Ice hockey Bundesliga 1990/91

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Master:	Düsseldorfer EG
Relegated:	EHC Dynamo Berlin , Eintracht Frankfurt (withdrawal)
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The 1990/91 season of the ice hockey Bundesliga was the 33rd season of the top German division and at the same time the first all-German championship after the Second World War . The Düsseldorfer EG became German champions for the second time in a row after the Cologne EC was beaten in the decisive fifth game on March 19, 1991.

requirements

Attendees

Prussia polar bears Dusseldorf Frankfurt a. M. Freiburg Cologne Landshut Mannheim Munich Rosenheim Schwenningen White water

Participant in the ice hockey Bundesliga 1990/91

Ice hockey was the first sport that reunification took place before political unity and thus played a pioneering role. The number of Bundesliga teams was increased to twelve through the integration of the last two remaining teams in the GDR Oberliga , SC Dynamo Berlin - under the name EHC Dynamo Berlin - and SG Dynamo Weißwasser - under the name PEV Weißwasser . The following clubs took part in the Bundesliga (alphabetical order with previous year's position) :

club	Location	Previous year	Play-offs
BSC Prussia	Berlin	4th	Quarter finals
EHC Dynamo Berlin	Berlin	DDR-Oberliga	DDR runner-up
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	1.	German champions
Eintracht Frankfurt	Frankfurt am Main	6th	Quarter finals
EHC Freiburg	Freiburg	10.	Relegation 2nd place
Cologne EC	Cologne	2.	Semi-final 3rd place
EV Landshut	Landshut	9.	Relegation 1st place
Mannheim ERC	Mannheim	7th	Quarter finals
EC Hedos Munich	Munich	8th.	Quarter finals
SB Rosenheim	Rosenheim	3.	final
Schwenninger ERC	Schwenningen	5.	Semi-final 4th place
PEV white water	White water	DDR-Oberliga	GDR master

mode

While the increase in the Bundesliga did not change anything when determining the German champions - the championship was played according to the tried-and-tested play-off system - there were some changes in the mode of the relegation process. The teams in places nine to twelve initially played against each other in a first play-down round (the ninth against the twelfth and the tenth against the eleventh) in a best-of-seven mode. Relegation was assured for the winners. The losers then had to compete against each other in another round in the "Best of Five" mode. The loser was relegated directly to the 2nd Bundesliga and was replaced by their champions, who were allowed to move up directly. The winner of this second play-down round, on the other hand, had the chance to stay up in a relegation round against the second in the 2nd Bundesliga - played in the "Best of Three" mode.

Preliminary round

EHC Dynamo Berlin used unauthorized players in the home games against EHC Freiburg (7: 4) and Eintracht Frankfurt (6: 7). Both games were rated 0: 5 against Dynamo.

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Cologne EC	44	32	3	9	227: 132	67:21
2.	Düsseldorfer EG (M)	44	29	8th	7th	216: 117	66:22
3.	SB Rosenheim	44	29	4th	11	212: 128	62:26
4th	BSC Prussia	44	22nd	4th	18th	195: 148	48:40
5.	Mannheim ERC	44	19th	7th	18th	163: 150	45:43
6th	Schwenninger ERC	44	19th	5	20th	171: 171	43:45
7th	Eintracht Frankfurt	44	19th	3	22nd	206: 216	41:47
8th.	EC Hedos Munich	44	16	7th	21st	169: 191	39:49
9.	EV Landshut	44	15th	7th	22nd	177: 202	37:51
10.	EHC Freiburg	44	14th	2	28	161: 213	30:58
11.	PEV white water (N)	44	12	3	29	139: 240	27:61
12.	EHC Dynamo Berlin (N)	44	8th	7th	29	118: 246	23:65

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

Best scorer

player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Jiří Lála	Eintracht Frankfurt	44	47	59	106
Mark Jooris	Eintracht Frankfurt	44	32	66	98
Dale Derkatch	SB Rosenheim	44	40	51	91
Benoît Doucet	EV Landshut	43	45	42	87
Gerd Truntschka	Düsseldorfer EG	44	18th	63	81
Peter Draisaitl	Cologne EC	43	37	43	80
Gord Sherven	SB Rosenheim	43	33	44	77
Wally Schreiber	Schwenninger ERC	41	27	47	74
Chris Valentine	Düsseldorfer EG	42	22nd	52	74
Roger Nicholas	Eintracht Frankfurt	44	31	41	72

Play-downs

The first play-down round was played in the " best-of-seven " mode, the second in the " best-of-five " mode.

The two new members from East Germany were at the bottom of the table after the double round, lost the first play-down round and then had to contest the decisive relegation duel. The EHC Dynamo Berlin had to relegate and was replaced by the champions of the 2nd Bundesliga, ESV Kaufbeuren . On the other hand, PEV Weißwasser got the chance to stay up in relegation against the second in the 2nd Bundesliga, the Krefeld EV .

1 round

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
EV Landshut	-	EHC Dynamo Berlin	4: 1	10: 2	5: 3	6: 1	4: 5	13: 4	-	-
EHC Freiburg	-	PEV white water	4: 1	3: 2	2: 3	6: 4	4: 3	4: 2	-	-

2nd round

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
PEV white water	-	EHC Dynamo Berlin	3-0	6: 3	4: 1	3: 2	-	-

Relegation matches

The relegation games were played in the " best-of-three ". The decisive match took place in Krefeld .

			series	1	2	3
PEV white water	-	Krefelder EV	1: 2	2: 3	3: 2	1: 6

The question of relegation was decided by the financial situation of the Bundesliga clubs. The Eintracht Frankfurt team withdrew from the Bundesliga for financial reasons after the end of the season. This decision by the Frankfurt team was made before the relegation to the last free Bundesliga place was over. The DEB therefore decided to set up a succession order for the allocation of the last two free Bundesliga places, which looked as follows: PEV Weißwasser, Krefelder EV when they win in relegation, EHC Dynamo Berlin, Krefelder EV when they lose in relegation. Since the DEB published this decision before the decisive third relegation game and the PEV Weißwasser remained in the Bundesliga in any case, the team of the Krefeld EV won the series without much resistance.

Play-offs

All play-off rounds, with the exception of the game for third place, were played in the " Best-of-Five " mode.

The first all-German champion was the Düsseldorfer EG , which was able to win its fifth title. In the final series they prevailed in the Rhenish duel against their arch-rival, the Cologne EC . Even the semi-finals were extremely dramatic, as both finalists had to make up a 2-0 deficit in the “ Best-of-Five ” series in order to reach the finals.

Quarter finals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne EC	-	EC Hedos Munich	3: 1	6: 2	2: 3	5: 2	4: 2	-
Düsseldorfer EG	-	Eintracht Frankfurt	3-0	7-0	7: 1	9: 4	-	-
SB Rosenheim	-	Schwenninger ERC	3: 1	7: 6 a.d.	2: 4	6-0	3: 2 a.d.	-
BSC Prussia	-	Mannheim ERC	3-0	3: 1	3: 2 a.d.	7: 2	-	-

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne EC	-	BSC Prussia	3: 2	2: 5	3: 7	4: 2	6: 1	3-0
Düsseldorfer EG	-	SB Rosenheim	3: 2	2: 3	1: 5	8: 1	4: 2	7: 4

Play for 3rd place

			series	1	2
BSC Prussia	-	SB Rosenheim	0: 2	1:10	5: 6

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Cologne EC	-	Düsseldorfer EG	2: 3	1: 3	1: 5	4: 3	1-0	0: 4

Squad of the German champions

German champion Düsseldorfer EG

Goalkeepers: Helmut de Raaf , Markus Flemming , Lars Wünsche Defenders: Christian Althoff , Mike Schmidt , Christoph Kreutzer , Andreas Niederberger , Rick Amann , Uli Hiemer , Jürgen Schulz , Robert Sterflinger Attackers: Dieter Willmann , Chris Valentine , Manfred Wolf , Peter-John Lee , Olaf Scholz , Henrik Hölscher , Thomas Werner , Oliver Kasper , Gerd Truntschka , Petr Hejma junior , Dieter Hegen , Andreas Brockmann , Bernd Truntschka , Michael Flemming , Rainer Zerwesz , Brian Hannon , Don McLaren Head coach: Hans Zach

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey Bundesliga 1990/91 at hockey-db.de
• Ice hockey Bundesliga 1990/91 at hockeyarchives.info (French)