VEU Feldkirch

  • 9 -times Austrian Champion: 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1989/90, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98
  • National League champion: 1966 /67 2001/2002, 2006/ 07, 2010/11
  • Winners of the European Hockey League 1997/98
  • Champion in the Alps League: 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99

The VEU Feldkirch is an Austrian ice hockey club from Feldkirch (Vorarlberg). The club is currently playing with a team that consists largely of self-made players in the Austrian National League.

The club was founded after the financial bankruptcy of the previous association of the same under the name of EHC Feldkirch 2000 new, the EHC Feldkirch in 2000 was in his first years as a pure junior club and should give the Nachwuchspielern the VEU Feldkirch a field of activity. In parallel, the EC meltdown Feldkirch was founded - this club slipped again due to financial problems but after the 2003/ 04 season again into insolvency. Building on the existing junior club EHC Feldkirch 2000 that Feldkirch has been present since the 2004/ 05 season, at least in the second highest Austrian league with a team succeeded. From the season 2006 /07 to 2012, the club was officially called FBI VEU Feldkirch (Main Sponsor " Friedrich Brunauer property "). In the fall of 2012, the brewery Frastanzer new main sponsor was. For the season 2010/11 the traditional logo of the VEU Feldkirch was slightly revised and modernized.

  • 2.1 Achievements of the "old " EU Treaty
  • 2.2 Achievements of the "new " EU Treaty
  • 4.1 Known former players
  • 6.1 Average Attendance

History

The first years

The first Feldkirch Hockey Association, the Vorarlberg Feldkirch Hockey Union was founded in 1927 as EHC Feldkirch. In the thirties, games were played against Swiss clubs lack of local competition mainly, but this came to an abrupt end by the Second World War. During the war years the game operation almost came to a complete standstill. 1945, the club was reorganized, and it soon found games again, again against Swiss opponent instead, though hardly got money to spend and the players had to cobble together their equipment even in part. For the 1948/49 season, the EHC Feldkirch Vorarlberg organized a championship and this could also confidently decide for themselves. In 1951, the club finally the Austrian Ice Hockey Federation joined. At this time was still played on Leonhard outdoor venue, which was also the home of the club in the first Bundesliga season in 1954/55.

Initial success in the Bundesliga

In the following years, the EHC Feldkirch always alternating between the different power levels, and also the lack of a skating rink made ​​itself felt. Corresponding plans had been rejected in 1957 as a utopia, but on December 6, 1964, the project was ultimately still a reality. Then finally in 1967 was the promotion to the Bundesliga: with eight wins from ten matches the team had to win the National League A sovereign. At the same time, the club was renamed after the main sponsor in EHC Feldkirch Hilti. At the premiere of 1967/68 season the team was still last, but won the Cup Hilti International with a 8-3 against HC Dukla Jihlava. In the following years continuous development work has been done and rewarded in the season 1969/70 with the runner-up title behind the EC KAC.

In 1971 it was renamed the VEU Feldkirch, and a year later a new main sponsor was the Creditanstalt Bank Corporation brought on board. The club established itself in the middle of the Austrian League and did so with the roof of the rink in 1977, the next important step in the future. However, it was followed by a difficult period when the Treaty on European Union in 1978 just under vorbeischlitterte on bankruptcy, which also attracted changes in the club's management by themselves. Positive, however, proved to be some players obligations as those of Kelvin Green Bank, which was to remain faithful to the club for a long time.

The first league title

In 1981, the core of a team formed with Brian Hill, Jeff Geiger, Günther Stockhammer, Karl Heinzle and some other new players who should determine what happens in the league in the following years. Coach Miroslav Berek was indeed dismissed following a disagreement with the players, with Rudi Zanona as a coach and Greenbank as player-coach, the team placed but in the Champions round of the 1981/82 season in the decisive match in Klagenfurt with 6:4 and so won their first league title the club history. The title defense managed it twice in a row, and in parallel also showed the champion title of the youth teams of the club that has worked successfully in Feldkirch now. In 1986 there were again financial problems that also resulted that the compensation was filed. However, the club remained and continued the good work in the years to continue.

Peak and end

After a few average seasons, the meteoric rise of the Treaty on European Union began in 1991. November 13, 1991 by Ralph Krueger of those coaches committed the TEU should result from a sporting success to the next in the following years. Krueger undertook in 1992 the two Swedes Bengt -Åke Gustafsson and Thomas Rundqvist and rallied with Tom Searle to Simon Wheeldon and some other more established names players they. From 1994 to 1998, the Treaty on European Union dominated the hockey events in Austria and won unrivaled five league titles in a row. At the same time were booked on an international ice several high-profile successes. One of the highlights was winning the European Hockey League in the 1998 discharge, followed by also winning the IIHF Super Cup.

However, Ralph Krueger precipitated in the same year the decision not to stand as a trainer is available, since he had taken over as coach at the Swiss national ice hockey team. They were joined by financial problems that arose from the large expenditure on the squad in recent years and from the lack of marketing. After a short time it became apparent that the VEU their run of success would not be able to continue. Even some of the arrivierten player had to be dismissed, and the club dragged on for two more years through the game operation in the highest class, before in 2000, followed by the corner.

Union Hockey Club Feldkirch (from 2000)

After the bankruptcy of the newly founded association as EHC Feldkirch in 2000 went from the 2000/01 season in the then second division, the league at the start, which has now become the National League. There, the club plays to this day and has been able to win the title twice. For the first time in the season 2006/ 07 against the EV Zeltweg. Four years later, the victory of the championship succeeded again, this time Dornbirn was defeated in the final series 3-0.

Achievements

Successes of the "old" EU Treaty

  • Nine league titles in the Austrian League: 1981 /82 1982/83 1983 /84 1989/90 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98
  • Four -time winner of the Alps League: 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99
  • Winners of the European Hockey League 1997/98
  • National League Champion 1966/67,
  • Orbis Magnus Cup 1998

Success of the "new" EU Treaty

  • National League Champion title in 2006 / 07, 2010/11

Champion teams

Goalkeepers:

Defender: Jeff Geiger, Charles Heinzle, Konrad Dorn

Attacker: Kelvin Green Bank, Brian Hill, Günter Stockhammer

Training team:

Goalkeepers:

Defender: Jeff Geiger, Charles Heinzle, Konrad Dorn

Attacker: Reinhard Dossi, Franz Fussi, Kelvin Green Bank, Günter Stockhammer, Brian Hill, Gerhard Puschnik

Training team:

Goalkeepers:

Defender: Konrad Dorn, Jeff Geiger, Peter Haberl, Karl Heinzle

Attacker: Franz Fussi, Fritz Ganster, Doug Gibson, Kelvin Green Bank, Günter Stockhammer, Brian Hill, Gerhard Puschnik

Training team:

Goalkeepers: Arnulf Zimmermann

Attacker: Franz Fussi, Fritz Ganster, Kelvin Green Bank, Richard Grenier, Fedor Kanareykin, Arno Maier, Rick Nasheim, Gerhard Puschnik

Training team:

Goalkeepers: Claus Dalpiaz, Reinhard Divis

Attacker: Fritz Ganster, Bengt -Åke Gustafsson, Siegfried Haberl, Rick Nasheim, Gerhard Puschnik, Thomas Rundqvist, Bernd Schmidle, Simon Wheeldon

Goalkeepers: Reinhard Divis, Claus Dalpiaz

Attacker: Franz Fussi, Fritz Ganster, Bengt -Åke Gustafsson, Siegfried Haberl, Martin Lindner, Gerhard Puschnik, Thomas Rundqvist, Jukka -Pekka Seppo, Thomas Sticha, Simon Wheeldon

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

Goalkeepers: André Dietzsch, Reinhard Divis, Markus Seidl

Attacker: Raimund Divis, Fritz Ganster, Daniel Gauthier, Christopher Gesson, Bengt -Åke Gustafsson, Normand Krumpschmid, Rick Nasheim, Gerhard Puschnik, Thomas Rundqvist, Bernd Schmidle, Thomas Sticha, Simon Wheeldon

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

Player

Well-known former players

( Team membership and position in brackets)

  • Sweden Bengt -Åke Gustafsson (1993-1999, center )
  • Rick Nasheim (1987-1994, Striker )
  • Sweden Thomas Rundqvist (1993-1998, Striker )
  • Simon Wheeldon (1993-1999, 2002-2004, Striker )
  • Jeff Geiger (1981-1985, 1993-1994, defender)
  • Slovenia Tomaž Vnuk (1997-1999, 2002-2004, Striker )
  • Canada Daniel Gauthier (1996-1999, 2001-2004, 2008-2009, Striker )
  • Tom Searle (1993-1998, defender)
  • Austria Fritz Ganster (1983-2003, Striker )
  • Michael Shea (1989-1994, defender)
  • Brian Hill (1981-1988, Striker )
  • Kelvin Green Bank (1980-1992, Striker )

Coach history

Venue

The home of the VEU Feldkirch Vorarlberg is the hall, which was opened in 1977 and in 2000 underwent a minor renovation and modernization. With a capacity of about 5,200 spectators, it is one of the largest ice rinks in Austria and was in the course of its history stage for some of the biggest successes of the VEU Feldkirch.

Average attendance

298058
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