1997–98 DEL season explained

The 1997–98 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 4th season of the German: [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (German Ice Hockey League).

Adler Mannheim became the DEL Champion for the second time in a row, winning a German title for the third time in their history. The season had its share of instability. After the 15th regular season round, the Kaufbeurer Adler were insolvent and the Düsseldorfer EG left the league after season end.

Regular season

As in the previous season two rounds/phases were played. In the first round, all teams played one home and one away game with each other for a total of 28 rounds. The first 6 placed teams continued playing for the playoff placements German: Meisterrunde|link=no). The 9 last placed teams had to fight it out for the last 2 playoff spots.

Phase I

	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTL	GF:GA	Points
1.		28	20	2	1	5	111:74	43
2.		28	20	0	0	8	113:88	40
3.		28	18	2	1	7	100:64	39
4.		28	16	4	1	7	92:74	37
5.		28	15	4	0	9	97:79	34
6.		28	14	4	1	9	104:94	33
7.		28	14	2	1	11	85:84	31
8.		28	12	3	2	11	88:96	29
9.		28	11	5	2	10	98:100	29
10.		28	11	2	4	11	73:81	28
11.		28	10	2	3	13	82:86	25
12.		28	9	2	2	15	93:107	22
13.		28	9	3	1	16	81:103	22
14.		28	10	0	2	16	78:107	22
15.		28	3	1	0	24	70:138	7
16.		disqualified

GP = Games, W = Win, T = Tie, L = Loss, OTL = Overtime loss, GF:GA = Goals for : Goals against
= Continue play for playoff spots, = Continue qualifications for last 2 playoff spots, = Disqualified

Phase II - "Meisterrunde"

	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTL	GF:GA	Points
1.		48	27	6	1	14	179:139	61
2.		48	27	6	1	14	160:126	61
3.		48	26	6	2	14	160:1474	60
4.		48	26	3	3	16	170:145	58
5.		48	27	1	2	18	166:164	57
6.		48	25	4	2	17	148:118	56

GP = Games, W = Win, T = Tie, L = Loss, OTL = Overtime loss, GF:GA = Goals for : Goals against

Phase II

Two teams qualified for the playoff spots 7 and 8.

	Team	GP	W	T	L	OTL	GF:GA	Points
1.		44	22	6	2	14	160:142	52
2.		44	19	7	4	14	136:119	49
3.		44	19	5	3	17	157:148	46
4.		44	19	3	4	18	140:128	45
5.		44	18	6	1	19	126:141	43
6.		44	18	4	2	20	126:141	42
7.		44	16	2	2	24	122:160	36
8.		44	14	4	1	25	132:184	33
9.		44	6	3	0	35	105:204	15

GP = Games, W = Win, T = Tie, L = Loss, OTL = Overtime loss, GF:GA = Goals For : Goals Against
Color code: = Playoff = Season end

Round 1 playoff qualifications

The first round of playoff qualifications was played as a best-of-five series.

			Game	1	2	3	4	5
Hannover Scorpions	–	Revier Löwen Oberhausen	3:0	6:2	5:2	5:4	–	–
Berlin Capitals	–	Augsburger Panther	1:3	3:2	1:3	0:2	1:4	–
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	–	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	3:2	6:2	4:5 OT	5:2	2:4	6:2
Kassel Huskies	–	Krefeld Pinguine	1:3	3:5	2:5	5:3	1:2	–

OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout

Round 2 Playoff Qualifications

The second round of playoff qualifications was played as a best-of-three series.

			Game	1	2	3
Hannover Scorpions	–	Augsburger Panther	2:0	4:3	5:2	–
Schwenninger ERC Wild Wings	–	Krefeld Pinguine	1:2	4:3	2:6	2:5

OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout

The Hannover Scorpions and Krefeld Pinguine qualified for the playoffs.

Playoff

The playoffs were played in a best-of-five format.

Quarterfinals

			Game	1	2	3	4	5
Eisbären Berlin	–	Krefeld Pinguine	3:0	4:3 OT	4:3 n.V.	5:1	–	–
Frankfurt Lions	–	Hannover Scorpions	3:1	4:3 OT	4:1	2:4	4:2	–
Kölner Haie	–	EV Landshut	0:3	3:4 OT	1:9	4:3 SO	–	–
Adler Mannheim	–	Düsseldorfer EG	3:0	7:2	4:3	6:1	–	–

OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout

Semifinals

			Game	1	2	3	4	5
Eisbären Berlin	–	EV Landshut	3:0	7:4	2:1	2:0	–	–
Frankfurt Lions	–	Adler Mannheim	0:3	2:6	1:5	3:4 SO	–	–

OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout

Finals

OT = Overtime; SO = Shootout

With the last game, Adler Mannheim became repeat DEL Champion and won the German Champion title for the third time in the club's history.

Player awards

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Category	Name	Team	Record
Most points			57 Points
Best goalie			2.41 Goals-Against-Average
Best defender	Marc West		42 Points