1978–79 Austrian Hockey League season

This was the 1978-79 Austrian Hockey League season.

First round
# Team              GP    W   T    L    GF-GA      P 1. Kapfenberger SV  28   20   2    6   163: 93   42 2. ECS Innsbruck    28   19   4    5   148: 90   42 3. EC KAC           28   16   2    6   189:119   40 4. Wiener EV        28   14   4    9   131:102   34 5. EC VSV           28   12   3   13   143:124   27 8. ATSE Graz        28    9   1   18   108:135   19 7. VEU Feldkirch    28    6   3   19   117:206   15 8. HC Salzburg      28    1   3   24    99:229    5

Final round
# Team             GP    W   T  L     GF-GA     P/B 1. EC KAC           6    4   1   1    28: 16   11/2 2. Kapfenberger SV  6    1   3   2    16: 23    9/4 3. Wiener EV        6    3   1   2    18: 15    8/1 4. ECS Innsbruck    6    1   1   4    18: 26    6/3

Relegation round
# Team             GP    W   T   L    GF-GA    P/B 1. EC VSV           6    5   0   1    38: 26   14/4 2. ATSE Graz        6    3   2   1    32: 16   11/3 3. VEU Feldkirch    6    1   1   4    16: 36    5/2 4. HC Salzburg      6    1   1   4    20: 28    4/1