# 2021–22 ICE Hockey League season

The 2021–22 ICE Hockey League season begin on 16 September 2021. The league's title sponsor was bet-at-home.com. The defending champions were EC KAC. On 11 April 2022, EC Red Bull Salzburg won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 7th time in their history.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Dornbirn Bulldogs | Dornbirn | Messestadion Dornbirn | 4,270 |
| Moser Medical Graz 99ers | Graz | Merkur-Eisarena | 4,126 |
| HC TWK Innsbruck | Innsbruck | Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena | 3,000 |
| EC KAC | Klagenfurt | Stadthalle Klagenfurt | 4,945 |
| Steinbach Black Wings Linz | Linz | Keine Sorgen EisArena | 4,865 |
| EC Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg | Eisarena Salzburg | 3,200 |
| Vienna Capitals | Vienna | Erste Bank Arena | 7,022 |
| EC GRAND Immo VSV | Villach | Villacher Stadthalle | 4,800 |
| HC Orli Znojmo | Znojmo | Nevoga Arena | 4,800 |
| Bratislava Capitals | Bratislava | Ondrej Nepela Arena | 4,800 |
| HK Olimpija | Ljubljana | Tivoli Hall | 5,000 |
| Hydro Fehérvár AV19 | Székesfehérvár | Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall | 3,500 |
| HCB Südtirol Alperia | Bolzano | Eiswelle | 7,200 |
| HC Pustertal Wölfe | Bruneck | Rienzstadion | 2,050 |

## Standings
### Regular season

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 49 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 162 | 109 | +53 | .653 | Qualified to 2022–23 Champions Hockey League and quarter-finals |
| 2 | EC VSV | 47 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 180 | 147 | +33 | .617 | Qualified to 2022–23 Champions Hockey League and quarter-finals |
| 3 | Fehérvár AV19 | 48 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 165 | 133 | +32 | .583 | Qualified to 2022–23 Champions Hockey League and quarter-finals |
| 4 | Vienna Capitals | 48 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 132 | 122 | +10 | .556 | Qualified to quarter-finals |
| 5 | HC Pustertal Wölfe | 49 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 146 | 139 | +7 | .531 | Qualified to quarter-finals |
| 6 | HK Olimpija | 46 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 136 | 140 | −4 | .529 | Qualified to quarter-finals |
| 7 | HC Orli Znojmo | 48 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 168 | 151 | +17 | .514 | Qualified to pre-playoffs |
| 8 | EC KAC | 49 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 139 | 117 | +22 | .510 | Qualified to pre-playoffs |
| 9 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 46 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 125 | 143 | −18 | .500 | Qualified to pre-playoffs |
| 10 | Graz 99ers | 48 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 142 | 137 | +5 | .493 | Qualified to pre-playoffs |
| 11 | HC Innsbruck | 49 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 142 | 156 | −14 | .463 | |
| 12 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | 48 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 118 | 181 | −63 | .313 | |
| 13 | Steinbach Black Wings 1992 | 49 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 108 | 185 | −77 | .252 | |
| 14 | Bratislava Capitals | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 45 | −3 | .476 | Withdrew from the tournament |

### Statistics
#### Scoring leaders

The following shows the top ten players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of games played on 24 February 2022. If two or more skaters are tied (i.e. same number of points, goals and played games), all of the tied skaters are shown.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM |
| Radek Prokes | Orli Znojmo | 46 | 25 | 26 | 51 | +20 | 12 |
| Anthony Luciani | Orli Znojmo | 47 | 17 | 34 | 51 | -1 | 14 |
| Peter Schneider | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 44 | 28 | 22 | 50 | +19 | 6 |
| Tim McGauley | HC Innsbruck | 46 | 19 | 29 | 48 | -4 | 53 |
| John Hughes | Villacher SV | 43 | 17 | 31 | 48 | +18 | 16 |
| T. J. Brennan | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 47 | 20 | 26 | 46 | +32 | 22 |
| Michael Huntebrinker | HC Innsbruck | 44 | 12 | 34 | 46 | +7 | 8 |
| Brian Lebler | Black Wings Linz | 46 | 25 | 20 | 45 | -13 | 48 |
| Scott Kosmachuk | Villacher SV | 44 | 24 | 21 | 45 | +14 | 42 |
| Johan Harju | HC Pustertal | 47 | 18 | 25 | 43 | +1 | 18 |

#### Leading goaltenders

The following shows the top ten goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of games played on 2 October 2021.
| Player | Team(s) | GP | TOI | GA | Sv% | GAA |
| Christian Engstrand | Graz 99ers | 21 | 1262 | 39 | .931 | 1.86 |
| Jean-Philippe Lamoureaux | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 16 | 963 | 31 | .931 | 1.93 |
| Atte Tolvanen | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 26 | 1592 | 51 | .924 | 1.92 |
| Tomas Sholl | HC Pustertal | 45 | 2716 | 121 | .924 | 2.67 |
| Bernhard Starkbaum | Vienna Capitals | 22 | 1310 | 51 | .923 | 2.34 |
| Sebastian Dahm | EC KAC | 39 | 2377 | 79 | .921 | 1.99 |
| Rasmus Tirronen | Fehérvár AV19 | 26 | 1533 | 60 | .916 | 2.35 |
| Niklas Lundström | Graz 99ers | 17 | 937 | 39 | .914 | 2.50 |
| Justin Fazio | HC Bolzano | 18 | 1027 | 46 | .912 | 2.69 |
| David Kickert | Vienna Capitals | 21 | 1222 | 54 | .909 | 2.65 |

## Playoffs
### Bracket

| Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| | | | 1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | HC Orli Znojmo | 2 | 7 | HC Orli Znojmo | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Graz 99ers | 0 | | | | 1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Vienna Capitals | 0 | | | |
| | | | 2 | EC VSV | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 6 | HK Olimpija | 3 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 3 | Fehérvár AV19 | 0 |
| | | | 3 | Fehérvár AV19 | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 8 | EC KAC | 2 | 5 | HC Pustertal Wölfe | 0 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 9 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 0 | | | | 2 | EC VSV | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Fehérvár AV19 | 4 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Vienna Capitals | 4 | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | EC KAC | 3 | | | | | | |

### Pre-playoffs
#### (7) Orli Znojmo vs. (10) Graz 99ers

* HC Orli Znojmo win the series 2–0

#### (8) EC KAC vs. (9) HCB Südtirol Alperia

* EC KAC win the series 2–0

### Quarter-finals
#### (1) EC Red Bull Salzburg vs. (7) HC Orli Znojmo

* EC Red Bull Salzburg win the series 4–0

#### (2) EC VSV vs. (6) HK Olimpija

* EC VSV win the series 4–3

#### (3) Fehérvár AV19 vs. (5) HC Pustertal Wölfe

* Fehérvár AV19 win the series 4–0

#### (4) Vienna Capitals vs. (8) EC KAC

* Vienna Capitals win the series 4–3

### Semi-finals
#### (1) EC Red Bull Salzburg - (4) Vienna Capitals

* EC Red Bull Salzburg won the series 4–0

#### (2) EC VSV - (3) Fehérvár AV19

* Fehérvár AV19 won the series 4–1

### Final

* EC Red Bull Salzburg won the series 4–0