The 2018–19 Austrian Hockey League season began on 14 September 2018 and ended on 24 April 2019. The defending champion were HC Bolzano. On 24 April 2018, EC KAC won the Austrian Hockey Championship for the 31st time in their history. Following the regular season, bottom placed KHL Medveščak Zagreb announced they would not be participating in the second phase of the season at the qualifying round due to financial and scheduling difficulties on 28 January 2019. The Qualifying round was reduced to a pool of 5 teams each playing 8 games. Teams Standings Regular season Placement round Qualification round Playoffs References External links Erste Bank Eishockey Liga Statistics Austrian Hockey League seasons Aus 2018–19 in Croatian ice hockey 2018–19 in Italian ice hockey 2018–19 in Hungarian ice hockey 2018–19 in Czech ice hockey