Ice hockey league 2004/05

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Master:	Dresden Ice Lions
Newcomers:	Dresdner Eislöwen , EHC Munich
Relegated:	Blue Lions Leipzig (insolvency), ERV Schweinfurt (license withdrawal), BSchC Preussen (dissolution), ESV Hügelsheim (withdrawal), ERC Haßfurt Sharks (insolvency), Höchstadter EC
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In contrast to the previous season , the ice hockey league of the 2004/05 season was regionally divided into the Oberliga Nord-Ost and Oberliga Süd, each with eleven clubs and topped up by interested teams from the regional leagues in the north as well as from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg .

Before the season

Of the teams that were athletically qualified in the previous season, the EC Berlin Capitals eV no longer participated in the league due to bankruptcy and ERC Selb due to dissolution.

The odd number of participants per group was not wanted, but was due to the aforementioned cancellations. In addition, the Ratinger Ice Aliens were approved for the DEB area, but did not receive the required approval from the North Rhine-Westphalia regional association .

mode

The mode was determined that the participants in places 1 to 6 of the Oberliga Süd as well as the Oberliga Nord in the group-wide main round and the other teams in a relegation round determine the participants in the play-downs within their round .

On November 17, 2004, the ERC Hassfurt Sharks team withdrew from gaming operations due to bankruptcy , whereupon all the Oberliga Nord games previously played against this team were canceled. To compensate for the missing home games of the remaining teams, a qualifying round for the DEB-Pokal was introduced, in which the previously free team competed against the opponent of the ERC Haßfurt Sharks scheduled for the respective day . This qualifying round is recorded in a separate table and entitles the two best-placed teams not eligible for promotion to participate in the first round of the DEB Cup of the following season.

The main round was divided into two groups, into which the participants were divided depending on the final table in the preliminary round groups. After completion of the two groups, the play-offs followed for the teams placed 1 to 4 , while the season was over for the teams in 5 and 6 - but at the same time the qualification for the Oberliga 2005/06 was achieved.

The play-offs for the Oberliga championship were also seen as promotion play-offs for the 2nd Bundesliga 2005/06 , for which the teams of the Dresdner Eislöwen and the EHC Munich qualified.

After completion of the relegation rounds, the two teams played the only relegated relegated from the major league in the best-of mode in the last places , while the other teams also qualified for the major league 2005/06.

Promotion from the regional associations

The regulation as to which team from the regional associations was allowed to rise to the Oberliga 2005/06 was made independently by them:

From the Bavarian Ice Sports Association only the champions of the Bayernliga EV Landsberg 2000 received approval, while the runner-up Mannheim ERC received approval from the Ice Sports Association of Baden-Württemberg - there the champions - the 2nd team of the Schwenningen ERC - would not have been eligible for promotion.

From the regional leagues in the north , the champion of the regional league North Rhine-Westphalia Ratinger Ice Aliens and the champion of the regional league Hessen Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim received approval, while no team from the regional leagues north and east applied for approval.

Attendees

Hanover Eisbären Juniors Berlin Feet Klostersee Pei- ting Rosenheim Miesbach Riessersee Heilbronn Ravensburg Neuwied Oberhausen Stuttgart Bayreuth Munich Hill home Dresden BSchC Prussia Leipzig Schweinfurt Höchstadt Hassfurt

Clubs of the ice hockey league of the season 2004/05 with the groups South-West ( ) and North-East ( )

Oberliga Süd-West

In addition to the teams EHC Munich (previously HC Munich 98), EV Ravensburg and EC Peiting, which were qualified through the play-off participation , the teams that were able to pass the relegation round took part in the south-west group : EV Füssen "Leopards" , Stuttgart Wizards , EHC Klostersee and TEV Miesbach . In addition, the clubs ESV Hügelsheim "Hornets" (Baden-Württemberg) and Starbulls Rosenheim (Bavaria) , which had been promoted from the respective regional associations, and the Heilbronner Falken and SC Riessersee, who were relegated from the 2nd Bundesliga , took part in the title fight. The Eisbären Kempten were relegated and the SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied switched from the south-west to the north-east.

Oberliga Nord-Ost

For the North-East group qualified in addition to not in the 2. Bundesliga ascended the preseason play-off participants Mad Dogs Schweinfurt , Dresdner Eislöwen and KEV Hannover (now the EC Hannover Indians), the teams that the in the relegation round Avoid relegation: ESV Bayreuth , ERC Haßfurt Sharks and Höchstadter EC and the promoted Revierlöwen Oberhausen ( State Ice Sports Association NRW), Eisbären Berlin Juniors and Berliner SchC Preussen (Ice Sports Association Berlin) and the Blue Lions Leipzig (Saxon Ice Sports Association) the team of the SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied who changed from the South-West to the North-East.

Preliminary round

Preliminary round south-west

The teams of places 1–6 in the main round took part in the Oberliga championship round.

The teams in places 7-11 play the relegation playoff participants.

Pl.	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N2	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Heilbronn falcon (A)	40	23	5	3	9	145: 96	49	82
2.	EHC Munich	40	21st	4th	5	10	161: 106	55	76
3.	Starbulls Rosenheim (N)	40	22nd	4th	2	12	139: 122	17th	76
4th	EHC Klostersee	40	21st	2	3	14th	167: 134	33	70
5.	EV Ravensburg	40	19th	3	1	17th	154: 123	31	64
6th	Stuttgart Wizards	40	19th	0	3	18th	137: 129	9	60
7th	SC Riessersee (A)	40	16	4th	3	17th	146: 140	6th	59
8th.	EC Peiting	40	15th	4th	4th	17th	148: 148	0	57
9.	EV Füssen	40	15th	4th	3	18th	159: 173	−14	56
10.	TEV Miesbach	40	9	0	4th	27	115: 194	−79	31
11.	ESV Hügelsheim (N)	40	7th	3	2	28	124: 230	−106	29

Preliminary round north-east

The teams of places 1–6 in the main round took part in the Oberliga championship round.

The teams of places 7-10 play off the relegation playoff participants.

Pl.	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N2	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Dresden Ice Lions	36	28	0	2	6th	170: 89	81	86
2.	Berlin SchC Prussia (N)	36	26th	3	1	6th	153: 70	82	85
3.	Blue Lions Leipzig (N)	36	23	1	2	10	143: 90	53	73
4th	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	36	19th	4th	1	12	137: 108	29	66
5.	EC Hannover Indians	36	18th	4th	1	13	125: 109	16	63
6th	Eisbären Berlin Juniors (N)	36	13	2	3	18th	127: 130	3	46
7th	Mad Dogs Schweinfurt	36	9	4th	4th	19th	109: 127	−18	39
8th.	ESV Bayreuth	36	7th	1	6th	22nd	75: 150	−75	29
9.	Highest age EC	36	8th	1	2	25th	97: 172	−75	28
10.	Revierlöwen Oberhausen (N)	36	6th	3	1	21st	81: 172	−91	25th
11.	ERC Haßfurt Sharks	-	-	-	-	-	-: -	-	-

Main round

Group A

The participants in places 1 to 4 have qualified for the play-offs. The season is over for the participants in 5th and 6th place.

Pl.	team	Sp	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	Berlin SchC Prussia	10	34:16	18th	23
2.	SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	10	33:25	8th	20th
3.	EV Ravensburg	10	26:24	2	18th
4th	Starbulls Rosenheim	10	27:24	3	17th
5.	Heilbronn falcon	10	24:29	−5	8th
6th	Eisbären Juniors Berlin	10	14:40	−26	4th

Group B

The participants in places 1 to 4 have qualified for the play-offs. The season is over for the participants in 5th and 6th place.

Pl.	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N2	Gates	Diff.	Pt.
1.	EHC Munich	10	5	1	3	1	34:30	4th	20th
2.	Dresden Ice Lions	10	6th	0	1	3	37:28	9	19th
3.	Blue Lions Leipzig	10	4th	3	0	3	41:30	11	18th
4th	EC Hannover Indians	10	4th	2	1	3	33:31	2	17th
5.	EHC Klostersee	10	2	1	1	6th	34:47	−13	9
6th	Stuttgart Wizards	10	1	1	2	6th	21:34	−13	7th

Play-offs

Semifinals

final

League championship (return leg)

1.B

EHC Munich

3

4.A.

Starbulls Rosenheim

0

1.B

EHC Munich

3

3.B

Blue Lions Leipzig

1

2.A

SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied

1

3.B

Blue Lions Leipzig

3

1.B

EHC Munich

7th

2 B

Dresden Ice Lions

8th

2 B

Dresden Ice Lions

3

3.A.

EV Ravensburg

0

2 B

Dresden Ice Lions

3

4.B

EC Hannover Indians

2

1.A

Berlin SchC Prussia

2

4.B

EC Hannover Indians

3

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played in the best-of-five mode.

	total		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
EHC Munich	3-0	Starbulls Rosenheim	5-0	3: 2	5: 3	-	-
Dresden Ice Lions	3-0	EV Ravensburg	6: 2	2: 1 a.d.	6-0	-	-
Berlin SchC Prussia	2: 3	EC Hannover Indians	4: 1	2: 3	2-0	1: 2	1: 3
SC Mittelrhein-Neuwied	1: 3	Blue Lions Leipzig	1: 2	2-0	1: 4	2: 5	-

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played in the best-of-five mode.

	total		Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
EHC Munich	3: 1	Blue Lions Leipzig	3: 1	0: 3	7: 1	4: 1	-
Dresden Ice Lions	3: 2	EC Hannover Indians	4: 5	2: 3 n.p.	3: 1	3: 2	5: 1

final

Mode: home and away leg

	total		First leg	Return leg
Dresden Ice Lions	1: 1 (8: 7)	EHC Munich	3: 4	5: 3 n.p.

The Dresdner Eislöwen are thus Oberliga champions 2004/05. In addition to Dresden, Munich also qualified for the 2nd ice hockey Bundesliga in 2005/06 .

Relegation round

Relegation round south-west

The teams in places 1–4 have qualified for the major league in 2005/2006. The TEV Miesbach plays against the Hochstädter EC for the athletic relegation of the Oberliga 2004/2005.

Pl.	team
1.	EC Peiting
2.	SC Riessersee
3.	ESV Hügelsheim "Hornets"
4th	EV Füssen
5.	TEV Miesbach

Relegation round north-east

The teams in places 1-3 have qualified for the Oberliga 2005/2006. The TEV Miesbach plays against the Hochstädter EC for the athletic relegation of the Oberliga 2004/2005.

Pl.	team
1.	Territory lions Oberhausen
2.	Maddogs Schweinfurt
3.	ESV Bayreuth "Tigers"
4th	Highest age EC

Play-downs

The play-downs were played in the best-of-five mode.

		Bottom line	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
TEV Miesbach	Highest age EC	3-0	14: 1	21: 0	13: 4

The Höchstadter EC is thus sporty relegated to the leagues of the Bavarian Ice Sports Association - here the Bavarian League .

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 2004/05 at hockey-db.de
• Tables 2004/05 at icehockeypage.net