DEL 2004/05
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German ice hockey league | ||
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| ◄ previous | 2004/05 season | next ► | |
| Master: | Polar bears Berlin | ||
| Relegated: | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (license withdrawal) | ||
| • DEL | 2. Bundesliga ↓ | Oberliga ↓↓ | Regionalliga ↓↓↓ | |||
The 2004/05 DEL season was the eleventh season of the German Ice Hockey League . The regular season began on September 17, 2004 and ended on March 13, 2005, the play-off round was played from March 17. The Eisbären Berlin became German champions , the relegated Kassel Huskies was allowed to remain in the league, as the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg 's license was withdrawn by the league.
The season was mainly characterized by players from the National Hockey League , who switched to the European leagues for a year after the cancellation of the season there in order to be able to continue playing high-quality ice hockey. With Erik Cole one of these legionaries was named the most valuable player in the play-offs.
requirements
Attendees
| club | Location | Previous year | Play-offs ↑ Play-downs ↓ |
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| Augsburg panther | augsburg | 9. | - |
| Polar bears Berlin | Berlin | 1. | Vice champion ↑ |
| DEG Metro Stars | Dusseldorf | 8th. | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| Frankfurt Lions | Frankfurt | 5. | German master ↑ |
| Hamburg Freezers | Hamburg | 3. | Semifinals ↑ |
| Hanover Scorpions | Hanover | 13. | Winner ↓ |
| ERC Ingolstadt | Ingolstadt | 7th | Semifinals ↑ |
| Iserlohn Roosters | Iserlohn | 12. | - |
| Kassel Huskies | kassel | 11. | - |
| Cologne Sharks | Cologne | 4th | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| Krefeld penguins | Krefeld | 10. | - |
| Adler Mannheim | Mannheim | 6th | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| Nuremberg Ice Tigers | Nuremberg | 2. | Quarterfinals ↑ |
| Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg | Climbers | - |
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
The biggest surprise of the preliminary round was the Hannover Scorpions , who were able to catch up almost 20 points on the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg from the beginning of January to mid-March, thus preventing the play-downs.
Closing table
| Club | Sp | S. | N | Gates | Points | |
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| 1. | Frankfurt Lions (M) | 52 | 35 | 17th | 197: 124 | 103 |
| 2. | Polar bears Berlin | 52 | 32 | 20th | 166: 141 | 101 |
| 3. | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 52 | 33 | 19th | 188: 131 | 95 |
| 4th | Cologne Sharks | 52 | 29 | 23 | 146: 120 | 92 |
| 5. | ERC Ingolstadt | 52 | 31 | 21st | 149: 139 | 91 |
| 6th | Adler Mannheim | 52 | 26th | 26th | 151: 150 | 80 |
| 7th | Augsburg panther | 52 | 24 | 28 | 150: 154 | 76 |
| 8th. | Hamburg Freezers | 52 | 26th | 26th | 133: 148 | 76 |
| 9. | Krefeld penguins | 52 | 26th | 26th | 145: 159 | 73 |
| 10. | DEG Metro Stars | 52 | 24 | 28 | 139: 152 | 71 |
| 11. | Iserlohn Roosters | 52 | 21st | 31 | 138: 156 | 64 |
| 12. | Hanover Scorpions | 52 | 21st | 31 | 133: 175 | 60 |
| 13. | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (N) | 52 | 19th | 32 | 134: 174 | 58 |
| 14th | Kassel Huskies | 52 | 17th | 35 | 127: 173 | 52 |
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
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Frankfurt Lions | 92 scorer point |
| Top scorer |
Patrick Lebeau |
Frankfurt Lions | 28 goals |
| Top template provider |
Patrick Lebeau |
Frankfurt Lions | 64 assists |
| Top defender |
Pascal Trépanier
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Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 53 scorer points |
| Top goalkeeper |
 Chris Rogles
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Cologne Sharks | Catch quota of 92.82% |
| Plus / minus statistics |
Dwayne Norris
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Frankfurt Lions | +34 |
Play-downs
The bottom two Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg and Kassel Huskies played from March 18 in a play-down series in the " Best-of-Seven " mode against relegation. Wolfsburg had the first home right due to the better ranking in the main round, which then changed in each of the games that took place every two days.
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |
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| Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg - Kassel Huskies | 4: 3 | 2-0 | 0: 3 | 7-0 | 2: 4 | 0: 2 | 4: 1 | 3: 2 |
With that, the Kassel Huskies were decided as relegated athletes. Kassel remained in the league, however, as the Grizzly Adams license was withdrawn because the construction of a new arena that met the requirements of the DEL had not been completed on time.
Play-offs
Play-off tree
| Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| 1. | Frankfurt Lions | 4th | |||||||||||
| 8th. | Hamburg Freezers | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1. | Frankfurt Lions | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6th | Adler Mannheim | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Nuremberg Ice Tigers | 2 | |||||||||||
| 6th | Adler Mannheim | 4th | |||||||||||
| 6th | Adler Mannheim | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2. | Polar bears Berlin | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2. | Polar bears Berlin | 4th | |||||||||||
| 7th | Augsburg panther | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2. | Polar bears Berlin | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5. | ERC Ingolstadt | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4th | Cologne Sharks | 3 | |||||||||||
| 5. | ERC Ingolstadt | 4th | |||||||||||
Quarter finals
The quarter-finals were played from March 17, 2005 in the " Best-of-Seven " mode. The best-placed team in the main round, the Frankfurt Lions, met the eighth-placed Hamburg Freezers, the second-placed Eisbären Berlin against the seventh Augsburger Panther, the third, the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, the sixth-placed Adler Mannheim and the fourth-placed Kölner Haie against the ERC Ingolstadt, who had finished the main round in fifth.
With the exception of the opening game Frankfurt Lions against Hamburg Freezers, which, in contrast to the rest of the games, was played on March 17th instead of March 18th, the games took place in a two-day rhythm with changing home rights.
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | |
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| Frankfurt Lions - Hamburg Freezers | 4: 2 | 3: 2 | 1: 2 | 5-0 | 2: 4 | 1: 0 a.d. | 1: 0 a.d. | - |
| Polar bears Berlin - Augsburg panthers | 4: 1 | 3: 2 | 3-0 | 2: 1 | 5: 6 | 5: 1 | - | - |
| Nuremberg Ice Tigers - Adler Mannheim | 2: 4 | 4: 5 | 4: 3 a.d. | 0: 4 | 3: 4 | 5: 3 | 1: 3 | - |
| Cologne Sharks - ERC Ingolstadt | 3: 4 | 4: 2 | 0: 4 | 3: 2 a.d. | 2: 4 | 3: 4 | 3: 1 | 2: 5 |
Semifinals
The semi-finals were held from April 1st 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 played against the third-best placed.
| series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | |
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| Frankfurt Lions - Adler Mannheim | 2: 3 | 3: 4 | 1: 3 | 4: 3 | 2: 1 a.d. | 0: 2 |
| Polar bears Berlin - ERC Ingolstadt | 3: 1 | 3: 5 | 3: 2 | 4: 2 | 4: 2 | - |
final
The final series was played from April 15th. 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 - Adler Mannheim | 3-0 | 5: 3 | 4-0 | 4: 1 | - | - |
For the first time in their history , the Eisbären Berlin became all-German champions and also won their first title after reunification. Against the Adler Mannheim, which had previously surprisingly beaten the Nuremberg Ice Tigers and Frankfurt Lions, which were better placed in the preliminary round, the capital city team also managed a sweep as the second team in DEL history, after the Adler Mannheim in 1997 . This had previously only succeeded the EC Hedos Munich in the 1993/94 season against the Düsseldorfer EG .
Squad of the German champions
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German Champion Eisbären Berlin |
Goalkeepers: Oliver Jonas , Olaf Kölzig , Youri Ziffzer Defenders: Ricard Persson , Rob Leask , Tobias Draxinger , Frank Hördler , Micki DuPont , Jens Baxmann , Derrick Walser , Shawn Heins , Norman Martens , Nathan Dempsey Attackers: Steve Walker , Kelly Fairchild , Rob Shearer , Sven Felski , Florian Keller , Mark Beaufait , Alexander Barta , Florian Busch , Denis Pederson , André Rankel , Stefan Ustorf , Christoph Gawlik , Kay Hurbanek , Erik Cole , Marcus Sommerfeld , Richard Mueller Coaching staff: Pierre Pagé , Hartmut Nickel General Manager: Peter John Lee |
NHL player
The following NHL players spent the lockout in the 2004-05 season in the German Ice Hockey League:
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The players Aaron Ward, Jamie Langenbrunner and Jim Dowd had already won the Stanley Cup at the time of their engagement in Germany .
Web links
- All results and tables of the DEL 2004/05 at hockey-db.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Der Spiegel , DEL master: polar bears wipe away Mannheim , April 19, 2005
- ↑ del.org, The DEL in the rear-view mirror - The 2004/05 season - First title for Berlin - the beginning of an era ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ del.org, top scorer of the main round 2004/05 ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Der Spiegel , DEL semi-finals: Defending champion Frankfurt before the end
