2020–21 DEL2 season

The 2020–21 DEL2 season was the eighth season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The season began on a delayed start date of 6 November 2020 after being rescheduled from 2 October 2020. The season is scheduled to conclude in May 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, DEL2 along with DEL and DEB agreed to a set of health rules and guidelines to ensure a safe and consistent work environment for everyone involved with hockey in Germany. Fans were excluded from attending matches. The DEL2 board agreed to suspend relegation to the Oberliga for the season, resulting in no relegation play-offs being contested. The season also marked the first time the league implemented promotion to DEL. 
==Teams==
In 2020/21 the DEL2 had 14 teams competing in the league.
Team 	City 	Arena 	Head Coach 	Captain
EC Bad Nauheim 	Bad Nauheim 	Colonel-Knight-Stadion 	Hannu Järvenpää 	Marc El-Sayed
Tölzer Löwen 	Bad Tölz 	Hacker-Pschorr-Arena 	Kevin Gaudet 	Philipp Schlager
Bayreuth Tigers 	Bayreuth 	Kunsteisstadion 	Petri Kujala 	Ivan Kolozvary
Bietigheim Steelers 	Bietigheim-Bissingen	EgeTrans Arena 	Daniel Naud 	Nikolai Goc
Eispiraten Crimmitschau	Crimmitschau 	Eisstadion im Sahnpark 	Mario Richer 	Adrian Grygiel
Dresdner Eislöwen 	Dresden 	EnergieVerbund Arena 	Andreas Brockmann 	Thomas Pielmeier
Löwen Frankfurt 	Frankfurt 	Eissporthalle Frankfurt 	Franz-David Fritzmeier	Adam Mitchell
EHC Freiburg 	Freiburg 	Franz Siegel Stadion 	Peter Russell 	Philipp Rießle
Heilbronner Falken 	Heilbronn 	Kolbenschmidt Arena 	Bill Stewart 	Derek Damon
EC Kassel Huskies 	Kassel 	Eissporthalle Kassel 	Tim Kehler 	Denis Shevyrin
ESV Kaufbeuren 	Kaufbeuren 	Erdgas Schwaben Arena 	Rob Pallin 	Tyler Spurgeon
EV Landshut 	Landshut 	Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg	Leif Carlsson 	Tim Brunnhuber
Lausitzer Füchse 	Weißwasser 	Eisstadion Weißwasser 	Corey Neilson 	Clarke Breitkreuz
Ravensburg Towerstars 	Ravensburg 	Eissporthalle Ravensburg 	Rich Chernomaz 	Vincenz Mayer
==Format==
Fourteen teams competed in the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season that ran from 6 November 2020 to 11 April 2021. No team was promoted or relegated to Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of five format.
For the first time in DEL2 history, sporting promotion to DEL was introduced. Relegation from DEL to DEL2 was suspended for the season. Financial account examination was an additional requirement for the DEL2 champion to obtrain a DEL licence to secure promotion. Löwen Frankfurt, EC Kassel Huskies and Bietigheim Steelers all applied for their financial accounts to be examined.
==Regular season==
===Results===
===Standings===
===Top scorers===
These are the top-ten scorers in DEL2 for the 2019–20 season. (Table is created at the conclusion of the DEL2 regular season)
===Top goaltenders===
These are the top-ten goaltenders in DEL2 for the 2019–20 season. (Table is created at the conclusion of the DEL2 regular season)
==Playoffs==
Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, the relegation play-offs were suspended for the season. The championship play-offs saw the DEL2 champion qualify for promotion to DEL for the first time, as long as the winning team also met financial requirements to obtain a DEL licence.
===Championship===
The championship playoffs reference:
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* Official Facebook
* Elite Prospects home
2020-21 DEL2
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Category:2020–21 in German ice hockey