Ice Hockey Regional League 2005/06

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Master:	Northeast: Rostocker EC , NRW: Neusser EV , Hesse: Darmstadt Stars Baden-Württemberg: Mannheimer ERC 1b Bavaria: Höchstadt Alligators
Newcomers:	none
Relegated:	EA Schongau , Wanderers Germering TuS Geretsried (withdrawal)
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In the 2004/05 season, the regional ice hockey league was heavily restructured. The leagues competed in the following system: the new joint Regionalliga Nordost , the Regionalliga NRW , the Regionalliga Hessen , the Baden-Württemberg-Liga and the Bayernliga .

The new Regionalliga Nordost (last season Regionalliga Nord or Ost) identified a joint promoted to the league. The Regionalliga NRW and Regionalliga Hessen also identified a joint promoter. However, the leagues were only interlinked after the separate main rounds. The Baden-Württemberg League and Bayern League each had a direct promotion place.

Regionalliga Northeast

Attendees

In the newly created league twelve teams competed. Four teams from the previous RL North took part. The master of the RL Nord, EC Wilhelmshaven , went into bankruptcy, the successor club started in the Verbandsliga Nord. The EHC Wolfsburg withdrew its 1b. In addition, the Wedemark Farmers came as promoted from the Association League North.

Five teams from the previous RL Ost took part. Tornado Niesky and the sporty climber Weißwasser 1b did not participate. The first team of the ESC Erfurt played for the first time under the name Black Dragons Erfurt . New was the ECC Preussen Berlin, which replaced the dissolved teams of the BSchC Preussen (first team in the Oberliga, 1b in the Regionalliga). In addition, the Blue Lions Leipzig came after the teams of the same name in the upper league had been triggered.

Adendorfer EC (RL North) FASS Berlin (RL East) ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin (relegated / new) Braunlager SC Harz (RL North)

Black Dragons Erfurt (RL East) Saale Bulls Halle (Master RL East) Crocodiles Hamburg (RL North) Blue Lions Leipzig (relegated / new)

Rostock EC (RL East) EHV Schönheide (RL East) EC Timmendorfer Strand (RL North) ESC Wedemark Farmers (promoted VL North)

mode

After a single round, the eight participants were placed for the intermediate round. The best four teams of this intermediate round qualified for the playoffs. The four worst teams after the main round played the two relegated athletes in a double round.

Main round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Rostock EC	22nd	18th	3	0	1	138: 55	+83	60
2.	Braunlager SC Harz	22nd	14th	0	5	3	111: 63	+48	47
3.	Black Dragons Erfurt	22nd	14th	1	3	4th	97:61	+36	47
4th	Blue Lions Leipzig	22nd	12	5	0	5	92:42	+50	46
5.	EHV Schönheide	22nd	13	0	1	8th	122: 82	+40	40
6th	Saale Bulls Hall	22nd	12	1	2	7th	91:68	+23	40
7th	EC Timmendorfer Strand	22nd	13	0	0	9	112: 78	+34	39
8th.	ESC Wedemark Farmers	22nd	6th	3	1	12	60:95	−35	25th
9.	Adendorfer EC	22nd	3	4th	1	14th	64: 111	−47	18th
10.	FASS Berlin	22nd	4th	1	1	16	58: 109	−51	15th
11.	ECC Preussen Junios Berlin	22nd	2	1	2	17th	58: 129	−71	10
12.	Crocodiles Hamburg	22nd	2	0	3	17th	57: 167	−110	9

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after overtime or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after overtime or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats

Intermediate round

The intermediate round was played on 28 game days, so that each team played two home and two away games against each competitor. The best four teams qualified for the playoffs for the championship title and promotion.

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Blue Lions Leipzig	28	17th	6th	1	4th	115: 72	+43	64
2.	Saale Bulls Hall	28	18th	2	0	8th	137: 73	+64	58
3.	Rostock EC	28	14th	3	1	10	97:61	+36	49
4th	Braunlager SC Harz	28	13	2	4th	9	114: 112	+2	47
5.	Black Dragons Erfurt	28	10	5	3	10	98: 103	−5	43
6th	EC Timmendorfer Strand	28	9	2	4th	13	95: 113	−18	35
7th	EHV Schönheide	28	9	1	4th	14th	90: 117	−27	33
8th.	ESC Wedemark Farmers	28	0	1	5	12	72: 159	−87	7th

Play-offs

The playoffs were played in the "best-of-three" mode.

	Semifinals					final
	1	Blue Lions Leipzig	2
	4th	Braunlager SC Harz	1
						1	Blue Lions Leipzig	0
						3	Rostock EC	2
	2	Saale Bulls Hall	1
	3	Rostock EC	2

Semifinals

The games of the play-off semi-finals were played on April 7, 9 and 11, 2006.

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Blue Lions Leipzig - Braunlager SC Harz	2-1	2: 5 game report	6: 3 game report	4: 1
Saale Bulls Halle - Rostock EC	1-2	6: 2	2: 4 game report	3: 4 n.p.

final

The games of the play-off finals for the championship of the Regionalliga Nord / Ost were played on April 13th and 15th, 2006.

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Blue Lions Leipzig - Rostock EC	0-2	1: 3	1: 6	-

The master Rostocker EC waived promotion to the ice hockey league 2006/07 .

Relegation round

In the relegation round, over twelve games, the remaining four teams of the main round took part.

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	FASS Berlin	12	9	0	1	2	68:44	+24	28
2.	ECC Preussen Berlin	12	4th	1	1	6th	56:54	+2	15th
3.	Crocodiles Hamburg	12	4th	1	1	6th	59:73	−14	15th
4th	Adendorfer EC	12	4th	1	0	7th	55:67	−12	14th

The Crocodiles Hamburg and the Adendorfer EC were relegated to the association league. The Wedemark Farmers withdrew their team. The EC Timmendorfer Strand went bankrupt and started as EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06 in the association league.

Regionalliga NRW

mode

After the preliminary round (single round) of the Regionalliga NRW, the best six teams took part in the joint promotion round - with the teams of the Hessenliga - to the Oberliga, while the other placed teams took part in the Regionalliga Cup. There was no athletic relegation.

Attendees

Neusser EV Herner EG Blizzard Black Devils Niederrhein EHC Dortmund

EHC Troisdorf Dynamite Grefrather EC 2001 (N) ESV Bergisch Gladbach (N) Dinslaken Cobras (N)

ESC Trier (N) TuS Wiehl (N) Königsborner JEC (N) EV Duisburg 1b (N)

Preliminary round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Neusser EV	22nd	20th	2	0	0	180: 25	+155	64
2.	Herner EG Blizzard	22nd	16	0	3	3	127: 58	+69	51
3.	EV Duisburg 1b (N)	22nd	15th	1	2	4th	149: 65	+84	49
4th	Black Devils Niederrhein	22nd	12	3	1	6th	116: 83	+33	43
5.	EHC Dortmund	22nd	12	1	2	7th	115: 69	+46	40
6th	Grefrath Nierspanther (N)	22nd	10	2	1	9	99:77	+22	35
7th	ESV Bergisch Gladbach (N)	22nd	9	1	1	11	60: 111	−51	30th
8th.	Dinslaken Cobras (N)	22nd	8th	1	0	13	109: 126	−17	26th
9.	EHC Troisdorf Dynamite	22nd	7th	1	2	12	69:93	−24	25th
10.	ESC Trier (N)	22nd	6th	1	1	14th	74: 115	−41	21st
11.	TuS Wiehl (N)	22nd	2	1	1	18th	48: 145	−97	9
12.	Königsborner JEC (N)	22nd	1	0	0	21st	41: 220	−179	3

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shootout, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shootout, N0 = defeats, (N) = promoted players

After the season the Füchse Duisburg canceled their second representation - the TuS Wiehl withdrew their team. For this, the Bergisch Gladbach Realstars and Iserlohner EC 1b rose.

Regionalliga Hessen

mode

After the preliminary round (single round), the two best-placed teams were allowed to take part in the joint promotion round - with the Regionalliga NRW - to the upper league. For the remaining teams, the season was over after just ten match days. There was no athletic relegation.

Attendees

Compared to the previous season, the league started with only six teams.

Darmstadt stars Frankfurt Lions 1b VERC Lauterbach

EV Wiesbaden Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim 1b (N) Eintracht Frankfurt (N)

Preliminary round

	team	Sp	S3	S2	U	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Darmstadt stars	10	9	0	0	0	1	100: 23	+77	27
2.	Frankfurt Lions 1b	10	5	1	0	0	4th	60:49	+11	17th
3.	VERC Lauterbach	10	5	0	1	0	4th	55:36	+19	16
4th	Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim 1b (N)	10	4th	1	1	0	4th	43:48	−5	15th
5.	Eintracht Frankfurt (N)	10	3	0	0	1	6th	41:80	−39	10
6th	EV Wiesbaden	10	1	0	0	1	8th	43: 104	−61	4th

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shoot-out, U = draw, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N0 = defeats, (N) = promoted team

Promotion round of the regional leagues of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse to the upper league

The promotion round with six teams from North Rhine-Westphalia and two from Hesse determined in a single round who was promoted to the top division.

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Neusser EV	14th	13	0	0	1	99:36	+63	39
2.	Herner EG Blizzard	14th	11	0	0	3	107: 37	+70	33
3.	EHC Dortmund	14th	9	1	0	4th	79:64	+15	29
4th	EV Duisburg 1b	14th	7th	0	0	7th	59:44	+15	21st
5.	Grefrath Nierspanther	14th	6th	0	1	7th	58:62	−4	19th
6th	Black Devils Niederrhein	14th	4th	0	0	10	57:78	−21	12
7th	Darmstadt stars	14th	4th	0	0	10	40:81	−41	12
8th.	VERC Lauterbach	14th	1	0	0	13	33: 130	−97	3

The winner of the promotion round, the Neusser EV , renounced to move up to the league .

Baden-Württemberg League

mode

The champion and promoted player was played in a single round. The last placed team is relegated to the national league.

Attendees

ESV Hügelsheim came into the league from the third-class league.

ESV Hügelsheim (relegated) SC Bietigheim 1b (defending champion) Mannheim ERC 1b

EHC Freiburg 1b EC Eppelheim EHC Zweibrücken

ESV Balingen ESG Esslingen Kornwestheim Kodiaks

EV Ravensburg 1b Schwenninger Fire Wings

table

	team	Sp	S3	S2	N1	N0	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	ERC Mannheim 1b	20th	17th	0	0	3	187: 68	+119	51
2.	Zweibrücken Hornets	20th	13	0	0	7th	104: 86	+18	39
3.	EHC Freiburg 1b	20th	11	2	0	7th	126: 59	+67	37
4th	ESV Hügelsheim (A)	20th	10	1	3	6th	120: 88	+32	35
5.	SC Bietigheim 1b (M)	20th	10	2	0	8th	88:87	+1	34
6th	Kornwestheim Kodiaks	20th	10	1	0	9	106: 93	+13	32
7th	EV Ravensburg 1b	20th	9	0	1	10	84:88	−4	28
8th.	EC Eppelheim	20th	9	0	0	11	89: 101	−12	27
9.	Schwenninger Fire Wings	20th	8th	0	1	11	69:97	−28	25th
10.	ESV Balingen	20th	5	0	0	15th	75: 131	−56	15th
11.	ESG Esslingen	20th	2	0	1	17th	59: 209	−150	7th

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S3 = wins, S2 = wins after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N1 = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N0 = defeats, (M) = master d. Pre-season, (A) = relegated from the OL

The Mannheim ERC 1b as champions, as well as the fourth-placed ESV Hügelsheim, refrained from being promoted to the 2006/07 ice hockey league . For the athletic relegated ESG Esslingen, the Eisbären Heilbronn rise from the state league. The Kornwestheim Kodiaks have not reported their team for the coming season. In the summer of 2006, the relegated from the league Stuttgart EC signed a cooperation agreement with the second division club SC Bietigheim-Bissingen. The previous team of the Stuttgart EC played from 2006/07 as the 1b team of SC Bietigheim under the name of Stuttgart Rebels in Stuttgart in the Baden-Württemberg League.

Bayern League

The Bavarian League was organized by the Bavarian Ice Sports Association.

mode

The 16 teams played the participants in the playoffs and playdowns. After a single round, the best eight reached the playoffs for the championship and the associated promotion, while the remaining eight played off the relegated to the Bavarian State League . The points were distributed according to the two-point rule.

Attendees

The Höchstadt Alligators came down from the league. The Deggendorfer SC and ECDC Memmingen rose from the fifth class national league. Since the Augsburger Panther 1b no longer competed, the Wanderers Germering slipped as the third climber.

Höchstadt Alligators (A) ERC Sonthofen EA Schongau ESV Königsbrunn

EHC Waldkraiburg EC Pfaffenhofen SVG Burgkirchen ESC Dorfen

TuS Geretsried TSV 1862 Erding EV Pegnitz EV Fürstenfeldbruck

TSV Peissenberg ECDC Memmingen (N) Deggendorfer SC (N) Wanderers Germering (N)

Main round

	team	Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Pts
1.	Höchstadt Alligators (A)	30th	22nd	2	6th	145: 79	+66	46
2.	EHC Waldkraiburg	30th	19th	1	10	145: 82	+63	39
3.	TSV 1862 Erding	30th	16	6th	8th	110: 89	+21	38
4th	ECDC Memmingen (N)	30th	16	5	9	120: 94	+26	37
5.	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	30th	16	5	13	117: 95	+22	33
6th	ESV Königsbrunn	30th	13	5	12	98: 103	−5	31
7th	Deggendorfer SC (N)	30th	11	9	10	91:92	−1	31
8th.	TuS Geretsried	30th	13	5	12	121: 102	+19	31
9.	EV Pegnitz	30th	11	9	13	101: 118	−17	28
10.	ESC Dorfen	30th	11	6th	13	117: 112	+5	28
11.	EA Schongau	30th	10	6th	14th	82:94	−12	26th
12.	TSV Peissenberg	30th	10	5	15th	94: 118	−24	25th
13.	ERC Sonthofen	30th	10	5	15th	87: 121	−34	25th
14th	EC Pfaffenhofen	30th	10	4th	16	103: 140	−37	24
15th	Wanderers Germering (N)	30th	9	3	18th	115: 145	−30	21st
16.	SVG Burgkirchen	30th	6th	5	19th	84: 146	−62	17th

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats, (A) = relegated from the OL, (N) = promoted

Play-offs

The playoffs were played entirely according to the "best-of-three" mode.

Quarter finals					Semifinals					final
1	Höchstadt alligators	2
8th	TuS Geretsried	0
					1	Höchstadt alligators	2
					5	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	0
4th	ECDC Memmingen	0
5	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	2								Endgame
										1	Höchstadt alligators	2
										2	EHC Waldkraiburg	0
2	EHC Waldkraiburg	2
7th	Deggendorfer SC	0
					2	EHC Waldkraiburg	2
					3	TSV 1862 Erding	1			3rd place match
3	TSV 1862 Erding	2								3	TSV 1862 Erding	0
6th	ESV Königsbrunn	1								5	EV Fürstenfeldbruck	2

Quarter finals

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Höchstadt Alligators - TuS Geretsried	2-0	10: 4	7: 4	-
ECDC Memmingen - EV Fürstenfeldbruck	0-2	1: 4	2: 5	-
EHC Waldkraiburg - Deggendorfer SC	2-0	6: 1	4: 2	-
TSV 1862 Erding - ESV Königsbrunn	2-1	4: 1	1: 2	5: 2

Semifinals

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Höchstadt Alligators - EV Fürstenfeldbruck	2-0	4: 1	3: 2	-
EHC Waldkraiburg - TSV 1862 Erding	2-1	3: 2	2: 5	4: 1

final

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
Höchstadt Alligators - EHC Waldkraiburg	2-0	2: 1 n.p.	4: 2	-

The master Höchstadter EC - like the runner-up EHC Waldkraiburg - refrained from being promoted to the 2006/07 ice hockey league .

Play-downs

In the playdowns, the two athletic relegated teams were determined in the national league. All duels were decided in the "best-of-three" mode.

1 round

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EV Pegnitz - SVG Burgkirchen	2-1	3: 5	7: 6 a.d.	6: 1
TSV Peißenberg - ERC Sonthofen	2-0	5: 4 a.d.	5: 3	-
ESC Dorfen - Wanderers Germering	2-1	5: 4	5: 6 a.d.	5: 2
EA Schongau - EC Pfaffenhofen	2-1	3: 4	4: 7	-

2nd round

	series	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
EA Schongau - SVG Burgkirchen	1-2	6: 3	1: 4	1: 4
ERC Sonthofen - Wanderers Germering	2-1	6: 3	4: 5	4: 3

This means that EA Schongau and Wanderers Germering are relegated to the state league. Due to permanent financial difficulties of the ice sports department, the main club of TuS Geretsried could not and would no longer hold the ice hockey department. After a meeting with the board of directors and the club committee, the ice sports department management announced in writing that it would leave TuS Geretsried and founded the new club ESC Riverrats Geretsried, which started in the district league. ERV Schweinfurt, Ulm Riverhawks and EHF Passau Blackhawks qualified for the coming season from the regional league.

Web links

• Regionalliga 2005/06 at hockeyarchives.info