1995-96 DEL season

The 1995-96 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 2nd season of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). 
As a replacement for the Mad Dogs München, the SC Riessersee moved up from the 2nd Bundesliga. However, continuing the financial unrest in the German Ice Hockey, SC Riessersee, as well as ESG Sachsen Weißwasser and the EC Hannover had to leave the league. The Düsseldorfer EG won the German championship by becoming the second DEL champion.Championnat d'Allemagne 1995/96, hockeyarchives.info (fr)
The corporate sponsor, the Krombacher Brewery, continued their engagement, albeit now less prominently featured on the league logo. The sponsorship agreement ended after this season.
==Regular Season==
In the main round the 18 teams played a home-and-away schedule and, in regional groups, a second single round. After this, the play-off round of the last sixteen in the mode best of seven took place . The semi-finals and final were played in the mode best of five. The hope to be able to avoid the troubles of the old Bundesliga by stricter financial controls did not materialise in the first season. EC Hedos München, the Bundesliga's last champion, now renamed Mad Dogs Munich, folded on 18 December 1994.
 	Club 	Sp	S 	U 	N 	OTN	Tore 	Punkte
1. 	Kölner Haie 	50	37	4 	8 	1 	261:121	79
2. 	Preussen Devils Berlin 	50	35	7 	6 	2 	219:107	79
3. 	Düsseldorfer EG 	50	36	4 	9 	1 	228:127	77
4. 	EV Landshut 	50	35	1 	11	0 	222:127	77
5. 	Schwenninger Wild Wings	50	30	6 	12	2 	214:150	68
6. 	Adler Mannheim 	50	29	7 	12	2 	195:163	67
7. 	Krefeld Pinguine 	50	26	5 	18	1 	169:154	58
8. 	Frankfurt Lions 	50	22	5 	20	3 	189:162	52
9. 	EC Kassel Huskies 	50	19	12	17	2 	149:148	52
10.	Ratinger Löwen 	50	21	3 	23	3 	181:195	48
11.	Nürnberg Ice Tigers 	50	16	8 	24	2 	143:179	42
12.	Augsburger Panther 	50	17	6 	25	2 	163:180	42
13.	SB Rosenheim 	50	16	6 	25	3 	158:195	41
14.	SC Riessersee 	50	16	4 	29	1 	147:213	37
15.	Kaufbeurer Adler 	50	13	6 	30	1 	145:228	33
16.	EC Hannover 	50	12	4 	34	0 	138:251	28
17.	EHC Eisbären Berlin 	50	11	3 	34	2 	125:236	27
18.	ESG Sachsen Weißwasser 	50	9 	3 	38	0 	126:236	21
GP = Games Played; OTL = Overtime Loss; GF:GA = Goals for and against
Color code:     = Direct Playoff qualification,     = Playoff qualification round,     = No playoff
==Playoffs==
All playoff rounds were played in as a best-of-five series.
=== First Round ===
The even the chances, and enable the worse-placed team two home-games, the games were played in a Home-Away-Away-Home-Home series. This lead to the Frankfurt Lions having only 1 home game, despite being the better placed team.
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Kölner Haie 	-	EC Hannover 	3:0 	6:1 	9:2 	7:1 	– 	–
Preußen Devils 	-	Kaufbeurer Adler 	3:0 	7:2 	8:3 	11:2	– 	–
Düsseldorfer EG 	-	SC Riessersee 	3:0 	6:1 	3:2 	6:3 	– 	–
EV Landshut 	-	Starbulls Rosenheim	3:1 	7:0 	4:2 	3:5 	5:1 	–
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	-	Augsburger Panther 	1:3 	6:3 	3:9 	1:3 	4:5 OT	–
Adler Mannheim 	-	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	3:2 	4:5 OT	2:1 	0:2 	3:0 	2:1 OT
Krefeld Pinguine 	-	Ratinger Löwen 	3:0 	5:1 	3:2 OT	4:2 	– 	–
Frankfurt Lions 	-	EC Kassel Huskies 	0:3 	3:4 	3:4 	1:2 	– 	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
=== Quarterfinals ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Kölner Haie 	-	Augsburger Panther	3:0 	8:5 	5:3	7:3 	– 	–
Preußen Devils Berlin	-	EC Kassel Huskies 	3:2 	3:4 OT	4:3	5:1 	4:5 OT	3:1
Düsseldorfer EG 	-	Krefeld Pinguine 	3:0 	4:1 	5:4	7:5 	– 	–
EV Landshut 	-	Adler Mannheim 	3:0 	3:2 	4:1	3:2 OT	– 	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
=== Semifinals ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Kölner Haie 	-	EV Landshut 	3:1 	4:2	6:5	6:9	5:4 OT	–
Preußen Devils Berlin	-	Düsseldorfer EG	0:3 	5:6	2:5	0:6	– 	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
=== Finals ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Kölner Haie	-	Düsseldorfer EG	1:3 	7:4	1:5	0:5	2:4	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
With the last game, the Düsseldorfer EG became the second DEL Champion and German Champions for the 8th time in the club history.
==Team Photos==
95-96EisBer.jpg|Eisbären Berlin
95-96FraLio.jpg|Frankfurt Lions
95-96KasHus.jpg|Kassel Huskies
==References==
Category:1995 in hockey
Category:1996 in hockey
Category:Deutsche Eishockey Liga season