DEL 1999/2000

	German ice hockey league
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Master:	Munich Barons
Relegated:	Starbulls Rosenheim (license sale)
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The 1999/2000 DEL season was the sixth season of the German Ice Hockey League . The regular season began on September 10, 1999 and ended on March 12, 2000, the play-off round started on March 17, 2000. The Munich Barons , who had taken over the license from EV Landshut before the season, became German champions .

The athletic relegated Mosquitos Essen remained in the league, since a descent of the corporation to the 2nd Bundesliga was not possible for legal reasons. This was decided by the arbitration tribunal of the German Ice Hockey Federation after a complaint by mosquitoes. The Starbulls Rosenheim sold their corporation after the season to the second division club Iserlohn Roosters .

requirements

Attendees

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

Participant of the DEL 1999/2000

club	Location	Previous year	Play-offs
Augsburg panther	augsburg	8th.	Quarter finals
Berlin Capitals	Berlin	13.	-
Polar bears Berlin	Berlin	2.	Semifinals
Mosquitoes eat	eat	-	-
Frankfurt Lions	Frankfurt	4th	Semifinals
Kassel Huskies	kassel	9.	-
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	5.	Quarter finals
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	7th	Quarter finals
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	3.	German champions
Munich Barons 1	Munich	6th	Quarter finals
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	1.	Runner-up
Territory lions Oberhausen	Oberhausen	14th	-
Starbulls Rosenheim	Rosenheim	12.	-
SERC Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	10.	-
Hanover Scorpions	Wedemark	11	-

¹ as EV Landshut

Mode and rules

The biggest change compared to the previous year was the reintroduction of relegation, so that the best eight teams in the preliminary round played off the German champions in a play-off round, while the other teams, taking their preliminary round points with them, played against relegation in a single round, with the last placed team as a sporting relegation. In addition, in the preliminary round, if there was a tie after regular time, no extra time was added as in previous years, but the game was decided directly in a penalty shoot- out, so that there could no longer be a tie at the end of the game.

Preliminary round

Closing table

The preliminary round was played in a double round, so that the teams played four times against each other and each team came to 56 games in the end.

	Club	Sp	S.	SOS	SON	N	Gates	Points
1.	Cologne Sharks	56	33	2	11	10	217: 144	114
2.	Munich Barons	56	31	5	6th	14th	203: 158	109
3.	Krefeld penguins	56	28	6th	5	17th	213: 171	101
4th	Kassel Huskies	56	28	2	9	17th	168: 137	97
5.	Adler Mannheim (M)	56	27	6th	4th	19th	196: 182	97
6th	Berlin Capitals	56	24	9	7th	16	183: 172	97
7th	Frankfurt Lions	56	24	8th	4th	20th	190: 175	92
8th.	Augsburg panther	56	25th	5	2	24	178: 161	87
9.	Hanover Scorpions	56	21st	6th	3	26th	188: 195	78
10.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	56	23	2	2	29	169: 179	75
11.	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	56	18th	5	9	24	160: 185	73
12.	Starbulls Rosenheim	56	19th	5	4th	28	168: 201	71
13.	Polar bears Berlin	56	21st	2	3	30th	181: 193	70
14th	Territory lions Oberhausen	56	10	9	3	34	141: 201	51
15th	Mosquito food (N)	56	13	3	3	37	128: 229	48

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SOS = victories after penalty shoot-out, SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion, (N) = newcomer
Explanations:     = direct qualification for the play-offs,     = relegation round

Leaderboards

category	Surname	team	number
Top scorer	Jan Alston	Adler Mannheim	74 scorer points
Top scorer	Sergei Vostrikov	Augsburg panther	36 goals
Top template provider	Peter Larsson	Augsburg panther	51 assists
Top goalkeeper	Andrew Verner	Cologne Sharks	Catch quota of 92.24%
Top defender	Shane Peacock	Munich Barons	52 scorer points

Relegation round

The relegation round was played out as a single round, so that the teams played against each other twice.

	Club	Sp	S.	SOS	SON	N	Gates	Points
1.	Hanover Scorpions	68	26th	9	4th	29	257: 245	100
2.	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	68	29	3	3	33	214: 209	96
3.	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	68	24	5	9	30th	199: 232	91
4th	Starbulls Rosenheim	68	23	5	8th	31	213: 244	90
5.	Polar bears Berlin	68	25th	2	4th	37	230: 256	83
6th	Territory lions Oberhausen	68	16	11	4th	37	174: 234	74
7th	Mosquito food (N)	68	15th	5	3	45	167: 282	58

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, SOS = victories after penalty shoot-out, SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats, (M) = defending champion, (N) = newcomer
Explanations:     = relegation,     = relegation

With that, the mosquitoes Essen were determined to be relegated to sport. Since the Starbulls Rosenheim voluntarily withdrew from the league for financial reasons and sold their license to the Iserlohner EC , the Essenes fought for further membership of the DEL in court.

Play-offs

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1.	Cologne Sharks	3
	8th.	Augsburg panther	0
						1.	Cologne Sharks	3
						6th	Berlin Capitals	0
	3.	Krefeld penguins	1
	6th	Berlin Capitals	3
											1.	Cologne Sharks	1
											2.	Munich Barons	3
	2.	Munich Barons	3
	7th	Frankfurt Lions	2
						2.	Munich Barons	3
						4th	Kassel Huskies	0
	4th	Kassel Huskies	3
	5.	Adler Mannheim	2

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

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played from March 17, 2000. The best-placed team in the main round, the Kölner Haie, met the eighth-placed Augsburg Panthers, the second-placed Munich Barons against the seventh Frankfurt Lions, the third, the Krefeld Pinguine, the sixth-placed Berlin Capitals and the fourth-placed Kassel Huskies against the defending champion Adler Mannheim, who had finished the main round in fifth.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne Sharks	-	Augsburg panther	3-0	4: 2	4: 2	5: 3	-	-
Munich Barons	-	Frankfurt Lions	3: 2	2: 3	5-0	3-0	3: 5	4: 1
Krefeld penguins	-	Berlin Capitals	1: 3	2: 1	4: 5	3: 4 a.d.	3: 4 a.d.	-
Kassel Huskies	-	Adler Mannheim	3: 2	3: 1	0: 4	0: 2	7: 1	7: 2

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held from April 1st. 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
Cologne Sharks	-	Berlin Capitals	3-0	2: 1	5: 1	4: 1	-	-
Munich Barons	-	Kassel Huskies	3-0	4-0	2: 1	4: 2	-	-

final

The final series was played from April 22nd. The Kölner Haie had the first home right due to their better placement in the main round.

April 22, 2000 3:00 p.m.

Kölner Haie Jason Young (0:48) Sergio Momesso (28:53) Corey Millen (36:50) Sergio Momesso (41:07) Todd Hlushko (59:39)

5: 3 (1: 2, 2: 0, 2: 1) game report

Munich Barons Pelle Svensson (3:28) Shane Peacock (12:09) Shane Peacock (46:56)

Kölnarena , Cologne audience: 18,407

April 24, 2000 3:15 p.m.

Munich Barons Simon Wheeldon (13:49) Johan Rosén (17:57) Johan Rosén (33:25)

3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0) game report

Kölner Haie Dan Lambert (21:19) George Zajankala (23:11)

Olympic Ice Sports Center , Munich Spectators: 6,250 (sold out)

April 26, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Cologne Sharks

0: 3 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) game report

Munich Barons Mike Kennedy (8:04) Johan Rosén (10:46) Shane Peacock (55:35)

Kölnarena, Cologne spectators: 18,521 (sold out)

April 28, 2000 8:00 p.m.

Munich Barons Mike Kennedy (6:25) Mike Casselman (9:47) Robert Joyce (22:14) Alexander Serikow (26:03)

4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report

Kölner Haie Jean-Yves Roy (5:03) Dwayne Norris (21:46) John Miner (46:59)

Olympic Ice Sports Center, Munich Spectators: 6,250 (sold out)

With this, the Munich Barons became German champions for the first time since the franchise was founded, mainly due to a very secure defensive player and an outstanding Boris Rousson in the Barons' goal.

Squad of the German champions

German champion Munich Barons

Goalkeepers: Christian Künast , Boris Rousson Defenders: Kent Fearns , Jason Herter , Markus Jocher , Hans Lodin , Christopher Luongo , Shane Peacock , Brent Severyn , Heiko Smazal Attackers: Peter Abstreiter , Mike Casselman , Peter Douris , Thomas Greilinger , Jörg Handrick , Philip Huber , Wayne Hynes , Robert Joyce , Mike Kennedy , Jari Korpisalo , Bill McDougall , Johan Rosén , Alexander Serikow , Pelle Svensson , Bob Sweeney , Simon Wheeldon , Svend Wiele Head Coach: Sean Simpson

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rp Online: Ice hockey: The arbitral tribunal led the rule of promotion and relegation ad absurdum: Mosquitoes successfully complain to the DEL. In: rp-online.de. April 4, 2000, accessed January 5, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Rp Online: Gossmann: 'DEB is not a self-service store': Another dispute between DEB and DEL. In: rp-online.de. July 18, 2000, accessed January 5, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Latest News: 04/05/2000 DEL: Essen's lawsuit successful. In: neusser-ev.de. April 3, 2000, accessed January 5, 2016 . 
4. ^ Spiegel.de, DEL final: castling between the posts , Andreas Burkert, April 27, 2000
5. ^ Spiegel.de, ice hockey: The newcomer wins the championship , Matthias Vollrath, April 29, 2000

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 1999/2000 at hockey-db.de
• 1999/2000 season at hockeyarchives.info (French)