2010–11 DEL season

The 2010–11 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season is the 17th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (). As reigning champions of the 2nd Bundesliga, EHC München were promoted to the DEL.
Prior to the season, the league was plagued by financial uncertainty and as a result the two Hesse teams, the Kassel Huskies and Frankfurt Lions, lost their licenses through insolvency.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena
Augsburger Panther 	Augsburg 	Curt Frenzel Stadium
Eisbären Berlin 	Berlin 	O2 World
DEG Metro Stars 	Düsseldorf	ISS Dome
Hamburg Freezers 	Hamburg 	Color Line Arena
Hannover Scorpions 	Hanover 	TUI Arena
ERC Ingolstadt 	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena
Iserlohn Roosters 	Iserlohn 	Eissporthalle Iserlohn
Kölner Haie 	Cologne 	Lanxess Arena
Krefeld Pinguine 	Krefeld 	König Palast
Adler Mannheim 	Mannheim 	SAP Arena
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers 	Nuremberg 	Nuremberg Arena
Straubing Tigers 	Straubing 	Eisstadion am Pulverturm
Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams	Wolfsburg 	Eisarena Wolfsburg
EHC München 	Munich 	Olympia Eishalle
==Regular season==
 	Team 	GP	W 	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L 	Goals 	Points
1. 	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	26	3 	2 	2 	6 	13	156:116	96
2. 	DEG Metro Stars 	52	26	3 	3 	1 	2 	17	174:158	93
3. 	Eisbären Berlin 	52	24	1 	5 	1 	5 	16	161:138	90
4. 	Krefeld Pinguine 	52	23	0 	4 	3 	6 	16	143:130	86
5. 	Hannover Scorpions 	52	24	1 	1 	4 	1 	21	154:160	81
6. 	ERC Ingolstadt 	52	19	6 	3 	1 	3 	20	153:143	79
7. 	Adler Mannheim 	52	20	2 	5 	4 	1 	20	131:137	79
8. 	EHC München 	52	18	4 	4 	2 	4 	20	163:161	76
9. 	Kölner Haie 	52	16	3 	6 	1 	6 	20	159:162	73
10.	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers 	52	20	2 	2 	2 	2 	24	138:165	72
11.	Hamburg Freezers 	52	15	4 	4 	3 	5 	21	135:161	69
12.	Iserlohn Roosters 	52	17	1 	3 	5 	4 	22	150:159	68
13.	Straubing Tigers 	52	15	5 	4 	3 	1 	24	145:159	67
14.	Augsburger Panther 	52	16	0 	4 	3 	4 	25	162:175	63
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 between March 16 and 18, 2011 in the Best-of-three mode.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3
Adler Mannheim	–	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	2:0 	3:2 	3:2	–
EHC München 	–	Kölner Haie 	0:2 	3:4 3OT	3:4	–
OT = Overtime
===Playoff brackets===
===Quarterfinals===
The quarterfinals were played in the Best-of-five mode starting March 23 until March 31.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	–	Kölner Haie 	3:0 	4:1	5:1	4:2 	− 	−
DEG Metro Stars 	–	Adler Mannheim 	3:1 	2:7	3:2	1:0 	5:2	−
Eisbären Berlin 	–	ERC Ingolstadt 	3:1 	5:3	4:3	2:3 	4:1	−
Krefeld Pinguine 	–	Hannover Scorpions	3:2 	6:4	3:5	3:4 OT	3:2	5:1
===Semifinals===
The semifinals were played in the Best-of-five mode, from April 3 to April 12, 2011.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4 	5
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	–	Krefeld Pinguine	3:0 	4:2 	4:3 OT	2:1 2OT	– 	−
DEG Metro Stars 	–	Eisbären Berlin 	2:3 	3:2 OT	1:5 	4:2 	3:4 OT	1:3
===Finals===
The finals were played in the Best-of-five mode, from April 14 to April 19, 2011.
 	 	 	Series	1 	2 	3 	4	5
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	–	Eisbären Berlin	0:3 	2:4	4:5	4:5	–	–
The Eisbären Berlin won the title for the 5th time.
==Team Photos==
10-11HamFre.jpg|Hamburg Freezers
10-11EisBer.jpg|Eisbären Berlin
10-11DEG.jpg|DEG Metro Stars
10-11ThoSabIT.jpg|Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
10-11ERCIng.jpg|ERC Ingolstadt
10--GAWol.jpg|Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg
10-11HanSco.jpg|Hannover Scorpions
10-11KrePin.jpg|Krefeld Pinguine
10-11EHCMun.jpg|EHC München
==References==
==External links==
*Official League Website
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