2022–23 DEL2 season
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The 2022–23 DEL2 season was the tenth season of play for DEL2, the second tier of professional ice hockey in Germany. The Regular season ran from 16 September 2022 to 5 March 2023 with EC Kassel Huskies finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 8 March 2023 to 25 April 2023 with the Ravensburg Towerstars defeating the EC Bad Nauheim 4 games to 1 to win the championship. Despite winning the championship, Ravensburg was unable to reach a licensing agreement with the DEL and remained in DEL2.[1] The Heilbronner Falken were relegated to the Oberliga. Despite saving themselves in relegation, the Bayreuth Tigers were removed from the league due to losing their license with DEL2 after the season.[2]
| 2022–23 DEL2 season | |
|---|---|
| League | DEL2 |
| Sport | Ice Hockey |
| Duration | 16 September 2022 – 25 April 2023 |
| Games | 364 (52 per team) |
| Teams | 14 |
| TV partner(s) | Sprade TV eoTV |
| Regular season | |
| Season champions | EC Kassel Huskies |
| Top scorer | Marcel Müller (Krefeld Pinguine) |
| Promoted to DEL | none |
| Relegated to Oberliga | Heilbronner Falken |
| Playoffs | |
| Champions | Ravensburg Towerstars |
| Runners-up | EC Bad Nauheim |
Membership changes
- Löwen Frankfurt was promoted to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and replaced by the Krefeld Pinguine.
- Tölzer Löwen were relegated to the Oberliga and replaced by Eisbären Regensburg.
Teams
DEL2 teams for the 2022–23 season.
| Team | City | Arena | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayreuth Tigers |  Bayreuth | Kunsteisstadion |  Rich Chernomaz |
| Dresdner Eislöwen |  Dresden | EnergieVerbund Arena |  Andreas Brockmann |
| EC Bad Nauheim |  Bad Nauheim | Colonel-Knight-Stadion |  Harry Lange |
| EC Kassel Huskies | Kassel | Eissporthalle Kassel |  Bohuslav Subr |
| EHC Freiburg |  Freiburg | Franz Siegel Stadion | Robert Hoffmann |
| Eisbären Regensburg | Regensburg | Donau Arena | Maximilian Kaltenhauser |
| Eispiraten Crimmitschau | Crimmitschau | Eisstadion im Sahnpark | Marian Bazany |
| ESV Kaufbeuren | Kaufbeuren | Erdgas Schwaben Arena |  Marko Raita |
| EV Landshut | Landshut | Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg | Heiko Vogler |
| Heilbronner Falken | Heilbronn | Kolbenschmidt Arena | Martin Jiranek |
| Krefeld Pinguine |  Krefeld | Yayla Arena | Boris Blank |
| Lausitzer Füchse | Weißwasser | Eisstadion Weißwasser | Petteri Väkiparta |
| Ravensburg Towerstars | Ravensburg | Eissporthalle Ravensburg | Tim Kehler |
| Selber Wölfe | Selb | Hutschenreuther Eissporthalle | Sergej Waßmiller |
Regular season
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EC Kassel Huskies | 52 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 212 | 109 | +103 | 131 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 52 | 27 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 169 | 146 | +23 | 93 | |
| 3 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 52 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 165 | 125 | +40 | 90 | |
| 4 | Krefeld Pinguine | 52 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 167 | 145 | +22 | 88 | |
| 5 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 52 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 156 | 130 | +26 | 87 | |
| 6 | EC Bad Nauheim | 52 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 168 | 167 | +1 | 82 | |
| 7 | EV Landshut | 52 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 164 | 172 | −8 | 77 | Championship Pre-playoffs |
| 8 | EHC Freiburg | 52 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 158 | 176 | −18 | 73 | |
| 9 | Lausitzer Füchse | 52 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 131 | 147 | −16 | 72 | |
| 10 | Eisbären Regensburg | 52 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 149 | 168 | −19 | 68 | |
| 11 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau | 52 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 136 | 155 | −19 | 67 | Relegation Playdowns |
| 12 | Heilbronner Falken | 52 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 160 | 179 | −19 | 64 | |
| 13 | Selber Wölfe | 52 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 26 | 145 | 180 | −35 | 62 | |
| 14 | Bayreuth Tigers | 52 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 125 | 206 | −81 | 38 |
Source: www.kicker.de www.del-2.org
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
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
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[3]
| Player | Team | POS | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Müller | Krefeld Pinguine | C/LW | 50 | 24 | 46 | 70 | 26 |
| Hunter Garlent | Lausitzer Füchse | C | 52 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 24 |
| Tor Immo | EHC Freiburg | LW/RW | 47 | 26 | 35 | 61 | 32 |
| Alex Tonge | Heilbronner Falken | C/LW | 52 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 16 |
| Jacob Lagacé | ESV Kaufbeuren | C/RW | 46 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 31 |
| Ville Järveläinen | Bayreuth Tigers | RW | 49 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 14 |
| Tim Coffman | EC Bad Nauheim | C/RW | 52 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 18 |
| Zach Magwood | Krefeld Pinguine | C/RW | 50 | 26 | 26 | 52 | 33 |
| Corey Trivino | Eisbären Regensburg | C | 47 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 2 |
| Marco Pfleger | EV Landshut | RW | 50 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 22 |
Leading goaltenders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes, are included in this list.[4]
| Player | Team | GP | TOI | W | L | GA | SA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Kielly | EC Kassel Huskies | 23 | 1400 | 22 | 1 | 46 | 579 | 1 | 1.97 | .926 |
| Jerry Kuhn | EC Kassel Huskies | 29 | 1732 | 22 | 7 | 61 | 714 | 2 | 2.11 | .921 |
| Daniel Fießinger | ESV Kaufbeuren | 40 | 2369 | 24 | 16 | 85 | 944 | 0 | 2.15 | .917 |
| Janick Schwendener | Dresdner Eislöwen | 41 | 2432 | 26 | 15 | 88 | 937 | 5 | 2.17 | .914 |
| Ville Kolppanen | Lausitzer Füchse | 25 | 1527 | 12 | 13 | 62 | 780 | 0 | 2.44 | .926 |
Playoffs
Championship
| Pre-playoffs (best-of-3) | Quarterfinals (best-of-7) | Semifinals (best-of-7) | Championship (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | EC Kassel Huskies | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | EV Landshut | 5 | 3 | - | 9 | Lausitzer Füchse | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Eisbären Regensburg | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | EC Kassel Huskies | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | EC Bad Nauheim | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6* | 2 | 5 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | EV Landshut | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3* | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | EC Bad Nauheim | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 7 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ESV Kaufbeuren | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | EHC Freiburg | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | EC Bad Nauheim | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Lausitzer Füchse | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Ravensburg Towerstars | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Krefeld Pinguine | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Krefeld Pinguine | 4 | 6 | 3* | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Dresdner Eislöwen | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3* | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relegation
| Semifinals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Eispiraten Crimmitschau | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Bayreuth Tigers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | - | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Bayreuth Tigers | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Heilbronner Falken | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | |||||||||||||
| 12 | Heilbronner Falken | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Selber Wölfe | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | |||||||||||||
