2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season
# 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.

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