2006 - 07 German ice hockey league season The " DEL " , " 2nd Bundesliga " and " Oberliga " are the first three levels of ice hockey in Germany . All three leagues operate nationwide . While the " DEL " is an independenty operated league , the other two are run by the German ice hockey federation , the " DEB " , through the " ESBG " . The leagues below the " Oberliga " are operated by the state federations ( German : " Landesverbände " ) and don ' t run nation wide . The 2006 - 07 season for the three top leagues started on 7 September 2006 with the first round in the " DEL " and finished on 17 April 2007 with the third and last game of the " DEL " finals , with the Adler Mannheim winning their fifth " DEL " title . Deutsche Eishockey Liga , the " DEL " . The " DEL " is the highest tier of German ice hockey . The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006 - 07 season , the same number as the previous season . However , in place of the Kassel Huskies , who were relegated the previous season , the Straubing Tigers took part in the competition , having won the " 2nd Bundesliga " in 2005 - 06 . The modus had slightly changed from the 2005 - 06 season . Each club played the other four times , resulting in 52 regular season games per club . The top six clubs at the end of the regular season are qualified for the first round of the play - offs . The clubs seven to ten play a preliminary round to determined the last two places for the first round . For the teams placed eleven to fourteen , the season had ended . No club was relegated from the " DEL " this season but one new club admitted , the EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams , champion of the " 2nd Bundesliga " . Final table . The final table operates under the following points system : Three points for a win , two for a win after overtime or penalties , one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss . Play - offs . The four rounds of the 2006 - 07 play - offs were played under the following system : Like the regular season , in the play - offs games will be decided by penalty shoot - outs ( P ) after a five minute overtime ( OT ) sudden - death . In all play - off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games ( Game 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 ) and the other team in the even numbered games ( Game 2 , 4 , 6 ) . Top scorers . The five highest placed scores in the regular season and play - offs are : 2nd Bundesliga . The " 2nd Bundesliga " is the second highest tier of ice hockey in Germany . The league played with 14 clubs in the 2006 - 07 season , the same number it had since 2001 . Each club played each other four times during the regular season . The top eight teams in the league qualified for the play - offs to determined the " 2nd Bundesliga " champion who also gained promotion to the " DEL " this season . For the clubs placed nine and ten , the season has finished after the regular round . The bottom four clubs played out the two relegated teams from the " 2nd Bundesliga " . Regular season . The final table operates under the following points system : Three points for a win , two for a win after overtime , one for a loss after overtime and no points for an outright loss . Play - offs . The three rounds of the 2006 - 07 play - offs were played under the following system : In all play - off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games ( Game 1 , 3 , 5 , 7 ) and the other team in the even numbered games ( Game 2 , 4 , 6 ) . Should a game be undecided after regular time , there will be one overtime ( OT ) with in sudden death format . Should there still be no winner , the game is decided through penaltys ( P ) . Play - downs . The play downs consists of only one round , played in a best - of - seven format . The two loser of this round are relegated to the " Oberliga " . Oberliga . The " Oberliga " is the third tier of ice hockey in Germany and as such the lowest nationwide level , below it are currently the " LEV ' s " ( " Landesverbände " ) . In the 2006 - 07 season the league played with 14 clubs . However , the " Ratinger Ice Aliens " were excluded from the competition on 16 November 2006 and all results involving the club canceled . Each club in the league played each other club four times in the 2006 - 07 season . The top eight teams then took part in a best - of - seven play - off round to determined the two promoted teams to the " 2nd Bundesliga " . Because the " EHC Wolfsburg " was admitted to the " DEL " , a third " Oberliga " club was also promoted , this being the " SC Riessersee " which had been the best placed semi final loser . For the bottom five clubs , the league season was finished after the regular round , due to the expansion of the " Oberliga " no team was relegated . The teams placed nine to twelve played a cup qualification round however . Play - offs . The " Oberliga " play - offs were operating on a best - of - seven modus in the first round and semi finals . The finals were played as best - of - three . The winning teams of the semi finals are promoted to the " 2nd Bundesliga " . Semi finals . Winners promoted to " 2nd Bundesliga " . Leagues below the " Oberliga " . The levels below the " Oberliga " are not administrated by the " DEB " but rather by the local federations , the " LEV ' s " . With the " ESBG ' s " intention to increase the number of clubs in the " Oberliga " from 13 to 19 , seven promotion places were available for the " LEV " clubs . The league champions and promoted clubs from the regional leagues were : Regionalliga West . The " Regionalliga West " is actually not quite a league but rather a promotion round . It contains the best six teams of the " Regionalliga Nordrhein - Westfalen " , and the top two teams of the " Regionalliga Hessen " and the " Baden - Württemberg Liga " each . The winner of this league is nominally promoted to the " Oberliga " . As such , the league covers the German states of Baden - Württemberg , Hessen , Saarland , Rheinland - Pfalz and Nordrhein - Westfalen . Regionalliga Nordost . This league covers the th north and north east of Germany . Again , it is more of a promotion round , compromising nine teams . In an effort to strengthen the sport in the east of Germany , four clubs from this region were promoted to the " Oberliga " . The " Regionalliga Nordost " covers the German states of Niedersachsen , Bremen , Hamburg , Schleswig - Holstein , Mecklenburg - Vorpommern , Berlin , Sachsen - Anhalt , Sachsen and Thüringen . Bayernliga . The " Bayernliga " is the only single - state league of the three , covering just Bavaria . The reason for this is that the state holds approximately one third of all ice hockey clubs in Germany and 17 of the 41 clubs in the first three divisions in 2006 - 07 were from this federation .