DEL2 2014/15

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The 2014/15 season was the second season of the second highest German ice hockey league under the name DEL2 . It started on September 12, 2014 together with the beginning of the DEL. and ended on April 28, 2015. 14 clubs took part in the league. The game operation was organized by the ESBG . The Bietigheim Steelers won the DEL2 championship with a 4-2 win in the play-off final against the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven . The Heilbronner Falken failed in the play-downs, but remained in the DEL2 as a successor despite the sporting relegation, as the EV Landshut's license was withdrawn in July 2015.

Attendees

The eight best of the 2013/2014 season, the two winners of the play-down games and the four best of the qualifying round qualified for the 2014/2015 DEL2 season.

Bietigheim Bremerhaven Dresden Garmisch-Partenkirchen Landshut Ravensburg Rosenheim White water Bad Nauheim Heilbronn Frankfurt am Main Crimmitschau kassel Kaufbeuren

Clubs of the DEL2 2014/15

club	place	Previous year	Play-offs
EC Bad Nauheim	Bad Nauheim	9.	Play down
Bietigheim Steelers	Bietigheim-Bissingen	3.	Runner-up
Fish town penguins	Bremerhaven	1.	master
Ice pirates Crimmitschau	Crimmitschau	12.	1. Qualification
Dresden Ice Lions	Dresden	7th	Quarter finals
Löwen Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	1st orienteering west	3. Qualification
SC Riessersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	6th	Quarter finals
Heilbronn falcon	Heilbronn	11.	Play down
EC Kassel Huskies	kassel	2. Orienteering west	2. Qualification
ESV Kaufbeuren	Kaufbeuren	10.	4. Qualification
EVL Landshut ice hockey	Landshut	5.	Semifinals
Ravensburg tower stars	Ravensburg	4th	Quarter finals
Starbulls Rosenheim	Rosenheim	2.	Semifinals
Lusatian foxes	White water	8th.	Quarter finals

mode

The DEL2 representatives decided to reduce the foreign contingent from five to four players. The licenses for German over 23 players have also been reduced from twelve to eleven. Conversely, this meant that the number of U23 players was increased by two to seven.

First the main round was played. The teams met each other four times in a double round in 52 games. The first six teams were directly qualified for the play-offs. The four teams in places 7 to 10 played two more participants in pre-play-offs. The four last placed played in play-downs to qualify for the next season, ie against relegation.

Stages

society	Stadium name	Stadium capacity
Löwen Frankfurt	Ice rink Frankfurt	6,990
SC Riessersee	Olympic Ice Sports Center	6,926
EVL Landshut ice hockey	Ice rink on Gutenbergweg	6,737
EC Kassel Huskies	Ice rink Kassel	6,100
Ice pirates Crimmitschau	Artificial ice stadium in the Sahnpark	5,222
Starbulls Rosenheim	Municipal Kathrein Stadium	4,750
Bietigheim Steelers	EgeTrans Arena	4,583
EC Bad Nauheim	Colonel Knight Stadium	4,500
Fish town penguins	Bremerhaven ice arena	4,422
Dresden Ice Lions	EnergieVerbund Arena	4.127
Heilbronn falcon	Kolbenschmidt Arena	4,000
Ravensburg tower stars	Ice rink Ravensburg	3,300
Lusatian foxes	Eisarena Weißwasser	3,050
ESV Kaufbeuren	Ice rink on Berliner Platz (SparkassenArena)	2,600

Main round

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the middle column, the visiting team in the top row.

First round

society

Second half

BHV

SBR

DRE

LFX

HNF

EPC

ECK

FRA

BHV

SBR

DRE

LFX

HNF

EPC

ECK

FRA

0: 1

0: 5

6: 4

1: 4

6: 3

6: 3

3: 2

4: 3 p

4: 3

3: 5

6: 4

1: 3

2: 1 V

BHV

8: 2

3: 2

8: 1

3-0

(1) 5-0

6: 5 p

6: 3

5: 2

3-0

4: 3

8: 5

6: 4

3: 5

0: 2

4: 3 p

7: 3

3: 4

1: 4

4: 1

5: 3

5: 2

4: 1

4-0

4: 1

2: 7

0: 5

SBR

3: 2 V.

2: 3

1: 2

3-0

3: 2 p

3: 1

2: 3 p

4: 3 p

4: 1

6: 2

4: 3 p

4: 6

5: 2

3: 4

3: 5

5-0

6: 2

4: 2

5: 2

6: 2

5: 2

7: 3

5: 3

3-0

5: 3

3: 2 V.

4: 2

4: 5 p

3: 4

4: 3

5: 3

5: 4 V.

3: 4 V.

4: 1

6: 3

8: 2

3: 5

2: 3 p

3: 2

6: 3

3: 2 V.

6: 4

4: 1

3: 4 p

4: 8

5: 2

6: 1

3: 2

5: 2

3: 2

4: 1

2: 5

2: 3

2: 3 V

3: 2 V.

0: 2

8: 3

5: 2

5: 4

4: 3

1-0

6: 4

9: 2

5: 3

4-0

2: 4

5: 4

4: 6

6: 4

3: 1

5: 6 p

3: 4

5: 4

1: 2

5: 2

4: 1

5: 2

4: 3

6: 4

3-0

5: 6 V.

3: 2

4: 3

2: 5

3-0

5: 2

9: 2

7: 2

2: 4

2: 4

3: 2

2: 3

2: 4

0: 2

2-0

2: 1

7: 4

4: 2

4: 3 V

3: 4

1: 2

5: 1

2-0

2: 4

6: 2

3: 2

4: 2

6: 3

2: 5

4: 3

3: 2

3: 4 V.

7: 1

2-0

4: 3 p

5: 3

2: 3 V

1: 6

1: 3

1: 3

3: 2

5: 2

2: 1

2: 6

2: 3 V

5-0

5: 1

6: 4

3: 2 V.

5: 3

DRE

4-0

1: 5

1: 4

6: 3

1: 2 p

2: 1 p

2: 7

2: 7

9-0

4: 1

2: 1

4: 3

1: 5

5: 3

2: 1

7: 6 p

2: 3 p

6: 3

2: 6

2: 4

3: 2

3: 4

5: 3

6: 5

4: 3 V

3: 6

LFX

2: 4

5: 2

4: 7

4: 3

3: 4 V.

1: 2 p

3: 4

4: 2

6: 1

2: 1

4: 3

2: 4

5: 7

4: 3 p

3: 4

2: 6

6: 4

3: 2

2: 1 V

7: 4

2: 5

4: 2

4: 2

3: 1

3: 5

3: 2 V.

1: 3

5: 2

2: 4

4: 3 p

1-0

4: 3 p

2: 5

5: 1

6: 5 V.

5: 2

6: 5 V.

2: 3

1: 5

2: 5

4: 3

5: 8

3: 4

3: 6

1: 6

4: 2

2: 6

1: 2 V

2: 3

6: 1

2: 5

3: 7

4: 1

1: 7

3: 5

3: 4

2: 3

4: 5 V

2: 5

0: 5

3: 4 V.

3: 2 V.

2: 3

3: 7

1:10

3: 1

0: 3

3: 8

2: 5

6: 4

2-0

3: 4

2: 5

2: 4

5: 4

5: 2

0: 5

5: 6 V.

HNF

1: 2

2: 3

0: 2

4: 3 p

1: 2

1: 6

5: 1

1: 4

2: 4

8: 2

0: 3

1: 7

0: 3

4: 2

4: 3 p

1: 2

2: 1

4: 6

2: 1

6: 7

2: 3

4: 1

4: 2

8-0

5: 6

5: 1

EPC

1: 3

2: 1 p

4: 6

2: 5

6: 2

4: 6

5: 2

8: 3

2: 3

5: 2

9: 4

5: 7

1: 4

2: 3 p

7: 1

2: 5

7: 2

2: 1

0: 1 p

4: 3 p

4: 5

6: 2

4-0

4: 1

4: 3 V

1: 2 V

ECK

2: 3 p

5: 2

3: 2

4-0

4: 3 p

6: 1

1: 2

3-0

2: 5

2: 5

7: 3

8: 2

2: 5

2: 1

5: 1

3: 4

3: 7

6: 3

2: 4

4: 6

5: 4

4: 5

5: 3

5: 3

5: 6

1: 4

FRA

2: 3

4: 1

8: 6

8: 2

2: 3 V

3: 2

4: 2

5: 1

6: 3

7: 2

12: 2

(2) 0: 5

0: 1

Note: ^V after extension; ^P after penalty shootout
final score on March 2, 2015, 52nd matchday

⁽¹⁾ The game could not take place due to the late arrival of the visiting team and is rated 5-0.

⁽²⁾ The game was subsequently rated 0: 5 because Frankfurt used a suspended player in the 8: 2 victory.

table

A team was awarded three points for a win after normal playing time, if the game was tied after 60 minutes, both teams received one point, the winner of the five-minute extra time (only with four against four outfield players) or after a necessary penalty shoot-out received another point credited. If a team lost in regular time, they received no points.

Pl.	team	Sp	S.	OTS	PSS	OTN	PSN	N	Pt	%	T	GT	St.	home	guest
1.	Bietigheim Steelers	52	34	3	0	2	4th	9	114	73%	227	151	615	17-2-3-4	17-1-3-5
2.	Fischtown Pinguins (M)	52	29	1	4th	1	1	16	99	63%	182	147	968	17-3-0-6	12-2-2-10
3.	EC Kassel Huskies (N)	52	27	2	3	3	3	14th	97	62%	197	140	951	13-3-4-6	14-2-2-8
4th	Löwen Frankfurt (N)	52	28	3	0	4th	0	17th	94	60%	211	153	939	15-0-1-10	13-3-3-7
5.	Ravensburg tower stars	52	26th	2	1	1	3	19th	88	56%	186	174	707	19-2-2-3	7-1-2-16
6th	EV Landshut	52	25th	2	1	1	2	21st	84	54%	174	162	860	17-0-2-7	8-3-1-14
7th	SC Riessersee	52	21st	2	4th	3	3	19th	81	52%	158	143	589	15-2-2-7	6-4-4-12
8th.	Starbulls Rosenheim	52	21st	2	5	1	3	20th	81	52%	157	150	724	12-5-1-8	9-2-3-12
9.	Lusatian foxes	52	22nd	2	2	1	2	23	77	49%	181	184	829	12-2-3-9	10-2-0-14
10.	Dresden Ice Lions	52	22nd	1	2	2	3	22nd	77	49%	171	187	620	13-2-2-9	9-1-3-13
11.	EC Bad Nauheim	52	16	8th	3	2	2	21st	74	47%	167	179	656	10-7-1-8	6-4-3-13
12.	Ice pirates Crimmitschau	52	18th	0	2	2	2	28	62	40%	180	195	837	12-2-0-12	6-0-4-16
13.	Heilbronn falcon	52	10	0	1	2	0	39	34	22%	119	224	831	7-1-1-17	3-0-1-22
14th	ESV Kaufbeuren	52	8th	1	0	4th	0	39	30th	19%	123	244	727	4-1-3-18	4-0-1-21

Abbreviations : Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime, PSS = victories after penalty shoot-out, OTN = defeats after overtime, PSN = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats, pts = total points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, Str. = Penalty minutes; Final result: March 2, 2015, 52nd matchday; Explanations: direct play-off qualification , pre-play-off participants , participants in the play-downs

Best scorer

Source: DEL2; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
Mike Collins	kassel	51	27	54	81	32
David Wrigley	Bietigheim	43	32	46	78	70
Matt McKnight	Bietigheim	51	21st	56	77	14th
Robin Just	Bietigheim	51	25th	42	67	22nd
PJ Fenton	Landshut	51	24	40	64	66
Patrick Jarrett	Landshut	50	29	34	63	34
Lubor Dibelka	Riessersee	47	24	39	63	18th
Richard Mueller	Frankfurt	50	40	22nd	62	26th
Alexander Hutchings	Crimmitschau	50	22nd	40	62	54
Nick Mazzolini	Frankfurt	51	31	30th	61	46
Max Campbell	Bad Nauheim	51	30th	31	61	10
Jamie MacQueen	Crimmitschau	43	30th	31	61	104

Best goalkeeper

Source: pointstreak.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), S = victories, N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GTS	SO
Timo herds	Rosenheim	27	1545: 36	18th	8th	62	2.41	3
Jochen Vollmer	Riessersee	22nd	1300: 18	13	9	54	2.49	2
Antti Ore	Frankfurt	29	1798: 06	20th	9	75	2.50	2
Mika Järvinen	kassel	25th	1488: 20	16	8th	63	2.54	3
Siniša Martinović	Bietigheim	43	2576: 22	31	12	109	2.54	5
Jonas Langmann	Bremerhaven	22nd	1264: 15	12	10	54	2.56	3
Tyler Weiman	Landshut	29	1744: 16	15th	14th	80	2.75	2
Jan Guryca	Bad Nauheim	43	2613: 44	24	19th	140	3.21	0
Jonathan Boutin	White water	47	2694: 11	25th	19th	144	3.21	1
Stefan Vajs	Kaufbeuren	21st	1174: 01	8th	12	63	3.22	0
Ryan Never	Crimmitschau	40	2416: 48	18th	22nd	130	3.23	2
Christian Rohde	Ravensburg	45	2617: 04	23	21st	141	3.23	2
Kevin Nastiuk	Dresden	33	1951: 11	15th	18th	107	3.29	2

Pre-play-offs

In the pre-play-offs, the teams in positions 7 to 10 of the main round played two participants in the play-offs in two best-of-three series. The seventh of the main round played against the tenth and the eighth against the ninth. If the score was tied after the regular playing time of 3 × 20 minutes, after a 15-minute break an extension was made until a goal was scored.

The games took place on March 6, 8 and 10, 2015.

	series	1	2	3	[MR]
SC Riessersee - Dresden Ice Lions	1: 2	0: 2	5: 2	1: 4	[2: 2]
Starbulls Rosenheim - Lusatian foxes	2: 1	2: 4	3: 2 V.	4: 1	[1: 3]

Play-offs

mode

The first six placed in the main round and the two winners of the pre-play-offs played the winner in three rounds and in the best-of-seven mode from March 13th to April 28th.
If games ended in a draw after the regular playing time of 3 × 20 minutes, there was an extension of 20 minutes, but only until a goal was scored. The team that scored the goal was the winner with the corresponding result. The 20-minute extensions were repeated, each with a new ice preparation and a 15-minute break, until the decisive goal was scored.

Play-off tree

In each round, the remaining best of the main round competed against the remaining worst placed in the main round and the remaining second best against the remaining second worst of the main round (etc.).

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

Bietigheim Steelers

4th

10

Dresden Ice Lions

0

1

Bietigheim Steelers

4th

6th

EV Landshut

0

3

EC Kassel Huskies

1

6th

EV Landshut

4th

1

Bietigheim Steelers

4th

2

Fish town penguins

2

2

Fish town penguins

4th

8th

Starbulls Rosenheim

0

2

Fish town penguins

4th

4th

Löwen Frankfurt

2

4th

Löwen Frankfurt

4th

5

Ravensburg tower stars

0

Play-off quarter-finals

The play-off quarter-finals were played in best-of-seven mode. The games took place on March 13, 15, 17, 20 and 22, 2015. The dates on March 25th and 27th were no longer required.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Bietigheim Steelers - Dresden Ice Lions	4-0	2: 1 V	2: 1 V	5-0	4: 3 V	-	-	-	[4: 0]
Fischtown Pinguins - Starbulls Rosenheim	4-0	3: 2 V.	3: 2 V.	3: 2 V.	4: 3	-	-	-	[2: 2]
EC Kassel Huskies - EV Landshut	1: 4	2: 3 V	1: 4	6: 3	2: 3 V	2: 3 V	-	-	[3: 1]
Löwen Frankfurt - Ravensburg Tower stars	4-0	4: 2	7: 2	4: 1	5: 2	-	-	-	[2: 2]

Play-off semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the remaining best competed against the remaining worst and the other two teams against each other. The play-off semi-finals were also played in best-of-seven mode. The games took place on April 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th, 2015. The appointment on April 14th was no longer necessary.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Bietigheim Steelers - EV Landshut	4-0	5: 2	6-0	7: 2	6: 3	-	-	-	[4: 0]
Fischtown Pinguins - Löwen Frankfurt	4: 2	4-0	1: 4	2: 4	6: 4	5: 4 V.	4: 3	-	[2: 2]

Play-off final

The play-off finals were also played in best-of-seven mode. The games took place on April 17th, 19th, 21st, 24th, 26th and 28th. The appointment on April 30, 2015 was no longer necessary.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Bietigheim Steelers - Fish Town Penguins	4: 2	4: 3	3: 4	4: 3	4: 3 V	1: 6	4: 3 V	-	[2: 2]

Squad of the DEL2 champions

DEL2 champion Bietigheim Steelers

Goalkeepers: Siniša Martinović , Andreas Mechel Defenders: Dominic Auger , Adam Borzęcki , Markus Gleich , Benjamin Hüfner , Max Prommersberger , Bastian Steingroß Attackers: Frederik Cabana , Michael Fink , Lukas Fröhlich , Mark Heatley , Robin Just , Marcel Kahle , Justin Kelly , Benjamin Kronawitter , Matt McKnight , Jason Pinizzotto , René Schoofs , Archie Skalbeck , Marcus Sommerfeld , Chris St Jacques , Marco Windisch , David Wrigley Coaching staff: Kevin Gaudet , Marc St. Jean

Best goalkeeper

Source: pointstreak.com; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), S = victories, N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	GT	GTS	SO
Tomáš Tomek	Riessersee	3	178: 19	1	2	6th	2.02	0
Jeff Frazee	kassel	2	165: 40	0	2	6th	2.17	0
Siniša Martinović	Bietigheim	14th	876: 54	12	2	34	2.33	2
Kevin Nastiuk	Dresden	7th	409: 14	2	5	17th	2.49	1
Ben Meisner	Bremerhaven	9	575: 54	6th	2	24	2.50	1
Jonathan Boutin	White water	3	184: 33	1	2	8th	2.60	0
Timo herds	Rosenheim	7th	455: 02	2	5	20th	2.64	0
Antti Ore	Frankfurt	10	605: 16	6th	4th	28	2.78	0

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
David Wrigley	Bietigheim	14th	13	11	24	26th
Jan Kopecký	Bremerhaven	16	7th	14th	21st	28
Brendan Cook	Bremerhaven	16	10	8th	18th	10
Justin Kelly	Bietigheim	14th	6th	12	18th	8th
Marcus Sommerfeld	Bietigheim	14th	3	15th	18th	24
Dominic Auger	Bietigheim	14th	7th	10	17th	32
Brock Hooton	Bremerhaven	16	6th	11	17th	4th
Andrew McPherson	Bremerhaven	16	5	12	17th	26th

Play-downs

In the play-downs, the last four teams in the main round played off the relegated athletes in three best-of-seven series.

First round

The games took place on March 13, 15, 17, 20, 22 and 25, 2015. The appointment on March 27th was no longer necessary.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
EC Bad Nauheim - ESV Kaufbeuren	4: 2	4: 3 V	3: 6	5: 2	4: 7	1-0	6: 3	-	[4: 0]
Ice pirates Crimmitschau - Heilbronner Falken	4: 1	6: 5 V.	2: 6	6: 4	6-0	3: 2	-	-	[3: 1]

Second round

The games took place on April 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th, 2015. The appointment on April 14th was no longer necessary.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Heilbronner Falken - ESV Kaufbeuren	2: 4	4: 1	4: 6	4-0	4: 5 V	0: 4	0: 2	-	[3: 1]

The Heilbronner Falken were thus determined to be relegated to the top league.

Awards

The player of the year was determined in cooperation with Ice Hockey News and the league through a survey of the coaches and managers of the 14 DEL2 clubs.

• Player of the Year - Mika Järvinen , Kassel Huskies
• Goalkeeper of the Year - Mika Järvinen, Kassel Huskies
• Forward of the Year - David Wrigley , Bietigheim Steelers
• Defender of the Year - Maury Edwards , Ravensburg Towerstars
• Trainer of the Year - Kevin Gaudet , Bietigheim Steelers
• Rookie of the year - Timo Herden , Starbulls Rosenheim
• Manager of the Year - Joe Gibbs , Kassel Huskies

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL2 2014/15 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} EC Bad Nauheim's managing director Andreas Ortwein in an interview: Fighting for relegation! hockeyweb.de, March 4, 2014, accessed on March 14, 2014 .  
2. ↑ Heilbronner Falken complete the DEL2. In: del-2.org. July 24, 2015, accessed March 14, 2019 . 
3. ↑ DEL2 schedule, main round 2014/15. Pointstreak.com, accessed March 2, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Fischtown against Riessersee canceled. In: DEL-2.org. January 30, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Crimmitschau wins at the “Green Table”: arbitration tribunal overturns DEL2 decision. In: DEL-2.org. February 27, 2015, accessed February 28, 2015 . 
6. ↑ DEL2 table, main round 2014/15. Pointstreak.com, accessed March 2, 2015 . 
7. ↑ del-2.org, main round 2014/15: Top scorer
8. ↑ pointstreak.com, main round 2014/15: top goalkeeper
9. ↑ pointstreak.com, Play-offs 2014/15: Top goalkeepers
10. ↑ pointstreak.com, Play-offs 2014/15: Top-Scorer
11. ↑ Järvinen Player and Goalkeeper of the Year, Wrigley Best Striker, Edwards Top Defender. In: Ice Hockey News . March 8, 2015, accessed March 13, 2019 .