The 2019–20 DEL2 season was the seventh season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The season began on 13 September 2019 and prematurely ended on 10 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Löwen Frankfurt was named winner of the regular season, but no season champion was declared with the championship play-offs called off. In addition, the relegation play-offs were also cancelled so the league decided there would be no relegation for the season.

Modus

Fourteen teams competed in the 2019–20 DEL2 regular season. EV Landshut was promoted from Germany's third division, Oberliga. Each team played each other twice in the regular season, home and away, for a total of 52 matches each. The top six teams directly qualified for the championship playoffs, played in a best of seven format. Teams placed seven to ten advanced to the championship playoff qualifiers, which followed a best of three format. The bottom four teams enter the relegation playoffs. The two losing teams from round 1 face off in the relegation final with the losing team being relegated to Oberliga.

The DEL2 champion does not automatically get promoted to DEL. In September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated. In 2018, the two leagues signed a new agreement to reintroduce an automatic promotion and relegation system to start in 2020–21.

Regular season

Results

The cross table represents the results of all matches of the regular season for 2019/20. The home team is listed in the middle column, the visiting team in the top row. First round Team Second round FRA SCB RVT ESV LFX ECN ECK HNF DRE EPC BTT ECT FRB EVL FRA SCB RVT ESV LFX ECN ECK HNF DRE EPC BTT ECT FRB EVL 6:1 4:3O 3:2 4:3S 2:5 6:3 5:3 3:2 1:4 4:3S 2:3O 3:1 8:0 FRA 5:0 3:1 5:0 4:3O 4:1 4:3 3:4O 6:5S 7:1 3:1 4:1 5:4O 5:2 3:0 4:1 3:2 1:4 0:2 4:2 4:7 4:1 4:0 4:1 9:5 0:3 4:3S SCB 1:4 5:3 5:6 4:2 7:0 1:7 5:2 1:2 1:5 5:0 2:3O 0:1 2:1 4:3O 2:3S 4:0 6:5S 2:3 5:2 3:2 4:3 3:4S 5:6S 3:4O 2:4 4:2 RVT 2:3S 6:5O 5:2 7:1 7:3 2:4 5:3 4:5 4:2 0:4 2:3 3:2S 4:3O 3:1 5:1 2:4 1:3 6:3 3:2 2:8 4:1 5:2 5:1 2:3 3:2 3:4O ESV 3:4 6:4 3:2 2:4 4:2 1:3 3:2 6:1 5:2 2:7 4:3O 3:1 3:7 1:3 3:2 1:3 4:1 1:2 2:5 2:1 3:7 6:2 5:3 2:3O 7:3 4:5O LFX 6:3 2:4 4:1 6:1 4:1 1:0 4:3O 5:6 4:7 5:3 6:3 1:3 3:0 7:6O 3:2S 5:1 4:2 5:3 0:5 1:7 2:3O 8:3 4:2 2:3O 4:3 2:1 ECN 2:3S 1:0S 1:2S 3:5 5:1 2:1 1:2 6:5O 4:6 3:2S 1:2S 5:1 4:3S 3:2 10:2 3:1 7:3 1:0 2:3 7:1 6:3 4:2 3:2 6:3 5:3 5:4 ECK 7:5 4:0 4:1 6:3 3:2S 2:3S 2:5 7:3 2:6 4:0 0:3 2:4 2:3O 4:1 4:1 5:2 3:5 7:1 5:3 4:3 3:2 2:6 4:3 4:5 6:3 3:1 HNF 7:6S 2:5 2:5 6:3 4:3 1:4 4:2 9:2 2:4 5:3 2:3O 6:3 4:3S 5:4O 7:5 3:6 1:2O 4:6 6:2 1:4 8:5 5:3 6:5 0:4 2:3 1:2O DRE 4:3 4:3S 4:5O 5:1 5:3 4:1 6:5O 5:4 5:3 2:4 3:2S 5:2 3:1 2:3S 2:1O 0:5 4:3S 6:3 3:4 1:4 2:4 3:2 3:6 4:3 3:2O 3:4O EPC 5:2 3:5 1:4 2:4 2:7 1:2S 1:4 4:2 7:5 0:6 3:5 3:2S 2:1 10:7 3:2O 1:4 7:5 3:5 2:3 3:4S 2:4 4:3O 4:5 3:2O 0:2 3:2 BTT 2:3O 4:2 5:3 6:7S 6:3 4:2 4:3S 6:5S 6:3 2:4 4:3O 3:0 5:3 2:5 0:5 4:3O 8:2 5:1 4:0 5:1 5:6O 5:4 3:2O 5:4 3:4 5:6O ECT 1:2 2:0 1:2S 2:5 2:3S 3:1 3:1 8:6 1:2 4:2 5:7 5:2 4:5S 3:1 2:3 3:2 0:4 2:3O 1:0 5:4S 3:4O 7:1 4:1 3:1 5:3 5:0 FRB 2:4 5:1 4:2 4:3 3:2 6:3 4:2 4:5O 6:3 5:0 4:1 5:4 4:3O 5:2 2:3 1:3 5:8 7:1 6:1 3:4 4:3 4:7 4:5S 4:3 4:3 3:1 EVL 2:6 3:4 1:4 2:1 5:4O 3:2O 5:6O 6:3 4:3O 3:2O 1:3 3:2 1:4 Legend: O Overtime; S Shootout

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Standings

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)

Name Team +/− Dylan Wruck Heilbronner Falken 51 24 64 88 +9 12 Sami Blomqvist ESV Kaufbeuren 52 38 36 74 +5 28 Marco Pfleger Tölzer Löwen 52 31 38 69 −1 28 Mathieu Pompei EV Landshut 52 29 39 68 +4 36 Cam Spiro Wölfe Freiburg 52 26 41 67 0 16 Mario Lamoureux Dresdner Eislöwen 52 23 44 67 −1 64 Jordan Knackstedt Dresdner Eislöwen 51 20 47 67 +6 91 Mike Hammond Lausitzer Füchse 48 18 49 67 +1 10 Juuso Rajala Bayreuth Tigers 51 16 50 66 +10 24 Roope Ranta Löwen Frankfurt 52 32 31 63 +20 12

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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)

Name Team Ben Meisner Wölfe Freiburg 50 6 2992:30 127 2.55 1617 1490 92.15% Mac Carruth Lausitzer Füchse 43 2 2477:17 123 2.98 1538 1415 92.00% Felix Bick EC Bad Nauheim 47 2 2841:35 134 2.83 1573 1439 91.48% Gerald Kuhn EC Kassel Huskies 39 4 2381:36 95 2.39 1115 1020 91.48% Jimmy Hertel Löwen Frankfurt 23 0 1362:15 66 2.91 704 638 90.63% Patrick Klein Löwen Frankfurt 20 2 1785:52 84 2.82 887 803 90.53% Stephon Williams Bietigheim Steelers 38 5 2095:26 105 3.01 1083 978 90.30% Olafr Schmidt Ravensburg Towerstars 36 2 2012:12 89 2.65 852 763 89.55% Brett Jaeger Bayreuth Tigers 28 1 1502:09 77 3.08 737 660 89.55% Marco Wölfl Ravensburg Towerstars 22 0 1150:43 57 2.97 517 460 88.97%

Note: To qualify for this list, goaltenders need to have played a minimum of 20 matches Source:

Playoffs

Due to the early cancellation of the season, the championship and relegation play-offs were called off without being played. DEL2 decided no team would be relegated and no team would be named champion.

Championship The championship playoffs reference:

Note: All numbers represent series results, not a match score

References

External links

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