Austrian Ice Hockey League 2017/18

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The 2017/18 season of the Austrian Ice Hockey League began on September 8, 2017. The defending champions were the Vienna Capitals . The Italian club HC Bozen became the new champions for the second time in five seasons with a 4-3 final win over EC Red Bull Salzburg . As the best Austrian club, Salzburg achieved their eighth Austrian championship title .

In advance

Participating teams

Map of all club locations for the 2017/18 season

As in previous years, there were very early reports about a possible expansion of the league. In January 2017 it became known that the Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb had applied for resumption. The club had already been active in the EBEL between 2009 and 2013 and had in the meantime played in the KHL for four years . This was confirmed shortly before the pre-season play-offs; the Croatians replaced the last remaining Slovenian league club HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , which had left the league after ten years and went into bankruptcy a little later. The Laibacher had previously struggled for years with payment problems and a barely competitive team. Due to the change, the number of teams remained the same.

team Previous year's placement Home arena capacity
AustriaAustria Vienna Capitals master Erste Bank Arena 7,022
AustriaAustria EC KAC Runner-up Ice sports center Klagenfurt 5,088
AustriaAustria EC Red Bull Salzburg Semi-final out Ice arena Salzburg 2,500
ItalyItaly HC Bolzano Semi-final out Ice wave 7,200
AustriaAustria HC Innsbruck Quarter final out Tyrolean hydropower arena 3,200
AustriaAustria EC Graz 99ers Quarter final out Ice rink Graz-Liebenau 4,050
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Orli Znojmo Quarter final out Nevoga Arena 5,500
AustriaAustria EHC Black Wings Linz Quarter final out Don't worry about the EisArena 5,088
AustriaAustria Dornbirn Bulldogs Rank 9 Dornbirn exhibition stadium 4,270
AustriaAustria EC VSV Rank 10 Villach town hall 4,500
HungaryHungary Fehérvár AV19 Rank 12 Székesfehérvár ice rink 3,500
CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb new to the league Dom sportova 6,358

Trainer

The EHC Linz dissolved its contract with head coach Rob Daum by mutual agreement after a total of six seasons and a championship title in the 2011/12 season and signed Troy Ward as his successor. Last year's finalist EC KAC signed Steve Walker after Mike Pellegrims moved to the German Ice Hockey League for the Düsseldorfer EG after just one season . Pat Curcio took over from Tom Pokel at HC Bozen, but was replaced by the Finn Kai Suikkanen in November .

team Trainer
AustriaAustria Vienna Capitals CanadaCanada Serge Aubin
AustriaAustria EC KAC CanadaCanada Steve Walker
AustriaAustria EC Red Bull Salzburg United StatesUnited States Greg Poss
ItalyItaly HC Bolzano CanadaCanada Pat Curcio Kai Suikkanen (since the end of November 2017)
FinlandFinland
AustriaAustria HC Innsbruck United StatesUnited States Rob Pallin
AustriaAustria EC Graz 99ers CanadaCanada Doug Mason
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Orli Znojmo Czech RepublicCzech Republic Roman Šimíček Miroslav Fryčer / Rostislav Docekal (from February 2018)
Czech RepublicCzech RepublicCanadaCanada Czech RepublicCzech Republic
AustriaAustria EHC Black Wings Linz United StatesUnited States Troy Ward
AustriaAustria Dornbirn Bulldogs CanadaCanada Dave MacQueen
AustriaAustria EC VSV CanadaCanada Greg Holst Markus Peintner (since December 2017)
AustriaAustria
HungaryHungary Fehérvár AV19 CanadaCanada Benoit Laporte Hannu Järvenpää (since December 2017)
FinlandFinland
CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb CanadaCanada Connor Cameron Douglas Bradley (since December 2017)
United StatesUnited States

mode

The mode remained unchanged from the previous seasons. A basic round with 44 games was initially played. The field of participants was then split up; the six best teams were automatically qualified for the playoffs and contested a placement round with ten games for the opponent's right to vote for the quarter-finals. The other six teams played in the qualifying round in ten games for the remaining two playoff places. In both groups, bonus points are awarded following the placement in the basic round.

The playoffs were then played with quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals in Best of Seven mode .

Reports of a possible bribery attempt

In August 2017, reports of a possible bribe attempt in the preseason became public. The Ljubljana goalkeeper Jeff Frazee reported that his coach had been contacted by an official of the Orli Znojmo club before the last match in the qualifying round , who at that time still had a chance of participating in the playoff, and at his "price" to influence in favor of the Czechs. After the matter became known, the EBEL took appropriate steps, which, however, subsequently (as of December 2018) did not lead to any results (announced to the public).

Season preparation

As in previous seasons, the Champions Hockey League was the most important tournament in preparation for the season this year . From the EBEL, the reigning champion Vienna Capitals , runner-up EC KAC , as well as second in the placement round, EC Red Bull Salzburg qualified for this. In addition, the teams contested a number of club tournaments.

Note: EBEL teams are shown in bold .

Overview of all preparation tournaments
competition Attendees Results
Rudi-Hiti-Cup
17th to 18th August 2017 		Vienna Capitals
EC KAC
EC Graz 99ers
Rapaces de Gap ( Ligue Magnus )
Lyon Hockey Club (Ligue Magnus)
Stavanger Oilers ( GET-ligaen ) 		EC KAC - Lyon Hockey Club: 3: 4
EC Graz 99ers - Stavanger Oilers: 3: 4
Vienna Capitals - Lyon Hockey Club: 5: 0
Vienna Capitals - Stavanger Oilers: 2: 3 n.p.
EC Graz 99ers - Rapaces de Gap : 5: 3
EC Graz 99ers - Lyon Hockey Club: 3: 2
EC KAC - Stavanger Oilers: 3: 2 n.v.
Visegrad Cup
August 22nd to 29th
Playoffs: October 2017 to January 2018 		Fehérvár AV19
DVTK Jegesmedvék ( MOL Liga )
MAC Budapest (MOL Liga)
Újpesti TE (MOL Liga)
HK Nitra ( Tipsport Extraliga )
HC Nové Zámky (Tipsport Extraliga)
HK Poprad (Tipsport Extraliga)
MsHK Žilina (Tipsport Extraliga) 		Tournament winner: HK Nitra
Semifinal-Out: Sapa Fehérvár AV19
Vinschgau Cup, South Tyrol
28 August to 3 September 		EHC Linz
ERC Ingolstadt ( DEL )
Färjestad BK ( Svenska Hockeyligan ) 		ERC Ingolstadt - EHC Linz : 2: 3
EHC Linz - Färjestad BK: 1: 7
Färjestad BK - ERC Ingolstadt: 3: 1
Energie Steiermark Trophy
1st to 2nd September 2017 		EC Graz 99ers
Eisbären Berlin ( DEL )
HK Nitra ( Tipsport Extraliga )
Pelicans ( SM-liiga ) 		HK Nitra - Pelicans: 1: 3
Graz 99ers - Eisbären Berlin: 6: 7 n.P.
Graz 99ers - HK Nitra: 4: 2 (game for 3rd place)
Eisbären Berlin - Pelicans: 3: 5 (final)

Basic round

Main round

The Vienna Capitals continued the successful run from the previous season and started the season with twelve victories in a row in regular time, which was a new EBEL record. Only the EC VSV succeeded in their thirteenth game their first win against the reigning champions in overtime. Despite a few short periods of weakness, however, the Viennese held the first place in the table until the last matchday. Second place went to EC Red Bull Salzburg, which had a poor start to the season and only found its usual form in the second half of the main round.

The EHC Linz was the first pursuer of the Capitals for a large part of the season and alternated in this role with the EC KAC. In the latter, the performances of the legionnaires Jon Rheault and Julian Talbot , who had just joined the team before the season, were particularly disappointing , so that Andrew Kozek and Nick St. Pierre had to be brought in as reinforcements during the season .

HC Innsbruck and returnees Medveščak Zagreb established themselves in the middle of the table, with the latter quickly parting with goalkeeper Gašper Krošelj . A little later, coach Connor Cameron was also replaced by EBEL-experienced Douglas Bradley , but this improved performance only moderately in connection with the only average goalkeeper Kevin Carr .

The Dornbirn Bulldogs had to struggle with defensive problems from the start of the season, to which the club responded by terminating the contract of French goalkeeper Ronan Quemener . His successor Rasmus Rinne turned out to be a significant improvement, so that the Bulldogs were in the top six in the meantime, but could not keep this good place in the table until the end.

The Graz 99ers could not maintain the level after a passable start and fell back in the table. The reaction was at the end of the main round with the dismissal of goalkeeper Hannu Toivonen , who could not convince. He was replaced by Andrew Engelage , but this did not result in any significant improvement.

HC Bozen started the season with little success and ended up in the last place in the table. The club's management reacted by replacing coach Pat Curcio with the Finn Kai Suikkanen , who restructured the team. Goalkeeper Marcel Melicherčík was also replaced by Pekka Tuokkola , who had previously helped out at the Vienna Capitals. It was not possible to reach the top six, but the team's performance stabilized towards the end of the regular round.

The Hungarian club SAPA Fehérvár AV19 could not convince the whole season, which only improved a bit with the signing of Mac Carruth in goal. However, since the season had already started poorly (of the first 15 encounters, the team could only win four and collect 10 points), a playoff spot remained out of reach even after coach Benoît Laporte was replaced by Hannu Järvenpää .

The EC VSV did not find their form throughout the regular season, which ultimately culminated in the dismissal of coach Greg Holst . His successor Markus Peintner was also unable to set new accents, so the club finished the regular round in penultimate place. In the end, HC Orli Znojmo was at the bottom of the league, who had been able to hold their own in the top half of the table for the first half of the regular season. Several long series of defeats let the team fall further and further.

Cross table of the main round results

As of February 4, 2018

Home team Visiting team
AustriaAustria
Vienna 		AustriaAustria Klagenfurt AustriaAustria Salzburg ItalyItaly
Bolzano 		AustriaAustria innsbruck AustriaAustria
Graz 		Czech RepublicCzech Republic Znojmo AustriaAustria
Linz 		AustriaAustria Dornbirn AustriaAustria
Villach 		HungaryHungary Fehérvár CroatiaCroatia
Zagreb
Vienna - 4: 1
3: 1 		1: 2
5: 4 		3: 2
2: 3 		5: 3
1: 3 		5: 3
3: 0 		6: 4
2: 3 n.p. 		2: 1
3: 2 		2: 0
2: 3 a.d. 		3: 1
6: 1 		0: 1
5: 2 		2-0
2-1
Klagenfurt 2: 5
7: 5 		- 0: 3
3: 4 a.d. 		2: 1
3: 0 		3: 2
5: 6 n.P. 		2: 4
1: 2 		3: 1
3: 0 		0: 1
3: 6 		3: 1
0: 2 		1-0
3-2 		3: 1
4: 0 		4: 1
3: 4 n.v.
Salzburg 0: 4
5: 1 		6: 3
3: 2 		- 1: 2
2: 1 		6: 3
2: 3 n.v. 		2: 1 n.P.
8: 3 		5: 2
4: 1 		4: 2
4: 5 		3: 4
1: 0 		3: 5
6: 2 		8: 4
2: 0 		3: 1
5: 2
Bolzano 1: 3
2: 3 n.p. 		4: 5
0: 2 		2: 3
4: 3 		- 1: 0
1: 2 		2: 3 a.d.
4: 0 		2: 4
7: 3 		4: 2
3: 4 		4: 1
4: 2 		3: 4
2: 1 n.v. 		7: 2
3: 2 n.p. 		4: 1
6: 3
innsbruck 1: 4
2: 3 		2: 4
4: 1 		5: 8
4: 3 		5: 3
3: 2 n.p. 		- 4: 3
5: 2 		7: 1
9: 2 		4: 0
3: 2 n.p. 		4: 1
1: 2 		1: 3
3: 0 		4: 2
4: 3 n.p. 		3: 1
3: 1
Graz 3: 2
0: 2 		1: 4
1: 4 		3: 2
3: 7 		8: 7 n.P.
3: 2 		5: 3
5: 4 n.v. 		- 4: 2
3: 1 		2: 3
4: 3 		2: 3
4: 3 n.v. 		5: 2
5: 3 		5: 2
7: 2 		7: 5
4: 3
Znojmo 3: 4
1: 2 a.d. 		2: 3
3: 1 		4: 0
3: 4 a.d. 		3: 4 a.d.
4: 2 		4: 3 n.V.
6: 5 n.P. 		3: 0
5: 4 a.d. 		- 3: 2 a.d.
3: 6 		5: 1
2: 6 		3: 1
0: 2 		2: 3 a.d.
1: 4 		2: 3 a.d.
2: 5
Linz 3: 4
5: 4 n.v. 		2: 3 a.d.
4: 2 		3: 2
1: 2 		4: 1
4: 1 		6: 2
4: 1 		5: 2
3: 1 		8: 3
2: 1 		- 4: 3
5: 2 		5: 6
2: 0 		3: 2
6: 3 		8: 1
4: 3 n.p.
Dornbirn 2: 5
3: 2 a.d. 		4: 3
3: 2 n.v. 		5: 3
3: 8 		4: 1
2: 3 a.d. 		3: 4 a.d.
4: 5 		3: 4
5: 6 a.d. 		8: 5
4: 2 		3: 2 n.P.
2: 5 		- 4: 3
3: 4 		2: 3 n.P.
3: 2 n.V. 		3: 4 a.d.
3: 0
Villach 4: 3 n.p.
4: 2 		3: 4
3: 4 n.p. 		1: 3
1: 4 		5: 4 n.P.
1: 5 		1: 2 a.d.
2: 4 		4: 3
5: 2 		0: 2
2: 3 		5: 1
4: 1 		3: 6
2: 1 		- 1: 2 n.p.
4: 3 		6: 1
3: 8
Fehérvár 1: 9
1: 5 		1: 7
0: 3 		2: 1
1: 2 		1-0
4: 5 		2: 4
3: 2 		3: 2
4: 1 		1: 2
3: 2 n.p. 		1: 4
8: 4 		2: 1
2: 1 		3-0
5: 4 		- 0: 4
2: 3 n.P.
Zagreb 4: 1
2: 6 		5: 1
3: 2 		6: 3
5: 4 		7: 3
1: 2 		3: 1
9: 3 		5: 2
3: 1 		1-0
3: 4 		4: 5 n.P.
4: 3 		0: 3
2: 5 		5: 2
7: 2 		3: 4 a.d.
2: 3 a.d. 		-
n / a - victory after extra time; nP - Victory after penalty shootout

Table after the main round

Explanations: placement round , qualifying round

rank team Sp S. N SNV / P NNV / P T GT TVH Points
1 Vienna Capitals 44 28 9 2 5 146 97 +49 93
2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 44 25th 15th 3 1 158 116 +42 82
3 EHC Black Wings Linz 44 24 13 3 4th 155 122 +33 82
4th EC KAC 44 21st 17th 2 4th 120 112 +8 71
5 HC Innsbruck 44 18th 16 7th 3 146 132 +14 71
6th KHL Medveščak Zagreb 44 17th 19th 4th 4th 139 139 ± 0 63
7th Dornbirn Bulldogs 44 15th 18th 5 6th 127 133 −6 61
8th EC Graz 99ers 44 16 21st 5 2 133 153 −20 60
9 HC Bolzano 44 15th 20th 4th 5 124 125 −1 58
10 Fehérvár AV19 44 12 22nd 6th 4th 100 145 −45 52
11 EC VSV 44 14th 24 2 4th 112 146 −34 50
12 Orli Znojmo 44 11 22nd 5 6th 112 152 −40 49

Table rank history

Ranking according to the round results on the league homepage

Intermediate round

Placement round

Cross-table of the placement round
Home team Visiting team
AustriaAustria
Vienna 		AustriaAustriaSalzburg AustriaAustria
Linz 		AustriaAustriaKlagenfurt AustriaAustriainnsbruck CroatiaCroatia
Zagreb
Vienna - 2: 4 5: 6 4: 1 5: 1 5-0
Salzburg 1: 3 - 9: 5 3: 2 n.p. 4: 1 4: 5 a.d.
Linz 7: 6 n.p. 3: 2 - 3-0 4: 2 2: 3
Klagenfurt 3: 1 4: 5 n.p. 3: 2 - 0: 4 4: 3
innsbruck 4: 6 3: 6 4: 3 n.p. 4: 2 - 3: 5
Zagreb 1: 2 n.p. 2: 3 2: 3 2: 4 5: 2 -
n / a - victory after extra time; nP - Victory after penalty shootout
Placement round table

The four best-placed teams in the regular round will receive bonus points for the placement round.

The first two teams qualify for the Champions Hockey League 2018/19 .

rank team Sp S. N SNV NNV T GT TVH PKT (BPKT)
1 AustriaAustria Vienna Capitals 10 5 3 1 1 39 28 +11 24 (6)
2 AustriaAustria EC Red Bull Salzburg 10 5 2 2 1 41 30th +11 24 (4)
3 AustriaAustria EHC Black Wings Linz 10 5 3 1 1 38 36 +2 20 (2)
4th AustriaAustria EC KAC 10 4th 4th 0 2 23 31 −8 15 (1)
5 CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb 10 3 5 1 1 28 32 −4 12 (0)
6th AustriaAustria HC Innsbruck 10 2 7th 1 0 28 40 −12 8 (0)

Qualification for the Champions Hockey League 2018/19

Qualifying round

Cross-table of the qualifying round
Home team Visiting team
AustriaAustriaDornbirn AustriaAustria
Graz 		ItalyItaly
Bolzano 		HungaryHungaryFehérvár AustriaAustria
Villach 		Czech RepublicCzech Republic
Znojmo
Dornbirn - 5: 4 4: 1 4: 3 5: 1 5: 3
Graz 3: 7 - 0: 4 1: 2 1: 3 4: 3 a.d.
Bolzano 2: 1 a.d. 7: 1 - 1: 2 5: 2 4: 3 n.p.
Fehérvár 5: 4 n.p. 3: 2 1: 3 - 1: 2 n.p. 2: 3 n.p.
Villach 6: 3 4: 5 a.d. 1: 4 2: 4 - 4: 2
Znojmo 2: 3 a.d. 4-0 1-0 1: 2 6-0 -
n / a - victory after extra time; nP - Victory after penalty shootout
Qualifying round table
rank team Sp S. N SNV NNV T GT TVH PKT (BPKT)
1 AustriaAustria Dornbirn Bulldogs 10 6th 1 1 2 41 30th +11 28 (6)
2 ItalyItaly HC Bolzano 10 5 3 2 0 31 16 +15 21 (2)
3 HungaryHungary Fehérvár AV19 10 5 2 1 2 25th 23 +2 20 (1)
4th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Orli Znojmo 10 3 3 1 3 28 24 +4 14 (0)
5 AustriaAustria EC VSV 10 3 5 1 1 25th 36 −11 12 (0)
6th AustriaAustriaEC Graz 99ers 10 0 8th 2 0 21st 42 −21 8 (4)

Qualification for the play-offs ; Season ended

Basic run statistics

Top scorer

player team Sp T V Pt +/- SM PPT PPA SHT SHA GW SaT S%
Rafael Rotter Vienna Capitals 54 30th 41 71 +26 103 11 18th 0 0 5 111 27.03
Corey Locke EHC Black Wings Linz 54 23 47 70 +20 34 4th 13 1 1 6th 135 17.04
Brian Lebler EHC Black Wings Linz 54 38 27 65 +30 70 10 5 2 0 12 201 18.91
Tyler Morley KHL Medvešcak Zagreb 54 25th 38 63 +22 44 2 10 4th 0 2 211 11.85
John Hughes EC Red Bull Salzburg 51 15th 46 61 +23 8th 2 19th 0 0 2 117 12.82
Andrew Clark HC Innsbruck 54 24 35 59 +4 33 6th 11 1 2 4th 165 14.55
Sondre Olden KHL Medvešcak Zagreb 53 28 29 57 +30 26th 5 2 1 1 3 205 13.66
Andrew Yogan HC Innsbruck 54 25th 32 57 +1 86 5 6th 2 1 5 187 13.37
Dan DaSilva EHC Black Wings Linz 50 22nd 33 55 +14 56 4th 11 1 0 2 164 13.41
Fabio Hofer EHC Black Wings Linz 54 21st 34 55 +19 18th 7th 8th 0 0 3 168 12.50
Mitch Wahl 1 HC Innsbruck 45 16 38 53 +0 115 4th 13 0 0 2 131 12.21
Taylor Vause 2 Vienna Capitals 53 13 25th 38 +31 6th 0 9 2 1 3 151 8.61

Legend: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists, Pkt = scorer points, +/- = plus-minus value, SM = penalty minutes, PPT = power play goals, PPA = power play assists, SHT = underpaid goals, SHA = underpaid assists, GW = victory goals, SaT = Shots on goal, S% = hit rate

1 For comparison: player with the most penalty minutes.
2 For comparison: player with the best plus-minus value

goalkeeper

player team SP MIN GT GTS SaT SGH SVS% SO S. N NNV
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux Vienna Capitals 41 2378: 49 83 2.09 1212 1129 93.15 5 29 7th 4th
Mac Carruth Fehérvár AV19 40 2368: 40 106 2.69 1453 1347 92.70 2 20th 14th 6th
Pekka Tuokkola Vienna Capitals / HC Bozen 1 35 2117: 59 76 2.15 991 915 92.33 2 22nd 11 2
Rasmus gutter Dornbirn Bulldogs 33 1946: 27 86 2.65 1109 1023 92.25 3 19th 10 4th
Lukas Duke EC VSV 26th 1508: 08 75 2.98 952 877 92.12 1 11 11 3
Vilim Rosandic KHL Medveščak Zagreb 16 846: 28 39 2.76 466 427 91.63 0 7th 5 1
Michael Ouzas EHC Black Wings Linz 49 2871: 52 129 2.70 1518 1389 91.50 3 31 11 5
Kevin Poulin KHL Medveščak Zagreb 2 22nd 1274: 20 64 3.01 734 670 91.28 2 10 10 2
David Kickert EC VSV / Vienna Capitals 3 32 1837: 27 98 3.20 1106 1008 91.14 0 10 18th 2
Tomáš Duba EC KAC 30th 1724: 22 71 2.47 780 709 90.90 2 16 11 3
Luka Gračnar EC Red Bull Salzburg 19th 1103: 47 50 2.72 545 495 90.83 1 9 8th 1
Bernhard Starkbaum EC Red Bull Salzburg 36 2142: 04 95 2.66 1032 937 90.79 2 26th 9 1
Miklós Rajna Fehérvár AV19 17th 888: 40 52 3.51 558 506 90.68 0 4th 9 0
Thomas Höneckl EC Graz 99ers 22nd 1158: 24 62 3.21 644 582 90.37 0 8th 10 0
Ronan Quemener Dornbirn Bulldogs 4 19th 1150: 03 64 3.34 661 597 90.32 0 7th 9 3
David Madlener EC KAC 26th 1529: 43 67 2.63 686 619 90.23 4th 11 10 3
Hannu Toivonen EC Graz 99ers 5 32 1808: 38 105 3.48 1066 961 90.15 0 14th 15th 2
Marcel Melicherčík HC Bozen 6 14th 772: 33 40 3.11 403 363 90.07 0 5 7th 1
Patrik Nechvátal HC Innsbruck 35 1938: 15 101 3.13 992 891 89.82 1 17th 12 2
René Swette HC Innsbruck 26th 1327: 06 67 3.03 647 580 89.64 2 11 11 1
Marek Black Orli Znojmo 47 2622: 45 132 3.02 1234 1102 89.30 5 17th 19th 6th

Legend: SP = games, MIN = game minutes, GT = goals conceded, GTS = goals against goals per 60 minutes, SaT = shots on goal, SGH = shots saved, SVS% = catch quota, SO = shutouts, S = wins, N = defeats, NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout

1first with the Vienna Capitals , then with HC Bozen under contract
2switched to EHC Kloten in January 2018
3on loan from the EC VSV since February 2018
4thmoved to the Boxers de Bordeaux in the French Ligue Magnus
5moved to the Odense Bulldogs in the Danish Metal Ligaen
6thmoved to the Heilbronner Falken in the German DEL2

Playoffs

Playoff tree

After the last games of the intermediate round, the three best-placed teams in the placement round selected their opponents for the quarter-finals in a live broadcast on March 4, 2018, which resulted in the following tournament tree for the playoffs.

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
  PL1 Vienna Capitals 4th        
PL6 HC Innsbruck 2  
PL1 Vienna Capitals 1
  QU2 HC Bolzano 4th  
PL4 EC KAC 2
QU2 HC Bolzano 4th  
PL2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 3
  QU2 HC Bolzano 4th
PL3 EHC Linz 4th    
PL5 KHL Medveščak Zagreb 2  
PL2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4th
  PL3 EHC Linz 2  
PL2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4th
  QU1 Dornbirn Bulldogs 2  

Quarter finals

Vienna Capitals - HC Innsbruck

The series between the Capitals and HC Innsbruck turned out to be closer than had been expected in the run-up to the clear opening win of the reigning champions. The Capitals were only able to win the following two games in overtime, whereupon Innsbruck put the series 2: 3 with two wins in a row. Also responsible for the close series was the absence of Capitals top striker Riley Holzapfel , who was injured in the second encounter and was absent for the rest of the series. Nevertheless, the Capitals prevented the series equalization on Tyrolean ice and won the series 4: 2, although they temporarily gave up a 2-0 lead and could only decide the game in the last five minutes.

Quarter-final series: Vienna Capitals (PL 1) - HC Innsbruck (PL 6)
March 9, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Albert-Schultz-Halle
4,450 spectators		 Vienna Capitals 4: 1 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) HC Innsbruck
1: 0 Jerry Pollastrone (02:48, power play , Peter Schneider , Riley Holzapfel )
2: 0 Jamie Fraser (12:53, power play , Riley Holzapfel , Patrick Peter )
3: 0 Andreas Nödl (16:32, Patrick Peter , Taylor Vause )
4: 0 Andreas Nödl (38:12, Taylor Vause , Peter Schneider ) 		Penalty minutes: 29 or 55
goalkeepers:
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 60:00, 18 shots, 1 goal)
René Swette (Innsbruck, 20:00, 16 shots, 3 goals)
Patrik Nechvátal (Innsbruck, 40:00, 26 Shots, 1 goal) 		4: 1 Sacha Guimond (44:50, Hunter Bishop , Tyler Spurgeon )
March 11, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena
2,800 spectators		 HC Innsbruck 2: 3 n.V. (2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Vienna Capitals
1: 1 Tyler Spurgeon (3:15 pm, power play , Mitch Wahl , Kevin Wehrs )
2: 1 Andrew Yogan (4:45 pm, power play , Jérémie Blain ) 		Penalty minutes: 8 or 12
goalkeepers:
Patrik Nechvátal (Innsbruck, 72:36, 24 shots, 3 goals)
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 72:36, 37 shots, 2 goals) 		0: 1 Kelsey Tessier (11:10, Brandon Buck , Emilio Romig )
2: 2 Riley Holzapfel (20:40, Powerplay , Jamie Fraser , Rafael Rotter )
2: 3 Rafael Rotter (72:36, Brandon Buck , Patrick Peter )
March 13, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Albert-Schultz-Halle
4,450 spectators		 Vienna Capitals 4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) HC Innsbruck
1: 0 Andreas Nödl (12:17, Tyler Cuma , Rafael Rotter )
2: 2 Kyle Klubertanz (39:24, shorthanded , Brandon Buck , Kelsey Tessier )
3: 3 Ryan McKiernan (50:59)
4: 3 Andreas Nödl ( 63:02, Taylor Vause , Rafael Rotter ) 		Penalty minutes: 20 or 6
goalkeepers:
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 63:02, 21 shots, 3 goals)
Patrik Nechvátal (Innsbruck, 63:02, 36 shots, 4 goals) 		1: 1 Andrew Yogan (18:03)
1: 2 Andrew Clark (22:32, Sacha Guimond )
2: 3 Mitch Wahl (50:08, power play , John Lammers , Kevin Wehrs )
March 16, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena
2,800 spectators		 HC Innsbruck 4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) Vienna Capitals
1: 0 Andrew Yogan (07:31, Sacha Guimond )
2: 0 Benedikt Schennach (12:14, power play , Jérémie Blain )
3: 1 Fabio Schramm (21:37, Mitch Wahl , Jérémie Blain )
4: 2 Sacha Guimond ( 39:54, Powerplay , Andrew Yogan ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 6
goalkeepers:
Patrik Nechvátal (Innsbruck, 60:00, 30 shots, 3 goals)
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 59:02, 35 shots, 4 goals) 		2: 1 Brandon Buck (19:30, Patrick Peter , Jamie Fraser )
3: 2 Rafael Rotter (34:33)
4: 3 Kelsey Tessier (45:23, Aaron Brocklehurst , Ryan McKiernan )
March 18, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Albert-Schultz-Halle
4,200 spectators		 Vienna Capitals 1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) HC Innsbruck
1: 2 Taylor Vause (56:05, Powerplay , Mario Fischer , Aaron Brocklehurst ) Penalty minutes: 46 or 46
goalkeepers:
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 58:19, 22 shots, 2 goals)
Patrik Nechvátal (Innsbruck, 60:00, 30 shots, 1 goal) 		0: 1 Fabio Schramm (38:24, Kevin Wehrs , Mitch Wahl )
0: 2 Andrew Yogan (48:05, Andrew Clark )
March 20, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena
3,000 spectators		 HC Innsbruck 3: 5 (0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 3) Vienna Capitals
1: 2 John Lammers (20:39, Powerplay , Mitch Wahl )
2: 2 Hunter Bishop (23:19, Penalty )
3: 2 Andrew Yogan (42:23, Jérémie Blain , Andrew Clark ) 		Penalty minutes: 8 or 16
goalkeepers:
Patrik Nechvátal (Innsbruck, 59:27, 30 shots, 4 goals)
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 60:00, 31 shots, 3 goals) 		0: 1 Taylor Vause (04:19, Ryan McKiernan , Tyler Cuma )
0: 2 Rafael Rotter (11:13, power play , Jamie Fraser , Peter Schneider )
3: 3 Kelsey Tessier (55:05, power play , Ryan McKiernan , Aaron Brocklehurst )
3: 4 Andreas Nödl (55:41, Kyle Klubertanz , Rafael Rotter )
3: 5 Taylor Vause (58:58, Empty Net )
Final result of the series: Vienna 4-2 Innsbruck

EC Red Bull Salzburg - Dornbirn Bulldogs

The series of Salzburg against Dornbirn was almost identical to that of the Capitals. Here, too, the Salzburg team was able to gain an interim 3-0 series lead, whereupon the Vorarlberg team made it 2: 3 with two wins in a row. Goalkeeper Rasmus Rinne in particular proved to be a guarantee of success for Dornbirn, while Salzburg was tactically clumsy. Only the sixth game showed the expected dominance of the bulls; with a 6-2 away win they made it to the semi-finals.

Quarter-final series: EC Red Bull Salzburg (PL 2) - Dornbirn Bulldogs (QU 1)
March 9, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,008 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 3: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) Dornbirn Bulldogs
1: 0 Raphael Herburger (05:33, Bobby Raymond , Martin Štajnoch )
2: 0 Thomas Raffl (30:00, power play , Peter Mueller , Rob Schremp )
3: 2 Raphael Herburger (60:23, Bobby Raymond , Ryan Duncan ) 		Penalty minutes: 8 or 6
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:23, 34 shots, 2 goal)
Rasmus Rinne (Dornbirn, 60:23, 37 shots, 3 goals) 		2: 1 Martin Grabher-Meier (48:00, Jamie Arniel , Chris D'Alvise )
2: 2 Chris D'Alvise (58:36, Brodie Reid , Scott Timmins )
March 11, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Dornbirn
Exhibition Center, 3,918 spectators		 Dornbirn Bulldogs 0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) EC Red Bull Salzburg
no goals Penalty minutes: 10 or 8
goalkeepers:
Rasmus Rinne (Dornbirn, 57:01, 26 shots, 2 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 26 shots, 0 goals) 		0: 1 John Hughes (28:43, Matt Generous , Ryan Duncan )
0: 2 Matt Generous (55:55, Bobby Raymond , Michael Schiechl )
March 13, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
2,521 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 5: 4 (1: 2, 3: 0, 1: 2) Dornbirn Bulldogs
1: 0 Brant Harris (13:41, power play , Dominique Heinrich , Rob Schremp )
2: 2 Dominique Heinrich (36:30, power play , Ryan Duncan , John Hughes )
3: 2 Thomas Raffl (37:11, Mario Huber , Alexander Pallestrang )
4: 2 Ryan Duncan (39:22, Powerplay , John Hughes , Dominique Heinrich )
5: 4 Ryan Duncan (49:08, John Hughes , Raphael Herburger ) 		Penalty minutes: 4 or 8
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 34 shots, 4 goals)
Rasmus Rinne (Dornbirn, 59:08, 49 shots, 5 goals) 		1: 1 Žiga Pance (14:05, Michael Caruso , Jamie Arniel )
1: 2 Stefan Häußle (14:17, Henrik Neubauer , Sean McMonagle )
4: 3 Jamie Arniel (41:36, Olivier Magnan , Jérôme Leduc )
4: 4 Thomas Vallant (41:51, Žiga Pance , Sean McMonagle )
March 16, 2018, 7.15 p.m.,
Dornbirn
Exhibition Center, 3,454 spectators		 Dornbirn Bulldogs 3: 2 (0: 0, 3: 0, 0: 2) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 0 Dustin Sylvester (27:03, Matt Fraser )
2: 0 Kevin Macierzynski (31:20, Jérôme Leduc , Sean McMonagle )
3: 0 Jérôme Leduc (36:04, Kevin Macierzynski , Žiga Pance ) 		Penalty minutes: 8 or 8
goalkeepers:
Rasmus Rinne (Dornbirn, 60:00, 33 shots, 2 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 40:00, 21 shots, 3 goals)
Luka Gračnar (Salzburg, 18:55, 3 shots, 3 goals) 		3: 1 Alexander Cijan (46:04, shorthanded , Matt Generous )
3: 2 Peter Hochkofler (52:11, Alexander Cijan , Michael Schiechl )
March 13, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
2,580 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 2: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1) Dornbirn Bulldogs
1: 0 Matthias Trattnig (05:06, John Hughes )
2: 0 Peter Mueller (25:26, Rob Schremp ) 		Penalty minutes: 4 or 6
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 72:18, 43 shots, 3 goals)
Rasmus Rinne (Dornbirn, 72:18, 68 shots, 2 goals) 		2: 1 Scott Timmins (29:58, Michael Caruso )
2: 2 Matt Fraser (44:47, Jérôme Leduc , Martin Grabher-Meier )
2: 3 Chris D'Alvise (72:18, Powerplay , Žiga Pance , Jamie Arniel )
March 20, 2018, 7.15 p.m.,
Dornbirn
Exhibition Center, 4,270 spectators		 Dornbirn Bulldogs 2: 6 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 3) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 1 Jamie Arniel (05:50, Kevin Macierzynski , Žiga Pance )
2: 5 Jamie Arniel (48:19, Jérome Leduc , Kevin Macierzynski ) 		Penalty minutes: 14 or 2
goalkeepers:
Rasmus Rinne (Dornbirn, 57:20, 36 shots, 5 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 22 shots, 2 goals) 		0: 1 Julien Brouillette (1:19, Peter Mueller , Brant Harris )
1: 2 Alexander Cijan (13:01, Michael Schiechl , Peter Hochkofler )
1: 3 Matthias Trattnig (29:06, penalty )
1: 4 Rob Schremp ( 43:51, Layne Viveiros , Alexander Pallestrang )
1: 5 Matthias Trattnig (45:44, John Hughes , Ryan Duncan )
2: 6 Ryan Duncan (58:55, Empty Net , Brant Harris )
Series end result: Salzburg 4: 2 Dornbirn

EHC Black Wings Linz - KHL Medveščak Zagreb

In the run-up, the Linz team had assumed a clear series win; However, Zagreb surprised and was able to win the two opening games - the second with a clear result of 6-2. Only in the following period did the Upper Austrians find their way into the series and clearly won 8: 2 and 8: 4, with the Croatians replacing goalkeeper Kevin Carr with the backup Vilim Rosandić, who was very successful this season . The last two encounters were closer again, but the Linz team did not allow Medveščak to win again and so moved into the semi-finals.

Quarter-final series: EHC Black Wings Linz (PL 3) - KHL Medveščak Zagreb (PL 5)
March 9, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
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4,865 spectators		 EHC Black Wings Linz 3: 4 n.V. (2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1) KHL Medveščak Zagreb
1: 0 Joel Broda (07:51, Andreas Kristler )
2: 0 Brian Lebler (13:00, Fabio Hofer , Marc-André Dorion )
3: 1 Joel Broda (28:09, Dan DaSilva , Jonathan D'Aversa ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 10
goalkeepers:
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 64:55, 31 shots, 4 goals)
Kevin Carr (Zagreb, 64:55, 42 shots, 3 goals) 		2: 1 Mikko Lehtonen (ice hockey player, 1987) Mikko Lehtonen (23:21, Mike Aviani )
3: 2 Garrett Noonan (34:30, Tyler Morley , Sondre Olden )
3: 3 Tomáš Kudělka (40:40, Tyler Morley )
3 : 4 Mikko Lehtonen (64:55, Drew Schiestel , Tyler Morley )
March 11, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Dom sportova
5,342 spectators		 KHL Medveščak Zagreb 6: 2 (0: 0, 3: 2, 3: 0) EHC Black Wings Linz
1: 0 Tyler Morley (26:54, Powerplay , Sondre Olden )
2: 0 Marko Pöyhönen (27:52, Anton Ranov , Ivan Puzic )
3: 0 Anton Ranov (30:08, Mike Aviani , Marko Pöyhönen )
4: 2 Sondre Olden (40:41, Tomáš Kudělka , Jozef Balej )
5: 2 Nik Simsic (45:14, Harri Tikkanen , David Brine )
6: 2 Tyler Morley (46:02, Sondre Olden ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 18
goalkeepers:
Kevin Carr (Zagreb, 60:00, 38 shots, 2 goals)
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 60:00, 43 shots, 6 goals) 		3: 1 Sébastien Piché (32:40, power play , Marc-André Dorion )
3: 2 Fabio Hofer (33:37, power play , Brian Lebler , Corey Locke )
March 13, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
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4,865 spectators		 EHC Black Wings Linz 8: 2 (3: 1, 5: 0, 0: 1) KHL Medveščak Zagreb
1: 0 Dan DaSilva (1:10, Mario Altmann , Rick Schofield )
2: 0 Mario Altmann (5:56, Fabio Hofer , Joel Broda )
3: 0 Brian Lebler (16:14, Marc-André Dorion )
4: 1 Mario Altmann (25:07, Rick Schofield )
5: 1 Andreas Kristler (27:51, Erik Kirchschläger , Rick Schofield )
6: 1 Brian Lebler (32:05, shorthanded )
7: 1 Rick Schofield (32:55, Brian Lebler , Dan DaSilva )
8: 1 Joel Broda (33:29, Powerplay , Marc-André Dorion , Sébastien Piché ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 14
goalkeepers:
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 60:00, 24 shots, 2 goals)
Kevin Carr (Zagreb, 16:23, 13 shots, 3 goals)
Vilim Rosandić (Zagreb, 53:37, 31 shots, 5 goals) 		3: 1 Tyler Morley (19:41, Tomáš Kudělka , Sondre Olden )
8: 2 Tero Koskiranta (53:32, Mikko Lehtonen , Nik Simsic )
March 16, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
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4,865 spectators		 EHC Black Wings Linz 8: 4 (3: 2, 1: 0, 4: 2) KHL Medveščak Zagreb
1: 0 Fabio Hofer (01:22, Corey Locke , Jonathan D'Aversa )
2: 0 Joel Broda (02:52, Powerplay , Marc-André Dorion , Sébastien Piché )
3: 2 Dan DaSilva (12:17, Brian Lebler , Shane O'Brien )
4: 2 Rick Schofield (31:29, Dan DaSilva , Shane O'Brien )
5: 2 Fabio Hofer (45:21)
6: 2 Stefan Gaffal (47:26, Marc-André Dorion )
7 : 2 Jonathan D'Aversa (48:35, power play , Corey Locke , Dan DaSilva )
8: 2 Brian Lebler (51:49, power play , Erik Kirchschläger , Dan DaSilva ) 		Penalty minutes: 8 or 12
goalkeepers:
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 51:49, 33 shots, 2 goals)
Florian Janny (Linz, 8:11, 6 shots, 2 goals)
Kevin Carr (Zagreb, 48:35, 32 shots, 7 goals)
Vilim Rosandić (Zagreb, 11:25, 10 shots, 1 goal) 		2: 1 Sondre Olden (10:13, Tomáš Netík , Kevin Carr )
2: 2 Mike Aviani (11:05, Jozef Balej )
8: 3 Tomáš Netík (56:02, Tyler Morley )
8: 4 Harri Tikkanen (58: 47, Ivan Janković )
March 19, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Dom sportova
5,234 spectators		 KHL Medveščak Zagreb 3: 4 a.d. (0: 3, 2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) EHC Black Wings Linz
1: 3 Tero Koskiranta (37:11, Marko Pöyhönen , Garrett Noonan )
2: 3 Harri Tikkanen (39:24, Drew Schiestel , Tero Koskiranta )
3: 3 Drew Schiestel (58:53, Sondre Olden , Tyler Morley ) 		Penalty minutes: 20 or 14
goalkeepers:
Kevin Carr (Zagreb, 65:25, 41 shots, 4 goals)
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 65:25, 36 shots, 3 goals) 		0: 1 Jonathan D'Aversa (7:53, Corey Locke , Brian Lebler )
0: 2 Dan DaSilva (8:07, Fabio Hofer , Mario Altmann )
0: 3 Brian Lebler (19:59, power play )
3: 4 Fabio Hofer (65:25, Jonathan D'Aversa , Corey Locke )
March 20, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Dom sportova
5,112 spectators		 KHL Medveščak Zagreb 4: 5 (0: 1, 3: 1, 1: 3) EHC Black Wings Linz
1: 1 Tyler Morley (27:03, Ivan Puzic )
2: 2 Tyler Morley (33:48, Tomáš Netík )
3: 2 Sondre Olden (35:08, power play , Michael Boivin , Garrett Noonan )
4: 5 Tyler Morley ( 55:09, Powerplay , Garrett Noonan ) 		Penalty minutes: 22 or 20
goalkeepers:
Kevin Carr (Zagreb, 51:20, 31 shots, 5 goals)
Vilim Rosandić (Zagreb, 07:35, 1 shot, 0 goals)
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 60:00, 34 shots, 4 goals) 		0: 1 Fabio Hofer (15:26, Powerplay , Dan DaSilva , Corey Locke )
1: 2 Shane O'Brien (32:18, Dan DaSilva , Rick Schofield )
3: 3 Brian Lebler (40:54, Corey Locke , Fabio Hofer )
3: 4 Brian Lebler (43:44, Rick Schofield , Shane O'Brien )
3: 5 Rick Schofield (49:11, Dan DaSilva , Shane O'Brien )
Series end result: Linz 4: 2 Zagreb

EC KAC - HC Bolzano

The EC KAC series against HC Bozen had been judged in advance to be open with slight advantages for the KAC, as the Klagenfurters had not convinced over the season and Bozen had only qualified for the playoffs from the table basement in the last game . The Bolzano team won an opening win away from home, but the KAC regained home rights with two consecutive wins. After that, the series was extremely even - three of the six games went into overtime - with Bozen proving to be extremely disciplined tactically. In the end, game six brought the decision with a home win for Bolzano.

Quarter-final series: EC KAC (PL 4) - HC Bozen (QU 2)
March 9, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Stadthalle Klagenfurt,
3874 spectators		 EC KAC 1: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) HC Bolzano
1: 2 Andrew Kozek (37:30, Nick St. Pierre , Marco Brucker ) Penalty minutes: 4 or 12
goalkeepers:
Tomáš Duba (Klagenfurt, 58:06, 20 shots, 3 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 26 shots, 1 goal) 		0: 1 Domenic Monardo (14:37, Alexander Egger , Pekka Tuokkola )
0: 2 Austin Smith (26:34, Angelo Miceli )
1: 3 Mike Angelidis (46:14, Angelo Miceli , Austin Smith )
March 11, 2018, 5:20 p.m.
Eiswelle
4,800 spectators		 HC Bolzano 2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0) EC KAC
1: 1 Anton Bernard (18:37, Luca Frigo )
2: 3 Mike Angelidis (58:39, Angelo Miceli , Mike Halmo ) 		Penalty minutes: 4 or 22
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 57:18, 25 shots, 3 goals)
David Madlener (Klagenfurt, 60:00, 40 shots, 2 goals) 		0: 1 Manuel Ganahl (16:00, Jamie Lundmark , Julian Talbot )
1: 2 Thomas Hundertpfund (29:08, Andrew Kozek , Kevin Kapstad )
1: 3 David Fischer (35:06, Kevin Kapstad , Julian Talbot )
March 13, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Stadthalle Klagenfurt
2,521 spectators		 EC KAC 2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) HC Bolzano
1: 0 Jon Rheault (59:43, Powerplay , Stefan Geier , Johannes Bischofberger )
2: 1 Manuel Ganahl (67:54, Thomas Hundertpfund , Martin Schumnig ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 20
goalkeepers:
David Madlener (Klagenfurt, 67:54, 25 shots, 1 goal)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 67:32, 36 shots, 2 goals) 		1: 1 Alex Petan (59:59, shorthanded , Alexander Egger , Austin Smith )
March 16, 2018, 7.45 p.m.
Eiswelle
4,570 spectators		 HC Bolzano 3: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) EC KAC
1: 0 Austin Smith (35:12, Mat Clark , Chris Carlisle )
2: 1 Robin Gartner (54:35, Mike Angelidis , Austin Smith )
3: 2 Travis Oleksuk (64:06, Mike Halmo , Pekka Tuokkola ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 8
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 64:06, 39 shots, 2 goals)
David Madlener (Klagenfurt, 63:12, 23 shots, 3 goals) 		1: 1 Andrew Kozek (41:08, Manuel Ganahl , Thomas Hundertpfund )
2: 2 Manuel Ganahl (59:29, David Fischer , Thomas Koch )
March 18, 2018, 6:00 p.m.
Stadthalle Klagenfurt
4,202 spectators		 EC KAC 2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) HCB South Tyrol
1: 1 Thomas Hundertpfund (25:15, Manuel Ganahl , Steven Strong )
2: 2 Johannes Bischofberger (56:12, power play , Stefan Geier , Martin Schumnig ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 10
goalkeepers:
David Madlener (Klagenfurt, 63:04, 34 shots, 3 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 63:04, 28 shots, 2 goals) 		0: 1 Alex Petan (20:47, Matias Sointu , Travis Oleksuk )
1: 2 Angelo Miceli (46:45, Matt Tomassoni )
2: 3 Domenic Monardo (63:04)
March 20, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Eiswelle
6,010 spectators		 HCB South Tyrol 2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) EC KAC
1: 0 Mike Angelidis (12:54, Powerplay , Matt Tomassoni , Robin Gartner )
2: 0 Chris DeSousa (51:40, Stefano Marchetti , Alexander Egger ) 		Penalty minutes: 2 or 6
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 29 shots, 0 goals)
David Madlener (Klagenfurt, 57:46, 23 shots, 2 goals) 		no goals
Final result of the series: Klagenfurt 2-4 Bolzano

Semifinals

Vienna Capitals - HC Bozen

After Bolzano had won the quarter-finals against EC KAC, the prognoses for the series against the Capitals differed, although in general a victory for the Viennese was expected. With a clear 4-0 in the first game, this impression was initially confirmed. Bolzano, however, once again proved to be disciplined and was able to turn the series thanks to a team effort. In the third game they only managed to equalize in the last few seconds, followed by an overtime win. The Capitals lost another important player in the same game with top scorer Rafael Rotter . The fourth game clearly showed the efficiency of the Italians: with three goals scored by powerplayers, they won the match 5-2, although the goal scoring ratio was 19:51 in favor of the Viennese. The fifth game brought the decision in the series thanks to the Bolzano defense around goalkeeper Pekka Tuokkola with a narrow 2-1 win.

Semi-final series: Vienna Capitals (PL 1) - HC Bozen (QU 2)
March 25, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Erste Bank Arena
5,550 spectators		 Vienna Capitals 4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) HC Bolzano
1: 0 Andreas Nödl (19:43, Aaron Brocklehurst , Taylor Vause )
2: 0 Jerry Pollastrone (23:02, power play , Peter Schneider , Jamie Fraser )
3: 0 Peter Schneider (35:15, Ryan McKiernan )
4: 0 Mario Fischer (50:42, Peter Schneider , Ryan McKiernan ) 		Penalty minutes: 16 or 16
goalkeepers:
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 60:00, 28 shots, 0 goal)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bolzano, 60:00, 21 shots, 4 goals) 		no goals
March 27, 2018, 7.45 p.m.
Eiswelle
5,100 spectators		 HC Bolzano 4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) Vienna Capitals
1: 0 Alex Petan (21:27, Robin Gartner , Matias Sointu )
2: 0 Austin Smith (22:54, Pekka Tuokkola , Mat Clark )
3: 0 Angelo Miceli (36:16, power play , Alexander Egger , Mike Angelidis )
4: 0 Anton Bernard (50:06, Matt Tomassoni , Robin Gartner ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 10
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 19 shots, 1 goal)
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 40:00, 21 shots, 3 goals)
David Kickert (Vienna, 8:00 p.m., 11 Shots, 1 goal) 		4: 1 Ryan McKiernan (53:28, power play , Aaron Brocklehurst )
March 29, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
Erste Bank Arena
5,550 spectators		 Vienna Capitals 2: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 1) HC Bolzano
1: 0 Jamie Fraser (18:18, Ali Wukovits , Peter Schneider )
2: 1 Kelsey Tessier (51:13, Peter Schneider , Kyle Klubertanz ) 		Penalty minutes: 14 or 16
goalkeepers:
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 64:46, 22 shots, 3 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bolzano, 58:47, 25 shots, 2 goals) 		1: 1 Alex Petan (42:26, Chris DeSousa , Matias Sointu )
2: 2 Alex Petan (59:34, Mike Halmo , Mike Angelidis )
2: 3 Angelo Miceli (64:46, Austin Smith , Mike Angelidis )
March 31, 2018, 6 p.m.
Eiswelle
7,200 spectators		 HC Bolzano 5: 2 (2: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0) Vienna Capitals
1: 0 Matt Tomassoni (12:09, power play , Robin Gartner , Matias Sointu )
2: 0 Matias Sointu (19:27, power play , Matt Tomassoni , Robin Gartner )
3: 0 Mike Angelidis (20:17, power play , Matt Tomassoni , Robin Gartner )
4: 2 Chris Carlisle (39:35, Chris DeSousa , Matias Sointu )
5: 2 Anton Bernard (59:42, Empty Net , Chris Carlisle ) 		Penalty minutes: 4 or 10
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 51 shots, 2 goals)
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 57:45, 18 shots, 4 goals) 		3: 1 Kelsey Tessier (29:44, Jamie Fraser , Brandon Buck )
3: 2 Jerry Pollastrone (32:58, Peter Schneider , Ryan McKiernan )
April 2, 2018, 5:30 p.m.
Erste Bank Arena
5,150 spectators		 Vienna Capitals 1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0) HC Bolzano
1: 0 Brandon Buck (16:01, Ryan McKiernan , Andreas Nödl ) Penalty minutes: 4 or 8
goalkeepers:
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux (Vienna, 58:49, 14 shots, 2 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bolzano, 60:00, 39 shots, 1 goal) 		1: 1 Domenic Monardo (22:06, power play , Matt Tomassoni , Alexander Egger )
1: 2 Luca Frigo (33:42, Anton Bernard , Mat Clark )
Final result of the series: Vienna 1: 4 Bozen

EC Red Bull Salzburg - EHC Black Wings Linz

The series between Salzburg and Linz was more balanced with a series of home wins. Only the sixth game was won by Salzburg away from home and the series was decided 4-2. While Linz impressed with a good exploitation of chances and a Michael Ouzas who, in contrast to previous years in the playoffs, looked secure in goal, Salzburg's individual moves by John Hughes and Rob Schremp were particularly striking. Since the Capitals were defeated by the Bolzano in the second series, Salzburg was also established as Austrian champions at an early stage.

Semi-final series: EC Red Bull Salzburg (PL 2) - EHC Black Wings Linz (PL 3)
March 25, 2018, 5:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,400 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 3: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0) EHC Black Wings Linz
1: 1 Ryan Duncan (22:38, Powerplay , John Hughes , Dominique Heinrich )
2: 3 Martin Štajnoch (33:57, Raphael Herburger , Alexander Rauchwald )
3: 2 Brant Harris (41:07, Rob Schremp , Peter Mueller ) 		Penalty minutes: 6 or 8
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 30 shots, 2 goals)
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 58:27, 25 shots, 3 goals) 		0: 1 Dan DaSilva (14:54)
1: 2 Patrick Spannring (25:15, Andreas Kristler )
March 27, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
No worries EisArena
4,865 spectators		 EHC Black Wings Linz 3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 0 Brian Lebler (07:45, Corey Locke , Fabio Hofer )
2: 0 Sebastién Piche (14:10, power play , Marc-André Dorion , Joel Broda )
3: 0 Patrick Spannring (36:43, Andreas Kristler ) 		Penalty minutes: 14 or 8
goalkeepers:
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 60:00, 32 shots, 1 goal)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 56:50, 31 shots, 3 goals) 		3: 1 John Hughes (50:35, Powerplay , Matthias Trattnig , Dominique Heinrich )
March 29, 2018, 7:15 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,400 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4: 2 (2: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0) EHC Black Wings Linz
1: 0 Thomas Raffl (03:07, Powerplay , Brant Harris , Peter Mueller )
2: 0 Alexander Pallestrang (15:18, Michael Schiechl , Alexander Cijan )
3: 1 Rob Schremp (28:19, Thomas Raffl )
4: 2 John Hughes (34:24, Ryan Duncan , Peter Mueller ) 		Penalty minutes: 4 or 8
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 25 shots, 2 goals)
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 58:16, 36 shots, 4 goals) 		2: 1 Philipp Lukas (26:52, Andreas Kristler , Patrick Spannring )
3: 2 Dan DaSilva (32:35, power play , Jonathan D'Aversa , Corey Locke )
March 31, 2018, 5:20 p.m.
No worries EisArena
4,865 spectators		 EHC Black Wings Linz 5: 2 (3: 1, 0: 0, 2: 1) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 1 Rick Schofield (09:11, Powerplay , Joel Broda , Sébastien Piche )
2: 1 Shane O'Brien (12:20, Fabio Hofer , Marc-André Dorion )
3: 1 Dan DaSilva (13:37, Rick Schofield , Marc-André Dorion )
4: 1 Andreas Kristler (49:01, Powerplay , Sébastien Piché , Joel Broda )
5: 2 Dan DaSilva (59:36, Empty Net , Corey Locke , Mario Altmann ) 		Penalty minutes: 6 or 12
goalkeepers:
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 60:00, 30 shots, 2 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 57:11, 32 shots, 4 goals) 		0: 1 Michael Schiechl (05:49, Peter Hochkofler , Alexander Pallestrang )
4: 2 Julien Brouillette (49:23, Ryan Duncan , John Hughes )
April 2, 2018, 5:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,400 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) EHC Black Wings Linz
1: 1 Brant Harris (15:15, Peter Mueller )
2: 2 Ryan Duncan (25:41, Powerplay , John Hughes , Thomas Raffl )
3: 2 John Hughes (29:58, Alexander Rauchwald , Dominique Heinrich )
4: 3 Rob Schremp (76:53, Powerplay , Julien Brouillette , Peter Mueller ) 		Penalty minutes: 8 or 8
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 76:53, 25 shots, 3 goals)
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 76:53, 40 shots, 4 goals) 		0: 1 Fabio Hofer (07:10, Jonathan D'Aversa , Brian Lebler )
1: 2 Jonathan D'Aversa (24:57, shorthanded , Rick Schofield )
3: 3 Dan DaSilva (34:02, power play , Brian Lebler , Corey Locke )
April 4, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
Don't worry EisArena
4,865 spectators		 EHC Black Wings Linz 2: 4 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 0 Corey Locke (12:10, power play , Brian Lebler , Jonathan D'Aversa )
2: 3 Sébastien Piché (53:31, Marc-André Dorion , Joel Broda ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 30
goalkeepers:
Michael Ouzas (Linz, 58:12, 33 shots, 3 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 33 shots, 2 goals) 		1: 1 Ryan Duncan (27:25, John Hughes , Dominique Heinrich )
1: 2 Mario Huber (45:55)
1: 3 Dominique Heinrich (53:04, power play , John Hughes , Ryan Duncan )
2: 4 Alexander Rauchwald ( 59:49, Empty Net , Peter Mueller )
Series end result: Salzburg 4: 2 Linz

final

The final series of Salzburg against Bolzano represented a new edition of the final from the 2013/14 season . Bolzano was able to call up the virtues shown in the previous series and proved to be tactically disciplined and defensively secure. In particular, the consistently played Neutral Zone Trap left the Salzburg offensive, which was built around exceptional individual players, only a few opportunities to get into the attacking third in a controlled manner and, conversely, led to numerous counterattacks and scoring chances for Bolzano. So the series was correspondingly close, even though Bolzano was able to force the decider in the sixth encounter with a clear 6: 3 win. In the seventh game, Bozen temporarily pulled away to 3-0, while Salzburg did not get into the game. The first goal was only achieved five minutes before the end of the game. Bernhard Starkbaum then left the Salzburg gate early; with six outfield players the goal was scored one and a half minutes before the end, but Bolzano was able to save the lead over time and thus win his second league title.

Final series: EC Red Bull Salzburg (PL 2) - HC Bozen (QU 2)
April 8, 2018, 2 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,400 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0) HC Bolzano
1: 2 Raphael Herburger (34:14, John Hughes , Bernhard Starkbaum ) Penalty minutes: 10 or 6
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 59:13, 18 shots, 2 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 8:00 p.m., 39 shots, 1 goal) 		0: 1 Angelo Miceli (32:40, power play , Alexander Egger )
0: 2 Austin Smith (33:31, power play , Angelo Miceli , Alexander Egger )
April 9, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,300 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0) HC Bolzano
1: 0 Peter Mueller (31:19, Layne Viveiros )
2: 0 Bobby Raymond (44:11, John Hughes , Martin Štajnoch )
3: 0 John Hughes (58:49, Empty Net , Raphael Herburger , Ryan Duncan ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 16
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 25 shots, 0 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bolzano, 58:38, 35 shots, 2 goals) 		no goals
April 12, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
Eiswelle
6,700 spectators		 HC Bolzano 4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 0 Alexander Egger (00:24, Domenic Monardo , Mike Halmo )
2: 1 Robin Gartner (32:50, power play , Domenic Monardo , Matias Sointu )
3: 2 Alex Petan (35:48, Chris DeSousa , Matias Sointu )
4: 2 Travis Oleksuk (55:32, Matias Sointu , Domenic Monardo ) 		Penalty minutes: 14 or 10
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 26 shots, 2 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 57:08, 23 shots, 4 goals) 		1: 1 John Hughes (02:06, Raphael Herburger )
2: 2 Alexander Pallestrang (35:10, Dominique Heinrich , Peter Mueller )
April 13, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
Eiswelle
7,200 spectators		 HC Bolzano 3: 6 (1: 1, 2: 3, 0: 2) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 1 Alex Petan (19:19, Powerplay , Angelo Miceli , Alexander Egger )
2: 1 Chris DeSousa (26:51, Anton Bernard , Matias Sointu )
3: 2 Anton Bernard (33:48, Daniel Frank ) 		Penalty minutes: 22 or 12
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bolzano, 57:12, 33 shots, 6 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 60:00, 14 shots, 3 goals) 		0: 1 Rob Schremp (09:09, Powerplay , Peter Mueller , Brant Harris )
2: 2 Michael Schiechl (28:59, Thomas Raffl , Martin Štajnoch )
3: 3 Alexander Cijan (34:08, Alexander Rauchwald , Layne Viveiros )
3: 4 Rob Schremp (38:11, power play , Peter Mueller , Julien Brouillette )
3: 5 Ryan Duncan (43:48, power play , Bobby Raymond , John Hughes )
3: 6 Julien Brouillette (50:35, Brant Harris , Peter Mueller )
April 15, 2018, 5:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,400 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 6: 5 n.V. (2: 1, 1: 2, 2: 2, 0: 1) HC Bolzano
1: 0 Peter Hochkofler (01:59, Thomas Raffl , Alexander Pallestrang )
05:16, Michael Schiechl 2: 1 Ryan Duncan (17:04, Raphael Herburger , Mario Huber )
3: 2 Ryan Duncan (37:19, power play , Bobby Raymond , Dominique Heinrich )
4: 4 Bobby Raymond (57:32, Powerplay , John Hughes , Dominique Heinrich )
5: 4 Brant Harris (58:15, Powerplay , Peter Mueller , Bob Schremp )
6: 5 Brant Harris (75: 30, Peter Mueller , Rob Schremp ) 		Penalty minutes: 12 or 14
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 75:30, 40 shots, 5 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bolzano, 74:38, 53 shots, 6 goals) 		1: 1 Domenic Monardo (07:38, power play )
2: 2 Robin Gartner (27:15)
3: 3 Chris DeSousa (38:28, shorthanded )
3: 4 Chris DeSousa (44:56, Matt Tomassoni )
5: 5 Mike Halmo (59:06)
April 17, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
Eiswelle
6,700 spectators		 HC Bolzano 6: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1) EC Red Bull Salzburg
1: 1 Angelo Miceli (15:57, power play , Austin Smith , Alexander Egger )
2: 1 Travis Oleksuk (30:57, Daniel Glira , Mat Clark )
3: 2 Alex Petan (36:34, power play , Alexander Egger , Angelo Miceli )
4: 2 Robin Gartner (48:11, Powerplay , Matias Sointu , Mike Halmo )
5: 2 Anton Bernard (52:42, Powerplay , Chris Carlisle , Luca Frigo )
6: 3 Daniel Frank (57:52, Empty Net , Luca Frigo , Robin Gartner ) 		Penalty minutes: 10 or 12
goalkeepers:
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 22 shots, 3 goals)
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 58:12, 25 shots, 5 goals) 		0: 1 Alexander Cijan (05:16, Michael Schiechl , Peter Hochkofler )
2: 2 Peter Mueller (35:46, power play , Matthias Trattnig , Rob Schremp )
5: 3 Peter Mueller (56:38, Rob Schremp , Brant Harris )
April 20, 2018, 8:20 p.m.
Eisarena Salzburg
3,400 spectators		 EC Red Bull Salzburg 2: 3 (0: 2, 0: 1, 2: 0) HC Bolzano
1: 3 Layne Viveiros (54:29, Rob Schremp , Brant Harris )
2: 3 Peter Mueller (58:33, Brant Harris , John Hughes ) 		Penalty minutes: 4 or 14
goalkeepers:
Bernhard Starkbaum (Salzburg, 58:33, 15 shots, 3 goals)
Pekka Tuokkola (Bozen, 60:00, 32 shots, 2 goals) 		0: 1 Domenic Monardo (13:41, Matias Sointu , Mike Angelidis )
0: 2 Chris DeSousa (14:40, Matt Tomassoni , Matias Sointu )
0: 3 Luca Frigo (25:09, Anton Bernard , Austin Smith )
Series end result: Salzburg 3: 4 Bozen

Playoff statistics

Top scorer

player team Sp T V Pt +/- SM PPT PPA SHT SHA GW SaT S%
John Hughes EC Red Bull Salzburg 19th 6th 15th 21st +4 14th 1 7th 0 0 1 55 10.9%
Peter Mueller EC Red Bull Salzburg 19th 5 14th 19th +1 10 2 6th 0 0 1 50 10.0%
Ryan Duncan EC Red Bull Salzburg 19th 9 9 18th +2 10 5 2 0 0 1 37 24.3%
Dan DaSilva EHC Black Wings Linz 12 8th 8th 16 +9 6th 2 3 0 0 1 39 20.5%
Rob Schremp EC Red Bull Salzburg 19th 5 9 14th +1 14th 3 5 0 0 3 55 9.1%
Matias Sointu HC Bolzano 18th 1 13 14th +5 16 1 3 0 0 0 14th 7.1%
Brian Lebler EHC Black Wings Linz 12 8th 6th 14th +2 10 2 3 1 0 1 47 17.0%
Fabio Hofer EHC Black Wings Linz 12 6th 7th 13 +1 6th 2 1 0 0 2 31 19.4%
Brant Harris EC Red Bull Salzburg 16 5 8th 13 +3 4th 2 2 0 0 2 53 9.4%
Alexander Egger HC Bolzano 18th 1 11 12 +4 4th 0 7th 0 1 0 16 6.2%
Jérémie Blain 1 HC Innsbruck 6th 0 4th 4th −4 34 0 2 0 0 0 12 0.0%

Legend: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists, Pkt = scorer points, +/- = plus-minus value, SM = penalty minutes, PPT = power play goals, PPA = power play assists, SHT = underpaid goals, SHA = underpaid assists, GW = victory goals, SaT = Shots on goal, S% = hit rate

1 For comparison: players with the most penalty minutes

goalkeeper

player team SP MIN GT GTS SaT SGH SVS% SO S. N NNV
Pekka Tuokkola HC Bolzano 18th 1109: 22 42 2.27 578 536 92.73% 1 12 4th 3
David Madlener EC KAC 5 311: 56 11 2.12 145 134 92.41% 0 2 1 1
Rasmus gutter Dornbirn Bulldogs 6th 365: 10 19th 3.12 249 230 92.37% 0 2 3 1
Patrik Nechvátal HC Innsbruck 6th 355: 05 16 2.70 176 160 90.91% 0 2 1 0
Michael Ouzas EHC Linz 12 734: 24 38 3.10 397 359 90.43% 0 6th 4th 1
Bernhard Starkbaum EC Red Bull Salzburg 19th 1151: 17 52 2.71 516 464 89.92% 2 11 7th 3
Jean-Philippe Lamoureux Vienna Capitals 11 654: 50 27 2.47 267 240 89.89% 1 5 5 2
Kevin Carr KHL Medvešcak Zagreb 6th 306: 38 24 4.70 197 173 87.82% 0 2 3 1

Legend: SP = games, MIN = game minutes, GT = goals conceded, GTS = goals against goals per 60 minutes, SaT = shots on goal, SGH = shots saved, SVS% = catch quota , SO = shutouts , S = wins, N = defeats, NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout

League champions squad

EBEL winner

HC Bozen

Goalkeepers: Pekka Tuokkola , Jake Smith

Defenders: Chris Carlisle , Mat Clark , Alexander Egger , Luca Franza , Robin Gartner , Daniel Glira , Stefano Marchetti , Matt Tomassoni

Attackers: Mike Angelidis , Anton Bernard , Chris DeSousa , Daniel Frank , Luca Frigo , Markus Gander , Mike Halmo , Michele Marchetti , Angelo Miceli , Domenic Monardo , Travis Olseksuk , Alex Petan , Viktor Schweitzer , Austin Smith , Matias Sointu

Trainer: Kai Suikkanen

spectator

After the league cut since 2008/09 had fallen below the 3,000 spectator mark for the first time in the preseason , this trend was reversed, in particular with the return of Zagreb to the league.

rank team At home Away total
Games spectator average Games spectator average Games spectator average
1 KHL Medveščak Zagreb 30th 149.292 4,976 30th 94,642 3,154 60 243.934 4,065
2 EHC Linz 33 156.345 4,737 33 114,932 3,482 66 271.277 4.110
3 Vienna Capitals 33 154,737 4,689 32 111,586 3,487 65 266,323 4,097
4th HC Bolzano 35 132.063 3,773 37 124.609 3,367 72 256,672 3,564
5 EC KAC 30th 102,987 3,432 30th 113.229 3,774 60 216.216 3,603
6th SAPA Fehervar AV19 27 82.241 3,045 27 78,816 2,919 54 161.057 2,982
7th EC Red Bull Salzburg 37 104,782 2,831 36 143,150 3,976 73 247.932 3,396
8th EC VSV 27 71,401 2,644 27 88,175 3,265 54 159,576 2,955
9 EC Dornbirn 30th 76,673 2,555 30th 86,897 2,896 60 163,570 2,726
10 Orli Znojmo 27 67,303 2,492 27 83.185 3,080 54 150,488 2,786
11 HC Innsbruck 30th 69,800 2,326 30th 106.189 3,539 60 175,989 2,933
12 EC Graz 99ers 27 60,972 2,258 27 83.186 3,080 54 144.158 2,669
TOTAL 366 1,228,596 3,357 366 1,228,596 3,357 732 2,457,192 3,357

referee

Head Referees

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

# 44 SlovakiaSlovakia Vladimir Babic # 17 AustriaAustria Thomas Berneker # 45 SloveniaSlovenia Miha Bulovec # 7 AustriaAustria Patrick Fichtner
# 28 ItalyItaly Daniel Gamper # 6 AustriaAustria Patrick Gruber # 19 AustriaAustria Roland waiter # 48 SlovakiaSlovakia Vladimir Baluska
# 33 HungaryHungary Gergely Kincses # 14 United StatesUnited States Mark Lemelin # 20 AustriaAustria Kristijan Nikolic # 22 AustriaAustria Manuel Nikolic
# 29 CroatiaCroatia Trpimir Piragic # 23 AustriaAustria Stefan Siegel # 3 SlovakiaSlovakia Ladislav Smetana # 40 AustriaAustria Christoph Sternat
# 21 SlovakiaSlovakia Miroslav Stolc # 4 SloveniaSlovenia Viktor Trilar # 16 SloveniaSlovenia Milan Zrnic

Linesmen

# 57 AustriaAustria Bettina Angerer # 69 AustriaAustria Timo Ettlmayr # 68 AustriaAustria Maximilian Gatol # 76 SloveniaSlovenia Matjaz Hribar
# 94 AustriaAustria Christian Kaspar # 97 AustriaAustria Kevin Kontschieder # 91 HungaryHungary Attila Nagy # 51 HungaryHungary Marton Nemeth
# 71 AustriaAustria David Nothegger # 86 SloveniaSlovenia Natasa Pagon # 61 ItalyItaly Ulrich Pardatscher # 72 SloveniaSlovenia Damir Rakovic
# 77 AustriaAustria Jakob Schauer # 96 AustriaAustria Elias Seewald # 55 HungaryHungary Daniel Soos # 56 AustriaAustria Daniel Saver
# 95 AustriaAustria Maximilian Verworner # 87 SloveniaSlovenia Gasper Jaka Zgonc

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zagreb plans to return in the next EBEL season , report on orf.at from January 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ Zagreb again in the EBEL , report on www.kleinezeitung.at from March 15, 2017
  3. ↑ Olimpija Ljubljana leaves the EBEL , report on hockeyfans.at from April 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ Black Wings part ways with coach Rob Daum , report on kurier.at from March 13, 2017.
  5. ↑ Pat Curcio is the new head coach , report on the club's homepage from June 15, 2017
  6. ↑ Steve Walker new head coach , report on the KAC homepage from May 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Pat Curcio is the new coach of HC Bozen , report on the HC Bozen homepage from June 15, 2017.
  8. ↑ The Finn Kai Suikkanen is the new head coach of the Foxes , report on the club's homepage from November 28, 2017.
  9. ↑ Frycer and Docekal together as head coaches until the end of the season , report on the club's homepage from February 14, 2018.
  10. ↑ Troy Ward is the new Black Wings coach , report on the Black Wings Linz homepage from April 19, 2017.
  11. ↑ VSV separates after defeat from coach Greg Holst , report on kleinezeitung.at from December 4, 2017.
  12. ↑ Hannu Järvenpää is back in the EBEL , report on hockeyfans.at from December 1st, 2017.
  13. ↑ medvescak.com , report on the Medveščak Zagreb website from April 7, 2017.
  14. ↑ Zagreb reacts, new trainer for the bears , report on hockeyfans.at of December 24, 2017.
  15. ↑ Homepage of the EBEL, Modus
  16. ↑ Bribery scandal in the EBEL, league takes a stand , report on ring-hockey.at dated August 9, 2017.
  17. ↑ vienna-capitals.at , report on the Vienna Capitals homepage.
  18. ^ Tournament page on the homepage of the Slovak Ice Hockey Federation
  19. ↑ Playoff tree on the Cup's homepage , accessed on April 22, 2018.
  20. ↑ Vinschgau Cup
  21. ↑ Hockey Europe visits Graz , report on the Graz 99ers homepage
  22. ↑ Doug Bradley takes over the EBEL team , report on the club's homepage from December 24, 2017.
  23. ↑ Goalie swap - A gutter for the Bulldogs , report on hockey-news.info from November 20, 2017.
  24. ↑ Graz99ers bring top goalkeeper Engelage , report on laola1.at from February 8, 2018.
  25. ↑ The Finn Kai Suikkanen is the Foxes' new coach - Phil Barski remains assistant coach , report on the HCB homepage from November 28, 2017.
  26. ↑ Hannu Järvenpää again in the EBEL , report on hockey-news.info from December 1, 2017.
  27. ↑ Holst is no longer a trainer, Markus Peintner takes over , report on hockeyfans.at from December 3, 2017.
  28. ↑ erstebankliga.at
  29. ↑ EBEL referee on eishockeyschiedsrichter.at