2010–11 Austrian Hockey League season


The 2010–11 Austrian Hockey League was a season of the Austrian Hockey League. The 2010-11 season ended with an exciting victory in game 7 of the championship finals for the EC Red Bull Salzburg team.

Teams

Regular season

Standings

Team
1EC KAC543612619015978
2Red Bull Salzburg543319220618168
3Vienna Capitals543118520016267
4Villacher SV542820518016763
5Black Wings Linz542621715616659
6Graz 99ers542723416415358
7Olimpija Ljubljana542425516519753
8KHL Medveščak Zagreb542325617117152
9SAPA Fehérvár AV 19542126716220349
10Jesenice542025916119649

Individual statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.
PlayerTeam
Vienna Capitals51483684+3061
Vienna Capitals45274673+23247
Jesenice54244468+816
Olimpija Ljubljana53164864-628
SAPA Fehérvár AV 1954223860-120
Jesenice54332659-464
KHL Medveščak Zagreb49302959+2216
Villacher SV53243357+9158
Red Bull Salzburg49233457+1534
Villacher SV50262955+2562

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season.
PlayerTeam
EC KAC411,776:0794686779.9162,67
Vienna Capitals281,425:1874468064.9142,69
Villacher SV541,895:321101101586.9222,72
Graz 99ers543,251:4716251475150.9082,77
Black Wings Linz522,775:0115031374129.9142,79
KHL Medveščak Zagreb522,844:1817821649133.9252,81
Red Bull Salzburg351,630:4294586876.9192,83
Vienna Capitals341,672:4494786879.9172,83
Jesenice201,195:4959953960.9003,01
EC KAC541,510:3981373380.9023,18

Playoffs

The EC Red Bull Salzburg team won the season, after beating the EC KAC 4-3 in the final series. Game 7 ended with an exciting overtime goal by the Red Bulls, giving them the league championship for the second year in a row, with a final game score of 3-2.
After the regular season, the standard of 8 teams qualified for the playoffs. In the playoff games the better placed team at the end of the regular season will have the right to play at home first. In the quarterfinals the 1st ranked team will play against the 8th ranked team, 2nd vs 7th, 3rd vs 6th, 4th vs 5th - each in a best-of-seven series.
In the semifinals the four winners of the quarterfinals will play as follows: the best ranked club of the four semifinalists will play against the worst ranked club, the second best ranked club against the second worst ranked club - each in a best-of-seven series. The two winners of the semifinals will play a best-of-seven series in the final round.
If a playoff game is undecided at the end of the regular time after a 17 minutes break a 20-minute "Sudden Victory Overtime" will be played. Should the game still be undecided after the first overtime period after another 17 minutes break a second 20-minute "Sudden Victory Overtime" will be played and so on until the deciding goal is scored. Each team may only use four skaters; however, at least three skaters must be used.