EC Red Bull Salzburg

EC Red Bull Salzburg
Greatest successes
8-time Austrian champion ( 2007 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2018 ) Winner of the IIHF Continental Cup 2009/10
Club information
history	EC Kaindl Salzburg (1995–2000) EC The Red Bulls Salzburg (2000–2005) EC Red Bulls Salzburg (2005–2007) EC Red Bull Salzburg (since 2007)
Nickname	Red Bulls
Club colors	Red, white, blue
league	Erste Bank Ice Hockey League
Venue	Ice arena Salzburg
capacity	3,400 seats
executive Director	Stefan Wagner
Head coach	Matt McIlvane
captain	Thomas Raffl
Season 2019/20	1st place (main round) 2nd place (placement round)

The EC Red Bull Salzburg is an Austrian ice hockey team from Salzburg ( state Salzburg ) that plays in the Erste Bank ice hockey league .

history

EC Salzburg was founded in 1995 through the merger of the two small clubs EC Morzg and EC Tiefenbach. The EC Morzg in turn was created after the bankruptcy of the Salzburg EC in 1988 as a catchment basin for its youth players. Shortly after it was founded, the Kaindl company was presented as the first main sponsor and the club name was changed to EC Kaindl Salzburg . From the entry of the beverage manufacturer Red Bull in 2000, the official club name was EC The Red Bulls Salzburg . 2007 took place in the sense of a uniform corporate identity with the since 2005 by the Red Bull GmbH. led soccer club FC Red Bull Salzburg was renamed EC Red Bull Salzburg .

Promotion to the Bundesliga

After winning the National League championship in 2004, the Red Bulls have been playing in Austria's highest ice hockey league, the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (EBEL), since the 2004/05 season . A farm team has been playing in the national league since this season . For the first season in the top Austrian league, many new players were signed to make the squad competitive. Some came from competing Bundesliga clubs , such as defender Jaako Niskavaara and striker Matti Kaipainen from EC KAC or cousins Marco and Martin Pewal from EC VSV . In addition, one tried to upgrade the cadre with experienced legionaries. Thus came Greger Artursson the Swedish first division club Färjestad BK Team, and Rob Tallas one was NHL brought -erfahrener goalkeeper.

Nevertheless, the start of the season failed. Salzburg started with eight defeats in a row and only managed to score fully in their ninth game away against Vienna Capitals for the first time. But even after that, the team's performance did not stabilize. Rob Tallas, who had to leave the club after only twelve missions with the miserable catch rate of 86.22% and then ended his career , also fell into the crossfire of criticism . Jürgen Penker took over for him when it had long been foreseeable that no more than last place was to be expected this season. And that's how it happened: the first season in the Bundesliga ended in seventh place with only twelve games won (out of 48 games).

On the way to the championship team

No stone was left unturned during the summer break. The budget was increased significantly and with Dieter Kalt , André Lakos and Matthias Trattnig some of the best Austrian players were directed to the Salzach. With Bjorn Bjurling an experienced Legionnaires for the position of goalkeeper was again obliged. This time the season got off to a good start. The team established itself right from the start in the front half of the table and even took the lead over long distances after sharing the points. The only drawback was again a poor goalkeeping performance. Bjurling was sacked halfway through the regular season and replaced by the Latvian national team goalie Artūrs Irbe . With him, Salzburg began to dominate the championship and remained without a point in only six of 24 games in the second half of the regular season. Only the EC VSV was able to keep up with the people of Mozartstadt, but in the end remained two points behind in second place. Third place, the Innsbrucker Haie , were even nine points behind Salzburg.

As a result, the cops marched through the semi-finals, in which they faced the Vienna Capitals in a best-of-seven series . The team only lost one game, but it was on the green table. The third game (a 6-3 home win for the Bulls) was subsequently penalized in favor of the Viennese, as Salzburg had deployed Patrick Thoresen, an unregistered legionnaire. As expected, they faced the EC VSV in the final, but lost the opening game on their own ice with 2: 3. The second game was also lost with 1: 4, before you could finally write in the third game with a smooth 3: 0 victory. In the fourth match they even managed to equalize in the series with a narrow away win, but Villach immediately responded with a 6-2 win on Salzburg's ice. The next game in Villach was now under the sign "All or nothing" and developed into a thriller. A quick goal from Martin Ulrich after only 59 seconds was followed by a double strike from Villach towards the end of the first period. Frank Banham leveled just before half-time, but the last thirty seconds of regular time were goalless. It went into an overtime, where Dany Bousquet fixed the championship title of Villach in the 78th minute.

For the 2006/07 season the squad was reinforced again. Thomas Koch joined the team, and with Reinhard Divis came one of the best Austrian goalkeepers who had just turned his back on North American hockey. This time it got off to an even better start. Salzburg only alternated until half-time with Villach at the top of the table. While the away team was still weak in the beginning, an amazing winning streak developed at the team's home games. In twenty-eight games on their own ice, Salzburg only left the ice as a loser , in round 44 against the Vienna Capitals . It was precisely this consistency that meant that they finally dominated the top of the table alone and finally won the basic round with an eight point lead over the EC VSV. In the semifinals, the team then sweeps the Capitals 3-0 wins and finally stood again against the EC VSV in the final. After a smooth 2-0 win in the first game, the second clash got a little out of hand. Many penalties paralyzed the flow of the game, and after sixty minutes it was a draw with 3: 3 goals. In the penalty shootout (at that time an endless overtime was only played in decisive playoff games), the Villachers finally had the better end for themselves and equalized. In the third match everything went again for Salzburg with a 6: 3 win. After the team had also won 3-0 away, the Villachers could not oppose the Mozartstädter in game five. With an undisputed 4-2 home win, the team brought the first Bundesliga championship title to Salzburg.

Mission title defense

The most important change for the following season was made in the dugout: Hardy Nilsson was appointed sports director, while Pierre Pagé now acted as coach. Almost as usual, the team started the new season successfully and was able to hold their own in the top half of the table, even though Salzburg didn't seem as confident as in the previous year. Pierre Pagé's changed system took some time to take effect, so this time the basic round was only finished in third place. In the placement round, the team lost five out of ten games and even slipped to fourth place. In the quarter-finals, the team met the EC VSV, which is the first time in three years that the two teams have not met. Despite a high 2: 8 defeat in the fourth encounter in five games, Salzburg narrowly prevailed against the runner-up and met the Capitals again in the semi-finals, who were swept 4-0 wins (which Salzburg did not have in three years Playoff game against the capitals on the ice). In the final they met the newly added HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , who had fought his way out of the table cellar to the final, a little unexpectedly . The first game of the series went 3-2 after a penalty shootout to the Laibacher, but Salzburg regained their home advantage with a 3-1 away win. However, the Slovenes were able to present again and won on Salzburg ice 4: 3 after extra time. After this game, however, some suspensions were issued against players from Ljubljana. In the fourth game, the Slovenian team still used players worth the full number of points, although the value of the suspended players should have been deducted. Laibach narrowly won the game, but only found out hours before the fifth match that the criminal panel had verified the game 5-0 in favor of Salzburg. Laibach then lost this fifth encounter with 0: 5 and was now confronted with seeing a 3: 1 lead transformed into a 2: 3 deficit within a few hours. At the all-important game in Ljubljana, the fans from Ljubljana reacted with displeasure, so that the game had to be interrupted several times. In the end, Salzburg narrowly prevailed 3-2 and thus defended the title.

Only runner-up

For the 2008/09 season , the team was finally completely rebuilt. Pierre Pagé replaced many of the experienced legionnaires with young foreign players who wanted to prove themselves for the first time in Europe and thus further rejuvenated the team. As a result, the team shuttled back and forth between second and sixth place in the table at the start of the championship and did not find the consistency of past years. On November 16, 2008, during the away game against the Hungarian team Alba Volán Székesfehérvár , there were several tangible scenes that resulted in player bans on both sides. With Dieter Kalt one of the leading players left the team in January 2009 and moved to Sweden. The team's performance did not stabilize until the end of the regular season, when they could make up ground and finally fight their way to third place in the table. In the quarter-finals, the Bulls prevailed confidently against the ailing HK Jesenice and again took the Vienna Capitals out of the running in the semifinals (although this time the second game in the series was lost). In the final, they met the EC KAC , who had dominated the championship in the basic round. The first game of the final series on Klagenfurt's ice was only just lost 4: 5 after extra time. However, games two and three then turned the series. With a 7: 2 home win and a subsequent 6: 3 away win, two sovereign victories were recorded and the home advantage brought to the city of Mozart. However, the fourth encounter was decided by the EC KAC with a 4-1 away win and was then able to turn the series back in its favor with a sovereign 3-0 on home ice. The first match ball game turned into a thriller when the EC KAC led until 68 seconds before the end of the game. Darryl Bootland secured the equalizer in the series for Salzburg with the equalization and the winning goal in extra time. Game seven in Klagenfurt, however, was lost very close with 1: 2, which means that after two championship titles, the title was not defended again this time.

The year of the title

The 2009/10 season was the most successful so far in the club's history. Head coach and sports director Pierre Pagé continued on his path with the Red Bulls in his third year, and in the end the Salzburg ice hockey club was happy about three titles. In September 2009, the Red Bulls won their own invitation tournament Red Bulls Salute for the first time in their five-year history, leaving well-known European top teams such as CSKA Moscow behind them. In November 2009 and January 2010 respectively, Salzburg made their third attempt in the Continental Cup, the highest European IIHF club competition this season, and after two successful rounds in Latvia and France they also won the trophy. With the victory in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, the Red Bulls finally made the triple and celebrated the most successful season in the tenth year of their existence. The MVP of 2009 Thomas Koch lifted the trophy for the first time as captain. The youth work in the Red Bull Hockey Model was further accelerated, which u. a. reflected in the championship titles of the under 20 and under 17 year olds. The Red Bulls farm team was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Austrian National League against eventual champions Dornbirn, but again offered many young talents the ideal platform to develop themselves. Record-breaking: On January 12, 2010, the Red Bulls played in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga against Jesenice with an average age of just 21.1 years. A total of 47 Salzburg players recorded at least one appearance in Austria's top division. In the 2010/11 season the title could be successfully defended. In the final they successfully prevailed against EC KAC with 4: 3.

Don Jackson as coach of EC Red Bull Salzburg 2013

3 years without an EBEL title

In the quarter-finals of the 2011/12 season they were eliminated against EC KAC after losing the 6th final game 5: 2 and thus the Best of Seven series with 2: 4. In the 2012/13 season you couldn't get to the final again. In the semifinals, the Vienna Capitals had to be defeated 2: 4 in the Best of Seven series. The Red Bulls won their fifth Austrian championship title in the 2013/14 season . After the basic round, the team took third place, but was able to finish the placement round first. With successes over the Dornbirner EC (4–2 wins) and the EHC Linz (3–0 wins), Salzburg reached the playoff final against the Italian newcomer HC Bozen , the first non-Austrian club since the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 2008 to reach the final reached the league. While Red Bull won against the team from Slovenia at that time, the South Tyroleans were the first foreign team to secure victory in the Austrian ice hockey league with a 3-2 after extra time in the decisive fifth game . The Austrian championship went - as a consolation prize, so to speak - to the team from Salzburg as the best local team.

New era of coaches

In the summer of 2014, the trainer Don Jackson left the club to train EHC Red Bull Munich . Dan Ratushny was brought in to replace it . With the change of coach, some players were also changed. Ryan Duncan and John Hughes came back to the club. Ben Walter , Kyle Beach , Brett Sterling and Zdeněk Kutlák were also signed up to strengthen the team . The fresh wind in the team was immediately noticeable when the league won the first 7 games in a row. In the Champions Hockey League 2014/15 you reached the second round as a group winner. Where you had to admit defeat to the eventual winner Luleå HF . After winning the main round, you also won the intermediate round. In the playoffs they chose the VSV as their first opponent, against whom they prevailed with 4: 1 in the "Best of Seven" series. In the semifinals they met EC KAC , against whom they clearly qualified 4-0 for the final. In the final, the Vienna Capitals were eliminated 4-0 in the "Best of Seven" series. Thus you became EBEL winner for the 5th time and Austrian champion for the 6th time .

In the 2015/16 season , Salzburg won the main round and the subsequent placement round with ease. John Hughes established himself as the top scorer in the league, while Brett Sterling rose to become the second best scorer in the EBEL. For the quarter-finals of the play-offs, Salzburg decided for the eighth-placed club EC KAC , which was defeated in all four main round games, in the last meeting even 7-0. Nevertheless, Salzburg were only able to prevail in the quarter-finals after seven games 4-3 in the series and were thus in the semifinals against the EC VSV . The Bulls were able to prevail with 4: 2, although curiously all victories ended with the same final score of 2: 1. Since EHC Linz was eliminated in their semi-final match against the Czech club Orli Znojmo , Salzburg was already Austrian champion with its semi-final victory and was thus able to defend its title from the previous year. In the final against Znojmo, Salzburg won 4-2 and is again the winner of the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League .

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Other developments

In May 2007 the rumor was raised that the club was to be accepted into the German Ice Hockey League (DEL). Admission to the continental hockey league originating from Russia was also a possibility in 2008, but was not implemented.

Red Bulls Salute

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The Red Bulls Salute was an international ice hockey invitation tournament that was organized by the EC Red Bull Salzburg from 2005 and held in the Salzburg ice arena. In the summer of 2010, the tournament was upgraded at the beginning of the season with the integration into the newly founded European Trophy and formed the final of this top-ranked ice hockey tournament.

player

Squad of the 2020/21 season

As of August 26, 2020

No.	Nat.	player	Item	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
60		Lukas Duke	G	February 7, 1993	2018	Zell am See , Austria
1		Jean-Philippe Lamoureux	G	20th August 1984	2019	Grand Forks , North Dakota , USA
30th		Nicolas Wieser	G	August 30, 1997	2017	Villach , Austria
4th		Taylor Chorney	D.	April 27, 1987	2020	Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada
91		Dominique Heinrich	D.	July 31, 1990	2017	Vienna , Austria
11		Daniel Jakubitzka	D.	June 17, 1996	2015	Innsbruck , Austria
25th		Derek Joslin	D.	March 17, 1987	2019	Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada
90		Alexander Pallestrang	D.	April 4, 1990	2010	Bregenz , Austria
55		Lukas Schreier	D.	December 24, 1999	2018	Salzburg , Austria
18th		Paul Stapelfeldt	D.	September 20, 1998	2020	Braunau , Austria
42		Layne Viveiros	D.	4th August 1995	2015	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
89		Florian Baltram	C.	March 25, 1997	2015	Vienna , Austria
23		Connor Brickley	C.	February 25, 1992	2019	Everett , Massachusetts , USA
74		Nico Feldner	C.	October 11, 1998	2018	Hall in Tirol , Austria
26th		Peter Hochkofler	RW	4th October 1994	2015	Bolzano , Italy
96		Mario Huber	RW	August 8, 1996	2017	Innsbruck , Austria
52		Paul Huber	W.	June 10, 2000	2019	Graz , Austria
72		John Hughes	C.	January 6, 1988	2014	Whitby , Ontario , Canada
77		John-Jason Peterka	LW	January 14, 2002	2020	Munich , Germany
21st		Yannic Pilloni	C.	July 31, 1998	2019	Klagenfurt , Austria
5		Thomas Raffl	W.	June 19, 1986	2016	Villach , Austria
9		Alexander Smoking Forest	C.	May 11, 1993	2014	Villach , Austria
		Rick Schofield	C.	April 23, 1987	2020	Pickering , Ontario , Canada
43		Filip Varejcka	F.	January 9, 2001	2019	Munich , Germany

Blocked jersey numbers

• # 20 Daniel Welser
• # 51 Matthias Trattnig

Well-known former players

(Team membership and position in brackets)

Frank Banham (2005-2008, striker) The Canadian top scorer was one of the crowd favorites in Mozart's city for three years. Artūrs Irbe (2005/06, goalkeeper) The former Latvian national team goalie came to Salzburg to replace the Swede Björn Bjurling. With an experience of 12 seasons in the NHL , he led the team to the finals, where they were subject to the EC VSV .

Richard Jackman (2007/08, defender) With the engagement of Richard Jackman, the Salzburg team opened a new chapter in Austrian ice hockey history: for the first time, a reigning Stanley Cup winner was directed to Austria. Dieter Kalt (2005-2008, striker) The former EC KAC junior player was one of the top scorers in Mozartstadt for three years and celebrated two championship titles with the team. In total, the striker was able to celebrate eight championship titles in his career.

Rob Tallas (2004/05, goalkeeper) Rob Tallas came to the Salzach with the experience of six seasons in the NHL, but could not convince thanks to a weak front team and was released early. After his engagement in Salzburg he ended his active career. Martin Ulrich (2005–2008, defender) Martin Ulrich was one of the best Austrian defenders of all time and is the Austrian with the most appearances in the national team: 228 times in his career he put on the dress of the ÖEHV selection.

Significant past teams

EBEL champion 2006/07

position	Surname
Goal:	Bernhard Bock , Reinhard Divis , Magnus Eriksson
Defense:	Greger Artursson , Goran Bezina , Daniel Casselstål , Peter Kasper , Jakob Lainer , André Lakos , Victor Lindgren , Andreas Pihl , Stefan Pittl , Matthias Trattnig , Martin Ulrich
Storm:	Frank Banham , Martin Grabher-Meier , Gregor Hager , Patrick Harand , Darby Hendrickson , Dieter Kalt , Thomas Koch , Juha Lind , Martin Mairitsch , Marco Pewal , Martin Pewal , Philipp Pinter , Matthias Schwab
Trainer:	Hardy Nilsson

EBEL champion 2007/08

position	Surname
Goal:	Reinhard Divis , Thomas Innerwinkler
Defense:	Greger Artursson , Brad Fast , Ric Jackman , Jakob Lainer , Wilhelm Lanz , Victor Lindgren , Robert Lukas , Doug Lynch , Andreas Reisinger , Rémi Royer , Martin Ulrich
Storm:	Frank Banham , Martin Grabher-Meier , Josh Green , Patrick Harand , Craig Johnson , Dieter Kalt , Thomas Koch , Don McLean , Martin Mairitsch , Marco Pewal , Philipp Pinter , Matthias Schwab , Jussi Tarvainen , Matthias Trattnig , Martin Ulmer , Daniel Welser
Trainer:	Pierre Pagé

EBEL champion 2009/10

position	Surname
Goal:	Reinhard Divis , David LeNeveu
Defense:	Jason Beckett , Michael Gergen , Dominique Heinrich , André Lakos , Wilhelm Lanz , Robert Lembacher , Doug Lynch , Florian Mühlstein , Jeremy Rebek , Michael Schutte , Mike Siklenka , Andreas Wiedergut
Storm:	Brent Aubin , Ryan Duncan , Alexander Feichtner , Mario Fischer , Jonathan Filewich , Thomas Koch , Manuel Latusa , Patrick Maier , Marco Pewal , Kevin Puschnik , Steven Regier , Michael Schiechl , Martin Ulmer , Daniel Welser , Kelsey Wilson
Trainer:	Pierre Pagé

EBEL champion 2010/11

position	Surname
Goal:	Reinhard Divis , Thomas Höneckl
Defense:	Nicolas Dumoulin , Dominique Heinrich , Shaun Heshka , Taylor Holst , André Lakos , Wilhelm Lanz , Doug Lynch , Daniel Mitterdorfer , Joey Mormina , Florian Mühlstein , Alexander Pallestrang Matthias Trattnig
Storm:	Ramzi Abid , Brent Aubin , Dan Bertram , Danny Bois , Marco Brucker , Joël Champagne , Ryan Duncan , Alexander Feichtner , Thomas Koch , Manuel Latusa , Patrick Maier , Denver Manderson , Marco Pewal , Kevin Puschnik , Markus Pöck , Thomas Raffl , Steven Regier , Smail Samardzic , Michael Schiechl , Pierre-Luc Sleigher , Martin St. Pierre , Daniel Welser
Trainer:	Pierre Pagé

Austrian champion 2013/14

position	Surname
Goal:	Bernd Brückler , Luka Gračnar
Defense:	Michael Boivin , Brian Fahey , Dominique Heinrich , Doug Lynch , Troy Milam , Florian Mühlstein , Alexander Pallestrang , Matthias Trattnig
Storm:	Evan Brophey , Marco Brucker , Mark Cullen , Fabio Hofer , Matt Keith , Konstantin Komarek , Andreas Kristler , Manuel Latusa , David Meckler , Joe Motzko , Andreas Nödl , Thomas Raffl , Garrett Roe , Daniel Welser
Trainer:	Don Jackson

EBEL champion 2014/15

position	Surname
Goal:	Bernd Brückler , Luka Gračnar
Defense:	Brian Fahey , Dominique Heinrich , Corin Konradsheim , Zdeněk Kutlák , Troy Milam , Florian Mühlstein , Alexander Pallestrang , Matthias Trattnig
Storm:	Kyle Beach , Marco Brucker , Alexander Cijan , Ryan Duncan , John Hughes , Konstantin Komarek , Andreas Kristler , Manuel Latusa , Markus Pöck , Thomas Raffl , Alexander Rauchwald , Brett Sterling , Ben Walter , Daniel Welser
Trainer:	Dan Ratushny

EBEL champion 2015/16

position	Surname
Goal:	Luka Gračnar , Juuso Riksman , Fabian Weinhandl
Defense:	Brian Connelly , Brian Fahey , Dominique Heinrich , Zdeněk Kutlák , Alexander Pallestrang , Matthias Trattnig , Layne Viveiros
Storm:	Luciano Aquino , Florian Baltram , Marco Brucker , Alexander Cijan , Ryan Duncan , Benn Ferriero , Peter Hochkofler , John Hughes , Konstantin Komarek , Andreas Kristler , Manuel Latusa , Per Ledin , Alexander Rauchwald , Brett Sterling , Daniel Wachter , Ben Walter , Daniel Welser
Trainer:	Dan Ratushny

Austrian champion 2017/18

position	Surname
Goal:	Luka Gračnar , Bernhard Starkbaum
Defense:	Julien Brouillette , Matt Generous , Dominique Heinrich , Daniel Jakubitzka , Alexander Pallestrang , Bobby Raymond , Martin Štajnoch , Matthias Trattnig , Layne Viveiros
Storm:	Florian Baltram , Alexander Cijan , Ryan Duncan , Brant Harris , Raphael Herburger , Peter Hochkofler , Mario Huber , John Hughes , Manuel Latusa , Peter Mueller , Thomas Raffl , Alexander Rauchwald , Michael Schiechl , Rob Schremp , Dario Winkler
Trainer:	Greg Poss

Participation of players on the All-Star-Team

season	player
2006/07	André Lakos , Martin Ulrich , Thomas Koch , Marco Pewal , Matthias Trattnig , Dieter Kalt
2007/08	Robert Lukas , Richard Jackman , Dieter Kalt , Matthias Trattnig
2008/09	Thomas Koch , Dieter Kalt

Club-internal records

Statistics since the promotion to the Bundesliga in the 2004/05 season. All preliminary round and play-off games are included.

season

Gates space player Gates season 1. Brett Sterling 42 2015/16 2. Thomas Koch 35 2006/07 3. Brant Harris 34 2017/18 4th Brett Sterling 33 2014/15 5. Ryan Duncan 33 2009/10

Assists space player Assists season 1. John Hughes 61 2017/18 2. John Hughes 60 2015/16 3. John Hughes 55 2014/15 4th Thomas Koch 54 2009/10 5. Ryan Duncan 53 2015/16

Top scorer space player Points season 1. Thomas Koch 87 2006/07 2. John Hughes 84 2015/16 3. John Hughes 82 2017/18 4th Thomas Koch 78 2009/10 5. Thomas Koch 77 2008/09

Penalty minutes space player Penalty minutes season 1. Kelsey Wilson 265 2009/10 2. Danny Bois 212 2010/11 3. Brett Sterling 192 2015/16 4th Patrick Harand 156 2006/07 5. Danny Bois 154 2011/12

All in all

Gates space player Gates 1. Matthias Trattnig 198 2. Ryan Duncan 185 3. Thomas Raffl 170 4th John Hughes 135 5. Thomas Koch 131

Assists space player Assists 1. Matthias Trattnig 348 2. Ryan Duncan 316 3. John Hughes 310 4th Thomas Koch 241 4th Thomas Raffl 225

Top scorer space player Points 1. Matthias Trattnig 546 2. Ryan Duncan 501 3. John Hughes 445 4th Thomas Raffl 395 5. Thomas Koch 372

Games space player Games 1. Matthias Trattnig 769 2. Dominique Heinrich 610 3. Manuel Latusa 569 4th Ryan Duncan 541 5. Daniel Welser 515

Penalty minutes space player Penalty minutes 1. Matthias Trattnig 1232 2. Daniel Welser 677 3. Patrick Harand 481 4th Manuel Latusa 403 4th Danny Bois 366

Red Bull Hockey Juniors

EC Red Bull Salzburg II
Club information
history	Red Bull Hockey Juniors U21 (since 2004)
Nickname	Red Bulls
league	Alps Hockey League
Head coach	Matt Curley
AlpsHL 2018/19	3rd place, play-off quarter-finals

The second team (also Red Bull Hockey Juniors U21 ) took part in the National League between 2004 and 2011 . She has been a member of the multinational Alps Hockey League since 2016 . The coach is Matt Curley.

U20 team

The U20 team took part in the Austrian U20 league from 2003 to 2012 and has played in the EBYSL since 2012 . The U20 juniors are three-time Austrian U20 champions (2006, 2010, 2016 ), their head coach is Andreas Brucker.

Trainer

Period	Trainer	Remarks
2004	Jorma Siitarinen	released early in December
2004-2005	Kjell Lindqvist
2005 / 06–2006 / 07	Hardy Nilsson	1 × Austrian champion , 1 × runner-up
2007 / 08–2012 / 13	Pierre Pagé	4 × Austrian champion , 1 × runner-up
2013/14	Don Jackson	1 × Austrian champion , 1 × runner-up
2014 / 15–2015 / 16	Dan Ratushny	2 × master
2016 / 17–2018 / 19	Greg Poss	1 × semi-final out, 1 × runner-up, 1 × Champions Hockey League semi-final
2019	Andreas Brucker	1 × semi-final out
since 2019	Matt McIlvane

From the beginning of the 2007/08 season , the Canadian Pierre Pagé was head coach and sporting director of Salzburg. He was assisted by the Canadian George Kingston . Also in the coaching staff are the Austrians Anton Walch (skating and assistant coach), Gerald Wimmer (video coach ) and the Canadian Patrick Dallaire (goalie coach).

For the 2013/14 season , the US-American Don Jackson took over the coaching position, but he returned to Munich the following season. Since the beginning of the 2014/15 season, the Canadian Dan Ratushny has held the position of coach, supported by former Salzburg player Rob Davison as assistant coach. After winning two titles in the Erste Bank ice hockey league in his two seasons in Salzburg, the Canadian moved to Switzerland for Lausanne HC .

From the 2016/17 season, US American Greg Poss was Salzburg's head coach, while Tim Kehler took over as assistant coach . In February 2019, Poss was fired and replaced by the former junior coach Andreas Brucker .

Venue

The home of the two Salzburg teams is the Eisarena Salzburg , also known as the Volksgarten or Volksgarten Arena , which can hold 3,500 spectators .

Others

Fan culture

The two Salzburg associations have three registered fan clubs: Die Treuen , the Fanatics and the Supporters C-Mitte .

Club statistics

Legend: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats in regular time, OTL = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, Win% = percentage of the total possible points scored, GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, +/- = Goal difference, Pts = points scored, points = actual points after point sharing

season		league	GP	W.	L.	OTL	Win%	GF	GA	+/-	Pts	Points	annotation
2004/05	RS	EBEL	48	12	31	5	30.21	131	190	−59	29	21st	7th place, no playoff participation
2005/06	RS	EBEL	48	29	13	6th	66.67	177	140	+37	64	49	Runner-up
	PO		11	6th	4th	1	59.09	32	31	+1	-	-
2006/07	RS	EBEL	56	40	10	6th	76.79	232	157	+75	86	64	master
	PO		8th	7th	0	1	93.75	38	20th	+18	-	-
2007/08	RS	EBEL	36	20th	10	6th	63.89	121	108	+13	46	-	master
	PR		10	5	4th	1	55.00	37	33	+4	11	-
	PO		15th	11	2	2	80.00	55	34	+21	-	-
2008/09	RS	EBEL	54	32	18th	4th	62.96	200	157	+43	68	-	Runner-up
	PO		17th	11	4th	2	70.59	61	43	+18	-	-
2009/10	RS	EBEL	54	33	16	5	65.74	203	158	+45	71	-	master
	PO		18th	12	6th	0	66.66	57	43	+14	-	-
2010/11	RS	EBEL	54	33	19th	2	62.96	206	181	+25	68	-	master
	PO 1		19th	12	4th	3	71.05	72	60	+12	-	-
EBEL main round			350	199	117	34	61.71	1270	1091	+179	432	387
EBEL placement round			10	5	4th	1	55.00	37	33	+4	11	-
EBEL playoffs			88	59	20th	9	72.16	315	243	+84	-	-

¹In the quarter-finals, a game was penalized for the HDD Olimpija Ljubljana because the EC Red Bull Salzburg failed to play .

Average audience

• 2004/2005 season: 1,773 spectators per home game
• 2005/2006 season: 2,757 spectators per home game
• 2006/2007 season: 2,673 spectators per home game
• 2007/2008 season: 2,462 spectators per home game
• 2008/2009 season: 2,490 spectators per home game
• 2009/2010 season: 2,508 spectators per home game
• 2010/2011 season: 2,755 spectators per home game

See also

• Red Bulls Salute
• EHC Red Bull Munich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Der Standard , Russia's league wants Red Bull
2. ↑ Welser ends his career, Salzburg blocks number 20. In: hockeyfans.at. November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017 . 
3. ↑ "I always wanted to get the best out of it". In: ecrbs.redbulls.com. April 15, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ http://ecrbs.redbulls.com/daniel-ratushny-verlaesst-die-red-bulls
5. ↑ http://ecrbs.redbulls.com/red-bulls-mit-neuem-assistant-coach
6. ^ Homepage of the ÖEHV ( Memento from January 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : EC Red Bull Salzburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• official homepage
• Red Bulls Salute Homepage
• Entry on hockeyarenas.net with photos of the ice rink