2020–21 EWHL season

2020–21 EWHL season
2020–21 EWHL season
League	European Women's Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	26 September 2020 – 21 February 2021
Number of games	16 per team
Number of teams	9
Regular Season
Season champions	KMH Budapest
Runners-up	ŠKP Bratislava
Top scorer	Hayley Williams (KMH Budapest)
Playoffs
Finals champions	KMH Budapest
Runners-up	EHV Sabres
Seasons
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 EWHL season was the seventeenth season of the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) since the league's creation in 2004. It was the second season since the league's administrative and organizational duties were transferred to the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (HIHF/MJSZ).^[1]

KMH Budapest played a perfect season in which they won all sixteen games to claim the regular season title. KMH held steady in the playoffs, shutting out their opponents in both games on the way to winning the team's third consecutive EWHL Championship title.^[2]^[3]

KMH Budapest players also dominated the league's individual statistics. KMH forward Hayley Williams narrowly beat out teammate Alexandra Huszák as top point scorer in the regular season, with 9 goals and 22 assists for 31 points in fifteen games played. Huszák was the EWHL top goal scorer, netting 18 goals in 13 games played. Eighteen year old Zsófia Tóth topped the goaltender statistics with a stellar .972 save percentage and 0.83 goals against average.^[3]

Teams

Team	Location	Home venue	Head coach
Aisulu Almaty	Almaty	none	Alexander Maltsev
DEC Salzburg Eagles	Salzburg	Eisarena Salzburg	Johanna Ikonen
EHV Sabres Vienna	Vienna	Erste Bank Arena	Risto Kurkinen
EV Bozen Eagles	Bolzano	PalaOnda	Stefano Daprà
KMH Budapest	Budapest	Tüskesátor	Mika Väärälä
Lakers Kärnten	Villach	Stadthalle Villach	Günther Ropatsch
MAC Budapest	Budapest	Kisstadion	András Kis
Silesian Metropolis Katowice	Katowice	Jantor Janów	Tomasz Marznica
ŠKP Bratislava	Bratislava	none	Tomáš Segíň

Regular season

The regular season began on 26 September 2020 and ended on 21 February 2021. MAC Budapest were the regular season champions after playing a perfect season, in which they won all sixteen games in regulation time.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Result
1	KMH Budapest	16	16	0	0	0	81	18	+63	48	Advanced to playoffs
2	ŠKP Bratislava	16	12	0	0	4	63	39	+24	36
3	EHV Sabres	16	11	1	0	4	57	29	+28	35
4	MAC Budapest	16	9	1	2	4	62	40	+22	31
5	Aisulu Almaty	16	7	1	2	6	55	39	+16	25	Did not advance
6	DEC Salzburg	16	6	1	0	9	42	67	−25	20
7	Metropolis Katowice	16	3	1	0	12	35	65	−30	11
8	Lakers Kärnten	16	2	1	0	13	31	83	−52	8
9	EV Bolzano	16	0	0	2	14	13	60	−47	2

Updated to match(es) played on 21 February 2021. Source: European Women's Hockey League^[4]

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season on 21 February 2021.^[5]^[6]

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Hayley Williams	KMH Budapest	15	9	22	31
2	Alexandra Huszák	KMH Budapest	13	18	12	30
3	Fanni Gasparics	MAC Budapest	16	17	12	29
4	Annika Fazokas	DEC Salzburg	16	17	10	27
5	Danielle Hartje	ŠKP Bratislava	16	11	14	25
6	Karolina Późniewska	Katowice	16	8	15	23
7	Emilie Brigham	DEC Salzburg	16	12	9	21
8	Roxanne Rioux	Aisulu Almaty	16	9	9	18
9	Kinga Jókai Szilágyi	EHV Sabres	16	8	10	18
10	Kayla Nielsen	EHV Sabres	14	9	8	17
11	Tatiana Ištocyová	ŠKP Bratislava	16	5	12	17

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders lead the league in save percentage at the conclusion of the season on 21 February 2021, while starting at least one third of matches.^[6]^[7]

	Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	SA	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
1	Zsófia Tóth	KMH Budapest	7	363	6	0	177	5	1	.972	0.83
2	Selma Luggin	EHV Sabres	10	581	8	2	311	11	3	.965	1.14
3	Maude Lévesque-Ryan	KMH Budapest	9	537:37	9	0	195	13	2	.933	1.45
4	Carmen Lasis	DEC Salzburg	16	945:35	7	9	761	59	1	.922	3.74
5	Nikola Zimková	ŠKP Bratislava	6	360:00	5	1	133	11	0	.917	1.84
6	Darya Dmitriyeva	Aisulu Almaty	10	569:13	4	6	257	23	3	.909	2.42
7	Anikó Németh	MAC Budapest	16	930	10	6	394	37	4	.906	2.39
8	Jessica Ekrt	EHV Sabres	7	378:56	4	2	177	17	0	.904	2.69
9	Agata Kosińska	Metropolis Katowice	9	490:22	3	5	329	33	0	.900	4.04
10	Molly Jenkins	Aisulu Almaty	7	399:53	4	2	149	15	1	.899	2.25

Playoffs

Semifinal			Championship final

1	KMH Budapest	1

4	MAC Budapest	0
			1	KMH Budapest	1

			3	EHV Sabres	0
2	ŠKP Bratislava	1

3	EHV Sabres	0	Bronze medal game


			2	ŠKP Bratislava	1

			4	MAC Budapest	0

Semifinals

27 February 2021
14:00

KMH Budapest

3–2
1–1 / 1–1 / 0–0 / 0–0

Tüskesátor, Budapest

Goalies

Referees:
Gergely Korbuly
Márk Kókai
Linesmen:
Adrienn Paulheim
Bence Kövesi

	0–1	2:24 – Gasparics (Odnoga, Gowie)
Escudero (SH) – 10:35	1–1
	1–2	29:15 – Pázmándi (Pártos, Gasparics)
Williams (Huszák, Szamosfalvi) – 29:46	2–2

Alexandra Huszák

6 min

Penalties

6 min

40

Shots

32

February 27, 2021
17:00

ŠKP Bratislava

3–4
2–1 / 1–1 / 0–1 / 0–1

Tüskesátor, Budapest

Goalies

Referees:
Barna Kis-Király
Bonifác Máhr-Stumpf
Linesmen:
Zóra Gottlibet
Bernadett Holzer

Hartje (L. Ištocyová) – 1:13	1–0
Hartje (L. Ištocyová, Vysokajová) – 9:13	2–0
	2–1	18:23 – Hofbauer
	2–2	20:27 – Edney (PS)
Vysokajová (T. Ištocyová) – 27:21	3–2
	3–3	59:49 – Trummer (Jókai-Szilágyi, Nielsen) (PP)
	3–4	61:41 – Trummer (PS)

14 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

32

Bronze medal game

28 February 2021
10:30

ŠKP Bratislava

1–0
0–0 / 1–0 / 0–0

Tüskesátor, Budapest

Goalies

Referees:
Bonifác Máhr-Stumpf
Márk Kókai
Linesmen:
Bence Kövesi
Zóra Gottlibet

Kapičáková (T. Ištocyová, Korenková) – 38:53

1–0

8 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

23

Championship final

28 February 2021
13:30

KMH Budapest

3–0
1–0 / 2–0 / 0–0

Tüskesátor, Budapest

Goalies

Referees:
Barna Kis-Király
Gergely Korbuly
Linesmen:
Bernadett Holzer
Adrienn Paulheim

Somogyi (Ungár, Kiss-Simon) – 9:11	1–0
Tarnowski (Szamosfalvi, Tóth) (PP) – 28:16	2–0
Tarnowski (SH) – 39:44	3–0

16 min

Penalties

24 min

33

Shots

44

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in playoff points.^[5]^[8]

	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1	Danielle Hartje	ŠKP Bratislava	2	2	0	2
1	Natasza Tarnowski	KMH Budapest	2	2	0	2
1	Anja Trummer	EHV Sabres	2	2	0	2
4	Fanni Gasparics	MAC Budapest	2	1	1	2
4	Sofia Vysokajová	ŠKP Bratislava	2	1	1	2
6	Lucia Ištocyová	ŠKP Bratislava	2	0	2	2
6	Tatiana Ištocyová	ŠKP Bratislava	2	0	2	2
6	Petra Szamosfalvi	KMH Budapest	2	0	2	2

Goaltenders

The following goaltenders recorded time in net during the playoffs.^[7]

	Player	Team	GP	TOI	W	L	SA	GA	SO	SV%	GAA
1	Zsófia Tóth	KMH Budapest	2	125	2	0	74	2	1	.974	0.96
2	Anikó Németh	MAC Budapest	2	123	0	2	63	3	0	.952	1.47
3	Nikola Zimková	ŠKP Bratislava	2	122	1	1	55	4	1	.927	1.97
4	Selma Luggin	EHV Sabres	2	119	1	1	62	6	0	.903	3.04

Awards

Best goaltender: Zsófia Tóth, KMH Budapest
Top goal scorer: Alexandra Huszák, KMH Budapest
Top point scorer: Hayley Williams, KMH Budapest

2020–21 All-Star Team

Goaltender: Selma Luggin, EHV Sabres
Defenceman: Franciska Kiss-Simon, KMH Budapest
Defenceman: Tatiana Ištocyová, ŠKP Bratislava
Winger: Annika Fazokas, DEC Salzburg
Center: Alexandra Huszák, KMH Budapest
Winger: Fanni Gasparics, KMH Budapest

Sources:^[3]^[9]

References

^ "EWHL to move under the HIHF". Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ Rivard, Maude (15 March 2021). "Une saison qui se termine sur une note salée pour la gardienne de but Maude Lévesque-Ryan". Ici Radio-Canada (Radio broadcast) (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Kaposi, Dávid (28 February 2021). "Megvédte a címét a KMH Budapest". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "EWHL Standings". European Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b "EWHL Point Leaders". European Women's Hockey League. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "EWHL (W) Stats 2020-2021". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "EWHL Goalkeepers". European Women's Hockey League. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ "EWHL (W) Stats 2020-2021 Playoffs". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
^ Biller, Philippe. "EWHL (Elite Women's Hockey League) 2020/21". HockeyArchives.info (in French). Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

External links

EWHL official website

[1] "EWHL to move under the HIHF". Magyar Jégkorong Szövetség. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[2] Rivard, Maude (15 March 2021). "Une saison qui se termine sur une note salée pour la gardienne de but Maude Lévesque-Ryan". Ici Radio-Canada (Radio broadcast) (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[:1-3] Kaposi, Dávid (28 February 2021). "Megvédte a címét a KMH Budapest". Jégkorongblog (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[4] "EWHL Standings". European Women's Hockey League. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[EWHL_Point_Leaders-5] "EWHL Point Leaders". European Women's Hockey League. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[:0-6] "EWHL (W) Stats 2020-2021". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[EWHL_Goalkeepers-7] "EWHL Goalkeepers". European Women's Hockey League. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[8] "EWHL (W) Stats 2020-2021 Playoffs". Elite Prospects. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[9] Biller, Philippe. "EWHL (Elite Women's Hockey League) 2020/21". HockeyArchives.info (in French). Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

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