2002–03 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season

The DEL 2002/03 season was the ninth season of the German Ice Hockey League. The regular season began on 6 September 2002 and ended on March 9, 2003, the play- off round was played on March 12. German masters were the Krefeld Penguins. Since the Schwenningen Wild Wings ERC permit withdrawn due to an ongoing bankruptcy proceeding, sporting relegated Frankfurt Lions was allowed to remain in the league.

• 2.1 Final Table
• 2.2 Rankings

• 4.1 Play-off Tree
• 4.2 quarterfinals
• 4.3 Semi-finals
• 4.4 final

Requirements

Participant

1 in the previous year Munich Barons

Mode and rules

While the top eight teams in the preliminary round for the play- offs qualified, the two last placed played in a play -down round against relegation. For the teams ranked nine to twelve the season had ended after the first round.

Preliminary round

After the license of the Munich Barons to Hamburg was changed, the newly founded Hamburg Freezers played a surprisingly good season in which they were severed from last to eighth and thus advance a play- off place. With an average attendance of 10,713 and a tight quarter-final defeat against the Berlin Freezers finally ended their first season. The Iserlohn Roosters of the DEL club with the smallest budget, could also surprise and missed under coach Greg Poss only about the play-offs, as they occupied at the end with a point behind Hamburg Rank 9.

Final Table

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, W = Wins, SOS = Wins after the shootout, SON = Losses after the shootout, L = Losses, (M) = titleholder, (N) = newbie Notes: = qualifying for the play-offs, = season ended, = Play -downs

Rankings

Play -downs

The two bottom team Frankfurt Lions and Schwenningen ERC Wild Wings played from March 12 in a play -down serial mode " Best of Seven" against relegation.

Although the distance at the end of the main round was 25 points, won the Schwenningen Wild Wings the relegation round against the Frankfurt Lions who stood firm so as sporting relegated. However, since insolvency proceedings have been opened against the Wild Wings, the SERC, the license was revoked, and he had to join the in the lower leagues and Frankfurt was allowed to remain in the DEL.

Play-offs

Play-off - tree

Quarterfinals

The quarter-final was played from 12 March 2003 " Best of Seven" mode. The best-placed team in the main round, the polar bears Berlin, met the eighth-placed Hamburg Freezers, the second-place Kölner Haie on the Seventh Kassel Huskies, the third party, the DEG Metro Stars, on the sixth placed Krefeld Penguins and the fourth-placed Adler Mannheim at the Nuremberg Ice Tigers who completed the main round in fifth place.

Semifinal

The semi-finals were held from March and as the finale in the " Best of Five" mode 28. The highest ranked team in the first round still remaining met the schlechtplatzierteste while the Zweitbestplatzierte the first round hit the Drittbestplatzierten.

The Berlin lost thus surprising the semi-finals against the Krefeld Penguins, although the polar bears had finished the preliminary round with 109 points first, and thus were considered to be the top favorite for the championship.

Final

The final series was played from 11 April. The Kölner Haie had the first home right because of their better placement in the main round.

The biggest surprise of the season, Krefeld Penguins were for the second time in their history German masters. After two wins in the first two games, the Penguins were on the verge ( 1996/97 against Kassel ) to be in accordance with the Adler Mannheim as a second team in the DEL history with a sweep, ie a series without a defeat, German champion. This was also the Bundesliga times only the EC Hedos Munich in the final series of the season 1993/94 has succeeded against the Düsseldorf EC. Due to the tight 3-2 victory in the third game were able Cologne Krefeld, however, not to create it. Because of the play-off victory against Dusseldorf, Berlin and Cologne was in Krefeld circles jokingly the victory slogan " Landeshauptstadtbesieger, Bundeshauptstadtbesieger, Karnevalsvereinbesieger, German Champion 2003 " was coined.

Squad of the German Master

Goalkeepers: Roger Nordström, Robert Mueller

Defender: Paul Dyck, Christian Ehrhoff, Daniel Kunce, Dan Lambert, Syarhey Stas, Andreas Raubal, Darryl Shannon, Mario Doyon

Attacker: Thomas Brandl, Steffen Ziesche, Gary Shuchuk, David Musial, Brad Purdie, Patrik Augusta, Günther Oswald Jonas Lanier, Christoph Brandner, Stephane Barin, Bill Bowler, Adrian Grygiel, Sandy Moger

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• German Ice Hockey League
• Hockey 2002
• Hockey 2003