View source for 2017–18 Austrian Hockey League season

The '''2017-18 [[Austrian Hockey League]] season''' began on September 8, 2017. Defending champion was the [[Vienna Capitals]]. [[HC Bolzano]] won the championship, while the runner-up, [[EC Red Bull Salzburg]] was declared Austrian champions.

==First round==
{| class="wikitable" width="800px" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
! Rank !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTW !! OTL !! GF !! GA !! Diff. !! Pts
|- style="background:#BCD2EE;"
| 1 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} Vienna Capitals || 44 || 28 || 9 || 2 || 5 || 146 || 97 || +49 || '''93'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE;"
| 2 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EC Red Bull Salzburg || 44 || 25 || 15 || 3 || 1 || 158 || 116 || +42 || '''82'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE;"
| 3 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz || 44 || 24 || 13 || 3 || 4 || 155 || 122 || +33 || '''82'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE;"
| 4 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EC-KAC || 44 || 21 || 17 || 2 || 4 || 120 || 112 || +8 || '''71'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE;"
| 5 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} HC TWK Innsbruck || 44 || 18 || 16 || 7 || 3 || 146 || 132 || +14 || '''71'''
|- style="background:#BCD2EE;"
| 6 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|CRO}} KHL Medveščak Zagreb || 44 || 17 || 19 || 4 || 4 || 139 || 139 || ±0 || '''63'''
|- style="background:#FF0000"
|colspan="11"|
|- style="background:#EECFA1"
| 7 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} Dornbirn Bulldogs || 44 || 15 || 18 || 5 || 6 || 127 || 133 || −6 || '''61'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1"
| 8 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} Moser Medical Graz 99ers || 44 || 16 || 21 || 5 || 2 || 133 || 153 || −20 || '''60'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1"
| 9 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|ITA}} HC Bolzano || 44 || 15 || 20 || 4 || 5 || 124 || 125 || −1 || '''58'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1"
| 10 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|HUN}} SAPA Fehérvár AV19 || 44 || 12 || 22 || 6 || 4 || 100 || 145 || −45 || '''52'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1"
| 11 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EC VSV || 44 || 14 || 24 || 2 || 4 || 112 || 146 || −34 || '''50'''
|- style="background:#EECFA1"
| 12 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|CZE}} HC Orli Znojmo || 44 || 11 || 22 || 5 || 6 || 112 || 152 || −40 || '''49'''
|}

==Placing round==
{| class="wikitable" width="800px" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
! Rank !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTW !! OTL !! GF !! GA !! Diff. !! Pts
|- style="background:#BCD2EE"
| 1 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} Vienna Capitals || 10 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 39 || 28 || +11 || '''24''' (6)
|- style="background:#BCD2EE"
| 2 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EC Red Bull Salzburg || 10 || 5 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 41 || 30 || +11 || '''24''' (4)
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz || 10 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 38 || 36 || +2 || '''20''' (2)
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EC-KAC || 10 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 23 || 31 || −8 || '''15''' (1)
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|CRO}} KHL Medveščak Zagreb || 10 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 28 || 32 || −4 || '''12''' (0)
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} HC TWK Innsbruck || 10 || 2 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 28 || 40 || −12 || '''8''' (0)
|}

==Qualification round==
{| class="wikitable" width="800px" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
! Rank !! Team !! GP !! W !! L !! OTW !! OTL !! GF !! GA !! Diff. !! Pts
|- style="background:#BCD2EE"
| 1 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} Dornbirn Bulldogs || 10 || 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 41 || 30 || +11 || '''28''' (6)
|- style="background:#BCD2EE"
| 2 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|ITA}} HC Bolzano || 10 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 31 || 16 || +15 || '''21''' (2)
|-
| 3 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|HUN}} SAPA Fehérvár AV19 || 10 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 25 || 23 || +2 || '''20''' (1)
|-
| 4 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|CZE}} HC Orli Znojmo || 10 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 28 || 24 || +4 || '''14''' (0)
|-
| 5 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} EC VSV || 10 || 3 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 25 || 36 || −11 || '''12''' (0)
|-
| 6 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{Flagicon|AUT}} Moser Medical Graz 99ers || 10 || 0 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 21 || 42 || −21 || '''8''' (4)
|}

==Playoffs==
{{8TeamBracket
| team-width=200

| RD1-seed1=PL1
| RD1-team1='''[[Vienna Capitals]]'''
| RD1-score1=4
| RD1-seed2=PL6
| RD1-team2=[[HC Innsbruck|HC TWK Innsbruck]]
| RD1-score2=2

| RD1-seed3=PL4
| RD1-team3=[[EC KAC|EC-KAC]]
| RD1-score3=2
| RD1-seed4=QU2
| RD1-team4='''[[HC Bolzano]]'''
| RD1-score4=4

| RD1-seed5=PL3
| RD1-team5='''[[EHC Linz|Liwest Black Wings Linz]]'''
| RD1-score5=4
| RD1-seed6=PL5
| RD1-team6=[[KHL Medveščak Zagreb]]
| RD1-score6=2

| RD1-seed7=PL2
| RD1-team7='''[[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]'''
| RD1-score7=4
| RD1-seed8=QU1
| RD1-team8=[[Dornbirner EC|Dornbirn Bulldogs]]
| RD1-score8=2

| RD2-seed1=PL1
| RD2-team1=[[Vienna Capitals]]
| RD2-score1=1
| RD2-seed2=QU2
| RD2-team2='''[[HC Bolzano]]'''
| RD2-score2=4

| RD2-seed3=PL2
| RD2-team3='''[[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]'''
| RD2-score3=4
| RD2-seed4=PL3
| RD2-team4=[[EHC Linz|Liwest Black Wings Linz]]
| RD2-score4=2

| RD3-seed1=PL2
| RD3-team1=[[EC Red Bull Salzburg]]
| RD3-score1=3
| RD3-seed2=QU2
| RD3-team2='''[[HC Bolzano]]'''
| RD3-score2=4
}}

{{Austrian Hockey League seasons}}

[[Category:2017 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:2018 in ice hockey]]