Ice hockey league 2013/14

	Ice hockey league
	◄ previous	2013/14 season	next ►
Master:	Hannover Scorpions (north), Icefighters Leipzig (east), Löwen Frankfurt (west), VER Selb (south)
Newcomers:	Löwen Frankfurt , Kassel Huskies
Relegated:	Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs (retreat)
↑↑ DEL   |  ↑ DEL2   | • Oberliga |  Regional league ↓

The ice hockey league , the third highest division in German ice hockey , will be played for the fourth time in four regional groups in the 2013/14 season. The North and South groups are organized by the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB), the West group by the North Rhine-Westphalia Ice Sports Association (LEV-NRW) and the East group by the Berlin Ice Sports Association (LEV-Berlin). At the end of the season, the northern, western and eastern leagues play together in two parallel groups, the two group winners of which together with the two play-off winners of the Oberliga Süd and the two play-down losers of the DEL2 in the Move in relegation round to DEL2. The first four teams of this round are qualified for the 14-team DEL2 .

Adendorf Braunlage Hamburg crocodiles Hamburger SV Nordhorn Rostock Timmendorfer beach Hanover Scorpions Hanover Indians Hall FASS Berlin Erfurt Niesky Jonsdorf Chemnitz Schönheide Leipzig kassel Frankfurt Duisburg eat Hamm Unna Herne Grefrath Ratingen Neuss Peiting Same Bad Tölz regensburg Grafing Freiburg Feet Pastures Deggendorf Schweinfurt Erding Bayreuth

Participants in the ice hockey leagues 2013/14. Geographical division of the four upper league groups. Blue: group north, green: group west, red: group east and yellow: group south

Oberliga Nord

The Oberliga Nord covers the area of ​​the federal states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein. The game operations will be organized by the DEB for the first time.

Definition of participants

For the 2013/14 season, the participants of the Oberliga Nord 2012/13 were qualified. For the league, the participants of the upper and regional league of the previous year as well as the champions of the Association League North could register. However, most of the clubs in the Regionalliga Nord refrained from being promoted for financial reasons. New to the league was the parent club of the second division club Hannover Indians , which went into bankruptcy . From the regional league the SC Langenhagen reported , which will take over the name of the former DEL club Hannover Scorpions . The Harz Falcons reported Braunlage from the Association League. The Weserstars Bremen withdrew for financial reasons.

club	place	Previous year	Season end previous year
Adendorfer EC	Adendorf	4th
EC Harzer Falken	Braunlage	1. VL-North	Promoted from the Association League North
Hamburger SV	Hamburg	3.
Crocodiles Hamburg	Hamburg	6th
Hanover Scorpions	Langenhagen	11. (DEL)	Withdrawal from the DEL
Hanover Indians	Hanover	11th (2nd BL)	Withdrawal from the 2nd Bundesliga
Grafschafter EC	Nordhorn	5.
Rostock piranhas	Rostock	2.	North orienteering group finals - 4th group B
EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06	Timmendorfer beach	1.	North orienteering group final round - 4th group A.

mode

The nine participating teams first played a main round in double-round mode (2 × round trip), which started on October 4 and ended on February 9, 2014, from the champions of the Oberliga Nord. From this round, those placed 1 to 4 qualified for the interlocking round with the finalists of the upper leagues East and West.

The remaining five clubs played the Oberliga Nord Cup in two best-of-three rounds and a qualifying round.

Main round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	Hanover Scorpions	32	28	0	1	3	85	222	74	+148
2.	EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06	32	21st	3	0	8th	69	194	113	+81
3.	Hanover Indians	32	20th	4th	1	7th	69	164	83	+81
4th	Rostock piranhas	32	20th	0	1	11	61	184	143	+41
5.	Hamburger SV	32	13	2	1	16	44	116	133	−17
6th	EC Harzer Falken	32	13	1	1	17th	42	121	138	−17
7th	Adendorfer EC	32	8th	1	4th	19th	30th	115	169	−54
8th.	Crocodiles Hamburg	32	5	0	2	25th	17th	108	281	−173
9.	Grafschafter EC	32	3	2	2	25th	15th	102	192	−90

Abbreviations: Pl. = Table position, Sp. = Games, S = victories (3 points), OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), OTN = defeats after overtime or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points ), Pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, diff. = Goal difference

Cup round

	qualification
	8th	Crocodiles Hamburg	4th	7th	4th
	9	Grafschafter EC	6th	6th	7th

	Semifinals							final
	5	Hamburger SV	4th	6th	12
	9	Grafschafter EC	7th	2	1
								5	Hamburger SV	1	2
								6th	EC Harzer Falken	5	5
	6th	EC Harzer Falken	3	7th
	7th	Adendorfer EC	2	3

Source: Poinstreak.com

Oberliga Ost

The Oberliga Ost covers the area of ​​the federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. The organizer is the Ice Sports Association Berlin .

Participant and mode

The ECC Preussen Berlin withdrew from the league.

The eight participating teams first played a main round in double-round mode (2 × two-way round), which started on October 4 and ended on February 9, 2014, from the champions of the Oberliga Ost. From this round, the two winners qualified for the interlocking round with the finalists of the upper leagues North and West. The six teams that could not qualify for this final round played the cup winners in two groups of three and subsequent play-offs.

Main round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	"Icefighters" Leipzig	28	19th	4th	0	5	65	163	109	+54
2.	EHC Erfurt "Black Dragons"	28	16	3	3	6th	57	146	102	+44
3.	MEC Hall 04 "Saale Bulls"	28	17th	2	1	8th	56	113	88	+25
4th	EHV 09 "Schönheider Wolves"	28	10	3	4th	11	40	120	125	−5
5.	ELV "Tornado" Niesky	28	10	2	4th	12	38	93	102	−9
6th	FASS Berlin	28	9	1	3	15th	32	101	122	−21
7th	ERV Chemnitz 07 "Wild Boys"	28	7th	2	5	14th	30th	89	122	−33
8th.	EHC "Jonsdorfer Falken"	28	4th	3	0	21st	18th	98	153	−55

Abbreviations: Pl. = Table position, Sp. = Games, S = victories (3 points), OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), OTN = defeats after overtime or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points ), Pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, diff. = Goal difference

Cup round

The group matches were played from February 14th to March 2nd, 2014 and the play-off matches from March 7th to 22nd.

Group A

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	ELV Tornado Niesky	4th	3	0	0	1	9	18th	12	+6
2.	MEC Hall 04 "Saale Bulls"	4th	1	1	0	2	5	15th	12	+3
3.	ERV Chemnitz 07 "Wild Boys"	4th	1	0	1	2	4th	11	20th	−9

Group B

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	EHV Schönheide 09	4th	3	0	0	1	9	19th	15th	+4
2.	EHC Jonsdorfer Falken	4th	2	0	0	2	6th	15th	17th	−2
3.	FASS Berlin	4th	1	0	0	3	3	15th	17th	−2

Cup play-offs

The cup winner was determined in the best-of-three cup mode.

Semifinals

final

A1

ELV Tornado Niesky

4th

4th

5

B2

EHC Jonsdorfer Falken

5

2

2

HF2

MEC Hall 04 "Saale Bulls"

4th

4th

HF1

ELV Tornado Niesky

3

0

B1

MEC Hall 04 "Saale Bulls"

4th

3

A2

EHV Schönheide 09

1

2

Source: Poinstreak.com

Oberliga West

The Oberliga West covers the area of ​​the federal states of Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. The games are organized by the Ice Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (LEV-NRW).

Participant and mode

The EC Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim was promoted to the DEL2 as the league champions of the 2012/13 season. The Krefelder EV withdrew its team. The EHC Neuwied rose in the relegation round. The 2007 Herner EV and the Grefrather EG are the newcomers. Contrary to the original announcement, the Neusser EV will refuse to move up into the league, but will participate in the league. The Herford EV withdrew to the NRW League. The EHC Dortmund did not report the team in time for the game operation.

The ten participating teams first played the main round from September 27 to December 15, 2013 in a single-round mode (home and return). From this round, those placed 1 to 6 qualified for the final round. In the final round, the champions of the Oberliga West were played from December 20, 2013 to February 9, 2014 in double-round mode (2 × two-way round). The 7th to 10th place in the main round play together with the 1st to 4th place in the Regionalliga West in the cup round the athletic qualification for remaining or promotion to the Oberliga West and the Oberliga West Cup.

Main round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	Löwen Frankfurt	18th	17th	1	0	0	53	165	35	+130
2.	Kassel Huskies	18th	14th	1	0	3	44	140	40	+100
3.	Foxes Duisburg	18th	13	1	1	3	42	102	44	+58
4th	Lippe-Hockey-Hamm "Hammer Eisbären"	18th	11	0	1	6th	34	105	68	+37
5.	Königsborner JEC	18th	9	1	0	8th	29	90	63	+27
6th	Herner EV 2007 (N)	18th	6th	2	2	8th	24	83	72	+11
7th	ESC eating mosquitoes	18th	5	0	4th	9	19th	78	111	−33
8th.	Grefrather EG (N)	18th	3	1	0	14th	11	52	115	−63
9.	Ratinger Ice Aliens 97	18th	3	1	0	14th	11	59	131	−72
10.	Neusser EV (N)	18th	1	0	0	17th	3	41	236	−195

Abbreviations: Pl. = Table position, Sp. = Games, S = victories (3 points), OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), OTN = defeats after overtime or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points ), Pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, diff. = Goal difference, N = promoted team

Finals

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	Löwen Frankfurt	20th	19th	1	0	0	59	125	30th	+95
2.	Kassel Huskies	20th	13	0	1	6th	40	103	58	+45
3.	Foxes Duisburg	20th	11	2	0	7th	37	90	59	+31
4th	Lippe-Hockey-Hamm "Hammer Eisbären"	20th	6th	1	3	10	23	59	112	−53
5.	Herner EV 2007	20th	2	1	3	14th	11	68	125	−57
6th	Königsborner JEC	20th	2	2	0	16	10	58	119	−61

Abbreviations: Pl. = Table position, Sp. = Games, S = victories (3 points), OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), OTN = defeats after overtime or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points ), Pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, diff. = Goal difference

Cup round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	ESC mosquito food (OL)	14th	14th	0	0	0	42	139	41	+98
2.	Ratinger Ice Aliens 97 (OL)	14th	10	1	0	3	32	100	41	+59
3.	EHC Neuwied (RL)	14th	8th	0	2	4th	26th	70	65	+5
4th	Grefrath Phoenix (OL)	14th	5	2	1	6th	20th	70	63	+7
5.	EJ Kassel 1b (RL)	14th	6th	0	1	7th	19th	51	72	−21
6th	Neusser EV (OL)	14th	2	3	1	8th	13	53	99	−46
7th	Löwen Frankfurt 1b (RL)	14th	3	1	0	10	11	43	94	−51
8th.	Cologne EC Amateurs (RL)	14th	1	0	2	11	5	41	92	−51

Abbreviations: Pl. = Table position, Sp. = Games, S = victories (3 points), OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), OTN = defeats after overtime or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points ), Pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, diff. = Goal difference, OL = in the preliminary round Oberliga, RL = in the preliminary round regional league, as of February 14, 2014

As a result of the cup round, all the upper division clubs were able to keep their class, with EHC Neuwied and the youth team of the Kassel Huskies added as newcomers . The overall winner of this round was the undefeated Mosquitoes Essen .

Toothing round

Participant and mode

The first two teams of the Oberliga Ost, the first four teams of the Oberliga Nord and the first six teams of the Oberliga West take part in the interlocking round, also known as the final round of the Oberliga Nordgruppen. The twelve participants play the two participants of the DEL2 relegation in two groups in a single round mode (first and second leg). The final round will be organized by the DEB and will take place from February 14 to March 23, 2014.

Group A 1st group west Löwen Frankfurt 4. Group West Lippe Hockey Hamm 6. Group West Königsborner JEC 2nd group north EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06 3rd group north Hanover Indians 1st group east Icefighters Leipzig

Group B 2nd group west Kassel Huskies 3rd group west Foxes Duisburg 5th group west Herner EV 2007 1st group north Hanover Scorpions 4th group north Rostock piranhas 2nd group east EHC Erfurt "Black Dragons"

Results and tables

Group A

Pl.	team							Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	Löwen Frankfurt		7: 2	11: 0	14: 0	9: 1	9-0	10	10	0	0	0	30th	91	9	+82
2.	Icefighters Leipzig	3:12		7: 4	7: 2	8: 4	13: 1	10	7th	0	0	3	21st	63	47	+16
3.	Hammer polar bears	2:10	3: 2		7: 3	3: 5	5: 4	10	4th	1	1	4th	15th	41	58	−17
4th	Königsborner JEC	0: 7	5: 6	5: 4 SO		7: 2	10: 3	10	3	1	0	6th	11	43	60	−17
5.	Hanover Indians	1: 6	5: 8	5: 6 OT	3: 6		3: 1	10	3	0	1	6th	10	35	58	−23
6th	EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06	0: 6	4: 7	6: 7	7: 5	4: 6		10	1	0	0	9	3	30th	71	−41

Group B

Pl.	team							Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	Kassel Huskies		1: 2 p	5: 2	13: 1	17: 4	14: 4	10	8th	0	1	1	25th	76	23	+53
2.	Foxes Duisburg	2: 5		4: 3 p	3: 1	4: 1	10: 1	10	7th	2	0	1	25th	41	18th	+23
3.	Hanover Scorpions	0: 6	2: 3		4: 5 V	9: 1	4: 3	10	4th	0	2	4th	14th	37	40	−3
4th	Herner EV 2007	4: 2	2: 3	2: 4		2: 4	6: 7 V.	10	3	0	0	7th	9	37	52	−15
5.	Rostock piranhas	2: 7	1: 5	2: 5	6:10		8: 3	10	2	1	1	6th	9	34	62	−28
6th	EHC Erfurt "Black Dragons"	2: 6	1: 5	9: 4	6: 4	0: 5		10	2	1	0	7th	8th	36	66	−30

As of March 23, 2014, source: Pointstreak.com

Oberliga Süd

The Oberliga Süd covers the area of ​​Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria and is played under the direction of the DEB.

Participant and mode

Since no team from the 2nd Bundesliga was relegated to the Oberliga Süd, the Erding Gladiators stayed in the league despite being relegated. New in the league is the promoted EHC Bayreuth , as the champion of the Regionalliga Süd-West - EHC Eisbären Heilbronn - did not play the promotion games.

The twelve participating teams play a main round in double mode (2 × two-way leg) from September 20, 2013 to February 23, 2014 from the champions of the Oberliga Süd. From this round, the first eight teams qualified for the play-offs. The two finalists of the play-offs qualify for the relegation to the DEL2.

Main round

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Pt.	T	GT	Diff.
1.	VER Same	44	31	4th	2	7th	103	202	110	+92
2.	EHC Freiburg	44	24	5	3	12	85	164	117	+47
3.	Tölzer lions	44	22nd	5	5	12	81	169	127	+42
4th	EHC Bayreuth (N)	44	23	3	2	16	77	177	136	+41
5.	EHC Klostersee	44	22nd	1	3	18th	71	139	140	−1
6th	EC Peiting	44	20th	2	3	19th	67	153	145	+8
7th	EV Füssen	44	18th	2	8th	16	66	176	173	+3
8th.	Erding gladiators	44	15th	7th	4th	18th	63	168	181	−13
9.	EV Regensburg	44	12	7th	7th	18th	57	135	160	−25
10.	Deggendorfer SC	44	14th	4th	2	24	52	144	188	−44
11.	1. EV Weiden "Blue Devils"	44	9	5	4th	26th	41	129	198	−69
12.	Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs	44	4th	5	7th	28	29	128	209	−81

Abbreviations: Pl. = Table position, Sp. = Games, S = victories (3 points), OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out (2 points), OTN = defeats after overtime or penalty shoot-out (1 point), N = defeats (0 points ), Pts = points, T = goals, GT = goals conceded, diff. = Goal difference, N = promoted team, as of February 14, 2014

Play-downs

The 4 teams placed last in the main round play off the relegated athletes from the major league in best-of-five rounds.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
EV Regensburg	-	Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs	1: 3	8: 1	1: 2	1: 3	1: 3	-
Deggendorfer SC	-	1. EV Weiden "Blue Devils"	3: 1	2: 1	1: 3	4: 3 nV	11: 2	-

The Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs and the Deggendorfer SC were able to keep the class. The two losers in the first play-down round played in another best-of-five series from the relegated athletes to the Bayernliga. The EV Regensburg secured the league.

After the Mighty Dogs Schweinfurt withdrew from the Oberliga, the Blue Devils Weiden, who had already been relegated to the sport, moved back to the Oberliga Süd.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
EV Regensburg	-	1. EV Weiden "Blue Devils"	3: 1	4: 1	3: 2 nV	1: 3	5: 1	-

Play-offs

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
	1	VER Same	4th
	8th	Erding gladiators	0
						F1	VER Same	3
						F2	EHC Bayreuth	0
	4th	EHC Bayreuth	4th
	5	EHC Klostersee	2

	2	EHC Freiburg	4th
	7th	EV Füssen	2
						F1	EHC Freiburg	3
						F2	Tölzer lions	1
	3	Tölzer lions	4th
	6th	EC Peiting	3

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place from February 25 to March 23, 2014.

			series	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th
VER Same	-	Erding gladiators	4-0	5: 3	3: 2	1-0	4: 1	-
EHC Bayreuth	-	EHC Klostersee	4: 2	3: 2	5: 3	4: 3 OT	3: 4 OT	2: 3	4: 3 SO	-
EHC Freiburg	-	EV Füssen	4: 2	2: 3	7: 4	4: 7	5: 3	6: 1	5-0	-
Tölzer lions	-	EC Peiting	4: 3	3: 6	2: 1	3: 2 OT	4: 1	3: 4 SO	0: 1	5: 1

final

			series	1	2	3	4th	5
VER Same	-	EHC Bayreuth	3-0	4: 3	2: 1	5: 3	-
EHC Freiburg	-	Tölzer lions	3: 1	4: 3	3: 4	7: 3	3: 1	-

DEL2 qualifying round

Six teams take part in the qualifying round for DEL2:

• the losers of the DEL2 play-downs: Eispiraten Crimmitschau and ESV Kaufbeuren
• the winner of group A of the gearing round: Löwen Frankfurt
• the winner of group B of the gearing round: Kassel Huskies
• the winners of the Oberliga Süd play-offs: VER Selb and EHC Freiburg

Since the DEL2 will be increased to 14 teams for the next season , the first four teams of the round will qualify for the DEL2. In addition to the DEL2 teams, the Frankfurter Löwen and the Kassel Huskies were able to prevail and achieved promotion.

→ Main article : "Qualification round" in article DEL2 2013/14

Web links

• All results and tables of the ice hockey league 2013/14 at hockey-db.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Hans Ellfrodt: Oberliga Nord: NEV are league teams from the DEB. In: lev-niedersachsen.de. Lower Saxony Ice Sports Association, March 11, 2013, accessed on August 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Oberliga Nord in future under the umbrella of the German Ice Hockey Association. V. (No longer available online.) In: eishockey-24.de. Stefan Watzinger, June 11, 2013, archived from the original on August 23, 2013 ; Retrieved August 21, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Withdrawal from the league. (No longer available online.) In: weserstars.de. Weserstars Bremen , July 16, 2013, archived from the original on September 9, 2013 ; Retrieved August 21, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} Matched mode for interlocking round of ice hockey top leagues. (No longer available online.) In: deb-online.de. German Ice Hockey Association , August 23, 2013, archived from the original on August 26, 2013 ; Retrieved August 24, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ ^{a b} GAME PLAN East Cup . German Ice Hockey Association. Accessed March 25, 2019.
6. ↑ ECC Preussen Berlin no longer compete in the Oberliga Ost. Ice Hockey News, August 14, 2013, accessed December 4, 2013 . 
7. ↑ H.-G. Schoofs: Ice hockey: Krefelder EV announces the Oberliga team. Rheinische Post , April 30, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Bernward Franke: Ice Hockey: Neusser EV would not comply with the promotion obligation. Westdeutsche Zeitung , April 1, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2014 . 
9. ↑ The NEV is back in the top league. Neusser EV , July 9, 2013, accessed on January 9, 2014 . 
10. ^ Oberliga West: Now DEG has also applied. (No longer available online.) Ice Hockey News, May 2, 2013, archived from the original on December 28, 2013 ; accessed on January 9, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ Friedhelm Thelen: Of course: Dortmund is no longer in the top division. In: hockeyweb.de. May 3, 2013, accessed January 9, 2014 . 
12. ^ Oberliga West 2013/14: Modus. In: eishockey.net. Tim Marach, September 21, 2013, accessed January 9, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Twelve teams fight in two groups for a place in the relegation round to DEL2. In: Ice Hockey News. August 23, 2013, accessed December 4, 2013 . 
14. ↑ GAME PLAN . German Ice Hockey Association. Accessed March 25, 2019.
15. ↑ Major league: Mode for interlocking round of the major leagues matched. In: hockeyweb.de. August 26, 2013, accessed July 5, 2017 .