2021–22 DEL2 season

2021–22 DEL2 season
2021–22 DEL2 season
League	DEL2
Sport	Ice Hockey
Duration	1 October 2021 – April 2022
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	Peter Quenneville (Lausitzer Füchse)
Promoted to DEL	Löwen Frankfurt
Relegated to Oberliga	Tölzer Löwen
Playoffs
Champions	Löwen Frankfurt
DEL2 seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 DEL2 season was the ninth season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Teams

DEL2 teams for the 2021–22 season.

14 teams took part in the league. The Selber Wölfe were promoted from the big Oberliga. 2021-2022 DEL2 Champions Bietigheim Steelers had been promoted to the DEL. ^[2]

**2021–22 DEL2 teams**
Team	City	Arena	Head Coach	Captain
EC Bad Nauheim	Bad Nauheim	Colonel-Knight-Stadion	Harry Lange	Marc El-Sayed
Tölzer Löwen	Bad Tölz	Hacker-Pschorr-Arena	Kevin Gaudet	Philipp Schlager
Bayreuth Tigers	Bayreuth	Kunsteisstadion	Michael Schwellengreber	Ivan Kolozvary
Selber Wölfe	Selb	Hutschenreuther Eissporthalle	Herbert Hohenberger	Florian Ondruschka
Eispiraten Crimmitschau	Crimmitschau	Eisstadion im Sahnpark	Marian Bazany	Vincent Schlenker
Dresdner Eislöwen	Dresden	EnergieVerbund Arena	Andreas Brockmann	Jordan Knackstedt
Löwen Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Eissporthalle Frankfurt	Bohuslav Subr	Maximilian Faber
EHC Freiburg	Freiburg	Franz Siegel Stadion	Robert Hoffmann	Simon Danner
Heilbronner Falken	Heilbronn	Kolbenschmidt Arena	Jason Morgan	Christopher Fischer
EC Kassel Huskies	Kassel	Eissporthalle Kassel	Tim Kehler	Denis Shevyrin
ESV Kaufbeuren	Kaufbeuren	Erdgas Schwaben Arena	Tray Tuomie	Tyler Spurgeon
EV Landshut	Landshut	Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg	Leif Carlsson	Stephan Kronthaler
Lausitzer Füchse	Weißwasser	Eisstadion Weißwasser	Chris Straube	Clarke Breitkreuz
Ravensburg Towerstars	Ravensburg	Eissporthalle Ravensburg	Peter Russell	Vincenz Mayer

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Löwen Frankfurt	52	33	5	3	11	209	116	+93	112	Championship Playoffs
2	Dresdner Eislöwen	52	32	4	6	10	195	123	+72	110
3	Ravensburg Towerstars	51	30	7	3	11	195	123	+72	107
4	EC Bad Nauheim	52	25	6	6	15	155	140	+15	93
5	EC Kassel Huskies	50	28	2	2	18	163	154	+9	90
6	Heilbronner Falken	52	20	7	6	19	180	164	+16	80
7	Eispiraten Crimmitschau	49	19	9	3	18	128	127	+1	78	Championship Pre-playoffs
8	Wölfe Freiburg	52	20	4	5	23	164	182	−18	73
9	ESV Kaufbeuren	52	19	4	8	21	182	173	+9	73
10	EV Landshut	52	17	6	5	24	167	173	−6	68
11	Bayreuth Tigers	52	17	1	6	28	165	203	−38	59	Relegation Playdowns
12	Lausitzer Füchse	52	13	6	3	30	147	172	−25	54
13	Tölzer Löwen	50	16	1	4	29	149	214	−65	54
14	Selber Wölfe	52	9	0	2	41	97	232	−135	29

Source: www.kicker.de www.del-2.org
Rules for classification:
Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss

Playoffs

Championship

Pre-playoffs (best-of-3)			Quarter-finals (best-of-7)			Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

			1	Löwen Frankfurt	4
7	Heilbronner Falken	2	9	Wölfe Freiburg	0
10	EV Landshut	1				1	Löwen Frankfurt	4
						7	Heilbronner Falken	0
			2	Dresdner Eislöwen	2	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
			7	Heilbronner Falken	4
									1	Löwen Frankfurt	4
									3	Ravensburg Towerstars	0
			3	Ravensburg Towerstars	4
8	ESV Kaufbeuren	0	6	Eispiraten Crimmitschau	0
9	Wölfe Freiburg	2				3	Ravensburg Towerstars	4
						5	EC Bad Nauheim	1
			4	EC Kassel Huskies	3
			5	EC Bad Nauheim	4

Relegation

Semi-finals (best-of-7)			Finals (best-of-7)

11	Bayreuth Tigers	2

14	Selber Wölfe	4
			11	Bayreuth Tigers	4

			12	Tölzer Löwen	2
12	Tölzer Löwen	1

13	Lausitzer Füchse	4

References

^ "Die neue Saison beginnt am 01.Oktober". del-2.org. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
^ "Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Bietigheim Steelers zum Aufstieg in die PENNY DEL". del-2.org. ESBG. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-10-10.

External links

[1] "Die neue Saison beginnt am 01.Oktober". del-2.org. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-06-20.

[2] "Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Bietigheim Steelers zum Aufstieg in die PENNY DEL". del-2.org. ESBG. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-10-10.

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