The 1995–96 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 2nd season of the (German Ice Hockey League).
As a replacement for the Maddogs München, the SC Riessersee moved up from the 2nd Bundesliga. However, continuing the financial unrest in the German Ice Hockey, SC Riessersee, as well as ESG Sachsen Weißwasser and EC Hannover had to leave the league. Düsseldorfer EG won the German championship by becoming the second DEL champion.Championnat d'Allemagne 1995/96, hockeyarchives.info (fr)
The corporate sponsor, the Krombacher Brewery, continued their engagement, albeit now less prominently featured on the league logo. The sponsorship agreement ended after this season.
Regular season The league used a regular season format of 50 games, consisting of a double round-robin for the first 34 games, and then another double round-robin between the nine odd-positioned and the nine even-positioned teams respectively for 16 games. After this, the play-off round of the last sixteen in the mode best of seven took place. The semi-finals and final were played in the mode best of five. The hope to be able to avoid the troubles of the old Bundesliga by stricter financial controls did not materialise in the first season. EC Hedos München, the Bundesliga's last champion, now renamed Mad Dogs Munich, folded on 18 December 1994.
Club GP Win Tie Loss OTL GF:GA Points 1. Kölner Haie 50 37 4 8 1 261:121 79 2. Preussen Devils Berlin 50 35 7 6 2 219:107 79 3. Düsseldorfer EG 50 36 4 9 1 228:127 77 4. EV Landshut 50 35 1 11 0 222:127 77 5. Schwenninger Wild Wings 50 30 6 12 2 214:150 68 6. Adler Mannheim 50 29 7 12 2 195:163 67 7. Krefeld Pinguine 50 26 5 18 1 169:154 58 8. Frankfurt Lions 50 22 5 20 3 189:162 52 9. EC Kassel Huskies 50 19 12 17 2 149:148 5210. Ratinger Löwen 50 21 3 23 3 181:195 4811. Nürnberg Ice Tigers 50 16 8 24 2 143:179 4212. Augsburger Panther 50 17 6 25 2 163:180 4213. SB Rosenheim 50 16 6 25 3 158:195 4114. SC Riessersee 50 16 4 29 1 147:213 3715. Kaufbeurer Adler 50 13 6 30 1 145:228 3316. EC Hannover 50 12 4 34 0 138:251 2817. EHC Eisbären Berlin 50 11 3 34 2 125:236 2718. ESG Sachsen Weißwasser 50 9 3 38 0 126:236 21 GP = Games played; OTL = Overtime Loss; GF:GA = Goals for and against Color code: = Playoffs, = Season end
Playoffs All playoff rounds were played in as a best-of-five series.
First round The even the chances, and enable the worse-placed team two home-games, the games were played in a Home-Away-Away-Home-Home series. This led to the Frankfurt Lions having only 1 home game, despite being the better placed team.
Game 1 2 3 4 5 Kölner Haie - EC Hannover 3:0 6:1 9:2 7:1 – – Preußen Devils - Kaufbeurer Adler 3:0 7:2 8:3 11:2 – – Düsseldorfer EG - SC Riessersee 3:0 6:1 3:2 6:3 – – EV Landshut - Starbulls Rosenheim 3:1 7:0 4:2 3:5 5:1 – Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings - Augsburger Panther 1:3 6:3 3:9 1:3 4:5 OT – Adler Mannheim - Nürnberg Ice Tigers 3:2 4:5 OT 2:1 0:2 3:0 2:1 OT Krefeld Pinguine - Ratinger Löwen 3:0 5:1 3:2 OT 4:2 – – Frankfurt Lions - EC Kassel Huskies 0:3 3:4 3:4 1:2 – – OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
Quarterfinals Game 1 2 3 4 5 Kölner Haie - Augsburger Panther 3:0 8:5 5:3 7:3 – – Preußen Devils Berlin - EC Kassel Huskies 3:2 3:4 OT 4:3 5:1 4:5 OT 3:1 Düsseldorfer EG - Krefeld Pinguine 3:0 4:1 5:4 7:5 – – EV Landshut - Adler Mannheim 3:0 3:2 4:1 3:2 OT – – OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
Semifinals Game 1 2 3 4 5 Kölner Haie - EV Landshut 3:1 4:2 6:5 6:9 5:4 OT – Preußen Devils Berlin - Düsseldorfer EG 0:3 5:6 2:5 0:6 – – OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
Finals Game 1 2 3 4 5 Kölner Haie - Düsseldorfer EG 1:3 7:4 1:5 0:5 2:4 – OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout
With the last game, Düsseldorfer EG became the second DEL Champion and German Champions for the 8th time in the club history.
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