EC Kitzbuhel is an ice hockey team in

Kitzbühel Kitzbühel (, also: ; ) is a medieval town situated in the Kitzbühel Alps along the river Kitzbüheler Ache in Tyrol, Austria, about east of the state capital Innsbruck and is the administrative centre of the Kitzbühel district (). Kitzbühel ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

History

The club was founded in 1910. From 1965–1973, Kitzbuhel played in the

Erste Bank Eishockey Liga The ICE Hockey League (International Central European Hockey League), known as the win2day ICE Hockey League for sponsorship reasons, is a Central European hockey league that also serves as the top-tier ice hockey league in Austria, it currently f ...

, the top level of ice hockey in Austria. In their eight seasons there, the club never finished higher than third place, and in 1973, they were relegated to the

Austrian Oberliga The Austrian Oberliga is the third level of ice hockey in Austria. The league lies below the Erste Bank Eishockey Liga, and the Austrian National League The Austrian National League (german: Österreichische Eishockey-Nationalliga) was a forme ...

. In the 2014–15 season, the club joined the

Inter-National League The Inter-National League was an international ice hockey league that was a partnership between the national federations of Austria and Slovenia. It was created as a solution to semi-professional hockey in both Austria and neighboring Slovenia. ...

. After the dissolution of the competition, the club joined the

Alps Hockey League The Alps Hockey League (AlpsHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in Central Europe. The league is made up of teams from Austria, Italy and Slovenia. The league was established as a result of a merger between Serie A and the Inter-Natio ...

for the 2016–17 season.

Season-by-season record

Achievements

* ASKÖ-Staatsliga champion: 1949, 1952, 1954 * Austrian Oberliga champion: 1976, 1996, 2004, 2005 * Tiroler Landesmeister: 1988, 2007

References

Official website

EC Kitzbuhel profile on eliteprospects.com
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