2024–25 Italian Hockey League season

2024–25 Italian Hockey League season
LeagueItalian Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration21 September 2024 – 10 April 2025
GamesRegular season: 156
Qualification: 72
Postseason: 28
Teams13
Regular season
Season championsSV Kaltern
  Runners-upHC Aosta
Playoffs
Finals championsSV Kaltern
  Runners-upHC Aosta

The 2024–25 Italian Hockey League season was the 73rd season of play for second-tier professional ice hockey in Italy. The regular season ran from 21 September to 29 December 2024 with SV Kaltern finishing atop the standings. Postseason qualification ran from 4 January to 22 February 2025 with SV Kaltern earning the top overall seed for the playoffs. The Postseason ran from 1 March to 10 April 2025. SV Kaltern defeated HC Aosta 4 games to 2 for the league championship.

Membership changes

  • Ares Sport Aosta won the IHL Division 1 championship in 2024, earning a promotion to the IHL for this season.[1] As part of the move, the club rebranded as Hockey Club Aosta.

Teams

Aosta
Cavalese
Como
Feltre
Pergine Valsugana
Toblach
2024–25 Italian Hockey League teams.
Team City Arena Coach
Alleghe Hockey Alleghe Palaghiaccio Alvise De Toni Vesa Surenkin
HC Aosta Aosta Palazzo del Ghiaccio di Aosta Luca Giovinazzo
HC Falcons Brixen Brixen Palaghiaccio di Bressanone Ken Eddy
HC Fassa Falcons Canazei Stadio del Ghiaccio Gianmario Scola Luigi Marchetti
ValdiFiemme HC Cavalese Stadio del ghiaccio - Cavalese Marco Allevato,
Luca Felicetti
Hockey Como Como Stadio del ghiaccio Massimo Da Rin
HC Eppan Pirates Eppan Eisstadion Eppan Martin Lacroix
HC Feltre Feltre PalaFeltre - Palazzo del Ghiaccio Martin Ekrt
SV Kaltern Kaltern Raiffeisen Arena Kaltern Teemu Virtala
A.S.D. Hockey Pergine Pergine Valsugana Stadio del ghiaccio di Pergine Andrea Ambrosi
HC Valpellice Torre Pellice Palaghiaccio Olimpico Dino Grossi
HC Varese Varese PalAlbani Gaber Glavič
HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites Toblach Eislaufplatz Toblach Tommy Flinck

Standings

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SV Kaltern 24 19 2 2 1 105 45 +60 63 Advanced to Winners Round
2 HC Aosta 24 18 3 0 3 160 70 +90 60
3 HC Feltre 24 14 3 3 4 116 84 +32 51
4 HC Varese 24 14 4 0 6 112 76 +36 50
5 HC Eppan Pirates 24 12 1 1 10 88 81 +7 39
6 Alleghe Hockey 24 11 1 1 11 69 73 −4 36
7 A.S.D. Hockey Pergine 24 8 2 4 10 92 90 +2 32 Advanced to Losers Round
8 HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites 24 9 1 1 13 80 104 −24 30
9 HC Valpellice 24 8 2 1 13 80 83 −3 29
10 ValdiFiemme HC 24 8 1 3 12 74 91 −17 29
11 HC Fassa Falcons 24 6 1 3 14 85 104 −19 23
12 HC Falcons Brixen 24 4 0 2 18 69 135 −66 14
13 Hockey Como 24 3 1 1 19 57 151 −94 12
Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Playoff qualification

Master round

Home \ Away ALL AOS EPP FEL KAL VAR ALL AOS EPP FEL KAL VAR
Alleghe Hockey 4–6 4–2 4–5 (OT) 0–2 7–2 2–3 4–5 (OT) 7–2 1–3 6–3
HC Aosta 6–4 9–0 7–2 2–4 3–5 3–2 3–6 7–2 2–4 5–4 (SO)
HC Eppan Pirates 2–4 0–9 2–5 1–6 0–6 5–4 (OT) 6–3 2–7 1–4 3–4 (SO)
HC Feltre 5–4 (OT) 2–7 5–2 2–4 3–5 2–7 2–7 7–2 3–2 6–1
SV Kaltern 2–0 4–2 6–1 4–2 3–2 3–1 4–2 4–1 2–3 3–4 (OT)
HC Varese 2–7 5–3 6–0 5–3 2–3 3–6 4–5 (SO) 4–3 (SO) 1–6 4–3 (OT)
Updated to match(es) played on Final. Source: Alps Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SV Kaltern[a] 10 8 0 1 1 35 18 +17 46 Advanced to playoff quarterfinals
2 HC Aosta[b] 10 6 1 0 3 50 30 +20 40
3 HC Feltre[c] 10 5 1 0 4 39 39 0 34
4 HC Varese[d] 10 3 2 1 4 39 36 +3 30
5 Alleghe Hockey[e] 10 3 0 2 5 34 38 −4 23
6 HC Eppan Pirates[f] 10 0 1 1 8 19 55 −36 16
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
  1. ^ SV Kaltern retained 21 points from regular season from common games.
  2. ^ HC Aosta retained 20 points from regular season from common games.
  3. ^ HC Feltre retained 17 points from regular season from common games.
  4. ^ HC Varese retained 16 points from regular season from common games.
  5. ^ Alleghe Hockey retained 12 points from regular season from common games.
  6. ^ HC Eppan Pirates retained 13 points from regular season from common games.

Losers round

Home \ Away BRI COM FAS FIE PER VAL ZIN BRI COM FAS FIE PER VAL ZIN
HC Falcons Brixen 2–0 2–11 1–9 1–4 1–8 1–3 1–7 1–4 3–6 3–6 0–8 4–8
Hockey Como 0–2 1–4 1–9 2–4 3–5 2–3 7–1 0–12 0–4 2–4 1–6 1–2
HC Fassa Falcons 11–2 4–1 5–3 5–3 5–3 6–0 4–1 12–0 3–4 2–3 1–3 4–0
ValdiFiemme HC 9–1 9–1 3–5 7–2 7–3 5–2 6–3 4–0 4–3 3–5 2–3 (OT) 6–2
A.S.D. Hockey Pergine 4–1 4–2 3–5 2–7 1–3 1–4 6–3 4–2 3–2 5–3 5–0 6–3
HC Valpellice 8–1 5–3 3–5 3–7 3–1 5–3 8–0 6–1 3–1 3–2 (OT) 0–5 4–1
HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites 3–1 3–2 0–6 2–5 4–1 3–5 8–4 2–1 0–4 2–6 3–6 1–4
Updated to match(es) played on Final. Source: Alps Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 ValdiFiemme HC[a] 12 9 0 1 2 65 30 +35 37 Advanced to playoff quarterfinals
2 HC Valpellice[b] 12 8 1 0 3 51 30 +21 35
3 HC Fassa Falcons[c] 12 9 0 0 3 62 23 +39 34
4 A.S.D. Hockey Pergine[d] 12 8 0 0 4 44 35 +9 34
5 HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites[e] 12 5 0 0 7 31 45 −14 25
6 Hockey Como[f] 12 1 0 0 11 20 56 −36 7
7 HC Falcons Brixen[g] 12 1 0 0 11 20 74 −54 7
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Italian Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:
  1. ^ ValdiFiemme HC retained 9 points from regular season from common games.
  2. ^ HC Valpellice retained 9 points from regular season from common games.
  3. ^ HC Fassa Falcons retained 7 points from regular season from common games.
  4. ^ A.S.D. Hockey Pergine retained 10 points from regular season from common games.
  5. ^ HC 3 Zinnen Dolomites retained 10 points from regular season from common games.
  6. ^ Hockey Como retained 4 points from regular season from common games.
  7. ^ HC Falcons Brixen retained 4 points from regular season from common games.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

[3]

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Martin Kadlec HC Feltre C/RW 32 41 52 93 67
Markus Korkiakoski HC Feltre C/LW 34 33 52 85 34
Niklas Salo HC Fassa Falcons LW/RW 36 35 49 84 8
Nick Nardella HC Aosta RW 32 33 48 81 14
Andriy Mikhnov HC Fassa Falcons C/LW 35 25 42 67 10
Christian Buono HC Aosta F 32 23 40 63 65
Dmitri Nimenko HC Aosta C/LW 34 15 46 61 12
Carmine Buono HC Aosta D 32 15 45 60 40
Jozef Foltin HC Feltre LW 33 27 29 56 22
Hector Majul HC Valpellice F 35 28 27 55 30
Daniel Eruzione HC Eppan Pirates F 32 20 35 55 46

Leading goaltenders

The following goaltenders led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes.

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SO SV% GAA
Samuel Rohregger SV Kaltern 17 1028 15 2 30 3 .919 1.75
Alex Andergassen SV Kaltern 17 1024 14 3 33 3 .901 1.93
Sergei Pisarenko HC Fassa Falcons 26 1490 14 9 61 3 .931 2.46
Alessandro Tura HC Aosta 15 770 9 3 34 1 .902 2.65
Andrea Basraoui HC Valpellice 28 1658 18 10 81 2 .908 2.93

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals
(best-of-5)
Semifinals
(best-of-5)
Championship
(best-of-7)
                       
1 SV Kaltern 3 10 9 - -
8 HC Valpellice 0 3 1 - -
1 SV Kaltern 3 3 2 1 4
4 HC Varese 0 2 3* 2* 2
2 HC Aosta 9 3 2 5 -
7 ValdiFiemme HC 1 4* 0 2 -
1 SV Kaltern 1 0 3 2** 3 7 -
(Pairings are re-seeded after the first round)
2 HC Aosta 2* 2 2 1 2 4 -
3 HC Feltre 3 2 7 4* -
6 HC Eppan Pirates 5 1 2 3 -
2 HC Aosta 5 4 6 - -
3 HC Feltre 2 2 4 - -
4 HC Varese 4 4 4 - -
5 Alleghe Hockey 1 1 1 - -

Note: * denotes overtime Note: ** denotes overtime and shootout

References

  1. ^ "News". Instagram. July 18, 2024. Retrieved September 11, 2025.
  2. ^ "Fassa Falcons addio all'Alps Hockey League" [Fassa Falcons farewell to the Alps Hockey League]. RaiNews.it (in Italian). 25 April 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Italy2 - 2024-2025". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 9 September 2025.