DEL 1995/96

	German ice hockey league
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Master:	Düsseldorfer EG
Relegated:	ESG Sachsen Weißwasser , SC Riessersee EC in Hanover (all withdrawal)
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The 1995/96 DEL season was the second season of the German Ice Hockey League . For Mad Dogs Munich, who had left the previous year for financial reasons, SC Riessersee was added in 1995 , which, however, also had to give up after the season for financial reasons. ESG Sachsen Weißwasser and the EC in Hanover had to withdraw from gaming operations, also for economic reasons . The German champions were the Düsseldorfer EG .

requirements

Attendees

augsburg polar bears Prussian 0Devils Dusseldorf Frankfurt on Main Hanover kassel Kaufbeuren Cologne Krefeld Landshut Mannheim Riessersee Nuremberg Ratingen Rosenheim Schwenningen White water

Participant of the DEL 1995/1996

club	Location	Previous year	Play-offs
Augsburg panther	augsburg	13.	Round of 16
EHC Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	17th	-
Prussian Devils	Berlin	1.	Semifinals
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	5.	Quarter finals
Frankfurt Lions	Frankfurt	10.	Round of 16
SC Riessersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	-	-
EC in Hanover	Hanover	14th	Round of 16
EC Kassel Huskies	kassel	7th	Quarter finals
Kaufbeurer eagle	Kaufbeuren	11.	Round of 16
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	6th	German champions
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	4th	Semifinals
Landshut cannibals	Landshut	2.	Runner-up
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	3.	Quarter finals
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	12.	Round of 16
Ratinger lions	Ratingen	16.	Round of 16
Star Bulls Rosenheim	Rosenheim	8th.	Round of 16
Schwenninger Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	9.	Quarter finals
ESG Sachsen Weißwasser	White water	15th	Round of 16

Mode and rules

In contrast to the previous year, this season was played without regional groups, but with a preliminary and intermediate round. After a single round with a return match between the 18 teams, the table was divided and the teams on the even places played a single round against each other while those on the odd places played an analog intermediate round. In a subsequent play-off round, the 16 best teams from the main round competed against each other.

Main round

After the main round, the first four teams were only two points apart, while the only two teams from the new federal states did not make it into the play-offs.

Closing table

	Club	Sp	S.	U	N	OTN	Gates	Points
1.	Cologne Sharks (M)	50	37	4th	8th	1	261: 121	79
2.	Prussian Devils	50	35	7th	6th	2	219: 107	79
3.	Düsseldorfer EG	50	36	4th	9	1	228: 127	77
4th	Landshut cannibals	50	35	1	11	0	222: 127	77
5.	Schwenninger Wild Wings	50	30th	6th	12	2	214: 150	68
6th	Adler Mannheim	50	29	7th	12	2	195: 163	67
7th	Krefeld penguins	50	26th	5	18th	1	169: 154	58
8th.	Frankfurt Lions	50	22nd	5	20th	3	189: 162	52
9.	EC Kassel Huskies	50	19th	12	17th	2	149: 148	52
10.	Ratinger lions	50	21st	3	23	3	181: 195	48
11.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	50	16	8th	24	2	143: 179	42
12.	Augsburg panther	50	17th	6th	25th	2	163: 180	42
13.	Star Bulls Rosenheim	50	16	6th	25th	3	158: 195	41
14th	SC Riessersee (N)	50	16	4th	29	1	147: 213	37
15th	Kaufbeurer eagle	50	13	6th	30th	1	145: 228	33
16.	EC in Hanover	50	12	4th	34	0	138: 251	28
17th	EHC Eisbären Berlin	50	11	3	34	2	125: 236	27
18th	ESG foxes white water	50	9	3	38	0	126: 236	21st

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, OTN = defeats after extra time, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion, (N) = newcomer
Explanations:     = qualification for the play-offs,     = season ended
Cologne is ahead of the Preussen Devils because of the better direct comparison (two wins in Cologne, no win in Berlin), Düsseldorf is ahead of Landshut because of the better goal difference (direct comparison was tied after one win and a total of 5: 5 goals). Frankfurt is ahead of Kassel in the table because of the better direct comparison (one win each, goal difference 6: 3 for Frankfurt), Nuremberg ahead of Augsburg because of the better direct comparison (two wins Nuremberg, one draw, one win for Augsburg).

Leaderboards

category	Surname	team	number
Top scorer	Robert Reichel	Frankfurt Lions	101 points scorer
Top goalkeeper	Klaus Merk	Prussian Devils	2.06 goals conceded per game
Top defender	Tom O'Regan	Prussian Devils	48 scorer points

Play-offs

All play-off rounds were played according to the “ best of five ” mode .

Play-off tree

	Round of 16					Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1.	Cologne Sharks	3
	16.	EC in Hanover	0
						1.	Cologne Sharks	3
						12.	Augsburg panther	0
	5.	SERC Wild Wings	1
	12.	Augsburg panther	3
											1.	Cologne Sharks	3
											4th	EV Landshut	1
	4th	EV Landshut	3
	13.	Starbulls Rosenheim	1
						4th	EV Landshut	3
						6th	Adler Mannheim	0
	6th	Adler Mannheim	3
	11.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	2
																1.	Cologne Sharks	1
																3.	Düsseldorfer EG	3
	3.	Düsseldorfer EG	3
	14th	SC Riessersee	0
						3.	Düsseldorfer EG	3
						7th	Krefeld penguins	0
	7th	Krefeld penguins	3
	10.	Ratinger lions	0
											2.	Prussian Devils	0
											3.	Düsseldorfer EG	3
	2.	Prussian Devils	3
	15th	Kaufbeurer eagle	0
						2.	Prussian Devils	3
						9.	EC Kassel Huskies	2
	8th.	Frankfurt Lions	0
	9.	EC Kassel Huskies	3

Round of 16

In order to guarantee the supposedly worse teams two home games, they played in the order haahh, which meant that Frankfurt only had one home game in the play-offs, even though they were the better-placed team in the main round.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne Sharks	-	EC in Hanover	3-0	6: 1	9: 2	7: 1	-	-
Prussian Devils	-	Kaufbeurer eagle	3-0	7: 2	8: 3	11: 2	-	-
Düsseldorfer EG	-	SC Riessersee	3-0	6: 1	3: 2	6: 3	-	-
EV Landshut	-	Starbulls Rosenheim	3: 1	7-0	4: 2	3: 5	5: 1	-
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	-	Augsburg panther	1: 3	6: 3	3: 9	1: 3	4: 5 a.d.	-
Adler Mannheim	-	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	3: 2	4: 5 a.d.	2: 1	0: 2	3-0	2: 1 a.d.
Krefeld penguins	-	Ratinger lions	3-0	5: 1	3: 2 a.d.	4: 2	-	-
Frankfurt Lions	-	EC Kassel Huskies	0: 3	3: 4	3: 4	1: 2	-	-

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne Sharks	-	Augsburg panther	3-0	8: 5	5: 3	7: 3	-	-
Prussian Devils	-	EC Kassel Huskies	3: 2	3: 4 a.d.	4: 3	5: 1	4: 5 a.d.	3: 1
Düsseldorfer EG	-	Krefeld penguins	3-0	4: 1	5: 4	7: 5	-	-
EV Landshut	-	Adler Mannheim	3-0	3: 2	4: 1	3: 2 a.d.	-	-

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne Sharks	-	EV Landshut	3: 1	4: 2	6: 5	6: 9	5: 4 a.d.	-
Prussian Devils	-	Düsseldorfer EG	0: 3	5: 6	2: 5	0: 6	-	-

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne Sharks	-	Düsseldorfer EG	1: 3	7: 4	1: 5	0: 5	2: 4	-

Thus, the Düsseldorfer EG became German champions for the eighth time in their club history and set a DEL record that is still valid today (as of 2017): DEG scored 66 goals in 13 playoff games; The average of 5.08 goals per match was not achieved by any later DEL champion.

Squad of the German champions

German champion Düsseldorfer EG

Goalkeepers: Helmut de Raaf , Carsten Gossmann Defenders: Brad Bergen , Uli Hiemer , Torsten Kienass , Andreas Niederberger , Christoph Kreutzer , Sergei Sorokin , Robert Sterflinger Attackers: Andreas Brockmann , Benoît Doucet , Lorenz Funk junior , Dieter Hegen , Ernst Köpf junior , Alexei Kudaschow , Bernd Kühnhauser , Wolfgang Kummer , Patrick Lebeau , Mikko Mäkelä , Gordon Sherven , Bernd Truntschka , Chris Valentine Head coach: Hardy Nilsson

literature

• Büttner, Wolfgang; Eckert, Horst: Ice Hockey Guide 1996/97. The official statistics book Hamburg, 1996.

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 1995/96 at hockey-db.de