DEL2 2015/16

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The 2015/16 season was the third season of the second highest German ice hockey league under the name DEL2 . It started on September 11, 2015 and ended on April 22, 2016. The game was organized by the ESBG . During the season, the DEL2 Event Game was held for the first time , in which the Dresden Ice Lions met the Lausitzer Füchse in the Rudolf Harbig Stadium in front of 31,853 spectators .

The Kassel Huskies won the DEL2 championship with a 4-0 victory in the play-off final against the Bietigheim Steelers . Since the Fischtown Pinguins from Bremerhaven were accepted into the DEL in the summer of 2016, the athletic relegated team, the Heilbronner Falken , remained in the league as a successor.

Attendees

New in the league was the league promoted EHC Freiburg . The EV Landshut was refused the license due to failure to meet the economic requirements. The Heilbronner Falken, who had actually been relegated, subsequently successfully applied for the license to participate in the 2015/2016 DEL2 season. The other possible successors EV Duisburg and EV Regensburg decided not to apply or withdrew them.

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

Clubs of the DEL2 2015/16

society	place	Previous year	Play-offs
EC Bad Nauheim	Bad Nauheim	11.	Play-downs
Bietigheim Steelers	Bietigheim-Bissingen	1.	master
Fish town penguins	Bremerhaven	2.	Runner-up
Ice pirates Crimmitschau	Crimmitschau	12.	Play-downs
Dresden Ice Lions	Dresden	10.	Quarter finals
Löwen Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	4th	Semifinals
EHC Freiburg	Freiburg in Breisgau	Oberliga	master
SC Riessersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	7th	Pre-play-offs
Heilbronn falcon	Heilbronn	13.	Play-downs lost
EC Kassel Huskies	kassel	3.	Quarter finals
ESV Kaufbeuren	Kaufbeuren	14th	Play-downs
Ravensburg tower stars	Ravensburg	5.	Quarter finals
Starbulls Rosenheim	Rosenheim	8th.	Quarter finals
Lusatian foxes	White water	9.	Pre-play-offs

mode

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 from a direct relegation to the league.

Stages

society	Stadium name	Stadium capacity
Löwen Frankfurt	Ice rink Frankfurt	6,990
SC Riessersee	Olympic Ice Sports Center	6,926
EC Kassel Huskies	Ice rink Kassel	6,100
Ice pirates Crimmitschau	Artificial ice stadium in the Sahnpark	5,222
Starbulls Rosenheim	emilo 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
EHC Freiburg	Franz Siegel Hall	3,500
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

ECK

FRA

SBR

LFX

DRE

EPC

HNF

FRB

BHV

ECK

FRA

SBR

LFX

DRE

EPC

HNF

FRB

2: 3

5: 4

4: 2

1: 2

5: 6

5: 1

7: 4

6: 5

4: 3 V

2: 1

3: 1

6: 3

3-0

2-0

5-0

6: 3

3: 1

4-0

4-0

5: 2

6: 3

5: 1

4: 1

9: 5

10: 2

4: 2

2: 1 V

4: 3 p

1-0 p

2: 5

2: 6

3: 2

4-0

4: 2

5: 1

4: 1

6: 4

6: 3

2: 3 V

BHV

8: 1

2: 3

4-0

5: 4

4: 1

5: 4

1: 2 V

5: 2

3: 5

6: 5 V.

3: 2 V.

7: 3

3: 1

2: 6

6: 5 p

1: 3

4: 5 p

3-0

7: 5

1: 5

3: 2

3: 2

14: 2

6: 4

7-0

5: 1

ECK

2-0

2: 5

4: 3 p

3: 4 V.

6: 3

3: 2 V.

2: 1

3: 2

1: 3

3: 4 p

6: 4

5: 4

3: 2 p

2: 4

3: 6

7: 6 V.

4: 3

2: 4

5: 2

5: 1

2: 4

4-0

7: 2

6: 1

10: 3

5: 2

FRA

2: 6

4: 1

4: 1

5: 1

5: 3

5: 6 p

1: 2

1: 2

1: 3

5: 2

7-0

5: 3

3-0

1: 7

6: 1

6: 4

1: 3

4: 2

5: 1

5-0

2: 3

3: 2 p

5: 4 V.

6: 2

3: 7

6: 3

3: 2 p

1: 3

8: 2

4: 3

4: 3

3: 5

2: 1

5: 2

3: 4

7: 3

4: 2

3: 2 V.

4-0

3: 4

1: 5

2: 5

4: 3 p

4: 5 p

3: 4 V.

1: 2

3: 2 V.

1: 2

4: 2

5: 4

1: 4

4: 3 V

4-0

0: 1 V

2: 6

8: 2

4: 3

1: 2 V

2: 3 p

4: 1

1: 2

5: 2

8: 2

3: 2 V.

4: 2

3: 6

4: 2

3: 4 p

3: 4

4: 1

4: 2

4: 1

5: 4

4: 5 p

6: 2

5: 3

3-0

4-0

SBR

5: 1

2: 4

3: 4 V.

7: 2

3: 4

5: 4

3: 1

3: 9

4: 2

3: 2

6: 4

3: 8

4: 1

2: 3

1: 4

1: 4

1: 2

1: 9

4: 6

3: 4 V.

5: 4

2: 4

6: 3

5: 4 V.

2: 1

3: 2 V.

LFX

4: 3 V

3: 2

1: 4

0: 2

2: 3 V

3: 1

1: 2 V

2: 5

2: 3

4: 2

3: 1

2: 3

0: 2

2: 6

3: 4

4: 3 p

3: 4 V.

4: 5 p

3: 7

5: 2

4: 2

2: 1 p

2: 4

7: 4

3: 1

5: 2

DRE

3: 2

3: 2 p

5: 2

4: 1

5: 1

5-0

8: 2

4: 3 V

3: 4 p

3: 4

8: 3

5: 3

1: 2 p

1: 6

3: 7

3: 2

1-0

4: 5 p

5: 4

4: 1

3: 1

2: 3

1: 4

3: 1

2-0

3: 5

3: 4 V.

5: 7

5: 2

3: 2 p

5: 3

6: 1

4: 5 p

5: 2

2: 4

4: 3 p

3-0

3: 4

3: 4 p

2: 1

3: 5

4: 5 p

3: 4

2: 4

8: 1

2: 1

8: 5

2: 5

4: 2

2: 3

3-0

1: 5

EPC

1: 3

3: 1

2: 4

4: 3

6:10

6: 3

5: 1

4-0

6: 2

4: 5

3: 2

4: 2

0: 1

5-0

2: 7

1: 4

0: 4

2: 7

1: 4

6: 2

1: 3

1: 7

4: 5

2: 4

5: 4 V.

0: 2

HNF

1-0

1: 7

4: 3 V

2: 7

1: 5

3: 2 V.

6: 5 V.

4: 3 p

4: 5 p

2: 1

1: 2

3: 2

2: 3

2: 3 V

2: 3 V

2: 3 V

3: 6

8: 2

4: 7

3: 4

2: 4

5: 1

3: 2 V.

4: 1

2: 3 V

10: 5

1: 9

3: 4

1: 7

1: 3

5: 1

2: 6

4: 1

1: 3

2: 3 p

6: 2

2-0

4: 3

1: 2 p

7: 3

1: 7

0: 9

4: 2

0: 3

2: 3

2: 4

3: 4

4: 2

2: 3

0: 3

3: 2

3: 4

FRB

4: 6

5: 6

3: 2

2: 3 p

5: 2

3: 4 p

2: 5

1: 3

3: 5

2: 5

6: 1

2: 3

4: 2

Note: ^V after extension; ^P after penalty shootout
final score on March 1, 2016, 52nd matchday

Main round 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 (M)	52	34	3	0	2	1	12	111	71%	207	130	670	22-1-0-3	12-2-3-9
2.	Fish town penguins	52	31	5	2	2	2	10	111	71%	203	135	1078	15-5-2-4	16-2-2-6
3.	Ravensburg tower stars	52	24	5	5	0	0	18th	92	59%	202	163	804	15-4-0-7	9-6-0-11
4th	EC Kassel Huskies	52	23	3	5	3	4th	14th	92	59%	201	164	909	14-4-3-5	9-4-4-9
5.	Löwen Frankfurt	52	26th	2	1	0	5	18th	89	57%	181	146	921	16-1-1-8	10-2-4-10
6th	EC Bad Nauheim	52	24	0	4th	3	5	16	88	56%	158	158	736	12-2-4-8	12-2-4-8
7th	Dresden Ice Lions	52	23	1	5	2	3	18th	86	55%	193	164	594	13-4-4-5	10-2-1-13
8th.	Starbulls Rosenheim	52	21st	4th	2	3	2	20th	80	51%	176	184	810	17-0-3-6	4-6-2-14
9.	SC Riessersee	52	18th	3	2	5	1	23	70	45%	165	176	596	9-4-5-8	9-1-1-15
10.	Ice pirates Crimmitschau	52	20th	0	1	2	2	27	66	42%	158	188	779	14-0-1-11	6-1-3-16
11.	Lusatian foxes	52	15th	4th	1	4th	1	27	60	38%	121	166	889	7-3-3-13	8-2-2-14
12.	ESV Kaufbeuren	52	15th	1	0	7th	2	27	56	36%	153	199	788	9-1-6-10	6-0-3-17
13.	EHC Freiburg (N)	52	14th	1	3	2	3	29	55	35%	128	179	642	8-0-2-16	6-4-3-13
14th	Heilbronn falcon	52	7th	5	1	2	1	36	36	23%	131	225	727	5-5-1-15	2-1-2-21

Final result on March 1, 2016, 52nd matchday; Abbreviations : Sp. = Games, S = wins, OTS = wins after extra time, PSS = wins after penalty shoot-outs, OTN = losses after extra time, PSN = losses after penalty shoot-outs, N = losses, pts = total points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded , Str. = Penalty minutes; Explanations: direct play-off qualification ; Pre-play-off participants ; Play-down participant

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/− = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes, PPT = power play goals, SHT = underpaid goals; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM	PPT	SHT
Justin Kelly	Bietigheim	52	34	51	85	+31	53	5	1
Brian Roloff	Ravensburg	52	19th	51	70	+27	34	1	2
Jamie MacQueen	kassel	49	37	33	70	+12	81	16	1
David Wrigley	Bietigheim	37	24	40	64	+20	79	7th	1
Konstantin Schmidt	Ravensburg	52	17th	46	63	+24	38	3	1
Adam Brace	Heilbronn	52	28	35	63	−9	50	6th	2
Eric lamp	Crimmitschau	48	19th	43	62	−7	98	4th	1
CJ stretch	Rosenheim	50	26th	36	62	+5	106	11	0
Wade MacLeod	Rosenheim	50	34	27	61	+5	81	10	3
Nick Dineen	Bad Nauheim	52	19th	42	61	+28	24	7th	0
Nick Mazzolini	Frankfurt	49	20th	39	59	+26	50	4th	1

Best goalkeeper

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), S = wins, N = defeats, GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , SaT = shots on goal, SVS = saves (shots saved), Sv% = shots saved ( in) , GTS = counter goal ; Fat: tournament best

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	SO	GT	GTS	SaT	SVS	Sv%
Siniša Martinović	Bietigheim	41	2347: 30	28	12	4th	95	2.43	1033	938	90.80
Gerald Kuhn	Bremerhaven	37	2130: 31	26th	10	4th	87	2.45	1005	918	91.34
Markus Keller	kassel	42	2509: 35	25th	15th	4th	122	2.92	1316	1194	90.73
Matthias Nemec	Ravensburg	32	1868: 23	23	7th	1	87	2.79	990	903	91.21
Mikko Rämö	Bad Nauheim	44	2666: 34	23	21st	3	128	2.88	1496	1368	91.44
Jochen Vollmer	Riessersee	42	2400: 10	21st	18th	0	122	3.05	1326	1204	90.80
Brett Jaeger	Dresden	33	1907: 17	21st	12	1	89	2.80	996	907	91.06
Ryan Never	Crimmitschau	46	2768: 56	21st	25th	3	145	3.14	1578	1433	90.81
Joe Fallon	White water	41	2397: 00	15th	24	0	122	3.05	1225	1103	90.04
Lukas Steinhauer	Rosenheim	28	1579: 34	14th	13	2	89	3.38	809	720	89.00
Timo herds	Rosenheim	28	1576: 38	13	11	0	89	3.39	797	708	88.83
Stefan Vajs	Kaufbeuren	39	2208: 54	12	23	1	112	3.04	1381	1269	91.89

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 there was an extension of 20 minutes until a goal was scored. The 20-minute extensions were repeated, each with a new ice preparation and a 15-minute break, until the decisive goal was scored. The games took place on March 4th, 6th and 8th, 2016.

	series	1	2	3	[MR]
Dresdner Eislöwen - Ice Pirates Crimmitschau	2: 1	2: 1 V	1: 4	1: 0 V	[1: 3]
Starbulls Rosenheim - SC Riessersee	2: 1	5: 3	1: 4	3: 1	[4: 0]

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 11th to April 22nd.

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

8th

Starbulls Rosenheim

1

1

Bietigheim Steelers

4th

7th

Dresden Ice Lions

1

2

Fish town penguins

3

7th

Dresden Ice Lions

4th

1

Bietigheim Steelers

0

4th

EC Kassel Huskies

4th

3

Ravensburg tower stars

4th

6th

EC Bad Nauheim

1

3

Ravensburg tower stars

2

4th

EC Kassel Huskies

4th

4th

EC Kassel Huskies

4th

5

Löwen Frankfurt

0

Play-off quarter-finals

The play-off quarter-finals were played in best-of-seven mode. The games took place on March 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22 and 24, 2016.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Bietigheim Steelers - Starbulls Rosenheim	4: 1	4-0	2: 6	5: 1	7: 3	6: 2	-	-	[3: 1]
Fischtown Pinguins - Dresden Ice Lions	3: 4	3: 2 V.	3: 5	2: 3 V	2: 3 V	4: 3	4: 3	1: 6	[3: 1]
Ravensburg Tower Stars - EC Bad Nauheim	4: 1	2: 1	4-0	3-0	2: 3	3-0	-	-	[2: 2]
EC Kassel Huskies - Löwen Frankfurt	4-0	5: 2	6: 4	4-0	8: 1	-	-	-	[1: 3]

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 March 26th and 28th and on April 1st, 3rd, 5th and 8th, 2016. The appointment on April 10, 2016 was no longer necessary.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Bietigheim Steelers - Dresden Ice Lions	4: 1	5: 2	4: 3	3: 2 V.	2: 3	2-0	-	-	[3: 1]
Ravensburg Towerstars - EC Kassel Huskies	2: 4	2: 4	2: 8	6: 1	1: 7	6: 3	1: 4	-	[4: 0]

Play-off final

The play-off finals are also played in best-of-seven mode. The games took place on April 15, 17, 19 and 22, 2016. The appointments on April 24, 26 and 29, 2016 were no longer required.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Bietigheim Steelers - EC Kassel Huskies	0: 4	0: 1	2: 3 V	2: 3 V	2: 5	-	-	-	[3: 1]

Squad of the DEL2 champions

DEL2 champion EC Kassel Huskies

Goalkeepers: Jimmy Hertel , Markus Keller , Florian Proske Defenders: Alexander Heinrich , Mike Little , Kevin Maginot , Marco Müller , Mathias Müller , Dorian Saeftel , Eric Stephan , Sören Sturm , Sven Valenti Attackers: Adriano Carciola , Taylor Carnevale , Michael Christ , Jean-Michel Daoust , Justin Kirsch , Manuel Klinge , Jamie MacQueen , Jens Meilleur , Thomas Merl , Lennart Palausch , Braden Pimm , Carter Proft , Austin Wycisk Coaching staff: Rico Rossi , Hugo Boisvert

Best scorer

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Jamie MacQueen	kassel	14th	12	11	23	+15	8th
Justin Kelly	Bietigheim	11	4th	15th	19th	+4	4th
Shawn Weller	Bietigheim	12	5	13	18th	+5	26th
Manuel blade	kassel	14th	9	7th	16	+10	8th
Braden Pimm	kassel	14th	7th	9	16	+16	14th
Jean-Michel Daoust	kassel	13	6th	10	16	+7	49
Marcus Sommerfeld	Bietigheim	14th	8th	6th	14th	+5	4th
Thomas Merl	kassel	14th	2	12	14th	+8	4th
Mark Cullen	Dresden	15th	0	14th	14th	0	12

Best goalkeeper

Source: DEL2; Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	Min	S.	N	SaT	GT	GTS	SVS	Sv%	SO
Ryan Never	Crimmitschau	3	217: 13	1	2	117	4th	1.10	113	96.58	0
Markus Keller	kassel	14th	874: 10	12	2	461	30th	2.06	431	93.49	2
Brett Jaeger	Dresden	13	809: 12	6th	6th	404	30th	2.22	374	92.57	1
Siniša Martinović	Bietigheim	14th	858: 04	8th	6th	383	32	2.24	351	91.64	2
Matthias Nemec	Ravensburg	11	617: 54	6th	5	277	27	2.62	250	90.25	3
Jochen Vollmer	Riessersee	3	177: 56	1	2	116	8th	2.70	108	93.10	0
Gerald Kuhn	Bremerhaven	7th	449: 15	3	4th	228	23	3.07	205	89.91	0

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 11th, 13th, 15th, 18th, 20th, 22nd and 24th, 2016.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Lusatian foxes	-	Heilbronn falcon	4: 1	2: 1 V	4-0	3: 1	3: 4	5: 1	-	-	[3: 1]
ESV Kaufbeuren	-	EHC Freiburg	3: 4	3: 1	0: 3	1-0	3: 4 V.	8: 1	0: 2	4: 6	[2: 2]

Second round

The games took place on March 26th and 28th and on April 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th and 10th, 2016.

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

Awards

• Best Player: Justin Kelly (Bietigheim Steelers)
• Best Forward: Justin Kelly (Bietigheim Steelers)
• Best goalie: Mikka Rämö (EC Bad Nauheim)
• Best defender: Gabe Guentzel (Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven)
• Best rookie: Vladislav Filin (Dresdner Eislöwen)
• Best coach: Petri Kujala (EC Bad Nauheim)
• Fair play team: Dresdner Eislöwen
• Play-off MVP: Markus Keller , (Kassel Huskies)

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL2 2015/16 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bremerhaven receives 14th DEL license for the 2016/17 season. In: del.org. July 1, 2016, accessed July 4, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Traditional club before falling into nowhere. Confirmed: Landshut does not receive a license for the coming season in the DEL2. eishockeynews.de, July 9, 2015, accessed on September 14, 2015 .  
3. ↑ Tobias Welck: UPDATE: First reaction of the EVL. Losses in the six-figure range ensure the DEL2-Aus - Landshut wants to "exhaust all legal channels". (No longer available online.) Eishockeynews.de, July 10, 2015, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on September 14, 2015 .  
4. ↑ Heilbronner Falken complete the DEL2. DEL2 starts the new season with 14 clubs. del-2.org, July 25, 2015, accessed July 25, 2015 .  
5. ↑ First reaction to the EVL's second division. EV Regensburg examines the option to move in - Heilbronn falcons will decide on Monday. (No longer available online.) Eishockeynews.de, July 10, 2015, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on September 14, 2015 .  
6. ↑ By converting from standing to 168 seats, the capacity was reduced at the beginning of the season. See article: 168 new seats in the ice arena. Lausitzer Füchse, September 11, 2015, accessed on May 1, 2020 . 
7. ↑ DEL2 schedule, main round 2015/16. del-2.org, accessed February 29, 2016 . 
8. ↑ DEL2 table, main round 2015/16. ESBG, accessed November 10, 2017 . 
9. ↑ del-2.org, Playoffs 2015/16: Top-Scorer
10. ↑ del-2.org, Playoffs 2015/16: Top Goalies
11. ↑ Justin Kelly is DEL2 player of the year. In: hockeyweb.de. March 12, 2016, accessed March 13, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Playoff MVP Markus Keller: "I'm really proud of it." In: del-2.org. April 25, 2016, accessed March 13, 2019 .