Match results
| 03 | 9 Oct 15:45 |
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HC Wien HCW | 1 - 13 | Royal Leopold Club LEO |
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Recap |
| 07 | 10 Oct 15:45 |
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CAM 92 CAM | 3 - 2 | HC Wien HCW |
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Recap |
* Won by shoot-out
About HC Wien
HC Wien are back in the EHL this season after a 10-year break as they look to put it up to Royal Léopold in the KO16 next month in Barcelona.
It follows their first Austrian championships since 2015 but there are still five players to link the two generations with Marcel Hilbert, Jakob Puchhammer, Franz Lindengrün, goalkeeper Lukas Glaser (GK) and Simon Landsteiner; the latter scored their only EHL goal against Harvestehuder THC.
Assessing his squad, coach Hanno Poeschl says: “We have a very young team full of talent with a bright future, but we’re fully aware of the challenge ahead.
“The opposition has far more experience and depth, and nobody questions their quality. But respect doesn’t mean fear – it means preparation. We will focus on executing our plays, one at a time, and making the smart decisions.
“For us this tournament is about more than just winning or losing. It’s about showing resilience, fighting together, and learning what it means to compete at the highest level.”
That preparation has seen them take in a tournament in Munich featuring Munchner SC, TSV Mannheim and SC Frankfurt 1880.
They have also welcomed a few key players to the line-up; the 19-year-old Maximilian Meisel is already a senior international and he is back in Austria after a spell with UHC Hamburg.
He joins fellow Red Capricorn internationals Josef Winkler and Franz Lindengruen while Benedikt Meisel is one to watch – the 16-year-old offensive midfielder is already part of the Austria Under-21 setup.
Bringing international flavour, Spaniard Saül Esteve joins after spells with Hamburger Polo Club and Grossflottbeker THGC while American Kai Kokolakis helped his country to second place in the PanAm Cup earlier this year. Alessandro Giraudo is a former Italian Under-21 international from HC Bra.
On the debit side, Julian Kaiser moved to Oranje Rood in the Netherlands.
They won their last build-up match to the EHL 4-2 against Post SV to record their first win of the Austrian league season last weekend.
EHL History
2015/16 – ROUND1
The team
ESTEVE Saül
BEATTY Charlie
CZECH Moritz
WOŹNIAK Nikodem
LINDENGRÜN Franz
MEISEL Maximilian
MOURITZEN Malik
HILBERT Marcel
RIEPER Anselm
MEISEL Benedikt
PUCHHAMMER Jakob
WINKLER Josef
WINKLER Johannes
FLÖTER Jonas
MARIMON Joan
KECLIK Anton
LOHSE Valentin
KECLIK Josef
LANDSTEINER Simon
FLICKER Tim
KOKOLAKIS Kai
SCHMIDT Anton
MEISEL Johannes
GIRAUDO Alessandro
WINKLER Simon
JAROSZEWSKI Oskar
BRENDEL Magnus
SPERL Oscar