Women's ice hockey Bundesliga 1997/98

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The 1997/98 women's ice hockey Bundesliga season was the 10th Bundesliga season for women in Germany. As in the previous season , the Pesky Kids of the ESG Esslingen were able to prevail in the final, this time against the Wild Cats of the Mannheim ERC and thus won the championship title for the fourth time in a row , making them once again women's ice hockey record champions.

organization

The league was carried out by the German Ice Hockey Federation .

mode

The preliminary round was carried out separately in the relays in a single round each against each with a return leg. The participants for the quarter-finals and the relegation were determined from those placed . The former continued to play for the championship, the latter for relegation.

Preliminary round

The top three teams of the two preliminary round groups competed in the following quarter-finals for the four semi-finals. The three last placed in the north group took part in relegation groups in which the places for the coming season were played out.

Bundesliga North

space Surname Games S. U N Gates Points
1. Mannheim ERC Wild Cats 10 10 0 0 93:10 20: 0
2. Logo OSC Berlin OSC Berlin-Schöneberg Deers 10 6th 0 4th 39:26 12: 8
3. EC Hannover Turtles 10 5 1 4th 48:37 11: 9
4th Grefrather EC Lady Panthers 10 5 0 5 34:27 10:10
5. ES white water penguins 10 3 1 6th 36:49 7: 3
6th EC Bergkamen Bear 10 0 0 10 14: 115 0:20

Bundesliga South

space Surname Games S. U N Gates Points
1. Logo of the ESG Esslingen ESG Esslingen Pesky Kids 10 10 0 0 64:12 20: 0
2. Logo of TuS Geretsried TuS Geretsried mosquitoes 10 8th 0 2 69:25 16: 4
3. ESC Planegg / Würmtal 10 5 0 5 30:31 10:10
4th Augsburg Ice Cats 10 4th 1 5 11:29 9:11
5. DEC Tigers Koenigsbrunn 10 1 1 8th 16:61 3:17
6th Logo of the EV Landshut EV Landshut 10 1 0 9 12:44 2:18

Relegation to the women's ice hockey Bundesliga 1998/99

The three last places in the two Bundesliga groups had to fight to stay in the relegation. The teams of the Northern group competed against the aspirants of promotion from TuS Wiehl and EV Duisburg (who took the place of the renouncing GSC Moers ) from the North Rhine-Westphalia League and the Frankfurt ESC as winners of the Hessen League. The Stuttgart EC as champions of the Baden-Wuerttemberg League and EHC Memmingen competed against the teams in the South Group, which prevailed against the Munich / Planegg syndicate in a playoff between the two group winners of the Bayern League.

Group north
space Surname Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. Grefrather EC Lady Panthers 10 9 0 1 56:15 18: 2
2. ES white water penguins 10 8th 0 2 59:30 16: 4
3. TuS Wiehl Penguins 10 6th 0 4th 50:34 12: 8
4th EC Bergkamen Bear 10 3 1 6th 29:66 7:13
5. Frankfurt ESC 10 3 1 6th 26:35 7:13
6th EV Duisburg Foxes 10 0 0 10 18:58 0:20
Group south
space Surname Sp. S. U N Gates Pt.
1. Augsburg EV Ice Cats 8th 7th 0 1 35:11 14: 2
2. DEC Tigers Koenigsbrunn 8th 5 0 3 32:16 10: 6
3. EHC Memmingen Indians 8th 4th 0 4th 29:28 8: 8
4th EC Stuttgart 8th 2 0 6th 11:34 4:12
5. Logo of the EV Landshut EV Landshut 8th 2 0 6th 18:36 4:12

Finals

In contrast to previous years, in which a quarter-finals were played in the mode of a home and return match, the top three of the preliminary round groups competed against each other in the final round for four places in the final tournament.

space Surname Games S. U N Gates Points
1. MERC Wild Cats 10 9 0 1 52-14 18: 2
2. Logo of the ESG Esslingen ESG Esslingen Pesky Kids 10 7th 1 2 48:14 15: 5
3. Logo of TuS Geretsried TuS Geretsried mosquitoes 10 6th 1 3 46:34 13: 7
4th Logo OSC Berlin OSC Berlin 10 3 0 7th 20:44 6:14
5. ESC Planegg / Würmtal 10 2 1 7th 30:31 5:15
6th EC Hannover Turtles 10 1 1 8th 19:57 3:17

Final tournament

The final tournament took place at the end of February / beginning of March 1998 with the same teams as in the previous year. The tournament was the prelude to a series of events on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Mannheim ERC in Mannheim.

Semifinals

February 28, 1998
3:00 p.m. 		MERC Wild Cats
K. Fischer (3rd)
A. Scheytt (28th)
M. Becker (48th)
M. Valenti (54th) 		4: 1
(1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)
game report 		Logo OSC BerlinOSC Berlin
B. Bandelow (43.) 		Ice rink in Friedrichspark, Mannheim
Spectators: 800
February 28, 1998
6:00 p.m. 		Logo of the ESG Esslingen ESG Esslingen Pesky Kids
S. Frühwirt (1st)
Sabine Kürten (25th)
Sandra Kürten (48th) 		3: 1
(1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)
game report 		Logo of TuS GeretsriedTuS Geretsried Moskitos
R. Strobl (56.) 		Ice rink in Friedrichspark, Mannheim
Spectators: 500

3rd place match

March 1, 1998
12:00 noon 		Logo of TuS Geretsried TuS Geretsried Moskitos
M. Lanzl (18th)
M. Lanzl (56th)
A. Weißbach (25th) 		3: 0
(1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)
game report 		Logo OSC Berlin OSC Berlin
 Ice rink in Friedrichspark, Mannheim
Spectators: 350

final

March 1, 1998
3:00 p.m. 		Logo of the ESG Esslingen ESG Esslingen Pesky Kids
M. Skiba (14th)
San. Kürten (14th)
San. Kürten (20th)
A. Karrer (32nd)
S. Frühwirt (36th)
D. Bruksch (50th) 		6: 3
(3: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1)
game report 		MERC Wild Cats
A. Scheytt (5th)
M. Valenti (15th)
M. Becker (43.) 		Ice rink in Friedrichspark, Mannheim
Spectators: 1,600

All-Star Team

Squad of the German champions

German champion ESG Esslingen
Logo of the ESG Esslingen
 Goalkeeper: Stephanie Kürten

Defenders:
Attackers: Marlen Skiba, Andrea Karrer, Diana Bruksch, Stephanie Frühwirt , Sabine Kürten , Sandra Kürten
Trainer: Peter Kürten

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tables for the 1997/98 season at hockeyarchives.info (French)
  2. ↑ Match reports, data and results at www.damen-eishockey.de
  3. ↑ Preliminary reports and results at www.damen-eishockey.de
  4. ↑ Match reports on the games of the final tournament on www.damen-eishockey.de