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2020–21 DEL2 season
League DEL2
Sport Ice Hockey
Duration November 2020 – May 2021
Number of games 364 (52 per team)
Number of teams 14
TV partner(s) Sprade TV
eoTV
Regular season
Relegated to Oberliga No relegation
(relegation suspended for season)

The 2020–21 DEL2 season was the eighth season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). The season began on a delayed start date of 6 November 2020 after being rescheduled from 2 October 2020.[1] The season is scheduled to conclude in May 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, DEL2 along with DEL and DEB agreed to a set of health rules and guidelines to ensure a safe and consistent work environment for everyone involved with hockey in Germany.[2] Fans were excluded from attending matches.[2] The DEL2 board agreed to suspend relegation to the Oberliga for the season, resulting in no relegation play-offs being contested.[3] The season also marked the first time the league implemented promotion to DEL.[4]

Teams[]

In 2020/21 the DEL2 had 14 teams competing in the league.[5]

2020/21 DEL2 teams
Team City Arena Head Coach Captain
EC Bad Nauheim Flag of Hesse Bad Nauheim Colonel-Knight-Stadion Flag of Finland Hannu Järvenpää Flag of Germany Marc El-Sayed
Tölzer Löwen Flag of Bavaria Bad Tölz Hacker-Pschorr-Arena Flag of Canada Kevin Gaudet Flag of Germany Philipp Schlager
Bayreuth Tigers Flag of Bavaria Bayreuth Kunsteisstadion Flag of Finland Petri Kujala Flag of Slovakia Ivan Kolozvary
Bietigheim Steelers Flag of Baden-Württemberg Bietigheim-Bissingen EgeTrans Arena Flag of Canada Daniel Naud Flag of Germany Nikolai Goc
Eispiraten Crimmitschau Flag of Saxony Crimmitschau Eisstadion im Sahnpark Flag of Canada Mario Richer Flag of Germany Adrian Grygiel
Dresdner Eislöwen Flag of Saxony Dresden EnergieVerbund Arena Flag of Germany Andreas Brockmann Flag of Germany Thomas Pielmeier
Löwen Frankfurt Flag of Hesse Frankfurt Eissporthalle Frankfurt Flag of Germany Franz-David Fritzmeier Flag of Canada Adam Mitchell
EHC Freiburg Flag of Baden-Württemberg Freiburg Franz Siegel Stadion Flag of Scotland Peter Russell Flag of Germany Philipp Rießle
Heilbronner Falken Flag of Baden-Württemberg Heilbronn Kolbenschmidt Arena Flag of Canada Bill Stewart Flag of the United States Derek Damon
EC Kassel Huskies Flag of Hesse Kassel Eissporthalle Kassel Flag of Canada Tim Kehler Flag of Germany Denis Shevyrin
ESV Kaufbeuren Flag of Bavaria Kaufbeuren Erdgas Schwaben Arena Flag of the United States Rob Pallin Flag of Canada Tyler Spurgeon
EV Landshut Flag of Bavaria Landshut Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg Flag of Sweden Leif Carlsson Flag of Germany Tim Brunnhuber
Lausitzer Füchse Flag of Saxony Weißwasser Eisstadion Weißwasser Flag of Canada Corey Neilson Flag of Canada Clarke Breitkreuz
Ravensburg Towerstars Flag of Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg Eissporthalle Ravensburg Flag of Canada Rich Chernomaz Flag of Germany Vincenz Mayer

Format[]

Fourteen teams competed in the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season that ran from 6 November 2020 to 11 April 2021. No team was promoted or relegated to Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top eight teams qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of five format.[6]

For the first time in DEL2 history, sporting promotion to DEL was introduced. Relegation from DEL to DEL2 was suspended for the season. Financial account examination was an additional requirement for the DEL2 champion to obtrain a DEL licence to secure promotion. Löwen Frankfurt, EC Kassel Huskies and Bietigheim Steelers all applied for their financial accounts to be examined.[7]

Regular season[]

Results[]

Home \ Away BN TL BT BS EC DE LF EF HF KH EK EL FU RT BN TL BT BS EC DE LF EF HF KH EK EL FU RT
EC Bad Nauheim 4–1 6–3 3–7 3–2 6–2 7–1 0–8 4–3 4–2 6–0 4–1 2–6
Tölzer Löwen 7–2 4–2 2–3[lower-alpha 1] 8–1 3–4 4–2 6–3 4–5[lower-alpha 1] 5–2 7–1 3–6 5–2 1–4
Bayreuth Tigers 7–2 2–1 2–5 1–4 4–1 3–4 3–1 3–4[lower-alpha 2] 4–3 4–7 2–3 3–1 0–5 6–7[lower-alpha 2]
Bietigheim Steelers 1–0 8–7 3–7 4–2 7–2 3–4[lower-alpha 1] 4–1 5–4[lower-alpha 2] 7–2 9–4 3–5 3–8 4–1 1–2[lower-alpha 2] 6–4
Eispiraten Crimmitschau 5–1 4–5[lower-alpha 2] 2–4 0–3 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 5–3 3–4 3–2 7–6 6–7 3–2 4–1 2–4 4–2
Dresdner Eislöwen 2–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 3–0 3–2 3–2[lower-alpha 1] 3–2[lower-alpha 1] 1–5 4–2 3–4[lower-alpha 2] 2–6 5–2 5–4[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 2–10 1–0[lower-alpha 1]
Löwen Frankfurt 5–1 1–4 5–3 2–0 5–4[lower-alpha 2] 2–3[lower-alpha 1] 4–3[lower-alpha 2] 5–3 2–1[lower-alpha 1] 6–1 5–2 2–1 2–1
EHC Freiburg 8–1 4–3[lower-alpha 1] 4–2 2–5 3–4 5–4 2–3 5–2 0–3 4–3 7–3 6–1 2–3[lower-alpha 2] 3–4[lower-alpha 1] 3–2[lower-alpha 2]
Heilbronner Falken 3–6 6–2 5–2 2–5 1–3 4–7 3–6 8–4 4–1 7–0 2–4 1–3
EC Kassel Huskies 3–4[lower-alpha 1] 5–3 6–2 3–1 4–5 4–1 7–0 1–0 4–3 5–0 3–1 5–1 4–2 4–1 5–1
ESV Kaufbeuren 3–2 2–6 5–7 3–2[lower-alpha 2] 3–2 8–1 5–4[lower-alpha 1] 5–0[lower-alpha 3] 4–2 1–4 5–6[lower-alpha 2] 1–4 1–4 3–2
EV Landshut 3–2[lower-alpha 2] 3–2[lower-alpha 2] 5–3 1–2[lower-alpha 1] 3–4[lower-alpha 1] 5–2 4–2 4–2 2–3[lower-alpha 2] 4–2 2–3 3–1 3–4
Lausitzer Füchse 7–3 3–2[lower-alpha 1] 2–3[lower-alpha 1] 6–0 3–4 3–2 2–1 4–5[lower-alpha 1] 4–3 0–1 1–3 1–3 1–3 2–3
Ravensburg Towerstars 7–1 2–3 3–2[lower-alpha 1] 4–1 4–1 6–3 1–2 3–4[lower-alpha 1] 2–4 7–5 4–2 3–5 2–4 2–3[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 9 February 2021. Source: DEL2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. DEL2 gezwungen Saisonstart nochmals zu verschieben (German). DEL2 (14 August 2020). Retrieved on 7 February 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Task Force Eishockey präsentiert umfassendes Hygiene- und Zuschauerkonzept (German). Deutscher Eishockey Bund (16 July 2020). Retrieved on 7 February 2021.
  3. DEL2 beendet Saison vorzeitig (German). DEL2 (10 March 2020). Retrieved on 7 February 2021.
  4. PENNY DEL und DEL2 einigen sich über Auf- und Abstieg für die Saison 2021/22 (German). Deutsche Eishockey Liga (23 October 2020). Retrieved on 7 February 2021.
  5. DEL 2: 2020-2021 Standings. eliteprospects.com.
  6. Spielmodus Saison 2020/2021 (German). www.del-2.org. Retrieved on 8 February 2021.
  7. Grizzlys geben Lizenzunterlagen ab (German). Grizzlys Wolfsburg (25 May 2020). Retrieved on 8 February 2021.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 EC Kassel Huskies 28 18 3 3 4 111 58 +53 63 2021 DEL2 Championship Playoffs
2 Tölzer Löwen 27 15 1 5 6 111 76 +35 52
3 Bietigheim Steelers 29 13 3 3 10 105 98 +7 48
4 Ravensburg Towerstars 29 13 2 3 11 92 85 +7 46
5 Eispiraten Crimmitschau 29 12 4 2 11 98 99 −1 46
6 Löwen Frankfurt 25 12 3 3 7 78 70 +8 45
7 EHC Freiburg 28 10 5 3 10 96 87 +9 43
8 ESV Kaufbeuren 27 10 3 1 13 94 99 −5 37
9 EV Landshut 28 9 3 4 12 91 102 −11 37
10 Bayreuth Tigers 28 10 1 3 14 84 99 −15 35
11 EC Bad Nauheim 26 10 2 1 13 76 100 −24 35
12 Dresdner Eislöwen 29 8 4 3 14 72 98 −26 35
13 Lausitzer Füchse 28 9 1 4 14 71 92 −21 33
14 Heilbronner Falken 25 6 3 0 16 78 94 −16 24
Updated to match(es) played on 10 February 2021. Source: www.kicker.de www.del-2.org
Rules for classification:
Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss

Top scorers[]

These are the top-ten scorers in DEL2 for the 2019–20 season. (Table is created at the conclusion of the DEL2 regular season)

Top goaltenders[]

These are the top-ten goaltenders in DEL2 for the 2019–20 season. (Table is created at the conclusion of the DEL2 regular season)

Playoffs[]

Due to the ongoing coronavirus situation, the relegation play-offs were suspended for the season.[1] The championship play-offs saw the DEL2 champion qualify for promotion to DEL for the first time, as long as the winning team also met financial requirements to obtain a DEL licence.[2]

Championship[]

The championship playoffs reference:[3]

References[]

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  3. DEL2 | Statistik | Spielpläne - Archiv der DEL2. Retrieved on 18 March 2020.

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