2023–24 ICE Hockey League season

2023–24 win2day ICE Hockey League
LeagueICE Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration15 September 2023 – 19 April 2024
GamesRegular season: 312
Postseason: 46
Teams13
Regular season
Season championsEC KAC
  Runners-upFehérvár AV19
Playoffs
Finals championsEC Red Bull Salzburg
  Runners-upEC KAC

The 2023–24 ICE Hockey League season was the 5th season of the ICE Hockey League and 96th season of professional ice hockey in Austria. The league's title sponsor was the win2day lottery.[1] The regular season ran from 15 September 2023 to 23 February 2024 with EC KAC finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 25 February 2024 to 19 April 2024. EC Red Bull Salzburg defeated EC KAC 4 games to 3 for the league championship.

Teams

Team City Arena Coach
Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey Asiago Pala Hodegart Giorgio de Bettin
HCB Südtirol Alperia Bolzano Sparkasse Arena Glen Hanlon
HC Pustertal Wölfe Bruneck Intercable Arena Jason Jaspers
Pioneers Vorarlberg Feldkirch Vorarlberghalle Dylan Stanley
Moser Medical Graz99ers Graz Eisstadion Liebenau Harry Lange
HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie Innsbruck TIWAG Arena Jordan Smotherman
EC-KAC Klagenfurt Eissportzentrum Klagenfurt Kirk Furey
Steinbach Black Wings Linz Linz Linz AG Eisarena Philipp Lukas
Olimpija Ljubljana Ljubljana Tivoli Hall Antti Karhula,
Andrej Tavželj
EC Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Eisarena Salzburg Oliver David
Hydro Fehervar AV 19 Székesfehérvár AlbaAréna Dávid Kiss
Vienna Capitals Vienna Steffl Arena Gerry Fleming
EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV Villach Villacher Stadthalle Tray Tuomie

Standings

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 EC KAC 48 30 3 6 9 183 104 +79 102 Qualified to 2024–25 Champions Hockey League and quarterfinals
2 Fehérvár AV19 48 29 2 4 13 161 130 +31 95
3 EC Red Bull Salzburg 48 24 7 4 13 150 111 +39 90
4 HC Bozen–Bolzano 48 24 5 0 19 147 125 +22 82 Qualified to quarterfinals
5 Steinbach Black Wings Linz 48 21 5 8 14 156 122 +34 81
6 EC VSV 48 22 5 4 17 160 139 +21 80
7 HC TWK Innsbruck 48 18 8 7 15 139 132 +7 77 Qualified to eighthfinals[2]
8 HC Pustertal Wölfe 48 20 5 5 18 145 139 +6 75
9 HK Olimpija 48 17 5 5 21 150 157 −7 66
10 Pioneers Vorarlberg 48 18 4 3 23 153 157 −4 65
11 Vienna Capitals 48 9 7 7 25 114 173 −59 48
12 Asiago Hockey 1935 48 8 5 9 26 121 197 −76 43
13 Moser Medical Graz99ers 48 6 5 4 33 89 182 −93 32
Source: ICE Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.[3]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

[4]

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Steven Owre Pioneers Vorarlberg C/RW 48 31 31 62 10
Trevor Gooch HK Olimpija C/W 48 24 36 60 20
John Hughes EC VSV C/RW 45 15 45 60 10
Kevin Roy HC TWK Innsbruck C/LW 47 25 33 58 14
Graham Knott Steinbach Black Wings Linz LW/C 45 23 35 58 30
János Hári Fehérvár AV19 LW/C 47 19 38 57 12
Guus van Ness Pioneers Vorarlberg LW/RW 48 19 33 52 37
Shawn St-Amant Steinbach Black Wings Linz LW/RW 42 17 33 50 12
Nick Petersen EC KAC RW/LW 47 18 31 49 16
Jason Akeson HC Pustertal Wölfe RW/LW 47 12 36 48 10

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Sebastian Dahm EC KAC 29 1713 22 6 47 3 .932 1.65
Rasmus Tirronen Steinbach Black Wings Linz 36 2178 20 16 76 2 .924 2.09
Atte Tolvanen EC Red Bull Salzburg 32 1900 20 12 67 1 .916 2.12
Dominik Horváth Fehérvár AV19 21 1152 15 4 44 1 .922 2.29
Evan Buitenhuis HC TWK Innsbruck 44 2656 23 21 110 1 .913 2.49

Playoffs

Bracket

Eighthfinals
(best-of-3)
Quarterfinals
(best-of-7)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Championship
(best-of-7)
1 EC KAC 0 1 7 3 1 5 -
7 HC TIWAG Innsbruck - Die Haie 3 2 - 10 Pioneers Vorarlberg 2 0 0 1 6 1 -
10 Pioneers Vorarlberg 6 5 - 1 EC KAC 7 4 3 5 - - -
8 HC Pustertal Wölfe 1 2 1 3 - - -
2 Fehérvár AV19 3* 3 3 1 5 2 1 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
8 HC Pustertal Wölfe 2 2 4* 2 3 4 4
1 EC KAC 0 5 4 5 2 4 2
3 EC Red Bull Salzburg 1* 2 2 6* 3* 1 6
3 EC Red Bull Salzburg 4 2 5 3 5 - -
8 HC Pustertal Wölfe 3 2 4* 5 Steinbach Black Wings Linz 0 3 1 2 1 - -
9 Olimpija Ljubljana 0 6 3 3 EC Red Bull Salzburg 0 3 4 2 2 4 3*
4 HCB Südtirol Alperia 2 1 3 3 3 1 2
4 HCB Südtirol Alperia 5 4 6 1 2 - -
6 EC iDM Warmepumpen VSV 2 2 1 6 1 - -

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

  1. ^ "win2day". win2day. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
  2. ^ ICE Hockey League Gamebook Season 2023/2024
  3. ^ bet-at-home ICE Hockey League
  4. ^ "ICEHL - 2023-2024". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 17 February 2026.