2024–25 ICE Hockey League season

2024–25 win2day ICE Hockey League
LeagueICE Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Duration20 September 2024 – 11 April 2025
GamesRegular season: 312
Postseason: 44
Teams13
Regular season
Season championsEC KAC
  Runners-upEC Red Bull Salzburg
Playoffs
Finals championsEC Red Bull Salzburg
  Runners-upEC KAC

The 2024–25 ICE Hockey League season was the 6th season of the ICE Hockey League and 97th season of professional ice hockey in Austria. The league's title sponsor was the win2day lottery.[1] The regular season ran from 20 September 2024 to 21 February 2025 with EC KAC finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 23 February 2025 to 11 April 2025. EC Red Bull Salzburg defeated EC KAC 4 games to 0 for the league championship.

Teams

Team City Arena Coach
Asiago Hockey 1935 Asiago Pala Hodegart Giorgio de Bettin
HC Bozen–Bolzano Bolzano Sparkasse Arena Glen Hanlon
HC Pustertal Wölfe Bruneck Intercable Arena Jason Jaspers
Pioneers Vorarlberg Feldkirch Vorarlberghalle Dylan Stanley
Moser Medical Graz99ers Graz Eisstadion Liebenau Harry Lange
HC TWK Innsbruck Innsbruck TIWAG Arena Jordan Smotherman
EC KAC Klagenfurt Eissportzentrum Klagenfurt Kirk Furey
Steinbach Black Wings Linz Linz Linz AG Eisarena Philipp Lukas
HK Olimpija Ljubljana Tivoli Hall Antti Karhula,
Andrej Tavželj
EC Red Bull Salzburg Salzburg Eisarena Salzburg Oliver David
Fehérvár AV19 Székesfehérvár AlbaAréna Dávid Kiss
Vienna Capitals Vienna Steffl Arena Gerry Fleming
EC VSV Villach Villacher Stadthalle Tray Tuomie

Standings

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 EC KAC 48 27 5 6 10 183 121 +62 97 Qualified to 2025–26 Champions Hockey League and quarterfinals
2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 48 27 4 6 11 173 130 +43 95
3 HC Bozen–Bolzano 48 25 8 2 13 155 113 +42 93
4 Steinbach Black Wings Linz 48 24 6 4 14 155 121 +34 88 Qualified to quarterfinals
5 Moser Medical Graz99ers 48 25 3 5 15 149 121 +28 86
6 EC VSV 48 23 6 5 14 173 143 +30 86
7 Fehérvár AV19 48 27 1 2 18 142 118 +24 85 Qualified to eighthfinals[2]
8 HK Olimpija 48 16 9 3 20 129 137 −8 69
9 HC Pustertal Wölfe 48 15 3 8 22 141 155 −14 59
10 Vienna Capitals 48 15 4 4 25 116 148 −32 57
11 Pioneers Vorarlberg 48 15 2 4 27 113 151 −38 53
12 Asiago Hockey 1935 48 8 4 6 30 128 192 −64 38
13 HC TWK Innsbruck 48 7 3 3 35 99 206 −107 30
Source: ICE Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.[3]

Statistics

Scoring leaders

[4]

Player Team Pos GP G A Pts PIM
John Hughes EC VSV C/RW 48 12 47 59 14
Kevin Hancock EC VSV C/LW 48 21 32 53 14
Nick Petersen EC KAC LW/RW 44 18 35 53 12
Matteo Gennaro Asiago Hockey 1935 C/LW 42 23 28 51 34
Jason Akeson HC Pustertal Wölfe LW/RW 46 18 32 50 31
Josh Passolt Pioneers Vorarlberg LW 47 22 23 45 10
Benjamin Nissner EC Red Bull Salzburg LW 46 21 24 45 34
Peter Schneider EC Red Bull Salzburg LW/RW 40 19 26 45 18
Brian Lebler Steinbach Black Wings Linz RW 48 28 16 44 61
János Hári Fehérvár AV19 C/LW 48 14 30 44 23

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 Harvey HC Bozen–Bolzano 37 2196 24 12 78 7 .924 2.13
Atte Tolvanen EC Red Bull Salzburg 33 1956 22 10 71 2 .917 2.18
Dominik Horváth Fehérvár AV19 21 1145 12 6 43 4 .922 2.25
Rasmus Tirronen Steinbach Black Wings Linz 38 2271 22 16 91 2 .906 2.40
Sebastian Dahm EC KAC 39 2322 26 13 94 8 .911 2.43

Playoffs

Bracket

Eighthfinals
(best-of-3)
Quarterfinals
(best-of-7)
Semifinals
(best-of-7)
Championship
(best-of-7)
1 EC KAC 4 0 6 4 2 3 -
7 Fehérvár AV19 2 0 3 9 HC Pustertal Wölfe 0 3 2 1 4 1 -
10 Vienna Capitals 1 1 2 1 EC KAC 2 4 5 1 5 0 2
4 Steinbach Black Wings Linz 3*** 2 2 3 3 2 0
2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 3 1 2 6 - - - (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 Fehérvár AV19 2 0 0 3 - - -
1 EC KAC 1 0 1 0 - - -
2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 2* 4 3 4 - - -
3 HC Bozen–Bolzano 4 3 3 3 6 4 -
8 HK Olimpija 1 0 - 6 EC VSV 1 4** 1 5 1 2 -
9 HC Pustertal Wölfe 2* 2 - 2 EC Red Bull Salzburg 3 3 2 3** 4 - -
3 HC Bozen–Bolzano 1 2 3* 2 2 - -
4 Steinbach Black Wings Linz 6 2 3** 4 2* 4* 3*
5 Moser Medical Graz99ers 9 3** 2 5* 1 3 2

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

References

  1. ^ "win2day". win2day. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. ^ ICE Hockey League Gamebook Season 2021/2022
  3. ^ bet-at-home ICE Hockey League
  4. ^ "ICEHL - 2024-2025". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 9 September 2025.