2015–16 Austrian Hockey League season
# 2015–16 Austrian Hockey League season

The 2015–16 Austrian Hockey League season began on 11 September 2015 and ended on 12 April 2016. EC Red Bull Salzburg defended their title, beating Orli Znojmo 4–2 in the finals.

## Standings

### Regular season

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Goals | Diff. | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 44 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 168:112 | +56 | 91 |
| 2 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 44 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 137:107 | +30 | 85 |
| 3 | Orli Znojmo | 44 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 157:116 | +41 | 77 |
| 4 | Vienna Capitals | 44 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 125:102 | +23 | 74 |
| 5 | HC Bolzano | 44 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 120:111 | +9 | 73 |
| 6 | Dornbirner EC | 44 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 126:108 | +18 | 73 |
| 7 | EC VSV | 44 | 21 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 120:106 | +14 | 72 |
| 8 | EC KAC | 44 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 139:142 | -3 | 68 |
| 9 | Fehérvár AV19 | 44 | 14 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 105:123 | -18 | 58 |
| 10 | Graz 99ers | 44 | 14 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 94:123 | -29 | 54 |
| 11 | HC TWK Innsbruck | 44 | 11 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 98:152 | -54 | 42 |
| 12 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | 44 | 4 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 85:172 | -87 | 25 |

### Placement round

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Goals | Diff. | Pts (Bonus) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 40:35 | +5 | 20 (6) |
| 2 | Orli Znojmo | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33:36 | -3 | 20 (2) |
| 3 | Vienna Capitals | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30:30 | +0 | 17 (1) |
| 4 | HC Bolzano | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 38:32 | +6 | 16 (0) |
| 5 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 32:35 | -3 | 16 (4) |
| 6 | Dornbirner EC | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 32:37 | -5 | 14 (0) |

### Qualification round

| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Goals | Diff. | Pts (Bonus) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | EC VSV | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34:15 | +19 | 32 (6) |
| 2 | EC KAC | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 43:32 | +11 | 24 (4) |
| 3 | HC TWK Innsbruck | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 29:24 | +5 | 17 (0) |
| 4 | Fehérvár AV19 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 31:31 | +0 | 14 (2) |
| 5 | Graz 99ers | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22:31 | -9 | 13 (1) |
| 6 | HDD Olimpija Ljubljana | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14:40 | -26 | 3 (0) |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| P1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | | | | |
| Q2 | EC KAC | 3 | | | | | | |
| Q2 | EC KAC | 3 | P1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | |
| | | | Q1 | EC VSV | 2 | | | |
| P3 | Vienna Capitals | 1 | Q1 | EC VSV | 2 | | | |
| Q1 | EC VSV | 4 | | | | | | |
| Q1 | EC VSV | 4 | | | | P1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 |
| | | | | | | P2 | Orli Znojmo | 2 |
| P2 | Orli Znojmo | 4 | | | | | | | P2 | Orli Znojmo | 2 |
| P6 | Dornbirner EC | 2 | | | | | | |
| P6 | Dornbirner EC | 2 | P2 | Orli Znojmo | 4 | | | |
| | | | P5 | EHC Linz | 2 | | | |
| P4 | HC Bolzano | 2 | P5 | EHC Linz | 2 | | | |
| P5 | EHC Black Wings Linz | 4 | | | | | | |
