Ice hockey Bundesliga 1993/94

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Master:	EC Hedos Munich
Relegated:	none due to the introduction of the DEL
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The 36th season of the ice hockey Bundesliga was also the last, as the league was replaced after 37 years by the German ice hockey league , a self-governing professional league based on the North American model.

The German champion was the EC Hedos Munich , which had upgraded a lot before the season, but took over financially.

requirements

Attendees

polar bears Prussia Dusseldorf Kaufbeuren Cologne Krefeld Landshut Mannheim Munich Ratingen Rosenheim Schwenningen

Participant in the ice hockey Bundesliga 1993/1994

The following twelve clubs take part in the ice hockey Bundesliga 1993/94 (alphabetical order with previous year's position) :

club	Location	Previous year	Play-offs
BSC Prussia	Berlin	6th	Semifinals
EHC Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	12.	Play-down 1st round
Düsseldorfer EG	Dusseldorf	1.	German champions
ESV Kaufbeuren	Kaufbeuren	7th	Quarter finals
Cologne EC	Cologne	2.	final
Krefelder EV	Krefeld	3.	Quarter finals
EV Landshut	Landshut	10.	Play-down 1st round
Mannheim ERC	Mannheim	5.	Semifinals
EC Hedos Munich	Munich	4th	Quarter finals
EC Ratingen	Ratingen	8th.	Quarter finals
SB Rosenheim	Freiburg	Climbers	-
Schwenninger ERC	Schwenningen	9.	Play-down 2nd round

mode

The reasons for the introduction of the new league were to be found in the events of the past few years. Since the introduction of the play-downs four years ago, the decision about relegation had not been made on the ice, rather the financial situation of some clubs was decisive. Four teams had to relegate during this period, although they were athletically qualified, due to their financial situation, either through voluntary withdrawal or through license revocation. In return, teams that had already been relegated to sport could keep their Bundesliga spots. This led to the ripening of the view, especially among the top division clubs, that, as is customary in the North American professional leagues, a licensing procedure should decide on the league affiliation alone. Another advantage of such a regulation was that clubs and municipalities would perhaps be more willing to invest in new, more modern and, above all, larger ice rinks if the sword of Damocles of sporting descent did not always hover above the financial commitment. Another reason for the introduction of the DEL was that the Bundesliga clubs did not see their wishes and concerns adequately represented by the DEB . They no longer trusted the association to satisfy the different demands of amateur and professional clubs to the same extent and, above all, to a sufficient extent. Therefore, after the end of the season and corresponding negotiations with the DEB, the Bundesliga clubs decided to set up a self-governing professional league with a total of 18 clubs. This decision ended the era of the ice hockey Bundesliga after 37 years.

In the run-up to the last Bundesliga season there were some small changes compared to the previous year. The quarter-finals of the play-offs and the 2nd round of the play-downs were played for the first time in the " Best of Seven " mode. In the quarter-finals, a different rhythm applied to the home and away games; Instead of the permanent change (home-away-home-away), the better placed team started with two home games, which were then followed by two away games, but otherwise everything stayed the same.

Preliminary round

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Düsseldorfer EG (M)	44	33	2	9	182: 92	68:20
2.	EC Hedos Munich	44	30th	3	11	189: 108	63:25
3.	Krefelder EV	44	23	10	11	167: 121	56:32
4th	EV Landshut	44	26th	4th	14th	142: 113	56:32
5.	Cologne EC	44	26th	3	15th	147: 109	55:33
6th	BSC Prussia	44	23	5	16	168: 128	51:37
7th	Mannheim ERC	44	19th	5	20th	156: 140	43:45
8th.	ESV Kaufbeuren	44	14th	3	27	120: 169	31:57
9.	SB Rosenheim (N)	44	12	5	27	108: 163	29:59
10.	Schwenninger ERC	44	11	7th	26th	115: 175	29:59
11.	EHC Eisbären Berlin	44	11	2	31	119: 214	24:64
12.	EC Ratingen	44	9	5	30th	126: 207	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
Mike Bullard	EV Landshut	44	37	26th	63
Chris Valentine	Düsseldorfer EG	43	19th	40	59
Wally Schreiber	EC Hedos Munich	44	25th	30th	55
Jiří Lála	Mannheim ERC	41	21st	29	50
François Sills	Krefelder EV	44	29	20th	49
Benoît Doucet	Düsseldorfer EG	44	24	25th	49
Gordon Sherven	EC Hedos Munich	43	21st	27	48
Peter Draisaitl	Mannheim ERC	43	19th	29	48
Richard Žemlička	EHC Eisbären Berlin	44	15th	33	48
Dieter Hegen	EC Hedos Munich	44	21st	26th	47

Play-downs

Relegated was in the play-downs EC Ratingen determined as a master of 2. Bundesliga , the had Augsburger EV won the climb. In the relegation games against the runner-up in the 2nd Bundesliga, the penultimate Schwenninger ERC managed to stay up . With the introduction of the DEL, however, all decisions about promotion and relegation on the ice were, as in previous years, meaningless.

Both play-down rounds were played in the " Best of Seven " mode.

1 round

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
SB Rosenheim	-	EC Ratingen	4: 2	4: 1	6: 2	6: 3	1: 7	2: 5	5: 1	-
Schwenninger ERC	-	EHC Eisbären Berlin	0: 4	1: 2	3: 4 a.d.	3: 4	2: 6	-	-	-

2nd round

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Schwenninger ERC	-	EC Ratingen	4: 3	5: 6 n.p.	3: 6	4: 2	2: 4	10: 4	4: 1	5: 4

Relegation matches

The relegation games of the second-round play-down winner Schwenninger ERC against the runner-up in the 2nd Bundesliga, EC Kassel , were played in the " Best of Three ".

			series	1	2	3
Schwenninger ERC	-	EC Kassel	2-0	6: 1	4: 1	-

Play-offs

In the course of the season, the fifth title win in a row for the Düsseldorfer EG seemed to be on the horizon. After a sovereign win of the double round, the quarterfinals were also survived with 4-0 victories without any problems. But in the semifinals the defending champion showed initial weaknesses and needed five games to prevail against BSC Prussia , while final opponents EC Hedos Munich only needed three games against the Kölner Haie . After a 3-0 win in the final, the Bavarian capital finally won its first title in 72 years, when MTV 1879 Munich won the championship. But the club bought this success through excessive financial expenditure. Only a few months after the great triumph, therefore, the collapse occurred. The defending champion under the new name Maddogs Munich had to end the first DEL season prematurely and disappeared completely from the ice hockey stage.

Quarter finals

Both play-off quarter-finals were played in the " Best of Seven " mode, after which the teams competed against each other in the Best of Five mode.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
Düsseldorfer EG	-	ESV Kaufbeuren	4-0	3-0	3: 1	4: 1	3: 2	-	-	-
EC Hedos Munich	-	Mannheim ERC	4-0	7: 1	5: 1	8: 6	8: 3	-	-	-
Krefelder EV	-	BSC Prussia	2: 4	3: 5	4: 3	4: 5	2: 3	4: 3 n.p.	2: 4	-
EV Landshut	-	Cologne EC	3: 4	3: 1	0: 2	5: 2	4: 3 a.d.	2: 3	2: 4	2: 4

Semifinals

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Düsseldorfer EG	-	BSC Prussia	3: 2	2: 1	2: 5	0: 3	5: 2	6: 2
EC Hedos Munich	-	Cologne EC	3-0	5: 3	5: 4	4: 2	-	-

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
Düsseldorfer EG	-	Hedos Munich	0: 3	2: 4	2: 3	1: 4	-	-

This made the EC Hedos Munich German champions and was the fourth team that managed to win every series with a sweep , i.e. without a single play-off defeat. In addition, the EC Hedos Munich was the first team that could win a final series without defeat as a poorly placed team. The Eisbären Berlin only succeeded in doing this again in the 2010/11 season .

Best scorer

player	team	Games	Gates	Assists	Points
Dieter Hegen	EC Hedos Munich	9	10	11	21st
Gerd Truntschka	EC Hedos Munich	10	6th	10	16
Wally Schreiber	EC Hedos Munich	10	5	11	16

Squad of the German champions

German champion EC Hedos Munich

Goalkeepers: Karl Friesen , Peter Zankl Defenders: Greg Müller , Mike Schmidt , Florian Storf , Zdeněk Trávníček , Christian Lukes , Daniel Kunce , Alexander Genze , Rainer Lutz , Sergei Schendelew Attackers: Gordon Sherven , Anthony Vogel , Dale Derkatch , Gerd Truntschka , Ewald Steiger , Dieter Hegen , Andreas Volland , Raimond Hilger , Georg Franz , Jan Benda , Wally Schreiber , Tobias Abstreiter , Ralf Reisinger , Chris Straube Head coach: Hardy Nilsson

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey Bundesliga 1993/94 at hockey-db.de
• Ice Hockey Bundesliga 1993/94 at hockeyarchives.info (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ check-von-hinten.de, Super golden Uber-Sweep