2019–20 DEL2 season

The 2019–20 DEL2 season was the seventh season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The season began on 13 September 2019 and prematurely ended on 10 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Löwen Frankfurt was named winner of the regular season, but no season champion was declared with the championship play-offs called off. In addition, the relegation play-offs were also cancelled so the league decided there would be no relegation for the season.
==Modus==
Fourteen teams competed in the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season. EV Landshut was promoted from Germany's third division, Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top six teams directly qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of seven format. Teams placed seven to ten advanced to the championship playoff qualifiers, which followed a best of three format. The bottom four teams enter the relegation playoffs. The two losing teams from round 1 face off in the relegation final with the losing team being relegated to Oberliga.
The DEL2 champion does not automatically get promoted to DEL. In September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated. In 2018, the two leagues signed a new agreement to reintroduce an automatic promotion and relegation system to start in 2020–21.
==Regular season==
===Results===
The cross table represents the results of all matches of the regular season for 2019/20. The home team is listed in the middle column, the visiting team in the top row.
First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	First round	Team	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round	Second round
FRA 	SCB 	RVT 	ESV 	LFX 	ECN 	ECK 	HNF 	DRE 	EPC 	BTT 	ECT 	FRB 	EVL 	Team	FRA 	SCB 	RVT 	ESV 	LFX 	ECN 	ECK 	HNF 	DRE 	EPC 	BTT 	ECT 	FRB 	EVL
 	6:1 	4:3O 	3:2 	4:3S 	2:5 	6:3 	5:3 	3:2 	1:4 	4:3S 	2:3O 	3:1 	8:0 	FRA 	 	5:0 	3:1 	5:0 	4:3O 	4:1 	4:3 	3:4O 	6:5S 	7:1 	3:1 	4:1 	5:4O 	5:2
3:0 	 	4:1 	3:2 	1:4 	0:2 	4:2 	4:7 	4:1 	4:0 	4:1 	9:5 	0:3 	4:3S 	SCB 	1:4 	 	5:3 	5:6 	4:2 	7:0 	1:7 	5:2 	1:2 	1:5 	5:0 	2:3O 	0:1 	2:1
4:3O 	2:3S 	 	4:0 	6:5S 	2:3 	5:2 	3:2 	4:3 	3:4S 	5:6S 	3:4O 	2:4 	4:2 	RVT 	2:3S 	6:5O 	 	5:2 	7:1 	7:3 	2:4 	5:3 	4:5 	4:2 	0:4 	2:3 	3:2S 	4:3O
3:1 	5:1 	2:4 	 	1:3 	6:3 	3:2 	2:8 	4:1 	5:2 	5:1 	2:3 	3:2 	3:4O 	ESV 	3:4 	6:4 	3:2 	 	2:4 	4:2 	1:3 	3:2 	6:1 	5:2 	2:7 	4:3O 	3:1 	3:7
1:3 	3:2 	1:3 	4:1 	 	1:2 	2:5 	2:1 	3:7 	6:2 	5:3 	2:3O 	7:3 	4:5O 	LFX 	6:3 	2:4 	4:1 	6:1 	 	4:1 	1:0 	4:3O 	5:6 	4:7 	5:3 	6:3 	1:3 	3:0
7:6O 	3:2S 	5:1 	4:2 	5:3 	 	0:5 	1:7 	2:3O 	8:3 	4:2 	2:3O 	4:3 	2:1 	ECN 	2:3S 	1:0S 	1:2S 	3:5 	5:1 	 	2:1 	1:2 	6:5O 	4:6 	3:2S 	1:2S 	5:1 	4:3S
3:2 	10:2 	3:1 	7:3 	1:0 	2:3 	 	7:1 	6:3 	4:2 	3:2 	6:3 	5:3 	5:4 	ECK 	7:5 	4:0 	4:1 	6:3 	3:2S 	2:3S 	 	2:5 	7:3 	2:6 	4:0 	0:3 	2:4 	2:3O
4:1 	4:1 	5:2 	3:5 	7:1 	5:3 	4:3 	 	3:2 	2:6 	4:3 	4:5 	6:3 	3:1 	HNF 	7:6S 	2:5 	2:5 	6:3 	4:3 	1:4 	4:2 	 	9:2 	2:4 	5:3 	2:3O 	6:3 	4:3S
5:4O 	7:5 	3:6 	1:2O 	4:6 	6:2 	1:4 	8:5 	 	5:3 	6:5 	0:4 	2:3 	1:2O 	DRE 	4:3 	4:3S 	4:5O 	5:1 	5:3 	4:1 	6:5O 	5:4 	 	5:3 	2:4 	3:2S 	5:2 	3:1
2:3S 	2:1O 	0:5 	4:3S 	6:3 	3:4 	1:4 	2:4 	3:2 	 	3:6 	4:3 	3:2O 	3:4O 	EPC 	5:2 	3:5 	1:4 	2:4 	2:7 	1:2S 	1:4 	4:2 	7:5 	 	0:6 	3:5 	3:2S 	2:1
10:7 	3:2O 	1:4 	7:5 	3:5 	2:3 	3:4S 	2:4 	4:3O 	4:5 	 	3:2O 	0:2 	3:2 	BTT 	2:3O 	4:2 	5:3 	6:7S 	6:3 	4:2 	4:3S 	6:5S 	6:3 	2:4 	 	4:3O 	3:0 	5:3
2:5 	0:5 	4:3O 	8:2 	5:1 	4:0 	5:1 	5:6O 	5:4 	3:2O 	5:4 	 	3:4 	5:6O 	ECT 	1:2 	2:0 	1:2S 	2:5 	2:3S 	3:1 	3:1 	8:6 	1:2 	4:2 	5:7 	 	5:2 	4:5S
3:1 	2:3 	3:2 	0:4 	2:3O 	1:0 	5:4S 	3:4O 	7:1 	4:1 	3:1 	5:3 	 	5:0 	FRB 	2:4 	5:1 	4:2 	4:3 	3:2 	6:3 	4:2 	4:5O 	6:3 	5:0 	4:1 	5:4 	 	4:3O
5:2 	2:3 	1:3 	5:8 	7:1 	6:1 	3:4 	4:3 	4:7 	4:5S 	4:3 	4:3 	3:1 	 	EVL 	2:6 	3:4 	1:4 	2:1 	5:4O 	3:2O 	5:6O 	6:3 	4:3O 	3:2O 	1:3 	3:2 	1:4 	
Legend: O Overtime; S Shootout
Notes:
===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)
Name 	Team 	 	 	 	 	+/−	
Dylan Wruck 	Heilbronner Falken	51	24	64	88	+9 	12
Sami Blomqvist 	ESV Kaufbeuren 	52	38	36	74	+5 	28
Marco Pfleger 	Tölzer Löwen 	52	31	38	69	−1 	28
Mathieu Pompei 	EV Landshut 	52	29	39	68	+4 	36
Cam Spiro 	Wölfe Freiburg 	52	26	41	67	0 	16
Mario Lamoureux 	Dresdner Eislöwen 	52	23	44	67	−1 	64
Jordan Knackstedt	Dresdner Eislöwen 	51	20	47	67	+6 	91
Mike Hammond 	Lausitzer Füchse 	48	18	49	67	+1 	10
Juuso Rajala 	Bayreuth Tigers 	51	16	50	66	+10	24
Roope Ranta 	Löwen Frankfurt 	52	32	31	63	+20	12
Source:
===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)
Name 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Ben Meisner 	Wölfe Freiburg 	50	6	2992:30	127	2.55	1617	1490	92.15%
Mac Carruth 	Lausitzer Füchse 	43	2	2477:17	123	2.98	1538	1415	92.00%
Felix Bick 	EC Bad Nauheim 	47	2	2841:35	134	2.83	1573	1439	91.48%
Gerald Kuhn 	EC Kassel Huskies 	39	4	2381:36	95 	2.39	1115	1020	91.48%
Jimmy Hertel 	Löwen Frankfurt 	23	0	1362:15	66 	2.91	704 	638 	90.63%
Patrick Klein 	Löwen Frankfurt 	20	2	1785:52	84 	2.82	887 	803 	90.53%
Stephon Williams	Bietigheim Steelers 	38	5	2095:26	105	3.01	1083	978 	90.30%
Olafr Schmidt 	Ravensburg Towerstars	36	2	2012:12	89 	2.65	852 	763 	89.55%
Brett Jaeger 	Bayreuth Tigers 	28	1	1502:09	77 	3.08	737 	660 	89.55%
Marco Wölfl 	Ravensburg Towerstars	22	0	1150:43	57 	2.97	517 	460 	88.97%
Note: To qualify for this list, goaltenders need to have played a minimum of 20 matches 
Source:
==Playoffs==
Due to the early cancellation of the season, the championship and relegation play-offs were called off without being played. DEL2 decided no team would be relegated and no team would be named champion.
===Championship===
The championship playoffs reference:
Note: All numbers represent series results, not a match score
==References==
==External links==
* Official website
* Official Facebook
* Elite Prospects home
2019-20 DEL2
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