2010–11 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga season

The 2010–11 Austrian Hockey League is the most recent season of the Austrian Hockey League (known as Erste Bank Eishockey Liga (or EBEL league) for sponsorship reasons). The 2010-11 season ended with an exciting victory in game 7 of the championship finals for the EC Red Bull Salzburg team.
==Teams==
Team 	City/Area 	Arena 	Capacity 	Founded	Joined EBEL
Red Bull Salzburg 	Salzburg 	Eisarena Salzburg 	3,600 	1977 	
Graz 99ers 	Graz 	Eisstadion Graz Liebenau 	4,050 	1999 	
EC KAC 	Klagenfurt 	Stadthalle Klagenfurt 	5,500 	1909 	
Black Wings Linz 	Linz 	Keine Sorgen Eisarena Linz 	3,800 	1992 	
Vienna Capitals 	Vienna 	Albert Schultz Eishalle 	4,500 	2000 	
Villacher SV 	Villach 	Villacher Stadthalle 	4,800 	1923 	
Acroni Jesenice 	Jesenice 	Dvorana Podmežakla 	6,000 	1948 	2006/07
Olimpija Ljubljana 	Ljubljana 	Dvorana Tivoli 	4,500 	1929 	2007/08
SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 	Székesfehérvár	Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall	3,600 	1960 	2007/08
KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Zagreb 	Dom Sportova / Arena Zagreb 	6,000 / 15,024	1961 	2009/10
==Regular season==
===Standings===
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 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	EC KAC 	54	36	12	6	190	159	78
2 	Red Bull Salzburg 	54	33	19	2	206	181	68
3 	Vienna Capitals 	54	31	18	5	200	162	67
4 	Villacher SV 	54	28	20	5	180	167	63
5 	Black Wings Linz 	54	26	21	7	156	166	59
6 	Graz 99ers 	54	27	23	4	164	153	58
7 	Olimpija Ljubljana 	54	24	25	5	165	197	53
8 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	54	23	25	6	171	171	52
9 	SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 	54	21	26	7	162	203	49
10	Jesenice 	54	20	25	9	161	196	49
===Individual statistics===
==== Scoring leaders ====
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Vienna Capitals 	51	48	36	84	+30	61
 	Vienna Capitals 	45	27	46	73	+23	247
 	Jesenice 	54	24	44	68	+8 	16
 	Olimpija Ljubljana 	53	16	48	64	-6 	28
 	SAPA Fehérvár AV 19 	54	22	38	60	-1 	20
 	Jesenice 	54	33	26	59	-4 	64
 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	49	30	29	59	+22	16
 	Villacher SV 	53	24	33	57	+9 	158
 	Red Bull Salzburg 	49	23	34	57	+15	34
 	Villacher SV 	50	26	29	55	+25	62
==== Leading goaltenders ====
The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season.
Player	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	EC KAC 	41	1,776:07	946 	867 	79 	.916	2,67
 	Vienna Capitals 	28	1,425:18	744 	680 	64 	.914	2,69
 	Villacher SV 	54	1,895:32	1101	1015	86 	.922	2,72
 	Graz 99ers 	54	3,251:47	1625	1475	150	.908	2,77
 	Black Wings Linz 	52	2,775:01	1503	1374	129	.914	2,79
 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	52	2,844:18	1782	1649	133	.925	2,81
 	Red Bull Salzburg 	35	1,630:42	945 	868 	76 	.919	2,83
 	Vienna Capitals 	34	1,672:44	947 	868 	79 	.917	2,83
 	Jesenice 	20	1,195:49	599 	539 	60 	.900	3,01
 	EC KAC 	54	1,510:39	813 	733 	80 	.902	3,18
==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 (in the regular season) 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.
==Team Photos==
10-11AkrJen.jpg|Acroni Jesenice
10-11LinBH.jpg|EHC Black Wings Linz
10-11OlyLub.jpg|HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
10-11SAPA.jpg|SAPA AV19 Székesfehérvár
10-11VieCap.jpg|Vienna Capitals
10-11KAC.jpg|EC KAC
10-11Graz99.jpg|Graz 99ers
==External links==
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==References==
Category:2011 in hockey
Category:Erste Bank Eishockey Liga