DEL 2011/12

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The 2011/12 DEL season was the 18th season since the establishment of the German Ice Hockey League , the highest league in German ice hockey . The main round started on September 16, 2011. The league consisted of 14 teams. The final ended on April 24, 2012 with the sixth title win for the Eisbären Berlin.

For the 2011/12 season, the DEL presented a new corporate design , including a new logo and a trailer film in 3D, which will be played in all DEL games in the future.

Attendees

The champions of the 2nd Bundesliga 2011 Ravensburg Towerstars had applied for a DEL license, but the license was not granted due to economic and infrastructural deficiencies.

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

Participant of the DEL 2011/12

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

economy

Budget overview of the DEL clubs 2011/12
Club	Budget 2011/12 in millions	Change compared to the previous year
Adler Mannheim	7.4	−0.6
Polar bears Berlin	7.5	± 0
DEG Metro Stars	5.6	-0.4
Hamburg Freezers	6.8	+0.9
Cologne Sharks	5.5	± 0
ERC Ingolstadt	6.5	± 0
EHC Wolfsburg	4.5	± 0
Hanover Scorpions	5.0	−1.0
Iserlohn Roosters	4.5	+0.2
Krefeld penguins	4.3	+0.8
Nuremberg Ice Tigers	4.8	+0.4
Straubing Tigers	4.0	± 0
Augsburg panther	3.6	+0.2
EHC Munich	3.5	± 0
League cut	5.25	+0.04

mode

As in previous years, a double round was played. The best six teams qualified directly for the play-offs, the teams in places 7 to 10 played two more play-off participants in best-of-three series. The quarter-final series were played in the best of seven mode, the semi-finals and finals in the best of five mode.

Preliminary round

	team	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	OTN	SON	N	Pt	%	T	GT	St	home	guest
1.	Polar bears Berlin	52	26th	3	4th	2	1	16	95	61	171	140	853	14-5-2-5	12-2-1-11
2.	ERC Ingolstadt	52	26th	3	2	2	3	16	93	60	168	150	786	16-4-1-5	10-1-4-11
3.	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	25th	2	4th	1	3	17th	91	58	174	122	638	18-2-0-6	7-4-4-11
4th	Adler Mannheim	52	23	4th	3	3	4th	15th	90	58	171	148	909	15-3-3-5	8-4-4-10
5.	Hamburg Freezers	52	22nd	3	3	2	3	19th	83	53	149	149	847	14-4-3-5	8-2-2-14
6th	Straubing Tigers	52	20th	4th	4th	1	3	20th	80	51	161	151	1004	13-4-2-7	7-4-2-13
7th	DEG Metro Stars	52	19th	2	5	5	4th	17th	80	51	162	167	791	10-3-5-8	9-4-4-9
8th.	Augsburg panther	52	20th	5	1	1	6th	19th	79	51	135	131	670	14-5-2-5	6-1-5-14
9.	Cologne Sharks	52	21st	0	4th	5	2	20th	78	50	135	145	878	9-3-4-10	12-1-3-10
10.	Iserlohn Roosters	52	19th	1	5	4th	4th	19th	77	49	150	150	787	11-1-4-10	8-5-4-9
11.	EHC Munich	52	17th	2	4th	4th	4th	21st	72	46	124	135	652	11-5-2-8	6-1-6-13
12.	Krefeld penguins	52	18th	0	4th	2	5	23	69	44	126	153	926	9-2-4-11	9-2-3-12
13.	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	52	13	5	0	2	4th	28	55	35	122	165	996	8-4-2-12	5-1-4-16
14th	Hanover Scorpions	52	12	2	4th	2	1	31	51	33	151	213	599	7-2-2-15	5-4-1-16

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

Explanations:

direct qualification for the play-offs

First play-off round

Season ended

Best scorer

player	society	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Norm Milley	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	14th	44	58
Thomas Greilinger	ERC Ingolstadt	47	22nd	32	54
Derek Hahn	ERC Ingolstadt	51	21st	32	53
Jared Ross	ERC Ingolstadt	52	23	29	52
Kai Hospelt	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	25th	25th	50
In it Olver	Polar bears Berlin	49	24	25th	49
John Laliberte	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	17th	31	48
Adam Mitchell	Adler Mannheim	51	14th	34	48
Patrick Reimer	DEG Metro Stars	50	24	23	47
Daniel Pietta	Krefeld penguins	52	17th	30th	47

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
Jochen Reimer	EHC Munich	36	2131: 00	74	2	93.3	2.08
Tyler Weiman	Augsburg panther	40	2421: 07	94	4th	93.2	2.33
Sébastien Caron	Iserlohn Roosters	49	2947: 12	126	5	93.2	2.57
Daniar Djunusov	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	45	2677: 35	98	7th	92.7	2.20
Danny from the birches	Cologne Sharks	35	2051: 08	86	3	92.5	2.52

Play-offs

qualification

The qualifying games were played in the " Best of Three " mode and took place on March 14th and 15th, 2012.

			series	1	2	3	[MR]
DEG Metro Stars	-	Iserlohn Roosters	2-0	4: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)	7: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 5: 2)	-	[2: 2]
Augsburg panther	-	Cologne Sharks	0: 2	1: 5 (1: 1, 0: 3, 0: 1)	1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2)	-	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Play-off tree

	Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
	1	Polar bears Berlin	4th
	9	Cologne Sharks	0
						1	Polar bears Berlin	3
						6th	Straubing Tigers	1
	3	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	0
	6th	Straubing Tigers	4th
											1	Polar bears Berlin	3
											4th	Adler Mannheim	2
	2	ERC Ingolstadt	4th
	7th	DEG Metro Stars	1
						2	ERC Ingolstadt	1
						4th	Adler Mannheim	3
	4th	Adler Mannheim	4th
	5	Hamburg Freezers	1

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played in the " Best of Seven " mode and took place on March 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28 and 30.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
Polar bears Berlin	-	Cologne Sharks	4-0	5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0)	4: 2 (0: 0, 4: 2, 0: 0)	3: 1 (0: 0, 3: 1, 0: 0)	3: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	-	-	-	[3: 1]
ERC Ingolstadt	-	DEG Metro Stars	4: 1	5: 3 (2: 1, 1: 2, 2: 0)	1: 5 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 1)	3: 2 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	6: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0)	4: 3 (0: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1)	-	-	[2: 2]
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	-	Straubing Tigers	0: 4	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)	0: 7 (0: 3, 0: 3, 0: 1)	1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	3: 7 (1: 0, 0: 4, 2: 3)	-	-	-	[2: 2]
Adler Mannheim	-	Hamburg Freezers	4: 1	4: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 2: 0)	8: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 3: 0)	1: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0)	3: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)	-	-	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played in the " Best of Five " mode and took place on April 5, 7, 9 and 11, 2012.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]
Polar bears Berlin	-	Straubing Tigers	3: 1	4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	4: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2)	4: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 3: 0)	-	[3: 1]
ERC Ingolstadt	-	Adler Mannheim	1: 3	1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3)	3: 4 (0: 2, 2: 2, 1: 0)	3: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	2: 6 (1: 3, 1: 1, 0: 2)	-	[2: 2]

HR = main round

final

The finals were played in the " Best of Five " mode and took place on April 15, 18, 20, 22 and 24, 2012.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	[MR]
Polar bears Berlin	-	Adler Mannheim	3: 2	2: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)	1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)	1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	6: 5 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 1, 3: 2, 1: 0)	3: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Squad of the German champions

German Champion Eisbären Berlin

Goalkeepers: Kevin Nastiuk , Rob Zepp Defenders: Nick Angell , Jens Baxmann , Dominik Bielke , Constantin Braun , Frank Hördler , Richie Regehr , Jimmy Sharrow , Thomas Supis Attackers: Laurin Braun , Florian Busch , Mads Christensen , Sven Felski , TJ Mulock , Tyson Mulock , Darin Olver , André Rankel , Vincent Schlenker , Jon Sim , Julian Talbot , Barry Tallackson , Daniel Weiß Coaching staff: Don Jackson , Vince Malette , Hartmut Nickel

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 2011/12 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ DEL - Ravensburg is rejected. on: Focus online. July 6, 2011.