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{{Infobox KHL team
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| clubname  = Graz 99ers
| text_color          = #000000
| image      = [[Image:Graz99ersLogo.png]]
| bg_color            = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#000000 5px solid; border-bottom:#FF6600 5px solid;
| fullname  = '''Moser Medical Graz 99ers'''
| team                = Moser Medical Graz99ers
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| logo                = Moser_Medical_Graz99ers.png
| founded    = 1999
| logosize            = 195px
| dissolved  =  
| city                = [[Graz]], Styria, [[Austria]]
| based_in  = [[Graz]], [[Austria]]
| league              = '''[[Austrian National League]]'''<br>1999–2000 <br>'''[[Austrian Hockey League|ICE Hockey League]]'''<br>2000–present
| arena      = [[Eisstadion Graz Liebenau]]
| conference          =
| capacity  = 4,000
| division           =
| league    = '''[[Austrian Hockey League|Erste Bank Eishockey Liga]]'''<br>1999-''present''
| founded            = 1999
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| arena              = [[Eisstadion Graz Liebenau]]<br>([[List of ice hockey arenas by capacity|Capacity]]: 4,050)
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| colors              = {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#FF6600}}  
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| owner               = Jochen Pildner-Steinburg
| team_color = {{color box|Orange}} {{color box|Black}}
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|website     = [http://www.99ers.at/ Graz 99ers]
| name1              = Graz 99ers
| dates1              = 1999–2010
| name2              = Moser Medical Graz 99ers
| dates2              = 2010–2020
| name3              = Moser Medical Graz99ers
| dates3              = 2020–Present
<!---Championships--->
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| website             = [http://www.99ers.at/ 99ers.at]
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The '''Graz 99ers''' are an ice hockey team situated in [[Graz]], [[Austria]]. Founded in 1999, the club currently plays in the top-level [[Austrian Hockey League]].
The '''Moser Medical Graz99ers''' are an [[Austria|Austrian]] professional ice hockey team from [[Graz]], Styria. The club was founded in 1999 after the previous club, EHC Graz, folded prior to the [[1998–99 Austrian Hockey League season|1998–99]] season due to financial difficulties. The Graz99ers started in the 1999–2000 season in the [[Austrian National League]], Austria's second division, where they were crowned instant champions. Since the [[2000–01 Austrian Hockey League season|2000–01]] season they have been playing in the [[Austrian Hockey League|ICE Hockey League]] (ICEHL).
 
The 99ers past successes include a [[Austrian National League]] championship in 2000 and an [[Austrian Oberliga]] title in 2011.


[[Image:Graz99ersLogo.png|thumb|200px]]
==History==
==History==
Hockey was played at Premier League level in Graz mainly from two predecessor clubs. The Hockey department of the [[ATSE Graz]] (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association Eggenberg) was founded in 1947 and won to date the only Graz Hockey club title at the top Austrian League level in the 1974-75 and 1977-78 season. The club was merged early nineties with the UEC Graz, shortly after the EC Graz emerged. In 2008, the Hockey section of was ATSE Graz reactivated on league level.
Hockey was played at Premier League level in Graz mainly from two predecessor clubs. The Hockey department of the [[ATSE Graz]] (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association Eggenberg) was founded in 1947 and won to date the only Graz Hockey club title at the top Austrian League level in the 1974-75 and 1977-78 season. The club was merged early nineties with the UEC Graz, shortly after the EC Graz emerged. In 2008, the Hockey section of was ATSE Graz reactivated on league level.


The EC Graz (also called "the elephant") experienced under President Hannes Kartnig its heyday, finishing three times the runner-up title in the seasons 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 despite running at a high financial cost.  After the departure of Hannes Kartnig, the football club SK Sturm Graz changed, they tried to rescue the EC Graz. When this plan failed in 1998 was the EHC Graz established with Helmut Botchkay as president.<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://www.eurohockey.com/club/258-ec-graz.html?season=1991 | title = EC Graz 99ers details | publisher = ''Eurohockey.com'' | date = 2009-10-01 | accessdate = 2014-07-06}}</ref>
The [[EC Graz]] (also called "the elephant") experienced under President Hannes Kartnig its heyday, finishing three times the runner-up title in the seasons 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 despite running at a high financial cost.  After the departure of Hannes Kartnig, the football club SK Sturm Graz changed, they tried to rescue the EC Graz. When this plan failed in 1998 was the EHC Graz established with Helmut Botchkay as president.<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://www.eurohockey.com/club/258-ec-graz.html?season=1991 | title = EC Graz 99ers details | publisher = ''Eurohockey.com'' | date = 2009-10-01 | accessdate = 2014-07-06}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:02, 25 July 2024

Moser Medical Graz99ers
Moser Medical Graz99ers.png
City Graz, Styria, Austria
League Austrian National League
1999–2000
ICE Hockey League
2000–present
Founded 1999
Home arena Eisstadion Graz Liebenau
(Capacity: 4,050)
Colors          
Owner(s) Jochen Pildner-Steinburg
Franchise history
1999–2010 Graz 99ers
2010–2020 Moser Medical Graz 99ers
2020–Present Moser Medical Graz99ers

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The Moser Medical Graz99ers are an Austrian professional ice hockey team from Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1999 after the previous club, EHC Graz, folded prior to the 1998–99 season due to financial difficulties. The Graz99ers started in the 1999–2000 season in the Austrian National League, Austria's second division, where they were crowned instant champions. Since the 2000–01 season they have been playing in the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).

Graz99ersLogo.png

History

Hockey was played at Premier League level in Graz mainly from two predecessor clubs. The Hockey department of the ATSE Graz (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association Eggenberg) was founded in 1947 and won to date the only Graz Hockey club title at the top Austrian League level in the 1974-75 and 1977-78 season. The club was merged early nineties with the UEC Graz, shortly after the EC Graz emerged. In 2008, the Hockey section of was ATSE Graz reactivated on league level.

The EC Graz (also called "the elephant") experienced under President Hannes Kartnig its heyday, finishing three times the runner-up title in the seasons 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 despite running at a high financial cost. After the departure of Hannes Kartnig, the football club SK Sturm Graz changed, they tried to rescue the EC Graz. When this plan failed in 1998 was the EHC Graz established with Helmut Botchkay as president.[1]

Establishment and promotion to the Bundesliga

In 1999 Jochen Pildner-Steinburg founded the Graz 99ers as the successor club of the EC Graz to offer Hockey League back in the Styrian capital. The team premiered in the second division, the Austrian National League, finishing after 28 rounds played, in first place in the table. In the semifinals, the team continued after opening game defeat to persevere to a 3: 1 series win against the EHC Lustenau to met EK Zell am See in the final. The series was decided in four games with Graz taking advantage of the opportunity for promotion to the Austrian Hockey League.

References

  1. ↑ "EC Graz 99ers details". Eurohockey.com. 2009-10-01. http://www.eurohockey.com/club/258-ec-graz.html?season=1991. Retrieved 2014-07-06. 
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