2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season

The 2010–11 Austrian Hockey League was a season of the Austrian Hockey League (known as Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (or EBEL league) for sponsorship reasons). The 2010-11 season ended with an exciting victory in game 7 of the championship finals for the EC Red Bull Salzburg team.

2010–11 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
LeagueErste Bank Eishockey Liga
SportIce hockey
Number of teams10
Regular season
WinnersEC KAC
Top scorerFrancois Fortier

Teams

Team City/Area Arena Capacity Founded Joined EBEL
Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Eisarena Salzburg 3,600 1977
Graz 99ers Graz Eisstadion Graz Liebenau 4,050 1999
EC KAC Klagenfurt Stadthalle Klagenfurt 5,500 1909
Black Wings Linz Linz Keine Sorgen Eisarena Linz 3,800 1992
Vienna Capitals Vienna Albert Schultz Eishalle 4,500 2000
Villacher SV Villach Villacher Stadthalle 4,800 1923
Acroni Jesenice Jesenice Dvorana Podmežakla 6,000 1948 2006/07
Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana Dvorana Tivoli 4,500 1929 2007/08
SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 Székesfehérvár Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall 3,600 1960 2007/08
KHL Medveščak Zagreb Zagreb Dom Sportova / Arena Zagreb 6,000 / 15,024 1961 2009/10

Regular season

Standings


R Team GP W L OTL GF GA Pts
1 EC KAC543612619015978
2 Red Bull Salzburg543319220618168
3 Vienna Capitals543118520016267
4 Villacher SV542820518016763
5 Black Wings Linz542621715616659
6 Graz 99ers542723416415358
7 Olimpija Ljubljana542425516519753
8 KHL Medveščak Zagreb542325617117152
9 SAPA Fehérvár AV 19542126716220349
10 Jesenice542025916119649

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.[1]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Francois Fortier Vienna Capitals51483684+3061
Benoit Gratton Vienna Capitals45274673+23247
Rok Ticar Jesenice54244468+816
John Hughes Olimpija Ljubljana53164864-628
Balazs Ladanyi SAPA Fehérvár AV 1954223860-120
Robert Sabolič Jesenice54332659-464
Ryan Kinasewich KHL Medveščak Zagreb49302959+2216
Derek Damon Villacher SV53243357+9158
Thomas Koch Red Bull Salzburg49233457+1534
Michael Raffl Villacher SV50262955+2562

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season.[2]

Player Team GP Min SOG SVS GA SV% GAA
Andy Chiodo EC KAC411,776:0794686779.9162,67
Adam Hauser Vienna Capitals281,425:1874468064.9142,69
Bernhard Starkbaum Villacher SV541,895:321101101586.9222,72
Fabian Weinhandl Graz 99ers543,251:4716251475150.9082,77
Alex Westlund Black Wings Linz522,775:0115031374129.9142,79
Robert Kristan KHL Medveščak Zagreb522,844:1817821649133.9252,81
Reinhard Divis Red Bull Salzburg351,630:4294586876.9192,83
Jürgen Penker Vienna Capitals341,672:4494786879.9172,83
Michal Fikrt Jesenice201,195:4959953960.9003,01
René Swette EC KAC541,510:3981373380.9023,18

Playoffs

The EC Red Bull Salzburg team won the season, after beating the EC KAC 4-3 in the final series. Game 7 ended with an exciting overtime goal by the Red Bulls, giving them the league championship for the second year in a row, with a final game score of 3-2.

After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs. In the playoff games the better placed team at the end of the regular season will have the right to play at home first. In the quarterfinals the 1st ranked team will play against the 8th ranked team, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th - each in a best-of-seven series.

In the semifinals the four winners of the quarterfinals will play as follows: the best ranked club (in the regular season) of the four semifinalists will play against the worst ranked club, the second best ranked club against the second worst ranked club - each in a best-of-seven series. The two winners of the semifinals will play a best-of-seven series in the final round.

If a playoff game is undecided at the end of the regular time after a 17 minutes break a 20-minute "Sudden Victory Overtime" will be played. Should the game still be undecided after the first overtime period after another 17 minutes break a second 20-minute "Sudden Victory Overtime" will be played and so on until the deciding goal is scored. Each team may only use four skaters; however, at least three skaters must be used.

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  1 EC KAC 4  
8 KHL Medveščak 1  
  1 EC KAC 4  
  4 Villacher SV 1  
2 Red Bull Salzburg 4
  7 Olimpija Ljubljana 1  
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)   1 EC KAC 3
  2 Red Bull Salzburg 4
  3 Vienna Capitals 4  
6 Graz 99ers 0  
  2 Red Bull Salzburg 4
  3 Vienna Capitals 3  
4 Villacher SV 4
  5 Black Wings Linz 1  

References

  1. "Spieler Statistik". Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Archived from the original on 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  2. "Spieler Statistik: Torhüter". Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Archived from the original on 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
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