The 2007–08 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 14th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; English: German Ice Hockey League). Fifteen teams played after the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg received the license and were admitted to play in the DEL. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 56 regular-season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fifteen, the season ended. No club was relegated from the DEL in this season.

2007–08 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season
LeagueDeutsche Eishockey Liga
SportIce hockey
Number of teams15
2007–08
Season championsEisbären Berlin
DEL seasons

The Eisbären Berlin (English: Berlin Polar Bears) won their third championship in four years.

Regular season

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The final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.

Team GP W OTW SOW OTL SOL L Goals Points
1. Sinupret Ice Tigers 56 33 1 3 3 5 11 206:144 115
2. Eisbären Berlin 56 33 2 3 3 1 14 231:165 113
3. Kölner Haie 56 28 6 3 4 3 12 192:146 109
4. Frankfurt Lions 56 24 5 3 4 5 15 188:172 97
5. Iserlohn Roosters 56 25 4 4 4 1 18 208:196 96
6. Adler Mannheim 56 24 3 5 2 2 20 180:174 92
7. Hamburg Freezers 56 23 1 4 1 7 20 194:171 87
8. Hannover Scorpions 56 20 4 3 3 9 17 171:171 86
9. DEG Metro Stars 56 23 2 3 3 3 22 169:173 85
10. ERC Ingolstadt 56 19 7 4 3 1 22 180:190 83
11. Krefeld Pinguine 56 22 2 1 3 5 23 191:193 80
12. Augsburger Panther 56 16 3 4 3 2 28 158:187 67
13. Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg 56 14 2 3 2 1 34 152:202 55
14. Straubing Tigers 56 12 0 4 4 2 34 132:197 50
15. EV Duisburg 56 10 3 2 3 2 36 142:213 45
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
Player Club Games Goals Assists Points
  Robert Hock Iserlohn Roosters 56 24 63 87
  Steve Walker Eisbären Berlin 53 27 58 85
  Peter Sarno Hamburg Freezers 56 26 48 74
  Michael Wolf Iserlohn Roosters 56 44 27 71
  Ivan Čiernik Kölner Haie 56 38 28 66

Playoffs

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The four rounds of the 2007-08 play-offs were played under the following system:

  • Preliminary round: Best-of-three
  • First round: Best-of-seven
  • Semi finals: Best-of-five
  • Finals: Best-of-five

Unlike the regular season, in the play-offs games will not be decided by penalty shoot-outs but in overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).

First round Semi final Final
         
1 Sinupret Ice Tigers 1
9 DEG Metro Stars 4
9 DEG Metro Stars 2
2 Eisbären Berlin 3
2 Eisbären Berlin 4
7 Hamburg Freezers 1
2 Eisbären Berlin 3
3 Kölner Haie 1
3 Kölner Haie 4
6 Adler Mannheim 1
3 Kölner Haie 3
4 Frankfurt Lions 2
4 Frankfurt Lions 4
5 Iserlohn Roosters 3

Qualifying round

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Qualifications

Series 1 2 3 RS
Hamburg Freezers ERC Ingolstadt 2:1 3:5 5:4 OT 4:3 [1:3]
Hannover Scorpions DEG Metro Stars 1:2 4:3 2:4 1:2 OT [2:2]
RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime

Quarterfinals

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Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7
Sinupret Ice Tigers DEG Metro Stars 3-2 1-3 1-2 3-6 2-3
Eisbären Berlin Hamburg Freezers 2-4 7-4 6-1 6-1 4-3 OT
Kölner Haie Adler Mannheim 4-3 1-2 5-4 OT 4-3 OT 4-1
Frankfurt Lions Iserlohn Roosters 4-3 OT 2-3 OT 3-4 OT 1-5 4-2 4-0 4-3

Semi finals

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Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Eisbären Berlin DEG Metro Stars 4-1 3-4 4-3 OT 1-5 3-1
Kölner Haie Frankfurt Lions 7-1 4-5 OT 2-1 OT 3-4 3-2

Finals

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Team Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
Eisbären Berlin Kölner Haie 3-2 OT 1-2 4-3 2-1 OT

Top scorers

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Player Club Games Goals Assists Points
  Nathan Robinson Eisbären Berlin 13 4 11 15
  Ivan Ciernik Kölner Haie 14 11 2 13
  Chris Taylor Frankfurt Lions 12 5 8 13
  Peter Sarno Hamburg Freezers 8 4 9 13
  Sven Felski Eisbären Berlin 13 3 10 13
  Jason Young Frankfurt Lions 12 3 10 13

References

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