2021–22 Alps Hockey League season explained

2021–22 Alps Hockey League
League:Alps Hockey League
Sport:Ice hockey
No Of Teams:17
Season:Regular season
Season Champ Name:League Champion
Mvp Link:
  1. Scoring leaders
Playoffs:Playoffs
Playoffs Link:
  1. Playoffs
Finals Champ: Asiago Hockey (2nd title)
Finals Runner-Up: HDD Jesenice
Seasonslist:Alps Hockey League#Seasons
Seasonslistnames:Alps Hockey League
Prevseason Link:2020–21 Alps Hockey League season
Prevseason Year:2020–21
Nextseason Link:2022–23 Alps Hockey League season
Nextseason Year:2022–23

The 2021–22 Alps Hockey League was the sixth season of the Alps Hockey League. The defending champions were Slovenian team HK Olimpija that participate in ICE Hockey League beginning from the 2021–22 season.

Teams

The number of participating teams has risen to seventeen from the previous season: Vienna Capitals Silver, reserve team of the Vienna Capitals (which in the previous season had decided not to participate due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Il Merano farà l'Alps Hockey League. altoadige.it. 30 April 2021. 2022-03-03.
  2. Web site: Dalla stagione 2021-22 la ICE HL sale a 114 squadre. C'è anche il Val Pusteria. it. hockeytime.net. 30 April 2021. 2022-03-03.
  3. After the collapse of the roof of the Weihenstephan Arena, in February 2021 the first team found hospitality at the Palaghiaccio di Bressanone: Web site: Zukunft vorerst gesichert: die Broncos spielen writer. de. SportNews.bz. 12 February 2021. 2022-03-03. on sportnews.bz. From 9 December 2021 the team returned to play their home games in Vipiteno, in a temporary structure built next to the damaged stadium: Web site: Alles blickt nach Sterzing. de. SportNews.bz. 2022-03-03.
  4. Web site: A causa dei numerosi rinvii in Alps, si adotta la media dei punti per determinare la classifica. it. www.alps.hockey. 2021-12-28. 2022-03-03.
  5. Web site: Alps Hockey League - Grunddurchgang Österreich. de. 2022-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20220114130743/https://www.eishockey.at/de/ligen/alps-hockey-league/spielplan-ergebnisse/grunddurchgang-oesterreich/. 2022-01-14. dead.
  6. Web site: L’unica gara di andata della semifinale scudetto, finisce con una valanga di gol. it. Massimo Gasperi. 2022-03-03.
  7. Web site: Il Master Round parla italiano. Per la prima volta il Fassa tra le prime sei della regular season della Alps. it. www.alps.hockey. 2022-01-23. 2022-03-03.
  8. Web site: Alps Hockey League 2020/21: 16 squadre | 3 scenari|lang=it|publisher=Alps Hockey League]|date=5 June 2020|access-date=2022-03-03|archive-date=2020-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009060811/https://www.alps.hockey/it/notizie/?id/10767/107329|url-status=dead}}) and the EK Zeller Eisbären (which was instead excluded due to the resignation of the board of directors of the company); HC Merano requested and obtained from the Italian Ice Sports Federation a wild-card that allowed him to enroll in the AHL and return to play the Italian top flight after seventeen years;[1] the reigning champions HK Olimpija and HC Pustertal Wölfe from South Tyrol have instead moved to the ICE Hockey League.[2]
    Team City Arena Capacity
    5.200
    4.270
    1.700
    3.200
    KAC II 5.088
    2.200
    Red Bull Hockey Juniors 3.200
    Steel Wings Linz 4.865
    Vienna Capitals Silver Steffl Arena, Halle 3 1.000
    2.700
    3.500
    2.000
    2.050
    3.000
    1.200
    Weihenstephan Arena
    Palaghiaccio di Bressanone[3]     		1.700
    2.500
    5.500
    Notes

    Format

    The formula has changed again: the seventeen teams will meet in a regular season, for a total of 32 games each. At the end of the regular season, the first six team will classify to the master round, the rest will be divided into the two qualification groups (the teams finished 7th, 10th, 11th, 14th, 15th will be placed in Group A, the others in Group B), also played in two rounds.

    The first four teams at the end of the master round qualify directly to the play-offs. The remaining two teams in the master round and the top three in each qualification round group will instead have access to the preliminary round to determine the other four teams.

    Changes to the regulation due to the COVID-19 pandemic

    At the end of December 2021, when it became clear that the number of matches postponed for reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic had become too high for all recoveries to be organized in time for the expected end of the regular season, the league decided that to determine the ranking not by the number of points earned, but the average of the points, calculated as the quotient between the points and the number of games played. In order to be considered classified, a team was still required to play at least 70% of the scheduled matches.[4]

    National championships

    Italian championship

    See also: 2021–22 Italian Hockey League - Serie A season. The Italian teams participating in the AHL will also play for the Italian title. As in the 2018–19 season, all the matches between Italian teams during the regular season form a ranking, and at the end first four teams will play in the semifinals and the final.

    Second division of the Austrian championship

    Similarly to what happens for the Italian championship, the meetings between the Austrian teams in the regular season of the Alps Hockey League determine a ranking, at the end of which the first four teams will play for the second series title with semifinals and final with first legs and return.[5]

    The qualified teams are Lustenau, Kitzbühel, Bregenzerwald and Red Bull Salzburg Jr.[6]

    Second stage

    Master Round

    The first six teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the Master Round, with the first four classified being given the bonus from 4 to 1 point. At the end of the master round, the first four teams qualify directly to the quarter-finals of the play-offs, the other qualify to the preliminary round.[7]

    Qualification Group A

    Teams finished 7th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th in the regular season are qualified for Qualification Group A, with the first three receiving bonus equal to 6, 3 and 2 points respectively. At the end of the qualifying round, the top three teams advance to the preliminary round.

    Qualification Group B

    Teams finished 8th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 16th and 17th in the regular season are qualified for Qualification Group B, with the first three receiving bonus equal to 5, 4 and 1 point respectively. At the end of the qualifying round, the top three teams advance to the preliminary round.

    Play-offs

    Finals

    Final rankings

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    HDD Jesenice
    Ritten Sport
    4EHC Lustenau
    5SG Cortina
    6HC Gherdëina
    7EK Zeller Eisbären
    8Wipptal Broncos
    9HC Fassa Falcons
    10Red Bull Hockey Juniors
    11EHC Bregenzerwald
    12Steel Wings Linz
    13VEU Feldkirch
    14KAC II
    15HC Merano
    16EC Kitzbühel
    17Vienna Capitals Silver

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