DEL 2010/11

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The 2010/11 DEL season was the 17th season since the founding of the German Ice Hockey League , the highest league in German ice hockey . The main round started on September 3, 2010, the play-offs on March 16. The final ended on April 19, 2011 with the Eisbären Berlin winning their fifth title .

The league consisted of 14 teams, including the defending champion Hannover Scorpions and the champions of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga EHC Munich . The team from Munich is the first climber in DEL history to qualify for the play-offs in its first season.

Attendees

New in the league is the champions of the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga 2009/10 EHC Munich . The license of the Frankfurt Lions was withdrawn and they stopped playing. The Kassel Huskies have been conducting insolvency plan proceedings since March 2010 , as a result of which they were excluded from the DEL and their license withdrawn. The huskies took legal action against this, including through injunctions . However, the license withdrawal was confirmed by the Munich Higher Regional Court on August 24, 2010, and the preliminary injunctions were canceled by the Cologne Higher Regional Court on August 26, 2010.

augsburg Berlin Dusseldorf Hamburg Hanover Ingolstadt Iserlohn Cologne Krefeld Mannheim Munich Nuremberg Straubing Wolfsburg

Participants in the DEL 2010/11

club	place	Previous year	Play-offs
Augsburg panther	augsburg	8th.	Runner-up
Polar bears Berlin	Berlin	1.	Quarter finals
DEG Metro Stars	Dusseldorf	6th	Quarter finals
Hamburg Freezers	Hamburg	14th	-
Hanover Scorpions	Hanover	4th	German champions
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	7th	Semifinals
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	11.	-
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	10.	Play-off qualification
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	12.	-
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	9.	Play-off qualification
EHC Munich	Munich	2nd BL	Master of the 2nd BL
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	5.	Quarter finals
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	13.	-
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	3.	Semifinals

economy

Budget overview of the DEL clubs 2010/11
Club	Budget 2010/11 in millions	Change compared to the previous year
Adler Mannheim	8.0	± 0
Polar bears Berlin	7.5	± 0
DEG Metro Stars	6.0	-1.1
Hamburg Freezers	5.9	-1.1
Cologne Sharks	5.5	-0.5
ERC Ingolstadt	6.5	+0.8
EHC Wolfsburg	4.5	± 0
Hanover Scorpions	6.0	+1.6
Iserlohn Roosters	4.3	+0.2
Krefeld penguins	3.5	−0.6
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	4.4	+0.9
Straubing Tigers	4.0	+0.7
Augsburg panther	3.4	+0.3
EHC Munich	3.5	+1.0
League cut	5.21	+0.15

Preliminary round

Closing table

	team	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	OTN	SON	N	Pt	%	T	GT	St	home	guest
1.	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	26th	3	2	2	6th	13	96	62	156	116	716	15-1-5-5	11-4-3-8
2.	DEG Metro Stars	52	26th	3	3	1	2	17th	93	60	174	158	634	17-1-2-6	9-5-1-11
3.	Polar bears Berlin	52	24	1	5	1	5	16	90	58	161	138	924	14-3-4-5	10-3-2-11
4th	Krefeld penguins	52	23	0	4th	3	6th	16	86	55	143	130	785	12-2-7-5	11-2-2-11
5.	Hanover Scorpions (M)	52	24	1	1	4th	1	21st	81	52	154	160	710	15-0-3-8	9-2-2-13
6th	ERC Ingolstadt	52	19th	6th	3	1	3	20th	79	51	153	143	770	8-5-3-10	11-4-1-10
7th	Adler Mannheim	52	20th	2	5	4th	1	20th	79	51	131	137	869	11-5-1-9	9-2-4-11
8th.	EHC Munich (N)	52	18th	4th	4th	2	4th	20th	76	49	163	161	768	10-3-5-8	8-5-1-12
9.	Cologne Sharks	52	16	3	6th	1	6th	20th	73	47	159	162	835	9-4-4-9	7-5-3-11
10.	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	52	20th	2	2	2	2	24	72	46	138	165	834	12-1-2-11	8-3-2-13
11.	Hamburg Freezers	52	15th	4th	4th	3	5	21st	69	44	135	161	725	8-6-3-9	7-2-5-12
12.	Iserlohn Roosters	52	17th	1	3	5	4th	22nd	68	44	150	159	847	11-0-5-10	6-4-4-12
13.	Straubing Tigers	52	15th	5	4th	3	1	24	67	43	145	159	893	9-3-1-13	6-6-3-11
14th	Augsburg panther	52	16	0	4th	3	4th	25th	63	40	162	175	1016	10-2-4-10	6-2-3-15

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, OTS = wins after extra time, SOS = wins after penalty shoot-out, OTN = defeats after extra time, SON = defeats after penalty shoot-out, N = defeats, pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, Str = penalties, (M) = defending champion, (N) = newcomer
Explanations:

direct qualification for the play-offs

First play-off round

Season ended

Best scorer

player	society	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
In it Olver	Augsburg panther	48	23	47	70
Eric Schneider	EHC Munich	52	21st	35	56
Michael Wolf	Iserlohn Rosters	52	34	21st	55
Barry Tallackson	Augsburg panther	51	29	26th	55
Daniel Kreutzer	DEG Metro Stars	52	18th	34	52
Sascha Goc	Hanover Scorpions	52	23	28	51
Joe Motzko	ERC Ingolstadt	50	28	22nd	50
Robert Hock	Iserlohn Rosters	50	12	38	50
Gates Vikingstad	Hanover Scorpions	52	9	41	50
Eric Chouinard	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	52	24	25th	49
Herberts Vasiljevs	Krefeld penguins	52	16	33	49

Best goalkeeper

(Goalkeeper with at least 15 games)

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Fat: best value

player	team	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Daniar Djunusov	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	25th	1431: 36	51	5	93.4	2.14
Jochen Reimer	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	29	1727: 17	51	5	93.1	1.95
Tyler Moss	Hanover Scorpions	16	923: 40	34	2	92.9	2.21
Danny from the birches	Iserlohn Roosters / Kölner Haie	44	2632: 51	117	5	92.4	2.66
Manny Legace	Iserlohn Roosters	40	2322: 44	97	3	91.9	2.51

Play-offs

qualification

The qualifying games were played in the " Best of Three " mode and took place on March 16 and 18, 2011.

			series	1	2	3	[MR]
Adler Mannheim	-	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	2-0	3: 2	3: 2	-	[3: 1]
EHC Munich	-	Cologne Sharks	0: 2	3: 4 a.d.	3: 4	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	3
	9	Cologne Sharks	0
						1	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	3
						4th	Krefeld penguins	0
	4th	Krefeld penguins	3
	5	Hanover Scorpions	2
											1	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	0
											3	Polar bears Berlin	3
	2	DEG Metro Stars	3
	7th	Adler Mannheim	1
						2	DEG Metro Stars	2
						3	Polar bears Berlin	3
	3	Polar bears Berlin	3
	6th	ERC Ingolstadt	1

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played in the " Best of Five " mode and took place on March 23, 25, 27, 29 and 31, 2011.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	-	Cologne Sharks	3-0	4: 1	5: 1	4: 2	-	-	[3: 1]
DEG Metro Stars	-	Adler Mannheim	3: 1	2: 7	3: 2	1-0	5: 2	-	[3: 1]
Polar bears Berlin	-	ERC Ingolstadt	3: 1	5: 3	4: 3	2: 3	4: 1	-	[0: 4]
Krefeld penguins	-	Hanover Scorpions	3: 2	6: 4	3: 5	3: 4 a.d.	3: 2	5: 1	[4: 0]

HR = main round

Semifinals

Stefan Ustorf presents the 2011 championship trophy , followed by Alexander Weiß with the European Trophy

The semi-finals were played in the " Best of Five " mode and took place on April 3, 5 or 6, 7 or 8, 10 and 12, 2011.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	-	Krefeld penguins	3-0	4: 2	4: 3 a.d.	2: 1 a.d.	-	-	[2: 2]
DEG Metro Stars	-	Polar bears Berlin	2: 3	3: 2 a.d.	1: 5	4: 2	3: 4 a.d.	1: 3	[2: 2]

HR = main round

final

The finals were played in the " Best of Five " mode and took place on April 15, 17 and 19, 2011.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	-	Polar bears Berlin	0: 3	2: 4	4: 5	4: 5	-	-	[0: 4]

HR = main round

Squad of the German champions

German Champion Eisbären Berlin

Goalkeepers: Kevin Nastiuk , Rob Zepp Defenders: Jens Baxmann , Dominik Bielke , Constantin Braun , Frank Hördler , Richie Regehr , Jimmy Sharrow , Derrick Walser Attackers: Laurin Braun , Florian Busch , Mads Christensen , Sven Felski , Jeff Friesen , Chris Hahn , TJ Mulock , Tyson Mulock , Denis Pederson , André Rankel , Stefan Ustorf , Steve Walker , Alexander Weiß , Daniel Weiß Coaching staff: Don Jackson , Vince Malette , Hartmut Nickel

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 2010/11 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ del.org, framework schedule  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ hr-online.de: Lions give up the license fight ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed March 28, 2013 
3. ↑ del.org, DEL announcement December 8, 2010: “The play-off dates are fixed” ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 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.