2013–14 DEL2 season
| League | DEL2 |
| Sport | Ice Hockey |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | Fischtown Pinguins |
| Finals | |
| Finals champions | Fischtown Pinguins |
| DEL2 seasons | |
The 2013–14 DEL2 season was the first season of operation for the DEL2 (also known as DEL II). Replacing the 2nd Bundesliga, this league represents the second-level of ice hockey in Germany, below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The league operated with 12 teams during the 2013–14 season.[1] The inaugural champions were the Fischtown Pinguins.
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fischtown Pinguins (C) | 54 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 185 | 143 | +42 | 104 | Advanced to playoffs |
| 2 | Starbulls Rosenheim | 54 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 183 | 141 | +42 | 103 | |
| 3 | Bietigheim Steelers | 54 | 29 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 223 | 167 | +56 | 101 | |
| 4 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 54 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 193 | 166 | +27 | 97 | |
| 5 | EV Landshut | 54 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 206 | 163 | +43 | 96 | |
| 6 | SC Riessersee | 54 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 158 | 141 | +17 | 90 | |
| 7 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 54 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 166 | 158 | +8 | 84 | |
| 8 | Lausitzer Füchse | 54 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 147 | 170 | −23 | 69 | |
| 9 | EC Bad Nauheim | 54 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 161 | 200 | −39 | 63 | Advanced to play-downs |
| 10 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 54 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 157 | 226 | −69 | 59 | |
| 11 | Heilbronner Falken | 54 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 140 | 191 | −51 | 57 | |
| 12 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau | 54 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 166 | 208 | −42 | 49 |
Playoffs
Championship
The championship play-offs:[2]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fischtown Pinguins | 4 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Lausitzer Füchse | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fischtown Pinguins | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | EV Landshut | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5 | EV Landshut | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fischtown Pinguins | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bietigheim Steelers | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Starbulls Rosenheim | 4 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Starbulls Rosenheim | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bietigheim Steelers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Bietigheim Steelers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 6 | SC Riessersee | 1 | |||||||||||
Relegation
In the relegation round the four bottom placed clubs played a best-of-seven knock-out series first in which EC Bad Nauheim defeated Eispiraten Crimmitschau and Heilbronner Falken the ESV Kaufbeuren. Following this the two losers entered another round with the best four Oberliga clubs, playing a home-and-away round. The two DEL2 clubs retained their league place while EC Kassel Huskies and Löwen Frankfurt won promotion. The other two Oberliga clubs, EHC Freiburg and VER Selb, remained at this level.[3]
References
- ↑ "DEL II is official". Eurohockey.com. 2013-07-13. http://eurohockey.com/article/2728-del-ii-is-official.html.
- ↑ "DEL 2 Play-offs - 2014" (in German). Kicker. http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/esbg-play-offs/2014/0/-1/spieltag.html.
- ↑ "DEL 2 Play-downs - 2014" (in German). Kicker. http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga-play-downs/2014/1/-1/spieltag.html.
External links
- www.del-2.org, official website