DEL 2003/04
German ice hockey league | |||
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Master: | Frankfurt Lions | ||
Relegated: | Wolves Freiburg | ||
• DEL | 2. Bundesliga ↓ | Oberliga ↓↓ | Regionalliga ↓↓↓ |
The 2003/04 DEL season was the tenth season of the German Ice Hockey League . The regular season began on September 4, 2003, the play-off round was played from March 10. The German champions became the Frankfurt Lions , while the newly promoted Wölfe Freiburg had to relegate to the 2nd Bundesliga after a play-down defeat against the Hannover Scorpions .
requirements
Attendees
club | Location | Previous year | Play-offs ↑ Play-downs ↓ |
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Augsburg panther | augsburg | 11. | - |
Polar bears Berlin | Berlin | 1. | Semifinals ↑ |
DEG Metro Stars | Dusseldorf | 3. | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Frankfurt Lions | Frankfurt | 13. | Loser ↓ |
Wolves Freiburg | Freiburg in Breisgau | Climbers | - |
Hamburg Freezers | Hamburg | 8th. | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Hanover Scorpions | Hanover | 10. | - |
ERC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | 12. | - |
Iserlohn Roosters | Iserlohn | 9. | - |
Kassel Huskies | kassel | 7th | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Cologne Sharks | Cologne | 2. | Vice champion ↑ |
Krefeld penguins | Krefeld | 6th | German master ↑ |
Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | 4th | Semifinals ↑ |
Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Nuremberg | 5. | Quarterfinals ↑ |
Mode and rules
While the best eight teams in the preliminary round qualified for the play-offs, the last two played in a play-down round against relegation. For the teams in positions nine to twelve, the season was over after the preliminary round.
Preliminary round
Closing table
Club | Sp | S. | SOS | SON | N | Gates | Points | |
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1. | Polar bears Berlin | 52 | 29 | 5 | 6th | 12 | 171: 126 | 103 |
2. | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 52 | 26th | 8th | 2 | 16 | 174: 128 | 96 |
3. | Hamburg Freezers | 52 | 28 | 4th | 3 | 17th | 151: 115 | 95 |
4th | Cologne Sharks | 52 | 26th | 3 | 9 | 14th | 160: 134 | 93 |
5. | Frankfurt Lions | 52 | 26th | 5 | 4th | 17th | 177: 148 | 92 |
6th | Adler Mannheim | 52 | 26th | 4th | 6th | 16 | 151: 124 | 92 |
7th | ERC Ingolstadt | 52 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 19th | 132: 118 | 92 |
8th. | DEG Metro Stars | 52 | 24 | 4th | 2 | 22nd | 141: 129 | 82 |
9. | Augsburg panther | 52 | 21st | 5 | 5 | 21st | 180: 177 | 78 |
10. | Krefeld penguins (M) | 52 | 16 | 6th | 4th | 26th | 127: 149 | 64 |
11. | Kassel Huskies | 52 | 16 | 6th | 4th | 26th | 129: 166 | 64 |
12. | Iserlohn Roosters | 52 | 14th | 5 | 7th | 26th | 137: 169 | 59 |
13. | Hanover Scorpions | 52 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 127: 175 | 48 |
14th | Wolves Freiburg (N) | 52 | 7th | 4th | 5 | 36 | 142: 241 | 34 |
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: = qualification for the play-offs, = season ended , = Play-downs
Leaderboards
category | Surname | team | number |
Top scorer | Patrick Lebeau | Frankfurt Lions | 69 points scorer |
Top goalkeeper | Rich parent | Polar bears Berlin | Catch quota of 92.70% |
Top defender | Brad Schlegel | Cologne Sharks | 47 scorer points |
Play-downs
The bottom two of the table, Hannover Scorpions and Wölfe Freiburg, played from March 10th in a play-down series in the best-of-seven mode against relegation. Hannover had the first home right due to the better placement in the main round, which then changed in every game.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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Hanover Scorpions | - | Wolves Freiburg | 4: 1 | 5: 2 | 2: 6 | 2: 1 a.d. | 4-0 | 1-0 | - | - |
The Wölfe Freiburg had to go straight back to the 2nd Bundesliga after their first DEL season.
Play-offs
Play-off tree
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were played from March 10, 2004 in the " best-of-seven " mode. The best-placed team in the main round, the Eisbären Berlin, met the eighth-placed DEG Metro Stars, the second-placed Nürnberg Ice Tigers against the seventh ERC Ingolstadt, the third, the Hamburg Freezers, the sixth-placed Adler Mannheim and the fourth-placed Kölner Haie against the Frankfurt Lions who finished the main round in fifth.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |||
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Polar bears Berlin | - | DEG Metro Stars | 4-0 | 5: 3 | 4: 3 a.d. | 3-0 | 3: 2 | - | - | - |
Nuremberg Ice Tigers | - | ERC Ingolstadt | 2: 4 | 2: 1 n.p. | 5: 2 | 2: 3 | 3: 4 n.p. | 2: 3 | 0: 2 | - |
Hamburg Freezers | - | Adler Mannheim | 4: 2 | 5: 2 | 1-0 | 0: 3 | 4: 1 | 0: 1 | 5: 3 | - |
Cologne Sharks | - | Frankfurt Lions | 2: 4 | 2: 1 | 0: 1 | 0: 3 | 0: 3 | 6: 2 | 1: 6 | - |
Semifinals
The semi-finals were held from March 26th and, like the finals, in the " Best of Five " mode. 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 | |||
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Polar bears Berlin | - | ERC Ingolstadt | 3-0 | 6: 3 | 4: 1 | 5-0 | - | - |
Hamburg Freezers | - | Frankfurt Lions | 2: 3 | 3: 1 | 1: 4 | 7: 3 | 5: 7 | 3: 5 |
final
The final series was played from April 8th. The Eisbären Berlin had the first home right due to their better placement in the main round.
series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |||
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Polar bears Berlin | - | Frankfurt Lions | 1: 3 | 5: 2 | 2: 5 | 3: 4 a.d. | 3: 4 | - |
The Frankfurt Lions became German champions for the first time in their club's history , although they had been relegated last year and only remained in the league after the Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings had their license withdrawn .
Squad of the German champions
German champion Frankfurt Lions |
Goalkeepers: Ian Gordon , Marc Dillmann , Defenders: Peter Ratchuk , Paul Stanton , François Bouchard , Jonas Stöpfgeshoff , Mikael Magnusson , Sebastian Klenner , Markus Jocher , Daniel Peters , Michael Bresagk Attackers: Patrick Lebeau , Jesse Bélanger , Jason Young , Dwayne Norris , David Gosselin , Martin Reichel , Mike Harder , Michael Hackert , David Sulkovsky , Christian Kohmann , Mark Etz , Robert Francz Head Coach: Rich Chernomaz |
Web links
- All results and tables of the DEL 2003/04 at hockey-db.de