# 2020–21 ICE Hockey League season

The 2020–21 ICE Hockey League season began on 25 September 2020. The league's new title sponsor is bet-at-home.com. Due cancelling last season in the quarter-finals, there was no defending champion. On 20 April 2021, EC KAC won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 32nd 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 |
| EC GRAND Immo VSV | Villach | Villacher Stadthalle | 4,800 |
| EC Red Bull Salzburg | Salzburg | Eisarena Salzburg | 3,200 |
| Vienna Capitals | Vienna | Erste Bank Arena | 7,022 |
| Steinbach Black Wings 1992 | Linz | Keine Sorgen EisArena | 4,865 |
| Bratislava Capitals | Bratislava | Ondrej Nepela Arena | 4,800 |
| Hydro Fehérvár AV19 | Székesfehérvár | Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall | 3,500 |
| HCB Südtirol Alperia | Bolzano | Eiswelle | 7,200 |

## Standings
### Regular season

Legend: Qualified for 2021–22 Champions Hockey League Qualified for placement round Qualified for qualification round
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 40 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 128 | 78 | +50 | 82 |
| 2 | EC KAC | 40 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 122 | 80 | +42 | 79 |
| 3 | Fehérvár AV19 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 136 | 115 | +25 | 75 |
| 4 | Vienna Capitals | 40 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 129 | 109 | +20 | 69 |
| 5 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 40 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 120 | 105 | +15 | 68 |
| 6 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | 40 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 123 | 112 | +11 | 60 |
| 7 | Bratislava Capitals | 40 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 104 | 133 | -29 | 51 |
| 8 | Graz 99ers | 40 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 109 | 135 | −26 | 51 |
| 9 | HC Innsbruck | 40 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 130 | 140 | −10 | 50 |
| 10 | EC VSV | 40 | 9 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 93 | 135 | −42 | 41 |
| 11 | Steinbach Black Wings 1992 | 40 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 81 | 133 | −52 | 34 |

### Placement round

Qualified for 2021–22 Champions Hockey League Qualified as higher seed Qualified as lower seed
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 18 (4) |
| 2 | EC KAC | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 17 (2) |
| 3 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 22 | +5 | 14 (1) |
| 4 | Vienna Capitals | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 27 | +2 | 11 (0) |
| 5 | Fehérvár AV19 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 3 (0) |

### Qualification round

Qualified for playoffs Eliminated from playoff contention
| Rank | Team | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 34 | -2 | 22 (8) |
| 2 | Bratislava Capitals | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 26 | +0 | 22 (6) |
| 3 | EC VSV | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 20 (1) |
| 4 | Steinbach Black Wings 1992 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 28 | +8 | 20 (0) |
| 5 | HC Innsbruck | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 34 | -4 | 14 (2) |
| 6 | Graz 99ers | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 13 (4) |

## Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| PL1 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| QU2 | Bratislava Capitals | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| QU2 | Bratislava Capitals | 1 | | | PL1 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | PL4 | Vienna Capitals | 2 | | | |
| PL2 | EC KAC | 4 | | | PL4 | Vienna Capitals | 2 | | | |
| QU3 | EC VSV | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| QU3 | EC VSV | 1 | | | | | | PL1 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 1 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | PL1 | HCB Südtirol Alperia | 1 |
| (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | (Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | PL2 | EC KAC | 4 |
| PL3 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 4 | | | | | | | | | PL2 | EC KAC | 4 |
| QU1 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| QU1 | Dornbirn Bulldogs | 2 | | | PL2 | EC KAC | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | PL3 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | | | |
| PL4 | Vienna Capitals | 4 | | | PL3 | EC Red Bull Salzburg | 1 | | | |
| PL5 | Fehérvár AV19 | 0 | | | | | | | | |