Deutsche Eishockey-Liga
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Deutsche Eishockey-Liga (German Hockey League, shortname DEL) is a German high-calibre ice hockey league, and has the highest number of American and Canadian players overseas. It was formed as a replacement for the ice hockey Bundesliga.
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History
Establishment
The DEL is based, in the 1994/95 season, from the remaining teams in the Ice hockey Bundesliga's 1st and 2nd division . The condition of this earlier league had become intolerable: many of the 1st and 2nd division teams were heavily in debt, while in the 2nd division attracted few sponsors and spectators; thus why many teams went bankrupt or did without on a play right into the 2nd division. For this reason, in the last Bundesliga season, 1993/94, only 11 teams wanted to play in the 2nd division. Furthermore, two teams gave up, during the season, and after season's end. The goal behind the DEL was to create a league, based on the model of the North American NHL, in which the teams could keep house consistently without relegation concerns. The associations formed own finance companies, the master associations were only responsible for the new generation work.
1994/95: The 1st Season
Into the first season 1994/95 started with 18 teams, of it 12 from the old 1. Bundesliga, 6 from the 2. Bundesliga.
The Season
Additionally in the point round the 18 teams played a supraregional single round (everyone against everyone) and in regional groups a second single round, so that each team up to the Playoffs should come on 44 point plays. In the connection the Playoff round of the last sixteen in the mode Best of Seven took place . (the following quarters -, half and final were played in the mode Best of Five.) Hope to be able to avoid over a stricter Lizenzierung cancellations did not come up in the first season. Calculated the last federal league master EC Hedos Munich (in the meantime renamed in Maddogs Munich) had lived 18,12,1994 in the previous years clearly over its conditions and got over the season nicht:Am made the Maddogs Munich in Nuernberg their last point play. The not delivered plays were rated with 0:0 and 1 point and painted Munich from the table. The consequence of this cancellation was that except a crew all could participate in the Playoffs and thus frequently the tension was missing to the point plays and the spectator numbers sank accordingly. Outside of ice the season was overshadowed by discussions between the league and the German ice hockey federation.
Foundation teams
- Augsburger EV (today: Augsburger Panther, before champions 2.BL)
- EHC Eisbären Berlin (before placed 10th, 1.BL)
- BSC Preussen Berlin (today BSchC Preussen, before placed 4, 1.BL)
- Düsseldorfer EG (before Deutscher Vizemeister)
- Frankfurt Lions (before placed 4, 2.BL)
- EC Hannover (today KEV Hannover Indians (Oberliga), before placed 6, 2. BL)
- Kassel Huskies (before placed 2, 2.BL)
- Kaufbeurer Adler (today ESV Kaufbeuren, before placed 8, 1. BL)
- Kölner Haie (before placed 3, 1.BL)
- Krefelder EV (today Krefeld Pinguine, before placed 5, 1.BL)
- EV Landshut (today Landshut Cannibals, before placed 6, 1.BL)
- Adler Mannheim (before placed 7, 1.BL)
- Mad Dogs München (before German champions, see also München (ice hockey))
- EHC 80 Nürnberg (today Nürnberg Ice Tigers, before placed 3, 2.BL)
- EC Ratingen "Die Löwen" (today Revierlöwen Oberhausen, before placed 12, 1.BL)
- Star Bulls Rosenheim (before placed 9, 1.BL)
- ESG Füchse Sachsen Weißwasser/Chemnitz (today Lausitzer Füchse, before placed 7, 2.BL)
- Schwenninger ERC "Wild Wings" (before placed 11, 1.BL)
DEL-Champions
- 1994/95 - Kölner Haie
- 1995/96 - Düsseldorfer EG
- 1996/97 - Adler Mannheim
- 1997/98 - Adler Mannheim
- 1998/99 - Adler Mannheim
- 1999/2000 - München Barons
- 2000/01 - Adler Mannheim
- 2001/02 - Kölner Haie
- 2002/03 - Krefeld Pinguine
- 2003/04 - Frankfurt Lions
- 2004/05 - Eisbären Berlin
See also: German champions (Ice Hockey).
External links:
- Official DEL website - German only (http://www.del.org)
- ProHockey - German hockey league news (http://www.prohockey.de)
- Internet Hockey Database - standings and statistics (http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/del1997.html)de:Deutsche Eishockey-Liga