The 2006–07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 13th season since the founding of the (DEL; German Ice Hockey League). The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006–07 season, the same number as the previous season. However, in place of the Kassel Huskies, who were relegated the previous season, the Straubing Tigers took part in the competition, having won the 2nd Bundesliga in 2005–06. The format had slightly changed from the previous season. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 52 regular-season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fourteen, the season ended.
No club was relegated from the DEL this season and the (Eagles Mannheim) won its 5th DEL Championship.
Regular season Position Name P Won OTW PW OTL PL Lost GF GA Points1 Adler Mannheim5229425391841471072 DEG Metro Stars5228412215163127983 Sinupret Ice Tigers5226441017181136954 Kölner Haie5228112416180146945 ERC Ingolstadt5228112416180146946 Hannover Scorpions5223214517162157847 Hamburg Freezers5220641219169153838 Frankfurt Lions5224311221171171839 Eisbären Berlin (C)52221134211711577710 Krefeld Pinguine52182423231701737111 Iserlohn Roosters52182413241481637012 Straubing Tigers (N)52124431281351895613 Augsburger Panther52112421321482054814 EV Duisburg52812413611821835
Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, PW = Win after penalty shootout, OTL = Overtime loss, PL = Loss after penalty shoutout, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, (C) = Defending champion, (N) = New club Source:
Play-offs The four rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system: Preliminary round: Best-of-three First round: Best-of-seven Semi finals: Best-of-five Finals: Best-of-five Like the regular season, in the play-offs games will be decided by penalty shoot-outs (P) after a five-minute overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).
Preliminary round TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Hamburg FreezersKrefeld Pinguine5-35-3—Frankfurt LionsEisbären Berlin3-42-16-0
First round TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Adler MannheimFrankfurt Lions4-3 OT6-22-12-43-2——DEG Metro StarsHamburg Freezers3-24-05-4 OT1-36-1——Sinupret Ice TigersHannover Scorpions3-52-33-03-23-2 OT3-2 OT—ERC IngolstadtKölner Haie1-51-46-20-1 OT6-41-5—
Semi finals TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Adler MannheimKölner Haie7-26-42-0——DEG Metro StarsSinupret Ice Tigers2-33-4 P5-4 OT0-1—
Finals TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Adler MannheimSinupret Ice Tigers3-2 OT6-25-2—— The Adler Mannheim are the 2006-07 champions of the DEL.
Play-off tree
Top scorers The five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:
Regular season PlayerClubGamesGoalsAssistsPoints David McLlwainKölner Haie52214162 François FortierHamburg Freezers52283159 Brad SmythHamburg Freezers52233659 François MéthotAdler Mannheim52193857 Herberts VasiļjevsKrefeld Pinguine51302457
Play-offs PlayerClubGamesGoalsAssistsPoints Colin ForbesAdler Mannheim1141014 Jame PollockSinupret Ice Tigers135914 David McLlwainKölner Haie941014 Jason JaspersAdler Mannheim116713 Brian SwansonSinupret Ice Tigers134711
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