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===
===Results===
==Playoffs==
The playoffs will be held between 10 March and 30 April 2024. The first round was played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.
===Bracket===
===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====
====Kölner Haie vs ERC Ingolstadt====
===Quarterfinals===
The quarterfinals were played between 16 and 30 March 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
====Fischtown Pinguins vs ERC Ingolstadt====
====Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim====
====Straubing Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings====
====Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs EHC Red Bull München====
===Semifinals===
The quarterfinals were played between 1 and 10 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
====Fischtown Pinguins vs EHC Red Bull München====
====Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers====
===Final===
The finals were played between 17 and 26 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.Player stats
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.Goaltender stats
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
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
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