2006–07 DEL season explained

2006–07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
League:Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sport:Ice hockey
Pixels:120px
No Of Teams:14
Season:2006–07
Season Champs:Adler Mannheim
Seasonslist:Deutsche Eishockey Liga#DEL seasons
Seasonslistnames:DEL
Prevseason Link:2005–06 DEL season
Prevseason Year:2005–06
Nextseason Link:2007–08 DEL season
Nextseason Year:2007–08

See also: 2006–07 German ice hockey league season.

The 2006–07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 13th season since the founding of the German: [[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.

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

Regular season

PositionNamePWonOTWPWOTLPLLostGFGAPoints
1Adler Mannheim522942539184147107
2DEG Metro Stars522841221516312798
3Sinupret Ice Tigers522644101718113695
4Kölner Haie522811241618014694
5ERC Ingolstadt522811241618014694
6Hannover Scorpions522321451716215784
7Hamburg Freezers522064121916915383
8Frankfurt Lions522431122117117183
9Eisbären Berlin (C)522211342117115777
10Krefeld Pinguine521824232317017371
11Iserlohn Roosters521824132414816370
12Straubing Tigers (N)521244312813518956
13Augsburger Panther521124213214820548
14EV Duisburg52812413611821835

Play-offs

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

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

TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3
Hamburg FreezersKrefeld Pinguine5-35-3
Frankfurt LionsEisbären Berlin3-42-16-0

First round

TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7
Adler MannheimFrankfurt Lions4-3 OT6-22-12-43-2
DEG Metro StarsHamburg Freezers3-24-05-4 OT1-36-1
Sinupret Ice TigersHannover Scorpions3-52-33-03-23-2 OT3-2 OT
ERC IngolstadtKölner Haie1-51-46-20-1 OT6-41-5

Semi finals

TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Adler MannheimKölner Haie7-26-42-0
DEG Metro StarsSinupret Ice Tigers2-33-4 P5-4 OT0-1

Finals

TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5
Adler MannheimSinupret Ice Tigers3-2 OT6-25-2

Top scorers

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

Regular season

PlayerClubGamesGoalsAssistsPoints
David McLlwainKölner Haie52214162
François FortierHamburg Freezers52283159
Brad SmythHamburg Freezers52233659
François MéthotAdler Mannheim52193857
Herberts VasiļjevsKrefeld Pinguine51302457

Play-offs

PlayerClubGamesGoalsAssistsPoints
Colin ForbesAdler Mannheim1141014
Jame PollockSinupret Ice Tigers135914
David McLlwainKölner Haie941014
Jason JaspersAdler Mannheim116713
Brian SwansonSinupret Ice Tigers134711