This is what awaits the ICE fans

On Monday evening, head coaches and important key players held a charity poker tournament for the first time. The next day, after a two-year break, the traditional season start press conference took place again and signaled the starting signal for the 23rd season in the cross-border league, which began on Friday. 5.000 euros goes to Bolzano Children's Cancer Aid At the poker charity tournament, coaches, star players and representatives of the title sponsor win2day and the ICE Hockey League sat opposite each other. The winner received an amount of 5000 euros. In the end, HCB captain Daniel Frank was happy about the donation amount and is thus supporting the Bolzano Children's Cancer Aid. Traditional performance in Velden On Tuesday, the traditional season start press conference was held in Casino Velden, which initially reviewed the completed season: All COVID-related challenges were overcome together and the spectators also returned to the arenas in large numbers. The league experienced a boom in the playoffs, with over 100.000 spectators not missing out on the postseason. In the coming season, the digital area in particular will be further expanded. For the first time with win2day as a partner in a full season The upcoming season is now the first full season under the title sponsorship of the online sports betting and online gaming provider win2day. “Ice hockey is the fastest team sport in the world, which is also very interesting for us as a betting provider,” says Georg Wawer, Managing Director of win2day, looking forward to the first full season as a partner.

Asiago is one of the two league newcomers

The new season will be completed with 13 teams. With the BEMER Pioneers Vorarlberg and Migross Supermercati Asiago Hockey, two new teams are also chasing defending champions EC Red Bull Salzburg. The mode with a pre-playoff that proved successful last season will also be retained this year. The teams in places one to six after 52 match days qualify directly for the quarter-finals. The teams in places seven to ten will contest the pre-playoffs in “best-of-3” mode. In addition, the league is now following the CHL rulebook, which was also adopted by the IIHF Unified Rulebook. Aggressive penalties will therefore no longer be dealt with a 2+2 minute. New squad regulations In recent months, the ICE and the Austrian Ice Hockey Association have set the course for a successful ice hockey future with a new cooperation agreement. A new squad regulation was decided, in which twelve players who can be used for the ÖEHV team must appear on the match report for each of the eight Austrian clubs from the 2022/23 season. This regulation also applies to the other participating league nations. ICE is working on sustainability program In the long term, the ICE also wants to position itself as a sustainable league. The Moser Medical Graz99ers did pioneering work in this area last season by playing CO2-neutral home games. From now on, the Steinbach Black Wings Linz will hold their upcoming home games under the label “Green Events Austria” and promote sustainability throughout the club.

The hunt for defending champions Salzburg, who host the Vienna Capitals, begins on Friday. The remaining games will be broadcast as a pay-per-view live stream on live.ice.hockey. HC Bozen meets Pioneers Voralberg at home and HC Pustertal welcomes last year's finalist Hydro Fehérvár.

ICE Regular Season ICE	SP	TV	P
1. Klagenfurt	47	183:101	102
2. Fehervar	46	146:126	89
3. Salzburg	46	142:107	87
4. HCB South Tyrol	46	137:125	76
5. Linz	46	146:116	75
6. Villach	46	155:136	74
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This is what awaits the ICE fans

The ICE Hockey League met again this year for the traditional season start press conference. Together with title sponsor win2day, the kick-off event was held at Casino Velden and expanded to include a poker tournament.

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