Patrick Machreich

Patrick Machreich
Date of birth	September 29, 1980
place of birth	Zell am See , Austria
size	182 cm
Weight	76 kg
position	goalkeeper
number	33
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1996-2003	EK Zell am See
2003	Ahmat Hyvinkää
2003-2005	EC Graz 99ers
2005-2006	EC VSV
2006-2008	EHC Linz
2008-2010	EHC Lustenau
2010–2012	VEU Feldkirch
2012-2015	HC Innsbruck
2015-2017	EHC Lustenau
2017-2018	EK Zell am See

Patrick Machreich (born September 29, 1980 in Zell am See ) is an Austrian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with EK Zell am See in the Alps Hockey League since 2017 .

Career

Machreich began his career in the junior teams of EK Zell am See and made his debut in the fighting team in the second division in the 1998/99 season . In the course of the next few years he came to increased missions. In the middle of the 2002/03 season he ventured abroad and signed a contract with Ahmat Hyvinkää in Mestis , Finland , but where he could not convince and quickly returned to Austria. He then spent two seasons with the Graz 99ers , where he first formed the goalkeeper duo with Rastislav Rovnianek and later with Walter Bartholomäus . The two years marked the beginning of long-lasting sporting difficulties for the 99ers, so Machreich switched to EC VSV and replaced regular goalkeeper Gert Prohaska there . In the 2005/06 season he won his first championship title with the club.

For the 2006/07 season he was signed by EHC Linz , who wanted to establish an Austrian solution for the goalkeeper position with him and Jürgen Penker . Machreich brought consistently better performances and soon rose to the undisputed number one. Despite good performances, he was eliminated with the club in the quarterfinals against his previous club, the EC VSV. In the following year the tide turned when Penker performed consistently better and pushed Machreich back into the second member. As it was already clear in the middle of the season that the Linzers had signed a successor for the coming season in Alex Westlund , Machreich had no more space in the team and he finally accepted an offer from the EHC Lustenau from the National League. With the offensively strong club, he was able to win the championship title in his first season. From the 2010/11 season Machreich was under contract with VEU Feldkirch until the end of the 2011/12 season. After that he was with HC Innsbruck for three years and from 2015 he played again with EHC Lustenau.

International

Machreich also has three calls-up for the national team. In 2000 he represented Austria at the U-20 World Cup. Five years later he played his only game for the men's national team and in the same year formed the goalkeeper duo with Hannes Enzenhofer at the Universiade , where Austria took a respectable fourth place.

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Austrian champion with the EC VSV
• 2009 national league champion with the EHC Lustenau
• 2011 national league champion with VEU Feldkirch

Career statistics

Main round

season	team	league	GP	W.	L.	T	MIP	GA	ATM	SVS	SVS%	SO	G	A.	PIM
1996/97	EK Zell am See	National league
1997/98	EK Zell am See	National league
1998/99	EK Zell am See	National league	6th				289	27	5.61	217	88.93	0	0	0	0
1999/00	EK Zell am See	National league	34								87.50		0	0	2
2000/01	EK Zell am See	ÖEHL	20th				1176	75	3.83	636	89.45		0	1	0
2001/02	EK Zell am See	ÖEHL	30th				2030	116	3.43	1079	90.29		0	0	2
2002/03	EK Zell am See	National league	28						3.22		88.90		0	1	4th
2002/03	Ahmat Hyvinkää	Mestis	11						3.98		88.30		0	0	0
2003/04	EC Graz 99ers	ÖEHL	33	18th	12	3	1980	94	2.85	869	90.24	1	0	0	8th
2004/05	EC Graz 99ers	ÖEHL	41	21st	13	6th	2317	111	2.87	1080	90.68	2	0	0	2
2005/06	EC VSV	ÖEHL	7th	1	4th	2	428	27	3.79	205	88.36	0	0	0	2
2006/07	EHC Linz	ÖEHL	44	23	15th	3	2400	107	2.68	1156	91.53	2	0	1	4th
2007/08	EHC Linz	ÖEHL	8th	2	3	1	406	29	4.29	164	84.97	0	0	0	2
2008/09	EHC Lustenau	National league	28	-	-	-	1609	88	3.28	884	90.95	1	0	4th	12
2009/10	EHC Lustenau	National league	36	19th	15th	2	2130	130	3.66	1315	90.38	2	0	0	0
2010/11	VEU Feldkirch	National league	34	20th	9	4th	1971	105	3.20	1056	90.96	0	0	0	0
2011/12	VEU Feldkirch	National league	40	-	-	-	2294	95	2.38	1278	93.08	-	-	-	4th
2012/13	HC Innsbruck	EBEL	54	-	-	-	2347	170	3.15	1342	88.76	-	-	-	0

Play-offs

season	team	league	GP	W.	L.	T	MIP	GA	ATM	SVS	SVS%	SO	G	A.	PIM
2000/01	EK Zell am See	ÖEHL	4th	1	3	0	142	21st	8.87	143	87.20	0	0	0	0
2001/02	EK Zell am See	ÖEHL	5	-	-	-			4.20		90.00		0	0	2
2003/04	EC Graz 99ers	ÖEHL	3	0	3	0	178	10	3.37	110	91.67	0	0	0	0
2006/07	EHC Linz	ÖEHL	3	0	2	1	185	14th	4.54	83	85.57	0	0	0	0
2008/09	EHC Lustenau	National league	11	9	1	1	665	19th	1.71	359	94.97	2	0	0	0
2009/10	EHC Lustenau	National league	2	0	2	0	120	8th	4.00	70	89.74	0	0	0	0
2010/11	VEU Feldkirch	National league	12	9	3	0	729	24	1.97	430	94.71	1	0	0	0

International

season	selection	event	GP	W.	L.	T	MIP	GA	ATM	SVS	SVS%	SO	G	A.	PIM
2000	Austria	U20 World Cup Group C	3	-	-	-	160	6th	2.25	80	93.02	0	0	0	0
2005	Austria	WM	1	0	1	0	60	8th	8.00	40	83.33	0	0	0	0
2005	Austria	Universiade	5	4th	1	0	250	8th	1.92	73	90.12	2	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)

Web links

• Patrick Machreich at eurohockey.com
• Patrick Machreich at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Patrick Machreich - the number 1 in Austria. (No longer available online.) In: ehcliwestlinz.at. February 2, 2007, archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; accessed on September 30, 2015 . 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.  
2. ↑ Patrick Machreich: "Reaching the playoffs is certainly possible." (No longer available online.) In: hockey-news.info. June 25, 2013, archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; accessed on September 30, 2015 . 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.  
3. ↑ INL: Master Lustenau brings goalie from the EBEL and new head coach! (No longer available online.) In: hockey-news.info. April 14, 2015, archived from the original on October 1, 2015 ; accessed on September 30, 2015 . 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.