2023–24 DEL season

2023–24 DEL season
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	14 September 2023 – 30 April 2024
Regular season
Season champions	Fischtown Pinguins
Season MVP	Nicolas Mattinen
Top scorer	Jan Urbas (51 points)
Relegated to DEL2	Augsburger Panther
Finals
DEL seasons
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The 2023–24 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season is the 30th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.^[1] It started on 14 September 2023 and will end on 30 April 2024.^[2]^[3]

EHC Red Bull München are the defending champions.^[4]

Format

The teams will play a quadruple round-robin for 52 games each, playing every other team four times. After the regular season, places one to six are qualified for the playoffs, while place seven to ten will play in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs will be played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season is relegated to DEL2.

Teams

Locations of the Teams of the 2023–24 DEL season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Augsburger Panther	Augsburg	Curt Frenzel Stadium	6,218
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,200
Fischtown Pinguins	Bremerhaven	Eisarena Bremerhaven	4,674
Düsseldorfer EG	Düsseldorf	PSD Bank Dome	13,400
Löwen Frankfurt	Frankfurt	Eissporthalle Frankfurt	6,000
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena	4,815
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	Eissporthalle Iserlohn	5,000
Kölner Haie	Cologne	Lanxess Arena	18,500
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	SAP Arena	13,600
EHC Red Bull München	Munich	Olympia Eishalle	6,256
Nürnberg Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	7,810
Schwenninger Wild Wings	Villingen-Schwenningen	Helios Arena	6,215
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	6,000
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	4,660

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fischtown Pinguins	52	29	7	6	10	162	116	+46	107	Playoffs
2	Eisbären Berlin	52	29	6	3	14	181	134	+47	102
3	Straubing Tigers	52	25	7	5	15	167	130	+37	94
4	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	52	26	2	5	19	152	145	+7	87
5	EHC Red Bull München	52	26	2	4	20	156	134	+22	86
6	Schwenninger Wild Wings	52	24	5	3	20	159	145	+14	85
7	Adler Mannheim	52	21	6	5	20	147	149	−2	80	Pre-playoffs
8	Kölner Haie	52	20	6	6	20	155	158	−3	78
9	ERC Ingolstadt	52	17	7	8	20	132	138	−6	73
10	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	52	18	3	10	21	148	175	−27	70
11	Düsseldorfer EG	52	14	7	6	25	135	156	−21	62
12	Löwen Frankfurt	52	15	5	3	29	144	161	−17	58
13	Iserlohn Roosters	52	13	6	6	27	125	183	−58	57
14	Augsburger Panther	52	12	6	5	29	138	177	−39	53	Relegated to DEL2

Source: DEL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away	AUG	BER	BRE	DÜS	FRA	ING	ISE	KÖL	MAN	MUN	NÜR	SCH	STR	WOL	AUG	BER	BRE	DÜS	FRA	ING	ISE	KÖL	MAN	MUN	NÜR	SCH	STR	WOL
Augsburger Panther	—	1–4	1–4	2–4	2–3	1–4	2–1^[a]	4–1	2–3^[b]	7–2	5–3	5–2	1–7	1–2	—	2–3	1–3	1–3	5–2	2–3^[a]	1–2^[a]	1–5	2–6	4–3	6–2	3–2^[b]	1–4	1–3
Eisbären Berlin	6–5	—	2–4	1–4	3–1	2–1^[b]	0–3	0–1^[b]	1–3	6–2	5–0	5–3	3–4^[b]	6–9	6–3	—	1–2	4–2	4–3	2–3^[b]	6–4	5–4^[a]	3–2	2–1^[b]	3–2^[b]	2–3	3–2^[a]	2–1
Fischtown Pinguins	3–2	3–4^[a]	—	4–2	0–4	3–2^[a]	1–2	5–2	2–4	2–5	3–1	6–0	2–0	6–2	4–0	5–1	—	5–4	2–1	2–1	5–1	1–2^[a]	4–3^[a]	2–1^[b]	5–2	4–1	5–3	6–5^[a]
Düsseldorfer EG	0–1^[b]	2–3	3–4^[a]	—	3–7	2–3	2–1^[a]	7–1	4–1	3–1	1–2	5–4	1–4	2–5	4–5	1–3	6–5^[b]	—	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–3^[b]	3–2	1–3	6–5^[a]	6–3	5–3	1–2
Löwen Frankfurt	2–4	2–5	4–2	4–2	—	2–4	2–3	6–4	4–5	2–4	6–2	5–3	3–2	2–3	4–3^[b]	2–5	2–3	1–3	—	3–2	0–3	6–3	5–3	4–5	1–4	3–4^[a]	3–2^[b]	4–5
ERC Ingolstadt	6–3	1–4	2–3^[a]	3–2^[a]	2–3^[b]	—	7–1	5–4	2–3^[b]	2–0	3–5	7–2	1–2^[a]	2–5	1–4	0–4	3–2^[a]	4–3^[a]	1–4	—	0–2	3–5	4–0	2–1	5–4^[a]	3–5	1–0	5–1
Iserlohn Roosters	2–6	2–8	1–5	1–2^[a]	5–2	2–3^[b]	—	3–6	7–4	2–5	5–4^[a]	2–7	4–3^[b]	4–2	5–2	3–5	2–4	2–4	4–0	2–3^[b]	—	2–5	2–5	1–3	1–4	3–5	4–3^[b]	3–1
Kölner Haie	4–3^[b]	2–5	2–3	3–4^[b]	4–3	4–1	3–4^[b]	—	3–4	1–5	5–1	3–1	2–3	1–5	3–2	2–3	3–2	3–1	3–2^[b]	2–3^[b]	4–5	—	1–6	3–6	4–2	5–1	3–0	2–3
Adler Mannheim	5–4^[b]	4–2	1–3	3–2	3–2	2–1	4–2	0–4	—	4–3^[b]	6–2	3–5	0–1	4–1	3–4^[b]	1–3	1–2	2–3^[b]	3–2^[a]	1–3	4–2	1–0	—	3–2	3–2^[b]	1–4	1–5	6–4
EHC Red Bull München	5–1	4–6	2–1	4–2	5–2	3–5	4–0	2–5	5–1	—	5–3	3–0	2–4	0–1	4–5	3–6	4–2	2–1	2–1	2–1^[a]	3–2	3–2^[a]	6–1	—	5–3	7–3	6–4	2–1
Nürnberg Ice Tigers	5–2	2–10	3–0	4–1	2–3^[a]	0–2	8–2	1–4	5–2	2–1	—	1–4	5–3	3–2	1–2^[a]	1–4	4–2	5–3	1–3	2–3	3–0	4–3^[b]	4–3^[a]	2–1	—	3–2	3–4	4–5^[a]
Schwenninger Wild Wings	2–1	4–1	1–2	5–2	6–3	6–3	3–1	2–3	2–1^[b]	3–1	3–4^[a]	—	4–3	5–0	5–2	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–3^[b]	4–2	5–1	4–1	3–1	3–2^[b]	2–1^[a]	—	3–2	2–3
Straubing Tigers	4–1	6–2	4–3^[a]	2–1^[a]	2–0	3–1	3–2^[b]	3–4	3–5	4–2	7–4	4–1	—	0–2	4–1	4–1	4–3^[a]	4–1	2–1	4–2	2–4	3–1	3–6	2–1	4–3^[a]	6–3	—	6–3
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	4–3	0–5	1–3	9–4	3–2	4–1	2–3^[a]	4–5^[a]	2–1	2–3	3–1	3–4^[a]	2–1^[b]	—	5–4	2–1	2–3	1–2^[a]	2–4	3–1	7–0	5–0	0–3	2–0	2–4	2–1	4–6	—

Source: DEL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Playoffs

The playoffs will be held between 10 March and 30 April 2024. The first round was played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.^[5]

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

			1	Fischtown Pinguins	4
7	Adler Mannheim	2	9	ERC Ingolstadt	0
10	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	0				1	Fischtown Pinguins	4
						5	EHC Red Bull München	1
			2	Eisbären Berlin	4	(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
			7	Adler Mannheim	1
									1	Fischtown Pinguins	0
									2	Eisbären Berlin	0
			3	Straubing Tigers	4
8	Kölner Haie	1	6	Schwenninger Wild Wings	3
9	ERC Ingolstadt	2				2	Eisbären Berlin	4
						3	Straubing Tigers	1
			4	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	0
			5	EHC Red Bull München	4

Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs were played between 10 and 14 March 2024 in a best-of-three mode.

Adler Mannheim vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers

10 March 2024	Adler Mannheim		2–1	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	SAP Arena	Recap
David Wolf (PP) – 12:24		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Daniel Fischbuch – 50:00		Third period		59:07 – Tim Fleischer (PP, EA)
Arno Tiefensee (13 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		Niklas Treutle (30 saves / 32 shots)

12 March 2024	Nürnberg Ice Tigers		3–6	Adler Mannheim	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	Recap
Evan Barratt – 00:29		First period		18:22 – Leon Gawanke
No scoring		Second period		29:04 – Ryan MacInnis (PP) 37:32 – Tyler Gaudet
Constantin Braun – 47:51 Danjo Leonhardt (PP) – 56:52		Third period		48:18 – Jordan Szwarz 58:38 – David Wolf (EN) 59:56 – Daniel Fischbuch (EN)
Niklas Treutle (30 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (30 saves / 33 shots)

Mannheim won series 2–0

Kölner Haie vs ERC Ingolstadt

10 March 2024	ERC Ingolstadt		1–5	Kölner Haie	Saturn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		04:51 – Justin Schütz 19:43 – Justin Schütz
Patrik Virta – 37:25		Second period		20:49 – Alexandre Grenier 28:55 – Justin Schütz 33:32 – Gregor MacLeod (PP)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Michael Garteig (15 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Tobias Ančička (29 saves / 30 shots)

13 March 2024	Kölner Haie		2–3	ERC Ingolstadt	Lanxess Arena	Recap
David McIntyre – 07:15		First period		00:32 – Maury Edwards 10:43 – Casey Bailey (PP)
Frederik Storm – 38:19		Second period		35:22 – Charles Bertrand
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Tobias Ančička (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Garteig (39 saves / 41 shots)

14 March 2024	Kölner Haie		2–4	ERC Ingolstadt	Lanxess Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:06 – Jan Nijenhuis
Brady Austin – 30:00		Second period		31:20 – Philipp Krauß 35:29 – Casey Bailey
Gregor MacLeod (PP) – 41:44		Third period		59:23 – Brandon Kozun (PP, EN)
Tobias Ančička (19 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Garteig (30 saves / 32 shots)

Ingolstadt won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played between 16 and 30 March 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.

Fischtown Pinguins vs ERC Ingolstadt

17 March 2024	Fischtown Pinguins		6–4	ERC Ingolstadt	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
Ross Mauermann – 02:14 Skyler McKenzie – 18:48		First period		No scoring
Colt Conrad – 22:02 Ross Mauermann – 25:31		Second period		32:45 – Travis St. Denis (PP2) 33:49 – Maurice Edwards (PP)
Christian Wejse (PP) – 52:43 Markus Vikingstad (EN) – 59:59		Third period		46:38 – Charles Bertrand 58:37 – Wayne Simpson (EA)
Kristers Gudļevskis (18 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Garteig (12 saves / 16 shots)

20 March 2024	ERC Ingolstadt		3–4	OT	Fischtown Pinguins	Saturn Arena	Recap
Mat Bodie – 06:34		First period			No scoring
Philipp Krauß – 22:14 Maurice Edwards – 29:26		Second period			28:27 – Miha Verlič
No scoring		Third period			40:51 – Jan Urbas 42:27 – Christian Wejse
No scoring		First overtime period			64:17 – Colt Conrad
Michael Garteig (32 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Kristers Gudļevskis (15 saves / 18 shots)

22 March 2024	Fischtown Pinguins		4–3	OT	ERC Ingolstadt	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
No scoring		First period			16:34 – Mirko Höfflin
Alex Friesen (PP2) – 21:03 Miha Verlič – 28:32		Second period			39:17 – Charles Bertrand
Ross Mauermann – 53:39		Third period			43:09 – Wojciech Stachowiak
Jan Urbas – 64:28		First overtime period			No scoring
Kristers Gudļevskis (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats			Michael Garteig (33 saves / 37 shots)

24 March 2024	ERC Ingolstadt		1–3	Fischtown Pinguins	Saturn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:00 – Markus Vikingstad
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Wojciech Stachowiak (PP, EA) – 56:16		Third period		41:37 – Ross Mauermann 45:54 – Dominik Uher (PP)
Michael Garteig (14 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Kristers Gudļevskis (26 saves / 27 shots)

Bremerhaven won series 4–0

Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim

17 March 2024	Eisbären Berlin		1–7	Adler Mannheim	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:44 – Tom Kühnhackl 06:32 – Stefan Loibl
No scoring		Second period		35:54 – Kris Bennett (EA) 36:20 – Keaton Thompson
Ty Ronning – 43:54		Third period		42:26 – Stefan Loibl 50:08 – Ryan MacInnis (PP) 59:20 – Denis Reul
Jake Hildebrand (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (28 saves / 29 shots)

20 March 2024	Adler Mannheim		2–4	Eisbären Berlin	SAP Arena	Recap
Stefan Loibl – 01:15 David Wolf – 04:20		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		27:16 – Ty Ronning 28:13 – Marcel Noebels 28:58 – Lean Bergmann
No scoring		Third period		58:10 – Tobias Eder
Arno Tiefensee (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Hildebrand (34 saves / 36 shots)

22 March 2024	Eisbären Berlin		3–2	Adler Mannheim	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Yannick Veilleux – 08:57 Kai Wissmann (PP) – 13:49		First period		No scoring
Blaine Byron (PP) – 27:42		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		42:52 – Leon Gawanke (PP) 53:25 – Ryan MacInnis (PP)
Jake Hildebrand (35 saves / 37 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (27 saves / 30 shots)

24 March 2024	Adler Mannheim		1–3	Eisbären Berlin	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		16:20 – Marcel Noebels
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Jordan Szwarz – 51:21		Third period		57:49 – Tobias Eder (PP) 58:33 – Manuel Wiederer (EN)
Arno Tiefensee (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Hildebrand (35 saves / 36 shots)

26 March 2024	Eisbären Berlin		3–2	Adler Mannheim	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Julian Melchiori – 00:59		First period		17:12 – Matthias Plachta
Zach Boychuk (PP2) – 30:18		Second period		No scoring
Zach Boychuk – 57:33		Third period		54:25 – John Gilmour (PP)
Jake Hildebrand (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (14 saves / 17 shots)

Berlin won series 4–1

Straubing Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings

16 March 2024	Straubing Tigers		5–2	Schwenninger Wild Wings	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
JC Lipon – 26:57 Nicolas Mattinen (PP) – 29:28 JC Lipon – 30:19		Second period		34:07 – Chris Brown
Justin Braun – 52:04 Mark Zengerle (EN) – 58:44		Third period		43:10 – Alexander Karachun
Florian Bugl (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Joacim Eriksson (24 saves / 29 shots)

19 March 2024	Schwenninger Wild Wings		5–1	Straubing Tigers	Helios Arena	Recap
Johannes Huß – 00:16 Tylor Spink – 01:17 Phil Hungerecker – 10:34		First period		No scoring
Tyson Spink – 31:58		Second period		23:14 – Mike Connolly
Chris Brown (PP) – 46:07		Third period		No scoring
Joacim Eriksson (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Florian Bugl (22 saves / 27 shots)

22 March 2024	Straubing Tigers		3–4	OT	Schwenninger Wild Wings	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
No scoring		First period			00:59 – Phil Hungerecker (SH) 09:09 – Alexander Karachun (PP) 19:54 – Daniel Pfaffengut (PP)
JC Lipon – 31:14 Tim Brunnhuber – 35:13		Second period			No scoring
Marcel Brandt (PP2) – 49:45		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			76:26 – Tyson Spink (EA)
Florian Bugl (6 saves / 9 shots)		Goalie stats			Joacim Eriksson (46 saves / 49 shots)

24 March 2024	Schwenninger Wild Wings		1–5	Straubing Tigers	Helios Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		07:00 – Tyler Sheehy 16:08 – JC Lipon
Phil Hungerecker – 30:35		Second period		24:14 – Marcel Brandt 28:18 – Michael Clarke 36:36 – Matt Bradley (PP)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Joacim Eriksson (12 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Miska (25 saves / 26 shots)

26 March 2024	Straubing Tigers		3–2	Schwenninger Wild Wings	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Sandro Schönberger – 18:20		First period		No scoring
JC Lipon – 20:17 Cole Fonstad – 30:48		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		54:31 – Zachary Senyshyn 58:18 – Alexander Karachun (EA)
Hunter Miska (18 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Joacim Eriksson (21 saves / 24 shots)

28 March 2024	Schwenninger Wild Wings		4–0	Straubing Tigers	Helios Arena	Recap
Tylor Spink – 06:49		First period		No scoring
Phil Hungerecker (SH) – 21:10 Kyle Platzer – 38:53		Second period		No scoring
Kyle Platzer – 53:47		Third period		No scoring
Joacim Eriksson (33 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Miska (14 saves / 17 shots)

30 March 2024	Straubing Tigers		3–2	Schwenninger Wild Wings	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Stephan Daschner – 13:59 Cole Fonstad – 17:45		First period		No scoring
JC Lipon (PP, EA) – 23:17		Second period		Thomas Larkin – 53:29
No scoring		Third period		Tyson Spink – 56:28
Hunter Miska (21 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Joacim Eriksson (15 saves / 18 shots)

Straubing won series 4–3

Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs EHC Red Bull München

16 March 2024	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		3–6	EHC Red Bull München	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
No scoring		First period		08:44 – Patrick Hager 11:24 – Chris DeSousa
Chris Wilkie – 26:32 Luis Schinko – 29:03		Second period		29:24 – Chris DeSousa 30:03 – Nico Krämmer 36:40 – Trevor Parkes
Ryan O'Connor – 50:52		Third period		59:39 – Konrad Abeltshauser
Dustin Strahlmeier (30 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (25 saves / 28 shots)

19 March 2024	EHC Red Bull München		7–3	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Patrick Hager – 09:47		First period		No scoring
Nico Krämmer – 24:45 Maximilian Kastner (PP) – 37:48 Trevor Parkes – 38:36		Second period		20:36 – Ryan O'Connor (PP) 23:52 – Matt White (PP) 28:56 – Gerrit Fauser
Chris DeSousa (PP) – 47:19 Trevor Parkes – 47:45 Nico Krämmer (EN) – 54:28		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (32 saves / 39 shots)

22 March 2024	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		3–4	EHC Red Bull München	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Matt White – 02:54		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		23:10 – Gerrit Fauser 27:25 – Patrick Hager 37:40 – Patrick Hager (PP)
Justin Feser – 45:25 Darren Archibald (EA) – 59:43		Third period		47:48 – Ben Street
Hannibal Weitzmann (36 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (28 saves / 31 shots)

24 March 2024	EHC Red Bull München		2–1	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Veit Oswald (EA) – 39:26		Second period		36:27 – Gerrit Fauser (SH)
Filip Varejcka – 45:13		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Hannibal Weitzmann (25 saves / 27 shots)

Munich won series 4–0

Semifinals

The quarterfinals were played between 1 and 14 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.

Fischtown Pinguins vs EHC Red Bull München

1 April 2024	Fischtown Pinguins		3–0	EHC Red Bull München	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
Jan Urbas (PP) – 05:06		First period		No scoring
Markus Vikingstad – 21:58 Dominik Uher – 27:15		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Kristers Gudļevskis (30 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (22 saves / 25 shots)

3 April 2024	EHC Red Bull München		2–3	OT	Fischtown Pinguins	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
No scoring		First period			13:47 – Markus Vikingstad
Markus Eisenschmid – 33:04 Maximilian Daubner – 36:23		Second period			25:01 – Miha Verlič (PP)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			73:09 – Phillip Bruggisser (EA)
Mathias Niederberger (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Kristers Gudļevskis (29 saves / 31 shots)

5 April 2024	Fischtown Pinguins		0–4	EHC Red Bull München	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:27 – Konrad Abeltshauser
No scoring		Second period		24:05 – Trevor Parkes
No scoring		Third period		52:58 – Maximilian Kastner (PP) 57:54 – Chris DeSousa (EA)
Kristers Gudļevskis (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (19 saves / 19 shots)

7 April 2024	EHC Red Bull München		2–3	Fischtown Pinguins	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Jonathon Blum – 09:43		First period		01:19 – Ross Mauermann 04:29 – Christian Wejse (PP) 05:35 – Jan Urbas (PP)
Chris DeSousa – 27:24		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (18 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Kristers Gudļevskis (22 saves / 24 shots)

9 April 2024	Fischtown Pinguins		3–0	EHC Red Bull München	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jan Urbas – 31:35		Second period		No scoring
Phillip Bruggisser (PP2) – 50:16 Phillip Bruggisser (SH) – 58:16		Third period		No scoring
Kristers Gudļevskis (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (28 saves / 31 shots)

Bremerhaven won series 4–1

Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers

1 April 2024	Eisbären Berlin		3–1	Straubing Tigers	Uber Arena	Recap
Kai Wissmann – 11:04		First period		No scoring
Manuel Wiederer – 23:20 Blaine Byron – 28:03		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		58:00 – Tyler Sheehy (PP, EA)
Jake Hildebrand (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Miska (17 saves / 20 shots)

3 April 2024	Straubing Tigers		3–4	3OT	Eisbären Berlin	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Philip Samuelsson – 14:52		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			37:16 – Jonas Müller 39:08 – Leonhard Pföderl (PP)
Joshua Samanski – 49:00 Cole Fonstad – 55:54		Third period			43:13 – Blaine Byron
No scoring		Third overtime period			110:40 – Lean Bergmann (EA)
Florian Bugl (42 saves / 45 shots)		Goalie stats			Jake Hildebrand (61 saves / 64 shots)

5 April 2024	Eisbären Berlin		3–2	Straubing Tigers	Uber Arena	Recap
Ty Ronning (PP) – 09:02 Yannick Veilleux – 16:52		First period		17:20 – Cole Fonstad
Marcel Noebels (PP) – 21:47		Second period		33:04 – Adrian Klein
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Jake Hildebrand (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Florian Bugl (15 saves / 18 shots)

7 April 2024	Straubing Tigers		3–2	Eisbären Berlin	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Cole Fonstad – 09:18		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		29:45 – Frederik Tiffels
Mark Zengerle – 42:26 Joshua Samanski – 49:34		Third period		53:28 – Blaine Byron (PP)
Hunter Miska (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Hildebrand (22 saves / 25 shots)

10 April 2024	Eisbären Berlin		3–2	OT	Straubing Tigers	Uber Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Marcel Noebels (PP) – 23:42		Second period			30:17 – Philip Samuelsson
Tobias Eder – 41:29		Third period			40:49 – Justin Scott
Ty Ronning – 67:00		First overtime period			No scoring
Jake Hildebrand (28 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Miska (26 saves / 29 shots)

Berlin won series 4–1

Final

The final will be played between 17 and 30 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.

17 April 2023

Fischtown Pinguins

Eisbären Berlin

Eisarena Bremerhaven

19 April 2023

21 April 2023

Eisarena Bremerhaven

23 April 2023

26 April 2023

Eisarena Bremerhaven

28 April 2023

30 April 2023

Eisarena Bremerhaven

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.^[6]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Jan Urbas	Fischtown Pinguins	47	21	31	52	+20	16	F
Gregor MacLeod	Kölner Haie	47	10	40	50	+14	20	F
Žiga Jeglič	Fischtown Pinguins	52	14	36	50	+15	16	F
Kenny Agostino	Düsseldorfer EG	48	14	34	48	−2	26	F
Marcel Noebels	Eisbären Berlin	50	13	34	47	+18	8	F
Maximilian Kammerer	Kölner Haie	52	20	26	46	0	26	F
Nicolas Mattinen	Straubing Tigers	52	16	30	46	+14	36	D
Andy Miele	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	52	14	32	46	0	47	F
Matthias Plachta	Adler Mannheim	36	21	24	45	+13	20	F
Michael Dal Colle	Iserlohn Roosters	50	16	29	45	−8	10	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.^[7]

Player	Team	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Hannibal Weitzmann	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	661	22	2.00	332	93.79	1
Maximilian Franzreb	Fischtown Pinguins	339	12	2.12	180	93.86	1
Ilya Andryukhov	Fischtown Pinguins	134	4	1.79	48	92.31	0
Florian Bugl	Straubing Tigers	1364	46	2.02	531	92.03	0
Joacim Eriksson	Schwenninger Wild Wings	2429	95	2.35	1066	91.82	3

Awards

The awards were announced on 11 March 2024.^[8]

Award	Player
Player of the year	Nicolas Mattinen
Goaltender of the year	Kristers Gudļevskis
Defenceman of the year	Nicolas Mattinen
Forward of the year	Justin Schütz
Youth player of the year	Veit Oswald
Coach of the year	Steve Walker
Finals MVP

References

^ "MagentaSport erzielt neue DEL-Rekordwerte in allen Bereichen und erweitert die Zuschauerschaft – DEL geht in ihre 30. Saison". eishockey-magazin.de. 26 April 2023.
^ "PENNY DEL zieht positives Saisonfazit". penny-del.org. 26 April 2023.
^ "DEL-Spielplan: DEG eröffnet gegen Meister, zwei Heimspiele für Köln". wdr.de. 3 July 2023.
^ "Erfolgstrainer Jackson führt München erneut zum Titel". spiegel.de. 23 April 2023.
^ "PENNY DEL veröffentlicht Playoff-Termine 2024". penny-del.org. 7 February 2024.
^ Player stats
^ Goaltender stats
^ "Nicolas Mattinen ist Spieler des Jahres in der PENNY DEL". del.org. 11 March 2024.

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Format

Teams

Regular season

Standings

Results

Playoffs

Bracket

Pre-playoffs

Adler Mannheim vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers

Kölner Haie vs ERC Ingolstadt

Quarterfinals

Fischtown Pinguins vs ERC Ingolstadt

Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim

Straubing Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings

Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs EHC Red Bull München

Semifinals

Fischtown Pinguins vs EHC Red Bull München

Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers

Final

Statistics

Scoring leaders

Leading goaltenders

Awards

References

External links