EC KAC

Klagenfurt AC
City Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria
League Erste Bank Eishockey Liga
Founded 1909
Home arena Stadthalle Klagenfurt
(Capacity: 5,500)
Colors

Red, White

         
Owner(s) Dr. Will Schasche
General manager Oliver Pilloni
Head coach Martin Stloukal
Captain Thomas Koch
Website EC KAC
Franchise history
1909– EC KAC
Championships
Austrian Champions 30 (1934, 1935, 1952, 1955, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013)

EC KAC, or the Klagenfurt Athletic Sports Club, is a professional ice hockey team in the Austrian Erste Bank Hockey League. The team plays their home games in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria at Stadthalle Klagenfurt. EC KAC has won the most Austrian ice hockey Championships, a total of 30 times including 11 consecutive titles from 1964 to 1974, and four consecutive from 1985 to 1988. Most recently they won it in 2013

History

The Klagenfurt Athletics Sports Club was founded on September 18, 1909 as an association.[1] In 1919 the first attempts to makeup a Hockey sector were trialled with an initial two-year apprenticeship from 1923 to 1925, before Hockey as a fully fledged association was established in 1926.[2]

In 1926 EC KAC joined the Austrian Ice Hockey Federation. At that time there were no uniforms, and hockey was played in gym shorts, soccer socks, football jerseys, and as skates were called 'Friesen' which used shoes made of wood with a metal bar as a runner, which were laced with leather straps on the feet. The puck was initially made from two nailed together soles of women's shoes. Much depended more on the ingenuity and dedication of the players, and the preparation of the playing surface snow at the Kreuzberglteich.

In the 1933–34 season, EC KAC won their first league title and thus stopped the almost uninterrupted dominance of the Vienna Ice Skating Association. It marked the first time the title had not been awarded to a team from Vienna. The Second World War interrupted play abruptly and post-war it took a long time to get the league back functioning properly. However, many stars from the KAC's first league title success could again be counted to be the nucleus and further accelerated the rise of EC KAC well into the 1950s.

Between 1952 and 1960, KAC managed three further League titles, in a period in which Innsbruck EV were prominent in the Austrian Championship. With games still played outdoors and susceptible to inclement weather, on November 22, 1959, the Stadthalle Klagenfurt complex opened, which after several modifications is still in use today as the venue of EC KAC.

At the turn of the 1960s with the influx of influential players such as Dieter Kalt Snr and Sepp Puschnig, KAC started the seed in dominating the Austrian Championship from 1964 to 1980, in which the title went fifteen times to Klagenfurt. The only competitor in that time was ATSE Graz, which broke up title championships in 1975 and 1978.

During this time, the EC KAC also partook in several European Cups. They first played in the 1965–66 season, and in the following 1966–67 season, the team reached the semi-finals and had to compete, as in the following season, against ZLK Brno. In the 1969–70 season, EC KAC played as beaten finalists against HC CSKA Moscow. Overall, EC KAC participated nineteen times in the tournament, only two participations fewer than the record holder CSKA Moscow.

Current roster

Updated October 8, 2014.[3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
11 Austria Ban, DanielDaniel Ban RW L 21 2013 Klagenfurt, Austria
42 Austria Berr, PatrickPatrick Berr LW L 21 2011 Judenburg, Austria
69 Austria Cirtek, PhilippPhilipp Cirtek F L 21 2011 Klagenfurt, Austria
66 Austria Filipic, MihaelMihael Filipic F L 20 2011 Klagenfurt, Austria
25 Canada Furey, KirkKirk Furey D L 39 2007 Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
21 Austria Geier, ManuelManuel Geier W R 27 2008 Judenburg, Austria
19 Austria Geier, StefanStefan Geier W L 27 2008 Judenburg, Austria
16 Austria Harand, PatrickPatrick Harand F L 31 2012 Wien, Austria
27 Austria Hundertpfund, ThomasThomas Hundertpfund F L 25 2014 Klagenfurt, Austria
81 Austria Isopp, MaximilianMaximilian Isopp D L 25 2011 St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
39 Canada Jacques, Jean-FrançoisJean-François Jacques LW L 30 2014 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
18 Austria Koch, ThomasThomas Koch (C) C L 31 2011 Klagenfurt, Austria
93 Austria Koczera, PhilippPhilipp Koczera RW R 21 2013 Klagenfurt, Austria
91 Austria Kreuzer, PhilippPhilipp Kreuzer RW R 20 2013 Villach, Austria
71 Austria Kurath, FlorianFlorian Kurath LW L 19 2013 Klagenfurt, Austria
74 Canada Lundmark, JamieJamie Lundmark C R 34 2012 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
94 Austria Müller, MarkusMarkus Müller D R 21 2011 Klagenfurt, Austria
9 Canada Pither, LukeLuke Pither C L 26 2014 Burketon, Ontario, Canada
22 Austria Pöck, ThomasThomas Pöck D L 33 2013 Klagenfurt, Austria
14 Austria Reichel, JohannesJohannes Reichel D L 33 2007 Klagenfurt, Austria
45 Austria Schuller, DavidDavid Schuller LW L 34 2007 Kapfenberg, Austria
28 Austria Schumnig, MartinMartin Schumnig D R 25 2006 Klagenfurt, Austria
23 Canada Siklenka, MikeMike Siklenka D R 35 2011 Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
38 Austria Steiner, MarkusMarkus Steiner RW L 22 2010 Klagenfurt, Austria
17 Finland Strömberg, KimKim Strömberg W L 27 2014 Helsinki, Finland
30 Austria Swette, RenéRené Swette G L 26 2008 Lustenau, Austria
83 Finland Tuokkola, PekkaPekka Tuokkola G L 31 2014 Alavus, Finland
26 Slovenia Urbas, JanJan Urbas C L 26 2014 Ljubljana, Slovenia
12 Austria Vallant, ThomasThomas Vallant D R 19 2011 Klagenfurt, Austria
31 Austria Weinhandl, FabianFabian Weinhandl G L 28 2013 Graz, Austria
2 Canada Wharton, KyleKyle Wharton D L 29 2014 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
47 Austria Witting, MarcelMarcel Witting F L 19 2012 Zirl, Austria
Staff
Title STAFF MEMBER
Head Coach Martin Stloukal
Asst. Coach Gerald Ressmann
Goalie Coach Jarmo Myllys

References

  1. ↑ St. Johann Metz, Hane Witek and Thomas Zeloth, ed. (2008). Nach Spielzeit. National Archives.
  2. ↑ 75 Years of KAC, 1909-1984. EC KAC. 1984. p. 33.
  3. ↑ "EC KAC - Team -Roster". EC KAC. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

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