50, Powerplay , Peter Pucher , Antonín Bořuta )
Colton Yellow Horn (35:15, Corey Trivino , Antonín Bořuta )
Lubomír Štach (42:31, Peter Pucher , Jan Lattner )
Libor Šulák (50:23, Ondrej Šedivý , Corey Trivino )
Roman Tomas (56:38, Powerplay , Peter Pucher , Ondřej Fiala ) 		Penalty minutes: 2 or 33
goalkeepers:
Jan Lukáš (Znojmo, 60:00 min., 31 shots, 3 goals)
Juuso Riksman (Salzburg, 60:00 min., 35 shots, 5 goals) 		Per Ledin (03:46, Ryan Duncan )
Brett Sterling (18:38, Layne Viveiros , Ryan Duncan )
Manuel Latusa (30:51, Ryan Duncan , Zdeněk Kutlák )
April 5, 2016, 7:40 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,200 spectators 		EC Red Bull Salzburg 3: 7 (0: 2, 1: 1, 2: 4) HC Orli Znojmo
Brian Fahey (37:35, Powerplay , John Hughes , Ryan Duncan )
Daniel Welser (55:34, Layne Viveiros , Dominique Heinrich )
Konstantin Komarek (58:08, Powerplay , Dominique Heinrich , Luciano Aquino ) 		Penalty minutes: 18 or 20
goalkeepers:
Juuso Riksman (Salzburg, 58:58 minutes, 46 shots, 7 goals)
Jan Lukáš (Znojmo, 60:00 minutes, 29 shots, 3 goals) 		Peter Pucher (05:38, Lubomír Štach , Ondřej Fiala )
Roman Tomas (17:33, power play , Antonín Bořuta , André Lakos )
Jan Lattner (35:10, power play , Antonín Bořuta , Peter Pucher )
Martin Podešva (44:28, Powerplay , Colton Yellow Horn , André Lakos )
Corey Trivino (53:07, Lubomír Štach )
Ondrej Šedivý (58:21, Corey Trivino , Colton Yellow Horn )
Radek Číp (59:43, Martin Podešva , Antonín Bořuta )
April 8, 2016, 7:40 p.m.
Hostan Arena
4,800 spectators 		HC Orli Znojmo 2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1) EC Red Bull Salzburg
Jan Lattner (30:15, David Bartoš , Colton Yellow Horn )
Ondrej Šedivý (40:41, Antonín Bořuta , David Bartoš ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 10
goalkeepers:
Jan Lukáš (Znojmo, 21:54 min., 18 shots, 3 goals)
Patrik Nechvátal (Znojmo, 38:06, 16 shots, 3 goals)
Juuso Riksman (Salzburg, 60:00 min.) , 28 shots, 2 goals) 		Manuel Latusa (03:55, Daniel Welser , Ben Walter )
Brett Sterling (16:19, Layne Viveiros , Ryan Duncan )
Manuel Latusa (21:54, Ben Walter , Daniel Welser )
Per Ledin (37:04, Luciano Aquino , Konstantin Komarek )
Dominique Heinrich (38:33, Ryan Duncan , John Hughes )
John Hughes (48:02, Brian Fahey , Brett Sterling )
April 10, 2016, 2:45 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,200 spectators 		EC Red Bull Salzburg 4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1) HC Orli Znojmo
Manuel Latusa (08:49, Daniel Welser , Ben Walter )
Brett Sterling (09:03, Ryan Duncan )
Brett Sterling (25:48, John Hughes )
Luciano Aquino (42:11, Brian Fahey , Konstantin Komarek ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 12
goalkeepers:
Juuso Riksman (Salzburg, 60:00 min., 24 shots, 2 goals)
Jan Lukáš (Znojmo, 58:21 min., 30 shots, 4 goals) 		Libor Šulák (12:16, Powerplay , Corey Trivino , Colton Yellow Horn )
Martin Podešva (45:06, Radek Číp , Jakub Stehlík )
April 12, 2016, 7:40 p.m.
Hostan Arena
4,054 spectators 		HC Orli Znojmo 3: 4 (2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1) EC Red Bull Salzburg
Martin Podešva (17:09, Radek Číp , Colton Yellow Horn )
Jiří Beroun (18:39, David Bartoš , Corey Trivino )
Jan Lattner (37:35, Corey Trivino , Colton Yellow Horn ) 		Penalty minutes: 16 or 8
goalkeepers:
Jan Lukáš (Znojmo, 57:49 min., 32 shots, 4 goals)
Juuso Riksman (Salzburg, 60:00 min., 34 shots, 3 goals) 		Brian Fahey (10:27, Powerplay , Brian Connelly , Luciano Aquino )
Brett Sterling (20:55, Brian Fahey )
Ryan Duncan (38:10, John Hughes )
Zdeněk Kutlák (47:46, Powerplay , Andreas Kristler , John Hughes )

Playoff statistics

Top scorer

player team GP G A. PTS +/- PIM PPG PPA SHG SHA GWG SO-CALLED SG% FOW FOL FO%
Colton Yellow Horn Znojmo 18th 8th 21st 29 +7 8th 3 5 2 0 1 68 11.76% 43 64 40.19%
Corey Trivino Znojmo 18th 6th 14th 20th ± 0 6th 0 6th 0 0 1 44 13.64% 166 155 51.71%
John Hughes Salzburg 19th 7th 11 18th +8 10 0 6th 0 0 0 63 11.11% 7th 7th 50.00%
Roman Tomas Znojmo 18th 11 4th 15th −2 10 4th 1 0 0 2 62 17.74% 0 0 0.00%
Ryan Duncan Salzburg 19th 3 12 15th +3 2 1 3 0 0 0 44 6.82% 182 158 53.53%
Brett Sterling Salzburg 19th 9 4th 13 +4 71 2 1 0 0 4th 62 14.52% 9 14th 39.13%
Jan Lattner Znojmo 18th 4th 9 13 +12 10 1 1 0 1 1 55 7.27% 2 2 50.00%
Konstantin Komarek Salzburg 19th 4th 9 13 +6 14th 2 4th 0 0 0 31 12.90% 198 189 51.16%
Antonín Bořuta Znojmo 18th 3 10 13 +7 8th 1 5 0 0 1 42 7.14% 0 0 0.00%
Martin Podešva Znojmo 18th 7th 5 12 −3 16 3 0 0 0 2 43 16.28% 116 110 51.33%

Legend : GP = games, G = goals, A = assists, PTS = points, +/- = plus-minus, PIM = penalty minutes, PPG = power play goals, PPA = power play assists, SHG = outnumbered goals, SHA = outnumbered Assists, GWG = winning goals, SOG = shots on goal, SG% = shot efficiency, FOW = face-offs won, FOL = face-offs lost, FO% = face-off win rate

goalkeeper

player team GP GPI GS MIP GA ATM SO-CALLED SVS SVS% SO W. L. OTL
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux VSV 11 11 11 701: 02 20th 1.71 364 344 94.51 1 6th 2 3
Florian Hardy Dornbirn 6th 6th 6th 340: 40 13 2.29 185 172 92.97 1 2 3 1
Juuso Riksman Salzburg 19th 14th 14th 851: 57 35 2.46 441 406 92.06 0 10 4th 0
Nathan Lawson Capitals 4th 4th 4th 271: 10 11 2.43 133 122 91.73 0 1 1 2
René Swette KAC 7th 6th 6th 367: 38 18th 2.94 211 193 91.47 0 3 3 0
Luka Gračnar Salzburg 19th 5 5 309: 05 16 3.11 181 165 91.16 0 2 2 1
Michael Ouzas Linz 12 12 12 741: 24 40 3.24 449 409 91.09 0 6th 5 1
Jan Lukáš Znojmo 18th 14th 13 770: 06 37 2.88 412 375 91.02 0 8th 5 0
Patrik Nechvátal Znojmo 18th 6th 5 304: 50 18th 3.54 167 149 89.22 1 2 3 0
Jaroslav Hübl Bolzano 6th 6th 6th 383: 16 23 3.60 171 148 86.55 0 2 3 1

Legend : GP = games, GPI = actual stakes, GS = started games, MIP = game minutes, GA = goals conceded, GAA = goals against goals , SOG = shots on goal, SVS = shots saved, SVS% = catch rate , SO = shutouts, W = wins, L = losses in regular time, OTL = losses in overtime

League champions squad

Austrian champion
EBEL champion


EC Red Bull Salzburg

Goalkeepers: Luka Gračnar , Juuso Riksman

Defenders: Brian Connelly , Brian Fahey , Dominique Heinrich , Zdeněk Kutlák , Philipp Lindner , Alexander Pallestrang , Matthias Trattnig , Layne Viveiros

Attackers: Luciano Aquino , Florian Baltram , Marco Brucker , Alexander Cijan , Ryan Duncan , Peter Hochkofler , John Hughes , Konstantin Komarek , Andreas Kristler , Manuel Latusa , Per Ledin , Alexander Rauchwald , Brett Sterling , Ben Walter , Daniel Welser

Coaching staff: Daniel Ratushny , Rob Davison

Audience statistics

The following table shows the attendance figures for the clubs and the entire league. Home and away games as well as the totals are listed.

Home games Away games total
rank team SP TO SCHN SP TO SCHN SP TO SCHN
1 Vienna Capitals 30th 144.503 4,816 29 89,537 3,087 59 234.040 3,966
2 EHC Linz 33 153.215 4,642 33 103.138 3.125 66 256.353 3,884
3 EC VSV 32 116,530 3,641 33 106,457 3,225 65 222,987 3,430
4th EC KAC 30th 107,320 3,577 31 98,406 3,174 61 205.726 3,372
5 Orli Znojmo 36 114.315 3,175 36 112,220 3.117 72 226,535 3,146
6th Sapa Fehérvár AV19 27 85.394 3,162 27 68.184 2,525 54 15.3578 2,844
7th EC Dornbirn 30th 88,738 2,957 30th 88,555 2,951 60 177.293 2,954
8th HC Bolzano 30th 81,937 2,731 30th 96,632 3,221 60 178,569 2,976
9 EC Red Bull Salzburg 37 98.504 2,662 36 128,856 3,579 73 227.360 3.114
10 Graz 99ers 27 56,489 2,092 27 73.051 2,705 54 129,540 2,398
11 HC Innsbruck 27 41,300 1,529 27 75,539 2,797 54 116,839 2.163
12 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 27 23,221 860 27 70,891 2,625 54 94.112 1,742
League total 366 1,111,466 3,037 366 1,111,466 3,037 732 2,222,932 3,037

referee

The following referees formed the squad for the games of the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga:

# 44 Vladimir BabicSlovakiaSlovakia # 11 Peter GebeiHungaryHungary # 22 Manuel NikolicAustriaAustria # 4 Viktor Trilar SloveniaSlovenia
# 17 Thomas BernekerAustriaAustria # 19 Roland waiterAustriaAustria # 29 Trpimir PiragicCroatiaCroatia # 9 Shane Warshaw United StatesUnited States
# 2 Igor DremeljSloveniaSlovenia # 33 Gergely KincsesHungaryHungary # 23 Stefan SiegelAustriaAustria # 10 Florian Widmann AustriaAustria
# 28 Daniel GamperAustriaAustria # 20 Kristijan NikolicAustriaAustria # 3 Ladislav SmetanaSlovakiaSlovakia # 16 Milan Zrnic SloveniaSlovenia
# 6 Patrick GruberAustriaAustria # 21 Miroslav Stolc SlovakiaSlovakia

Others

Since the ÖEHV entered into a cooperation with the statistics service provider Hockeydata in the summer of 2015 , the reporting and statistics system of the EBEL was also changed. From then on, player registrations and de-registrations were made electronically. The measure also expanded the range of statistics so that data on the ice age, fouls, hits and the like should have been available for the new season. In practice, however, this turned out to be impossible to implement as planned, so that, for example, the time-on-ice statistics were only available from the final series.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All 12 EBEL teams name for the 2015-16 season , report on hockeyfans.at from January 12, 2015
  2. ↑ The EBEL fears for its participants , report on hockeyfans.at from June 17, 2015
  3. ↑ Bozen's boss Knoll speaks plain text with an open letter , report on hockeyfans.at from June 19, 2015
  4. ↑ Bratislava asks fans about joining the EBEL , report on hockeyfans.at from March 20, 2015
  5. ↑ Bratislava finally drops EBEL plans , report on hockeyfans.at from April 15, 2015
  6. ↑ Jim Boni remains Capitals trainer , report on hockeyfans.at from April 15, 2015
  7. ↑ Rob Daum extends contract until 2017 , report on hockeyfans.at from April 20, 2015
  8. ↑ Doug Mason remains coach at record champions KAC , report on hockeyfans.at from April 7, 2015
  9. ↑ Change of coach at EC KAC , report on erstebankliga.at from December 1, 2015
  10. ↑ Fehervar is Järvenpää as the new head coach , report on hockeyfans.at from January 7, 2016
  11. ↑ Järvenpää era in Villach over , report on erstebankliga.at from November 5, 2015
  12. ↑ Greg Holst takes over again at EC VSV , report on erstebankliga.at from November 9, 2015
  13. ↑ Graz 99ers separate from Todd Bjorkstrand, Ivo Jan takes over , report on erstebankliga.at dated October 5, 2015
  14. ↑ Haie kick out coach Christer Olsson , report on hockeyfans.at from December 23, 2015
  15. ↑ Fabian Dahlem stays head coach at Ljubljana , report on erstebankliga.at from 23 August 2015
  16. ↑ Laibach's trainer throws in the towel , report on hockeyfans.at from January 31, 2016
  17. ↑ The schedule for the 2015-16 season is here , report on erstebankliga.at from July 1, 2015
  18. ↑ EBEL - That was the first Media Day ( Memento from August 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), report on hockey-news.info from August 10, 2015
  19. ↑ Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers win Mercedes-Benz Rent Cup 2015 , report on eishockey-online.com from August 31, 2015
  20. ↑ Fischtown Pinguins win Arena Cup , report on rittensport.it from September 5, 2015
  21. ↑ Rittner Buam win the game for 3rd place , report on rittensport.it from September 5, 2015
  22. ↑ Squad rating of the Dornbirner Bulldogs on hockey-news.info ( memento from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) from September 1, 2015
  23. ↑ Scouting report by Bernd Freimüller on laola1.at from January 4, 2016
  24. ^ Innsbruck in the crisis , report on tt.com from December 7, 2015
  25. ↑ Squad rating on hockey-news.info ( memento from January 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) from August 30, 2015
  26. ↑ Tweet from Scout Bernd Freimüller regarding the arrears of the Ljubljana team from November 24th, 2015
  27. ↑ KAC signs Istvan Sofron , report on kac.at from January 14, 2016
  28. ↑ Bolzano confirms receipt by Brendan Bell , report on hockeyfans.at of January 8, 2016
  29. ↑ Znojmo signs André Lakos , report on erstebankliga.at from January 6, 2016
  30. ↑ Kyle Beach strengthens the Graz 99ers , report on hockeyfans.at from December 19, 2015
  31. ↑ That's why the VSV is in the semi-finals ( memento from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), report on hockey-news.info from March 8, 2016
  32. ↑ Jim Boni throws in the towel ( Memento from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), report on hockey-news.info from March 7, 2016
  33. ↑ Salzburg gets the ticket for the semi-finals ( Memento from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), report on hockey-news.info from March 11, 2016
  34. ↑ Salzburg made it to the semifinals , report on orf.at from March 11, 2016
  35. ↑ Znojmo writes history in Dornbirn ( memento from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), report on hockey-news.info from March 8, 2016
  36. ↑ McLean's overtime winner solves the Linz semifinal ticket ( memento from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), report on hockey-news.info from March 8, 2016
  37. ↑ Znojmo seizes the final advantage with victory in Salzburg , report on hockeyfans.at from April 5, 2016
  38. ^ Salzburg is EBEL master , report on kurier.at from April 12, 2016
  39. ↑ EBEL referee on eishockeyschiedsrichter.at
  40. ↑ A new club portal is being created ( Memento from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), report on eishockey.at from June 19, 2015