2020–21 ICE Hockey League season

The 2020–21 ICE Hockey League season began on 25 September 2020.^[1] The league's new title sponsor is bet-at-home.com.^[2] Due cancelling last season in the quarter-finals, there was no defending champion. On 20 April 2021, EC KAC won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 32nd time in their history.

2020–21 bet-at-home ICE Hockey League
League	ICE Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	Regular season: 25 September 2020 – 7 February 2021 Placement round and Qualification round: 12 February – 7 March 2021 Play-offs: 12 March – 25 April 2021 (7th game)
Number of games	Regular season: 220 Placement round: 20 Qualification round: 30
Number of teams	11
Regular season
Winners	HCB Südtirol Alperia
Runners-up	EC KAC
Placement round
Winners	HCB Südtirol Alperia
Runners-up	EC KAC
Play-offs
Champions	EC KAC (32nd time)
Runners-up	HCB Südtirol Alperia

Teams

Graz99ers

EC KAC

EC Panaceo VSV

Red Bull Salzburg

Vienna Capitals

Black Wings Linz

Fehérvár AV19

Bratislava Capitals

Dornbirn Bulldogs

HC TWK Innsbruck

HCB Südtirol Alperia

Red Bull Salzburg

Teams currently participating in the ICEHL.

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Dornbirn Bulldogs	Dornbirn	Messestadion Dornbirn	4,270
Moser Medical Graz 99ers	Graz	Merkur-Eisarena	4,126
HC TWK Innsbruck	Innsbruck	Tiroler Wasserkraft Arena	3,000
EC KAC	Klagenfurt	Stadthalle Klagenfurt	4,945
EC GRAND Immo VSV	Villach	Villacher Stadthalle	4,800
EC Red Bull Salzburg	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	3,200
Vienna Capitals	Vienna	Erste Bank Arena	7,022
Steinbach Black Wings 1992	Linz	Keine Sorgen EisArena	4,865
Bratislava Capitals	Bratislava	Ondrej Nepela Arena	4,800
Hydro Fehérvár AV19	Székesfehérvár	Ifjabb Ocskay Gábor Ice Hall	3,500
HCB Südtirol Alperia	Bolzano	Eiswelle	7,200

Standings

Regular season

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Legend:      Qualified for 2021–22 Champions Hockey League      Qualified for placement round      Qualified for qualification round

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	HCB Südtirol Alperia	40	23	8	4	5	128	78	+50	82
2	EC KAC	40	23	10	3	4	122	80	+42	79
3	Fehérvár AV19	40	20	10	5	5	136	115	+25	75
4	Vienna Capitals	40	17	12	7	4	129	109	+20	69
5	EC Red Bull Salzburg	40	19	13	3	5	120	105	+15	68
6	Dornbirn Bulldogs	40	15	16	6	3	123	112	+11	60
7	Bratislava Capitals	40	14	20	3	3	104	133	-29	51
8	Graz 99ers	40	13	19	4	4	109	135	−26	51
9	HC Innsbruck	40	13	19	3	5	130	140	−10	50
10	EC VSV	40	9	22	5	4	93	135	−42	41
11	Steinbach Black Wings 1992	40	10	27	1	2	81	133	−52	34

Placement round

     Qualified for 2021–22 Champions Hockey League      Qualified as higher seed      Qualified as lower seed

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	HCB Südtirol Alperia	8	4	3	1	0	27	23	+4	18 (4)
2	EC KAC	8	4	2	1	1	28	24	+4	17 (2)
3	EC Red Bull Salzburg	8	4	3	1	0	27	22	+5	14 (1)
4	Vienna Capitals	8	2	2	1	3	29	27	+2	11 (0)
5	Fehérvár AV19	8	2	6	0	0	25	40	−15	3 (0)

Qualification round

     Qualified for playoffs      Eliminated from playoff contention

Rank	Team	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Dornbirn Bulldogs	10	3	3	1	3	32	34	-2	22 (8)
2	Bratislava Capitals	10	4	3	1	2	26	26	+0	22 (6)
3	EC VSV	10	5	3	2	0	38	30	+8	20 (1)
4	Steinbach Black Wings 1992	10	6	3	1	0	36	28	+8	20 (0)
5	HC Innsbruck	10	3	5	1	1	30	34	-4	14 (2)
6	Graz 99ers	10	3	7	0	0	22	32	−10	13 (4)

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

PL1

HCB Südtirol Alperia

4

QU2

Bratislava Capitals

1

PL1

HCB Südtirol Alperia

4

PL4

Vienna Capitals

2

PL2

EC KAC

4

QU3

EC VSV

1

PL1

HCB Südtirol Alperia

1

(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)

PL2

EC KAC

4

PL3

EC Red Bull Salzburg

4

QU1

Dornbirn Bulldogs

2

PL2

EC KAC

4

PL3

EC Red Bull Salzburg

1

PL4

Vienna Capitals

4

PL5

Fehérvár AV19

0