2008-09 DEL season

The 2008-09 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 15th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). 16 Teams played after the 2. Bundesliga Champion, the Kassel Huskies received the license to play in the DEL. After 52 rounds and the play-off's, the Eisbären Berlin won it's 4th German Championship in the last five years.
== Teams ==
Team 	City 	Arena 	BudgetMillion €	AttendanceRegular Season	AttendancePlayoffs
Augsburger Panther 	Augsburg 	Curt Frenzel Stadium 	3.1 	3,678 	5,052
Eisbären Berlin 	Berlin 	O2 World 	7.7 	13,746 	14,083
DEG Metro Stars 	Düsseldorf	ISS Dome 	7.2 	6,084 	9,943
Frankfurt Lions 	Frankfurt 	Eissporthalle Frankfurt 	4.8 	6,208 	5,650
Füchse Duisburg 	Duisburg 	Scania Arena 	4.0 	1,792 	
Hamburg Freezers 	Hamburg 	Color Line Arena 	7.1 	7,949 	6,660
Hannover Scorpions 	Hanover 	TUI Arena 	7.1 	7,949 	6,660
ERC Ingolstadt 	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena 	6.2 	3,346 	
Iserlohn Roosters 	Iserlohn 	Eissporthalle Iserlohn 	4.5 	3,864 	
Kassel Huskies 	Kassel 	Eissporthalle Kassel 	3.1 	4,071 	
Kölner Haie 	Cologne 	Lanxess Arena 	6.5 	10,342 	
Krefeld Pinguine 	Krefeld 	König Palast 	4.1 	4,491 	7,819
Adler Mannheim 	Mannheim 	SAP Arena 	8.0 	11,756 	12,237
Sinupret Ice Tigers 	Nüremberg 	Nuremberg Arena 	4.8 	4,322 	7,976
Straubing Tigers 	Straubing 	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	3.7 	4,226 	
Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams	Wolfsburg 	Eisarena Wolfsburg 	4.5 	2,328 	2,560
In accordance to the cooperation contract between the DEL and the German Ice Hockey Federation, and after concluding that necessary reforms where not done in the 2. Bundesliga, a decision was made not to have playdowns and no teams were relegated. However, after ensuring compliance with the DEL regulations, the 2. Bundesliga Champions, the Kassel Huskies, were allowed to enter the league on July 4th, 2008 Grünes Licht für die Huskies, kicker.de (de), expanding the league to 16 teams. This is also the first season where the Eisbären Berlin played in the brand new O2 World arena.
The number of regular seasons rounds was reduced to 52 from 56 in the previous season. The 6-best placed teams qualified for the playoffs, the teams in 7-10th position where to play a qualification round.
The average team budget was estimate at Euro € 5.24 million, raising the league total to Euro € 84.3 million from Euro € 78.7, mainly due to the addition of 1 team.
== Regular Season ==
 	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L 	Goals 	Points
1. 	Eisbären Berlin 	52	31	1 	4 	0 	2 	14	214:143	105
2. 	Hannover Scorpions 	52	30	2 	1 	3 	2 	14	173:151	101
3. 	DEG Metro Stars 	52	24	2 	3 	3 	3 	17	159:134	88
4. 	Adler Mannheim 	52	22	3 	4 	3 	2 	18	144:131	85
5. 	Sinupret Ice Tigers 	52	23	6 	1 	1 	1 	20	153:142	85
6. 	Krefeld Pinguine 	52	24	3 	1 	3 	1 	20	167:140	84
7. 	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	25	0 	1 	5 	1 	20	180:141	83
8. 	Hamburg Freezers 	52	22	1 	4 	2 	4 	19	158:147	82
9. 	Frankfurt Lions 	52	21	3 	3 	1 	4 	20	152:152	80
10.	Augsburger Panther 	52	24	1 	1 	2 	2 	22	156:178	80
11.	Iserlohn Roosters 	52	15	4 	3 	5 	7 	18	171:187	71
12.	ERC Ingolstadt 	52	18	3 	1 	4 	2 	24	144:155	68
13.	Straubing Tigers 	52	17	3 	4 	1 	2 	25	144:164	68
14.	Kassel Huskies 	52	15	2 	6 	2 	2 	25	147:171	65
15.	Kölner Haie 	52	15	4 	0 	5 	5 	23	147:166	63
16.	Füchse Duisburg 	52	9 	3 	3 	1 	0 	36	118:225	40
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime win, SOW = Shootout win, OTL = Overtime loss, SOL = Shootout loss, L = Loss
Color code:     = Direct Playoff qualification,     = Playoff qualification round,     = No playoff
== Playoffs ==
=== Playoff qualifications ===
The playoff qualifications were played in the Best-of-five mode, between March 5th and 11th, 2009 statt. 
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	RS
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	–	Augsburger Panther	3:1 	1:2	4:1	1:0	4:3 OT	– 	[2:2]
Hamburg Freezers 	–	Frankfurt Lions 	3:2 	3:4	1:2	2:1	2:1 OT	4:2	[1:3]
RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime
=== Playoff brackets ===
=== Quarterfinals ===
The quarterfinals were played in the Best-of-seven mode starting March 13th until March 26th.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	RS
Eisbären Berlin 	–	Hamburg Freezers 	4:0 	5:3	3:2 OT	7:2	4:1 	− 	− 	− 	[3:1]
Hannover Scorpions	–	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	4:2 	2:1	2:3 OT	2:3	4:3 OT	4:3	2:0	− 	[1:1]
DEG Metro Stars 	–	Krefeld Pinguine 	4:3 	2:3	4:3 OT	1:2	5:4 OT	2:1	3:4	5:0	[3:1]
Adler Mannheim 	–	Sinupret Ice Tigers 	4:1 	5:0	3:5 	3:2	2:1 	5:2	− 	− 	[0:4]
RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime
=== Semifinals ===
The semifinals were played in the Best-of-five mode, from March 29th to April 7th, 2010.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	RS
Eisbären Berlin 	–	Adler Mannheim 	3:1 	4:0	1:6	4:0	6:4 	– 	[2:2]
Hannover Scorpions	–	DEG Metro Stars	2:3 	5:2	2:4	6:3	3:4 OT	1:3	[1:1]
RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime
=== Finale ===
The finals were played in the Best-of-five mode, from April 9th, 2010.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5	RS
Eisbären Berlin	–	DEG Metro Stars	3:1 	3:2	1:3	5:1	4:2	–	[3:1]
RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime
The Eisbären Berlin won the title for the 4th time.
==Team Photos==
08-09EisBer.jpg|Eisbären Berlin
08-09KrePin.jpg|Krefeld Pinguine
08-09GAWol.jpg|Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
08-09HanSco.jpg|Hannover Scorpions
08-09IseRoo.jpg|Iserlohn Roosters
08-09FraLio.jpg|Frankfurt Lions
08-09KasHus.jpg|Kassel Huskies
08-09ERCIng.jpg|ERC Ingolstadt
08-09KolHai.jpg|Kölner Haie
== References ==
Category:2008 in hockey
Category:2009 in hockey
Category:Deutsche Eishockey Liga season