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All time leagues: EBEL | Nationalliga (AUT) | Oberliga (AUT) | U20 Jugend
This club in 2012-2013: EBEL
| May. 17 13 | | Martin Mairitsch
(F)
| EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz | Dornbirner EC | |
| May. 14 13 | | Mike Ouellette
(F)
| EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz | UPC Vienna Capitals | |
| Apr. 21 13 | | Mathias Müller
(D)
| ESV Kaufbeuren Joker | EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz | |
| Apr. 17 13 | | Brad Moran
(F)
| SaiPa Lappeenranta | EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz |
| Mar. 19 13 | 19:15 | Klagenfurter AC | - | EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz | 4-2 | Show details» |
| Mar. 22 13 | 19:15 | EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz | - | Klagenfurter AC | 2-3 | Show details» |
| Mar. 24 13 | 17:30 | Klagenfurter AC | - | EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz | 3-1 | Show details» |
| Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Thomas Dechel | ![]() | 11.11.1992 | 180 cm | 70 kg | left | Show profile» |
| G | Lorenz Hirn | ![]() | 20.04.1990 | 173 cm | 73 kg | left | Show profile» |
| G | David LeNeveu | ![]() | 23.05.1983 | 185 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» |
| G | Beau Riepl | ![]() | 02.02.1993 | 170 cm | 70 kg | left | Show profile» |
| G | Alex Westlund | ![]() | 28.12.1975 | 176 cm | 82 kg | right | Show profile» |
| D | Marc-Andre Dorion | ![]() | 30.03.1987 | 180 cm | 78 kg | right | Show profile» |
| D | Bernhard Fechtig | ![]() | 06.01.1993 | 175 cm | 75 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Andy Hedlund | ![]() | 16.05.1978 | 186 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Erik Kirchschläger | ![]() | 04.02.1996 | 172 cm | 61 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Robert Lukas | ![]() | 29.08.1978 | 177 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Franklin MacDonald | ![]() | 08.04.1985 | 182 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Michael Mayr | ![]() | 20.08.1984 | 183 cm | 91 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Daniel Mitterdorfer | ![]() | 25.07.1989 | 182 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» |
| D | Curtis Murphy | ![]() | 03.12.1975 | 172 cm | 87 kg | right | Show profile» |
| D/F | Fabian Scholz | ![]() | 08.01.1990 | 179 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» |
| F | Gregor Baumgartner | ![]() | 13.07.1979 | 185 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» |
| RW | Brett Engelhardt | ![]() | 12.08.1980 | 186 cm | 96 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | David Franz | ![]() | 28.10.1992 | 176 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Stefan Gaffal | ![]() | 24.11.1996 | 173 cm | 58 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Martin Grabher Meier | ![]() | 21.11.1983 | 182 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» |
| C | Rob Hisey | ![]() | 24.09.1984 | 173 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» |
| RW | Danny Irmen | ![]() | 06.09.1984 | 183 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Patrick Leahy | ![]() | 09.06.1979 | 184 cm | 95 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Brian Lebler | ![]() | 16.07.1988 | 191 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» |
| F | Michael Lebler | ![]() | 30.12.1986 | 175 cm | 79 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Philipp Lukas | ![]() | 04.12.1979 | 177 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Kevin Macierzynski | ![]() | 21.06.1992 | 179 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» |
| F | Martin Mairitsch | ![]() | 28.07.1986 | 181 cm | 88 kg | right | Show profile» |
| C | Shawn Matthias | ![]() | 19.02.1988 | 190 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» |
| F | Daniel Oberkofler | ![]() | 16.07.1988 | 183 cm | 74 kg | left | Show profile» |
| C | Mike Ouellette | ![]() | 06.07.1982 | 185 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Patrick Spannring | ![]() | 06.11.1990 | 180 cm | 76 kg | right | Show profile» |
| F | Marcel Wolf | ![]() | 25.08.1990 | 180 cm | 72 kg | right | Show profile» |
| Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Szücs | ![]() | 04.11.1976 | Assistant Coach | Show profile» |
| Robert Daum | ![]() | 19.01.1958 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club

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 Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. In their first season 2000/01 the Black Wings reached third place in the regular season and failed in the playoffs. The season 2001/02 they just lost the finals and finished the season as vice champion. In their third season (2002/03) the Black Wings finally won the championship. It was their first and only title so far they could win. After the EHC Black Wings Linz went bankrupt in the year 2005 they got re-established as EHC LIWEST Black Wings Linz.
Notable players:
EBEL: Young star of October
Patrick Spannring of EHC Liwest Black Wings Linz was voted young star of October in EBEL. The 21-year old forward beat Erik Pance of Olimpija Ljubljana in the voting. This is Spannring's first whole season in EBEL. He scored one goal so far in the season (playing 18 games). Spannring is successor of Anze Ropret (Olimpija Ljubljana) who was voted young star of the month for September.
(14 Nov 2011)
Austria (18),
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