Vienna Capitals

The Vienna Capitals are an

In their fourth year of competition, with Jim Boni now the head coach after the disappointment of the previous seasons and a revised squad, the Capitals claimed their first Austrian title in the 2003–04 season. Behind the acquisition of goaltender Frédéric Chabot, the team managed to form a tight-knit unit and ended the regular season top of the league with eight points ahead of the runner-up, The EC KAC. In the semifinals, the Capitals defeated EC VSV in four games and met EC KAC in the final. The first six games of the final series were won by the respective away team, before Vienna won the seventh game 6-2 for their first league title in their history, and the first Viennese club to win in 43 years.^[1]

In the following seasons, the Capitals made repeat semi-finals appearances; however, in more recent years the Capitals would suffer from a lack of developing prospects compared to other Bundesliga teams. This was due to the fact that Vienna did not offer a consistent training facility, and team affiliate EHC Vienna ceasing its partnership. Beginning in the 2007–08 season, the league enforced a scheme that allowed each EBEL team the commitment of only five transfer card players; as a substitute, the so-called points rule was introduced. With the Capitals handcuffed by the lack of available talent Capitals president Hans Schmid tried abolishing the points rule in order to freely acquire players in the future. This sparked heated discussions among the clubs, where it was argued according to the EU labor rules that every hockey player should be allowed free choice of employment, of which any regulations would be illegal.

In preparation for the 2011–12 season, the Capitals competed in the 2011 European Trophy for the first time in franchise history. They would win just 1 game out of 8 to finish last in their division.

Venue

The home games of the Capitals were played to crowds of up to 4,500 spectators at the comprehensive

Updated 23 January 2023.[3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
18		Darik Angeli	C	R	33	2023	Lakewood, Colorado, United States
10		Patrick Antal	C	L	23	2016	Wien, Austria
55		Daniel Aschauer	F	L	20	2022	Wien, Austria
11		Sascha Bauer	LW	L	29	2012	Wien, Austria
33		Mathias Böhm	F	L	21	2019	Wien, Austria
77		Matt Bradley	C	R	27	2021	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
20		Nico Brunner	D	L	31	2012	Villach, Austria
50		Mario Fischer (C)	D	L	34	2012	Wien, Austria
54		Nils Granitz	F	L	21	2022	Wien, Austria
25		Jeremy Gregoire	C	R	28	2022	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
5		Dominic Hackl	D	L	27	2014	Wien, Austria
96		Nikolaus Hartl	RW	R	32	2017	Zell am See, Austria
19		Lukas Kainz	C	L	28	2022	Mödling, Austria
37		Christof Kromp	LW	L	26	2021	Villach, Austria
7		Chad Krys	D	L	26	2022	Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States
68		Alexander Maxa	C	L	25	2021	Wien, Austria
54		Timo Pallierer	D	L	22	2017	Wien, Austria
2		Lukas Piff	D	L	23	2016	Wien, Austria
21		Yannic Pilloni	C	L	25	2022	Klagenfurt, Austria
40		Bernhard Posch	D	L	23	2021	Wien, Austria
3		Armin Preiser	C	R	23	2016	Wien, Austria
53		Stephan Rossmann	D	L	20	2022	Wien, Austria
6		Rafael Rotter	RW	R	36	2022	Wien, Austria
15		James Sheppard	C	L	35	2021	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
29		Bernhard Starkbaum	G	L	38	2018	Wien, Austria
26		Stefan Steen	G	L	31	2022	Sunne, Sweden
42		Alex Wall	D	L	33	2018	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
–		Evan Weinger	RW	R	27	2022	Los Angeles, California
69		Leon Widhalm	F	L	20	2021	Wien, Austria
73		Niklas Würschl	D	R	24	2022	Klagenfurt, Austria
22		Max Zimmer	LW	L	26	2022	Medina, Minnesota, United States

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