Women’s Ice Hockey Bundesliga 2016/17

The 2016/17 season of the Austrian Women’s Ice Hockey Leagues was played in parallel to the Elite Women’ s Hockey League.

DEBL

	Women’s Ice Hockey League
	◄ previous	Season 2016/17	next ►
Master:	National Champion: EHV Sabres Vienna Champion DEBL: KMH Budapest II
↑ EWHL | – DEBL | ↓ DEBL 2

Participating teams

Eight teams from three countries competed in the first division.^[1] The Sabres II competed in the DEBL2. The defending champions of the Triglav/Olimpija team did not participate in the league. Individual players, however, were in action with the Southern Stars in the EWHL.^[2] The WE-V Flayers were part of a consortium with the Highlanders as Junior Caps Flayers.

Gipsy Girls Villach Devils Graz Kitzbühel Kufstein Highlanders Junior capitals IceCats Linz Marilyn Budapest KMH Budapest II KHL Grič Zagreb

Map of all team locations of the season 2016/17 () or the game communities ( & )

Team	Country	Previous year’s placement	Previous year’s league
KMH Budapest II	Hungary	2	DEBL
Pool Kitzbühel/Kufstein	Austria	3	DEBL
Highlanders II/Junior Capitals Flyers syndicate	Austria	7	DEBL
DEC Devils Graz	Austria	3	DEBL
Gipsy Girls Villach	Austria	3	DEBL
KHL Grič Zagreb	Croatia	4	DEBL
DHC IceCats Linz	Austria	4	DEBL
UTE Marylin Budapest	Hungary	6	DEBL

Mode

• Basic round: A simple first and second round is played^[3]
• Final tournament: The best placed team of the basic round against the fourth, as well as second against third. The winning teams for 1st place, the losers for 2nd place. One game each.

Table

Status as of 22 March 2017

Final Tournament

The final tournament was held on 18 and 19 March 2017 at the Kapserbrücke sports park in Kitzbühel.

Semifinals

18. March 2017 4. 30 pm

Austria SpG Jr. Capitals Flyers/Highlanders Claudia Löffler (2) Harriet Weegh Hannah McGowan

4:3 n. V. (2:2, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0) Match report

Austria IceCats Linz Ivana Gajdosova (2) Melanie Hager

Sportpark Kapserbrücke, Kitzbühel Spectators: 55

18. March 2017 7.30 pm

Hungary KMH Budapest II Alexandra Ronai (1:51) Lilien Szelenyi (59:13)

2:0 (1:0, 0:0, 1:0) Match report

Austria SpG Kitzbühel/Kufstein

Sportpark Kapserbrücke, Kitzbühel Spectators: 111

Match for 3rd place

19. March 2017 11.00 a.m

Austria SpG Kitzbühel/Kufstein Anna Atzl (14:01) Heyne (18:49) Isabella Hochfilzer (25:59) Sharon Hausberger (33:06)

4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0) Match report

Austria IceCats Linz

Sportpark Kapserbrücke, Kitzbühel Spectators: 45

Finale

19. March 2017 14:00

Austria SpG Jr. Capitals Flyers/Highlanders Jennifer Gallo (49th)

1:4 (0:1, 0:1, 1:2) Match report

Hungary KMH Budapest II Alexandra Ronai (16th) Dominika Horvath (37th) Alexandra Ronai (43rd) Lilien Szelenyi (59th)

Sportpark Kapserbrücke, Kitzbühel Spectators: 25

The second team of KMH Budapest is thus champion of the DEBL 2016/17. The Spielvereinigung Jr. Capitals Flyers Vienna/Neuberg Highlanders II also qualified as the best Austrian DEBL team for the final tournament for the state championship.^[4]

State Championship

The state championship of the 2016/17 season was decided in a tournament. The three Austrian teams of the Elite Women’s Hockey League 2016/17 were seeded as participants. Eligible to participate were thus the EHV Sabres Vienna, the DEC Salzburg Eagles and the Neuberg Highlanders. They were joined by the Spielvereinigung Junior Capitals Flyers / Highlanders II, the top-ranked team in the DEBL play-offs.^[5]

The teams first played in a knockout system for a place in the final. The winners then competed in a match for the title of “Austrian Women’s Ice Hockey National Champion”. The other two teams also played for the bronze medal.

Semifinals

Finale

Match for 3rd place: 13:15: KSV Neuberg Highlanders – SpG Jr. Capitals Flyers/Highlanders II 10:1

Austrian State Champion 2016/17: EHV SABRES Vienna

DEBL 2

	Women’s Ice Hockey League
	◄ previous	Season 2016/17	next ►
Master:	Champion DEBL 2: DEHC Red Angels Innsbruck
↑↑ EWHL | ↑ DEBL | – DEBL 2

Participating teams

There is only one small change in the participating teams compared to last year: Sabres Vienna will compete with the 2nd team.^[7]

Sabres II Ice Cats Linz II Dragons Klagenfurt Salzburg Eagles II Red Angels Innsbruck HDK Maribor

Map of all team locations of the season 2016/17

Team	Country	Previous year’s ranking	Previous year’s league
HDK Maribor	Slovenia	1	DEBL 2
DEC Dragons Klagenfurt	Austria	2	DEBL 2
Red Angels Innsbruck	Austria	3	DEBL 2
EHV Sabres Vienna II	Austria	4	DEBL 2 (as Sabres III)
DHC IceCats Linz II	Austria	5	DEBL 2
DEC Salzburg Eagles II	Austria	6	DEBL 2

Mode^[8]

• Basic round: A simple first and second round is played.
• Play Off: Will be played as a first and second leg. In case of a tie, the goal difference decides. If this is also equal, a 5-minute overtime (“Sudden Victory Overtime”) follows in which the team may only use three field players and a goalkeeper. If no goal is scored, the winner of the series will be determined in a penalty shootout according to IIHF rules.
  • In the championship series the best and second placed team from the basic round will play.
  • In the bronze medal series the third and fourth placed teams from the basic round will play.

Cross table

Status as of 22 March 2017

Association
HDK Maribor		2:9	1:12	0:1	4:1	6:0
DEC Dragons Klagenfurt	6:1		2:5	1:3	1:3	5:0 SV
Red Angels Innsbruck	5:0 SV	4:0		3:1	0:1	12:1
EHV Sabres Vienna II	4:0	3:2 OT	3:2		0:5	12:0
DHC IceCats Linz II	12:0	0:1	2:12	4:1		3:5
DEC Salzburg Eagles II	2:7	2:7	3:6	1:9	4:6

• SV = Penalty Verified

Table

Status as of 22 March 2017

Place	Association	Games	S	S2	N1	N	Gates	Points
1.	Red Angels Innsbruck	10	8	0	0	2	61:14	24
2.	EHV Sabres Vienna II	10	6	1	0	3	37:18	20
3.	DHC IceCats Linz II	10	6	0	0	4	37:28	18
4.	DEC Dragons Klagenfurt	10	5	0	1	4	34:23	16
5.	HDK Maribor	10	3	0	0	7	21:52	9
6.	DEC Salzburg Eagles II	10	1	0	0	9	18:73	3

Finale

(First and second legs):

• DEHC Red Angels Innsbruck – EHV Sabres Wien II 5:1 (2:0, 0:1, 3:0), goals: Steiner 3, Kreutz, Hofbauer and Reiß respectively
• EHV Sabres Vienna II – DEHC Red Angels Innsbruck 4:8 (1:3, 1:2, 2:3), goals: Schwarz 2, S. Woschitz, Heuberger and Steiner 5, Oberleitner 2, Kreutz respectively

Match for 3rd place

(First and second legs):

• DEC Dragons Klagenfurt – DHC Icecats Linz II 2:1 (1:0, 0:0, 1:1), goals: Verdel, Baumann and Pfann respectively
• DHC Icecats Linz II – DEC Dragons Klagenfurt 3:6 (2:0, 1:3, 0:3), Goals: Untersberger, Steinwendner, Ruezhofer resp. Sauerbier 3, Kremser, Verdel, Habich

Individual references

1. ↑ http://www.eishockey.org/spielplan-debl/
2. ↑ http://www.eishockey.at/de/ligen/elite-women-s-hockey-league/statistik-ewhl/punkteliste/
3. ↑ http://www.eishockey.at/images/redaktion/PDF/OeEHV_Informationen/Durchfuehrungsbestimmungen/161012_Durchfuehrungsbest_DEBL_2016_182bf_x.pdf
4. ↑ Budapest wins DEBL.In: eishockey.at. 18 March 2017, retrieved 5 May 2017.
5. ↑ Christian Benedek:“It’s down to the wire” – Final tournament for the Austrian National Championship.In: ehv-sabres.at. 23 March 2017, retrieved 5 May 2017.
6. ↑ Christian Benedek:Sabres move into the finals in commanding fashion.In: ehv-sabres.at. 25 March 2017, retrieved 5 May 2017.
7. ↑ http://www.ehv-sabres.at/index.php/debl2/tabelle
8. ↑ http://www.eishockey.at/images/redaktion/PDF/OeEHV_Informationen/Durchfuehrungsbestimmungen/161012_Durchfuehrungsbest_DEBL2_2016_7020c_x.pdf