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| title            = 2016–17 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
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| finals_champ     = [[Vienna Capitals]]
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| seasonslist      = Austrian Hockey League#Seasons
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| prevseason_year  = [[2015–16 Austrian Hockey League season|2015–16 season]]
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| nextseason_year  = [[2017–18 Austrian Hockey League season|2017–18 season]]
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The '''2016–17 Austrian Hockey League season''' began on September 15 2016. Defending champion is the [[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]. On April 7 the Vienna Capitals won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 2nd time.

==First round==
{| class="wikitable" width="800px" style="text-align: center;"
|- style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"
! Rank !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTW !! OTL !! Goals !! Diff. !! Pts
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 1 || [[Vienna Capitals]]|| 44 || 27 || 6 || 6 || 5 || 151:95 || +56 || '''98'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 2 || [[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]|| 44 || 22 || 9 || 8 || 5 || 158:111 || +47 || '''87'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 3 || [[EHC Linz|EHC Liwest Linz]]|| 44 || 23 || 10 || 6 || 5 || 168:127 || +41 || '''86'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 4 || [[HC Bolzano]]|| 44 || 22 || 13 || 3 || 6 || 137:118 || +19 || '''78'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 5 || [[HC Innsbruck]]|| 44 || 18 || 17 || 3 || 6 || 148:152 || -4 || '''66'''
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 6 || [[EC KAC]]|| 44 || 18 || 18 || 4 || 4 || 128:123 || +5 || '''66'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 7 || [[EC VSV]]|| 44 || 15 || 18 || 6 || 5 || 136:133 || +3 || '''62'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 8 || [[Graz 99ers]]|| 44 || 18 || 21 || 2 || 3 || 124:114 || +10 || '''61'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 9 || [[Orli Znojmo]]|| 44 || 15 || 21 || 5 || 3 || 109:128 || -19 || '''58'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 10 || [[Dornbirner EC]]|| 44 || 15 || 21 || 0 || 8 || 120:143 || -23 || '''53'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 11 || [[Alba Volán Székesfehérvár|Fehérvár AV19]]|| 44 || 11 || 21 || 8 || 4 || 119:151 || -32 || '''54'''
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 12 || [[HDD Olimpija Ljubljana]]|| 44 || 2 || 32 || 6 || 3 || 85:188 || -103 || '''24'''
|}

==Second round==

===Placement round===
{| class="wikitable" width="600px" style="text-align: center;"
|- style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"
! Rank !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTW !! OTL !! Goals !! Diff. !! Pts (Bonus)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 1 || Vienna Capitals || 6 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 19:19 || +0 || '''16''' (6)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 2 || EC Red Bull Salzburg || 6 || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 22:16 || +6 || '''15''' (4)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 3 || EHC Linz || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 23:19 || +4 || '''14''' (2)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 4 || EC KAC || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 23:13 || +10 || '''12''' (0)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 5 || HC Innsbruck || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 19:27 || -8 || '''6''' (0)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 6 || HC Bolzano || 6 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 19:31 || -12 || '''4''' (1)
|}

===Qualification round===
{| class="wikitable" width="600px" style="text-align: center;"
|- style="background-color:#c0c0c0;"
! Rank !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTW !! OTL !! Goals !! Diff. !! Pts (Bonus)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 1 || Graz 99ers || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 18:14 || +4 || '''16''' (4)
|- bgcolor="#CAE1FF"
| 2 || Orli Znojmo || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 18:15 || +3 || '''14''' (2)
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 3 || EC VSV || 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 18:20 || -2 || '''12''' (6)
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 4 || EC Dornbirn || 6 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 13:13 || +0 || '''10''' (1)
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 5 || Fehérvár AV19 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 18:17 || +1 || '''8''' (0)
|- bgcolor="#BCD2EE"
| 6 || HDD Olimpija Ljubljana || 6 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 14:20 || -6 || '''7''' (0)
|}

==Playoffs==
===Quarterfinals===
*'''Vienna Capitals''' - HC Innsbruck 5:0, 4:3 OT, 7:4, 3:2
*'''EC Red Bull Salzburg''' - Graz 99ers 3:0, 4:1, 5:1, 0:4, 3:2
*'''EC KAC''' - Orli Znojmo 4:3 OT, 3:2, 3:0, 3:2 2OT
*'''HC Bolzano''' - EHC Linz 1:2, 3:1, 2:0, 5:4 OT, 4:3

===Semifinals===
*'''Vienna Capitals''' - HC Bolzano 4:2, 3:2 OT, 1:0, 4:1
*'''EC KAC''' - EC Red Bull Salzburg 1:4, 1:4, 3:2, 4:1, 4:3 OT, 4:0 

===Final===
*'''Vienna Capitals''' - EC KAC 4:1, 5:4 OT, 7:5, 3:2 

== External links ==
*{{official website|1=http://www.erstebankliga.at/erste-bank-eishockey-liga-en}}
*[http://www.erstebankliga.at/de/statistik/spieler/?season=6p&phase=0&team=0&position=0&nation=0&report=0&submit=Submit&playername= Erste Bank Eishockey Liga Spieler Statistik]

{{Austrian Hockey League seasons}}
{{Wikipedia}}

[[Category:2016 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:2017 in ice hockey]]