2024–25 Alps Hockey League season

The 2024–25 Alps Hockey League season was the 9th season of play for the league. The regular season ran from 21 September 2024 to 5 February 2025 with EK Zeller Eisbären finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 11 February to 15 April 2025. EK Zeller Eisbären defeated HDD Jesenice 4 games to 1 for the league championship.

LeagueAlps Hockey League

SportIce hockey

Duration21 September 2024 – 15 April 2025

GamesRegular season: 234
Qualification: 44
Postseason: 41

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2024–25 Alps Hockey League
League	Alps Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	21 September 2024 – 15 April 2025
Games	Regular season: 234 Qualification: 44 Postseason: 41
Teams	13
Regular season
Season champions	EK Zeller Eisbären
Runners-up	Ritten Sport
Playoffs
Finals champions	EK Zeller Eisbären
Runners-up	HDD Jesenice
Alps Hockey League seasons
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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Membership changes

In February of 2024, EHC Lustenau revealed that they would be leaving the Alps Hockey League and be reassigned into the national Austrian ice hockey hierarchy.^[1] The club cited increasing costs and a change in mission statement as reasons for their departure.

On April 20, the AHL announced that they would play with 14 teams for this season. At that time, they welcomed KHL Sisak as the league's first club from Croatia.^[2]

Also in April, the HC Fassa Falcons announced that they were withdrawing from the league and would be joining the Italian Hockey League.^[3] The team cited increased cost as the sole reason for their move.

In May, EC KAC announced that they were dissolving their Future (Junior) Team due to both economic and competitive forces.^[4]

In July, the Steel Wings Linz announced that they would be withdrawing from the league and folding. While the AHL was surprised by the news, and were unable to secure a replacement franchise due to the impending arrival of the season, the league quickly adjusted its schedule to compensate.^[5]

Teams

2024–25 Alps Hockey League teams.

More information Team, City ...

Team	City	Arena	Coach
HK Celje	Celje	Celje Ice Hall	Gal Koren
SG Cortina	Cortina d'Ampezzo	Stadio olimpico del ghiaccio	Kai Suikkanen
EC Bregenzerwald	Dornbirn	Messestadion	Märt Eerme
HDD Jesenice	Jesenice	Podmežakla Hall	Niko Eronen
EC Kitzbühel	Kitzbühel	Sportpark Kapserbrucke	Marco Pewal
HC Merano	Merano	Meranarena	Jarrod Skalde, Christian Borgatello
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers	Neumarkt	Würth Arena	Staffan Lund
Ritten Sport	Ritten	Ritten Arena	Jamie Russell
Red Bull Hockey Juniors	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	Teemu Levijoki
HC Gherdëina	Sëlva	Pranives Ice Stadium	Teppo Kivelä
KHL Sisak	Sisak	Ledena dvorana Zibel	Josh Siembida
Wipptal Broncos	Sterzing	Weihenstephan Arena	Johan Sjöquist
EK Zeller Eisbären	Zell am See	KE Kelit Arena	Marcel Rodman

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Standings

Regular season

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EK Zeller Eisbären	36	22	4	2	8	124	86	+38	76	Advanced to Master Round
2	Ritten Sport	36	21	4	2	9	144	99	+45	73
3	HDD Jesenice	36	19	7	1	9	133	84	+49	72
4	EC Kitzbühel	36	20	4	0	12	155	98	+57	68
5	SG Cortina	36	16	2	8	10	108	100	+8	60
6	Wipptal Broncos	36	17	3	2	14	122	103	+19	59	Advanced to Group Rounds
7	KHL Sisak	36	16	1	4	15	125	114	+11	54
8	Hockey Unterland Cavaliers	36	12	4	7	13	105	123	−18	51
9	HC Merano	36	10	5	3	18	96	133	−37	43
10	Red Bull Hockey Juniors	36	10	3	3	20	86	129	−43	39
11	HK Celje	36	9	3	4	20	101	142	−41	37
12	EC Bregenzerwald	36	10	1	3	22	87	126	−39	35
13	HC Gherdëina	36	8	3	5	20	89	138	−49	35

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Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.

Playoff qualification

Master round

More information Home \ Away, COR ...

Home \ Away	COR	JES	KIT	RIT	ZEL	COR	JES	KIT	RIT	ZEL
SG Cortina	—	4–0	4–6	1–5	1–2	—	1–8	3–6	2–5	5–2
HDD Jesenice	0–4	—	3–2 ^(SO)	6–3	3–4	8–1	—	0–3	1–2	2–4
EC Kitzbühel	6–4	2–3 ^(SO)	—	5–6 ^(OT)	0–3	6–3	3–0	—	3–2 ^(OT)	2–3 ^(OT)
Ritten Sport	5–1	3–6	6–5 ^(OT)	—	2–3	5–2	2–1	2–3 ^(OT)	—	4–5
EK Zeller Eisbären	2–1	4–3	3–0	3–2	—	2–5	4–2	3–2 ^(OT)	5–4	—

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Updated to match(es) played on Final. Source: Alps Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EK Zeller Eisbären^[a]	8	5	2	0	1	26	19	+7	23	Advanced to playoff quarterfinals
2	Ritten Sport^[b]	8	3	1	1	3	29	26	+3	15
3	EC Kitzbühel^[c]	8	3	1	3	1	27	24	+3	15
4	HDD Jesenice^[d]	8	2	1	1	4	23	23	0	11
5	SG Cortina	8	2	0	0	6	21	34	−13	6

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Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:

[a]
EK Zeller Eisbären gained 4 points from their regular season 1st-place finish.
[b]
Ritten Sport gained 3 points from their regular season 2nd-place finish.
[c]
EC Kitzbühel gained 1 points from their regular season 4th-place finish.
[d]
HDD Jesenice gained 2 points from their regular season 3rd-place finish.

Group A

Note: Group A consists of teams that finished 6th, 9th, 10th and 13th in the standings.

More information Home \ Away, GHE ...

Home \ Away	GHE	MER	RBH	WIP	GHE	MER	RBH	WIP
HC Gherdëina	—	4–5	6–3	0–4	—	2–4	2–3 ^(SO)	3–5
HC Merano	5–4	—	3–1	3–1	4–2	—	3–2 ^(OT)	4–3 ^(OT)
Red Bull Hockey Juniors	3–6	1–3	—	0–4	3–2 ^(SO)	2–3 ^(OT)	—	3–6
Wipptal Broncos	4–0	1–3	4–0	—	5–3	3–4 ^(OT)	6–3	—

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Updated to match(es) played on Final. Source: Alps Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	HC Merano^[a]	6	4	2	0	0	22	13	+9	18	Advanced to playoff eighthfinals
2	Wipptal Broncos^[b]	6	4	0	1	1	23	13	+10	16
3	HC Gherdëina	6	1	0	1	4	17	24	−7	4
4	Red Bull Hockey Juniors^[c]	6	0	1	1	4	12	24	−12	4

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Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:

[a]
HC Merano gained 2 points from their regular season 9th-place finish.
[b]
Wipptal Broncos gained 3 points from their regular season 6th-place finish.
[c]
Red Bull Hockey Juniors gained 1 points from their regular season 10th-place finish.

Group B

Note: Group B consists of teams that finished 7th, 8th, 11th and 12th in the standings.

More information Home \ Away, BRE ...

Home \ Away	BRE	CEL	SIS	UNT	BRE	CEL	SIS	UNT
EC Bregenzerwald	—	3–2 ^(SO)	4–3 ^(OT)	5–4	—	4–1	6–4	1–4
HK Celje	2–3 ^(SO)	—	5–4	2–1 ^(SO)	1–4	—	4–3	2–6
KHL Sisak	3–4 ^(OT)	4–5	—	4–1	4–6	3–4	—	4–1
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers	4–5	1–2 ^(SO)	1–4	—	4–1	6–2	1–4	—

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Updated to match(es) played on Final. Source: Alps Hockey League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

More information Pos, Team ...

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	EC Bregenzerwald	6	3	2	0	1	23	18	+5	13	Advanced to playoff eighthfinals
2	HK Celje^[a]	6	2	1	1	2	16	21	−5	10
3	KHL Sisak^[b]	6	2	0	1	3	22	21	+1	10
4	Hockey Unterland Cavaliers^[c]	6	2	0	1	3	17	18	−1	9

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Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Alps Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points.
Notes:

[a]
HK Celje gained 1 points from their regular season 11th-place finish.
[b]
KHL Sisak gained 3 points from their regular season 7th-place finish.
[c]
Hockey Unterland Cavaliers gained 2 points from their regular season 8th-place finish.

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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More information Player, Team ...

Player	Team	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ethan Szypula	Ritten Sport	C	43	21	66	87	34
Adam Capannelli	Wipptal Broncos	C/LW	38	31	38	69	32
Daniels Murnieks	Hockey Unterland Cavaliers	C	35	24	36	60	24
Vlastimil Dostálek	KHL Sisak	RW	40	27	30	57	22
Connor Sanvido	Wipptal Broncos	C/RW	40	21	32	53	25
Niklas Ketonen	EC Kitzbühel	F	37	14	38	52	4
Diego Cuglietta	Ritten Sport	C	31	22	28	50	12
Eric Hjorth	Ritten Sport	D	43	16	34	50	24
Carson Brière	KHL Sisak	C/RW	36	23	26	49	16
Nick Huard	EK Zeller Eisbären	C	44	10	39	49	79

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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.

More information Player, Team ...

Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
Max Zimmermann	EK Zeller Eisbären	30	1812	22	8	58	5	.935	1.92
Hayden Hawkey	SG Cortina	30	1777	15	14	66	3	.912	2.23
Žan Us	HDD Jesenice	33	1983	19	14	75	2	.926	2.27
Dominik Groh	Wipptal Broncos	41	2453	24	17	98	3	.922	2.40
Alexander Schmidt	EC Kitzbühel	36	2125	22	13	86	3	.901	2.43

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Playoffs

Bracket

Note: After the Eighthfinals, the teams from the group rounds were reseeded according to their regular season records.

Eighthfinals (best-of-3)					Quarterfinals (best-of-7)									Semifinals (best-of-7)									Championship (best-of-7)

					M1	EK Zeller Eisbären	3	3	3	7	-	-	-
A1	HC Merano	4*	2	-	8	EC Bregenzerwald	1	2	1	3	-	-	-
B3	KHL Sisak	3	0	-										M1	EK Zeller Eisbären	3	4	4	3	-	-	-
														6	Wipptal Broncos	1	2	1	0	-	-	-
					M2	Ritten Sport	3	4	3	5	1	0	7	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
A2	Wipptal Broncos	2	1	4	7	HC Merano	0	3	4	2	2**	2	2
B2	HK Celje	4	0	1																			M1	EK Zeller Eisbären	1	4	4	4*	5	-	-
																							M4	HDD Jesenice	3	0	3	3	1	-	-
					M3	EC Kitzbühel	4	1	3	1	-	-	-
A3	HC Gherdëina	1	4	3	6	Wipptal Broncos	5	2	5	2	-	-	-
B1	EC Bregenzerwald	3	1	4										M2	Ritten Sport	1	2	3	3	-	-	-
														M4	HDD Jesenice	2**	3	4*	4**	-	-	-
					M4	HDD Jesenice	2*	4	7	1	7	-	-
					M5	SG Cortina	1	1	2	6	4	-	-

Note: * denotes overtime period(s)

2024–25 Alps Hockey League season

Membership changes

Teams

Standings

Regular season

Playoff qualification

Master round

Group A

Group B

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Playoffs

Bracket

References

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