1951–52 Austrian Hockey Championship

The 1951-52 Austrian Hockey Championship was the 23rd season of an organized ice hockey competition in Austria. The championship was divided into three groups, with the top teams from each group meeting in the final. EC KAC won the championship by finishing first in the final tournament.
==Nationalliga==
===Nationalliga Ost=== 
;Scores
*12/20: Wiener EV - WAT Ottakring 4:3 (1:0, 2:2, 1:0) 
*1/4: EK Engelmann Wien - WAT Ottakring 12:1 (3:0, 4:1, 5:0) 
*1/17: Wiener EV - WAT Ottakring 4:2 (0:1, 2:0, 2:1) 
*1/24: EK Engelmann Wien - WAT Ottakring 6:1Österreichische Zeitung, 1951-01-25
*1/31: EK Engelmann Wien - Wiener EV 4:3 (2:0, 0:0, 2:3)
*2/3: EK Engelmann Wien - Wiener EV 7:1 (2:0, 2:1, 3:0)
;Standings
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	EK Engelmann Wien	4 	4	0	0	29	6 	8
2.	Wiener EV 	4 	2	0	2	12	16	4
3.	WAT Ottakring 	4 	0	0	4	7 	26	0
Union Hollabrunn forfeited their participation in the competition. 
The two games between WEV and EKE would were scheduled to be played before January 27 to allow the final round to be organized. The two clubs asked the federation for a postponement due to an ongoing ice show that took up the best time slots at the main rink in Vienna. The federation refused the request by pointing out that the provincial clubs managed to finish their championships without artificial ice, while there were two artificial rinks available for use in the capital. 
Until the last moment, it was not clear if the first game played between the two clubs on January 31 would be official or not. As the Viennese clubs threatened to withdraw from the championship, the federation sent no referees to the game. 1,500 spectators attended the first match, which was the last significant turnout for an ice hockey game in Vienna for many years. The sport was then relegated to the secondary rink without any grandstands. 
The controversy continued and the two clubs, protesting against their exclusion, threatened not to make their players available for the national team. Eventually, the controversy was resolved, with Engelmann, the winner of the two matches, advancing to play in the national final, and the Viennese players went to the World Championships.
===Nationalliga Sud===
;Scores
*12/22: Villacher SV - ESV Murzzuschlag 16:1 (6:1, 3:0, 7:0)
*12/2?: SV Leoben - ESV Murzzuschlag 25:1 (3:0, 7:1, 15:0) 
*12/3?: EC KAC - ESV Murzzuschlag
*1/?: SV Leoben - Villacher SV 8:2 (1:1, 3:1, 4:0)
*1/?: Villacher SV - ESV Murzzuschlag 13:1 (4:0, 7:1, 2:0)
*1/10: EC KAC - Villacher SV 7:7
*1/11: EC KAC - Villacher SV 5:3
*1/11: SV Leoben - ESV Murzzuschlag 20:0 (4:0, 7:0, 9:0)
*1/12: SV Leoben - EC KAC 6:4Wiener Kurier, 1952-01-14
*1/13: EC KAC - SV Leoben 4:3 (2:1, 1:2, 1:0)
*1/26: Villacher SV - SV Leoben 9:7 (3:1, 3:2, 3:4) - result meant KAC clinched groupSalzburger Nachrichten, 1952-01-28
;Standings
 	Club
1.	EC KAC
2.	SV Leoben
3.	Villacher SV
4.	ESV Mürzzuschlag
Murzzuschlag was relegated.
===Nationalliga West===
*12/21: EC Kitzbuhel - Union Salzburg 10:1 (1:0, 3:1, 6:0)Salzburger Nachrichten, 1951-12-24
*12/3?: EC Kitzbuhel - OTSV Steyr 40:1 
*1/?: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 3:1 (0:0, 0:1, 3:0)
*1/10: EC Kitzbuhel - Union Salzburg 4:3 (1:0, 2:2, 1:1) - friendlySalzburger Nachrichten, 1952-01-11
*1/16: Innsbrucker EV - EC Kitzbuhel 6:2 (0:0, 3:1, 3:1) 
*1/24: EC Kitzbuhel - Union Salzburg 10:1 (3:0, 2:0, 5:1)Salzburger Nachrichten, 1952-01-25
*EC Kitzbuhel - OTSV Steyr 11:1Salzburger Nachrichten, 1952-01-26
*1/26: Union Salzburg - OTSV Steyr 11:2 (4:1, 2:1, 5:0)
*1/27: Union Salzburg - OTSV Steyr 14:0 (4:0, 4:0, 6:0)
*Innsbrucker EV - OTSV Steyr 5:0 Forfeit
*Innsbrucker EV - OTSV Steyr 5:0 Forfeit
*Innsbrucker EV - Union Salzburg 5:0 Forfeit
*Innsbrucker EV - Union Salzburg 5:0 Forfeit
Lacking artificial ice, OTSV Steyr and Union Salzburg were unable to finish the championship and were relegated. Innsbrucker EV advanced to the final by defeating EC Kitzbühel twice.
===Final tournament===
;Scores
*1/31:EC KAC - Innsbrucker EV 4:0 (0:0, 2:0, 2:0) 
*2/3: EC KAC - Innsbrucker EV 3:2 (0:1, 2:1, 1:0) 
*2/9: EC KAC - EK Engelmann Wien 5:2 (1:0, 1:1, 3:1)
*2/10: Innsbrucker EV - EK Engelmann Wien 8:5 (3:1, 2:3, 3:1)
*2/12: EK Engelmann Wien - EC KAC 5:4 (2:0, 0:4, 3:0) - the game was stopped after the second period and resumed the following day
*2/16: Innsbrucker EV - EK Engelmann Wien 4:3 (1:2, 2:1, 1:0)
;Standings
 	Team 	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	EC KAC 	4 	3	0	1	16	9 	6
2.	Innsbrucker EV 	4 	2	0	2	14	15	4
3.	EK Engelmann Wien	4 	1	0	3	15	21	2
==Wiener Liga==
;Known scores
*1/3: SV Langenzersdorf - WAT Meidling 9:1 (1:0, 1:1, 7:0)=
*1/10: SV Langenzersdorf - WAT Favoriten 6:2 (2:0, 3:2, 1:0)
*1/10: Schwarzweiss - WAT Meidling 6:3 (0:0, 1:2, 5:1)
*1/16: Union Wien - WAT Favoriten 7:0 (4:0, 2:0, 1:0) 
*1/23: Schwarzweiss - WAT Meidling 11:2 (4:2, 2:0, 5:0)
*WAT Favoriten - WAT Meidling 2:1Neues Österreich, 1952-01-24
*1/26: Schwarzweiss - Union Wien 3:1 (2:0, 1:0, 0:1)
*1/30: Langenzersdorf - Union Wien 2:1 (1:1, 0:0, 1:0) 
*2/1: WAT Favoriten - Langenzersdorf 2:2 (0:1, 1:0, 1:1) 
*Schwarzweiss - Langenzersdorf 2:1Neues Österreich, 1952-02-16
;Standings
 	Club
1.	Schwarzweiss
2.	SV Langenzersdorf
3.	Union Wien
4.	WAT Favoriten
5.	WAT Meidling
as of 2/16
#Schwarzweiss 8-0-0-16 57:14
#Langenzersdorf 4-1-2-9 26:18
#Union Wien 3-0-4-6 28:14
#WAT Favoriten 2-1-4-5 18:44
#WAT Meidling 0-0-7-0 15:54
==Asko Championship==
*Tirol - Steiermark 13:1 (6:0, 3:0, 4:1) 
*Wien - Steiermark 4:2 (1:0, 2:1, 1:1)
*Tirol - Wien 7:3 (2:1, 4:0, 1:2)
Tirol won. 
==Jugend==
;Semifinals
*3/1: Wiener JSV beat Klagenfurt
*3/2: Innsbrucker EV beat Wiener EV
;Final
*Innsbrucker EV - Wiener JSV 7:1, 7:2
The final was not played until December 28-29, 1952.
==Other games==
*12/21: WAT Ottakring - Langenzersdorf 6:3
*12/25: Hofgastein - Union Linz 18:0 (8:0, 4:0, 6:0)
*12/25: EV Kitzbuhel 1b - SC Zell am See 9:2
*12/26: SC Zell am See - Gmunden 4:3
*12/26: Hofgastein - Union Linz 36:0 (15:0, 8:0, 13:0)
*Wiener EV "Senioren" - WAT 10 30:0
*Wiener EV "Senioren" - Schwarzweiss 20:0 (5:0, 6:0, 9:0)
*Wiener EV Juniors - Langenzersdorf 9:0 
*WAT Ottakring II - SC Stockerau 10:4 
*12/27: EK Engelmann Wien - SV Leoben 4:3 
*12/31: OTSV Steyr - SC Zell am See 4:1
*1/2: 'EC KAC - Hofgastein 6:5 (2:0, 2:3, 2:2) 
*1/3: EK Engelmann Wien komb. - Schwarzweiss 6:4
*1/4: ESV Murzzuschlag - Kapfenberg 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1) 
*1/5: Zell am See - Badgastein 4:1
*1/6: Zell am Se - Badgastein 5:3
*1/12: Zell am See - Union Linz 3:2
*1/13: Zell am See - Union Linz 4:1 
*1/18: EC KAC -- EC Kitzbuhel 7:2 (2:1, 1:1, 4:0)
*1/19: SV Leoben - Wiener EV 6:2
*1/22: Union Salzburg - LASK Linz 11:1 (1:1, 5:0, 5:0) 
*1/24: EC KAC - EC VSV 3:2
*1/26: Badgastein - Zell am See 2:0 (0:0, 2:0, 0:0)
*1/27: Zell am See - Badgastein 5:2 (2:1, 0:1, 3:0) 
*2/5: Innsbrucker EV - EC KAC 3:2 (1:1, 0:1, 2:0) - Alpenpokal
*Wiener EV - WAT Meidling 24:3 
*EC Kitzbuhel - St. Ulrich 10:3 
*2/23: Kitzbuhel - EC KAC 5:0
*2/24: Kitzbuhel - EC KAC 6:2 
*EK Engelmann Wien II - Wiener EV II 4:0 - Engelmann won the Reserve Championship
*Wiener Auswahl - Bundeslanderteam 5:2
*Bundeslanderteam - Wiener Auswahl 8:7
==Images==
Arbeiter 12-5-51.png|An image from the December 5 edition of the Arbeiter-Zeitung.
Arbeiter 1-16-52.png|An image from the January 16 issue. 
Arbeiter 1-17-52.png|An image from the January 17 issue. 
Arbeiter 1-27-52.png|An image from the January 27 issue. 
Arbeiter 2-1-52.png|An image from the February 1 issue. 
Arbeiter 2-12-52.png|An image from the February 12 issue. 
==Sources==
*Results from 1946-1958
*Arbeiter-Zeitung
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