DEL 2017/18

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The 2017/18 DEL season was the 24th season of the German Ice Hockey League , the highest league in German ice hockey . The season began on September 8, 2017. The main round ended on March 4, 2018. The play-offs began on March 7 and ended with the seventh play-off final on April 26, 2018.

Attendees

As in the previous year, 14 clubs took part in the 2017/18 season. All preseason clubs submitted license documents. In addition to the current DEL participants, the DEL2 clubs Löwen Frankfurt and Bietigheim Steelers would have been eligible for participation in the league. Both submitted the necessary bank guarantee for the licensing on February 15, 2017. However, the DEL decided not to accept the two clubs.

Fish town penguins Augsburg panther Polar bears Berlin Düsseldorfer 0EG ERC Ingolstadt Iserlohn Roosters Cologne Sharks Krefeld penguins Adler Mannheim EHC Red Bull Munich Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Schwenninger Wild Wings Straubing Tigers Grizzlies Wolfsburg

Participants in the 2017/18 DEL season

club	place	Main round	Play-offs
Augsburg panther	augsburg	6th	Quarter finals
Polar bears Berlin	Berlin	8th.	Semifinals
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	Bremerhaven	10.	Quarter finals
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	11.	-
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	7th	Play-off qualification
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	13.	-
Cologne Sharks	Cologne	4th	Quarter finals
Krefeld penguins	Krefeld	14th	-
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	2.	Quarter finals
EHC Red Bull Munich	Munich	1.	master
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	3.	Semifinals
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	9.	Play-off qualification
Schwenninger Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	12.	-
Grizzlies Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	5.	final

Rule changes

Overall, some adjustments have been made to the previous rules for this season. A high stick resulting in an injury no longer leads to a major penalty with an automatic game misconduct penalty and is instead punished with two minor penalties. The change to the regulation on ice skate gates has been reversed, so that a gate only does not apply if a clear kicking movement is visible. In addition, the face-off has been simplified, as the referees are no longer responsible for the face-off, but the players themselves.

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

BHV

DEG

ING

IEC

KEC

KEV

MAN

RBM

NIT

STR

SWW

WOB

AEV

EBB

BHV

DEG

ING

IEC

KEC

KEV

MAN

RBM

NIT

STR

SWW

WOB

7: 4

3: 1

2-0

1: 2 n.p.

2: 4

7: 4

1: 4

2: 3

0: 3

4-0

5: 4

3: 5

3: 2 n.p.

AEV

2: 4

5: 6

2: 1 n.p.

1: 5

4: 2

1: 3

7: 1

3: 4 n.p.

4: 1

2: 3

2: 3

5: 1

5: 3

2: 1 n.p.

4: 1

3: 4 n.p.

6: 1

2: 3

3: 2

4: 3

3: 4

5: 4 n.p.

2: 4

3: 1

3: 1

2: 1

EBB

2: 3

6: 1

2: 3

2: 1 a.d.

3: 1

3: 5

3: 1

6: 3

3: 2

2: 3 a.d.

2: 1

5-0

3: 2

3: 4

2: 7

2: 5

1: 5

1: 2

3: 2

6: 3

2: 1 a.d.

3: 2

4: 5 n.p.

3: 1

1-0

3: 2 a.d.

BHV

2: 1

1: 4

5-0

1: 5

4: 3

3: 4 n.p.

6: 2

1: 5

1: 5

6: 3

3-0

5: 1

3: 1

2: 4

2: 4

3: 2

0: 2

6: 1

2: 3 a.d.

1: 4

4: 3 n.p.

6: 4

2-0

3: 2

1: 3

1: 2 n.p.

DEG

2: 3 a.d.

2: 6

4-0

3: 5

3: 2

3: 2 a.d.

7: 3

2: 1

1: 3

3: 4 a.d.

4: 3

2: 3 a.d.

4: 7

4: 2

2: 3

0: 4

1: 3

5-0

1: 6

2: 5

0: 1

2: 5

3: 2

2: 4

5: 3

3-0

ING

5: 4 n.p.

5-0

2: 3 a.d.

4-0

3: 2

0: 1

5: 1

4: 3

5: 4 a.d.

6: 2

3: 6

2: 1 a.d.

2: 1 a.d.

3: 1

3: 6

2: 1 n.p.

1: 5

4: 1

5: 4 n.p.

5: 1

1-0

3: 6

4-0

4: 3 a.d.

1: 2 a.d.

2: 4

IEC

3: 2

1: 3

3: 1

2: 5

4: 3 n.p.

3: 1

2: 5

5: 3

1: 5

5: 2

2: 1

2: 5

1: 4

6: 3

2: 4

5: 4 a.d.

3: 2 a.d.

2: 6

4: 1

3: 2

0: 1

2: 6

2: 3

5: 1

4: 5 n.p.

5: 1

KEC

6: 3

1: 3

5: 2

0: 1

3: 2 a.d.

4: 2

2: 3 n.p.

5-0

0: 6

2: 3

4: 2

2: 1

3: 4

5: 7

3: 2 n.p.

2: 4

4: 2

5: 3

3: 5

5: 3

6: 2

2: 3 a.d.

1: 2 n.p.

4-0

4: 5

1: 3

KEV

3: 4 a.d.

3: 4 a.d.

1: 4

2: 3 a.d.

7: 3

4: 5 a.d.

0: 2

4: 3 a.d.

1: 3

2: 4

3: 4

4-0

4: 3 a.d.

3: 2 n.p.

1: 4

2: 4

5: 4

3: 1

2: 5

2: 6

4: 1

1: 4

2: 1 a.d.

5: 2

4: 3 n.p.

6: 3

MAN

1: 5

6: 2

5: 1

3: 1

3: 1

2: 3

2-0

7-0

1: 3

3: 2 n.p.

7: 3

2: 4

4: 3

5: 2

4: 2

5: 3

5: 1

0: 4

1: 2

3: 2

3: 2 a.d.

4: 2

3: 2 a.d.

6: 3

3: 1

2: 5

RBM

4: 3

4: 1

5: 2

5: 4 a.d.

4: 3 n.p.

3: 4 a.d.

5-0

3: 2 n.p.

4: 1

4: 3

4: 2

2: 5

0: 4

2: 1

2: 1 n.p.

5: 4

5: 3

4: 2

4: 1

5: 2

3: 2

1: 2 n.p.

2: 1 a.d.

2: 1 n.p.

3-0

0: 1

NIT

1: 2

2: 1 n.p.

7: 4

2: 1

2: 1 a.d.

3: 2

1: 3

5: 3

5: 2

5: 1

7: 4

4: 5 a.d.

2: 1 a.d.

3: 2

4: 3 n.p.

1: 2 a.d.

3: 6

2: 1 n.p.

1: 5

6: 3

0: 1 n.p.

3: 2

2: 5

4: 5

3: 4 n.p.

1: 6

STR

4: 2

6: 5

0: 4

2: 1

5: 2

5: 1

1: 4

3: 2

4: 2

2: 5

2: 3

2: 3

4: 5 n.p.

3: 1

0: 1

5: 2

5: 1

0: 1 a.d.

2: 1

1: 2

5: 1

2: 4

4: 2

2: 4

5: 3

0: 2

SWW

3: 1

1: 2

1: 4

4: 2

2: 1

3: 4

1-0

2: 1 a.d.

1: 4

1: 2

1: 4

1: 2

3-0

5: 3

2: 5

5: 2

3: 2 a.d.

1: 2

5: 3

2: 4

3: 2 n.p.

6: 2

4: 3 a.d.

1: 4

3: 4

4: 1

WOB

3: 2 a.d.

7: 4

4: 5

3-0

5: 8

1: 2

3-0

2: 3 n.p.

3: 7

2: 4

3-0

1: 4

2: 3 a.d.

As of March 4, 2018

Main round table

Three points are awarded to a team 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 three against three 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	home	guest
1.	EHC Red Bull Munich	52	30th	4th	2	4th	1	11	1070	69%	183	128	15-5-1-5	15-1-4-6
2.	Polar bears Berlin	52	29	2	2	1	5	13	1010	65%	169	131	15-3-2-6	14-1-4-7
3.	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	52	25th	5	5	3	2	12	1000	64%	152	126	15-6-2-3	10-4-3-9
4th	ERC Ingolstadt	52	20th	4th	2	4th	3	19th	79	51%	147	137	11-4-1-10	9-2-6-9
5.	Adler Mannheim	52	21st	1	5	2	1	22nd	78	50%	151	149	13-4-0-9	8-2-3-13
6th	Cologne Sharks	52	21st	4th	1	1	3	22nd	77	49%	148	142	11-3-2-10	10-2-2-12
7th	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	52	19th	3	3	5	2	20th	76	49%	153	146	9-4-2-11	10-2-5-9
8th.	Iserlohn Roosters	52	21st	3	3	1	0	24	76	49%	138	154	11-4-1-10	10-2-0-14
9.	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	52	21st	4th	0	1	3	23	75	48%	146	163	13-2-2-9	8-2-2-14
10.	Schwenninger Wild Wings	52	19th	5	2	2	1	23	74	47%	123	130	12-1-1-12	7-6-2-11
11.	Düsseldorfer EG	52	17th	2	2	7th	2	22nd	68	44%	133	154	10-2-5-9	7-2-4-13
12.	Augsburg panther	52	17th	2	2	1	5	25th	65	42%	151	158	11-2-2-11	6-2-4-14
13.	Straubing Tigers	52	17th	0	2	2	4th	27	61	39%	137	177	10-2-4-10	7-0-2-17
14th	Krefeld penguins	52	11	2	4th	7th	3	25th	55	35%	141	177	7-3-6-10	4-3-4-15

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
Explanations: direct qualification for the play-offs and qualification for the Champions Hockey League 2018/19 , direct qualification for the play-offs , first play-off round , season ended
as of March 4, 2018

Best scorer

The season's top scorer and assists, Keith Aucoin

Brooks Macek was the top 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
	Keith Aucoin	EHC Red Bull Munich	52	11	52	63	+16	18th
	Marcel Müller	Krefeld penguins	43	24	28	52	+9	48
	Will Acton	Schwenninger Wild Wings	51	18th	30th	48	+5	30th
	Felix Schütz	Cologne Sharks	50	18th	28	46	+11	30th
	Chad Kolarik	Adler Mannheim	47	23	23	46	+10	14th
	Sean Backman	Polar bears Berlin	52	24	21st	45	+26	51
	Brooks Macek	EHC Red Bull Munich	50	26th	18th	44	+20	10
	Nick Petersen	Polar bears Berlin	48	16	27	43	+21	42
	Drew LeBlanc	Augsburg panther	48	11	32	43	–6	22nd
	Matt White	Augsburg panther	52	16	26th	42	–9	18th
	Daniel Pietta	Krefeld penguins	43	12	30th	42	+10	6th
	Mike Connolly	Straubing Tigers	47	12	30th	42	–7	44
	Jonas Müller 1	Polar bears Berlin	51	3	4th	7th	+32	73
	Kris Newbury 2	Fish town penguins	45	11	25th	36	-15	124

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 2017/18 season)

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

Niklas Treutle , statistically the best goalkeeper of the season

Nat.	player	society	Sp	Min	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
	Niklas Treutle	Nuremberg Ice Tigers	25th	1367: 47	43	1	94.4	1.89
	Gustaf Wesslau	Cologne Sharks	25th	1380: 40	54	2	93.0	2.35
	Danny from the birches	EHC Red Bull Munich	25th	1499: 40	52	1	92.9	2.08
	Timo Pielmeier	ERC Ingolstadt	35	2055: 12	76	6th	92.7	2.22
	Dustin Strahlmeier	Schwenninger Wild Wings	43	2587: 42	101	0	92.7	2.34
	Marvin Cüpper	Polar bears Berlin	18th	930: 56	34	0	92.4	2.19
	Petri Vehanen	Polar bears Berlin	38	2219: 33	91	2	92.2	2.46
	Sebastian Dahm	Iserlohn Roosters	35	1992: 52	90	2	92.1	2.71
	Gerald Kuhn	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	33	1876: 08	72	6th	91.9	2.30
	Tomáš Pöpperle	Fish town penguins	46	2614: 35	126	4th	90.7	2.89

(Status: end of season 2017/18)

Play-offs

Play-off tree

qualification				Quarter finals				Semifinals					final
				1	EHC Red Bull Munich	4th
				9	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	1
7th	Grizzly Wolfsburg	2						1	EHC Red Bull Munich	4th
10	Schwenninger Wild Wings	0						5	Adler Mannheim	1
				2	Polar bears Berlin	4th
				7th	Grizzlies Wolfsburg	1
(The teams are reset after the first two rounds.)													1	EHC Red Bull Munich	4th
													2	Polar bears Berlin	3
				3	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	4th
				6th	Cologne Sharks	2
8th	Iserlohn Roosters	0						2	Polar bears Berlin	4th
9	Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	2						3	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	2
				4th	ERC Ingolstadt	1
				5	Adler Mannheim	4th

qualification

The qualifying games were played in the " Best of Three " mode and took place on March 7th and 9th, 2018.

	series	1	2	3	[MR]
Grizzlies Wolfsburg - Schwenninger Wild Wings	2-0	4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)	-	[2: 2]
Iserlohn Roosters - Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	0: 2	2: 5 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 4)	3: 4 n.V. (0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played in best-of-seven mode and took place on March 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 23 and 25, 2018.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
EHC Red Bull Munich - Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven	4: 1	3: 4 n.V. (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1)	6: 3 (3: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1)	5: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 4: 0)	5: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 3: 0)	4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	-	-	[3: 1]
ERC Ingolstadt - Adler Mannheim	1: 4	1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 3)	2: 3 a.d. (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	4: 3 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2, 1: 0)	3: 5 (1: 0, 2: 3, 0: 2)	3: 4 (0: 2, 2: 2, 1: 0)	-	-	[1: 3]
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers - Cologne Sharks	4: 2	1: 4 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1)	3: 2 n.V. (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	2: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2)	3: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)	3: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)	5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)	-	[3: 1]
Eisbären Berlin - Grizzlies Wolfsburg	4: 1	4: 1 (0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0)	2: 5 (1: 3, 1: 0, 0: 2)	8: 1 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1)	3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	7: 6 n.V. (1: 2, 3: 1, 2: 3, 1: 0)	-	-	[3: 1]

HR = main round

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played in the best-of-seven mode and took place on March 29 and 31 and on April 2, 4, 6 and 8, 2018.

	series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	[MR]
EHC Red Bull Munich - Adler Mannheim	4: 1	4: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 3)	2: 1 a.d. (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	6: 3 (0: 2, 4: 0, 2: 1)	5: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	-	-	[4: 0]
Eisbären Berlin - Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	4: 2	5: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0)	2: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)	1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 3)	5: 4 n.V. (1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 2, 1: 0)	3: 2 (1: 1.1: 1, 1: 0)	-	[0: 4]

HR = main round

final

The finals were played in best-of-seven mode. They took place on April 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 24 and 26, 2018.

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

HR = main round

Squad of the German champions

German champion EHC Red Bull Munich

Goalkeepers: Danny from the Birken , David Leggio , Kevin Reich Defenders: Konrad Abeltshauser , Keith Aulie , Daryl Boyle , Ryan Button , Derek Joslin , Hagen Kaisler , Florian Kettemer , Markus Lauridsen , Yannic Seidenberg Attackers: Keith Aucoin , Mads Christensen , Maximilian Daubner , Andreas Eder , Jerome Flaake , Patrick Hager , Jason Jaffray , Dominik Kahun , Maximilian Kastner , Brooks Macek , Jon Matsumoto , Frank Mauer , Jakob Mayenschein , Steve Pinizzotto , Michael Wolf Coaching staff: Don Jackson , Matt McIlvane , Patrick Dallaire

Awards

• DEL Player of the Year - Keith Aucoin , EHC Red Bull Munich
• Striker of the year - Keith Aucoin, EHC Red Bull Munich
• Defender of the Year - Yannic Seidenberg , EHC Red Bull Munich
• Goalkeeper of the Year - Dustin Strahlmeier , Schwenninger Wild Wings
• DEL Rookie of the Year - Phil Hungerecker , Adler Mannheim
• Trainer of the Year - Thomas Popiesch , Fischtown Pinguins
• Robert Müller Fair Play Trophy - Schwenninger Wild Wings
• MVP of the playoffs - Jon Matsumoto , EHC Red Bull Munich

Web links

• All results and tables of the DEL 2017/18 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Licensing: All 14 clubs submit their documents - the season starts on September 8th. In: Website of the ice hockey news . May 25, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Steelers and Löwen deposit guarantees of 100,000 euros for the DEL licensing process for 2017/18. (No longer available online.) In: Ice Hockey News website . February 15, 2017, archived from the original on July 31, 2017 ; accessed on September 8, 2017 . 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.  
3. ↑ Rule changes for the 2017/18 season. In: Official website of the German Ice Hockey League . August 14, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017 . 
4. ↑ DEL scorer statistics. Retrieved March 4, 2018 . 
5. ^ Goalkeeper statistics DEL. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .