2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season

2010–11 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
League	Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Winners	EC KAC
Top scorer	Francois Fortier

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.

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 KAC 54 36 12 6 190 159 78 2 Red Bull Salzburg 54 33 19 2 206 181 68 3 Vienna Capitals 54 31 18 5 200 162 67 4 Villacher SV 54 28 20 5 180 167 63 5 Black Wings Linz 54 26 21 7 156 166 59 6 Graz 99ers 54 27 23 4 164 153 58 7 Olimpija Ljubljana 54 24 25 5 165 197 53 8 KHL Medveščak Zagreb 54 23 25 6 171 171 52 9 SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 54 21 26 7 162 203 49 10 Jesenice 54 20 25 9 161 196 49 Individual statistics Scoring leaders The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season. Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM Francois Fortier Vienna Capitals 51 48 36 84 +30 61 Benoit Gratton Vienna Capitals 45 27 46 73 +23 247 Rok Ticar Jesenice 54 24 44 68 +8 16 John Hughes Olimpija Ljubljana 53 16 48 64 -6 28 Balazs Ladanyi SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 54 22 38 60 -1 20 Robert Sabolič Jesenice 54 33 26 59 -4 64 Ryan Kinasewich KHL Medveščak Zagreb 49 30 29 59 +22 16 Derek Damon Villacher SV 53 24 33 57 +9 158 Thomas Koch Red Bull Salzburg 49 23 34 57 +15 34 Michael Raffl Villacher SV 50 26 29 55 +25 62 Leading goaltenders The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season. Player Team GP Min SOG SVS GA SV% GAA Andy Chiodo EC KAC 41 1,776:07 946 867 79 .916 2,67 Adam Hauser Vienna Capitals 28 1,425:18 744 680 64 .914 2,69 Bernhard Starkbaum Villacher SV 54 1,895:32 1101 1015 86 .922 2,72 Fabian Weinhandl Graz 99ers 54 3,251:47 1625 1475 150 .908 2,77 Alex Westlund Black Wings Linz 52 2,775:01 1503 1374 129 .914 2,79 Robert Kristan KHL Medveščak Zagreb 52 2,844:18 1782 1649 133 .925 2,81 Reinhard Divis Red Bull Salzburg 35 1,630:42 945 868 76 .919 2,83 Jürgen Penker Vienna Capitals 34 1,672:44 947 868 79 .917 2,83 Michal Fikrt Jesenice 20 1,195:49 599 539 60 .900 3,01 René Swette EC KAC 54 1,510:39 813 733 80 .902 3,18 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 Zagreb 1 1 EC KAC 4 4 Villacher SV 1 2 Red Bull Salzburg 4 7 Olimpija Ljubljana 1 2 EC KAC 3 (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) 1 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 External links Official website References