| 1994-95 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season | |
| League: | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Pixels: | 120px |
| No Of Teams: | 18 |
| Season: | 1994–95 |
| Season Champs: | Kölner Haie |
| Seasonslist: | Deutsche Eishockey Liga#DEL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | DEL |
| Prevseason Link: | Ice hockey Bundesliga |
| Prevseason Year: | Bundesliga |
| Nextseason Link: | 1995–96 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season |
| Nextseason Year: | 1995–96 |
The 1994–95 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the inaugural season of the German: [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (German Ice Hockey League). The German: [[Kölner Haie]] (Cologne Sharks) won the first DEL season to become German Champions.
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.
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. | 44 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 228:127 | 69 | ||
| 2. | 44 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 187:98 | 67 | ||
| 3. | 44 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 164:108 | 64 | ||
| 4. | 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. | folded | ||||||||
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.
| Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSC Preussen | – | 4:0 | 4:0 | 9:2 | 4:3 | 4:1 | – | – | – | ||
| EV Landshut | – | 4:0 | 5:1 | 5:2 | 4:1 | 7:3 | – | – | – | ||
| Adler Mannheim | – | 4:1 | 8:2 | 6:1 | 2:4 | 6:1 | 8:4 | – | – | ||
| Krefelder EV | – | 4:1 | 6:2 | 2:3 | 9:8 SO | 7:6 | 5:2 | – | – | ||
| Düsseldorfer EG | – | 4:1 | 7:1 | 5:0 | 2:4 | 4:2 | 9:0 | – | – | ||
| Kölner Haie | – | 4:0 | 5:1 | 4:3 | 5:1 | 8:2 | – | – | – | ||
| Kassel Huskies | – | 4:1 | 6:5 | 4:3 | 2:5 | 5:3 | 2:1 OT | – | – | ||
| – | Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings | 3:4 | 2:0 | 3:8 | 2:6 | 5:2 | 4:3 n.V. | 3:6 | 5:6 OT |
| 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 | – | – |
| 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 |
With the last game, the Kölner Haie became the first DEL Champion and German Champions for the 7th time in the club history.