2019–20 DEL2 season

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2019–20 DEL2 season
League DEL2
Sport Ice Hockey
Duration 13 September 2019 – 10 March 2020
Number of games 364 (52 per team)
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) Sprade TV
eoTV
Regular season
Season champions Löwen Frankfurt
Top scorer Dylan Wruck (Falken)
Relegated to Oberliga No relegation
(relegation play-offs cancelled)
Playoffs
Finals champions No champion
(play-offs cancelled)
DEL2 seasons
← 2018–19

The 2019–20 DEL2 season was the seventh season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The season began on 13 September 2019 and prematurely ended on 10 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19]). Löwen Frankfurt was named winner of the regular season, but no season champion was declared with the championship play-offs called off. In addition, the relegation play-offs were also cancelled so the league decided there would be no relegation for the season.[1]

Modus

Fourteen teams competed in the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season. EV Landshut was promoted from Germany's third division, Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top six teams directly qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of seven format. Teams placed seven to ten advanced to the championship playoff qualifiers, which followed a best of three format. The bottom four teams enter the relegation playoffs. The two losing teams from round 1 face off in the relegation final with the losing team being relegated to Oberliga.[2]

The DEL2 champion does not automatically get promoted to DEL. In September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated.[3] In 2018, the two leagues signed a new agreement to reintroduce an automatic promotion and relegation system to start in 2020–21.[4]

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Löwen Frankfurt 52 23 10 6 13 195 155 +40 95 2020 DEL2 Championship Playoffs
2 EC Kassel Huskies 52 27 3 5 17 191 147 +44 92
3 Wölfe Freiburg 52 27 2 7 16 162 143 +19 92
4 Heilbronner Falken 52 23 6 3 20 209 186 +23 84
5 Tölzer Löwen 52 18 9 9 16 176 166 +10 81
6 Ravensburg Towerstars 52 19 8 7 18 171 155 +16 80
7 EC Bad Nauheim 52 18 8 6 20 141 164 −23 76 2020 DEL2 Championship Playoff

Qualifiers

8 Bietigheim Steelers 52 21 2 7 22 147 163 −16 74
9 ESV Kaufbeuren 52 22 3 2 25 169 187 −18 74
10 Dresdner Eislöwen 52 19 5 7 21 188 208 −20 74
11 Lausitzer Füchse 52 20 3 7 22 168 179 −11 73 2020 DEL2 Relegation Playoffs
12 Bayreuth Tigers 52 17 7 5 23 183 183 0 70
13 Eispiraten Crimmitschau 52 16 6 5 25 153 194 −41 65
14 EV Landshut 52 11 11 7 23 160 183 −23 62

Playoffs

Due to the early cancellation of the season, the championship and relegation play-offs were called off without being played. DEL2 decided no team would be relegated and no team would be named champion.[1]

Championship

The championship playoffs reference:[5]

  Pre-Playoffs Finals
                 
7 EC Bad Nauheim 0  
10 Dresdner Eislöwen 2  
         
       
8 Bietigheim Steelers 0
9 ESV Kaufbeuren 2  

Note: All numbers represent series results, not a match score

  • Dresdner Eislowen - Bad Nauheim 5:4, 8:3
  • Kaufbeuren - Bietigheim 4:3, 3:2

References

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