2017–18 DNL season

The 2017-18 DNL season was the 18th season of the Deutsche Nachwuchsliga, a junior hockey league in Germany. 15 teams participated in the league, and Jungadler Mannheim won the championship.
==First round==
;Group A
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals	Pts
1. 	Jungadler Mannheim 	12	11	0 	1 	0 	70:16	34
2. 	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	12	8 	2 	0 	2 	41:31	28
3. 	Düsseldorfer EG 	12	5 	0 	4 	3 	39:37	19
4. 	Augsburger EV 	12	5 	2 	0 	5 	45:39	19
5. 	ESV Kaufbeuren 	12	3 	2 	0 	7 	43:62	13
6. 	ERC Ingolstadt 	12	3 	1 	1 	7 	29:45	12
7. 	Iserlohner EC 	12	0 	0 	1 	11	24:61	1
;Group B
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals	Pts
1. 	Kölner EC 	14	10	2 	0 	2 	81:31	34
2. 	EC Bad Tölz 	14	9 	0 	3 	2 	61:46	30
3. 	Krefelder EV 1981 	14	8 	1 	0 	5 	53:43	26
4. 	EV Landshut 	14	7 	1 	1 	5 	57:35	24
5. 	EV Regensburg 	14	5 	3 	1 	5 	43:38	22
6. 	Starbulls Rosenheim	14	5 	0 	2 	7 	41:61	17
7. 	Schwenninger ERC 	14	2 	1 	0 	11	34:82	8
8. 	ESC Dresden 	14	2 	0 	1 	11	38:72	7
== Final round ==
;Red Group
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	Jungadler Mannheim 	28	24	1 	1 	2 	156:47 	75
2. 	Kölner EC 	28	19	2 	3 	4 	122:81 	64
3. 	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	28	12	2 	2 	12	85:88 	42
4. 	Düsseldorfer EG 	28	11	3 	2 	12	91:87 	41
5. 	EC Bad Tölz 	28	11	3 	0 	14	110:118	39
6. 	Augsburger EV 	28	9 	3 	0 	16	102:132	33
7. 	Krefelder EV 1981 	28	7 	0 	5 	16	68:115 	26
8. 	EV Landshut 	28	4 	1 	2 	21	59:125 	16
;Blue Group
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	EV Regensburg 	28	17	3 	2 	6 	129:74	59
2. 	Starbulls Rosenheim	28	17	2 	1 	8 	122:86	56
3. 	ESC Dresden 	28	14	2 	1 	11	96:96 	47
4. 	Iserlohner EC 	28	12	2 	2 	12	79:87 	42
5. 	ERC Ingolstadt 	28	12	1 	2 	13	98:101	40
6. 	Schwenninger ERC 	28	9 	3 	3 	13	92:93 	36
7. 	ESV Kaufbeuren 	28	7 	4 	2 	15	86:123	31
8. 	EV Füssen 	28	7 	0 	4 	17	86:128	25
== Playoffs ==
=== Semifinals ===
 	Series	1 	2 	3
Düsseldorfer EG – Jungadler Mannheim	0:2 	1:5(1:1, 0:3, 0:1)	3:7(1:3, 1:3, 1:1)	
Eisbären Juniors Berlin – Kölner EC 	2:0 	0:3(0:1, 0:1, 0:1)	7:3(3:0, 2:3, 3:0)	6:2(2:1, 3:0, 1:1)
=== Final ===
 	Series	1 	2 	3
Eisbären Juniors Berlin – Jungadler Mannheim	0:2 	5:2(3:1, 0:1, 2:0)	3:7(0:2, 0:3, 3:2)	3:4 OT(3:1, 0:2, 0:0, 0:1)
== Division I Qualification ==
;Group A
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	EC Bad Tölz 	6 	4	1 	0 	1	23:19	14
2. 	EV Landshut 	6 	3	0 	0 	3	25:15	9
3. 	ESC Dresden 	6 	2	0 	1 	3	24:28	7
4. 	Starbulls Rosenheim	6 	2	0 	0 	4	20:30	6
;Group B
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	Augsburger EV 	6 	6	0 	0 	0	46:15	18
2. 	EV Regensburg 	6 	3	0 	0 	3	23:24	9
3. 	Krefelder EV 1981	6 	2	0 	1 	3	17:28	7
4. 	Iserlohner EC 	6 	0	1 	0 	5	14:33	2
== Division II Qualification ==
Pl.	Team 	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Pts
1. 	SC Riessersee 	6 	3	1 	1 	1	29:21	12
2. 	EV Füssen 	6 	3	0 	0 	3	27:27	9
3. 	ESV Kaufbeuren	6 	2	1 	0 	3	29:29	8
4. 	ES Weißwasser 	6 	2	0 	1 	3	26:34	7
== DNL2 ==
=== First round ===
;North
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	ES Weißwasser 	14	13	0 	1 	0 	115:34	40
2. 	ESV 03 Chemnitz 	14	8 	1 	1 	4 	59:42 	27
3. 	EJ Kassel 	14	7 	2 	0 	5 	49:54 	25
4. 	EC Bad Nauheim 	14	7 	1 	0 	6 	58:53 	23
5. 	ESC Moskitos Essen 	14	6 	0 	2 	6 	63:54 	20
6. 	Löwen Frankfurt 	14	2 	4 	1 	7 	45:73 	15
7. 	EHC Wolfsburg 	14	3 	0 	1 	10	39:76 	10
8. 	ECC Preussen Berlin	14	2 	0 	2 	10	33:75 	8
;South
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals	Pts
1. 	EV Füssen 	14	12	1 	0 	1 	79:34	38
2. 	SC Riessersee 	14	11	0 	1 	2 	83:31	34
3. 	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	13	7 	0 	0 	6 	73:48	21
4. 	Deggendorfer SC 	14	5 	1 	1 	7 	52:56	18
5. 	Mannheimer ERC 	13	5 	1 	1 	6 	52:61	18
6. 	EC Peiting 	14	5 	0 	1 	8 	45:69	16
7. 	EV Ravensburg 	13	3 	1 	0 	9 	45:71	11
8. 	Heilbronner EC 	13	2 	0 	0 	11	34:93	6
;Blue Group Qualification
* ES Weißwasser – EV Füssen 3:5 (2:0, 1:1, 0:4)
* ES Weißwasser – EV Füssen 3:7 (0:1, 2:2, 1:4)
=== Final round ===
;North
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	ES Weißwasser 	42	31	5 	1 	5 	274:120	104
2. 	EC Bad Nauheim 	42	25	2 	4 	11	207:140	83
3. 	ESV 03 Chemnitz 	42	25	2 	4 	11	172:132	83
4. 	ESC Moskitos Essen 	42	22	1 	3 	16	194:149	71
5. 	EJ Kassel 	42	20	4 	2 	16	180:171	70
6. 	EHC Wolfsburg 	42	10	1 	3 	28	129:229	35
7. 	Löwen Frankfurt 	42	6 	5 	2 	29	132:212	30
8. 	ECC Preussen Berlin	42	7 	2 	3 	30	95:230 	28
;South
Pl.	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	Goals 	Pts
1. 	SC Riessersee 	38	29	1 	3 	5 	250:89 	92
2. 	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	38	25	2 	0 	11	219:127	79
3. 	Deggendorfer SC 	38	19	4 	2 	13	161:128	67
4. 	EV Ravensburg 	38	16	1 	2 	19	152:182	52
5. 	Mannheimer ERC 	38	13	4 	3 	18	157:173	50
6. 	EC Peiting 	38	8 	1 	3 	26	115:204	29
7. 	Heilbronner EC 	38	3 	1 	2 	32	103:299	13
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