Alps Hockey League 2018/19

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The 2018/19 season was the third season of the Alps Hockey League , the joint Italian - Austrian - Slovenian ice hockey league . The championship of the Alps Hockey League was won by HK Olimpija Ljubljana , who defeated HC Pustertaler Wölfe 4: 3 in the playoff final. Previously, HC Pustertal had won the main round with more than 100 points and a goal difference of +97.

Attendees

Hockey Milano Rossoblu was newly admitted to the AlpsHL as one of last season's participants . However, HC Neumarkt withdrew from match operations at the end of May 2018.

Jesenice

Salzburg

Klagenfurt

Ljubljana

Zell am See

Bregenzerwald

Lustenau

Feldkirch

Kitzbühel

Val Pusteria

Rides

Fassa

Cortina

Asiago

Sterzing

Val Gardena

Milan

Map of the clubs of the AHL 2018/19 (

group east,

group west,

group south A,

group south B)

country	Club	Venue	group	Preseason
Italy	HC Pustertal Wolves	Brunico	South A	Semifinals
Italy	SHC Fassa	Canazei	South B	Main round 16.
Italy	SG Cortina	Cortina d'Ampezzo	South A	Main round 9.
Italy	Rittner Buam	Rides	South B	final
Italy	Asiago Hockey	Asiago	South B	master
Italy	HC Gherdëina	Val Gardena	South B	Main round 14.
Italy	WSV Sterzing Broncos	Sterzing	South A	Quarter finals
Austria	EC Bregenzerwald	Dornbirn	west	Main round 10.
Austria	VEU Feldkirch	Feldkirch	west	Quarter finals
Austria	EC Kitzbühel	Kitzbühel	west	Main round 13.
Austria	EHC Lustenau	Lustenau	west	Main round 11.
Austria	EK Zell am See	Zell am See	west	Main round 12.
Slovenia	HDD Jesenice	Jesenice	east	Semifinals
Austria	EC KAC II	Klagenfurt	east	Main round 17.
Slovenia	HK Olimpija	Ljubljana	east	Quarter finals
Austria	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	Salzburg	east	Quarter finals
Italy	Hockey Milano Rossoblu	Milan	South A	IHL 3.

mode

The 17 teams play 40 games each in a main round. A single round (32 games) followed by a further single round in four regional groups (six or eight games) is played. In the three groups of four East, South A and South B, each team plays two more games against an opponent drawn from another group.

The best four teams qualify directly for the quarter-finals of the play-offs . The teams in positions five to twelve play four more quarter-finalists in best-of-three mode. The semi-finals will take place in the best-of-five mode , the quarter-finals and final in the best-of-seven mode.

Main round

table

rank	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Pustertal	40	31	5	1	3	156: 059	104
2.	HK SZ Olimpija	40	29	3	1	7th	160: 085	94
3.	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	40	26th	4th	4th	6th	169: 097	90
4th	Asiago Hockey	40	22nd	7th	4th	7th	158: 109	84
5.	Rittner Buam	40	27	1	0	12	165: 98	83
6th	EHC Lustenau	40	25th	2	2	11	158: 112	81
7th	VEU Feldkirch	40	21st	2	5	12	137: 114	69
8th.	HDD Jesenice	40	21st	1	3	15th	173: 115	68
9.	Wipptal Broncos	40	16	7th	6th	11	130: 100	68
10.	SG Cortina	40	14th	4th	5	17th	111: 130	55
11.	HC Gherdëina	40	14th	1	2	23	105: 140	46
12.	EC Kitzbühel	40	11	3	3	23	101: 154	42
13.	EK Zell am See	40	9	3	4th	24	106: 171	37
14th	EHC Bregenzerwald	40	8th	1	4th	27	099: 163	30th
15th	EC KAC II	40	9	1	0	30th	109: 185	29
16.	Hockey Milano Rossoblu	40	6th	1	2	31	099: 189	22nd
17th	HC Fassa	40	3	2	2	33	091: 206	15th

direct playoff qualification ; Pre-playoffs ; Season ended

Best scorer

Source: eliteprospects.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
Oliver Nordberg	EC Salzburg II	40	28	44	72	24	+28
Anthony Bardaro	Asiago Hockey	40	31	37	68	24	+29
Marc-Olivier Vallerand	EHC Lustenau	35	32	30th	62	42	+31
Robin Soudek	VEU Feldkirch	35	32	27	59	26th	+22
Dylan Stanley	VEU Feldkirch	40	18th	39	57	24	+19
Tadej Čimžar	HDD Jesenice	39	22nd	33	55	24	+25
Chris D'Alvise	EHC Lustenau	36	25th	27	52	12	+29
Casper Evertsson	EC Salzburg II	39	22nd	28	50	14th	+16
Marco Rosa	Asiago Hockey	39	17th	33	50	20th	+20
Brandon McNally	WSV Sterzing	39	16	34	50	84	+10
Armin Hofer ¹	HC Pustertal	40	14th	26th	40	2	+40
Devin DiDiomete ²	SG Cortina	39	23	11	34	109	+4

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

Best goalkeeper

Source: eurohockey.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), Sv% = saved shots (in%) , GTS = goals against goal ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GTS	Sv%
Colin Furlong	HC Pustertal	35	2120	1.36	94.8%
Matt Climie	HDD Jesenice	19th	1109	1.51	94.4%
Zan Us	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	48	2797	2.19	91.5%
Gianluca Vallini	WSV Sterzing	40	2394	2.33	92.6%
Leevi Laakso	EC Salzburg II	30th	1809	2.35	90.4%
Thomas Tragust	Ritten sport	45	2639	2.41	91.3%
Māris Jučers	EHC Lustenau	21st	1217	2.51	91.5%
Frédéric Cloutier	Asiago Hockey	44	2694	2.67	91.5%
Alex Caffi	VEU Feldkirch	39	2326	2.73	92.3%
Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault	EHC Lustenau	31	1859	3.03	92.8%

Play-offs

Play-off tree

Pre-play-offs			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final

			2.	HK Olimpija	4th
5.	Ritten sport	2
			5.	Ritten sport	2
12.	EC Kitzbühel	0				2.	HK Olimpija	3

						6th	EHC Lustenau	0
			3.	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	3
6th	EHC Lustenau	2
			6th	EHC Lustenau	4th
11.	HC Gherdëina	0							1.	HC Pustertal	3

									2.	HK Olimpija	4th
			1.	HC Pustertal	4th
7th	VEU Feldkirch	0
			10.	SG Cortina	0
10.	SG Cortina	2				1.	HC Pustertal	3

						8th.	HDD Jesenice	2
			4th	Asiago Hockey	0
8th.	HDD Jesenice	2
			8th.	HDD Jesenice	4th
9.	WSV Sterzing	0

final

April 11, 2019
8:00 p.m.

HC Pustertal
M. Gander (25:24)
M. Oberrauch (33:28)
M. Gander (59:27)

3: 0
(0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)
game report

HK Olimpija

Rienzstadion , Bruneck
spectators: 1,880

April 12, 2019
8:00 p.m.

HC Pustertal
D. Elliscasis (38:53)
M. Oberrauch (51:52)

2: 7
(0: 0, 1: 6, 1: 1)
game report

HK Olimpija
L. Vidmar (26:26)
Z. Jezovsek (26:50)
S. Rajsar (27:36)
S. Rajsar (32:55)
Z. Jezovsek (35:05)
Ž. Pešut (39:58)
S. Rajsar (44:38)

Rienzstadion, Bruneck
Spectators: 1,950

April 14, 2019
5:30 p.m.

HK Olimpija
S. Rajsar (10:18)
L. Vidmar (22:50)
G. Koblar (27:34)
A. Chvatal (38:27)

4: 6
(1: 1, 3: 1, 0: 4)
game report

HC Pustertal
M. Gander (6:24)
A. Hofer (26:25)
T. Traversa (40:13)
T. Traversa (43:30)
R. Andergassen (47:44)
A. Helfer (59:50)

Hala Tivoli , Ljubljana
Spectators: 2,752

April 15, 2019
19:15

HK Olimpija
N. Simšič (16:20)
A. Mušič (21:40)
A. Mušič (39:59)

3: 4 n.V.
(1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)
game report

HC Pustertal
M. Gander (35:13)
A. Helfer (49:19)
T. Virtala (57:34)
T. Traversa (61:56)

Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
Spectators: 2641

April 17, 2019
8:00 p.m.

HC Pustertal
G. Grossgasteiger (10:42)
M. Virtala (38:41)

2: 3 n.V.
(1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)
game report

HK Olimpija
D. Planko (51:45)
K. Čepon (59:36)
D. Planko (61:02)

Rienzstadion, Bruneck
Spectators: 2,070

April 19, 2019
19:15

HK Olimpija
J. Orehek (0:47)
Ž. Pešut (16:07)
M. Zajc (29:46)
A. Kujavec (29:59)
A. Mušič (33:09)
A. Mušič (47:36)

6: 2
(2: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0)
game report

HC Pustertal
M. Gander (6:38)
M. Gander (35:39)

Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
Spectators: 3,452

April 21, 2019
8:00 p.m.

HC Pustertal
A. Hofer (17:48)

1: 3
(1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3)
Match report
as of: 3: 4

HK Olimpija
Ž. Svete (52:14)
M. Zajc (53:59)
M. Zajc (58:14)

Rienzstadion, Bruneck
Spectators: 2,070

Best scorer

Source: eliteprospects.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
Aleš Mušič	HK Olimpija	16	8th	9	17th	10	+7
Chris D'Alvise	EHC Lustenau	12	10	5	15th	6th	+1
Markus Gander	HC Pustertal	16	10	5	15th	6th	+3
Gregor Koblar	HK Olimpija	16	3	12	15th	6th	+7
Sašo Rajsar	HK Olimpija	16	6th	8th	14th	8th	+2
Tommaso Traversa	HC Pustertal	16	6th	8th	14th	14th	0
Kristjan Cepon	HK Olimpija	16	2	12	14th	8th	+9
Teemu Virtala	HC Pustertal	16	4th	9	13	12	+5
Martin Grabher-Meier	EHC Lustenau	11	3	10	13	4th	0
Raphael Andergassen	HC Pustertal	16	2	11	13	8th	−1
David Planko ¹	HK Olimpija	16	2	7th	9	6th	+13

¹ For comparison: players with the best plus-minus value

Best goalkeeper

Source: eurohockey.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), Sv% = saved shots (in%) , GTS = goals against goal ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	GTS	Sv%
Matt Climie	HDD Jesenice	11	686	1.3 1	95.6
Zan Us	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	16	941	2.23	91.6
Thomas Tragust	Ritten sport	8th	477	2.26	93.2
Colin Furlong	HC Pustertal	16	951	2.33	91.0
Marco de Filippo	SG Cortina	6th	358	2.51	93.1
Mathieu Corbeil-Theriault	EHC Lustenau	12	724	3.07	92.7
Frédéric Cloutier	Asiago Hockey	4th	256	3.27	90.9

National championships

Italy

The encounters between the eight Italian teams in the first single round also count for the Italian championship called IHL Elite. The four best teams will qualify for the Final Four at the end of January.

Austria

The encounters between the seven Austrian teams in the first single round also count towards the Austrian championship of the Alps Hockey League (second division). The four best teams will qualify for the Final Four at the end of January.

Basic round

Source: eishockey.at

rank	team	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	EHC Lustenau	12	10	1	0	1	54:29	32
2.	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	12	8th	2	1	1	54:21	29
3.	VEU Feldkirch	12	6th	0	1	5	40:31	19th
4th	EC Bregenzerwald	12	4th	1	1	6th	42:48	15th
5.	EK Zeller polar bears	12	4th	1	1	6th	35:44	15th
6th	EC KAC II	12	3	0	0	9	28:52	9
7th	EC Kitzbühel	12	2	0	1	9	25:53	7th

Final Four

The semi-finals and finals were played in the Best of Two mode.

Semi-finals (January 22nd and 24th, 2019)

	series	Game 1	Game 2
EC Bregenzerwald - EHC Lustenau ¹	1: 1	2: 4	4: 2
VEU Feldkirch - Red Bull Hockey Juniors	0: 2	4: 7	4: 5 a.d.

¹ The EHC Lustenau reached the final due to the better placement in the regular round

Final (January 26th and 27th, 2019)

	series	Game 1	Game 2
Red Bull Hockey Juniors - EHC Lustenau	1: 1	2: 3 a.d.	5: 1

The Red Bull Hockey Juniors became Austrian champions of the Alps Hockey League due to the additional point from game 1.

Slovenia

The encounters between the two Slovenian teams in the first single round also count towards the Slovenian championship.

Individual evidence

↑ Tragic finish: Again no title for HC Pustertal. In: sportnews.bz. April 21, 2019. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
↑ The audience boom, Markus Gander & Co .: The winners of the AlpsHL. In: sportnews.bz. April 23, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .
↑ http://www.hockeytime.net/2018/05/10/lhockey-milano-rossoblu-in-alps/
↑ https://hockey-news.info/alpshl-kommende-spielzeit-ohne-den-hc-neumarkt/
↑ eliteprospects.com, Alps Hockey League - 2018-2019 Regular Season Player Stats
↑ eurohockey.com, Statistics Alps Hockey League 2018-2019 - Goaltenders
↑ eliteprospects.com, Alps Hockey League - 2018-2019 Playoffs Player Stats
↑ eurohockey.com, Statistics Alps Hockey League 2018-2019 - Play-off - Goaltenders
↑ Final 4 in Austria and Italy and more from the Alps Hockey League. In: sportreport.biz. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
↑ eishockey.at, Alps Hockey League - Basic Pass Austria ( Memento from June 28, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
^ Mathias Funk: ÖEHV Final 4 - Red Bull Hockey Juniors and EHC Lustenau in the final! In: eishockeyonline.at. January 25, 2018, accessed June 28, 2019 .
↑ Red Bulls are Austrian champions of the Alps Hockey League. In: ecrbs.redbulls.com. January 27, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .

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[redbulls-Red_Bull-12] Red Bulls are Austrian champions of the Alps Hockey League. In: ecrbs.redbulls.com. January 27, 2019, accessed June 28, 2019 .