After ten years in the organization of the Austrian record champions, first as a player and then as a coach, David Fischer will leave the EC-KAC at the end of the 2025/26 season at his own request.
The cooperation between the EC-KAC and David Fischer comes after ten very successful years together to an end: The former captain the red jackets and now Assistant Coach has submitted this to him Offer to extend contract rejectedas he wants to continue the development of his coaching career elsewhere and with even greater responsibility.
With David Fischer, one of the most influential figures of the past decade is leaving the EC-KAC organization. The American was once in the summer of 2016 as a defender for the Red Jackets with whom he joined in his first season Runner-up advanced. Two years later he led the Austrian record champions as captain for his 31st title win. After 232 competition appearances With 122 scorer points (23 goals, 99 assists), the right-handed shooter was in the entire 2020/21 season due to one Injury forced to watch. In this season, which was characterized by extensive pandemic-related restrictions, he played a very helpful role in the team’s processes in various roles and in this way had his Share of the most recent championship title in 2021.
After the end of his active career, David Fischer remained in the meantime also founded his family in Klagenfurt had received from the EC-KAC organization. For two seasons he took over – formally as assistant coach – together with Kirk Furey the sporty one Management of the Future Team in the Alps Hockey League. In the summer of 2023, the duo moved up to the professional level and has since then formed the team together with goaltending coach Andrej Hočevar Coaching team of the red and white fighting team. In these three seasons, the Red Jackets finished the Basic round never worse than second placethey were recorded Final participation in 2024 and 2025, three qualifications for the Champions Hockey League in a row and at league level, an outstanding performance in comparison to the club’s history Winning percentage of 64.7 percent of games won.
“With David Fischer, we are losing one of those personalities who have had a decisive influence on our club over the last ten years, first as a player and then as a coach. We would have liked to continue on the successful path together with him, but we can understand that David Fischer is aiming for the next step in his coaching career and we respect his decision not to extend his contract. This separation does not diminish his services to the EC-KAC in any way, we are parting ways as friends and will undoubtedly continue to have a good relationship with each other in the future,” commented General Manager Oliver Pilloni the departure of the previous assistant coach.
The EC-KAC would like to thank David Fischer for this ten years of loyalty and emphasizes his great service to the club on and off the ice. He and his Klagenfurt family accompany them best wishes for your private and professional future!
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