Ice Hockey National League (Austria) 2009/10

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The 2009/10 season of the Austrian national ice hockey league will be played with seven teams. The field of participants was only determined after lengthy negotiations and several changes of mode. The defending champion was the EHC Lustenau , who, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals after mixed performances. The new champion was EC hagn_leone Dornbirn , who prevailed in the final against Bundesliga relegated HC Innsbruck .

Participating teams

Clubs 2009/10

(ranked by previous year placement)

Financial problems in the field of participants

The EK Zell am See reported massive financial problems in the early summer of 2009 and could not give a binding participation for the confirmation in the new national league season. A little later it became known that the KSV ice hockey club was also threatened with bankruptcy and that it was therefore also unable to participate in the season with certainty. The EV Zeltweg then considered relegating voluntarily to the upper league if the two clubs were to be canceled, since in an emergency many games against local opponents and thus many spectators would be lost. ATSE Graz and EHC Bregenzerwald also announced that they wanted to wait and see whether a meaningful league operation could be secured. Following these reports, models were discussed according to which - similar to the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga - foreign teams could fill the field. However, this met with a predominantly negative response from the other teams. At a league meeting at the beginning of July 2009, the EV Zeltweg confirmed, despite the bankruptcy of the teams from Zell am See and Kapfenberg, that it was going to participate in the coming season, so that it should again be played with eight teams. In the meantime EK Zeller Eisbären was founded as the successor to EK Zell am See, which had gone bankrupt. The club officials asked the Austrian ice hockey association for an opportunity to participate in the league, which the latter also confirmed. This procedure, in which the previously made decision of the league had been ignored, aroused severe criticism, so that some teams withdrew their nominations in protest. After it was unclear for a long time whether there would be a season at all, an agreement was finally reached in mid-July on a field of seven teams including the Zeller Eisbären. However, EV Zeltweg and ATSE Graz will compete in the major league.

mode

Due to the uncertainties in the field of participants, the mode was revised several times over the summer. The current mode provides for a triple round trip, whereby the points are halved after two rounds. Half points are rounded up. After a total of 36 games, the two best teams have qualified for the semi-finals, and the club that placed last is eliminated.

In a playoff qualification, the teams in places three to six in a best-of-three series then play out the remaining two semi-final participants, with the third placed against the sixth and the fourth against the fifth.

The playoffs, consisting of semi-finals and finals, are played in the best-of-five mode. A special feature is provided by a rule that is also used in American professional leagues: if a championship decisive game is tied after regular playing time, after the ice has been cleared, a 20-minute extra time is played, which ends with a sudden victory . If no goal is scored, a further extension of 20 minutes is estimated after the ice has been cleaned again. This procedure is repeated until a goal is scored.

Basic round

The basic round started on September 19, 2009, whereby the EHC Bregenzerwald was the first team to take a break due to the odd number of teams and was only able to celebrate its premiere a week later. In the following period, the forests remained in the first first half of the season without winning points. In the meantime, EC Red Bull Salzburg took the lead just ahead of newcomer HC Innsbruck, while defending champion EHC Lustenau was in the middle of the table with just three wins from six games. The newly founded Zeller Eisbären had a clear lead over Bregenzerwald with seven points, but this could not hide their moderate performance with only two wins.

By the end of the first of the three rounds, Salzburg had consolidated their position at the top. The EHC Lustenau was able to position itself as the new first pursuer in second place, while Bregenzerwald still had no victory to book after a third of the basic round, so the race for the top six seemed to be decided prematurely. In the meantime, however, the VEU Feldkirch started a chase from the bottom third of the table and was able to secure the top of the table until half-time, equal on points with the Salzburgers due to the better direct relationship. HC Innsbruck and EHC Lustenau were only one and two points behind in third and fourth place. Behind that, however, there was already a larger gap. The EC Dornbirn was already nine points behind the top of the table, while the newly founded Zeller Eisbären could not quite find their form and with only 17 points were already 19 points behind to first place.

After twenty-four completed games (two of the three rounds) the points were divided, whereby the places one to five moved back together up to five points. The Zeller (eleven points, nine points behind fifth place) had practically secured sixth place at this point, as Bregenzerwald was lagging behind with only two points in last place. HC Innsbruck finally found an excellent form in the final phase, which was also based on the performance of Seamus Kotyk in goal, who had previously been the goalkeeper of the Tyroleans in the Bundesliga and had rejoined the team during the current season. EC Dornbirn had also strengthened itself, having signed two Bundesliga players with Hannes Enzenhofer (goal, EC KAC ) and Tino Anton Teppert (defense, Vienna Capitals ). The two teams secured the first two places without any problems and were thus set for the semi-finals.

EHC Lustenau, on the other hand, did not match the previous year's form, who repeatedly lost important games just before the end on their own ice and had to accept a 0:10 debacle against Dornbirn. Fifth place was an extremely bad result for the otherwise very successful Vorarlberg team, which was underlined by the large gap to fourth place. Feldkirch and the EC Red Bull Salzburg farm team confidently secured third and fourth place. For the EHC Bregenzerwald, however, the championship came to an early end again. With only five wins from 36 games and a goal difference of -105, the team kept the last place.

Table after the basic round

rank team Games S. N SNV NNV SNP NNP Gates TVH Points
1 HC Innsbruck 36 27 9 3 0 1 2 170: 88 +82 54
2 EC Dornbirn 36 23 13 1 1 3 1 155: 113 +42 47
3 EC Red Bull Salzburg II 36 22nd 14th 1 0 0 1 144: 94 +50 43
4th VEU Feldkirch 36 20th 16 1 2 1 2 121: 113 +8 40
5 EHC Lustenau 36 19th 17th 3 2 2 0 124: 137 -13 31
6th EK Zeller polar bears 36 10 26th 1 4th 1 1 109: 173 -64 23
7th EHC Bregenzerwald 36 5 31 1 2 0 1 85: 190 -105 15th

statistics

Top scorer
Rk player team GP G A. Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
1 Dmitri Nabokov Dornbirn 35 24 54 78 68 9 0 4th
2 Jussi Tarvainen Dornbirn 36 27 43 70 36 14th 1 4th
3 Toni Saarinen Lustenau 36 19th 48 67 24 6th 2 5
4th Teemu Virtala innsbruck 36 20th 43 63 24 10 1 1
5 Stefan Wiedmaier Cell 32 15th 42 57 24 9 0 2
6th Alexander Höller innsbruck 36 28 28 56 28 9 2 7th
7th Kent Salfi innsbruck 36 22nd 32 54 77 7th 3 3
8th Ryan Foster Lustenau 35 32 21st 53 50 14th 2 5
9 Brent Aubin Salzburg 24 26th 26th 52 74 11 2 4th
10 Daniel Jonsson Bregenzerwald 35 27 24 51 28 6th 4th 2
11 Heimo Lindner Feldkirch 33 24 27 51 75 6th 3 4th
12 Martin Mairitsch Salzburg 34 20th 28 48 35 10 0 3
13 Chad Swartzentruber Cell 33 18th 30th 48 44 11 0 3
14th Jari Suorsa Cell 34 21st 26th 47 89 12 0 1
15th Jakub Ruckay innsbruck 36 24 22nd 46 56 6th 0 5

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

goalkeeper
Rk player team GP MIP SO-CALLED GA SVS SVS% ATM SO W. L. OTL
1 Seamus Kotyk innsbruck 8th 470 213 15th 198 92.96 1.91 0 6th 1 1
2 Peter Andersson Feldkirch 33 2001 1186 100 1086 91.57 3.00 1 19th 11 4th
3 Thomas Höneckl Salzburg 11 632 295 26th 269 91.19 2.47 1 8th 3 0
4th Patrick Machreich Lustenau 36 2130 1456 131 1325 91.00 3.69 2 19th 15th 2
5 Manuel Schönhill innsbruck 28 1652 743 68 675 90.85 2.47 2 21st 5 1
6th Artyom Konovalov Salzburg 11 537 230 25th 205 89.13 2.79 0 4th 5 0
7th Bernhard Bock Dornbirn 31 1761 763 84 679 88.99 2.86 2 20th 8th 2
8th Martin Iberer Salzburg 17th 871 376 43 333 88.56 2.96 3 8th 6th 1
9 Walter Bartholomew Cell 21st 1037 629 72 557 88.55 4.17 0 4th 10 4th
10 Per Fabian Eriksson Bregenzerwald 32 1798 1266 155 1111 87.76 5.17 0 5 25th 1
11 Florian Weißkircher Cell 23 1140 732 100 632 86.34 5.26 0 6th 11 1

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

Playoffs

Quarter finals

The teams in ranks three to six played the remaining two playoff participants in a best of three series. In both cases, the better-placed team clearly prevailed with 2-0 wins. Surprisingly, the reigning champion EHC Lustenau was also removed from the competition. Vorarlberg had struggled with problems since the end of the regular season and had to admit defeat in both games. The Zeller Eisbären also ended the mixed season early with two defeats and a goal difference of 5:13.

series Final score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
EC Red Bull Salzburg II (3) - EK Zeller Eisbären (6) 2-0 6: 1
(2: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0) 		7: 4
(5: 1, 2: 2, 0: 1) 		-
VEU Feldkirch (4) - EHC Lustenau (5) 2-0 4: 1
(1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0) 		4: 1
(2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) 		-

Semifinals

The semi-finals began on March 6, 2010. Both HC Innsbruck and EC Dornbirn made it to the final with a sweep and dominated the defeated opponents over long distances. While VEU Feldkirch was only able to design its home game openly, the Salzburg farm team challenged EC Dornbirn a little more in the first two games and lost only one goal difference. The decisive third encounters of both series, however, ultimately went quite clearly in favor of the favorites.

series Final score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
HC Innsbruck (1) - VEU Feldkirch (4) 3-0 2: 0
(0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) 		3: 2 n.V.
(0: 0.1: 2.1: 0.1: 0) 		4: 1
(1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) 		- -
EC Dornbirn (2) - EC Red Bull Salzburg II (3) 3-0 5: 4
(1: 3, 1: 1, 3: 0) 		3: 2
(1: 0.1: 0.1: 2) 		6: 3
(1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1) 		- -

final

The final began on March 24th, 2010. Favorite HC Innsbruck already had difficulties with the challenger from Vorarlberg in the first encounter on their own ice and finally lost just after extra time. For its part, Dornbirn was able to extend the lead in the second game and only suffered a narrow defeat in the third encounter in Innsbruck. In the end, however, the team won the fourth game with 5: 1 and thus secured the second title in the club's history after the championship in 2008 .

series Final score Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
HC Innsbruck (1) - EC Dornbirn (2) 1: 3 2: 3 n.V.
(1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) 		2: 3
(0: 0, 0: 3, 2: 0) 		2: 1
(0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) 		1: 5
(1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2) 		-

statistics

Top scorer
Rk player team GP G A. Pts PIM PPG SHG GWG
1 Jussi Tarvainen innsbruck 7th 4th 8th 12 10 1 0 0
2 Philipp Ullrich Salzburg 5 3 8th 11 6th 2 0 0
3 Ryan Murphy Dornbirn 7th 2 9 11 2 0 0 1
4th Dmitriy Nabokov Dornbirn 7th 4th 6th 10 6th 2 0 1
5 Lukas Schwitzer Dornbirn 7th 2 7th 9 2 2 0 0
6th Martin Mairitsch Salzburg 5 6th 2 8th 6th 2 0 0
7th Fabio Hofer Dornbirn 7th 5 3 8th 2 2 0 0
8th Michael Gergen Salzburg 5 2 6th 8th 8th 0 0 1
9 Alexander Feichtner Salzburg 5 4th 3 7th 0 1 0 1
10 Alexander Höller innsbruck 7th 4th 3 7th 22nd 0 0 1

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

goalkeeper
Rk player team GP MIP SO-CALLED GA SVS SVS% ATM SO W. L. OTL
1 Peter Andersson VEU 5 300: 31 194 10 184 94.85 2.00 0 2 2 1
2 Bernhard Bock Dornbirn 7th 405: 03 240 13 227 94.58 1.93 0 6th 1 0
3 Seamus Kotyk innsbruck 7th 426: 32 225 15th 210 93.33 2.11 1 4th 2 1
4th Florian Weißkircher Cell 1 43:21 31 3 28 90.32 4.15 0 0 1 0
5 Patrick Machreich Lustenau 2 120: 00 78 8th 70 89.74 4.00 0 0 2 0
6th Artiom Konovalov Salzburg 4th 229: 14 124 14th 110 88.71 3.66 0 1 3 0
7th Martin Iberer Salzburg 2 67:25 26th 4th 22nd 84.62 3.56 0 1 0 0
8th Walter Bartholomew Cell 2 76:39 49 10 39 79.59 7.83 0 0 1 0
9 Hannes Enzenhofer Dornbirn 1 20:00 14th 3 11 78.57 9.00 0 0 0 0

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

Audience statistics

spectator
Rk team Games home Away total average
1. EC hagn_leone Dornbirn 43 47,428 31,495 78.923 1,835
2. VEU Feldkirch 41 39,409 31,788 71.197 1,737
3. EHC Lustenau 38 25,416 29,391 54,807 1,442
4th HC Innsbruck 43 30,950 26,601 57,551 1,338
5. EK Zeller polar bears 38 23,656 15,670 39,326 1,035
6th EC Red Bull Salzburg 41 3,455 26,018 29,473 719
7th EHC Bregenzerwald 36 6,057 15,408 21,465 596

Championship final result

  1. EC hagn_leone Dornbirn
  2. HC Innsbruck
  3. EC Red Bull Salzburg II
  4. VEU Feldkirch
  5. EHC Lustenau
  6. EK Zeller polar bears
  7. EHC Bregenzerwald

Squad of the national league champions

National league champions

EC Dornbirn

Goalkeepers: Bernhard Bock , Hannes Enzenhofer , René Burtscher

Defenders: Alexander Mellitzer , Tobias Holzer , Stefan Spannring , Igor Iwanow , Michael Kutzer , Sebastian Spiegel , Patric Scheffknecht , Jürgen Fussenegger , Tino Anton Teppert , Bernhard Fechtig

Attackers: Lukas Schwitzer , Julian Grafschafter , Fabian Glanznig , Fabio Hofer , Martin Pewal , Jussi Tarvainen , Adrian Ströhle , Ryan Murphy , Steven Burger , Roman Schreiber , Benni Schennach , Dmitriy Nabokov , Patrick Spannring , Christian Messner , Thomas Auer , Marcel WolfFinlandFinland United StatesUnited States RussiaRussia

Head coach: Peter Johansson

Trivia

  • The game between EHC Bregenzerwald and HC Innsbruck on November 14th, 2009 turned out to be a curiosity of a special kind: the home of the forests, the Arena Alberschwende is the only arena for Austrian professional and semi-professional ice hockey in Austria that is not covered. Shortly after the 2: 3 in the middle section, it began to rain heavily, which is why the referee had to stop the game. It was decided to play the match in the Rheinhalle in Lustenau to the end, which resulted in an interruption of more than an hour. The winner of the match was HC Innsbruck.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zeller polar bears before bankruptcy
  2. ↑ Even Icetigers before bankruptcy?
  3. ↑ laola1.at, Nationalliga fears about their clubs ( memento from June 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ hockeyfans.at, Nationalliga starts with eight teams
  5. ↑ eishockeynews.com, Nationalliga with only seven clubs ( Memento of the original from July 8th, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eishockeynews.com
  6. ↑ Host mode Nationalliga 2009/10 ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eishockey.at
  7. ↑ Sharks win game in two locations