The Steinbach Black Wings Linz are a member of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL). They play their home games in

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, Austria at the Linz AG Eisarena.

History

The EHC Black Wings Linz was founded in 1992. After several years in the Austrian minor leagues 2000 the Black Wings started in the highest league

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. In their inaugural season in 2000–01 the Black Wings reached third place in the regular season before suffering elimination in the playoffs. The season 2001–02 they just lost the finals and finished the season as vice champion. In only their third season, in 2002–03, the Black Wings won the Austrian championship, their first. After the EHC Black Wings Linz went bankrupt in 2005 they were re-established as ''EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz'' through sponse LIWEST. Since under the new ownership the Black Wings have had their best result to date in the championship in season 2006–07 as they became vice champion once more. One year later the Black Wings unexpectedly won the regular season but failed in the playoffs. In 2012 the Black Wings defeated

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in five games to claim their second EBEL championship in franchise history.

Honours

* ICE Hockey League: ::Winners (2): 2002–03, 2011–12 ::Runners-up (2): 2001–02, 2009–10

Players and personnel

Current roster

Updated on 2 September 2024

Head coaches

* Stanislav Barda, 2001–04 * Kurt Harand, 2004–06 * Mike Zettel, 2006 * Bill Stewart, 2006 * Jim Boni, 2007–09 *

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, 2009–11 * Rob Daum, 2011–17 * Troy Ward, 2017–19 * Tom Rowe, 2019–20 * Pierre Beaulieu, 2020–21 * Dan Ceman, 2021–22 * Philipp Lukas, 2022–''present''

Franchise records and leaders

Single season

:Goals: 38 Brian Lebler (2017–18) :Assists: 47 Corey Locke (2017–18) :Points: 72 Rob Shearer (2006–07) :Penalty Minutes: 151 Reid Simonton (2003–04)

Career

:Career Goals: 198 Brian Lebler :Career Assists: 300 Philipp Lukas :Career Points: 457 Philipp Lukas :Career Penalty Minutes: 885 Philipp Lukas :Career Games: 790 Philipp Lukas

Arena data

The home arena of the Black Wings is the Linz AG Eisarena. It was built in 1986 and was renovated at least two times since that. In 2014 a new stand has been added, increasing its capacity to 4,865 people. Linzer_Eissporthalle

Average of attendances

*2003–04: 3,712 visitors per home game *2004–05: 3,068 visitors per home game *2005–06: 3,125 visitors per home game *2006–07: 2,707 visitors per home game *2007–08: 2,615 visitors per home game *2008–09: 2,584 visitors per home game *2009–10: 2,676 visitors per home game * ... *2015–16: 4,642 visitors per home game *2016–17: 4,679 visitors per home game *2017–18: 4,709 visitors per home game

Fanclubs

The club have three official fanclubs: ''Overtime'', ''Powerplay Enns'' and ''bully:absolut''. In 2007 they consolidated and founded the head club ''Wings United'' what makes it easier to organize trips to away games and several events.

References

External links

Official website

Website of fanclub Overtime

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