| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Duration: | 26 September 2020 – 21 February 2021 |
| No Of Games: | 16 per team |
| No Of Teams: | 9 |
| Season: | Regular Season |
| Season Champs: | KMH Budapest |
| Second Place: | ŠKP Bratislava |
| Top Scorer: | Hayley Williams (KMH Budapest) |
| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
| Finals Champ: | KMH Budapest |
| Finals Runner-Up: | EHV Sabres |
| Prevseason Link: | 2019–20 EWHL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 EWHL season was the seventeenth season of the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) since the league's creation in 2004. It was the second season since the league's administrative and organizational duties were transferred to the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (HIHF/MJSZ).[1]
KMH Budapest played a perfect season in which they won all sixteen games to claim the regular season title. KMH held steady in the playoffs, shutting out their opponents in both games on the way to winning the team's third consecutive EWHL Championship title.[2] [3]
KMH Budapest players also dominated the league's individual statistics. KMH forward Hayley Williams narrowly beat out teammate Alexandra Huszák as top point scorer in the regular season, with 9 goals and 22 assists for 31 points in fifteen games played. Huszák was the EWHL top goal scorer, netting 18 goals in 13 games played. Eighteen year old Zsófia Tóth topped the goaltender statistics with a stellar .972 save percentage and 0.83 goals against average.
| Team | Location | Home venue | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aisulu Almaty | Almaty | none | Alexander Maltsev |
| DEC Salzburg Eagles | Salzburg | Eisarena Salzburg | Johanna Ikonen |
| EHV Sabres Vienna | Vienna | Erste Bank Arena | Risto Kurkinen |
| EV Bozen Eagles | Bolzano | PalaOnda | Stefano Daprà |
| KMH Budapest | Budapest | Tüskesátor | Mika Väärälä |
| Lakers Kärnten | Villach | Stadthalle Villach | Günther Ropatsch |
| MAC Budapest | Budapest | Kisstadion | András Kis |
| Silesian Metropolis Katowice | Katowice | Jantor Janów | Tomasz Marznica |
| ŠKP Bratislava | Bratislava | none | Tomáš Segíň |
The regular season began on 26 September 2020 and ended on 21 February 2021. MAC Budapest were the regular season champions after playing a perfect season, in which they won all sixteen games in regulation time.
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season on 21 February 2021.[4] [5]
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KMH Budapest | 15 | 9 | 22 | 31 | |
| 2 | KMH Budapest | 13 | 18 | 12 | 30 | |
| 3 | MAC Budapest | 16 | 17 | 12 | 29 | |
| 4 | DEC Salzburg | 16 | 17 | 10 | 27 | |
| 5 | ŠKP Bratislava | 16 | 11 | 14 | 25 | |
| 6 | Katowice | 16 | 8 | 15 | 23 | |
| 7 | DEC Salzburg | 16 | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| 8 | Aisulu Almaty | 16 | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| 9 | EHV Sabres | 16 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| 10 | EHV Sabres | 14 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| 11 | ŠKP Bratislava | 16 | 5 | 12 | 17 | |
The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage at the conclusion of the season on 21 February 2021, while starting at least one third of matches.[6]
| Player | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KMH Budapest | 7 | 363 | 6 | 0 | 177 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 0.83 | |
| 2 | EHV Sabres | 10 | 581 | 8 | 2 | 311 | 11 | 3 | .965 | 1.14 | |
| 3 | KMH Budapest | 9 | 537:37 | 9 | 0 | 195 | 13 | 2 | .933 | 1.45 | |
| 4 | DEC Salzburg | 16 | 945:35 | 7 | 9 | 761 | 59 | 1 | .922 | 3.74 | |
| 5 | ŠKP Bratislava | 6 | 360:00 | 5 | 1 | 133 | 11 | 0 | .917 | 1.84 | |
| 6 | Aisulu Almaty | 10 | 569:13 | 4 | 6 | 257 | 23 | 3 | .909 | 2.42 | |
| 7 | MAC Budapest | 16 | 930 | 10 | 6 | 394 | 37 | 4 | .906 | 2.39 | |
| 8 | EHV Sabres | 7 | 378:56 | 4 | 2 | 177 | 17 | 0 | .904 | 2.69 | |
| 9 | Metropolis Katowice | 9 | 490:22 | 3 | 5 | 329 | 33 | 0 | .900 | 4.04 | |
| 10 | Aisulu Almaty | 7 | 399:53 | 4 | 2 | 149 | 15 | 1 | .899 | 2.25 | |
The following players led the league in playoff points.[4] [7]
| Player | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ŠKP Bratislava | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | KMH Budapest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | EHV Sabres | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | MAC Budapest | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | ŠKP Bratislava | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | ŠKP Bratislava | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | ŠKP Bratislava | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | KMH Budapest | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
The following goaltenders recorded time in net during the playoffs.[6]
| Player | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KMH Budapest | 2 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 74 | 2 | 1 | .974 | 0.96 | |
| 2 | MAC Budapest | 2 | 123 | 0 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 0 | .952 | 1.47 | |
| 3 | ŠKP Bratislava | 2 | 122 | 1 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 1 | .927 | 1.97 | |
| 4 | EHV Sabres | 2 | 119 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 6 | 0 | .903 | 3.04 | |
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