2020–21 DEL2 season
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The 2020–21 DEL2 season was the eighth season since the founding of the
Teams
In 2020–21 the DEL2 had 14 teams competing in the league.[5]
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
Regular season
Results
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | EC Kassel Huskies
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49 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 210 | 108 | +102 | 112 | 2021 DEL2 Championship Playoffs |
2 | Tölzer Löwen
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50 | 28 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 210 | 153 | +57 | 92 | |
3 | EHC Freiburg | 49 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 177 | 149 | +28 | 89 | |
4 | Bietigheim Steelers
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49 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 183 | 165 | +18 | 89 | |
5 | Löwen Frankfurt | 49 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 158 | 141 | +17 | 87 | |
6 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 50 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 181 | 187 | −6 | 80 | |
7 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 50 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 155 | 161 | −6 | 72 | |
8 | Heilbronner Falken | 49 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 173 | 175 | −2 | 68 | |
9 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau | 49 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 156 | 166 | −10 | 66 | |
10 | EV Landshut | 50 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 162 | 191 | −29 | 60 | |
11 | EC Bad Nauheim
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49 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 156 | 187 | −31 | 60 | |
12 | Lausitzer Füchse | 50 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 141 | 175 | −34 | 58 | |
13 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 49 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 140 | 184 | −44 | 56 | |
14 | Bayreuth Tigers | 50 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 145 | 205 | −60 | 49 |
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 2020–21 season. (Table is created at the conclusion of the DEL2 regular season)
Top goaltenders
These are the top-ten goaltenders in DEL2 for the 2020–21 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.[3] 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.[4]
Championship
The championship playoffs reference:[8]
The championship playoffs ran from 22 April 2021 to 22 May 2021. The top eight teams from the regular season qualified and played best-of-five series. Teams were reseeded following the quarter-finals, which meant that Ravensburg, the only lower seed to advance, had to face top seed Kassel in the semi-finals. In the finals, Bietigheim came back from two games down to win the series and the DEL2 championship, 3 games to 2.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1 | EC Kassel Huskies
| 3 | ||||||||||||
8 | Heilbronner Falken | 0 | ||||||||||||
1 | EC Kassel Huskies
| 3 | ||||||||||||
7 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Tölzer Löwen | 1 | ||||||||||||
7 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 3 | ||||||||||||
1 | EC Kassel Huskies
| 2 | ||||||||||||
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round) | ||||||||||||||
4 | Bietigheim Steelers
| 3 | ||||||||||||
3 | EHC Freiburg | 3 | ||||||||||||
6 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 2 | ||||||||||||
3 | EHC Freiburg | 2 | ||||||||||||
4 | Bietigheim Steelers
| 3 | ||||||||||||
4 | Bietigheim Steelers
| 3 | ||||||||||||
5 | Löwen Frankfurt | 2 |
Note: All numbers represent series results, not a match score
References
- ^ "DEL2 gezwungen Saisonstart nochmals zu verschieben" [DEL2 forced to postpone the start of the season again] (in German). DEL2. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ Deutscher Eishockey Bund. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b "DEL2 beendet Saison vorzeitig" [DEL2 ends season prematurely] (in German). DEL2. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ a b "PENNY DEL und DEL2 einigen sich über Auf- und Abstieg für die Saison 2021/22" [PENNY DEL and DEL2 agree on promotion and relegation for the 2021/22 season] (in German). Deutsche Eishockey Liga. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "DEL 2: 2020-2021 Standings". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Spielmodus Saison 2020/2021" [Game mode for the 2020/2021 season] (in German). www.del-2.org. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Grizzlys geben Lizenzunterlagen ab" [Grizzlys hand in license documents] (in German). Grizzlys Wolfsburg. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "DEL2 | Statistik | Spielpläne - Archiv der DEL2". www.del-2.org. Retrieved 18 March 2020.