Carinthian ice hockey derby: VSV wants to break new ground with KAC!

The Carinthian ice hockey derby between the EC KAC and the EC VSV has a long story of exciting encounters and gripping moments. On February 26, 2025, the competition between the two traditional clubs, both of which belong to the oldest ice hockey league in Austria, remains a central topic. According to the latest reports, the EC VSV, which last week had the opportunity to learn from one of the best European teams, the Swiss HC Zug,, clear ambitions for the future. Those responsible, the new sports director Herbert Hohenberger and Managing Director Martin Winkler, underlined the importance of knowledge transfer, in order to build stronger contacts both in the youth area and in the adult area, such as krone.at

The rivalry between the EC KAC and the EC VSV goes back to 1929 when the first derby took place. Since then, the two clubs have held 355 derbies, with the EC KAC listing the statistics with 189 victories. However, the VSV also had its glamorous moments, including the impressive series of 17 victories in a row between 2005 and 2007, as on the Wikipedia page on the Carinthner Eishockey-Derby Another memorable event was the outdoor derby in 2010 in the Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadium, which with 30,500 spectators set up a record record for league games in Austria. Historically, however, the highest result of all time remains when the KAC defeated VSV with an incredible 16: 0 in 1960.

A look into the future