The 2017–18 Austrian Hockey League season began on 8 September 2017 and ended on 20 April 2018. The defending champion were the
Vienna Capitals
Vienna Capitals are an Austrian professional ice hockey club that participate in the Erste Bank Hockey League. Founded in 2001, the Capitals play their home games in Vienna, Austria, at Albert Schultz Eishalle. In the 2004–05 season, the Capit ...
. On 20 April 2018,
HC Bolzano won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 2nd time in their history.
With Slovenian club,
HDD Olimpija Ljubljana
Hokejsko drsalno društvo Olimpija Ljubljana, commonly referred to as HDD Olimpija or simply Olimpija, was a Slovenian professional ice hockey club from Ljubljana. They played their home games at the Tivoli Hall. Olimpija has won 13 Yugoslav ch ...
ending their tenure in the EBEL having been dissolved due to financial debt. The EBEL continued with 12 teams, following the return of
KHL Medveščak Zagreb
KHL Medveščak Zagreb ( hr, Klub hokeja na ledu Medveščak Zagreb), also known as KHL Medveščak Mladi, is a Croatian ice hockey club based in Zagreb, established in 1961. The team's name derives from the location of its original arena in the ...
from a five year stint in the
Kontinental Hockey League
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...
. The Croatian club had previously participated in the EBEL for four seasons from 2009 to 2013.
Teams
Standings
Regular season
Placement round
Qualification round
Playoffs
References
External links
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Erste Bank Eishockey Liga Statistics
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Austrian Hockey League seasons
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2017–18 in Croatian ice hockey
2017–18 in Italian ice hockey
2017–18 in Hungarian ice hockey
2017–18 in Czech ice hockey