1997–98 Austrian Hockey League season

The 1997/98 season of the Austrian Hockey League was played on the Alps league season with the six Austrian representatives of the international competition in the port. Champion for the fifth time in a row and for the ninth time in the club's history defending VEU Feldkirch, who won in the final against EC KAC.

  • 3.1 Semi-finals
  • 3.2 final

Participants and mode

The field remained unchanged compared to the previous year. The six teams had previously denied the Alps League, which had ended on December 6 with the championship of the VEU Feldkirch. Furthermore, the Vorarlberg had in January just before the state championship and the European Hockey League can decide for themselves where they had prevailed in the final against the Russian team HK Dynamo Moscow 5-3. The Vorarlberg had thus in a single season won three titles, thus strengthening its supremacy in the Austrian Hockey.

The six teams played in the regular season four times each against the other, the last two rounds were shortened by the bankruptcy of the Kapfenberg SV, which had not been able to play to the end of the season. Subsequently, a play-off was played, with all encounters in the best-of -seven - mode were played. The most successful clubs in the four Austrian Alps League were credited four, three, two and one bonus points.

Regular season

Table after the regular season (18 rounds)

Note: ( *) Kapfenberg went 10 rounds in bankruptcy and ceased the operation of gambling.

Playoffs

Semifinal

Final

With the 4:1 in the final series, the VEU Feldkirch secured the ninth overall championship and fifth title in a row.

Championship Final

Cadre of the Austrian master

Goalkeepers: Reinhard Divis, Bruno Campese

Attacker: Mika Asikainen, Raimund Divis, Fritz Ganster, Daniel Gauthier, Christopher Gesson, Bengt -Åke Gustafsson, Rick Nasheim, Gerhard Puschnik, Thomas Rundqvist, Bernd Schmidle, Thomas Sticha, Tomaž Vnuk, Simon Wheeldon, Nik Zupančič

Statistics

  • Fair Play: Kapfenberg SV
  • Top scorer: David Emma ( EC KAC ) with 35 points ( 17 goals, 18 assists)
  • Best Goalkeeper: Reinhard Divis with a catch rate of 92.4 %
  • Highest Average Attendance: EC KAC with 3,900 spectators per game
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