2011–12 DEL season

The 2011–12 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 18th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Eisbären Berlin won the league championship after posting the top record during the regular season.

2011–12 DEL season
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sport	Ice Hockey
Number of games	728
Number of teams	14
Total attendance	2,205,541 (6,059 per game)
Regular season
Season champions	Eisbären Berlin
Top scorer	Norm Milley (EHC Wolfsburg)
Finals
Champions	Eisbären Berlin

Teams

Augsburger Panther

Eisbären Berlin

DEG Metro Stars

Hamburg Freezers

Hannover Scorpions

ERC Ingolstadt

Iserlohn Roosters

Kölner Haie

Krefeld Pinguine

Adler Mannheim

EHC München

Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers

Straubing Tigers

Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg

Teams of the 2011–12 DEL season

Team	City	Arena
Augsburger Panther	Augsburg	Curt Frenzel Stadium
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	O2 World
DEG Metro Stars	Düsseldorf	ISS Dome
Hamburg Freezers	Hamburg	Color Line Arena
Hannover Scorpions	Hanover	TUI Arena
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	Eissporthalle Iserlohn
Kölner Haie	Cologne	Lanxess Arena
Krefeld Pinguine	Krefeld	König Palast
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	SAP Arena
EHC München	Munich	Olympia Eishalle
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	Nuremberg Arena
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	Eisstadion am Pulverturm
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Eisarena Wolfsburg

Regular season

	Team	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Goals	Points
1.	Eisbären Berlin	52	26	3	4	2	1	16	171:140	95
2.	ERC Ingolstadt	52	26	3	2	2	3	16	168:150	93
3.	EHC Wolfsburg	52	25	2	4	1	3	17	174:122	91
4.	Adler Mannheim	52	23	4	3	3	4	15	171:148	90
5.	Hamburg Freezers	52	22	3	3	2	3	19	149:149	83
6.	Straubing Tigers	52	20	4	4	1	3	20	161:151	80
7.	DEG Metro Stars	52	18	2	5	5	4	17	162:167	80
8.	Augsburger Panther	52	20	5	1	1	6	19	135:131	79
9.	Kölner Haie	52	21	0	4	5	2	20	135:145	78
10.	Iserlohn Roosters	52	19	1	5	4	4	19	150:150	77
11.	EHC München	52	17	2	4	4	4	21	124:135	71
12.	Krefeld Pinguine	52	18	0	4	2	5	23	126:153	69
13.	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	52	13	5	0	2	4	28	122:165	55
14.	Hannover Scorpions	52	12	2	4	2	1	31	119:161	51

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime win, SOW = Shootout win, OTL = Overtime loss, SOL = Shootout loss, L = Loss
Color code:    = Direct Playoff qualification,    = Playoff qualification round,    = No playoff^[1]

Playoffs

Playoff qualifications

The playoff qualifications were played between March 14, and 16, 2012 in a Best-of-three mode.

			1	2	3
DEG Metro Stars	2–0	Iserlohn Roosters	4–1	7–4	–
Augsburger Panther	0–2	Kölner Haie	1–5	1–3	–

Playoff bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	1	Eisbären Berlin	4
	9	Kölner Haie	0
						1	Eisbären Berlin	3
						6	Straubing Tigers	1
	3	EHC Wolfsburg	0
	6	Straubing Tigers	4
											1	Eisbären Berlin	3
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
											4	Adler Mannheim	2
	4	Adler Mannheim	4
	5	Hamburg Freezers	1
						2	ERC Ingolstadt	1
						4	Adler Mannheim	3
	2	ERC Ingolstadt	4
	7	DEG Metro Stars	1

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals will be played in a Best-of-seven mode starting March 21 until April 3, 2012.

			1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Eisbären Berlin	4–0	Kölner Haie	5–1	4–2	3–1	3–0	–	–	–
Adler Mannheim	4–1	Hamburg Freezers	4–0	8–1	1–2	3–1	3–1	–	–
EHC Wolfsburg	0–4	Straubing Tigers	1–2	0–7	1–3	3–7	–	–	–
ERC Ingolstadt	4–1	DEG Metro Stars	5–3	1–5	3–2 (OT)	6–1	4–3	–	–

Semifinals

The semifinals were played in a Best-of-five mode starting April 5 to 11, 2012.

			1	2	3	4	5
Eisbären Berlin	3–1	Straubing Tigers	4–1	4–1	1–3	4–2
ERC Ingolstadt	1–3	Adler Mannheim	1–4	3–4	3–0	2–6

Finals

The finals will be played in a Best-of-five mode starting April 15 to 24, 2012.

			1	2	3	4	5
Eisbären Berlin	3–2	Adler Mannheim	2–0	1–4	1–2	6–5 (OT)	3–1