2007-08_Deutsche_Eishockey_Liga_season

2007–08 DEL season

2007–08 DEL season

Sports season

The 2007–08 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 14th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; English: German Ice Hockey League). Fifteen teams played after the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg received the license and were admitted to play in the DEL. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 56 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 fifteen, the season ended. No club was relegated from the DEL in this season.

Quick Facts League, Sport ...
See also: 2007–08 German ice hockey league season

The Eisbären Berlin (English: Berlin Polar Bears) won their third championship in four years.

Regular season

The final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.

More information Team, GP ...
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime win, SOW = Shootout win, OTL = Overtime loss, SOL = Shootout loss, L = Loss
Color code:    = Direct Playoff qualification,    = Playoff qualification round,    = No playoff
Player Club Games Goals Assists Points
Germany Robert Hock Iserlohn Roosters 56 24 63 87
Canada Steve Walker Eisbären Berlin 53 27 58 85
Canada Peter Sarno Hamburg Freezers 56 26 48 74
Germany Michael Wolf Iserlohn Roosters 56 44 27 71
Slovakia Ivan Čiernik Kölner Haie 56 38 28 66

Playoffs

The four rounds of the 2007-08 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

Unlike the regular season, in the play-offs games will not be decided by penalty shoot-outs but in 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).

First round Semi final Final
         
1 Sinupret Ice Tigers 1
9 DEG Metro Stars 4
9 DEG Metro Stars 2
2 Eisbären Berlin 3
2 Eisbären Berlin 4
7 Hamburg Freezers 1
2 Eisbären Berlin 3
3 Kölner Haie 1
3 Kölner Haie 4
6 Adler Mannheim 1
3 Kölner Haie 3
4 Frankfurt Lions 2
4 Frankfurt Lions 4
5 Iserlohn Roosters 3

Qualifying round

Qualifications

More information Series, RS ...
RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime

Quarterfinals

Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Sinupret Ice Tigers DEG Metro Stars 3-2 1-3 1-2 3-6 2-3 — —
Eisbären Berlin Hamburg Freezers 2-4 7-4 6-1 6-1 4-3 OT — —
Kölner Haie Adler Mannheim 4-3 1-2 5-4 OT 4-3 OT 4-1 — —
Frankfurt Lions Iserlohn Roosters 4-3 OT 2-3 OT 3-4 OT 1-5 4-2 4-0 4-3

Semi finals

Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Eisbären Berlin DEG Metro Stars 4-1 3-4 4-3 OT 1-5 3-1
Kölner Haie Frankfurt Lions 7-1 4-5 OT 2-1 OT 3-4 3-2

Finals

Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Eisbären Berlin Kölner Haie 3-2 OT 1-2 4-3 2-1 OT —

Top scorers

Player Club Games Goals Assists Points
Canada Nathan Robinson Eisbären Berlin 13 4 11 15
Slovakia Ivan Ciernik Kölner Haie 14 11 2 13
Canada Chris Taylor Frankfurt Lions 12 5 8 13
Canada Peter Sarno Hamburg Freezers 8 4 9 13
Germany Sven Felski Eisbären Berlin 13 3 10 13
Canada Jason Young Frankfurt Lions 12 3 10 13

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