EC Graz
| EC Graz | |
|---|---|
| City | Graz, Styria, Austria |
| League | Alpenliga 1991–1998 Austrian Hockey League 1990–1998 |
| Founded | 1990[1] |
| Dissolved | 1998 |
| Home arena | Eisstadion Graz Liebenau |
| Colors | Black, Yellow |
| Owner(s) | Hannes Kartnig |
EC Graz was an Austrian ice hockey team from Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Hockey League and Alpenliga in the 1990s.
History
[edit]The EC Graz (also called "the elephants") emerged in 1990 when the UEC Graz and ATSE Graz were merged.[2] ATSE Graz finished 2nd in the Austrian National League and therefore qualified for the Austrian Hockey League season 1989/90. UEC Graz, which was founded in 1985,[3] qualified for the Austrian National League the same year.[4] Both clubs united in April 1990, in the following season ATSE was removed from the name. The club experienced its heyday under President Hannes Kartnig, finishing three times the runner-up title in the seasons 1991-92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 despite running at a high financial cost. Accompanying marketing made ice hockey popular in Graz in this period, but in 1998 the club went bankrupt shortly after the departure of its president Hannes Kartnig.[5] The EHC Graz was established in 1998 to rescue ice hockey in Graz, just to become bankrupt the same year. 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.
Former players
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Austria Press Agency APA333 1990-04-26/15:46 0024/0176/1408, "ATSE und UEC fusioniert: Grazer Eishockeyzukunft heißt EC Graz"
- ^ Austria Press Agency APA333 1990-04-26/15:46 0024/0176/1408, "ATSE und UEC fusioniert: Grazer Eishockeyzukunft heißt EC Graz"
- ^ * Gerd Renner: 50 Jahre Eishockey in der Steiermark, 1956 - 2006, ISBN 3950216111
- ^ Austria Press Agency APA233 1989-03-05/20:39 0018/0112/0902, "UEC Graz in der Eishockey-Nationalliga"
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-16.
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