The 2017/18 season of the Erste Bank Young Stars League (EBYSL for short) was the sixth staging of the highest junior league in Austrian ice hockey, which also - as the junior league of the supranational Erste Bank ice hockey league - includes teams from Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary. The season started on September 3rd and ended with the 5th final game between AV19 Fehérvár and HD Jesenice with the victory of the Hungarians on April 8th 2018. Since there was no Austrian club in the EBYSL final, the Austrian champions were played in a best-of-three series between VSV and RB Salzburg. The series and with it the Austrian championship title won the Villach.
The league consists of 17 teams this season. In addition to the Erste Bank Junior League (EBJL for short), the following teams now also make teams in the EBYSL: Györi Nemak ETO HC and ÚTE Budapest.
The team of HK Olimpija Ljubljana, which switched to the Alps Hockey League , is to be reported as a departure . The teams of KHL Medvescak Zagreb and HK Triglav Kranj are also no longer there.
Map of all club locations for the 2017/18 season with group A ( ), group B ( )
mode
In phase 1 of the regular season, each team in Group A plays a round-trip round within its group + two additional games + a first round against all clubs in Group B.
In phase 1 of the GD, each team in Group B plays a round-trip round within its group + three additional games + a first round against the teams in Group A.
The top 3 of each group (A, B) qualify for the subsequent Master Round (one round-trip, ten games per team). The other teams, on the other hand, fight in two qualification rounds (A, B) for the last two playoff spots, for which the group winners qualify.
Basic round
Main round
Group A
rank
team
Sp
S.
N
SNV
NNV
T
GT
TVH
Points
1
Slovenia HD mladi Jesenice
26th
19th
6th
1
0
109
60
+49
59
2
Austria EC VSV
26th
13
6th
3
4th
85
61
+24
49
3
Austria EC Red Bull Salzburg
26th
13
9
2
2
80
58
+22
45
4th
Austria Okanagan Hockey Club Europe
26th
12
11
0
3
83
75
+8
39
5
Austria Vienna Capitals
26th
8th
13
4th
1
53
71
−18
33
6th
Austria EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz
26th
8th
13
3
2
81
92
−11
32
7th
Slovenia HK Slavija Ljubljana
26th
8th
15th
0
3
49
75
−26
27
8th
Austria LLZ Styria South / Graz99ers
26th
8th
17th
1
0
49
82
−33
26th
9
Austria HC TWK Innsbruck
26th
0
21st
0
5
38
118
−80
5
Group B
rank
team
Sp
S.
N
SNV
NNV
T
GT
TVH
Points
1
Hungary SAPA Fehérvár AV19
26th
22nd
3
1
0
150
56
+94
68
2
Czech Republic HC Orli Znojmo
26th
18th
5
1
2
127
79
+48
58
3
Hungary MAC Budapest
26th
18th
6th
1
1
87
72
+15
57
4th
Hungary VASAS Continental Budapest
26th
14th
6th
4th
2
91
63
+28
52
5
Hungary Debrecen Miskolce Select
26th
10
12
4th
0
84
82
+2
38
6th
Hungary UTE Budapest
26th
9
14th
1
2
77
94
−17
31
7th
Hungary KHM Budapest
26th
9
16
1
0
85
125
−40
29
8th
Hungary Györi Nemak ETO HC
26th
3
19th
2
2
74
139
−65
15th
Best scorer
player
team
Sp
T
V
Pt
+/-
SM
Natan Vertes
Fehérvár AV19
26th
22nd
27
49
+27
39
Akos Mihaly
Fehérvár AV19
23
9
27
36
+24
18th
Dominik Horvath
KMH Budapest
26th
16
19th
35
+5
22nd
Martin Kosnar
Orli Znojmo
26th
14th
20th
34
+13
76
Barna Czakó
Vasas SC
26th
18th
14th
32
+18
63
Best goalkeeper
Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best
HD mladi Jesenice
EC VSV
SAPA Fehérvár AV19
HC Orli Znojmo