Sports season
The 2016–17 Austrian Hockey League season began on 15 September 2016 and ended on 7 April 2017. The defending champion was EC Red Bull Salzburg . On April 7, the Vienna Capitals won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 2nd time in their history.[ 1]
Teams participating in the Erste Bank Eishockey League in 2016-17
Team City Arena Capacity Dornbirner EC Dornbirn Messestadion Dornbirn 4,270 Moser Medical Graz 99ers Graz Merkur-Eisarena 4,126 HC TWK Innsbruck Innsbruck Tyrolean Ice Arena 3,000 EC KAC Klagenfurt Stadthalle Klagenfurt 4,945 EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz Linz Keine Sorgen EisArena 4,863 EC Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Eisarena Salzburg 3,200 UPC Vienna Capitals Vienna Albert Schultz Eishalle 7,022 EC Villacher SV Villach Stadthalle Villach 4,500 HC Orli Znojmo Znojmo Hostan Arena 4,800 SAPA Fehérvár AV19 Székesfehérvár Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall 3,500 HC Bolzano Bolzano Eiswelle 7,200 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana Tivoli Hall 4,000
Rank Team GP W L OTW OTL Goals Diff. Pts (Bonus) 1 Vienna Capitals 10 6 3 0 1 30:24 +6 25 (6) 2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 10 6 2 1 1 46:31 +15 25 (4) 3 EC KAC 10 7 2 1 0 41:19 +22 23 (0) 4 EHC Black Wings Linz 10 4 6 0 0 29:36 -7 14 (2) 5 HC TWK Innsbruck 10 3 7 0 0 31:45 -14 9 (0) 6 HC Bolzano 10 2 8 0 0 28:50 -22 7 (1)
Qualification round [ edit ] Rank Team GP W L OTW OTL Goals Diff. Pts (Bonus) 1 Graz 99ers 10 7 3 0 0 32:21 +11 25 (4) 2 Orli Znojmo 10 7 3 0 0 36:24 +12 23 (2) 3 Dornbirner EC 10 5 3 1 1 32:23 +9 19 (1) 4 EC VSV 10 3 6 1 0 35:37 -2 17 (6) 5 HDD Olimpija Ljubljana 10 2 5 2 1 21:39 -18 11 (0) 6 Fehérvár AV19 10 2 6 0 2 26:38 -12 8 (0)