Graz99ers

Moser Medical Graz99ers
City	Graz, Styria, Austria
League	Austrian National League 1999–2000 ICE Hockey League 2000–
Founded	1999; 23 years ago (1999)
Home arena	Eisstadion Graz Liebenau (Capacity: 4,050)
Colors
Owner(s)	Jochen Pildner-Steinburg
General manager	Bernd Vollman
Head coach	Doug Mason
Website	99ers.at
Franchise history
1999–	EC Graz 99ers

Exterior view from the regenerated Ice-Stadium of the Graz 99ers

The Moser Medical Graz99ers are an Austrian professional ice hockey team from Graz, Styria. The club was founded in 1999 after the previous club, EHC Graz, folded prior to the 1998–99 season due to financial difficulties. The Graz99ers started in the 1999–2000 season in the Austrian National League, Austria's second division, where they were crowned instant champions. Since the 2000–01 season they have been playing in the ICE Hockey League (IceHL).

History[]

Hockey was played at Premier League level in Graz mainly from two predecessor clubs. The Hockey department of the ATSE Graz (Workers' Gymnastics and Sports Association Eggenberg) was founded in 1947 and won to date the only Graz Hockey club title at the top Austrian League level in the 1974–75 and 1977-78 season. The club was merged early nineties with the UEC Graz, shortly after the EC Graz emerged. In 2008, the Hockey section of was ATSE Graz reactivated on the league level. The new goalie was Ben Bowns.

The EC Graz (also called "the elephant") experienced under President Hannes Kartnig its heyday, finishing three times the runner-up title in the seasons 1991-92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 despite running at a high financial cost. After the departure of Hannes Kartnig, the football club SK Sturm Graz changed, they tried to rescue the EC Graz. When this plan failed, the EHC Graz was established in 1998, only to become bankrupt the same year.

Establishment and promotion to the Bundesliga

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. The team premiered in the second division, the Austrian National League, finishing after 28 rounds played, in first place in the table. In the semifinals, the team continued after opening game defeat to persevere to a 3: 1 series win against the EHC Lustenau to meet EK Zell am See in the final. The series was decided in four games with Graz taking advantage of the opportunity for promotion to the Austrian Hockey League.

Players[]

Current roster[]

Updated 28 August 2020.^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
73		Mario Altmann	D	L	35	2020	Vienna, Austria
29		Joel Broda	C	L	32	2020	Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
15			D	L	22	2017	Graz, Austria
22			LW	L	27	2020	Anchorage, Alaska, United States
26			LW	L	26	2018	Berlin, Germany
19			C	L	26	2018	Mödling, Austria
71			D	L	25	2018	Linz, Austria
			D	L	31	2021	Stockholm, Sweden
89			F	R	20	2018	Graz, Austria
77			D	L	26	2019	Innsbruck, Austria
9			RW	R	27	2020	Irma, Alberta, Canada
72			C	R	31	2018	Graz, Austria
35			G	L	22	2019	Graz, Austria
74		Daniel Oberkofler	F	L	33	2017	Graz, Austria
18		Ken Ograjensek	RW	R	30	2016	Celje, Slovenia
11		Travis Oleksuk	C	L	32	2018	Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
80			F	L	20	2018	Graz, Austria
27			F	R	19	2019	Graz, Austria
31			G	R	21	2020	Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
91		Oliver Setzinger	D	L	38	2016	Horn, Austria

Notable alumni[]

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