1994–95 DEL season
The 1994–95 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the inaugural season of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). The Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks) won the first DEL season to become German Champions.
| 1994-95 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season | |
|---|---|
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| League | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Number of teams | 18 |
| 1994–95 | |
| Season champions | Kölner Haie |
The first season 1994–95 started with 18 teams, twelve from the old 1st Bundesliga, six from the 2nd Bundesliga.
The new league immediately attracted corporate sponsorship with the Krombacher Brewery featuring a prominent spot on the league logo.
Regular season
In the main round the 18 teams played a home-and-away schedule and, in regional groups, a second single round. 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 Maddogs Munich, folded on 18 December 1994.
| Team | GP | Win | Tie | Lost | OTL | GF:GA | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | BSC Preussen | 44 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 228:127 | 69 |
| 2. | EV Landshut | 44 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 187:98 | 67 |
| 3. | Adler Mannheim | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 164:108 | 64 |
| 4. | Krefelder EV | 44 | 29 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 203:127 | 63 |
| 5. | Düsseldorfer EG | 44 | 29 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 196:128 | 63 |
| 6. | Kölner Haie | 44 | 28 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 185:125 | 60 |
| 7. | Kassel Huskies | 44 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 145:138 | 48 |
| 8. | SB Rosenheim | 44 | 20 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 131:124 | 48 |
| 9. | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 44 | 18 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 174:148 | 45 |
| 10. | Frankfurt Lions | 44 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 110:140 | 38 |
| 11. | Kaufbeurer Adler | 44 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 138:181 | 35 |
| 12. | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 44 | 11 | 9 | 23 | 1 | 151:187 | 32 |
| 13. | Augsburger Panther | 44 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 137:189 | 31 |
| 14. | EC Hannover | 44 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 1 | 120:177 | 31 |
| 15. | ESG Sachsen Weißwasser | 44 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 89:182 | 25 |
| 16. | Ratinger Löwen | 44 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 1 | 102:214 | 24 |
| 17. | EHC Eisbären Berlin | 44 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 0 | 136:229 | 22 |
| 18. | Maddogs München | folded | ||||||
Color code: = Direct Playoff qualification, = Playoff qualification round, = No playoff
Playoffs
Since 16 teams qualified for the playoffs, and Maddogs München folded, only Eisbären Berlin did not participate. The first two rounds were played as a best-of-seven, and the semifinals and finals as a best-of-five.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. | BSC Preussen | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16. | Ratinger Löwen | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | BSC Preussen | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8. | Starbulls Rosenheim | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9. | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1. | BSC Preussen | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Kölner Haie | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Adler Mannheim | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14. | EC Hannover | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3. | Adler Mannheim | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Kölner Haie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Kölner Haie | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11. | Kaufbeurer Adler | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. | EV Landshut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6. | Kölner Haie | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. | EV Landshut | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15. | ESG Sachsen Weißwasser | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. | EV Landshut | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Kassel Huskies | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7. | Kassel Huskies | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10. | Frankfurt Lions | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2. | EV Landshut | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Krefelder EV | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Krefelder EV | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13. | Augsburger EV | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4. | Krefelder EV | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Düsseldorfer EG | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5. | Düsseldorfer EG | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12. | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
First round
| Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSC Preussen | – | Ratinger Löwen | 4:0 | 4:0 | 9:2 | 4:3 | 4:1 | – | – | – |
| EV Landshut | – | ESG Sachsen Weißwasser | 4:0 | 5:1 | 5:2 | 4:1 | 7:3 | – | – | – |
| Adler Mannheim | – | EC Hannover | 4:1 | 8:2 | 6:1 | 2:4 | 6:1 | 8:4 | – | – |
| Krefelder EV | – | Augsburger EV | 4:1 | 6:2 | 2:3 | 9:8 SO | 7:6 | 5:2 | – | – |
| Düsseldorfer EG | – | EHC 80 Nürnberg | 4:1 | 7:1 | 5:0 | 2:4 | 4:2 | 9:0 | – | – |
| Kölner Haie | – | Kaufbeurer Adler | 4:0 | 5:1 | 4:3 | 5:1 | 8:2 | – | – | – |
| Kassel Huskies | – | Frankfurt Lions | 4:1 | 6:5 | 4:3 | 2:5 | 5:3 | 2:1 OT | – | – |
| Starbulls Rosenheim | – | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 3:4 | 2:0 | 3:8 | 2:6 | 5:2 | 4:3 n.V. | 3:6 | 5:6 OT |
Quarterfinals
| Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSC Preussen | - | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 4:0 | 5:1 | 4:1 | 3:2 OT | 8:3 | – | – | – |
| EV Landshut | - | Kassel Huskies | 4:0 | 4:3 | 6:3 | 6:3 | 11:4 | – | – | – |
| Adler Mannheim | - | Kölner Haie | 1:4 | 3:4 | 2:3 | 5:3 | 2:7 | 0:6 | – | – |
| Krefelder EV | - | Düsseldorfer EG | 4:1 | 1:0 | 5:4 OT | 3:9 | 5:3 | 4:1 | – | – |
Semifinals
| Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSC Preussen | - | Kölner Haie | 1:3 | 3:1 | 2:5 | 1:5 | 0:3 | – |
| EV Landshut | - | Krefelder EV | 3:2 | 3:4 OT | 2:5 | 6:2 | 3:2 | 5:0 |
Finals
| Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV Landshut | - | Kölner Haie | 2:3 | 4:3 | 1:5 | 4:1 | 2:8 | 0:4 |
With the last game, the Kölner Haie became the first DEL Champion and German Champions for the 7th time in the club history.