Ice hockey league 1987/88

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Master:	ERC Sonthofen
Newcomers:	ERC Westphalia Dortmund , EC Hanover
Relegated:	EHC Unna , Herford EG (withdrawal), ERSC Karben (dissolution), TSV 1862 Erding , EA Schongau , EV Regensburg
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The ice hockey league was carried out in the form of a group south with 16 participants and a group north with 10 participants.

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In the Oberliga Nord the preliminary round was carried out as a double round and in the Oberliga Süd as a single round.

After the preliminary round, the best eight teams from the South group took part in the qualification for the 2nd Bundesliga South 1988/89 and the best six from the North group took part in the qualification for the 2nd Bundesliga North 1988/89 , while the other teams took part in the Qualifying rounds with the participants from the regional leagues participated.

ERC Sonthofen became German league champions in 1987/88 after two victories against ERC Westphalia Dortmund .

Oberliga Nord

Preliminary round

The teams in places 1 to 6 took part in the qualification for the 2nd Bundesliga North - the others in the qualifying round.

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ERC Westphalia Dortmund (N)	36	28	6th	2	319: 129	62:10
2.	EC Hanover	36	28	3	5	247: 102	59:13
3.	ESC Ahaus	36	26th	3	7th	327: 172	55:17
4th	EHC Hamburg	36	22nd	5	9	270: 171	49:23
5.	Dinslakener EC	36	17th	7th	12	279: 197	41:31
6th	EC Nordhorn	36	14th	3	19th	213: 266	31:41
7th	Herford EG (N)	36	10	1	25th	166: 303	21:51
8th.	EC Braunlage (N)	36	9	2	25th	168: 277	20:52
9.	EHC Unna	36	6th	2	28	132: 339	14:58
10.	ERSC Karben	36	4th	0	32	127: 292	8:64

Qualification for the Oberliga Nord

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EHV Wesel (RL)	18th	15th	0	13	155: 69	30: 6
2.	EC Braunlage	18th	13	2	3	152: 92	28: 8
3.	Grefrather EC (RL)	18th	13	0	5	142: 83	26:10
4th	Herford EG	18th	11	1	6th	150: 88	23:13
5.	ERSC Karben	18th	8th	1	9	114: 119	17:19
6th	REV Bremerhaven (RL)	18th	8th	1	9	128: 116	17:19
7th	VERC Lauterbach (RL)	18th	7th	2	9	87: 102	16:20
8th.	EHC Unna	18th	6th	2	10	93: 110	14:22
9.	ERB Bremen (RL)	18th	4th	1	13	75: 143	9:27
10.	Eintracht Frankfurt 1b (RL)	18th	0	0	18th	32: 207	0:36

The ERSC Karben went bankrupt after the season, the Herford EG withdrew to the national league and started again as Herford EC. The REV Bremerhaven was a successor in the Oberliga Nord.

Oberliga Süd

Preliminary round

The teams in places 1-8 of the preliminary round took part in the qualification for the 2nd Bundesliga South in 1988/89 . The other teams played the Oberliga qualification with the teams from the Regionalliga Süd and Süd-West .

Closing table

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ERC Sonthofen (A)	30th	22nd	4th	4th	205: 99	48:12
2.	EHC Klostersee (A)	30th	22nd	1	7th	213: 120	45:15
3.	TEV Miesbach	30th	22nd	1	7th	177: 135	45:15
4th	EV Dingolfing	30th	18th	4th	8th	196: 132	40:20
5.	Deggendorfer EC	30th	18th	4th	8th	154: 130	40:20
6th	EC Peiting	30th	15th	5	10	134: 120	35:25
7th	ERC Ingolstadt	30th	15th	3	12	179: 135	33:27
8th.	TuS Geretsried (N)	30th	16	1	13	170: 163	33:27
9.	TSV Peissenberg	30th	14th	3	13	114: 123	31:29
10.	EV Ravensburg	30th	14th	2	14th	119: 140	30:30
11.	Augsburg EV (A)	30th	11	3	16	157: 163	25:35
12.	EV Regensburg	30th	9	3	18th	125: 151	21:39
13.	TSV Königsbrunn (N)	30th	9	2	19th	148: 186	20:40
14th	EV Pfronten	30th	7th	3	20th	131: 189	17:43
15th	EHC Straubing (N)	30th	5	4th	21st	144: 215	14:46
16.	EA Schongau	30th	1	1	28	99: 264	3:57

Qualification for the Oberliga Süd

Group A

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TSV Königsbrunn	14th	11	1	2	107: 47	23: 5
2.	TSV Peissenberg	14th	10	1	3	103: 39	21: 7
3.	SC Memmingen (RL)	14th	9	1	4th	76:50	19: 9
4th	TSV 1862 Erding (RL)	14th	9	1	4th	109: 70	19: 9
5.	EV Regensburg	14th	8th	1	5	94:59	17:11
6th	EA Schongau (RL)	14th	3	1	10	52:72	7:21
7th	EV Pegnitz (RL)	14th	1	2	11	39: 101	4:24
8th.	EV Stuttgart 1b (RL)	14th	1	0	13	48: 190	2:26

Group B

	club	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Augsburg EV	14th	11	0	3	142: 59	22: 6
2.	EHC Straubing	14th	11	0	3	109: 73	22: 6
3.	EV Ravensburg	14th	10	0	4th	129: 65	20: 8
4th	EV Pfronten	14th	9	0	5	101: 88	18:10
5.	EA Kempten (RL)	14th	8th	0	6th	75:77	16:12
6th	ESC Dorfen (RL)	14th	4th	0	10	75: 108	8:20
7th	Schwenninger ERC 1b (RL)	14th	1	2	11	47: 143	4:24
8th.	EC Oberstdorf (RL)	14th	0	2	12	59: 124	2:26

Playoffs

In order to qualify possible successors for the Oberliga Süd athletically, playoffs between groups A and B were played. The EV Pfronten prevailed in the series for 7th place and remained in the top division, while the TSV 1862 Erding , EA Kempten , EA Schongau and EV Regensburg were relegated.

Play for 1st place

• Augsburg EV - TSV Königsbrunn 5: 5
• Augsburg EV - TSV Königsbrunn 3:10

Play for 7th place

• TSV 1862 Erding - EV Pfronten 6:11; 3:11

Play for 9th place

• EV Regensburg - EA Kempten 7: 2; 5: 7

final

The league final was played back and forth.

• ERC Sonthofen - ERC Westphalia Dortmund 5: 3
• ERC Westphalia Dortmund - ERC Sonthofen 1: 5

The ERC Sonthofen secures the title of the league champions in 1988 with two victories.

Top scorer in the major leagues

Oberliga Nord - preliminary round

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Henri Marcoux	Dinslakener EC	Can.	123	85	208
2.	John Neeld	EC Nordhorn	Can.	114	86	200
3.	Oleg Islamov	1. EHC Hamburg	USSR	99	87	186
4th	Jeff job	Herford EG	Can.	94	69	163
5.	Damian Steiert	ESC Ahaus	Can.	89	70	159
6th	Vladimir Golubovich	1. EHC Hamburg	USSR.	62	94	156
7th	Mark Hegarty	EC Braunlage	Can.	76	70	146
8th.	Frantisek Chlpac	1. EHC Hamburg	Deut.	75	68	143
9.	Heinz-Dieter Brüggemann	ESC Ahaus	Deut.	59	76	135
10.	Francis Matechuk	ERC Westphalia Dortmund	Deut.	51	53	104

Oberliga Nord - qualification

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Stanislav Klocek	EC Braunlage	Pole.	40	37	77
2.	Jeff job	Herford EG	Can.	42	34	76
3.	Mark Hegarty	EC Braunlage	Can.	36	35	71
4th	Kevin Gollan	Herford EG	Can.	29	40	69
5.	Craig O'Connor	ERSC Karben	Can.	28	32	60
6th	Josef Chrastek	EHV Wesel	Pole.	35	24	59
7th	David McBurney	ERSC Karben	Can.	35	28	58
8th.	Wladislav Zolnowski	EHV Wesel	Pole.	26th	22nd	48
9.	Andreas Sauli	Herford EG	Deut.	27	20th	47
10.	Günter Kaczmarek	Grefrather EC	Deut.	33	11	44

Oberliga Süd

Preliminary round

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Duanne Moeser	ERC Sonthofen	Can.	64	63	127
2.	Ken Petrash	EHC Klostersee	Can.	62	53	115
3.	Jeff Vaive	TEV Miesbach	Can.	51	49	100
4th	Brian Varga	ERC Sonthofen	Can.	40	56	96
5.	Troy Thrun	TuS Geretsried	United States	50	29	79
6th	Mike Alexander	EV Dingolfing	United States	35	41	76
7th	Franz Muller	ERC Sonthofen	Deut.	40	35	75
8th.	Ken Latta	EC Peiting	Can.	46	28	74
9.	Harry Mahood	TuS Geretsried	Can.	36	36	72
10.	Andreas Römer	Augsburg EV	Deut.	40	28	68

Oberliga Süd - qualification

Group A

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Marty Irvine	TSV Erding	Can.	37	15th	52
2.	Robert Huber	TSV Erding	Deut.	18th	31	49
3.	Mike Morin	EV Regensburg	Can.	21st	20th	41
4th	Wolfgang Obermeier	TSV Peissenberg	Deut.	23	15th	38
5.	Paul Bifano	SC Memmingen	Can.	13	22nd	35
6th	Borislav Capla	TSV Königsbrunn	Deut.	12	21st	33
7th	Rodney Heisler	TSV Peissenberg	Can.	14th	18th	32
8th.	Bernd Möller	EV Regensburg	Deut.	19th	11	30th
9.	Mario Cutone (V)	TSV Königsbrunn	Can.	13	17th	30th
10.	Peter Schuster	EV Regensburg	DK	11	19th	30th

Group B

	player	team	nationality	Gates	Assists	Points
1.	Steve Pepin	EV Ravensburg	Can.	35	26th	61
2.	Bary Burkholder	Augsburg EV	Can.	32	29	61
3.	Ron Amyotte	Augsburg EV	Can.	30th	29	59
4th	Henryk Pytel	EV Pfronten	Pole.	29	21st	50
5.	Jan Piecko	EV Ravensburg	Pole.	28	17th	45
6th	Mike Dobberthien	EHC Straubing	Can.	28	16	44
7th	Guido Holzmann	EV Pfronten	Deut.	17th	22nd	39
8th.	Gerhard Alber (V)	EV Ravensburg	Deut.	8th	31	39
9.	Frantisek Krejcir	EC Obersdorf	Deut.	14th	22nd	36
10.	Eduard Endras	EC Obersdorf	Deut.	19th	13	32

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 1987/88 at hockey-db.de
• Ice Hockey Oberliga 1987/88 at hockeyarchives.info (French)