Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

Hydro Fehérvár AV19
Greatest successes
13 times Hungarian champion 2-time Interliga champion (2003, 2007) 3rd place IIHF Continental Cup (2005)
Club information
history	Budapesti Volan SC (1960–1977) Székesfehérvári Volán SC (1977–1984) Alba Volán Székesfehérvár (1984–1998) Alba Volán-Riceland (1998/99) Alba Volán-FeVita (2000–2005) Alba Volán Székesfehérvár (2007–2009) Sapa Fehérvár AV19 (2009-2014) Fehérvár AV19 (2014-2019) Hydro Fehérvár AV19 (since 2019)
Location	Székesfehérvár , Hungary
Nickname	devil
Club colors	blue White
league	EBEL , MOL League
Venue	Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Jégcsarnok
capacity	3,500 seats (including 1,000 seats)
executive Director	Viktor Szélig
Head coach	Hannu Järvenpää
captain	vacant
2019/20	9th place (main round) 4th place (qualifying round)

Former logo of Alba Volán Székesfehérvár

Hydro Fehérvár AV19 is a Hungarian ice hockey club in Székesfehérvár , which was founded in 1960 as Budapesti Volan SC . So far, the Hungarian championship has been won 13 times . Before the 2007/08 season , the club applied for a license for the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga and was accepted. Fehérvár AV19 has been participating in the EBEL since 2007, but continues to play with a second team in the Hungarian league and the international first league .

history

After the team was only to be found in the midfield of the Hungarian teams for a long time, they rose to the top teams in the nation around the turn of the millennium. This culminated in the serial championship titles of the Hungarian league, which finally persuaded the club to apply for membership in the stronger Austrian league. This was also done against the background of being able to better introduce the players of the national team to the A-group level. Although Alba Volán still had to learn the hard way in the first EBEL season and ended up in last place, the Hungarian national team managed to climb back to the top international league after seventy years at the 2008 Ice Hockey World Championship .

In the 2008/09 season Alba Volán started with a surprising winning streak and was able to place in the middle of the table at the beginning of the championship. On matchday 21, however, the home game against EC Red Bull Salzburg turned into a tough battle. The team did not recover from the long suspensions imposed by the criminal senate afterwards due to the decimated squad and the high wear and tear, so this time the season ended in penultimate place.

The death of Gábor Ocskay , who had been one of the team's leading players and one of the most popular personalities on the team for years , caused a shock just after the end of the season . In his honor, the club renamed itself to Alba Volán 19 in reference to his shirt number . In the summer of 2009 the team was strengthened in many key positions, and it was also possible to sign more good local players and more experienced legionnaires. The continuous build-up bore its first fruits in the 2009/10 season , in which the team reached the EBEL playoffs for the first time and finished the preliminary round in seventh place. In the quarterfinals, however, there was an early break against the Vienna Capitals , but the first game on Vienna's ice could be won.

In 2009 the club was renamed Sapa Fehérvár AV19 after the main sponsor Sapa Profiles Kft Hungary , the Hungarian branch of a Swedish aluminum company .

International

Since 2004, the team has also regularly participated in the IIHF Continental Cup . The team has been there to host the final tournaments since 2005, but has only been able to achieve a win in 2004/05 . The victory over HC Milano Vipers brought third place in the tournament.

Ice rink

The Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Jégcsarnok was created in 1991 through the roof over the open ice. In 2002 the hall was rebuilt again and expanded to a capacity of 3,500 spectators, including 1,000 seats.

In addition to the changing rooms, the ice rink contains a fan article shop, a fan bar, a separate, secure guest area and also meets other standards of a modern arena. Dis-stadium hosted the IIHF - World Cup 2002 the Division 1 , the final tournament of the IIHF Continental Cup in 2005 , 2006 and 2007 , and has hosted several international tournaments and friendly matches.

More teams

In addition to various youth teams, the club also has a team that participates in the Hungarian league and the international MOL league. If the game plan allows, the players of the EBEL team join this team after the end of the EBEL season.

player

Squad for the 2019/2020 season

As of August 28, 2019

No.	Nat.	player	Item	Date of birth	in the team since	place of birth
32		Dávid Gyenes	G	November 18, 1992	2018	Miskolc , Hungary
1		Daniel Kornakker	G	March 12, 1996	2017	Budapest , Hungary
29		Michael Ouzas	G	August 30, 1985	2019	Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
44		Dylan Busenius	D.	January 30, 1993	2019	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
51		Tim Campbell	D.	February 15, 1991	2019	Thornhill , Ontario , Canada
2		Michael Caruso	D.	05th July 1988	2018	Mississauga , Ontario , Canada
40		Jonathan Harty	D.	0April 7, 1988	2017	Lahr , Germany
5		Bence Stipsicz	D.	0February 3, 1997	2017	Budapest , Hungary
33		Bence Szabó	D.	0February 2, 1998	2016	Székesfehérvár , Hungary
28		Dániel Szabó	D.	August 20, 1995	2013	Székesfehérvár , Hungary
62		Harri Tikkanen	D.	0June 2nd 1981	2018	Lappeenranta , Finland
36		Csanád Erdély	C.	0April 5, 1996	2016	Dunaújváros , Hungary
21st		Dániel Kóger	W.	November 10, 1989	2014	Székesfehérvár , Hungary
92		Anže Kuralt	W.	October 31, 1991	2018	Kranj , Slovenia
13		Mikko Lehtonen	RW	0April 1, 1987	2019	Espoo , Finland
3		Áron Reisz	C.	0March 7, 1995	2015	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
55		Andrew Sarauer	C.	17th November 1984	2018	Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
88		Tamás Sárpátki	RW	December 28, 1994	2013	Miercurea Ciuc , Romania
22nd		Timotej Šille	C.	June 22, 1995	2018	Bratislava , Slovakia
11		Krisztián Szabó-Pál	W.	February 16, 1996	2015	Gheorgheni , Romania
26th		Donát Szita	RW	January 16, 1998	2016	Székesfehérvár , Hungary
17th		Scott Timmins	C.	September 11, 1989	2019	Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
12		Andrew Yogan	C.	04th December 1991	2019	Coconut Creek , Florida , USA

Well-known former players

Team membership and position in brackets

Gábor Ocskay (1993-2009, striker) Ocskay came from Alba Volán's youth team and has played with the team throughout his professional career, where over the years he has become a key player and a popular figure. He died of a heart attack in the spring of 2009. In his honor, the team was renamed Alba Volán 19 .

Levente Szuper (2008-2009, goalkeeper) The Hungarian national goalkeeper was in Alba Volán's squad for one season and is currently under contract with the Hannover Scorpions in the German Ice Hockey League .

Krisztián Budai (1997-2008, goalkeeper) Krisztián Budai played almost his entire career with Alba Volán and has so far played 107 games for the Hungarian national team. He is currently under contract with Ferencvárosi TC in the international MOL league .

Coach history

time	nation	Trainer	Remarks
1977/78 - 1978/79		József Kertész
1979/80 - 1980/81		Ambrus Kósa	1 × Hungarian champion
1981/82 - 1982/83		János Balogh
1983/84 - 1984/85		Antal Palla
1985/86 - 1987/88		Gábor Ocskay senior
1988/89		Ferenc Lőrincz
1989/90 - 1990/91		Tamás Elek
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1996/97		Borisz Puskarjov
1997/98 - 1999/2000		Tibor Kiss
2000/01 - 2002/03		Jan Jasko	2 × Hungarian champion
2003/04		Branislav Sajban	1 × Hungarian champion
2003/04 - 2005/06		Pat Cortina	3 × Hungarian champion
2006/07		Karol Dvorak	1 × Hungarian champion
2006/07 - 2007/08		Jan Jasko	1 × Hungarian master , early dismissal
2007/08		Lajos Énekes	Interim trainer
2007/08 - 2008/09		Ted Sator	1 × Hungarian champion , 1 × 10th place, 1 × 9th place (EBEL)
2008/09		Lajos Énekes	1 × Hungarian champion
2009/10		Jarmo Tolvanen	Quarter-final-Out (EBEL), 1 × Hungarian champion
2010		Ulf Weinstock	released early in October 2010
2010–2012		Kevin Primeau	1 × Hungarian champion ; replaced by Jan Neliba in October 2012
2012/13		Jan Neliba
2013/14		Marty Raymond
2014 – Jan. 2016		Rob Pallin	49 wins
January – April 2016		Hannu Järvenpää
April – Aug. 2016		Tyler Dietrich
Aug. 2016 – Nov. 2017		Benoît Laporte
since Nov. 2017		Hannu Järvenpää

Statistics and records

Club statistics

The following table shows the record of the club in the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga . All preliminary, intermediate and playoff results were taken into account. Bonus points were not taken into account.

season	Main round										Playoffs							annotation
	Games	S.	SNV	NNV	N	T	GT	TVH	Points	rank	Games	S.	N	NNV	T	GT	TVH
2007/08	42	7th		4th	31	78	152	−74	18th	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rank 10, no playoff participation
2008/09	54	17th		9	28	129	178	−49	43	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th place, no playoff participation
2009/10	54	25th		7th	22nd	165	184	−19	57	7th	5	1	2	2	12	20th	−8	Quarter final out
2010/11	54	21st		7th	26th	162	203	−41	49	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9th place, no playoff participation
2011/12	50	27		4th	19th	169	148	+21	58	3	6th	2	3	1	24	17th	+7	Quarter final out
2012/13	54	24		3	27	153	172	−19	51	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th place, no playoff participation
2013/14	54	26th		7th	21st	151	168	−17	59	7th	4th	0	3	1	7th	14th	−7	Quarter final out
2014/15	54	31		1	22nd	164	161	+3	63	4th	6th	2	2	2	14th	16	−2	Quarter final out
2015/16	54	17th	7th	5	25th	136	154	−18	72	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rank 10, no playoff participation
2016/17	54	13	8th	6th	27	145	189	−42	61	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Rank 12, no playoff participation
total	524	208	15th	53	248	1316	1555	−237	459	-	21st	5	10	6th	57	67	−10

Legend:
S = victories, N = defeats in regular playing time, NNV = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, victory% = percentage of the total possible points scored, TVH = goal difference

offspring

Placements of the youth teams

season	U20 EBYSL	U18 EBJL
2012/13	master	-
2013/14	final	master
2014/15	master	Quarter finals
2015/16	Quarter finals	master
2016/17	Quarter finals	master

Average audience

• 2004/2005 season: 1,550 spectators per home game
• 2005/2006 season: 1,326 spectators per home game
• 2006/2007 season: 0969 spectators per home game
• 2007/2008 season: 2,359 spectators per home game (1st season in the EBEL)
• 2008/2009 season: 2,860 spectators per home game
• 2009/2010 season: 3,082 spectators per home game
• 2010/2011 season: 3,077 spectators per home game
• 2011/2012 season: 3,444 spectators per home game, total 96,432
• 2012/2013 season: 3,200 spectators per home game, total of 86,400
• 2013/2014 season: 3,239 spectators per home game, total 93,931
• Season 2014/2015: 3,267 spectators per home game, total 98,010
• 2015/2016 season: 3,163 spectators per home game, total 85,401
• Season 2016/2017: 2,915 spectators per home game, total 78,705

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Entry on hockeyarenas.net with photos of the ice rink

Individual evidence

1. ^ Székesfehérvár ice rink on the club's website
2. ↑ EBEL: Hannu Järvenpää is coaching again in the EBEL! In: hockey-news.info. January 7, 2016, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on February 29, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ http://www.eishockeyforum.at/thread/45138-zubauerstatistik-ebel-2015-16/?pageNo=13
5. ↑ http://www.eishockeyforum.at/thread/45913-ebel-zuschauerstatistik-2016-17/?pageNo=11