2022–23 DEL2 season

2022–23 DEL2 season
LeagueDEL2
SportIce Hockey
Duration16 September 2022 – 25 April 2023
Games364 (52 per team)
Teams14
TV partner(s)Sprade TV
eoTV
Regular season
Season championsEC Kassel Huskies
Top scorerMarcel Müller
(Krefeld Pinguine)
Promoted to DELnone
Relegated to OberligaHeilbronner Falken
Playoffs
ChampionsRavensburg Towerstars
  Runners-upEC Bad Nauheim

The 2022–23 DEL2 season was the tenth season of play for DEL2, the second tier of professional ice hockey in Germany. The Regular season ran from 16 September 2022 to 5 March 2023 with EC Kassel Huskies finishing atop the standings. The postseason ran from 8 March 2023 to 25 April 2023 with the Ravensburg Towerstars defeating the EC Bad Nauheim 4 games to 1 to win the championship. Despite winning the championship, Ravensburg was unable to reach a licensing agreement with the DEL and remained in DEL2.[1] The Heilbronner Falken were relegated to the Oberliga. Despite saving themselves in relegation, the Bayreuth Tigers were removed from the league due to losing their license with DEL2 after the season.[2]

Membership changes

Teams

DEL2 teams for the 2022–23 season.
2022–23 DEL2 teams
Team City Arena Head Coach
Bayreuth Tigers Bayreuth Kunsteisstadion Rich Chernomaz
Dresdner Eislöwen Dresden EnergieVerbund Arena Andreas Brockmann
EC Bad Nauheim Bad Nauheim Colonel-Knight-Stadion Harry Lange
EC Kassel Huskies Kassel Eissporthalle Kassel Bohuslav Subr
EHC Freiburg Freiburg Franz Siegel Stadion Robert Hoffmann
Eisbären Regensburg Regensburg Donau Arena Maximilian Kaltenhauser
Eispiraten Crimmitschau Crimmitschau Eisstadion im Sahnpark Marian Bazany
ESV Kaufbeuren Kaufbeuren Erdgas Schwaben Arena Marko Raita
EV Landshut Landshut Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg Heiko Vogler
Heilbronner Falken Heilbronn Kolbenschmidt Arena Martin Jiranek
Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Yayla Arena Boris Blank
Lausitzer Füchse Weißwasser Eisstadion Weißwasser Petteri Väkiparta
Ravensburg Towerstars Ravensburg Eissporthalle Ravensburg Tim Kehler
Selber Wölfe Selb Hutschenreuther Eissporthalle Sergej Waßmiller

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 EC Kassel Huskies 52 40 4 3 5 212 109 +103 131 Championship Playoffs
2 Ravensburg Towerstars 52 27 3 6 16 169 146 +23 93
3 ESV Kaufbeuren 52 25 4 7 16 165 125 +40 90
4 Krefeld Pinguine 52 23 6 7 16 167 145 +22 88
5 Dresdner Eislöwen 52 21 9 6 16 156 130 +26 87
6 EC Bad Nauheim 52 23 5 3 21 168 167 +1 82
7 EV Landshut 52 20 5 7 20 164 172 −8 77 Championship Pre-playoffs
8 EHC Freiburg 52 21 3 4 24 158 176 −18 73
9 Lausitzer Füchse 52 17 7 7 21 131 147 −16 72
10 Eisbären Regensburg 52 17 6 5 24 149 168 −19 68
11 Eispiraten Crimmitschau 52 17 4 8 23 136 155 −19 67 Relegation Playdowns
12 Heilbronner Falken 52 14 8 6 24 160 179 −19 64
13 Selber Wölfe 52 13 10 3 26 145 180 −35 62
14 Bayreuth Tigers 52 8 4 6 34 125 206 −81 38
Source: www.kicker.de www.del-2.org
Rules for classification:
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

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[3]

Player Team POS GP G A PTS PIM
Marcel Müller Krefeld Pinguine C/LW 50 24 46 70 26
Hunter Garlent Lausitzer Füchse C 52 28 35 63 24
Tor Immo EHC Freiburg LW/RW 47 26 35 61 32
Alex Tonge Heilbronner Falken C/LW 52 19 40 59 16
Jacob Lagacé ESV Kaufbeuren C/RW 46 17 38 55 31
Ville Järveläinen Bayreuth Tigers RW 49 23 31 54 14
Tim Coffman EC Bad Nauheim C/RW 52 22 31 53 18
Zach Magwood Krefeld Pinguine C/RW 50 26 26 52 33
Corey Trivino Eisbären Regensburg C 47 25 26 51 2
Marco Pfleger EV Landshut RW 50 23 28 51 22

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 1/3 of their team's minutes, are included in this list.[4]

Player Team GP TOI W L GA SA SO GAA SV%
Jake Kielly EC Kassel Huskies 23 1400 22 1 46 579 1 1.97 .926
Jerry Kuhn EC Kassel Huskies 29 1732 22 7 61 714 2 2.11 .921
Daniel Fießinger ESV Kaufbeuren 40 2369 24 16 85 944 0 2.15 .917
Janick Schwendener Dresdner Eislöwen 41 2432 26 15 88 937 5 2.17 .914
Ville Kolppanen Lausitzer Füchse 25 1527 12 13 62 780 0 2.44 .926

Playoffs

Championship

Pre-playoffs
(best-of-3) 		Quarterfinals
(best-of-7) 		Semifinals
(best-of-7) 		Championship
(best-of-7)
1 EC Kassel Huskies 4 2 4 4 - - -
7 EV Landshut 5 3 - 9 Lausitzer Füchse 1 1 1 1 - - -
10 Eisbären Regensburg 1 2 - 1 EC Kassel Huskies 6 1 3 0 2 2 -
6 EC Bad Nauheim 3 4 4 1 1 8 -
2 Ravensburg Towerstars 4 4 2 2 6* 2 5 (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
7 EV Landshut 1 2 4 3* 5 5 0
6 EC Bad Nauheim 2 3 2 1 3 - -
2 Ravensburg Towerstars 4 0 5 3 7 - -
3 ESV Kaufbeuren 2 3 3 1 - - -
8 EHC Freiburg 6 1 3 6 EC Bad Nauheim 4 5 4 5 - - -
9 Lausitzer Füchse 1 5 6 2 Ravensburg Towerstars 5 2 1 5 5 - -
4 Krefeld Pinguine 4 0 3 4 4 - -
4 Krefeld Pinguine 4 6 3* 1 2 2 4
5 Dresdner Eislöwen 2 3 2 2 3* 6 2


Relegation

Semifinals
(best-of-7) 		Finals
(best-of-7)
                  
11 Eispiraten Crimmitschau 3 4 1 2 3 5 -
14 Bayreuth Tigers 0 0 3 5 2 2 -
14 Bayreuth Tigers 2 3 1 3 4 5 -
12 Heilbronner Falken 4 2 4 2 2 0 -
12 Heilbronner Falken 1 5 3 3 2 1 -
13 Selber Wölfe 2 8 2 2 3 5 -

References

  1. ^ "Die Ravensburg Towerstars sind DEL2-Meister 2023" [The Ravensburg Towerstars are DEL2 champion 2023]. Hockey Web (in German). 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Bayreuth Tigers erhalten keine Lizenz für die DEL2" [Bayreuth Tigers don't receive licence for DEL2] (in German). DEL2. 2023-06-30.
  3. ^ Player stats
  4. ^ Goaltender stats
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