2013–14 Oberliga (ice hockey) season

2013–14 Oberliga season Oberliga Ice Hockey #c7bf98 black 4 October 2013 – 23 March 2014 39 Sprade TV (select teams) Regular season Hannover Scorpions (North) VER Selb (South) Icefighters Leipzig (East) Löwen Frankfurt (West) Andreas Morczinietz (North) Kyle Piwowarczyk (South) Adam Sergerie (East) Löwen Frankfurt EC Kassel Huskies DEL2 Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs (withdrew from league) Regionalliga Playoffs No champion (Championship playoffs not contested) Oberliga seasons Oberliga 2012–13 Oberliga (ice hockey) season 2012–13 2014–15 Oberliga (ice hockey) season 2014–15 The 2013/14 Oberliga season was the 55th season of the Oberliga, the third-tier of German ice hockey. For the fourth time in history, the Oberliga was split into four regional leagues (North, South, East, West). 39 teams competed in the season that spanned from 4 October 2013 till 21 April 2014. There was no Oberliga champion in 2013/14, due to an expanded DEL2 promotion stage replacing the Oberliga Championship playoffs. Löwen Frankfurt and EC Kassel Huskies secured promotion to DEL2. Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs was the only team relegated to Regionalliga. Oberliga North Operated by the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB), Oberliga North had three new teams for 2013/14 for a total of nine teams. EC Harzer Falken were promoted from Regionalliga North, Hannover Scorpions were demoted from DEL after their licence was sold and Hannover Indians were demoted from 2. Bundesliga due to bankruptcy. http://www.hannoverscorpions.de/scorpions-aktuell.php?nid=1115 https://archive.today/20130708144004/http://www.hannoverscorpions.de/scorpions-aktuell.php?nid=1115 dead 2013-07-08 DEL club allow Scorpions license move to Schwenningen Hannover Scorpions 2013-06-14 2013-06-14 German https://www.lev-niedersachsen.de/berichte-praesident/2013-03-11/oberliga-nord-nev-gibt-oberligamannschaften-an-den-deb-ab/ Oberliga Nord: NEV gibt Oberligamannschaften an den DEB ab www.lev-niedersachsen.de Götz Neumann 11 March 2013 6 April 2020 German Oberliga Nord: NEV hands over league teams to the DEB The regular Oberliga North season operated a 32 match format with each team playing each other four times. The top four teams qualifying for the DEL2 promotion play-offs and the bottom five teams progressing to the Oberliga Nord Pokal (Oberliga North Cup). Regular season main WL OT complete www.pointstreak.com AD HF TS HV HC HS HI GE RP 8 1 4 19 115 169 13 1 1 17 121 138 21 3 0 8 194 113 13 2 1 16 116 133 5 0 2 25 108 281 28 0 1 3 222 74 20 4 1 7 164 83 3 2 2 25 102 192 20 0 1 11 184 143 Adendorfer EC EC Harzer Falken EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06 Hamburger SV Hamburg Crocodiles Hannover Scorpions Hannover Indians Grafschafter EC Rostock Piranhas QR green1 2014 DEL2 Promotion Playoffs blue2 2014 Oberliga Nord Pokal DPP DPP DPP DPP ONP ONP ONP ONP ONP Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Oberliga Nord Pokal Qualification Semi-finals Nord Pokal Final - Hamburg Crocodiles 2 - Grafschafter EC 1 1 Hamburger SV 2 4 Hamburg Crocodiles 1 2 EC Harzer Falken 2 3 Adendorfer EC 0 1 Hamburger SV 0 2 EC Harzer Falken 2 Format: Best of three match series' for qualification and main rounds Source: www.pointstreak.com Oberliga South Operated by the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB), Oberliga South covers the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Oberliga South had one new team for 2013/14 for a total of twelve teams. EHC Bayreuth was promoted and joined the league as champions of Regionalliga Süd-West. With no team relegated from 2. Bundesliga to Oberliga South, Erding Gladiators were permitted to remain in the league rather than being relegated to the Regionalliga. Oberliga South regular season ran from 20 September 2013 till 23 February 2014 and saw the twelve teams play a 44 match season with each team playing each other four times. The top eight teams qualified for the DEL2 promotion play-offs while the bottom four teams progressed to the Bayernliga relegation play-offs.https://www.hockeyweb.de/oberliga/modus-fuer-verzahnungsrunde-der-oberligen-abgestimmt-67247 Modus für Verzahnungsrunde der Oberligen abgestimmt www.hockeyweb.de 6 April 2020 German Structure of Oberliga play-offs decided Regular season main WL OT complete www.pointstreak.com DS EP EB EF EK EG FU ER EW SM TL VS 14 4 2 24 144 188 20 2 3 19 153 145 23 3 2 16 177 136 24 5 3 12 164 117 22 1 3 18 139 140 15 7 4 18 168 181 18 2 8 16 176 173 12 7 7 18 135 160 9 5 4 26 129 198 4 5 7 28 128 209 22 5 5 12 169 127 31 4 2 7 202 110 R Deggendorfer SC EC Peiting EHC Bayreuth EHC Freiburg EHC Klostersee Erding Gladiators EV Füssen EV Regensburg EV Weiden Blue Devils Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs Tölzer Löwen VER Selb QR green1 2014 DEL2 Promotion Playoffs red2 2014 Bayernliga Relegation Playoffs DPP DPP DPP DPP DPP DPP DPP DPP BRP BRP BRP BRP Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Relegation play-offs The bottom four teams from the regular season compete in the Bayernliga relegation play-offs. The play-offs consists of two rounds. The losers from round one progress to round two. The loser of round two is relegated to the Bayernliga. EV Weiden Blue Devils lost the relegation play-offs and were set to be relegated until the Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs withdrew from the league and were relegated in Weiden's place.https://in-und-um-schweinfurt.de/specials-2/ervinside/hurra-die-mighty-dogs-haben-mit-zdenek-vanc-endlich-ihren-wunschtrainer-bekommen/ Hurra, die Mighty Dogs haben mit Zdenek Vanc endlich ihren Wunschtrainer bekommen SW1.News 22 December 2019 7 April 2020 German Hooray, the Mighty Dogs finally got their dream trainer with Zdenek Vanc 170 Round 1 Round 2 EV Regensburg 1 Schweinfurt Mighty Dogs 3 Deggendorfer SC 3 EV Weiden 1 EV Regensburg 3 EV Weiden 1 Format: Best of five match series' for both rounds Source: www.pointstreak.com Oberliga East Operated by the Berlin Ice Sports Association (LEV-Berlin), Oberliga East covers the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Oberliga East had one team change from the previous season. ECC Preussen Berlin withdrew from the league, leaving Oberliga East with eight teams.https://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2013/08/14/ecc-preussen-berlin-treten-nicht-mehr-in-der-oberliga-ost-an/5f8a90df-db7c-4f7a-a557-2d188aa54ddd.html ECC Preussen Berlin treten nicht mehr in der Oberliga Ost an www.eishockeynews.de 14 August 2013 8 April 2020 German ECC Preussen Berlin no longer compete in the Oberliga East The format for the regular season saw each team play each other four times for a total of 28 matches. The top two teams in the standings at the end of the regular season qualify for the DEL2 promotion play-offs and the bottom six teams progress to the Oberliga Ost Pokal (Oberliga East Cup). Regular season main WL OT complete www.pointstreak.com IL ED SB SW TN FB EC JF 19 4 0 5 163 109 16 3 3 6 146 102 17 2 1 8 113 88 10 3 4 11 120 125 10 2 4 12 93 102 9 1 3 15 101 122 7 2 5 14 89 122 4 3 0 21 98 153 Icefighters Leipzig EHC Erfurt Black Dragons Saale Bulls Halle EHV 09 Schönheider Wölfe ELV Tornado Niesky FASS Berlin ERV Chemnitz 07 EHC Jonsdorfer Falken QR green1 2014 DEL2 Promotion Playoffs blue2 2014 Oberliga East Pokal DPP DPP OEP OEP OEP OEP OEP OEP Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Oberliga Ost Pokal The bottom six teams from the regular season progressed to the Ost Pokal. The Ost Pokal involved two stages, a group stage and an elimination stage. The group stage saw the six teams split into two groups of three teams and was contested between 14 February and 2 March 2014. The top two teams of each group progressed to the elimination stage, which involved three match series' for the semi-finals and final. The elimination matches were played between 7 March and 22 March 2014. Group stage Group A main WL OT complete www.pointstreak.com TN SB EC 3 0 0 1 18 12 1 1 0 2 15 12 1 0 1 2 11 20 ELV Tornado Niesky Saale Bulls Halle ERV Chemnitz 07 QR green1 Pokal elimination stage PES PES Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Group B main WL OT complete www.pointstreak.com SW JF FB 3 0 0 1 19 15 2 0 0 2 15 17 1 0 0 3 15 17 EHV 09 Schönheider Wölfe EHC Jonsdorfer Falken FASS Berlin QR green1 Pokal elimination stage PES PES Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Elimination stage 170 Semi-finals Ost Pokal Final ELV Tornado Niesky 2 EHC Jonsdorfer Falken 1 Saale Bulls Halle 2 EHV Schönheide 09 0 ELV Tornado Niesky 0 Saale Bulls Halle 2 Format: Best of three match series' for both rounds Source: www.pointstreak.com Oberliga West Operated by the Ice Sports Association North Rhine-Westphalia (LEV-NRW), Oberliga West covers the states of Hessen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. For 2013/14, Oberliga West had ten participating teams. Team changes from the previous season included, Rote Teufel Bad Nauheim (promoted to DEL2), Krefeld EV 1981 U23 (withdrawn from league),https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/sport/krefelder-ev-meldet-oberliga-team-ab_aid-15657903 Krefelder EV meldet Oberliga-Team ab Rheinische Post 30 April 2013 10 April 2020 German Krefelder EV ends the Oberliga team EHC Neuwied and Herford EV (relegated to Regionalliga West),https://www.wz.de/nrw/rhein-kreis-neuss/lokalsport/eishockey-neusser-ev-wuerde-aufstiegspflicht-nicht-nachkommen_aid-30043823 Eishockey: Neusser EV würde Aufstiegspflicht nicht nachkommen Westdeutsche Zeitung Bernward Franke 1 April 2013 10 April 2020 German Ice hockey: Neusser EV would not meet the promotion requirement Herner EV 2007, Grefrather EG and Neusser EV (promoted from Regionalliga West) and EHC Dortmund (withdrawn due to missing cut-off date to register team).http://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2013/05/02/oberliga-west-jetzt-soll-sich-auch-die-deg-beworben-haben.html Oberliga West: Jetzt hat sich auch die DEG beworben www.eishockeynews.de 2 May 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131228080112/http://www.eishockeynews.de/aktuell/artikel/2013/05/02/oberliga-west-jetzt-soll-sich-auch-die-deg-beworben-haben.html 28 December 2013 German Oberliga West: Now DEG has also applied The Oberliga West regular season ran from 27 September till 20 December 2013. The league operated with each team playing each other team twice for a total of 18 matches. The top six in the standings qualified for the DEL2 promotion playoffs as well as the Oberliga West championship round. The bottom four teams progressed to the relegation round and were joined by four Regionalliga West teams. Regular season main WL OT complete www.oddsportal.com LF KH FD LH KJ HE ME GE RA NE 17 1 0 0 165 35 14 1 0 3 140 40 13 1 1 3 102 44 11 0 1 6 105 68 9 1 0 8 90 63 6 2 2 8 83 72 5 0 4 9 78 111 3 1 0 14 52 115 3 1 0 14 59 131 1 0 0 17 41 236 Löwen Frankfurt EC Kassel Huskies Füchse Duisburg Lippe-Hockey-Hamm Königsborner JEC Herner EV 2007 ESC Moskitos Essen Grefrather EG Ratinger Ice Aliens Neusser EV QR blue2 Championship round red2 Relegation round CR CR CR CR CR CR RR RR RR RR Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Championship round main WL OT complete www.oddsportal.com LF KH FD LH HE KJ 19 1 0 0 125 30 13 0 1 6 103 58 11 2 0 7 90 59 6 1 3 10 59 112 2 1 3 14 68 125 2 2 0 16 58 119 Löwen Frankfurt EC Kassel Huskies Füchse Duisburg Lippe-Hockey-Hamm Herner EV 2007 Königsborner JEC QR green1 2014 DEL2 Promotion Playoffs DPP DPP DPP DPP DPP DPP Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss Relegation round main WL OT complete www.eliteprospects.com ME RA EN GE EJ NE LF KH 14 0 0 0 139 41 10 1 0 3 100 41 8 0 2 4 70 65 5 2 1 6 70 63 6 0 1 7 51 72 2 3 1 8 53 99 3 1 0 10 43 94 1 0 2 11 41 92 ESC Moskitos Essen (OL) Ratinger Ice Aliens (OL) EHC Neuwied (RL) Grefrather EG (OL) EJ Kassel Huskies U23 (RL) Neusser EV (OL) Löwen Frankfurt U23 (RL) Kölner Haie U23 (RL) QR blue2 Oberliga red2 Regionalliga OB OB OB OB OB OB REL REL Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss DEL2 promotion playoffs The promotion play-offs for the DEL2 were played over two phases. Phase one consisted of twin play-off tournaments. One tournament for Oberliga North, East and West combined and one tournament for Oberliga South. Each of the two play-off tournaments would see two teams qualify for phase two. Phase two consisted of a 10 match, six team round-robin tournament. Joining the four qualified Oberliga teams was the two lowest ranked DEL2 teams from the 2013/14 DEL2 regular season. The top four teams at the end of the tournament would qualify for promotion to DEL2 with the bottom two qualifying for Oberliga. Oberliga North, east, west playoffs The six west qualifiers, four north and two east split up into two groups. The two groups played a ten match round-robin tournament with the winners progressing to qualification phase two.http://pointstreak.com/prostats/playoffstandings.html?leagueid=653&seasonid=12189 Endrunde 2014 www.pointstreak.com 7 April 2020 German Final round 2014 Group A main WL OT www.pointstreak.com true Löwen Frankfurt Lippe-Hockey-Hamm Königsborner JEC EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06 Hannover Indians Icefighters Leipzig LF LH KJ TS HI IL complete 10 0 0 0 91 9 4 1 1 4 41 58 3 1 0 6 43 60 1 0 0 9 30 71 3 0 1 6 35 58 7 0 0 3 63 47 LF IL LH KJ HI TS Q DEL2 green1 DEL2 promotion qualification phase two Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss 11–0 14–0 9–0 9–1 7–2 2–10 7–3 5–4 3–5 3–2 0–7 5–4 10–3 7–2 5–6 0–6 6–7 7–5 4–6 4–7 1–6 5–6 3–6 3–1 5–8 3–12 7–4 7–2 13–1 8–4 Group B main WL OT www.pointstreak.com true EC Kassel Huskies Füchse Duisburg Hannover Scorpions Herner EV 2007 Rostock Piranhas EHC Erfurt Black Dragons KH FD HS HE RP ED complete 8 0 1 1 76 23 7 2 0 1 41 18 4 0 2 4 37 40 3 0 0 7 37 52 2 1 1 6 34 62 2 1 0 7 36 66 KH FD HS HE RP ED Q DEL2 green1 DEL2 promotion qualification phase two Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss 1–2 5–2 13–1 17–4 14–4 2–5 4–3 3–1 4–1 10–1 0–6 2–3 4–5 9–1 4–3 4–2 2–3 2–4 2–4 6–7 2–7 1–5 2–5 6–10 8–3 2–6 1–5 9–4 6–4 0–5 Oberliga South playoffs The eight teams that progressed from the Oberliga South regular season split into two brackets of four teams each. In a best of seven series knock-out format, the winners of each bracket progressed to phase two qualification.http://pointstreak.com/prostats/brackets.html?leagueid=653&seasonid=12402 OL-Süd playoffs 14 www.pointstreak.com 7 April 2020 German Oberliga South playoffs 2014 2 3 10 Semi-finals Finals 1 VER Selb 4 8 Erding Gladiators 0 4 EHC Bayreuth 4 5 EHC Klostersee 2 2 EHC Freiburg 4 7 EV Füssen 2 3 Tölzer Löwen 4 6 EC Peiting 3 F1 VER Selb 3 F2 EHC Bayreuth 0 F1 EHC Freiburg 3 F2 Tölzer Löwen 1 Format: Best of seven match series' Source: www.pointstreak.com DEL2 qualification playoffs For 2014/15, DEL2 was expanding the league size by two teams to fourteen total teams. The league needed an additional two Oberliga teams to be promoted. Joining the Kassel Huskies, Löwen Frankfurt, EHC Freiburg and VER Selb for the qualification tournament was DEL2 teams, Eispiraten Crimmitschau and ESV Kaufbeuren. The six teams played a ten match round-robin format. The top four teams would qualify for the 2014/15 DEL2 season. The bottom two teams would qualify for the 2014/15 Oberliga season. The playoffs ran from 23 March till 21 April 2014. The playoffs resulted in Crimmitschau and Kaufbeuren retaining their DEL2 status. Kassel and Frankfurt were promoted. Freiburg and Selb retained their Oberliga status.http://pointstreak.com/prostats/playoffstandings.html?leagueid=491&seasonid=12587 DEL2 Qualifikationsrunde www.pointstreak.com 8 April 2020 German DEL2 qualification round main WL OT www.pointstreak.com true Eispiraten Crimmitschau (DEL2) EC Kassel Huskies (OL) Löwen Frankfurt (OL) ESV Kaufbeuren (DEL2) EHC Freiburg (OL) VER Selb (OL) EC KH LF EK EF VS complete 7 0 0 3 45 30 5 1 2 2 33 30 P 5 1 1 3 31 21 P 5 1 0 4 33 29 5 0 0 5 36 35 0 0 0 10 19 52 EC KH LF EK EF VS Q DEL2 DEL2 DEL2 DEL2 OL OL green1 DEL2 blue2 Oberliga Tie-break: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored Points: 3 points for regulation win; 2 points for OT or SO win; 1 point for OT or SO loss; 0 points for regulation loss 8–1 2–4 6–5 5–3 2–0 1–6 3–2 3–2 6–1 7–2 3–6 2–1 5–2 2–1 6–0 5–3 2–1 1–0 4–5 4–2 5–2 2–4 4–2 2–4 8–5 3–5 3–6 1–5 2–4 1–5 References External links Germany Ice hockey Official website Elite Prospects home Category:Oberliga (ice hockey) seasons Category:2013–14 in German ice hockey