The 2023–24 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 30th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 14 September 2023 and ended on 26 April 2024.
EHC Red Bull München were the defending champions. Eisbären Berlin won their tenth title after a finals win in five games over the Fischtown Pinguins.
Format The teams played a quadruple round-robin for 52 games each, playing every other team four times. After the regular season, places one to six were qualified for the playoffs, while place seven to ten played in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs were played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season was relegated to DEL2.
Teams
TeamCityArenaCapacityAugsburger PantherAugsburgCurt Frenzel Stadium6,218Eisbären BerlinBerlinMercedes-Benz Arena14,200Fischtown PinguinsBremerhavenEisarena Bremerhaven4,674Düsseldorfer EGDüsseldorfPSD Bank Dome13,400Löwen FrankfurtFrankfurtEissporthalle Frankfurt6,000ERC IngolstadtIngolstadtSaturn Arena4,815Iserlohn RoostersIserlohnEissporthalle Iserlohn5,000Kölner HaieCologneLanxess Arena18,500Adler MannheimMannheimSAP Arena13,600EHC Red Bull MünchenMunichOlympia Eishalle6,256Nürnberg Ice TigersNurembergArena Nürnberger Versicherung7,810Schwenninger Wild WingsVillingen-SchwenningenHelios Arena6,215Straubing TigersStraubingEisstadion am Pulverturm6,000Grizzlys WolfsburgWolfsburgEis Arena Wolfsburg4,660
Regular season Standings
Results
Playoffs The playoffs started on 10 March and ended on 26 April 2024. The first round was played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.
Bracket
Pre-playoffs The pre-playoffs were played between 10 and 14 March 2024 in a best-of-three mode.
Adler Mannheim vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Kölner Haie vs ERC Ingolstadt
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were played between 16 and 30 March 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
Fischtown Pinguins vs ERC Ingolstadt
Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim
Straubing Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings
Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs EHC Red Bull München
Semifinals The quarterfinals were played between 1 and 10 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
Fischtown Pinguins vs EHC Red Bull München
Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers
Final The finals were played between 17 and 26 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.Player stats
PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Jan Urbas Fischtown Pinguins 47 21 31 52 +20 16 F Gregor MacLeod Kölner Haie 47 10 40 50 +14 20 F Žiga Jeglič Fischtown Pinguins 52 14 36 50 +15 16 F Kenny Agostino Düsseldorfer EG 48 14 34 48 −2 26 F Marcel Noebels Eisbären Berlin 50 13 34 47 +18 8 F Maximilian Kammerer Kölner Haie 52 20 26 46 0 26 F Nicolas Mattinen Straubing Tigers 52 16 30 46 +14 36 D Andy Miele Grizzlys Wolfsburg 52 14 32 46 0 47 F Matthias Plachta Adler Mannheim 36 21 24 45 +13 20 F Michael Dal Colle Iserlohn Roosters 50 16 29 45 −8 10 F
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.Goaltender stats
PlayerTeamTOIGAGAASASv%SO Hannibal Weitzmann Grizzlys Wolfsburg 661 22 2.00 332 93.79 1 Maximilian Franzreb Fischtown Pinguins 339 12 2.12 180 93.86 1 Ilya Andryukhov Fischtown Pinguins 134 4 1.79 48 92.31 0 Florian Bugl Straubing Tigers 1364 46 2.02 531 92.03 0 Joacim Eriksson Schwenninger Wild Wings 2429 95 2.35 1066 91.82 3
Awards The awards were announced on 11 March 2024.
Award Player Player of the year Nicolas Mattinen Goaltender of the year Kristers Gudļevskis Defenceman of the year Nicolas Mattinen Forward of the year Justin Schütz Youth player of the year Veit Oswald Coach of the year Steve Walker Finals MVP Leonhard Pföderl
Attendances
References
External links
Official website