2006-07 German ice hockey league season

German ice hockey season 2006-07
Nation
Levels
DEL
2nd Bundesliga
Oberliga
Number of leagues
3
Number of teams
41
Champions
Adler Mannheim
The DEL, 2nd Bundesliga and Oberliga are the first three levels of ice hockey in Germany. All three leagues operate nationwide. While the DEL is an independenty operated league, the other two are run by the German ice hockey federation, the DEB, through the ESBG. The leagues below the Oberliga are operated by the state federations (German:Landesverbände) and don't run nation wide. The 2006-07 season for the three top leagues started on 7 September 2006 with the first round in the DEL and finished on 17 April 2007 with the third and last game of the DEL finals, with the Adler Mannheim winning their fifth DEL title.
==Champions==
* DEL: Adler Mannheim
* 2nd Bundesliga: EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams
* Oberliga: Heilbronner Falken
==Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the DEL==
:For main article, see Deutsche Eishockey Liga
The DEL is the highest tier of German ice hockey. The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006-07 season, the same number as the previous season. However, in place of the Kassel Huskies, who were relegated the previous season, the Straubing Tigers took part in the competition, having won the 2nd Bundesliga in 2005-06. The modus had slightly changed from the 2005-06 season. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 52 regular season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season are qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten play a preliminary round to determined the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fourteen, the season had ended. No club was relegated from the DEL this season but one new club admitted, the EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams, champion of the 2nd Bundesliga.
===Final table===
The final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.
Position	Name 	P 	Won	OTW	PW	OTL	PL	Lost	GF 	GA 	Points
1 	Adler Mannheim 	52	29 	4 	2 	5 	3 	9 	184	147	107
2 	DEG Metro Stars 	52	28 	4 	1 	2 	2 	15 	163	127	98
3 	Sinupret Ice Tigers 	52	26 	4 	4 	1 	0 	17 	181	136	95
4 	Kölner Haie 	52	28 	1 	1 	2 	4 	16 	180	146	94
5 	ERC Ingolstadt 	52	28 	1 	1 	2 	4 	16 	180	146	94
6 	Hannover Scorpions 	52	23 	2 	1 	4 	5 	17 	162	157	84
7 	Hamburg Freezers 	52	20 	6 	4 	1 	2 	19 	169	153	83
8 	Frankfurt Lions 	52	24 	3 	1 	1 	2 	21 	171	171	83
9 	Eisbären Berlin (C) 	52	22 	1 	1 	3 	4 	21 	171	157	77
10 	Krefeld Pinguine 	52	18 	2 	4 	2 	3 	23 	170	173	71
11 	Iserlohn Roosters 	52	18 	2 	4 	1 	3 	24 	148	163	70
12 	Straubing Tigers (N)	52	12 	4 	4 	3 	1 	28 	135	189	56
13 	Augsburger Panther 	52	11 	2 	4 	2 	1 	32 	148	205	48
14 	EV Duisburg 	52	8 	1 	2 	4 	1 	36 	118	218	35
* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, PW = Win after penalty shootout, OTL = Overtime loss, PL = Loss after penalty shoutout, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, (C) = Defending champion, (N) = New club
* Source:
===Play-offs===
The four rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:
* Preliminary round: Best-of-three
* First round: Best-of-seven
* Semi finals: Best-of-five
* Finals: Best-of-five
Like the regular season, in the play-offs games will be decided by penalty shoot-outs (P) after a five minute overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).
====Preliminary round====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Hamburg Freezers	Krefeld Pinguine	5-3 	5-3 	—
Frankfurt Lions 	Eisbären Berlin 	3-4 	2-1 	6-0
====First round====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Adler Mannheim 	Frankfurt Lions 	4-3 OT	6-2 	2-1 	2-4 	3-2 	— 	—
DEG Metro Stars 	Hamburg Freezers 	3-2 	4-0 	5-4 OT	1-3 	6-1 	— 	—
Sinupret Ice Tigers	Hannover Scorpions	3-5 	2-3 	3-0 	3-2 	3-2 OT	3-2 OT	—
ERC Ingolstadt 	Kölner Haie 	1-5 	1-4 	6-2 	0-1 OT	6-4 	1-5 	—
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Adler Mannheim 	Kölner Haie 	7-2 	6-4 	2-0 	— 	—
DEG Metro Stars	Sinupret Ice Tigers	2-3 	3-4 P 	5-4 OT	0-1 	—
====Finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Adler Mannheim	Sinupret Ice Tigers	3-2 OT	6-2 	5-2 	— 	—
* The Adler Mannheim are the 2006-07 champions of the DEL.
===Play-off tree===
===Top scorers===
The five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:
====Regular season====
Player 	Club 	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
David McLlwain 	Kölner Haie 	52 	21 	41 	62
François Fortier 	Hamburg Freezers	52 	28 	31 	59
Brad Smyth 	Hamburg Freezers	52 	23 	36 	59
François Méthot 	Adler Mannheim 	52 	19 	38 	57
Herberts Vasiljevs	Krefeld Pinguine	51 	30 	24 	57
====Play-offs====
Player 	Club 	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Colin Forbes 	Adler Mannheim 	11 	4 	10 	14
Jame Pollock 	Sinupret Ice Tigers	13 	5 	9 	14
David McLlwain	Kölner Haie 	9 	4 	10 	14
Jason Jaspers 	Adler Mannheim 	11 	6 	7 	13
Brian Swanson 	Sinupret Ice Tigers	13 	4 	7 	11
==2nd Bundesliga==
:For main article, see 2nd Bundesliga
The 2nd Bundesliga is the second highest tier of ice hockey in Germany. The league played with 14 clubs in the 2006-07 season, the same number it had since 2001. Each club played each other four times during the regular season. The top eight teams in the league qualified for the play-offs to determined the 2nd Bundesliga champion who also gained promotion to the DEL this season. For the clubs placed nine and ten, the season has finished after the regular round. The bottom four clubs played out the two relegated teams from the 2nd Bundesliga.
===Regular season===
The final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime, one for a loss after overtime and no points for an outright loss.
Position	Name 	P 	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	Kassel Huskies (R) 	52	37 	4 	1 	10 	203	113	90 	120
2 	EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams	52	32 	3 	5 	12 	209	142	67 	107
3 	REV Bremerhaven 	52	28 	4 	3 	17 	203	149	54 	95
4 	Schwenninger Wild Wings 	52	27 	3 	4 	18 	191	159	32 	91
5 	Landshut Cannibals 	52	25 	6 	3 	18 	186	131	55 	90
6 	EHC München 	52	23 	6 	5 	18 	176	157	19 	86
7 	ESC Moskitos Essen 	52	24 	4 	2 	22 	206	204	2 	82
8 	Eisbären Regensburg 	52	25 	2 	3 	22 	178	153	25 	82
9 	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen 	52	21 	5 	8 	18 	156	149	7 	81
10 	EV Landsberg 2000 (N) 	52	22 	5 	2 	23 	168	179	-11 	78
11 	Dresdner Eislöwen 	52	22 	3 	4 	23 	162	174	-12 	76
12 	ETC Crimmitschau (N) 	52	10 	1 	8 	33 	101	189	-88 	40
13 	ESV Kaufbeuren 	52	6 	5 	4 	37 	131	255	-124	32
14 	Lausitzer Füchse 	52	7 	4 	3 	38 	106	222	-116	32
* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, OTL = Overtime loss, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference, (R) = Club relegated from the DEL, (N) = New club
===Play-offs===
The three rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:
* First round: Best-of-seven
* Semi finals: Best-of-five
* Finals: Best-of-five
In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6). Should a game be undecided after regular time, there will be one overtime (OT) with in sudden death format. Should there still be no winner, the game is decided through penaltys (P).
====First round====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Kassel Huskies 	Eisbären Regensburg	5-2 	5-4 OT	6-2 	4-0 	— 	— 	—
EHC Wolfsburg 	ESC Moskitos Essen 	6-4 	5-0 	9-4 	4-2 	— 	— 	—
REV Bremerhaven 	EHC München 	3-4 	2-4 	8-2 	0-3 	8-2 	1-0 	—
Schwenninger Wild Wings	Landshut Cannibals 	3-4 	2-3 OT	4-0 	1-5 	2-3 	— 	—
====Semi finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Kassel Huskies	EHC München 	7-3 	3-0 	7-1 	— 	—
EHC Wolfsburg 	Landshut Cannibals	5-3 	4-2 	4-0 	— 	—
====Finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Kassel Huskies	EHC Wolfsburg	0-1 	2-3 	1-2 	— 	—
* The EHC Wolfsburg is the 2006-07 champion of the 2nd Bundesliga and promoted to the DEL.
===Play-downs===
The play downs consists of only one round, played in a best-of-seven format. The two loser of this round are relegated to the Oberliga.
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
ESC Dresdner Eislöwen	Lausitzer Füchse	4-3 	1-2 OT	0-1 	2-1 	1-2 P 	1-3 	—
ETC Crimmitschau 	ESV Kaufbeuren 	3-4 OT	2-5 	5-2 	0-3 	3-1 	2-1 OT	5-0
* The ESC Dresdner Eislöwen and ESV Kaufbeuren are relegated.
===Play-off tree===
==Oberliga==
:For main article, see Oberliga
The Oberliga is the third tier of ice hockey in Germany and as such the lowest nationwide level, below it are currently the LEV's (Landesverbände). In the 2006-07 season the league played with 14 clubs. However, the Ratinger Ice Aliens were excluded from the competition on 16 November 2006 and all results involving the club canceled.
Each club in the league played each other club four times in the 2006-07 season. The top eight teams then took part in a best-of-seven play-off round to determined the two promoted teams to the 2nd Bundesliga. Because the EHC Wolfsburg was admitted to the DEL, a third Oberliga club was also promoted, this being the SC Riessersee which had been the best placed semi final loser. For the bottom five clubs, the league season was finished after the regular round, due to the expansion of the Oberliga no team was relegated. The teams placed nine to twelve played a cup qualification round however.
===Regular season===
Position	Name 	P 	Won	OTW	OTL	Lost	GF 	GA 	GD 	Points
1 	SC Riessersee 	48	35 	4 	3 	6 	219	133	86 	116
2 	Heilbronner Falken 	48	34 	3 	0 	11 	251	139	112 	108
3 	Tölzer Löwen (R) 	48	33 	2 	0 	13 	213	129	84 	103
4 	EV Ravensburg 	48	25 	5 	3 	15 	202	174	28 	88
5 	Hannover Indians 	48	21 	6 	3 	18 	182	147	35 	78
6 	1. EV Weiden 	48	21 	5 	5 	17 	188	182	6 	78
7 	EHC Freiburg (R) 	48	21 	3 	5 	19 	188	190	-2 	74
8 	EC Peiting 	48	18 	3 	3 	24 	155	193	-38 	63
9 	EV Füssen 	48	18 	2 	2 	26 	172	220	-48 	60
10 	EHC Klostersee 	48	15 	2 	9 	22 	195	245	-50 	58
11 	Starbulls Rosenheim 	48	14 	4 	4 	26 	157	174	-17 	54
12 	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	48	6 	4 	4 	34 	130	211	-81 	30
13 	TEV Miesbach 	48	6 	2 	4 	36 	146	261	-115	26
* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, OTL = Overtime loss, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, GD = Goal difference, (R) Club relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga, (N) = New club
===Play-offs===
The Oberliga play-offs were operating on a best-of-seven modus in the first round and semi finals. The finals were played as best-of-three. The winning teams of the semi finals are promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga.
====First round====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
SC Riessersee 	EC Peiting 	6-2 	5-7 	7-0 	4-3 P 	9-2 	— 	—
Heilbronner Falken	EHC Freiburg 	5-2 	4-1 	4-1 	5-2 	— 	— 	—
Tölzer Löwen 	1. EV Weiden 	1-4 	4-5 OT	4-1 	5-1 	4-2 	1-3 	8-3
EV Ravensburg 	Hannover Indians	2-1 	1-9 	2-1 OT	4-3 P 	4-2 	— 	—
====Semi finals====
Winners promoted to 2nd Bundesliga.
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
SC Riessersee 	EV Ravensburg	2-6 	2-4 	0-3 	3-4 P 	— 	— 	—
Heilbronner Falken	Tölzer Löwen 	4-2 	7-2 	1-2 P 	3-0 	3-1 	— 	—
====Finals====
Team 	Team 	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Heilbronner Falken	EV Ravensburg	5-3 	7-1 	—
* The Heilbronner Falken, EV Ravensburg and SC Riessersee are all promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. The Heilbronner Falken are the 2006-07 Oberliga champions.
===Play-off tree===
==Leagues below the Oberliga==
The levels below the Oberliga are not administrated by the DEB but rather by the local federations, the LEV's. With the ESBG's intention to increase the number of clubs in the Oberliga from 13 to 19, seven promotion places were available for the LEV clubs. The league champions and promoted clubs from the regional leagues were:
* Regionalliga West: Herner EG (champions, not promoted), Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim
* Regionalliga Nordost: Blue Lions Leipzig (champions), Rostocker EC, ESC 04 Halle, EHC Erfurt Black Dragons
* Bayernliga: EHF Passau Black Hawks (champions), Deggendorfer SC
===Regionalliga West===
The Regionalliga West is actually not quite a league but rather a promotion round. It contains the best six teams of the Regionalliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, and the top two teams of the Regionalliga Hessen and the Baden-Württemberg Liga each. The winner of this league is nominally promoted to the Oberliga. As such, the league covers the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen.
===Regionalliga Nordost===
This league covers the th north and north east of Germany. Again, it is more of a promotion round, compromising nine teams. In an effort to strengthen the sport in the east of Germany, four clubs from this region were promoted to the Oberliga. The Regionalliga Nordost covers the German states of Niedersachsen, Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Berlin, Sachsen-Anhalt, Sachsen and Thüringen.
===Bayernliga===
:Main article see 2006-07 Bavarian ice hockey season
The Bayernliga is the only single-state league of the three, covering just Bavaria. The reason for this is that the state holds approximately one third of all ice hockey clubs in Germany and 17 of the 41 clubs in the first three divisions in 2006-07 were from this federation.
* Source:
==Sources==
* Hockey Archives - International ice hockey website with tables and results (in French)
* Official website of the ESBG for the 2nd Bundesliga and Oberliga (in German)
* Official DEL website (in German)
==References==
Category:Ice hockey in Germany
Category:German ice hockey league seasons