2015–16 DEL2 season

2015–16 DEL2 season DEL2 Ice Hockey 11 September 2015–April 2016 14 364 (52 per team) Regular season Bietigheim Steelers Finals EC Kassel Huskies Bietigheim Steelers DEL2 seasons DEL2 2014–15 DEL2 season 2014–15 2016–17 DEL2 season 2016–17 The 2015–16 DEL2 season was the third season since the founding of the DEL2, the second tier of German ice hockey, set below the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The regular season started on 11 September 2015 and was completed on 1 March 2016,http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga/2015-16/0/-1/spieltag.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150912190314/http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga/2015-16/0/-1/spieltag.html dead September 12, 2015 DEL 2 - Spieltag / Tabelle Kicker Kicker (sports magazine) 13 March 2016 de DEL2 Match day/Table followed by the play-offs, which finished on 22 April 2016 with EC Kassel Huskies winning the league title. In the 2015–16 season the league was the best-supported second-tier ice hockey league in Europe with an average of 2,688 spectators per game.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/attendance-2015-2016/ EUROPEAN ATTENDANCE RANKING PUBLISHED iihf.com International Ice Hockey Federation 28 June 2016 Modus Fourteen teams played a regular season where each team played the other twice home and away. The teams placed first to sixth directly qualified for the play-offs while the teams placed seventh to tenth played a pre-play-off in the best-of-three format. The remained of the play-offs were staged in a best-of-seven format. The teams placed eleventh to fourteenth qualified for the play-downs, also played in the best-of-seven format with the losers of the first round advancing to the second. The loser of the second round was nominally relegated,http://www.del-2.org/spielmodus/ Spielmodus del-2.org DEL2 website 13 March 2016 de Modus but Heilbronn retained its league place once more after the Fischtown Penguins were elevated to the DEL for the following season. The league champion does not have the right for direct promotion to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga but, in September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated.https://www.kicker.de/del_rueckkehr-zu-auf--und-abstieg-fahrplan-steht-634670/artikel DEL: Rückkehr zu Auf- und Abstieg? Fahrplan steht! 8 September 2015 Kicker Kicker (sports magazine) 13 March 2016 de DEL: Return of relegation and promotion? Schedule decided! After DEL club Hamburg Freezers returned their licence in May 2016 the Fischtown Pinguins announced that they had applied for a DEL licence and were interested in taking up Hamburg's place in the league, with the DEL intending to keep the number of clubs in the league at 14.https://www.kicker.de/hamburg-weint---bremerhaven-hofft-652657/artikel Hamburg weint - Bremerhaven hofft 25 May 2015 Kicker Kicker (sports magazine) 26 May 2016 de Hamburg in tears - Bremerhaven hopes On 1 July 2016 it was announced that the Pinguins had been granted a DEL licence for 2016–17.https://www.kicker.de/bremerhaven-wird-del-standort-654892/artikel Bremerhaven wird DEL-Standort 1 July 2015 Kicker Kicker (sports magazine) 2 July 2016 de Bremerhaven joins the DEL Regular season The regular season saw one new club in the league, EHC Freiburg while the Heilbronner Falken, originally relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season, remained in the league after EV Landshut was relegated for financial reasons.http://www.del-2.org/nachrichten/del2/2032-heilbronner_falken_komplettieren_die_del2.html Heilbronner Falken komplettieren die DEL2 24 July 2015 del-2.org DEL2 website 13 March 2016 de Modus Heilbronner Falken remain in DEL2 main WL OT complete kicker.de BIE FIS RAV KAS LÖW BAD DRE STA RIE EIS LAU KAU FRE HEI 34 3 3 12 207 130 31 7 4 10 203 135 24 10 0 18 202 136 23 8 7 14 201 164 26 3 5 18 181 146 24 4 8 16 158 158 23 6 5 18 193 164 21 6 5 20 176 124 18 5 6 23 165 176 20 1 4 27 158 188 15 5 5 27 121 166 15 1 9 27 153 199 14 4 5 29 128 179 7 6 3 36 131 225 Bietigheim Steelers Fischtown Pinguins Ravensburg Towerstars EC Kassel Huskies Löwen Frankfurt EC Bad Nauheim Dresdner Eislöwen Starbulls Rosenheim SC Riessersee Eispiraten Crimmitschau Lausitzer Füchse ESV Kaufbeuren EHC Freiburg Heilbronner Falken C P 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored. A A A A A A a a a a b b b b Q green1 Advanced to playoffs blue1 Advanced to pre-playoffs yellow1 Advanced to play-downs Playoffs Championship The championship play-offs:http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/esbg-play-offs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211727/http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/esbg-play-offs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html dead March 3, 2016 DEL 2 Play-offs - 2016 Kicker Kicker (sports magazine) 13 March 2016 de 0 0 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) 7 Dresdner Eislöwen 2 10 Crimmitschau 1 8 SB Rosenheim 2 9 SC Riessersee 1 1 Bietigheim Steelers 4 8 SB Rosenheim 1 3 Ravensburg 4 6 EC Bad Nauheim 1 2 Fischtown Pinguins 3 7 Dresdner Eislöwen 4 4 EC Kassel Huskies 4 5 Löwen Frankfurt 0 1 Bietigheim Steelers 4 7 Dresdner Eislöwen 1 3 Ravensburg 2 4 EC Kassel Huskies 4 1 Bietigheim Steelers 0 4 EC Kassel Huskies 4 Relegation The relegation play-offs:http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga-play-downs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160313111625/http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga-play-downs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html dead March 13, 2016 DEL 2 Play-downs - 2016 Kicker Kicker (sports magazine) 13 March 2016 de 9 Lausitzer Füchse 4 12 Heilbronner Falken 1 10 ESV Kaufbeuren 3 11 EHC Freiburg 4 12 Heilbronner Falken 3 10 ESV Kaufbeuren 4 References External links Official website Category:2015–16 in European second tier ice hockey leagues 2015-16 DEL2 Category:2015–16 in German ice hockey