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2013–14 DEL2 season

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2013–14 DEL2 season
LeagueDEL2
SportIce Hockey
Number of teams12
Regular season
Season championsFischtown Pinguins
Finals
ChampionsFischtown 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

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In its inaugural season the league competed with 12 clubs which was extended to 14 in the following 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
Source: kicker.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(C) Champion

Playoffs

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Championship

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "DEL II is official". Eurohockey.com. 2013-07-13.
  2. ^ "DEL 2 Play-offs - 2014". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ "DEL 2 Play-downs - 2014". kicker.de (in German). Kicker (sports magazine). Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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