DEL 2015/16

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Master:	EHC Red Bull Munich
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The 2015/16 DEL season was the 22nd season since the founding of the German Ice Hockey League , the highest league in German ice hockey . 14 teams participated this season, the same 14 participants from the previous season.

Attendees

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

Participants in the DEL 2015/16

The given placements relate to the preseason.

club	place	Main round	Play-offs	Cooperation partner
Augsburg panther	augsburg	12.	-	Ravensburg tower stars
Polar bears Berlin	Berlin	9.	Play-off qualification	Dresden Ice Lions
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	5.	Semifinals	EC Bad Nauheim
Hamburg Freezers	Hamburg	4th	Quarter finals	Fish town penguins
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	3.	Runner-up	ESV Kaufbeuren
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	6th	Quarter finals	Bietigheim Steelers
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	11.	-	Heilbronn falcon
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	10.	Play-off qualification	Lusatian foxes
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	1.	master	Kassel Huskies
EHC Red Bull Munich	Munich	2.	Quarter finals	SC Riessersee
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	8th.	Quarter finals	Löwen Frankfurt
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	13.	-	Starbulls Rosenheim
Schwenninger Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	14th	-	EHC Freiburg
Grizzlies Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	7th	Semifinals	Ice pirates Crimmitschau

mode

The 14 clubs played a double round with 52 games per club. The best six teams qualified directly for the play-off quarter-finals, the teams in positions 7 to 10 play out two further play-off participants in best-of-three series. The other play-off series will be played in Best of Seven mode.

Champion Munich and finalist Wolfsburg qualified for the European Champions Hockey League 2016/17 .

Main round

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the middle column, the visiting team in the top row.

First round

society

Second half

AEV

EBB

HAM

ING

ISE

COLOGNE

KEV

MAN

MUC

NIT

STR

WOB

AEV

EBB

HAM

ING

ISE

COLOGNE

KEV

MAN

MUC

NIT

STR

WOB

4: 2

4: 8

4: 1

2: 4

4: 1

4: 3

3: 5

0: 3

2: 7

1: 3

4: 3

5: 1

1: 6

AEV

0: 1

1: 5

6: 2

3: 1

4: 3

4: 5 n.p.

2: 1

5: 1

4: 6

0: 3

1: 2

4: 1

2: 1

7: 3

2: 1

2: 3 n.p.

2: 1

3-0

5: 2

0: 4

6: 2

5: 3

5: 2

7: 5

6: 2

3: 2

EBB

4: 2

2: 7

5: 2

2: 5

1: 2

3: 1

2: 1 a.d.

4-0

2: 5

2: 6

2: 1

2: 4

1-0

2: 4

2-0

4: 1

4: 8

3: 5

2: 1

3: 1

1: 4

0: 3

6: 4

4: 2

2: 1

0: 3

4: 5 n.p.

3: 4 a.d.

7: 1

4: 5

7: 4

0: 3

0: 1 n.p.

3-0

4: 1

1: 2

2: 1

4: 3

5: 3

5: 3

3-0

4: 3

4: 2

1: 2 n.p.

3: 4 a.d.

4: 3 n.p.

2: 3

5: 4

1: 2

3: 1

3: 2

1: 2

HAM

5: 6 n.p.

3: 5

4: 2

3: 1

2: 5

5: 2

3: 2 n.p.

2: 4

2: 1 n.p.

5: 4 n.p.

6: 4

3-0

1: 5

3: 2

1: 2

2: 4

5: 4

2: 5

4: 1

2: 1

0: 4

4: 2

4: 1

4: 3

4: 2

5: 6 n.p.

ING

1: 6

1: 4

1: 2

3: 4

5: 2

3: 4 a.d.

4: 1

3: 1

1: 3

5: 3

6: 2

6: 1

2: 3 a.d.

7: 5

3: 2

6: 5

3: 2

4: 3 n.p.

6: 1

3-0

4: 5 a.d.

5: 1

2: 3 n.p.

6: 2

6: 2

1-0

ISE

6-0

4: 3 n.p.

1: 2 n.p.

6: 3

2: 1 n.p.

0: 1

6: 2

2: 3 n.p.

2: 3 a.d.

4: 2

3: 2

1: 4

3: 2

2: 3

6: 1

3: 6

6: 1

3: 4

4: 3 n.p.

6: 2

5: 2

3: 2 n.p.

5: 2

1: 2

2: 3

3-0

COLOGNE

4: 2

4: 3

3: 1

3: 1

3: 4

2-0

3: 4

2: 3

3: 4

4: 3 n.p.

2: 5

1: 2

4: 2

3-0

1: 2 a.d.

1: 2

6: 5 a.d.

3: 2 a.d.

1: 2

3: 4

5: 3

2: 3

0: 4

3: 8

3: 5

5: 2

KEV

3: 2

2: 3

1: 2

3: 1

2: 1

2: 1 a.d.

3: 2

4: 7

1: 2

6: 7

1: 2

5: 2

4: 1

2: 6

2: 1

3: 4

2: 1 n.p.

3: 1

2: 1 a.d.

3-0

4: 2

0: 1

2: 3

4: 5

1-0

7: 3

MAN

1: 2 n.p.

3: 2

3: 2

3: 1

5: 2

3: 4

1: 2

3: 4 n.p.

1: 2

1: 3

1: 4

5: 3

4: 5 n.p.

3: 4 n.p.

2: 1

3: 4 n.p.

4: 3 a.d.

6: 3

3: 2

1: 2

6: 2

4: 2

3: 4 a.d.

2: 3

4: 5 n.p.

4: 3 n.p.

MUC

6: 3

3-0

1: 2

3-0

3: 2 a.d.

2: 1 n.p.

3-0

6: 1

5: 2

4-0

0: 1

3: 2

3: 4 n.p.

2: 6

3: 2 n.p.

3-0

1: 2 n.p.

5: 4

4: 3 a.d.

2: 4

6: 3

5: 3

4: 1

3: 4

1: 5

5: 2

NIT

6: 4

1: 2

3: 4 a.d.

5: 3

2: 4

9: 3

3: 1

1: 3

6: 3

2: 4

4: 1

4: 2

1: 3

3: 2

1: 4

2: 1

2: 5

2: 4

2: 1

3: 4 a.d.

4: 3 a.d.

1: 4

5: 2

3-0

2: 3

2: 4

STR

7: 2

4: 7

2: 1

3: 4

3: 4

5: 4 n.p.

1: 2 n.p.

4: 2

4: 2

2: 1

1: 2 a.d.

5: 2

2: 1 n.p.

4: 5

2: 3

3: 1

2: 4

4: 2

4: 3 a.d.

1: 4

6: 5 a.d.

2: 4

4: 2

1: 3

5: 2

2: 3

6: 1

7: 8 a.d.

2: 4

2: 3

4: 3

4: 5 n.p.

4: 3 n.p.

2: 4

4: 2

0: 5

6: 3

1: 3

1: 3

2: 5

2: 3

2-0

0: 2

6: 2

2: 4

2: 3

1: 4

1: 2 a.d.

2: 3 n.p.

2-0

8: 1

4: 1

WOB

8: 1

3: 2

0: 2

4-0

4: 1

3-0

4-0

5: 2

2-0

3: 2

2: 1

5: 3

5: 2

Closing table

A team is awarded three points for a win after normal playing time, if the game is a draw after 60 minutes, both teams receive one point, the winner of the five-minute extra time (only with four against four field players) or after a necessary penalty shoot-out receives another point credited. If a team loses in regular time, it does not receive any points.

	team	Sp	S.	OTS	SOS	OTN	SON	N	Pt	%	T	GT	St	home	guest
1.	EHC Red Bull Munich	52	25th	3	3	1	6th	14th	94	60%	160	124	908	13-4-5-4	12-2-2-10
2.	Polar bears Berlin	52	27	4th	0	0	3	18th	92	59%	152	136	700	17-1-1-7	10-3-2-11
3.	Iserlohn Roosters	52	23	0	5	6th	6th	12	91	58%	162	143	836	16-3-5-2	7-2-7-10
4th	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	52	25th	1	3	1	3	19th	87	56%	151	118	760	17-0-2-7	8-4-2-12
5.	Düsseldorfer EG	52	26th	1	2	1	2	20th	87	56%	152	132	824	14-0-3-9	12-3-0-11
6th	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	52	23	3	2	1	3	20th	83	53%	161	152	774	13-2-2-9	10-3-2-11
7th	Cologne Sharks	52	20th	3	5	0	1	23	77	49%	146	138	855	12-3-0-11	8-5-1-12
8th.	ERC Ingolstadt	52	23	0	0	4th	3	22nd	76	49%	155	161	750	14-0-3-9	9-0-4-13
9.	Straubing Tigers	52	22nd	1	2	2	1	24	75	48%	147	159	811	11-3-3-9	11-0-0-15
10.	Adler Mannheim	52	20th	3	2	0	3	24	73	47%	138	146	1164	11-2-3-10	9-3-0-14
11.	Hamburg Freezers	52	18th	0	6th	3	3	22nd	72	46%	142	166	840	12-4-3-7	6-2-3-15
12.	Augsburg panther	52	20th	0	4th	0	1	27	69	44%	158	185	971	13-0-1-12	7-4-0-15
13.	Krefeld penguins	52	15th	3	2	4th	2	26th	61	39%	136	164	766	9-3-1-13	6-2-5-13
14th	Schwenninger Wild Wings	52	15th	2	2	1	1	31	55	35%	143	179	793	8-3-2-13	7-1-0-18

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 = penalty minutes
Explanations: direct qualification for the play-offs , first play-off round , season ended

Best scorer

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

Nat.	player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
	Patrick Reimer	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	52	26th	38	64	+16	53
	Steven Reinprecht	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	46	19th	36	55	+11	6th
	Will Acton	Schwenninger Wild Wings	46	16	39	55	-3	67
	Daniel Pietta	Krefeld penguins	47	15th	37	52	+2	22nd
	Jon Matsumoto	Augsburg panther	52	20th	29	49	-3	54
	Brandon Buck	ERC Ingolstadt	41	20th	28	48	+2	26th
	Louie Caporusso	Iserlohn Roosters	49	18th	30th	48	+10	32
	Philip Gogulla	Cologne Sharks	52	20th	26th	46	+7	10
	Drew LeBlanc	Augsburg panther	45	15th	31	46	+2	18th
	Norm Milley	Düsseldorfer EG	51	10	35	45	-1	41
	Mark Voakes 1st	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	45	17th	24	41	+17	24
	Steve Pinizzotto 2	EHC Red Bull Munich	42	13	5	18th	+13	153

¹ For comparison: players with the best plus / minus value
² For comparison: players with the most penalty minutes
(as of the end of the 2015/16 season)

• 

  Patrick Reimer

• 

  Will Acton

• 

  Steve Pinizzotto

Best goalkeeper

(Goalkeepers who completed at least 40% of the total playing time of their team)
Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice time (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded , SO = shutouts ; Fat: best value

David Leggio had the lowest average against goals

Nat.	player	society	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
	David Leggio	EHC Red Bull Munich	23	1369: 24	46	4th	92.7	2.02
	Felix Brückmann	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	34	2021: 54	69	4th	92.1	2.05
	Dennis Endras	Adler Mannheim	36	2049: 54	75	4th	92.8	2.20
	Mathias Niederberger	Düsseldorfer EG	42	2455: 50	93	4th	93.0	2.27
	Danny from the birches	EHC Red Bull Munich	29	1694: 08	64	3	92.1	2.27
	Chet Pickard	Iserlohn Roosters	26th	1504: 07	60	2	93.2	2.39
	Petri Vehanen	Polar bears Berlin	47	2778: 23	114	4th	91.8	2.46
	Mathias Lange	Iserlohn Roosters	30th	1682: 12	71	1	92.3	2.53
	Gustaf Wesslau	Cologne Sharks	45	2665: 30	115	3	92.8	2.59
	Timo Pielmeier	ERC Ingolstadt	52	3058: 16	149	0	90.7	2.92

(Status: end of season 2015/16)

Play-offs

qualification

The qualifying games were played in the " Best of Three " mode and took place on March 9, 11 and 13, 2016.

			series	1	2	3	[MR]
ERC Ingolstadt	-	Straubing Tigers	0: 2	3: 4 (0: 2, 1: 2, 2: 0)	1: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)	-	[4: 0]
Cologne Sharks	-	Adler Mannheim	2: 1	6: 3 (2: 0, 2: 3, 2: 0)	2: 5 (0: 0, 1: 4, 1: 1)	4: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 1)	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Play-off tree

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

1

EHC Red Bull Munich

4th

9

Straubing Tigers

1

1

EHC Red Bull Munich

4th

7th

Cologne Sharks

1

2

Polar bears Berlin

3

7th

Cologne Sharks

4th

1

EHC Red Bull Munich

4th

4th

Grizzlies Wolfsburg

0

4th

Grizzlies Wolfsburg

4th

5

Düsseldorfer EG

1

4th

Grizzlies Wolfsburg

4th

6th

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

2

3

Iserlohn Roosters

2

6th

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

4th

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played in best-of-seven mode and took place on March 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 and 28, 2016

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
EHC Red Bull Munich	-	Straubing Tigers	4: 1	5: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	4: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)	2: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0)	-	-	[0: 4]
Iserlohn Roosters	-	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	2: 4	4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)	1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2)	1: 7 (0: 2, 0: 2, 1: 3)	4: 2 (2: 1, 0: 0, 2: 1)	2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 0)	-	[1: 3]
Grizzlies Wolfsburg	-	Düsseldorfer EG	4: 1	1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 2)	3: 2 (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0)	5: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 3: 0)	1: 0 n.v. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	4: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 1: 0)	-	-	[2: 2]
Polar bears Berlin	-	Cologne Sharks	3: 4	0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)	1: 0 n.v. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	5: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)	0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1)	4: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)	1: 5 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 3)	2: 3 (0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0)	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played in best-of-seven mode and took place on March 30th, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th and 10th April 2016.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
EHC Red Bull Munich	-	Cologne Sharks	4: 1	5: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 0)	1: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1)	3: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1)	5: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)	5: 4 (3: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2)	-	-	[2: 2]
Grizzlies Wolfsburg	-	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	4: 2	6: 2 (1: 1, 4: 1, 1: 0)	3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)	4: 5 (1: 0, 3: 2, 0: 3)	2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)	2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1)	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

final

The finals are played in best-of-seven mode. The games took place on April 15, 17, 19 and 22, 2016.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
EHC Red Bull Munich	-	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	4-0	2: 1 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)	5: 4 (1: 2, 2: 0, 2: 2)	4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	5: 3 (2: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0)	-	-	-	[2: 2]

HR = main round

Squad of the German champions

German champion EHC Red Bull Munich

Goalkeepers: Danny from the Birches , David Leggio , Ilya Sharipov Defenders: Konrad Abeltshauser , Daryl Boyle , Jeremy Dehner , Florian Kettemer , John Rogl , Matt Smaby , Toni Söderholm , Frédéric St-Denis Attackers: Keith Aucoin , Mads Christensen , Jason Jaffray , Dominik Kahun , Maximilian Kastner , Frank Mauer , Ulrich Maurer , Steve Pinizzotto , Jérôme Samson , Yannic Seidenberg , Daniel Sparre , Michael Wolf , Tobias Wörle Coaching staff: Don Jackson , Derek Mayer , Matt McIlvane

Awards

• DEL Player of the Year - Patrick Reimer , Nuremberg Ice Tigers
• Striker of the year - Patrick Reimer, Nürnberg Ice Tigers
• Defender of the Year - Sinan Akdağ , Adler Mannheim
• Goalkeeper of the Year - Mathias Niederberger , Düsseldorfer EG
• DEL Rookie of the Year - Fabio Pfohl , Grizzlys Wolfsburg
• Cable Guy of the Year - Christoph Schubert , Hamburg Freezers
• Trainer of the year - Christof Kreutzer , Düsseldorfer EG
• Robert Müller Fair Play Trophy - Eisbären Berlin
• MVP of the playoffs - Michael Wolf , EHC Red Bull Munich

• 

  Patrick Reimer

• 

  Sinan Akdağ

• 

  Christof Kreutzer

marketing

As in previous years, a Sunday game was shown on the TV channel Servus TV . A Friday game and an additional live game on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday will be broadcast on laola1.tv .

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 2015/16 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

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