DEL 2000/01

	German ice hockey league
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Master:	Adler Mannheim
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The 2000/01 DEL season was the seventh season of the German Ice Hockey League . The regular season began on September 8, 2000 and ended on March 18, 2001, the play-off round was played from March 23, 2001. The Adler Mannheim became German champions .

requirements

Attendees

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 to the second division Iserlohn Roosters before the season . Also new to the league was the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga , the Düsseldorfer EG .

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

Participant of the DEL 2000/2001

club	Location	Previous year	Play-offs ↑ relegation round ↓
Augsburg panther	augsburg	8th.	Quarterfinals ↑
Berlin Capitals	Berlin	6th	Semifinals ↑
Polar bears Berlin	Berlin	13.	5. ↓
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	-	-
Mosquitoes eat	eat	15th	7. ↓
Frankfurt Lions	Frankfurt	7th	Quarterfinals ↑
Iserlohn Roosters 1	Iserlohn	12.	4. ↓
Kassel Huskies	kassel	4th	Semifinals ↑
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	1.	Vice champion ↑
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	3.	Quarterfinals ↑
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	5.	Quarterfinals ↑
Munich Barons	Munich	2.	German master ↑
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	10.	2. ↓
Territory lions Oberhausen	Oberhausen	14th	6. ↓
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	11.	3. ↓
Hanover Scorpions	Wedemark	9.	1. ↓

¹ as Starbulls Rosenheim

Mode and rules

The biggest change compared to the previous year was the abolition of relegation, so that the league was played in closed game operations. The best eight teams in the preliminary round qualified directly for the play-offs, while the season ended prematurely for the remaining teams.

Preliminary round

Closing table

	Club	Sp	S.	SOS	SON	N	Gates	Points
1.	Adler Mannheim	60	31	9	4th	16	205: 144	115
2.	Cologne Sharks	60	29	6th	12	13	186: 154	111
3.	Munich Barons (M)	60	29	5	7th	19th	175: 150	104
4th	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	60	27	7th	8th	18th	191: 171	103
5.	Kassel Huskies	60	28	6th	7th	19th	176: 156	103
6th	Territory lions Oberhausen	60	25th	12	3	20th	187: 151	102
7th	Hanover Scorpions	60	29	3	6th	22nd	203: 182	99
8th.	Berlin Capitals	60	25th	7th	9	19th	191: 173	98
9.	Krefeld penguins	60	23	4th	11	22nd	182: 177	88
10.	Frankfurt Lions	60	23	5	8th	24	189: 189	87
11.	Düsseldorfer EG (N)	60	17th	10	5	28	133: 164	76
12.	Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	60	20th	4th	8th	28	174: 207	76
13.	Polar bears Berlin	60	19th	6th	4th	31	192: 221	73
14th	Augsburg panther	60	18th	8th	3	31	187: 242	73
15th	Iserlohn Roosters (N)	60	16	7th	6th	31	152: 189	68
16.	Mosquitoes eat	60	15th	7th	5	33	173: 226	64

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,     = season completed

Leaderboards

category	Surname	team	number
Top scorer	Sergei Vostrikov	Augsburg panther	78 scorer points
Top scorer	Corey Millen	Cologne Sharks	34 goals
Top template provider	Sergei Vostrikov	Augsburg panther	46 assists
Top goalkeeper	Sinuhe Wallinheimo	Territory lions Oberhausen	Catch quota of 91.81%
Top defender	Shawn Anderson	Iserlohn Roosters	45 scorer points

Play-offs

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1.	Adler Mannheim	3
	8th.	Berlin Capitals	2
						1.	Adler Mannheim	3
						7th	Hanover Scorpions	0
	2.	Cologne Sharks	0
	7th	Hanover Scorpions	3
											1.	Adler Mannheim	3
											3.	Munich Barons	1
	3.	Munich Barons	3
	6th	Territory lions Oberhausen	0
						3.	Munich Barons	3
						5.	Kassel Huskies	1
	4th	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	1
	5.	Kassel Huskies	3

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

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played from March 23, 2001. The best-placed team in the main round, the Adler Mannheim, met the eighth-placed Berlin Capitals, the second-placed Kölner Haie against the seventh Hannover Scorpions, the third, defending champion Munich Barons, the sixth-placed Revierlöwen Oberhausen and the fourth-placed Nürnberg Ice Tigers against the Kassel Huskies, who had finished the main round in fifth.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Adler Mannheim	-	Berlin Capitals	3: 2	5: 1	3: 4	4: 3	2: 3	3-0
Cologne Sharks	-	Hanover Scorpions	0: 3	1: 3	1: 5	3: 4	-	-
Munich Barons	-	Territory lions Oberhausen	3-0	4: 2	3: 2	4: 2	-	-
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	-	Kassel Huskies	1: 3	3: 2	1: 2	3: 4	3: 4	-

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held from April 3rd. 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
Adler Mannheim	-	Hanover Scorpions	3-0	7: 2	7: 5	6: 1	-	-
Munich Barons	-	Kassel Huskies	3: 1	3: 2	2: 3	3: 1	6: 5	-

final

The final series was played from April 14th. The Adler Mannheim had the first home right due to their better placement in the main round.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Adler Mannheim	-	Munich Barons	3: 1	4: 1	1: 4	2: 1	2: 1	-

This was the fifth time in their club history that the Adler Mannheim became German champions.

Squad of the German champions

German champion Adler Mannheim

Goalkeepers: Mike Rosati , Robert Müller Defenders: Bradley Bergen , Andy Roach , Christian Lukes , François Groleau , Stéphane Richer , Yves Racine , Dennis Seidenberg , Michael Bakos Attackers: Gordon Hynes , Mark Etz , Dave Tomlinson , Steve Junker , Wayne Hynes , Devin Edgerton , Ron Pasco , Mark Pederson , Georg Hessel , Todd Hlushko , Mike Stevens , Jan Alston , Jean-François Jomphe , Daniel Hilpert , Chris Straube , Jackson Penney Head Coach: Bill Stewart

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 2000/01 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rp-online.de: Mosquitoes successfully complain in the DEL article from April 4, 2000