DEL 1998/99

	German ice hockey league
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Master:	Adler Mannheim
Relegated:	EV Landshut (license sale)
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The 1998/99 DEL season was the fifth season of the German Ice Hockey League . The regular season began on September 11, 1998, the play-off round started on March 12, 1999. German champions became defending champions and record champions Adler Mannheim .

requirements

Attendees

augsburg polar bears Capitals Frankfurt am Main Hanover kassel Cologne Krefeld Landshut Mannheim Nuremberg Oberhausen Rosenheim Schwenningen

Participant of the DEL 1998/1999

club	Location	Previous year	Champions ↑ qualifying round ↓	Play-offs
Augsburg panther	augsburg	14th	2nd round ↓	-
Berlin Capitals	Berlin	10.	1st round ↓	-
Polar bears Berlin	Berlin	5.	1. ↑	Runner-up
Frankfurt Lions	Frankfurt	4th	2. ↑	Semifinals
Kassel Huskies	kassel	11.	1st round ↓	-
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	4th	3. ↑	Quarter finals
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	7th	Winner ↓	Quarter finals
EV Landshut	Landshut	3.	6. ↑	Semifinals
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	1.	4. ↑	German champions
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	12.	1st round ↓	-
Territory lions Oberhausen	Oberhausen	13.	1st round ↓	-
Starbulls Rosenheim	Rosenheim	15th	9. ↓	-
SERC Wild Wings	Schwenningen	9.	2nd round ↓	-
Hanover Scorpions	Wedemark	8th.	Winner ↓	Quarter finals

Mode and rules

In contrast to the two previous years, this season the DEL was again held as a closed league for the first time, i.e. without any athletic promotion or relegation. The mode has also been greatly simplified. While the eight best-placed teams in a preliminary round qualified for the play-offs with 52 games per team, the season ended prematurely for the teams in positions nine to 14. For the first time this season there were three points for a win after regular time.

Preliminary round

Closing table

	Club	Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	52	30th	7th	2	13	199: 141	106
2.	Polar bears Berlin	52	26th	4th	5	17th	210: 163	91
3.	Adler Mannheim (M)	52	24	5	7th	16	208: 182	89
4th	Frankfurt Lions	52	25th	5	4th	18th	184: 168	89
5.	Cologne Sharks	52	21st	9	7th	15th	182: 159	88
6th	EV Landshut	52	21st	8th	9	14th	163: 140	88
7th	Krefeld penguins	52	23	7th	4th	18th	183: 159	87
8th.	Augsburg panther	52	22nd	8th	3	19th	169: 155	85
9.	Kassel Huskies	52	24	4th	4th	20th	165: 145	84
10.	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	52	19th	4th	7th	22nd	195: 217	72
11.	Hanover Scorpions	52	18th	3	6th	25th	175: 195	66
12.	Starbulls Rosenheim	52	15th	6th	5	26th	169: 213	62
13.	Berlin Capitals	52	12	4th	8th	28	146: 205	52
14th	Territory lions Oberhausen	52	10	0	3	39	148: 254	33

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after extra time, OTN = defeats after extra time, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion
Explanations:     = direct qualification for the play-offs,     = season ended

Leaderboards

category	Surname	team	number
Top scorer	Martin Jiranek	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	69 points scorer
Top scorer	Jan Alston	Adler Mannheim	33 goals
Top template provider	John Chabot	Frankfurt Lions	52 assists
Top goalkeeper	Petr Bříza	EV Landshut	2.17 goals conceded per game
Top defender	Chris Snell	Frankfurt Lions	51 scorer points

Play-offs

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	3
	8th.	Augsburg panther	2
						1.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	3
						4th	Frankfurt Lions	0
	4th	Frankfurt Lions	3
	5.	Cologne Sharks	2
											1.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	2
											3.	Adler Mannheim	3
	2.	Polar bears Berlin	3
	7th	Krefeld penguins	1
						2.	Polar bears Berlin	1
						3.	Adler Mannheim	3
	3.	Adler Mannheim	3
	6th	EV Landshut	0

All play-off rounds were played in the " Best-of-Five " mode.

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played from March 12, 1999. The best-placed team in the main round, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, met the eighth-placed Augsburg Panthers, the second-placed Eisbären Berlin against the seventh Krefeld Pinguine, the third, Adler Mannheim, the sixth-placed EV Landshut and the fourth-placed Frankfurt Lions against the Kölner Haie, who had finished the main round in fifth.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	-	Augsburg panther	3: 2	5: 4	5: 6 a.d.	5: 1	1: 2 a.d.	2: 1
Polar bears Berlin	-	Krefeld penguins	3: 1	3: 2	2: 4	5: 4 a.d.	6: 5 a.d.	-
Adler Mannheim	-	EV Landshut	3-0	2-0	5: 3	5: 2	-	-
Frankfurt Lions	-	Cologne Sharks	3: 2	5: 4	1: 2	5: 2	2: 3 a.d.	4: 3 a.d.

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played from March 26th. The best-placed team in the preliminary round met the worst-placed team, while the second-best team in the preliminary round met the third-best placed.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	-	Frankfurt Lions	3-0	5: 1	3: 2	2: 1	-	-
Polar bears Berlin	-	Adler Mannheim	1: 3	2: 4	0: 6	2: 1 a.d.	3: 9	-

final

The final series was played from April 18th. The Nürnberg Ice Tigers had the first home right due to their better placement in the main round.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	-	Adler Mannheim	2: 3	2: 1 a.d.	1: 5	3: 2	3: 4	2: 3

This was the fourth time in their club history and the third time in a row that the Adler Mannheim became German champions.

Squad of the German champions

German champion Adler Mannheim

Goalkeepers: Sven Rampf , Pavel Cagaš , Danny Lorenz , Helmut de Raaf Defenders: Gordon Hynes , Paul Stanton , Reid Simonton , Christian Lukes , Denis Perez , Stéphane Richer , Mike Pellegrims , Michael De Angelis Attackers: Pavel Gross , Dave Tomlinson , Philippe Bozon , Kevin Miehm , Jason Young , Ron Pasco , Mike Hudson , Alexander Serikow , Christian Pouget , Mike Stevens , Philipp Schumacher , Jan Alston , Jackson Penney Head Coach: Lance Nethery

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 1998/99 at hockey-db.de