1995–96 Austrian Hockey League season
The Austrian Hockey League in 1995/96 was discharged with a total of eight clubs. Champion for the third time in a row and the seventh time in the club's history defending VEU Feldkirch, who won in the final against EC KAC.
- 3.1 quarterfinals
- 3.2 Semi-finals
- 3.3 final
Participants and mode
The field had shrunk compared to the previous season to two teams to eight teams: the EC Ehrwald was staying for financial reasons in the Tyrolean League, while the EK Zell am See had failed in the relegation against the EV Zeltweg. Last year's league champion DSG Rotschitzen had not risen to the Bundesliga and had retired from the state leagues.
After the Alps League had previously paused in favor of a European League Cups, she was once again brought before the state championships of Austria, Slovenia and Italy (see Alps League 1995/96 ). There, the VEU Feldkirch had prevailed against seventeen other participants. The following Austrian championship VEU also managed for the first time winning both championships in one season, thus founding a lasting until 1999 dominance in the Austrian Hockey. The CE Vienna qualified for the discharge 1996/97 of the European Hockey League.
In the regular season, the teams played four times against each other, which resulted in a total of 28 games per team. The quarter final was played with return game, where first wins and then included the goal difference. Semifinals and finals were played in best-of -five - mode.
Regular season (28 rounds)
Statistics
Best scorer of the base run was with a total of 66 points, followed by Simon Wheeldon VEU Feldkirch by Ray Podloski ( Lustenau ) with 56 and Mark Pederson (VSV ) with 51 points. Penalty king was Igor Boriskow from CE Vienna, who collected 96 penalty minutes in 26 games. Best goalkeeper was Reinhard Divis ( VEU Feldkirch ), which suffered only 63 goals in 28 inserts and 1660 minutes of the game and with a Gegentorschnitt of 2.28 led the goalkeeper statistics.
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinal
Final
With the 3-1 victory in the final series, the VEU Feldkirch successfully defended the title and achieved the seventh championship (the third in a row) in their history.
Championship Final
Cadre of the Austrian master
Goalkeepers: Reinhard Divis, Arnulf Zimmermann
Attacker: Franz Fussi, Fritz Ganster, Christoph Gesson, Bengt -Åke Gustafsson, Siegfried Haberl, Normand Krumpschmid, Rick Nasheim, Gerhard Puschnik, Thomas Rundqvist, Bernd Schmidle, Thomas Sticha, Simon Wheeldon