2021–22 DEL2 season

2021–22 DEL2 season
LeagueDEL2
SportIce Hockey
Duration1 October 2021[1] – April 2022
Number of games364 (52 per team)
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)Sprade TV
eoTV
Regular season
Season championsLöwen Frankfurt
Top scorerPeter Quenneville (Lausitzer Füchse)
Promoted to DELLöwen Frankfurt
Relegated to OberligaTölzer Löwen
Playoffs
ChampionsLöwen Frankfurt

The 2021–22 DEL2 season was the ninth season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Teams

14 teams took part in the league. The Selber Wölfe were promoted from the big Oberliga. 2020-2021 DEL2 Champions Bietigheim Steelers had been promoted to the DEL. [2]

2021–22 DEL2 teams
Team City Arena Head Coach Captain
EC Bad Nauheim Bad Nauheim Colonel-Knight-Stadion Harry Lange Marc El-Sayed
Tölzer Löwen Bad Tölz Hacker-Pschorr-Arena Kevin Gaudet Philipp Schlager
Bayreuth Tigers Bayreuth Kunsteisstadion Michael Schwellengreber Ivan Kolozvary
Selber Wölfe Selb Hutschenreuther Eissporthalle Herbert Hohenberger Florian Ondruschka
Eispiraten Crimmitschau Crimmitschau Eisstadion im Sahnpark Marian Bazany Vincent Schlenker
Dresdner Eislöwen Dresden EnergieVerbund Arena Andreas Brockmann Jordan Knackstedt
Löwen Frankfurt Frankfurt Eissporthalle Frankfurt Bohuslav Subr Maximilian Faber
EHC Freiburg Freiburg Franz Siegel Stadion Robert Hoffmann Simon Danner
Heilbronner Falken Heilbronn Kolbenschmidt Arena Jason Morgan Christopher Fischer
EC Kassel Huskies Kassel Eissporthalle Kassel Tim Kehler Denis Shevyrin
ESV Kaufbeuren Kaufbeuren Erdgas Schwaben Arena Tray Tuomie Tyler Spurgeon
EV Landshut Landshut Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg Leif Carlsson Stephan Kronthaler
Lausitzer Füchse Weißwasser Eisstadion Weißwasser Chris Straube Clarke Breitkreuz
Ravensburg Towerstars Ravensburg Eissporthalle Ravensburg Peter Russell Vincenz Mayer

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Löwen Frankfurt 52 33 5 3 11 209 116 +93 112 Championship Playoffs
2 Dresdner Eislöwen 52 32 4 6 10 195 123 +72 110
3 Ravensburg Towerstars 51 30 7 3 11 195 123 +72 107
4 EC Bad Nauheim 52 25 6 6 15 155 140 +15 93
5 EC Kassel Huskies 50 28 2 2 18 163 154 +9 90
6 Heilbronner Falken 52 20 7 6 19 180 164 +16 80
7 Eispiraten Crimmitschau 49 19 9 3 18 128 127 +1 78 Championship Pre-playoffs
8 Wölfe Freiburg 52 20 4 5 23 164 182 −18 73
9 ESV Kaufbeuren 52 19 4 8 21 182 173 +9 73
10 EV Landshut 52 17 6 5 24 167 173 −6 68
11 Bayreuth Tigers 52 17 1 6 28 165 203 −38 59 Relegation Playdowns
12 Lausitzer Füchse 52 13 6 3 30 147 172 −25 54
13 Tölzer Löwen 50 16 1 4 29 149 214 −65 54
14 Selber Wölfe 52 9 0 2 41 97 232 −135 29
Source: www.kicker.de www.del-2.org
Rules for classification:
Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss

Playoffs

Championship

Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) Quarter-finals (best-of-7) Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
1 Löwen Frankfurt 4
7 Heilbronner Falken 2 9 Wölfe Freiburg 0
10 EV Landshut 1 1 Löwen Frankfurt 4
7 Heilbronner Falken 0
2 Dresdner Eislöwen 2 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 Heilbronner Falken 4
1 Löwen Frankfurt 4
3 Ravensburg Towerstars 0
3 Ravensburg Towerstars 4
8 ESV Kaufbeuren 0 6 Eispiraten Crimmitschau 0
9 Wölfe Freiburg 2 3 Ravensburg Towerstars 4
5 EC Bad Nauheim 1
4 EC Kassel Huskies 3
5 EC Bad Nauheim 4


Relegation

Semi-finals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
      
11 Bayreuth Tigers 2
14 Selber Wölfe 4
11 Bayreuth Tigers 4
12 Tölzer Löwen 2
12 Tölzer Löwen 1
13 Lausitzer Füchse 4

References

  1. ^ "Die neue Saison beginnt am 01.Oktober". del-2.org. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
  2. ^ "Herzlichen Glückwunsch an die Bietigheim Steelers zum Aufstieg in die PENNY DEL". del-2.org. ESBG. 2021-07-02. Retrieved 2021-10-10.