# 2021–22 DEL2 season

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

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.

## 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 | Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 51 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 195 | 123 | +72 | 107 | Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | EC Bad Nauheim | 52 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 155 | 140 | +15 | 93 | Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | EC Kassel Huskies | 50 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 163 | 154 | +9 | 90 | Championship Playoffs |
| 6 | Heilbronner Falken | 52 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 180 | 164 | +16 | 80 | Championship Playoffs |
| 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 | Championship Pre-playoffs |
| 9 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 52 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 182 | 173 | +9 | 73 | Championship Pre-playoffs |
| 10 | EV Landshut | 52 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 167 | 173 | −6 | 68 | Championship Pre-playoffs |
| 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 | Relegation Playdowns |
| 13 | Tölzer Löwen | 50 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 149 | 214 | −65 | 54 | Relegation Playdowns |
| 14 | Selber Wölfe | 52 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 97 | 232 | −135 | 29 | Relegation Playdowns |

## Playoffs
### Championship

| Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Quarter-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | 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) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | | | |
| | | | 7 | Heilbronner Falken | 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) | | | |
| | | | | | | (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 | Löwen Frankfurt | 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) | 3 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 0 |
| | | | 3 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 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 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 0 | 6 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau | 0 | (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 | 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) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Semi-finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| 11 | Bayreuth Tigers | 2 | | | |
| 14 | Selber Wölfe | 4 | | | |
| 14 | Selber Wölfe | 4 | 11 | Bayreuth Tigers | 4 |
| | | | 12 | Tölzer Löwen | 2 |
| 12 | Tölzer Löwen | 1 | 12 | Tölzer Löwen | 2 |
| 13 | Lausitzer Füchse | 4 | | | |