1994-95 DEL season

The 1994-95 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the inaugural season of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). The Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) the won the first DEL season to become German Champions.
The first season 1994-95 started with 18 teams, twelve from the old 1st Bundesliga, six from the 2nd Bundesliga.
The new league immediately attracted corporate sponsorship with the Krombacher Brewery featuring a prominent spot on the league logo.
==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.
 	Team 	GP 	Win 	Tie 	Lost 	OTL 	GF:GA 	Points
1. 	BSC Preussen 	44 	33 	0 	8 	3 	228:127	69
2. 	EV Landshut 	44 	31 	3 	8 	2 	187:98 	67
3. 	Adler Mannheim 	44 	29 	6 	9 	0 	164:108	64
4. 	Krefelder EV 	44 	29 	3 	10 	2 	203:127	63
5. 	Düsseldorfer EG 	44 	29 	4 	10 	1 	196:128	63
6. 	Kölner Haie 	44 	28 	2 	12 	2 	185:125	60
7. 	Kassel Huskies 	44 	22 	4 	17 	1 	145:138	48
8. 	SB Rosenheim 	44 	20 	7 	16 	1 	131:124	48
9. 	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	44 	18 	7 	17 	2 	174:148	45
10.	Frankfurt Lions 	44 	16 	5 	22 	1 	110:140	38
11.	Kaufbeurer Adler 	44 	12 	7 	21 	4 	138:181	35
12.	EHC 80 Nürnberg 	44 	11 	9 	23 	1 	151:187	32
13.	Augsburger Panther 	44 	12 	7 	25 	0 	137:189	31
14.	EC Hannover 	44 	13 	4 	26 	1 	120:177	31
15.	ESG Sachsen Weißwasser 	44 	8 	5 	27 	4 	89:182 	25
16.	Ratinger Löwen 	44 	9 	5 	29 	1 	102:214	24
17.	EHC Eisbären Berlin 	44 	10 	2 	32 	0 	136:229	22
18.	Mad Dogs München 	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded	folded 	folded
GP = Games Played; OTL = Overtime Loss; GF:GA = Goals for and against
Color code:     = Direct Playoff qualification,     = Playoff qualification round,     = No playoff
==Playoffs==
Since 16 teams qualified for the playoffs, and the Mad Dogs München folded, only the Eisbären Berlin did not participate. The first two rounds where played as a best-of-five, and the semifinals and finals as a best-of-seven.
=== First Round ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7
BSC Preussen 	–	Ratinger Löwen 	4:0 	4:0	9:2	4:3 	4:1	– 	– 	–
EV Landshut 	–	ESG Sachsen Weißwasser 	4:0 	5:1	5:2	4:1 	7:3	– 	– 	–
Adler Mannheim 	–	EC Hannover 	4:1 	8:2	6:1	2:4 	6:1	8:4 	– 	–
Krefelder EV 	–	Augsburger EV 	4:1 	6:2	2:3	9:8 SO	7:6	5:2 	– 	–
Düsseldorfer EG 	–	EHC 80 Nürnberg 	4:1 	7:1	5:0	2:4 	4:2	9:0 	– 	–
Kölner Haie 	–	Kaufbeurer Adler 	4:0 	5:1	4:3	5:1 	8:2	– 	– 	–
Kassel Huskies 	–	Frankfurt Lions 	4:1 	6:5	4:3	2:5 	5:3	2:1 OT 	– 	–
Starbulls Rosenheim	–	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	3:4 	2:0	3:8	2:6 	5:2	4:3 n.V.	3:6	5:6 OT
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
=== Quarterfinals ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6	7
BSC Preussen 	-	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	4:0 	5:1	4:1 	3:2 OT	8:3 	– 	–	–
EV Landshut 	-	Kassel Huskies 	4:0 	4:3	6:3 	6:3 	11:4	– 	–	–
Adler Mannheim	-	Kölner Haie 	1:4 	3:4	2:3 	5:3 	2:7 	0:6	–	–
Krefelder EV 	-	Düsseldorfer EG 	4:1 	1:0	5:4 OT	3:9 	5:3 	4:1	–	–
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
=== Semifinals ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
BSC Preussen	-	Kölner Haie 	1:3 	3:1 	2:5	1:5	0:3	–
EV Landshut 	-	Krefelder EV	3:2 	3:4 OT	2:5	6:2	3:2	5:0
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
=== Finals ===
 	 	 	Game	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
EV Landshut	-	Kölner Haie	2:3 	4:3	1:5	4:1	2:8	0:4
 OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
With the last game, the Kölner Haie became the first DEL Champion and German Champions for the 7th time in the club history.
==Team Photos==
94-95EisBer.jpg|Eisbären Berlin
94-95FraLio.jpg|Frankfurt Lions
==References==
Category:1994 in hockey
Category:1995 in hockey
Category:Deutsche Eishockey Liga season