Ice hockey Bundesliga 1983/84

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Master:	Cologne EC
Relegated:	ERC Freiburg (license withdrawal)
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The 1983/84 season of the ice hockey Bundesliga was the 26th season of the highest German ice hockey league . The German champions became the Cologne EC , who defeated the defending champion EV Landshut in the final series and thus celebrated his third German championship title. Since both the ECD Iserlohn and the ten-time champions SC Riessersee were able to assert themselves in the relegation series, but only three years after the last title win, there was no sporting relegation this season. However, since the ERC Freiburg was refused the license for the following season for financial reasons , the EHC Essen-West was able to move up in third place in the relegation to the Bundesliga.

Due to the Olympic ice hockey tournament in Sarajevo, there were also significant changes in the play-off mode this season .

requirements

Dusseldorf Freiburg Iserlohn Kaufbeuren Cologne Landshut Mannheim Riessersee Rosenheim Schwenningen

Participant in the ice hockey Bundesliga 1983/84

Attendees

The following ten clubs take part in the ice hockey Bundesliga 1983/84 (alphabetical order with previous year's ranking) :

club	Location	Previous year	Play-offs
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	8th.	Quarter finals
ERC Freiburg	Freiburg	Climbers	-
ECD Iserlohn	Iserlohn	9.	Relegation 1st place
ESV Kaufbeuren	Kaufbeuren	6th	Quarter finals
Cologne EC	Cologne	4th	Semi-final 4th place
EV Landshut	Landshut	1.	German champions
Mannheim ERC	Mannheim	2.	final
SC Riessersee	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	7th	Quarter finals
SB Rosenheim	Rosenheim	3.	Semi-final 3rd place
Schwenninger ERC	Schwenningen	5.	Quarter finals

mode

Due to the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo in February, for which the German national team was able to qualify, there were considerable changes in the play-off mode in the Bundesliga season 1983/84 . Due to the German participation in the Olympic tournament, the season had to be interrupted, so that after the double round there was a break of several weeks in play. However, this meant a considerable disadvantage for the top teams in the ice hockey Bundesliga, which were disadvantaged by the wear and tear of the national players and had to get back together as a team after a break of several weeks. At the same time, the weaker teams were able to use the break to optimally prepare for the play-offs through training and friendly matches.

The German Ice Hockey Federation then decided to hold group games instead of the quarter-finals in order to give the top teams some time and games to regain their position. The best eight teams in the double round initially played in two groups of four teams each. The first two in each group qualified for the semi-finals, which, like the finals, were held in the “ best of five ” mode. The rule was not undisputed that for the advantage of being able to play the last decisive game on one's own ice, not the placement in the double round, but the placement in the group games was decisive. In particular, the Mannheim ERC protested against this principle at the DEB.

There was also a change in the games for 3rd place and 5th to 8th place. They were no longer played in the " best-of-three " mode , but according to the European Cup rule, ie in a two-way leg with the goal difference taken into account. In terms of promotion and relegation, the direct promotion of the second division champions was abolished again. Like the second, third and fourth placed in the 2nd Bundesliga , the champion had to go into relegation, in which the ninth and tenth placed in the 1st Bundesliga also took part. The number of participants in the relegation round increased to six teams. The first two of the relegation qualified for the upcoming first division season.

On the one hand, the new play-off mode fulfilled its goal of giving the top teams some time to warm up. The results showed that the strong teams actually had play deficits at the beginning, but in the end three of the four first-place winners in the double round prevailed, only SB Rosenheim was eliminated against the worse-placed ESV Kaufbeuren . However, the audience's expectations were not fulfilled, so that the old mode was largely returned to in the following season.

Transfers

With Erich Weißhaupt , one of the dominant goalkeepers moved from Mannheim to Düsseldorf, where he replaced Helmut De Raaf , his substitute in the national team who moved to Cologne. There he replaced Sigmund Suttner , who moved to the newly promoted Freiburg together with defenders Mike Ford and Jörg Hiemer . The vacant goalkeeper position in Mannheim occupied Beppo Schlickenrieder , who came from Füssen together with Franz Jüttner from relegated. Andreas Niederberger was brought to Mannheim from EC Bad Tölz to replace Rainer Blum who had gone to Rosenheim . Otherwise, Rosenheim relied on young talent and brought in Axel Kammerer and Georg Franz from EHC Straubing from Bad Tölz . With Rainer Lutz from Kaufbeuren, a young Bavarian defender moved again to Düsseldorfer EG, who also brought in Peter-John Lee , an NHL- experienced striker. Defender Joachim Reil , national player from Riessersee, moved to Iserlohn, where Paul Messier, the older brother of NHL star Mark Messier , had been signed. In Schwenningen they had signed Danny Held, a German-Canadian who had tried to make the leap into the NHL for two years in the American Hockey League after his commitment in the 1980/81 season at the Berlin Ice Skating Club. Landshut had to cope with the departure of the Laycock brothers Bob and Robin and signed the Polish Henryk Pytel .

Preliminary round

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Mannheim ERC	36	23	4th	9	180: 103	50:22
2.	Cologne EC	36	21st	6th	9	155: 116	48:24
3.	SB Rosenheim	36	18th	11	7th	142: 118	47:25
4th	EV Landshut (M)	36	21st	4th	11	165: 110	46:26
5.	Schwenninger ERC	36	16	4th	16	127: 109	36:36
6th	ESV Kaufbeuren	36	13	6th	17th	143: 165	32:40
7th	ERC Freiburg (N)	36	13	6th	17th	110: 154	32:40
8th.	Düsseldorfer EG	36	11	3	22nd	102: 157	25:47
9.	ECD Iserlohn	36	10	4th	22nd	114: 134	24:48
10.	SC Riessersee	36	9	2	25th	103: 169	20:52

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, (N) = newcomer, (M) = defending champion
Explanations:     = group stage,     = relegation round.

Best scorer

player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Erich Kühnhackl	EV Landshut	36	27	46	73
Gerd Truntschka	Cologne EC	36	20th	44	64
Manfred Wolf	Mannheim ERC	36	29	34	63
Doug Berry	Mannheim ERC	36	22nd	35	57
Roy Roedger	Mannheim ERC	34	20th	37	57
Henryk Pytel	EV Landshut	36	35	18th	53
Helmut Steiger	EV Landshut	36	34	19th	53
Horst Heckelsmüller	ESV Kaufbeuren	36	26th	25th	51
Bill Lochead	Mannheim ERC	36	31	18th	49
Peter Obresa	Mannheim ERC	32	28	20th	48

Best defenders

player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Dieter Medicus	ESV Kaufbeuren	36	9	26th	35
Harold Circle	Mannheim ERC	36	6th	26th	32
Jamie Masters	SB Rosenheim	36	16	13	29

Relegation round

The relegation round was played in a single round, so that each team played a home and an away game against the other clubs.

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ECD Iserlohn	10	6th	3	1	56:33	15: 5
2.	SC Riessersee	10	6th	1	3	42:24	13: 7
3.	EHC Essen-West	10	4th	2	4th	37:39	10:10
4th	Duisburger SC	10	4th	1	5	47:55	9:11
5.	BSC Prussia	10	3	1	6th	37:48	7:13
6th	SV Bayreuth	10	2	2	6th	34:54	6:14

Abbreviations: Sp = games
Explanations:     = Bundesliga     next year, 2nd Bundesliga next year.

Group stage

Final table group A

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EV Landshut (M)	6th	4th	0	2	35:19	8: 4
2.	Mannheim ERC	6th	3	1	2	41:28	7: 5
3.	Schwenninger ERC	6th	2	1	3	24:30	5: 7
4th	Düsseldorfer EG	6th	2	0	4th	22:45	4: 8

Final table group B

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Cologne EC	6th	4th	0	2	38:25	8: 4
2.	ESV Kaufbeuren	6th	4th	0	2	29:25	8: 4
3.	SB Rosenheim	6th	2	1	3	18:25	5: 7
4th	ERC Freiburg (N)	6th	1	1	4th	17:27	3: 9

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, (N) = newcomer, (M) = defending champion
Explanations:     = play-offs,     = season ended.

Best scorer

player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Erich Kühnhackl	EV Landshut	42	35	52	87

Play-offs

Placement games

The placement games were played in the first and second leg, taking into account the goal difference.

1 round

			series	1	2
Düsseldorfer EG	-	SB Rosenheim	3: 7	2: 3	1: 4
ERC Freiburg	-	Schwenninger ERC	9: 8	6: 2	3: 6 a.d.

Game for 7th place

			series	1	2
Düsseldorfer EG	-	Schwenninger ERC	12:11	7: 4	5: 7 a.d.

Play for 5th place

			series	1	2
ERC Freiburg	-	SB Rosenheim	7:21	3: 6	4:15

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
EV Landshut	-	ESV Kaufbeuren	3: 2	2: 7	1: 5	10: 2	8: 2	3-0
Cologne EC	-	Mannheim ERC	3-0	7: 3	3: 2 a.d.	4-0	-	-

3rd place match

			series	1	2
ESV Kaufbeuren	-	Mannheim ERC	6:10	2: 4	4: 6

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne EC	-	EV Landshut	3: 2	5: 4	4: 6	2: 3	4: 3	5-0

Squad of the German champions

German champion Cologne EC

Goalkeepers: Helmut de Raaf , Peter Zankl Defenders: Udo Kießling , Toni Forster , Uwe Krupp , Richard Trojan , Peter Gailer , Werner Kühn , Uli Hiemer Attackers: Rainer Philipp , Drew Callander , Miroslav Sikora , Christoph Augsten , Jörg Lautwein , Marcus Kuhl , Holger Meitinger , Gerd Truntschka , Jörg Parschill , Peter Schiller , Guido Lenzen , Rob Tudor Head coach: Jozef Golonka

Web links

• All results and tables of the Ice Hockey Bundesliga 1983/84 at hockey-db.de
• Ice Hockey Bundesliga 1983/84 at hockeyarchives.info (French)