Ice Hockey National League (Austria) 2011/12

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The 2011/12 season of the Austrian National Ice Hockey League began on September 17, 2011. The defending champion was VEU Feldkirch . In the playoff final, HC Innsbruck prevailed against ATSE Graz and won the championship title of the second highest Austrian league for the first time.

Participant field and mode

After the field of participants had consisted of eight teams in the previous season, it was increased to twelve teams for the previous season. A few new farm teams from various Bundesliga clubs were added, as well as a foreign club for the first time: Dab.docler from Dunaújváros . The only exit was the EC Red Bull Salzburg farm team . Due to the new regulation, which required the Bundesliga clubs to participate in the U20 Bundesliga, and since participation in the Czech youth league was planned at the same time, the Salzburg team decided not to be named.

This was accompanied by a division of the teams into two groups.

Participating teams

Group west
team	Previous year's placement	Trainer
EC hagn_leone Dornbirn	Runner-up	Lenny Eriksson
EHC Bregenzerwald	Quarter final out	Jari Helle
EHC Infrafit Lustenau	Quarter final out	Gary Prior
Zeller polar bears	Quarter final out	Milan Mzanec
FBI VEU Feldkirch	master	Michael Lampert
HC TWK Innsbruck	Semi-final out	Daniel Naud
Group east
team	Previous year's placement	Trainer
ATSE Graz	Semi-final out	Martin Hohenberger
Dab.docler (HUN)	new to the league	Ferenc Szakacs
EHC Liwest Linz II (farm team)	new to the league	Stanislav Medrik
EC KAC II (farm team)	new to the league	Christian Weber
Vienna Capitals II (farm team)	new to the league	Philippe-Michael Horsky
SPG Kapfenberg Bulls / EC Moser Medical Graz 99ers II (farm team)	new to the league	Matthias Wanner

mode

A basic round is played with a simple round-trip round against all teams (22 games), as well as an additional round-trip round against the teams from their own group (10 games). All 32 encounters are rated in a common table. This is followed by playoffs for which the eight best clubs qualify. These will be held in the form of quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals as best-of-five series.

Transfer card regulation

In general, a limit of three transfer card players per team was set. The penultimate of the last season can use four players, the new teams can use five players. A total of three exchanges per team are allowed until the transfer deadline (January 31, 2012).

Basic round

The basic round was characterized by a strong performance gap between the established teams and the farm teams of the Bundesliga clubs. There was a high number of double-digit victories over the course of the season. The farm team of the EHC Linz could only win three of its 32 games and received more than four times as many goals as they could score their own goals. The EC KAC fared only slightly better. Only the Silver Capitals showed that they could match the level of the league.

A far more pleasant surprise was the performance of Hungarian newcomer Dab.Docler , who was able to confidently qualify for the playoffs. With only four defeats, ATSE Graz dominated the league and won the regular season by almost ten points.

Criticism of the mode was already loud during the course of the season, as the farm teams also caused a strong west-east divide and thus reduced the value of the league. In addition, just before the end of the main round, a mistake in the implementation regulations was discovered that prevented foreign clubs from participating in the playoffs. In this regard, however, the competition officer of the Austrian ice hockey association made it clear that Dab.Docler is in any case eligible to play in the playoffs despite the objection.

Table after the basic round

rank	team	GP	S.	N	SNV	NNV	SNP	NNP	Gates	TVH	Points
1	ATSE Graz	32	28	4th	0	0	3	1	154: 61	+93	82
2	EC Dornbirn	32	25th	7th	3	0	1	2	156: 68	+88	73
3	HC Innsbruck	32	24	8th	0	0	1	2	175: 61	+114	73
4th	VEU Feldkirch	32	23	9	1	2	1	1	127: 82	+45	70
5	Dab.Docler	32	23	9	1	0	1	1	153: 85	+68	68
6th	EHC Lustenau	32	17th	15th	0	1	2	0	113: 97	+16	50
7th	EK Zell am See	32	13	19th	0	2	1	0	105: 113	−8	40
8th	Kapfenberg Bulls	32	12	20th	1	0	0	2	92: 124	−32	37
9	Vienna Capitals II	32	11	21st	0	3	3	2	85: 128	−43	35
10	EHC Bregenzerwald	32	7th	25th	1	1	0	3	85: 130	−45	24
11	EC KAC II	32	6th	26th	1	0	1	1	64: 182	−118	17th
12	EHC Linz II	32	3	29	1	0	1	0	54: 232	−178	7th

statistics

Top scorer

rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	PTS	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Alexander Höller	innsbruck	32	26th	44	70	18th	+46	8th	3	5
2	Rem Murray	innsbruck	32	31	37	68	34	+48	11	2	5
3	Toni Saarinen	Lustenau	32	18th	46	64	20th	+20	8th	0	1
4th	Sean Selmser	Dornbirn	32	20th	39	59	79	+42	7th	1	5
5	Igor Rataj	Zell am See	32	20th	37	57	71	+24	5	0	1
6th	Juha-Matti Vanhanen	Lustenau	32	24	31	55	10	+28	4th	1	7th
7th	Aaron Fox	innsbruck	32	15th	37	52	18th	+20	3	2	1
8th	Philipp Tiny	ATSE Graz	32	23	27	50	26th	+28	4th	0	9
9	Bradley Schell	Dornbirn	27	18th	32	50	18th	+35	4th	0	3
10	Franz Wilfan	ATSE Graz	32	16	31	47	14th	+35	3	1	3

Top goalkeeper

rank	player	team	Sp	Min	GT	GTS	SaT	Svs	Sv%
1.	Miklós Rajna	Dab. Docler	8th	412	18th	2.62	263	245	93.16
2	Christof Schwendinger	Dornbirn	8th	413	13	1.89	187	174	93.05
3	Patrick Machreich	Feldkirch	31	1756	74	2.53	1009	935	92.67
4th	Ales Sila	ATSE Graz	28	1658	57	2.06	761	704	92.51
5	Hannes Enzenhofer	Dornbirn	26th	1529	54	2.12	711	657	92.41
6th	Markus Seidl	innsbruck	30th	1698	58	2.05	724	666	91.99
7th	Peter Sevela	Dab. Docler	13	785	29	2.22	351	322	91.74
8th	Walter Bartholomew	Zell am See	28	1577	78	2.97	824	746	90.53
9	Bernhard Bock	Lustenau	31	1810	92	3.05	962	870	90.44
10	Timo Lindström	Bregenzerwald	19th	1048	69	3.95	717	648	90.38
11	Thomas Dechel	Vienna	18th	1098	62	3.39	606	544	89.77
12	Oliver Zirngast	Bulls	17th	972	59	3.64	575	516	89.74
13	Dennis Hedström	Bregenzerwald	13	745	49	3.95	455	406	89.23
14th	Tamas Kiss	Dab. Docler	13	733	33	2.70	302	269	89.07
15th	Robin Bauer	Bulls	14th	778	51	3.93	443	394	88.94
16	Lorenz brain	Linz	12	675	62	5.51	549	487	88.71
17th	Andreas Brenkusch	KAC	26th	1529	132	5.18	1128	996	88.30
18th	Christoph Lindenhofer	Linz	22nd	1103	139	7.56	944	809	85.70
19th	David Kickert	Vienna	8th	485	43	5.32	292	249	85.27

Playoffs

Playoff tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	ATSE Graz	3
	8th	Kapfenberg Bulls	1
						1	ATSE Graz	3
						4th	VEU Feldkirch	1
	4th	VEU Feldkirch	3
	5	Dab.Docler	2
											1	ATSE Graz	0
											3	HC Innsbruck	3
	2	EC Dornbirn	3
	7th	EK Zell am See	1
						2	EC Dornbirn	1
						3	HC Innsbruck	3
	3	HC Innsbruck	3
	6th	EHC Lustenau	0

Quarter finals

encounter	Final score	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ATSE Graz (1) - Kapfenberg Bulls (8)	3: 1	2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 3)	3: 2 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)	4: 2 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2)
EC Dornbirn (2) - EC Zell am See (7)	3: 1	6: 2 (0: 1, 2: 0, 4: 1)	1: 4 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 3)	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)
HC Innsbruck (3) - EHC Lustenau (6)	3-0	4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0)	7: 3 (2: 1, 2: 2, 3: 0)	8: 5 (5: 0, 0: 3, 3: 2)
VEU Feldkirch (4) - Dab.Docler (5)	3: 2	3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1)	1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	5: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 2)	2: 4 (1: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1)	3: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 0: 0)

Semifinals

encounter	Final score	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ATSE Graz (1) - VEU Feldkirch (4)	3: 1	3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	5: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)	2: 3 (0: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0)	3: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)
EC Dornbirn (2) - HC Innsbruck (3)	1: 3	6: 3 (4: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)	3: 5 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 2)	0: 7 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 3)	1: 5 (1: 1, 0: 4, 0: 0)

final

encounter	Final score	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
ATSE Graz (1) - HC Innsbruck (3)	0: 3	3: 4 n.V. (0: 1, 3: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)	2:10 (1: 5, 0: 3, 1: 2)	2: 5 (0: 0, 1: 3, 1: 2)

statistics

Top scorer

rank	player	team	GP	G	A.	PTS	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG
1	Aaron Fox	innsbruck	10	2	19th	21st	4th	+14	0	0	0
2	Patrick Mössmer	innsbruck	10	10	7th	17th	6th	+11	2	0	1
3	Marc Schönberger	innsbruck	10	10	7th	17th	16	+6	3	0	3
4th	Alexander Höller	innsbruck	10	6th	11	17th	10	+14	0	1	0
5	Scott Barney	Dornbirn	8th	6th	6th	12	4th	+1	2	0	2
6th	Jonathan Paiement	innsbruck	10	5	7th	12	18th	+18	2	0	2
7th	Daniel Gauthier	Feldkirch	9	5	6th	11	2	+2	1	0	1
8th	Philipp Tiny	ATSE Graz	11	5	6th	11	16	0	1	0	2
9	Rem Murray	innsbruck	7th	2	8th	10	37	+8	0	0	1
10	Benedikt Schennach	innsbruck	6th	2	8th	10	4th	+3	2	0	0

Top goalkeeper

rank	player	team	GP	MIP	GA	ATM	SO-CALLED	SVS	SVS%	SO	W.	L.	OTL
1	Patrick Machreich	Feldkirch	8th	478	19th	2.38	336	317	94.35	0	4th	3	1
2	Peter Sevela	Dab.Docler	4th	239	10	2.51	161	151	93.79	0	2	2	0
3	Walter Bartholomew	Cell	4th	177	10	3.39	142	132	92.96	0	1	3	0
4th	Markus Seidl	innsbruck	10	603	27	2.69	299	272	90.97	1	9	1	0
5	Aleš Sila	ATSE	10	574	31	3.24	297	266	89.56	0	5	4th	1
6th	Hannes Enzenhofer	Dornbirn	8th	412	26th	3.79	238	212	89.08	0	4th	4th	0
7th	Robin Bauer	Kapfenberg	1	59	4th	4.07	33	29	87.88	0	0	1	0
8th	Oliver Zirngast	Kapfenberg	3	190	10	3.16	81	71	87.65	0	1	1	1
9	Bernhard Bock	Lustenau	3	187	18th	5.78	116	98	84.48	0	0	2	1

Squad of the national league champions

National league champions HC Innsbruck

Goalkeepers: Marco Repitsch, Markus Seidl Defenders: Christoph Hörtnagl, David Lindner, Jamie Mattie , Jonathan Paiement , Florian Pedevilla , Stefan Pittl , Florian Stern , Dominic Waldnig Attackers: Christoph Echtler , Aaron Fox , Andreas Hanschitz , Alexander Höller , Rem Murray , Patrick Mössmer , Markus Prock , Benedikt Schennach, Valentin Schennach, Marc Schönberger , Max Steinacher, Herbert Steiner Coaching staff: Daniel Naud , Jeff Job , Claus Dalpiaz

Individual evidence

1. ^ National league becomes a twelve-league including farm team regulations , report on www.hockeyfans.at from June 21, 2012
2. ↑ Swede should lead Dornbirn to the championship , report on hockeyfans.at from July 18, 2011
3. ↑ New national league mode fix ( Memento from June 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), report on www. eishockey.at from June 21, 2011
4. ↑ Playoff pairings have been determined , report on hockeyfans.at from February 15, 2012