2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 2002/03

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Master:	EHC Freiburg
Newcomers:	EHC Freiburg
Relegated:	REV Bremerhaven , Lausitzer Füchse
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The 2002/03 season of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga was the fifth season of the new second highest German division and was originally intended to be increased to 16 players compared to the previous season . In fact, however, it only took place with 15 participants.

From the teams leaving the German Ice Hockey League after the 2001/02 season

• the mosquitos Essen waived the continuation of the game operations instead of the insolvent ESC Moskitos Trendsport GmbH in the area of ​​the ESBG and took part in the fourth-class regional league NRW ;
• the Berlin Capitals could not meet the requirements for the license to continue gaming operations due to problems with the company that had left the DEL and later insolvented and was the holder of the DEL license and also took part in the fourth-class Regionalliga Nord-Ost ;
• The Revierlöwen Oberhausen , who had left the DEL due to the lack of a stadium usage contract, had no parent club at the time of the departure that could have continued the possible game operation.

requirements

Bad Nauheim Bad Tölz Bietigheim-Bissingen Bremerhaven Crimmitschau Duisburg Freiburg Heilbronn Kaufbeuren Landshut regensburg Garmisch-Partenkirchen Straubing White water Wolfsburg

Locations of the clubs of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga for the 2002/03 season

Attendees

After the champions REV Bremerhaven waived and only the ERC Ingolstadt as a play-off finalist took their chance to participate in the DEL , all participating teams from the previous year remained in the league due to the announced increase. The league was supplemented with the ESV Kaufbeuren and the EV Landshut , the two climbers from the upper league .

mode

The mode has been changed again compared to the previous season. After the preliminary round, which was played as a double round, the teams ranked 1 to 8 played the championship play-offs , after which the champions EHC Freiburg successfully applied for admission to the DEL 2003/04 . For the participants in places 9 to 11, the season ended after the preliminary round. In March 2003 , Tölzer Eissport GmbH, which organizes the Tölzer Löwen , filed for insolvency. The participants in positions 12 to 15 played in play-downs in play-off mode from two athletic relegated teams, including last year's champions REV Bremerhaven .

Preliminary round

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
01.	Bietigheim Steelers	56	27	9	8th	12	219: 182	+37	107
02.	EC Bad Nauheim	56	27	7th	9	13	185: 156	+29	104
03.	SC Riessersee	56	27	7th	7th	15th	193: 142	+51	102
04th	Landshut cannibals	56	31	1	4th	20th	177: 143	+34	099
05.	Heilbronn EC	56	26th	8th	3	19th	182: 158	+24	097
06th	EHC Wolfsburg	56	24	8th	5	19th	179: 155	+24	093
07th	EHC Freiburg	56	26th	5	5	20th	227: 165	+62	093
08th.	Straubing Tigers	56	23	6th	6th	21st	191: 176	+15	087
09.	EV Duisburg	56	20th	8th	3	25th	171: 205	−34	079
10.	Polar bears Regensburg	56	22nd	4th	4th	26th	180: 193	−13	078
11.	Tölzer lions	56	22nd	3	5	26th	179: 199	−20	077
12.	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	56	19th	6th	2	29	160: 186	−26	071
13.	ESV Kaufbeuren	56	20th	3	4th	29	165: 217	−52	070
14th	Lusatian foxes	56	16	1	4th	35	129: 192	−63	054
15th	ETC Crimmitschau	56	12	2	9	33	121: 189	−68	049

Wolfsburg took the place ahead of Freiburg (7: 5 points from the direct encounters) due to the direct comparison that was made, which is the first decision criterion in the event of a tie.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, OTS = victory after extra time, OTN = loss after extra time, N = defeats
Explanations: Play-offs , season ended , play-downs

facts and figures

• Goals scored: 2658 (average per game 7.38)
• Goals scored home teams: 1506 (average per game 4.18)
• Goals scored by visiting teams: 1152 (average per game 3.20)
• Extensions (without penalty) : 32
• Shootout: 46
• Away wins: 152
• Home wins: 268
• Biggest away win: Lausitzer Füchse - EHC Freiburg 0: 7 on matchday 17 ( November 3, 2002 )
• Biggest home win: SC Riessersee - EV Landshut 9: 1 on matchday 29 ( December 20, 2002 )

Best scorer

Source: eliteprospects.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Darren Ritchie	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	52	43	46	89	20th
Craig Teeple	SC Bietigheim-Bissingen	46	26th	62	88	90
Steve Palmer	EHC Freiburg	54	36	45	81	132
Norm Batherson	Straubing Tigers	54	24	56	80	147
Aaron Fox	SC Riessersee	56	37	42	79	36
Pierre Sévigny	Straubing Tigers	54	31	48	79	150
John Spoltore	Polar bears Regensburg	54	20th	59	79	78
Daniel Del Monte	EHC Freiburg	50	26th	51	77	88
TJ Guidarelli	SC Riessersee	55	28	47	75	50
Bill Trew	Straubing Tigers	56	37	37	74	50

Play-offs

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Bietigheim Steelers	-	Straubing Tigers	3-0	5: 2	4: 3	4: 3	-	-
EC Bad Nauheim	-	EHC Freiburg	2: 3	7: 3	1: 3	3: 2 n.p.	3: 4	3: 4
SC Riessersee	-	EHC Wolfsburg	3-0	5-0	4: 1	4: 2	-	-
Landshut cannibals	-	Heilbronn EC	3: 1	3: 2 a.d.	1: 3	4: 1	5: 2	-

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
SC Riessersee	-	Landshut cannibals	3: 2	5: 1	3: 2	3: 5	1: 4	5: 2
Bietigheim Steelers	-	EHC Freiburg	1: 3	4: 1	1: 4	0: 6	3: 5	-

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
SC Riessersee	-	EHC Freiburg	0: 3	1: 2 n.p.	2: 4	1: 5	-	-

The EHC Freiburg is promoted to the German Ice Hockey League as a champion and a successful application for membership , whereby the professional team has been outsourced to Die Wölfe Freiburg GmbH with the promotion .

Play-downs

The four last-placed teams had to play off two relegated teams. The twelfth place, REV Bremerhaven , met the bottom of the table, ETC Crimmitschau , while the 13th, ESV Kaufbeuren , played against the penultimate in the table, the Lausitzer Füchse . The game was played in the "Best of five" mode.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
REV Bremerhaven	-	ETC Crimmitschau	1: 3	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1: 2	-
ESV Kaufbeuren	-	Lusatian foxes	3: 2	3: 1	3: 4 n.p.	4: 3	0: 1 a.d.	5: 3

The REV Bremerhaven had to go into the league, while the ETC Crimmitschau could hold the class. The Lausitzer Füchse were also relegated. The ESV Kaufbeuren, however, was allowed to remain in the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga.

Web links

• All results and tables of the 2. Ice Hockey Bundesliga 2002/03 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DEB - Spielordnung (SpO) ( Memento from August 22, 2003 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ 2. Bundesliga - preliminary round ( Memento from August 26, 2003 in the Internet Archive ); The direct comparison between Wolfsburg and Freiburg decides with 7: 5 points and 12:13 goals for Wolfsburg.
3. ↑ 2002/03 season. In: ehcf.de. Retrieved January 29, 2019 . 
4. ↑ eliteprospects.com, 2002-2003 Regular Season Player Stats