# 2023–24 DEL season

The 2023–24 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 30th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 14 September 2023 and ended on 26 April 2024.
EHC Red Bull München were the defending champions. Eisbären Berlin won their tenth title after a finals win in five games over the Fischtown Pinguins.

## Format

The teams played a quadruple round-robin for 52 games each, playing every other team four times. After the regular season, places one to six were qualified for the playoffs, while place seven to ten played in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs were played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season was relegated to DEL2.

## Teams

| Team | City | Arena | Capacity |
| Augsburger Panther | Augsburg | Curt Frenzel Stadium | 6,218 |
| Eisbären Berlin | Berlin | Mercedes-Benz Arena | 14,200 |
| 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 | Fischtown Pinguins | 52 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 162 | 116 | +46 | 107 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 52 | 29 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 181 | 134 | +47 | 102 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Straubing Tigers | 52 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 167 | 130 | +37 | 94 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 52 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 152 | 145 | +7 | 87 | Playoffs |
| 5 | EHC Red Bull München | 52 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 156 | 134 | +22 | 86 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 52 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 159 | 145 | +14 | 85 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Adler Mannheim | 52 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 147 | 149 | −2 | 80 | Pre-playoffs |
| 8 | Kölner Haie | 52 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 155 | 158 | −3 | 78 | Pre-playoffs |
| 9 | ERC Ingolstadt | 52 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 132 | 138 | −6 | 73 | Pre-playoffs |
| 10 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 52 | 18 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 148 | 175 | −27 | 70 | Pre-playoffs |
| 11 | Düsseldorfer EG | 52 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 135 | 156 | −21 | 62 | |
| 12 | Löwen Frankfurt | 52 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 144 | 161 | −17 | 58 | |
| 13 | Iserlohn Roosters | 52 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 125 | 183 | −58 | 57 | |
| 14 | Augsburger Panther | 52 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 138 | 177 | −39 | 53 | |
* ↑ Although originally relegated, Augsburg will stay in the DEL as the winning team from the DEL2 (Eisbären Regensburg) did not apply for a place.

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUG | BER | BRE | DÜS | FRA | ING | ISE | KÖL | MAN | MUN | NÜR | SCH | STR | WOL | AUG | BER | BRE | DÜS | FRA | ING | ISE | KÖL | MAN | MUN | NÜR | SCH | STR | WOL |
| Augsburger Panther | — | 1–4 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 7–2 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 1–7 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–6 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–3 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 6–5 | — | 2–4 | 1–4 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 6–2 | 5–0 | 5–3 | 3–4 | 6–9 | 6–3 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Fischtown Pinguins | 3–2 | 3–4 | — | 4–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–0 | 5–1 | — | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 6–5 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | — | 3–7 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 6–5 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 6–5 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 1–2 |
| Löwen Frankfurt | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–4 | 2–3 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | 0–3 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 4–5 |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 6–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–3 | — | 7–1 | 5–4 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–5 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–3 | 1–4 | — | 0–2 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 5–1 |
| Iserlohn Roosters | 2–6 | 2–8 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–3 | — | 3–6 | 7–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 4–0 | 2–3 | — | 2–5 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| Kölner Haie | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 3–4 | — | 3–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 4–5 | — | 1–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Adler Mannheim | 5–4 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–4 | — | 4–3 | 6–2 | 3–5 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 6–4 |
| EHC Red Bull München | 5–1 | 4–6 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–5 | 4–0 | 2–5 | 5–1 | — | 5–3 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6–1 | — | 5–3 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–1 |
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 5–2 | 2–10 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 8–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 2–1 | — | 1–4 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 5–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 3–4 | 4–5 |
| Schwenninger Wild Wings | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–4 | — | 4–3 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–2 | 2–3 |
| Straubing Tigers | 4–1 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 7–4 | 4–1 | — | 0–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 6–3 | — | 6–3 |
| Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 4–3 | 0–5 | 1–3 | 9–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | — | 5–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 4–6 | — |
* 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 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 Shootout

## Playoffs

The playoffs started on 10 March and ended in 26 April 2024. The first round was played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | | | 1 | Fischtown Pinguins | 4 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Adler Mannheim | 2 | 9 | ERC Ingolstadt | 0 | | | | | | |
| 10 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 0 | | | | 1 | Fischtown Pinguins | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | EHC Red Bull München | 1 | | | |
| | | | 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 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 | Adler Mannheim | 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 | Fischtown Pinguins | 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) | 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 4 |
| | | | 3 | Straubing Tigers | 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 | Kölner Haie | 1 | 6 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 3 | (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 | ERC Ingolstadt | 2 | | | | 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Straubing Tigers | 1 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | EHC Red Bull München | 4 | | | | | | |

### Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs were played between 10 and 14 March 2024 in a best-of-three mode.

#### Adler Mannheim vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers

* Mannheim won series 2–0

#### Kölner Haie vs ERC Ingolstadt

* Ingolstadt won series 2–1

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played between 16 and 30 March 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.

#### Fischtown Pinguins vs ERC Ingolstadt

* Bremerhaven won series 4–0

#### Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim

* Berlin won series 4–1

#### Straubing Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings

* Straubing won series 4–3

#### Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs EHC Red Bull München

* Munich won series 4–0

### Semifinals

The quarterfinals were played between 1 and 10 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.

#### Fischtown Pinguins vs EHC Red Bull München

* Bremerhaven won series 4–1

#### Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers

* Berlin won series 4–1

### Final

The finals were played between 17 and 26 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
* Berlin 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 |
| Jan Urbas | Fischtown Pinguins | 47 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +20 | 16 | F |
| Gregor MacLeod | Kölner Haie | 47 | 10 | 40 | 50 | +14 | 20 | F |
| Žiga Jeglič | Fischtown Pinguins | 52 | 14 | 36 | 50 | +15 | 16 | F |
| Kenny Agostino | Düsseldorfer EG | 48 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −2 | 26 | F |
| Marcel Noebels | Eisbären Berlin | 50 | 13 | 34 | 47 | +18 | 8 | F |
| Maximilian Kammerer | Kölner Haie | 52 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 26 | F |
| Nicolas Mattinen | Straubing Tigers | 52 | 16 | 30 | 46 | +14 | 36 | D |
| Andy Miele | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 52 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 0 | 47 | F |
| Matthias Plachta | Adler Mannheim | 36 | 21 | 24 | 45 | +13 | 20 | F |
| Michael Dal Colle | Iserlohn Roosters | 50 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −8 | 10 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.
| Player | Team | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Hannibal Weitzmann | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 661 | 22 | 2.00 | 332 | 93.79 | 1 |
| Maximilian Franzreb | Fischtown Pinguins | 339 | 12 | 2.12 | 180 | 93.86 | 1 |
| Ilya Andryukhov | Fischtown Pinguins | 134 | 4 | 1.79 | 48 | 92.31 | 0 |
| Florian Bugl | Straubing Tigers | 1364 | 46 | 2.02 | 531 | 92.03 | 0 |
| Joacim Eriksson | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 2429 | 95 | 2.35 | 1066 | 91.82 | 3 |

## Awards

The awards were announced on 11 March 2024.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the year | Nicolas Mattinen |
| Goaltender of the year | Kristers Gudļevskis |
| Defenceman of the year | Nicolas Mattinen |
| Forward of the year | Justin Schütz |
| Youth player of the year | Veit Oswald |
| Coach of the year | Steve Walker |
| Finals MVP | Leonhard Pföderl |

## Attendances

| # | Ice hockey club | Average attendance |
| 1 | Kölner Haie | 16,993 |
| 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 13,804 |
| 3 | Adler Mannheim | 11,395 |
| 4 | Düsseldorfer EG | 8,905 |
| 5 | Löwen Frankfurt | 6,392 |
| 6 | Augsburger Panther | 5,793 |
| 7 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 5,651 |
| 8 | Straubing Tigers | 5,227 |
| 9 | EHC Red Bull München | 5,159 |
| 10 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 4,739 |
| 11 | Fischtown Pinguins | 4,478 |
| 12 | Iserlohn Roosters | 4,288 |
| 13 | ERC Ingolstadt | 4,202 |
| 14 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 3,241 |