VEU Feldkirch is a professional
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
team from
Feldkirch,
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 ...
. The team currently plays in the Ö Eishockey Liga. They Play Their Home Games At
Vorarlberghalle
Vorarlberghalle is an indoor sporting arena located in Feldkirch, Austria. The capacity of the arena is 5,200 people (2000) and was built in 1977. It is currently home of The VEU Feldkirch
VEU Feldkirch is a professional ice hockey team fro ...
. They formerly Play in the
Austrian National League
The Austrian National League (german: Österreichische Eishockey-Nationalliga) was a former second tier ice hockey league in Austria. For the 2012–13 season, it was replaced by the Inter-National League.
Decline
With the conclusion of the 201 ...
and
Alps Hockey League. And VEU Feldkirch were nine-time
Austrian ice hockey champions when they played in the higher level
Austrian Hockey League
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 ...
, before being relegated. Their biggest success was the win of the
European Hockey League The European Hockey League was a European ice hockey club competition which ran between the years 1996 and 2000.
History
It was established in 1996 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and commercial partner CWL Telesport and first con ...
in 1998 with its coach
Ralph Krueger
Ralph Krueger (born 31 August 1959) is a Canadian-born German professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is the former head coach of the Edmonton Oilers and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL), and former chairman of South ...
.
[Ralph Krueger: ''Teamlife – Über Niederlagen zum Erfolg''; Werd Verlag, Zürich 2001; ]
References
External links
Official website
Ice hockey teams in Austria
Inter-National League teams
Former Austrian Hockey League teams
Austrian National League teams
Interliga (1999–2007) teams
Alpenliga teams
Ice hockey clubs established in 1945
1945 establishments in Austria
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