DEL 2008/09
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German ice hockey league | ||
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| Master: | Polar bears Berlin | ||
| Relegated: | Foxes Duisburg (retreat) | ||
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The 2008/09 DEL season was the 15th season since the German Ice Hockey League was founded . 16 clubs competed against each other; the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga 2007/08 , the Kassel Huskies, had received the license as expected. After 52 main round match days and the play-offs, the Eisbären Berlin celebrated their fourth German championship in the past five years.
The season opened on Thursday, September 4th, 2008, with the new edition of the previous year's final; the Eisbären Berlin beat the Kölner Haie 2-1. The remaining games of the first match day were played one day later.
requirements
Attendees
Participant of the DEL 2008/09 |
According to the cooperation agreement between the DEL and the German Ice Hockey Federation , there was no athletic relegation from the DEL in the 2007/08 season . The champion of the 2nd Bundesliga Kassel Huskies was able to move up to the DEL. The Hessians received the license on July 4th, 2008 after all financial and organizational requirements had been met. The following 16 clubs took part in the German Ice Hockey League 2008/09 (alphabetical order with previous year's ranking) :
| club | Location | Previous year | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Augsburg panther | augsburg | 12. | - |
| Polar bears Berlin | Berlin | 2. | German champions |
| Foxes Duisburg | Duisburg | 15th | - |
| DEG Metro Stars | Dusseldorf | 9. | Semifinals |
| Frankfurt Lions | Frankfurt am Main | 4th | Semifinals |
| Hamburg Freezers | Hamburg | 7th | Quarter finals |
| Hanover Scorpions | Hanover | 8th. | Play-off qualification |
| ERC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | 10. | Play-off qualification |
| Iserlohn Roosters | Iserlohn | 5. | Quarter finals |
| Kassel Huskies | kassel | - | Climbers |
| Cologne Sharks | Cologne | 3. | Runner-up |
| Krefeld penguins | Krefeld | 11. | - |
| Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | 6th | Quarter finals |
| Sinupret Ice Tigers | Nuremberg | 1. | Quarter finals |
| Straubing Tigers | Straubing | 14th | - |
| Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | 13. | - |
Mode and rules
At its 69th shareholders' meeting in November 2007, the league decided to reduce the number of preliminary round matches from the current 56 to 52 after increasing the league from 15 to 16 teams. For this purpose, the teams are divided into four groups based on the main round final table 2006/07. The teams continue to compete against each other four times, with the exception of the teams from group A (places 1, 8, 9 and 16) against each of group D (4, 5, 12, 13) and the teams from group B (2, 7th place) , 10, 15) against each of the group C (3, 6, 11, 14), which only meet twice. The division of the league into groups will not be reflected in the table. The proposal to divide the DEL into regional groups modeled on the NHL was rejected.
The six best-placed teams will continue to move into the play-offs automatically , the four teams in positions seven to ten will fight for the play-offs in a qualification after the main round. The decision to introduce play-downs and a relegation with the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga for the 2008/09 season , however, will not be implemented because the ice hockey game operating company of the 2nd Bundesliga made the necessary reforms due to "given structures and requirements for the game operations of the 2. League and Oberliga "could not allow in the short time.
For the 2008/09 season, the group division and the number of games are as follows:
| Play against |
Group A Adler Mannheim Frankfurt Lions Eisbären Berlin Kassel Huskies |
Group B DEG Metro Stars Hamburg Freezers Krefeld Pinguine Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg |
Group C Sinupret Ice Tigers Hannover Scorpions Iserlohn Roosters EV Duisburg |
Group D ERC Ingolstadt Kölner Haie Straubing Tigers Augsburger Panther |
| Group A | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 2 (1 home, 1 away) |
| Group B | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 2 (1 home, 1 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) |
| Group C | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 2 (1 home, 1 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) |
| Group D | 2 (1 home, 1 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) | 4 (2 home, 2 away) |
Sporty
Shortly after the start of the 2008/09 season, the Eisbären Berlin moved to the O 2 World, which was recently completed and has a capacity of 17,000 . For the 2008/09 season, the IIHF hosted the Champions Hockey League for the first time - a national championship competition modeled on the UEFA Champions League . The DEL was ranked 7th in the European league ranking by the IIHF, so two teams were able to take part in the CHL: The main round winner Nürnberg Ice Tigers failed in a qualification tournament against SC Bern (Switzerland). As champions, Eisbären Berlin qualified directly for the group stage and, with three wins from four games, finished second in the group stage behind the eventual finalist HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk from Russia.
The German Ice Hockey Cup , which has been held since 2002, was played in a slightly different form this season. The preliminary round was held in eight tournaments at ESBG locations with two DEL and two ESBG teams each. The ESBG and DEL representatives met each other, DEL clubs and ESBG clubs did not play among themselves. The winner of the tournament moved into the quarterfinals, which was played in knockout mode as before. The Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg won the title .
Transfers
At the beginning of the season, master Eisbären Berlin relied on his well-rehearsed behavior from the previous season and only strengthened himself occasionally. In addition to young player André Mangold , the team only strengthened itself with DEL top defender Richie Regehr , who moved from the Frankfurt Lions to the Spree, and striker Matt McIlvane . Last year's finalist Kölner Haie was able to sign an even more prominent player in Mike Johnson . The Canadian completed 661 NHL games for the St. Louis Blues , the Montreal Canadiens , the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Toronto Maple Leafs and replaced Ivan Ciernik , who despite an ongoing contract in Cologne in the new Russian KHL for HK Sibir Novosibirsk changed. With Harlan Pratt from the Augsburger Panthern , Christoph Melischko from the ERC Ingolstadt and Christoph Ullmann from the Adler Mannheim , the Haie also secured the services of three other DEL experienced regular employees. Kai Hospelt and Sebastian Furchner , however, switched to league rivals Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg . Record champions Mannheim only added to their squad in a few places. With goalkeeper Fred Brathwaite and striker Jason King , two NHL experienced players switched to the Eagles. The regulars Martin Ančička (to the Sinupret Ice Tigers ), Jeff Shantz ( EC KAC ) and Eduard Lewandowski ( HK Spartak Moscow ) left the club.
Meanwhile, surprise play-off participant Iserlohn Roosters signed NHL-experienced Ben Simon to replace Pat Kavanagh, who moved to Frankfurt early on . The Frankfurt Lions compensated for the departures of the two regulars Richie Regehr and Jason Marshall by signing Mathieu Biron , younger brother of NHL goalkeeper Martin Biron , as well as John Slaney and Lance Ward . In the storm, two more well-known players were signed by the DEG Metro Stars: Josh Langfeld and Jamie Wright, who are experienced in the NHL . Local rivals Kassel Huskies were able to sign three established players for the first season after a two-year league abstinence: national player Manuel Klinge , Colin Beardsmore from Nuremberg and Sean Tallaire from Cologne. The DEG Metro Stars , economically stricken by the bad pre-season , left crowd favorite Tore Vikingstad and goal scorer Klaus Kathan, two long-time regular players, with Adam Courchaine (Duisburg), Shane Joseph (Augsburg), Ryan Ramsay (Krefeld) and Bradley Tutschek (Ingolstadt), at least some DEL -experienced replacement workers are purchased.
In addition, Jere Karalahti , who previously worked for the Los Angeles Kings and the Nashville Predators and is now hired by the Hamburg Freezers, changed Frédéric Cassivi , who replaced the national goalkeeper Dimitrij Kotschnew in Nuremberg, who had emigrated to Russia , Jon Klemm , two-time Stanley Cup Winner and new Straubinger, other players who had already gained experience in the National Hockey League, in the DEL.
economy
Compared to the previous year, the clubs' budgets remained almost stable, the average budget was € 5.24 million, which was a slight increase compared to the previous year. The total budget of the clubs was increased due to the addition of a further team from 78.7 to 84.3 million euros. Once again, the DEL had a comparatively high amount of TV money from the pay TV broadcaster Premiere. As the main sponsor of the league, the Yellow Pages continued to advertise the boards in every stadium as well as on the official websites of the clubs, the referees appear with a lettering from the pharmaceutical company taxofit . In August 2008, the Hamburg publishing house Milchstraße, which also owns the TV Spielfilm and TV Today program magazines, announced a close collaboration with the German Ice Hockey League.
| Budget overview of the DEL clubs 2008/09 | |||||||
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| Club | Budget 2008/09 in € million | Change compared to the previous year |
Salary budget in € million | Average audience | |||
| calculation | Main round | Play-offs | |||||
| Adler Mannheim | 8.0 | ± 0 | 4.5 | 9,000 | 11,756 | 12,237 | |
| Polar bears Berlin | 7.7 | +1.7 | 4.5 | 9,500 | 13,746 | 14,083 | |
| DEG Metro Stars | 7.2 | −0.3 | 3.6 | 7,000 | 6,084 | 9,943 | |
| Hamburg Freezers | 7.1 | ± 0 | 4.2 | 9,500 | 7,949 | 6,660 | |
| Cologne Sharks | 6.5 | ± 0 | 2.7 | 10,000 | 10,342 | - | |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 6.2 | +0.2 | 3.5 | 3,700 | 3,346 | - | |
| Hanover Scorpions | 5.0 | ± 0 | 3.5 | 4,500 | 5,668 | 4,916 | |
| Sinupret Ice Tigers | 4.8 | ± 0 | 2.4 | 4,600 | 4,322 | 7,976 | |
| Frankfurt Lions | 4.8 | ± 0 | 2.2 | 5,200 | 6,208 | 5,650 | |
| Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | 4.5 | ± 0 | 2.2 | 2,500 | 2,328 | 2,560 | |
| Iserlohn Roosters | 4.5 | +0.7 | 2.5 | 3,000 | 3,864 | - | |
| Krefeld penguins | 4.1 | +0.3 | 2.3 | 3,500 | 4,491 | 7,819 | |
| Foxes Duisburg | 4.0 | +1.0 | 2.5 | 2,000 | 1,792 | - | |
| Straubing Tigers | 3.7 | +0.2 | 1.8 | 3,900 | 4,226 | - | |
| Augsburg panther | 3.1 | −0.2 | 1.5 | 3,500 | 3,678 | 5,052 | |
| Kassel Huskies | 3.1 | - | 2.0 | 3,500 | 4,071 | - | |
| League cut | 5.27 | +0.02 | 2.9 | 5,300 | 5,867 | 8,219 | |
The Adler Mannheim remained budget croesus of the league, the largest budget increase was achieved by Meister Eisbären Berlin with an additional 1.7 million euros. The new bottom of the ranking are the Augsburg panthers and the newcomers Kassel Huskies , after the team with the smallest budget to date, EV Duisburg, increased its budget by one million euros. The strong season of the Iserlohn Roosters , which surprisingly took fifth place in the preliminary round, brought the team a budget increase of 700,000 euros. As the first DEL team, the DEG Metro Stars announced in February 2008 that they would significantly reduce the budget for the next season. The club justified this mainly with the poor performance of the club in the preliminary round 2007/08 and the drop in the number of spectators to only 6,124 spectators per home game.
On August 28, Gerd Schröder , the owner of the Frankfurt Lions and chairman of the supervisory board of the DEL, died at the age of 49 after suffering a stroke a few days earlier. However, after initial concerns, the future of the Lions was declared secure. Jürgen Arnold , partner of ERC Ingolstadt , took over Schröder's position as chairman of the supervisory board of the German ice hockey league.
During the season, both the Kölner Haie and the Sinupret Ice Tigers reported significant financial problems that threatened the continued existence of the DEL. The people of Domstadt, who did not take part in the playoffs for the first time in 28 years, had suffered considerable financial losses due to falling audience numbers as a result of the sporting crisis. In February 2009, the club announced that a group of around ten investors had agreed to repay the club's liabilities and secure the sporting future in the future. In February, a group of medium-sized entrepreneurs in Nuremberg also agreed to take over the debts of the 2007 runner-up, but then backed down. It was only in April that entrepreneur Thomas Sabo agreed to take over the club after the pharmaceutical company Bionorica had left , whereupon the team will again appear under the name Nürnberg Ice Tigers in the coming season .
After the end of the regular season, the Füchse Duisburg and their sole shareholder Ralf Pape declared that they wanted to withdraw from the DEL after four years due to a lack of sporting prospects and the resulting loss of millions. The GmbH responsible for the game operations of the professional team filed for bankruptcy. After the license for the 2nd Bundesliga was refused by the ice hockey game operating company, the club then has to start in the state association of North Rhine-Westphalia. For the free place, the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga , the Bietigheim Steelers , had athletically qualified, but refrained from participating in the licensing procedure for the DEL.
Preliminary round
Closing table
A team was awarded three points for a win after normal time, if the game was a draw after 60 minutes, both teams received one point, and the winner of the five-minute extra time or after a necessary penalty shootout was awarded an additional point. If a team lost in regular time, it received no points.
| club | Sp | S. | OTS | SOS | OTN | SON | N | Gates | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Polar bears Berlin (M) | 52 | 31 | 1 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 14th | 214: 143 | 105 |
| 2. | Hanover Scorpions | 52 | 30th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14th | 173: 151 | 101 |
| 3. | DEG Metro Stars | 52 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 17th | 159: 134 | 88 |
| 4th | Adler Mannheim | 52 | 22nd | 3 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 18th | 144: 131 | 85 |
| 5. | Sinupret Ice Tigers | 52 | 23 | 6th | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20th | 153: 142 | 85 |
| 6th | Krefeld penguins | 52 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20th | 167: 140 | 84 |
| 7th | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | 52 | 25th | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20th | 180: 141 | 83 |
| 8th. | Hamburg Freezers | 52 | 22nd | 1 | 4th | 2 | 4th | 19th | 158: 147 | 82 |
| 9. | Frankfurt Lions | 52 | 21st | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 20th | 152: 152 | 80 |
| 10. | Augsburg panther | 52 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22nd | 156: 178 | 80 |
| 11. | Iserlohn Roosters | 52 | 15th | 4th | 3 | 5 | 7th | 18th | 171: 187 | 71 |
| 12. | ERC Ingolstadt | 52 | 18th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 2 | 24 | 144: 155 | 68 |
| 13. | Straubing Tigers | 52 | 17th | 3 | 4th | 1 | 2 | 25th | 144: 164 | 68 |
| 14th | Kassel Huskies (N) | 52 | 15th | 2 | 6th | 2 | 2 | 25th | 147: 171 | 65 |
| 15th | Cologne Sharks | 52 | 15th | 4th | 0 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 147: 166 | 63 |
| 16. | Foxes Duisburg | 52 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 118: 225 | 40 |
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime, SOS = victories after penalty shoot-out, OTN = defeats after overtime, SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion, (N) = newcomer
Explanations : = direct qualification for the play-offs, = play-off qualifying round, = season ended
Leaderboards
| Top scorer | ||||
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| player | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
| Jason Ulmer (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 | 17th | 47 | 64 |
| Robert Hock (Iserlohn Roosters) | 50 | 15th | 49 | 64 |
| Bob Wren (Iserlohn Roosters) | 51 | 21st | 40 | 61 |
| Charlie Stephens (Krefeld Penguins) | 51 | 20th | 38 | 58 |
| Ken Magowan (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Top goal scorers | ||||
| Ken Magowan (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Michael Wolf (Iserlohn Roosters) | 52 | 27 | 28 | 55 |
| Bill Trew (Straubing Tigers) | 52 | 27 | 23 | 50 |
| Top template provider | ||||
| Robert Hock (Iserlohn Roosters) | 50 | 15th | 49 | 64 |
| Jason Ulmer (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 | 17th | 47 | 64 |
| Bob Wren (Iserlohn Roosters) | 51 | 21st | 40 | 61 |
| Top defender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
| Deron Quint (Polar Bears Berlin) | 52 | 16 | 32 | 48 |
| Jan-Axel Alavaara (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 | 13 | 31 | 44 |
| Richard Pavlikovský (Krefeld Penguins) | 50 | 17th | 26th | 43 |
| Sascha Goc (Hanover Scorpions) | 48 | 24 | 16 | 40 |
| Marvin Degon (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 | 11 | 29 | 40 |
| Top goalkeeper | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | Calls | GT | GTS | SGH | SV | SO | |
| Fred Brathwaite (Adler Mannheim) | 49 | 114 | 2.37 | 1411 | 92.5% | 6th | |
| Rob Zepp (Eisbären Berlin) | 43 | 108 | 2.52 | 1181 | 91.6% | 2 | |
| Scott Langkow (Krefeld Penguins) | 48 | 121 | 2.60 | 1113 | 90.2% | 5 | |
| Oliver Jonas (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 26th | 64 | 2.61 | 637 | 90.9% | 1 | |
| Jamie Storr (DEG Metro Stars) | 38 | 100 | 2.62 | 1154 | 92.0% | 4th | |
Abbreviations: GT = goals conceded; GTS = conceded goal; SGH = number of shots held; SV = catch quota; SO = shutout
| Best plus / minus statistics | ||||
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| player | Games | total | ||
| Steve Walker (Eisbären Berlin) | 49 | +25 | ||
| Deron Quint (Polar Bears Berlin) | 52 | +25 | ||
| Dušan Milo (Krefeld Penguins) | 50 | +24 | ||
| Most power play goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Magowan (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 52 games, | 29 goals, | 15 PP gates |
| Most shorthanders | |||
| François Fortier (Hamburg Freezers) | 52 games, | 22 goals, | 4 shorthanders |
| Christoph Ullmann (Cologne Sharks) | 49 games, | 20 goals, | 4 shorthanders |
| Michel Périard (Sinupret Ice Tigers) | 49 games, | 11 goals, | 4 shorthanders |
| Richard Mueller (Hamburg Freezers) | 49 games, | 16 goals, | 4 shorthanders |
| Power play efficiency | Outnumbered Efficiency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Polar bears Berlin | 21.62% | DEG Metro Stars | 87.35% |
| 2. | Hanover Scorpions | 21.05% | Adler Mannheim | 85.93% |
| 3. | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | 20.66% | Hamburg Freezers | 85.67% |
| 4th | Iserlohn Roosters | 20.50% | Frankfurt Lions | 84.24% |
| 5. | Frankfurt Lions | 18.21% | Sinupret Ice Tigers | 84.15% |
| 16. | Foxes Duisburg | 11.52% | Iserlohn Roosters | 79.30% |
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The percentages indicate from what percentage of the outnumbered situations a goal was scored, or in what percentage of the outnumbered situations no hit was received. |
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Play-offs
qualification
The qualifying games, which were played for the first time in the " Best of Five " mode, took place between March 5 and 11, 2009. For games one, two and five, the team with the better placement in the main round had home rights.
The seventh placed in the main round, the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg, competed against the tenth placed Augsburg Panthers, the eighth Hamburg Freezers played against the ninth placed, the Frankfurt Lions. (Victories of the teams against each other during the main round in square brackets, winners in bold)
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | MR | |||
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| Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | - | Augsburg panther | 3: 1 | 1: 2 | 4: 1 | 1-0 | 4: 3 a.d. | - | [2: 2] |
| Hamburg Freezers | - | Frankfurt Lions | 3: 2 | 3: 4 | 1: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 1 a.d. | 4: 2 | [1: 3] |
HR = main round
Play-off tree
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1. | Polar bears Berlin | 4th | |||||||||||
| 8th. | Hamburg Freezers | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1. | Polar bears Berlin | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Adler Mannheim | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Adler Mannheim | 4th | |||||||||||
| 5. | Sinupret Ice Tigers | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1. | Polar bears Berlin | 3 | |||||||||||
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| 2. | Hanover Scorpions | 4th | |||||||||||
| 7th | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2. | Hanover Scorpions | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3. |
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| 6th | Krefeld penguins | 3 | |||||||||||
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals series (mode: " Best of Seven ") started on March 13th. The other games took place every two days, so that the seventh game in the DEG Metro Stars series against Krefeld Pinguine was played on March 26th. The first place in the main round, the Eisbären Berlin, competed against the worst-placed qualification winner, the second, the Hannover Scorpions, met the better-placed qualification winner. The third quarter-final game was played by the third-placed DEG Metro Stars against the sixth-placed Krefeld Pinguine, while in the fourth game, the fourth, the Adler Mannheim, met the fifth, the Sinupret Ice Tigers.
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | MR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar bears Berlin | - | Hamburg Freezers | 4-0 | 5: 3 | 3: 2 a.d. | 7: 2 | 4: 1 | - | - | - | [3: 1] |
| Hanover Scorpions | - | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | 4: 2 | 2: 1 | 2: 3 a.d. | 2: 3 | 4: 3 a.d. | 4: 3 | 2-0 | - | [1: 1] |
| DEG Metro Stars | - | Krefeld penguins | 4: 3 | 2: 3 | 4: 3 a.d. | 1: 2 | 5: 4 a.d. | 2: 1 | 3: 4 | 5-0 | [3: 1] |
| Adler Mannheim | - | Sinupret Ice Tigers | 4: 1 | 5-0 | 3: 5 | 3: 2 | 2: 1 | 5: 2 | - | - | [0: 4] |
Semifinals
The opponents in the final were played from March 29th to April 7th and, like the final itself, in “ Best of Five ” mode.
The pairings were based on the placements of the quarter-final winners in the main round. The best placed quarter-final winner, Eisbären Berlin, played against the worst placed, Adler Mannheim, while the second best placed Hannover Scorpions met the third best placed in the main round, the DEG Metro Stars. The better placed team got the first home right.
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | MR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar bears Berlin | - | Adler Mannheim | 3: 1 | 4-0 | 1: 6 | 4-0 | 6: 4 | - | [2: 2] |
| Hanover Scorpions | - | DEG Metro Stars | 2: 3 | 5: 2 | 2: 4 | 6: 3 | 3: 4 a.d. | 1: 3 | [1: 1] |
final
The winners of the two semi-finals competed against each other from April 9th, with the Eisbären Berlin being given the first home right as the team that was better placed in the main round.
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | MR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar bears Berlin | - | DEG Metro Stars | 3: 1 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 5: 1 | 4: 2 | - | [3: 1] |
This was the fourth time in their club history that the Eisbären Berlin became all-German champions.
Leaderboards
| Top scorer | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
| Brandon Reid (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 5 | 16 | 21st |
| Shane Joseph (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 5 | 12 | 17th |
| Adam Courchaine (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 12 | 4th | 16 |
| Chris Herperger (Hannover Scorpions) | 11 | 6th | 8th | 14th |
| Andy Roach (Eisbären Berlin) | 12 | 5 | 8th | 13 |
| Daniel Kreutzer (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Top goal scorers | ||||
| Adam Courchaine (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 12 | 4th | 16 |
| Chris Herperger (Hannover Scorpions) | 11 | 6th | 8th | 14th |
| Michael Hackert (Adler Mannheim) | 9 | 6th | 4th | 10 |
| Top template provider | ||||
| Brandon Reid (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 5 | 16 | 21st |
| Shane Joseph (DEG Metro Stars) | 16 | 5 | 12 | 17th |
| Sascha Goc (Hanover Scorpions) | 11 | 4th | 10 | 14th |
| Top defender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | Games | Gates | Assists | Points |
| Sascha Goc (Hanover Scorpions) | 11 | 4th | 10 | 14th |
| Andy Roach (Eisbären Berlin) | 12 | 5 | 8th | 13 |
| Ryan Caldwell (DEG Metro Stars) | 15th | 3 | 7th | 10 |
| Top goalkeeper | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| player | Calls | GT | GT cut | SGH | Catch quota | SO | |
| Rob Zepp (Eisbären Berlin) | 12 | 26th | 2.12 | 314 | 92% | 2 | |
| Oliver Jonas (Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg) | 10 | 32 | 2.13 | 294 | 93% | 1 | |
| Dimitri Pätzold (Hannover Scorpions) | 10 | 24 | 2.30 | 266 | 92% | 1 | |
Abbreviations: GT = goals conceded; SGH = number of shots held; SO = shutout
Squad of the German champions
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German Champion Eisbären Berlin |
Goalkeepers: Rob Zepp , Youri Ziffzer Defenders: Jens Baxmann , Frank Hördler , René Kramer , Deron Quint , Andy Roach , Richie Regehr , Brandon Smith Attackers: Constantin Braun , Mark Beaufait , Florian Busch , Sven Felski (A) , Norman Martens , Matt McIlvane , Tyson Mulock , Denis Pederson , André Rankel , Patrick Pohl , Alexander Oblinger , Nathan Robinson , Christian Swärd , Stefan Ustorf (A) , Steve Walker (C) , Alexander Weiß , Daniel Weiß , Head Coach: Don Jackson |
Trophies and awards
WestLB Fair Play Trophy
The WestLB Fair Play Trophy is the fairest team in a DEL season every year. For this purpose, the average penalty minutes of the clubs are converted to points, each game ban that is issued by the league company against a player is assessed with an additional point and added to the average penalty minutes. The fewest points, with an average of 15.42 penalty minutes per game and two game suspensions, went to Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg , who won the WestLB Fair Play Trophy for the second time in a row. The Adler Mannheim came off worst with a total of 23.57 points.
| team | Games | Ø penalties | Lock | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | 62 | 15.42 | 2 | 17.42 |
| 2. | Hamburg Freezers | 61 | 17.75 | 0 | 17.75 |
| 3. | Frankfurt Lions | 57 | 18.88 | 0 | 18.88 |
| 4th | Sinupret Ice Tigers | 57 | 19.70 | 0 | 19.70 |
| 5. | Foxes Duisburg | 52 | 19.81 | 0 | 19.81 |
| 6th | Straubing Tigers | 52 | 08/19 | 1 | 08/20 |
| 7th | Polar bears Berlin | 64 | 16.88 | 4th | 20.88 |
| 8th. | Kassel Huskies | 52 | 17.06 | 4th | 06/21 |
| 9. | DEG Metro Stars | 68 | 17.49 | 4th | 21.49 |
| 10. | Krefeld penguins | 59 | 17.20 | 5 | 22.20 |
| 11. | Cologne Sharks | 52 | 19.71 | 4th | 23.71 |
| 12. | ERC Ingolstadt | 52 | December 18 | 6th | 12/24 |
| 13. | Iserlohn Roosters | 52 | 18.44 | 6th | 24.44 |
| 14th | Hanover Scorpions | 63 | 17.71 | 7th | 24.71 |
| 15th | Augsburg panther | 56 | 22.29 | 5 | 27.29 |
| 16. | Adler Mannheim | 61 | 23.57 | 5 | 28.57 |
referee
The following main referees will be used in the 2008/09 season:
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* Professional referee
TV rights
In the 2008/09 season, as in previous years, the DEL TV rights were held by the pay-TV channel Premiere , which has so far broadcast at least two games a week (mostly on Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. and Sundays at 2.30 p.m.). In addition, the European sports broadcaster Eurosport secured the rights for two live DEL games on free TV . ARD , ZDF , the third programs, ProSiebenSat.1 Media , n-tv and some regional broadcasters have post-exploitation rights. In addition, game summaries have been broadcast on the “DEL-TV” platform on the Internet since the 2005/06 season , with the image material being composed of stadium TV and premiere.
DEL All-Star Game 2009
The 11th DEL All-Star Game took place on January 31, 2009 in the newly built O 2 World in Berlin . As in the two years before, a selection of the best European DEL players competed against a selection of the best North American DEL players and with a 9: 8 win, the North American team went off the ice for the third time in a row.
In the skills competition, which traditionally takes place before the game, Mirko Lüdemann won the title of fastest ice skater. Richie Regehr from the Eisbären Berlin won the competition for the hardest slap shot.
Web links
- All results and tables of the DEL 2008/09 at hockey-db.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Rp Online: Ice hockey: Cologne opening bankruptcy against polar bears. In: rp-online.de. September 4, 2008, accessed May 31, 2017 .
- ↑ kicker.de, DEL season start 2008/09 stands
- ↑ kicker.de, Green light for the huskies
- ↑ tagesspiegel.de, DEL again with ascent and descent
- ↑ kicker.de, DEL: No promotion or relegation
- ↑ Rheinische Post online, The budgets of the DEL clubs ( Memento of the original from March 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Sport-Bild, 12/2009, March 18, 2009, page 59
- ↑ del.org, average attendance main round 2008/09
- ↑ del.org, audience average play-offs 2008/09
- ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung online, austerity course releases forces
- ↑ Ice Hockey Magazine, Frankfurt's managing director Kress: "Lions remain absolutely competitive" ( Memento from March 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 28, 2013
- ↑ kicker.de, Arnold new chairman of the supervisory board
- ↑ Investor group wants to save Kölner Haie. In: Augsburger Allgemeine . February 25, 2009, accessed February 25, 2016 .
- ↑ Focus Online , Ice Tigers can hope for salvation
- ↑ hockeyweb.de, Ice Tigers: Bankruptcy averted - Back to the roots
- ↑ derwesten.de: Das Aus für die Füchse Duisburg , accessed on March 28, 2013
- ↑ Handelsblatt Online, Füchse Duisburg in future only association league
- ↑ del.org, The WestLB Fair Play Trophy 2007/08
- ↑ DEL main referee 2008/2009 ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hamburg Freezers press service: The DEL on Eurosport - Hamburg Freezers against Kölner Haie on January 9, 2009 live on free TV
- ↑ del.org, DEL framework dates 2008/09 ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
