# 2022–23 DEL season

The 2022–23 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 29th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 15 September 2022.
EHC Red Bull München won their fourth title after a finals win over ERC Ingolstadt.
The season was contested by 15 teams, as the 2021–22 DEL2 champion, Löwen Frankfurt, received a license, replacing the Krefeld Pinguine, who were relegated to the DEL2

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Augsburger Panther | Augsburg | Curt Frenzel Stadium | 6,218 |
| Eisbären Berlin | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 14,200 |
| Bietigheim Steelers | Bietigheim-Bissingen | EgeTrans Arena | 4,500 |
| Fischtown Pinguins | Bremerhaven | Eisarena Bremerhaven | 4,674 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | Düsseldorf | PSD Bank Dome | 13,400 |
| Löwen Frankfurt | Frankfurt | Eissporthalle Frankfurt | 6,000 |
| ERC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | Saturn Arena | 4,815 |
| Iserlohn Roosters | Iserlohn | Eissporthalle Iserlohn | 5,000 |
| Kölner Haie | Cologne | Lanxess Arena | 18,500 |
| Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | SAP Arena | 13,600 |
| EHC Red Bull München | Munich | Olympia Eishalle | 6,256 |
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | Nuremberg | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 7,810 |
| Schwenninger Wild Wings | Villingen-Schwenningen | Helios Arena | 6,215 |
| Straubing Tigers | Straubing | Eisstadion am Pulverturm | 6,000 |
| Grizzlys Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Eis Arena Wolfsburg | 4,660 |

## Regular season
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | EHC Red Bull München | 56 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 205 | 132 | +73 | 122 | Playoffs |
| 2 | ERC Ingolstadt | 56 | 29 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 182 | 142 | +40 | 103 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Adler Mannheim | 56 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 162 | 136 | +26 | 99 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Straubing Tigers | 56 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 190 | 166 | +24 | 98 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 56 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 172 | 150 | +22 | 93 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Kölner Haie | 56 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 197 | 153 | +44 | 92 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Düsseldorfer EG | 56 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 150 | 137 | +13 | 91 | Pre-playoffs |
| 8 | Fischtown Pinguins | 56 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 153 | 144 | +9 | 87 | Pre-playoffs |
| 9 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 56 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 162 | 186 | −24 | 81 | Pre-playoffs |
| 10 | Löwen Frankfurt | 56 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 21 | 163 | 174 | −11 | 79 | Pre-playoffs |
| 11 | Eisbären Berlin | 56 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 160 | 171 | −11 | 76 | |
| 12 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 56 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 144 | 151 | −7 | 75 | |
| 13 | Iserlohn Roosters | 56 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 149 | 192 | −43 | 73 | |
| 14 | Augsburger Panther | 56 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 138 | 193 | −55 | 51 | |
| 15 | Bietigheim Steelers (R) | 56 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 125 | 225 | −100 | 40 | Relegated to DEL2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUG | BER | BIE | BRE | DÜS | FRA | ING | ISE | KÖL | MAN | MUN | NÜR | SCH | STR | WOL | AUG | BER | BIE | BRE | DÜS | FRA | ING | ISE | KÖL | MAN | MUN | NÜR | SCH | STR | WOL |
| Augsburger Panther | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 3–6 | 0–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 7–4 | 2–3 | — | 3–4 | 8–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 1–3 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 4–3 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | — | 5–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 6–4 |
| Bietigheim Steelers | 5–3 | 2–5 | — | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 0–3 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–5 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 0–5 | 3–2 | 6–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–8 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 4–1 | 3–5 |
| Fischtown Pinguins | 4–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | 0–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–1 | — | 2–4 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 3–2 | | 0–1 |
| Löwen Frankfurt | 3–5 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | — | 2–3 | 5–2 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | — | 5–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 1–6 | — | 1–2 | 8–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 6–0 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–1 |
| Iserlohn Roosters | 2–1 | 3–2 | 7–1 | 2–3 | 7–4 | 3–2 | 1–4 | — | 5–4 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 5–4 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | — | 2–8 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 4–5 | 3–2 | 1–8 | 2–1 |
| Kölner Haie | 4–2 | 3–7 | 8–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 7–1 | — | 1–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–4 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 8–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 9–0 | 1–4 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Adler Mannheim | 1–0 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 2–5 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 6–3 | 0–3 | 2–5 | — | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 |
| EHC Red Bull München | 6–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 5–2 | — | 3–4 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 8–3 | 2–4 | 6–2 | — | 2–4 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 2–1 |
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 2–4 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–5 | — | 5–4 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 6–4 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–6 | 2–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 3–6 | — | 7–3 | 7–4 | 1–4 |
| Schwenninger Wild Wings | 1–0 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 5–2 | — | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 4–6 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 4–0 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Straubing Tigers | 5–2 | 6–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–1 | — | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 | — | 5–4 |
| Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 5–7 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 9–1 | 3–2 | 3–5 | 2–3 | 5–6 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–1 | — | 6–7 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 4–3 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 Overtime
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 Shootout

## Playoffs

The playoffs were held between 7 March and 23 April 2023.

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | EHC Red Bull München | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Düsseldorfer EG | 2 | 8 | Fischtown Pinguins | 2 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Löwen Frankfurt | 0 | | | | 1 | EHC Red Bull München | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 3 | | | |
| | | | 2 | ERC Ingolstadt | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 7 | Düsseldorfer EG | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 1 | EHC Red Bull München | 4 |
| | | | | | | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | 2 | ERC Ingolstadt | 1 |
| | | | 3 | Adler Mannheim | 4 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 8 | Fischtown Pinguins | 2 | 6 | Kölner Haie | 2 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| 9 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 0 | | | | 2 | ERC Ingolstadt | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Adler Mannheim | 2 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Straubing Tigers | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 4 | | | | | | |

### Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs were played between 7 and 10 March 2023 in a best-of-three mode.

#### Düsseldorfer EG vs Löwen Frankfurt

* Düsseldorf won series 2–0

#### Fischtown Pinguins vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers

* Bremerhaven won series 2–0

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played between 14 and 29 March 2023 in a best-of-seven mode.

#### EHC Red Bull München vs Fischtown Pinguins

* Munich won series 4–2

#### ERC Ingolstadt vs Düsseldorfer EG

* Ingolstadt won series 4–1

#### Adler Mannheim vs Kölner Haie

* Mannheim won series 4–2

#### Straubing Tigers vs Grizzlys Wolfsburg

* Wolfsburg won series 4–3

### Semifinals

The semifinals were played between 31 March and 12 April 2023 in a best-of-seven mode.

#### EHC Red Bull München vs Grizzlys Wolfsburg

* Munich won series 4–3

#### ERC Ingolstadt vs Adler Mannheim

* Ingolstadt won series 4–2

### Final

The final was played between 14 and 23 April 2023 in a best-of-seven mode.
* Munich won series 4–1

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Andreas Thuresson | Kölner Haie | 51 | 22 | 38 | 60 | +28 | 26 | F |
| Yasin Ehliz | EHC Red Bull München | 56 | 21 | 39 | 60 | +33 | 18 | F |
| Carter Rowney | Löwen Frankfurt | 55 | 21 | 37 | 58 | +20 | 14 | F |
| Louis-Marc Aubry | Kölner Haie | 53 | 19 | 37 | 56 | +26 | 45 | F |
| Marcel Noebels | Eisbären Berlin | 55 | 16 | 40 | 56 | −4 | 12 | F |
| Austin Ortega | EHC Red Bull München | 56 | 27 | 28 | 55 | +21 | 8 | F |
| Spencer Machacek | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 55 | 27 | 28 | 55 | 0 | 21 | F |
| Maximilian Kammerer | Kölner Haie | 55 | 24 | 31 | 55 | +27 | 10 | F |
| Taylor Leier | Straubing Tigers | 55 | 21 | 34 | 55 | +22 | 23 | F |
| Dustin Jeffrey | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 54 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 0 | 22 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | Team | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Joacim Eriksson | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 2710 | 110 | 2.44 | 1457 | 92.5 | 4 |
| Maximilian Franzreb | Fischtown Pinguins | 1938 | 72 | 2.23 | 947 | 92.4 | 2 |
| Dustin Strahlmeier | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 2352 | 91 | 2.32 | 1161 | 92.2 | 5 |
| Henrik Haukeland | Düsseldorfer EG | 3095 | 112 | 2.17 | 1397 | 92.0 | 3 |
| Felix Brückmann | Adler Mannheim | 2012 | 73 | 2.18 | 854 | 91.5 | 2 |

## Awards

The awards were announced on 11 March and the Finals MVP on 23 April 2023.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the year | Yasin Ehliz |
| Goaltender of the year | Henrik Haukeland |
| Defenceman of the year | Nick Bailen |
| Rookie of the year | Bennt Roßmy |
| Coach of the year | Mark French |
| Finals MVP | Maximilian Kastner |