DEL 1997/98
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The 1997/98 DEL season was the fourth season of the German Ice Hockey League . The defending champions Adler Mannheim became German champions , while the Kaufbeurer Adler withdrew from the league after the 15th match day and the Düsseldorfer EG after the season due to financial problems.
requirements
Attendees
Participant of the DEL 1997/1998 |
club | Location | Previous year | Championship round ↑ Relegation round ↓ |
Play-offs ↑ Play-downs ↓ |
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Augsburg panther | augsburg | 13. | 5. ↓ | 1st round ↓ |
Berlin Capitals | Berlin | 3. | 5. ↑ | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Polar bears Berlin | Berlin | 5. | 4. ↑ | Semifinals ↑ |
Düsseldorfer EG | Dusseldorf | 9. | 3. ↓ | 1st round ↓ |
Frankfurt Lions | Frankfurt | 10. | 6. ↓ | 2nd round ↓ |
Kassel Huskies | kassel | 4th | 3. ↑ | Vice champion ↑ |
Kaufbeurer eagle | Kaufbeuren | 12. | 7. ↓ | 1st round ↓ |
Cologne Sharks | Cologne | 1. | 2. ↑ | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Krefeld penguins | Krefeld | 8th. | 2. ↓ | Quarterfinals ↑ |
EV Landshut | Landshut | 7th | 1. ↓ | Semifinals ↑ |
Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | 2. | 1. ↑ | German master ↑ |
Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Nuremberg | 15th | 9. ↓ | 2nd round ↓ |
Revier lions Oberhausen 1 | Oberhausen | 16. | 10. ↓ | Relegation ↓ |
Starbulls Rosenheim | Rosenheim | 6th | 6. ↑ | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Schwenninger Wild Wings | Villingen-Schwenningen | 11. | 4. ↓ | 1st round ↓ |
Hanover Scorpions | Wedemark | 14th | 8. ↓ | Relegation ↓ |
1 in the previous year Ratinger Löwen
Mode and rules
Initially, a single round was played with 28 games per team. Then the teams in places one to six played a championship round, while the remaining nine teams played the eight places in the play-off qualifying round in a qualifying round, in which the last two participants of the play-offs were played off.
Main round
Preliminary round
Club | Sp | S. | U | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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1. | Adler Mannheim (M) | 28 | 20th | 2 | 1 | 5 | 111: 74 | 43 |
2. | Düsseldorfer EG | 28 | 20th | 0 | 0 | 8th | 113: 88 | 40 |
3. | EV Landshut | 28 | 18th | 2 | 1 | 7th | 100: 64 | 39 |
4th | Frankfurt Lions | 28 | 16 | 4th | 1 | 7th | 92:74 | 37 |
5. | Polar bears Berlin | 28 | 15th | 4th | 0 | 9 | 97:79 | 34 |
6th | Cologne Sharks | 28 | 14th | 4th | 1 | 9 | 104: 94 | 33 |
7th | Krefeld penguins | 28 | 14th | 2 | 1 | 11 | 85:84 | 31 |
8th. | Hanover Scorpions | 28 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 88:96 | 29 |
9. | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 98: 100 | 29 |
10. | Berlin Capitals | 28 | 11 | 2 | 4th | 11 | 73:81 | 28 |
11. | Kassel Huskies | 28 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 82:86 | 25th |
12. | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 28 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15th | 93: 107 | 22nd |
13. | Territory lions Oberhausen | 28 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 81: 103 | 22nd |
14th | Augsburg panther | 28 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 78: 107 | 22nd |
15th | Starbulls Rosenheim | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 70: 138 | 7th |
16. | Kaufbeurer eagle | disqualified |
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTN = defeats after extra time, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion
Explanations: = qualification for the championship round, = qualification for the qualification round, = relegation
Championship round
Club | Sp | S. | U | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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1. | Polar bears Berlin | 48 | 27 | 6th | 1 | 14th | 179: 139 | 61 |
2. | Frankfurt Lions | 48 | 27 | 6th | 1 | 14th | 160: 126 | 61 |
3. | Cologne Sharks | 48 | 26th | 6th | 2 | 14th | 160: 147 | 60 |
4th | Adler Mannheim (M) | 48 | 26th | 3 | 3 | 16 | 170: 145 | 58 |
5. | Düsseldorfer EG | 48 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 18th | 166: 164 | 57 |
6th | EV Landshut | 48 | 25th | 4th | 2 | 17th | 148: 118 | 56 |
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, OTN = defeats after extra time, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion
Explanations: = direct qualification for the play-offs
Qualifying round
Club | Sp | S. | U | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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1. | Hanover Scorpions | 44 | 22nd | 6th | 2 | 14th | 160: 142 | 52 |
2. | Berlin Capitals | 44 | 19th | 7th | 4th | 14th | 136: 118 | 49 |
3. | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 44 | 19th | 5 | 3 | 17th | 157: 148 | 46 |
4th | Kassel Huskies | 44 | 19th | 3 | 4th | 18th | 140: 128 | 45 |
5. | Krefeld penguins | 44 | 18th | 6th | 1 | 19th | 126: 141 | 43 |
6th | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 44 | 18th | 4th | 2 | 20th | 127: 154 | 42 |
7th | Augsburg panther | 44 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 122: 160 | 36 |
8th. | Territory lions Oberhausen | 44 | 14th | 4th | 1 | 25th | 132: 184 | 33 |
9. | Starbulls Rosenheim | 44 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 35 | 105: 204 | 15th |
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTN = defeats after overtime, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion
Explanations: = qualification for the play-off qualification, = relegation in sport
Best scorer
Source: del.org ; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value
player | team | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM |
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Len Soccio | Hanover Scorpions | 44 | 18th | 41 | 59 | 56 |
Mark MacKay | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 44 | 19th | 35 | 54 | 24 |
Jason Lafrenière | Hanover Scorpions | 44 | 12 | 40 | 52 | 62 |
Mark Pederson | Hanover Scorpions | 42 | 19th | 33 | 52 | 57 |
Paul DiPietro | Kassel Huskies | 44 | 20th | 29 | 49 | 14th |
Martin Jiranek | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 43 | 21st | 29 | 50 | 20th |
Roman Horák | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 44 | 23 | 24 | 47 | 18th |
Gary Leeman | Hanover Scorpions | 41 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 30th |
Pierre Rioux | Augsburg panther | 44 | 20th | 25th | 45 | 4th |
Rich Chernomaz | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 44 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 103 |
David Haas | Hanover Scorpions | 44 | 17th | 27 | 44 | 122 |
Joe West | Hanover Scorpions | 41 | 26th | 18th | 44 | 68 |
category | Surname | team | number |
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Top goalkeeper |
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EV Landshut | 2.41 goals conceded per game |
Top defender |
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Territory lions Oberhausen | 42 scorer points |
Qualification play-offs
The winners of the 2nd round qualified for the championship play-offs.
1 round
The first round of the play-offs qualification was played in the " Best-of-Five " mode.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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Hanover Scorpions | - | Löwen district in Oberhausen | 3-0 | 6: 2 | 5: 2 | 5: 4 | - | - |
Berlin Capitals | - | Augsburg panther | 1: 3 | 3: 2 | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 1: 4 | - |
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | - | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 3: 2 | 6: 2 | 4: 5 a.d. | 5: 2 | 2: 4 | 6: 2 |
Kassel Huskies | - | Krefeld penguins | 1: 3 | 3: 5 | 2: 5 | 5: 3 | 1: 2 | - |
2nd round
The 2nd round of the play-offs qualification was played in the " Best of Three " mode.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
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Hanover Scorpions | - | Augsburg panther | 2-0 | 4: 3 | 5: 2 | - |
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | - | Krefeld penguins | 1: 2 | 4: 3 | 2: 6 | 2: 5 |
This qualified the Hannover Scorpions and the Krefeld Pinguine for the play-offs.
Best scorer
Source: del.org; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value
player | team | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM |
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Jackson Penney | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 8th | 7th | 7th | 14th | 12 |
Mark MacKay | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 8th | 6th | 7th | 13 | 6th |
John Walker | Krefeld penguins | 6th | 5 | 6th | 11 | 4th |
Vitali Karamnow | Krefeld penguins | 6th | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6th |
David Haas | Hanover Scorpions | 5 | 8th | 1 | 9 | 10 |
Jason Lafrenière | Hanover Scorpions | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 0 |
Martin Jiranek | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 4th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 4th |
Wayne Hynes | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 8th | 0 | 7th | 7th | 10 |
Mike Stevens | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 7th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 30th |
Dan Laperriere | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 6th | 3 | 4th | 7th | 2 |
Play-offs
Play-off tree
All play-off rounds were played in the " Best-of-Five " mode.
Quarter finals
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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Polar bears Berlin | - | Krefeld penguins | 3-0 | 4: 3 a.d. | 4: 3 a.d. | 5: 1 | - | - |
Frankfurt Lions | - | Hanover Scorpions | 3: 1 | 4: 3 a.d. | 4: 1 | 2: 4 | 4: 2 | - |
Cologne Sharks | - | EV Landshut | 0: 3 | 3: 4 a.d. | 1: 9 | 3: 4 n.p. | - | - |
Adler Mannheim | - | Düsseldorfer EG | 3-0 | 7: 2 | 4: 3 | 6: 1 | - | - |
Semifinals
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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Polar bears Berlin | - | EV Landshut | 3-0 | 7: 4 | 2: 1 | 2-0 | - | - |
Frankfurt Lions | - | Adler Mannheim | 0: 3 | 2: 6 | 1: 5 | 3: 4 n.p. | - | - |
final
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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Polar bears Berlin | - | Adler Mannheim | 1: 3 | 0: 2 | 2: 4 | 8: 7 | 1: 4 | - |
Thus, the Adler Mannheim became German champions for the third time in their club history and for the second time in a row and thus also rose to the DEL record champions.
Squad of the German champions
German champion Adler Mannheim |
Goalkeepers: Klaus Merk , Mike Rosati , Christian Künast Defenders: Gordon Hynes , Paul Stanton , Christian Lukes , Mike Posma , Christopher Felix , Stéphane Richer , Martin Ulrich , Mike Pellegrims , Alexander Erdmann Attackers: Mario Gehrig , Pavel Gross , Dave Tomlinson , Philippe Bozon , Rob Cimetta , François Guay , Jochen Hecht , Ole Dahlström , Mike Hudson , Alexander Serikow , Christian Pouget , Ron Pasco , Dieter Kalt Head Coach: Lance Nethery |
Best scorer
Source: del.org; Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value
player | team | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM |
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Dave Tomlinson | Adler Mannheim | 9 | 4th | 10 | 14th | 8th |
Alexander Serikov | Adler Mannheim | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14th | 37 |
Andrew McKim | Polar bears Berlin | 9 | 6th | 5 | 11 | 6th |
Paul Stanton | Adler Mannheim | 9 | 4th | 6th | 10 | 18th |
Philippe Bozon | Adler Mannheim | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
Mike Bullard | EV Landshut | 6th | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Christian Pouget | Adler Mannheim | 9 | 2 | 7th | 9 | 12 |
Stéphane Richer | Adler Mannheim | 7th | 3 | 6th | 9 | 4th |
Mikael Wahlberg | Polar bears Berlin | 9 | 1 | 7th | 8th | 8th |
Mike Hudson | Adler Mannheim | 9 | 2 | 6th | 8th | 12 |
Web links
- All results and tables of the DEL 1997/98 at hockey-db.de
- DEL 1997/98 at hockeyarchives.info
Individual evidence
- ↑ del.org, Top Scorer - Main Round 1997/98 ( Memento from July 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ del.org, Top Scorer - Qualification Playoffs 1997/98 ( Memento from July 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ del.org, Top Scorer - Playoffs 1997/98 ( Memento from July 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive )