Release from 20.08.2024

One month to go until the start of the anniversary season

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The upcoming season marks the 25th season of the league, a anniversary season for the win2day ICE Hockey League, which starts in exactly one month. The anniversary season will be used to review the past 24 years in detail. The best moments in the league's history will be highlighted and presented step by step on the league's homepage and social media outlets.

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The league was re-founded in 2000. Since then, 24 teams have been part of the league, which has been multinational for many years, for at least one season. A total of 43,132 goals have been scored in 7,034 games. The EC-KAC has the most matches (1,417) and goals (4,564). The Steinbach Black Wings Linz have the second most games played (1,374). In terms of goals scored, the EC Red Bull Salzburg follows in second place (4,485), with “only” 1,284 matches played.



Salzburg are record champions since the league was founded
With nine championship titles since the league was founded, Salzburg are record champions. Most recently, the Red Bulls became the first team ever to win three titles in a row. The EC-KAC is second with eight championship titles since the league was founded. The team from Klagenfurt last won the championship in 2021. They are followed by HCB Südtirol Alperia, spusu Vienna Capitals, Steinbach Black Wing Linz and EC iDM Wärmepumpen VSV, who have all won the championship twice. This means that six teams have so far had the pleasure of lifting the trophy at the end of the season.

Graz and KAC played the first league match
Incidentally, the very first game in the new league was played between Graz and EC-KAC on September 28, 2000, with Klagenfurt celebrating a 3:1 victory. Later they became premiere champions. In the final, the KAC prevailed against local rivals Villach in six games. Gerald Ressmann of the KAC was the top scorer of the first season, a title that the KAC was only able to win two more times in the following years.


Jan Mertzig (KAC) and Helmut Karel (Graz) at the first league match, 28.09.2000

Throughout the anniversary season, all top scorers from the past 24 years of the league's history will be highlighted, as well as many other exciting statistics and historic events. These recaps will be published on the league's homepage and social media outlets to allow all fans to revisit the highlights of past seasons and celebrate the league's most notable moments.

Final rematch at the start of the anniversary season
The 25th league season kicks off on Friday, September 20 with six games. Among other things, there will be a rematch of the final between the EC-KAC and champion EC Red Bull Salzburg. All games can be watched in the PPV livestream - which has new features in the coming season, all details here - on www.live.ice.hockey. In addition, selected games will be broadcast by our free TV partners PULS 24, ORF Sport+ and JOYN.