2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 1987/88

	2nd ice hockey Bundesliga
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Master:	Krefelder EV (north), EHC Freiburg (south)
Newcomers:	EHC Freiburg
Relegated:	EC Kassel (withdrawal), Herner EV
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The 1987/88 season of the 2nd Bundesliga ice hockey was the 15th season of the second highest German ice hockey division. At the end of the season, the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga south , EHC Freiburg , were promoted to the Bundesliga , while the north champions Krefelder EV failed in the relegation round. The Herner EV had to relegate to the league , and EC Kassel voluntarily withdrew from gaming.

After the bankruptcy of EHC 70 Munich , the EC Hedos Munich was the first team from the Bavarian capital to take part in the game. The former national player and multiple German champion Lorenz Funk replaced coach Martin Wild as coach of EC Bad Tölz during the season and finally went on the ice with his two sons Lorenz and Florian , while the future DEB defender Jörg Mayr was playing his debut season in Füssen . Also new to the league was the later championship and national coach, Hans Zach , who made his coaching debut at EC Ratingen and led him into the promotion round.

mode

As in the previous season , the league was two-pronged, with both seasons starting with ten teams each. First, a preliminary round was played in the form of a double round, so that each club played two home and two away games against the other teams in its group. The best four teams from both groups then took part in the relegation round to the Bundesliga . Since the Bundesliga club ECD Iserlohn had to file for bankruptcy, the fifth placed in the preliminary round north also qualified for the relegation round. Meanwhile, the remaining teams had to play in the relegation rounds in the north and south for their starting place in the league. The round was held in one group in the north and in two groups in the south.

Preliminary round

North

Closing table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Krefelder EV	36	27	2	7th	240: 127	56:16
2.	EC Bad Nauheim	36	22nd	6th	8th	183: 110	50:22
3.	EC Kassel	36	24	2	10	268: 151	50:22
4th	EHC Essen-West (N)	36	18th	3	15th	166: 171	39:33
5.	EC Ratingen (N)	36	16	4th	16	162: 159	36:36
6th	ESC Wolfsburg (N)	36	13	3	20th	171: 180	29:43
7th	Neusser SC	36	11	5	20th	139: 208	27:45
8th.	Duisburg SV	36	11	3	22nd	159: 231	25:47
9.	SC Solingen	36	9	7th	20th	139: 188	25:47
10.	Herner EV	36	11	1	24	138: 240	23:49

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, (N) = newcomer
Explanations:     = relegation round to the Bundesliga ,     = relegation round to the 2nd Bundesliga.

south

Closing table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EHC Freiburg	36	29	2	5	221: 115	60:12
2.	EC Hedos Munich	36	25th	1	10	258: 189	51:21
3.	EV Füssen	36	20th	1	15th	196: 180	41:31
4th	SV Bayreuth	36	17th	5	14th	166: 157	39:33
5.	Heilbronner EC (N)	36	16	5	15th	168: 163	37:35
6th	EC Bad Toelz	36	17th	2	17th	194: 203	36:36
7th	SC Riessersee (A)	36	15th	2	19th	168: 180	32:40
8th.	EV Stuttgart (N)	36	13	5	18th	184: 194	31:41
9.	EV Landsberg	36	11	2	23	145: 218	24:48
10.	EHC 80 Nuremberg (N)	36	4th	1	31	106: 207	9:63

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, (N) = newcomers, (A) = relegation round from the Bundesliga
Explanations:     = relegation round to the Bundesliga ,     = relegation round to the 2nd Bundesliga.

Decision game of the fifth group in Bad Nauheim: EC Ratingen - Heilbronner EC 3: 2 afterwards

Relegation

→ For relegation to the ice hockey Bundesliga, see Ice Hockey Bundesliga 1987/88 # Relegation round

North

Closing table

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ESC Wolfsburg	20th	15th	2	3	160: 90	32: 8
2.	Neusser SC	20th	12	2	6th	116: 77	26:14
3.	Duisburg SV	20th	10	3	7th	142: 93	23:17
4th	SC Solingen	20th	11	1	8th	116: 92	23:17
5.	EC Hanover	20th	10	2	8th	92:67	22:18
6th	Westphalia Dortmund	20th	9	4th	7th	92:74	22:18
7th	1. EHC Hamburg	20th	9	3	8th	103: 118	21:19
8th.	Dinslakener EC	20th	9	3	8th	113: 106	21:19
9.	Herner EV	20th	10	0	10	101: 91	20:20
10.	ESC Ahaus	20th	4th	2	14th	79: 125	10:30
11.	EC Nordhorn	20th	0	0	20th	72: 253	0:40

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations:     = 2nd Bundesliga next year,     = Oberliga next year.

south

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Heilbronn EC	12	9	1	2	65:37	19: 5
2.	EV Stuttgart	12	8th	2	2	74:43	18: 6
3.	EV Landsberg	12	6th	3	3	58:41	15: 9
4th	EHC Klostersee	12	4th	1	7th	56:52	9:15
5.	ERC Ingolstadt	12	4th	1	7th	52:65	9:15
6th	TEV Miesbach	12	4th	1	7th	54:82	9:15
7th	EC Peiting	12	2	1	9	37:76	7:17

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations:     = 2nd Bundesliga next year,     = Oberliga next year.

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EHC 80 Nuremberg	12	8th	2	2	69:35	18: 6
2.	SC Riessersee	12	8th	1	3	86:37	17: 7
3.	EC Bad Toelz	12	6th	3	3	79:48	15: 9
4th	ERC Sonthofen	12	5	3	4th	54:54	13:11
5.	EV Dingolfing	12	5	2	5	58:59	12:12
6th	Deggendorfer EC	12	2	2	8th	40:84	6:18
7th	TuS Geretsried	12	1	1	10	44: 113	3:21

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations:     = 2nd Bundesliga next year,     = Oberliga next year.

Top scorer

2nd Bundesliga North

Preliminary round

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Mark Kosturik	ESC Wolfsburg		55	56	111
2.	Dave O'Brien	EC Kassel	DK	40	59	99
3.	John Markell	ESC Wolfsburg		36	62	98
4th	Greg Evtushevski	EC Bad Nauheim		33	60	93
5.	Elias Vorlicek	EC Kassel	DK	40	48	88
6th	Vic Stanfield (V)	Krefelder EV		20th	64	84
7th	Darrin Sceviour	Duisburg SV		41	38	79
8th.	Heiko Awizus	EC Ratingen		22nd	53	75
9.	Wieslav Jobczyk	EC Ratingen		42	31	73
10.	Thomas Barczikowski	EC Bad Nauheim		33	39	72

• DK = German-Canadians; (V) = defender

qualification

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Tom St. James	Duisburg SV		39	47	86
2.	Mark Kosturik	ESC Wolfsburg		47	33	80
3.	John Markell	ESC Wolfsburg		26th	52	78
4th	Darrin Sceviour	Duisburg SV		35	34	69
5.	Mark MacKay	Neusser SC		32	28	60
6th	Henri Marcoux	Dinslakener EC		39	19th	58
7th	Klaus Guggemos	ESC Wolfsburg		25th	32	57
8th.	John Neeld	EC Nordhorn		30th	26th	56
9.	Oleg Islamov	1. EHC Hamburg	USSR	27	25th	52
10.	Brad Bennett	Neusser SC		27	24	51

2nd Bundesliga South

Preliminary round

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Scott MacLeod	EC Hedos Munich		60	81	141
2.	Dave Morrison	EV Stuttgart		62	61	123
3.	Doug Morrison	EC Hedos Munich		64	55	119
4th	John Samanski	EV Stuttgart		50	69	119
5.	Rick Boehm	EC Bad Toelz		28	72	100
6th	Frederik Ledlin	SC Riessersee		39	52	91
7th	Georg Kislinger	EC Hedos Munich		29	46	75
8th.	Karel Svoboda	EV Füssen		32	42	74
9.	Korbinian horsemen	EC Bad Toelz		34	36	70
10.	Rick Laycock	EHC Freiburg		43	26th	69

qualification

Group A

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	John Samanski	EV Stuttgart		11	24	35
2.	Dave Morrison	EV Stuttgart		21st	12	33
3.	Adam Parsons	ERC Ingolstadt		19th	11	30th
4th	Robert Geale	Heilbronn EC		13	16	29
5.	Gary Sampson	EV Landsberg		14th	11	25th
6th	Ken Petrash	EHC Klostersee		13	12	25th
7th	Jeff Vaive	TEV Miesbach		11	14th	25th
8th.	Jürgen Lechl	Heilbronn EC		9	14th	23
9.	Robert Attwell	Heilbronn EC		14th	8th	22nd
10.	Trajan Cazacu	EV Stuttgart		10	10	20th

Group B

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Rick Boehm	EC Bad Toelz		14th	24	38
2.	Martin Muller	EHC 80 Nuremberg		22nd	15th	37
3.	Duanne Moeser	ERC Sonthofen		20th	13	33
4th	Anton Krinner	SC Riessersee		16	16	32
5.	Brian Varga	ERC Sonthofen		13	15th	28
6th	Frederik Ledlin	SC Riessersee		12	16	28
7th	Gary Cummins	SC Riessersee	DK	14th	11	25th
8th.	Darryl Coldwell	EHC 80 Nuremberg		11	14th	25th
	Korbinian horsemen	EC Bad Toelz		11	14th	25th
10.	Tim Dunlop (V)	EC Bad Toelz		5	20th	25th

• DK = German-Canadians; (V) = defender

Web links

• All results and tables of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 1987/88 at hockey-db.de