2006–07 DEL season

The 2006–07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 13th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; German Ice Hockey League). The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006–07 season, the same number as the previous season. However, in place of the Kassel Huskies, who were relegated the previous season, the Straubing Tigers took part in the competition, having won the 2nd Bundesliga in 2005–06. The format had slightly changed from the previous season. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 52 regular-season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fourteen, the season ended.

2006–07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
LeagueDeutsche Eishockey Liga
SportIce hockey
Number of teams14
2006–07
Season championsAdler Mannheim
See also: 2006–07 German ice hockey league season

No club was relegated from the DEL this season and the Adler Mannheim (Eagles Mannheim) won its 5th DEL Championship.

Regular season
Position Name P Won OTW PW OTL PL Lost GF GA Points
1 Adler Mannheim 52 29 4 2 5 3 9 184 147 107
2 DEG Metro Stars 52 28 4 1 2 2 15 163 127 98
3 Sinupret Ice Tigers 52 26 4 4 1 0 17 181 136 95
4 Kölner Haie 52 28 1 1 2 4 16 180 146 94
5 ERC Ingolstadt 52 28 1 1 2 4 16 180 146 94
6 Hannover Scorpions 52 23 2 1 4 5 17 162 157 84
7 Hamburg Freezers 52 20 6 4 1 2 19 169 153 83
8 Frankfurt Lions 52 24 3 1 1 2 21 171 171 83
9 Eisbären Berlin (C) 52 22 1 1 3 4 21 171 157 77
10 Krefeld Pinguine 52 18 2 4 2 3 23 170 173 71
11 Iserlohn Roosters 52 18 2 4 1 3 24 148 163 70
12 Straubing Tigers (N) 52 12 4 4 3 1 28 135 189 56
13 Augsburger Panther 52 11 2 4 2 1 32 148 205 48
14 EV Duisburg 52 8 1 2 4 1 36 118 218 35
  • Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, PW = Win after penalty shootout, OTL = Overtime loss, PL = Loss after penalty shoutout, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, (C) = Defending champion, (N) = New club
  • Source:"DEL 2006-07". Official DEL website. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-04-11.

Play-offs

The four rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:

  • Preliminary round: Best-of-three
  • First round: Best-of-seven
  • Semi finals: Best-of-five
  • Finals: Best-of-five

Like the regular season, in the play-offs games will be decided by penalty shoot-outs (P) after a five-minute overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).

Preliminary round
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Hamburg Freezers Krefeld Pinguine 5-3 5-3 —
Frankfurt Lions Eisbären Berlin 3-4 2-1 6-0

First round
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Adler Mannheim Frankfurt Lions 4-3 OT 6-2 2-1 2-4 3-2 — —
DEG Metro Stars Hamburg Freezers 3-2 4-0 5-4 OT 1-3 6-1 — —
Sinupret Ice Tigers Hannover Scorpions 3-5 2-3 3-0 3-2 3-2 OT 3-2 OT —
ERC Ingolstadt Kölner Haie 1-5 1-4 6-2 0-1 OT 6-4 1-5 —

Semi finals
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Adler Mannheim Kölner Haie 7-2 6-4 2-0 — —
DEG Metro Stars Sinupret Ice Tigers 2-3 3-4 P 5-4 OT 0-1 —

Finals
Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Adler Mannheim Sinupret Ice Tigers 3-2 OT 6-2 5-2 — —
  • The Adler Mannheim are the 2006-07 champions of the DEL.

Play-off tree
First round Semi final Final
         
1 Adler Mannheim 4
8 Frankfurt Lions 1
1 Adler Mannheim 3
5 Kölner Haie 0
4 ERC Ingolstadt 4
5 Kölner Haie 1
1 Adler Mannheim 3
3 Sinupret Ice Tigers 0
2 DEG Metro Stars 4
7 Hamburg Freezers 2
2 DEG Metro Stars 1
3 Sinupret Ice Tigers 3
3 Sinupret Ice Tigers 2
6 Hannover Scorpions 4

Top scorers

The five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:

Regular season
Player Club Games Goals Assists Points
Canada David McLlwain Kölner Haie 52 21 41 62
Canada François Fortier Hamburg Freezers 52 28 31 59
Canada Brad Smyth Hamburg Freezers 52 23 36 59
Canada François Méthot Adler Mannheim 52 19 38 57
Latvia Herberts Vasiļjevs Krefeld Pinguine 51 30 24 57

Play-offs
Player Club Games Goals Assists Points
Canada Colin Forbes Adler Mannheim 11 4 10 14
Canada Jame Pollock Sinupret Ice Tigers 13 5 9 14
Canada David McLlwain Kölner Haie 9 4 10 14
Canada Jason Jaspers Adler Mannheim 11 6 7 13
United States Brian Swanson Sinupret Ice Tigers 13 4 7 11
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