2022–23 DEL season

2022–23 DEL season
2022–23 DEL season
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	15 September 2022 – 27 April 2023
Number of teams	15
Regular season
Season champions	EHC Red Bull München
Season MVP	Yasin Ehliz
Top scorer	Yasin Ehliz; Andreas Thuresson; (60 points)
Relegated to DEL2	Bietigheim Steelers
Finals
Champions	EHC Red Bull München
Runners-up	ERC Ingolstadt
Finals MVP	Maximilian Kastner
DEL seasons
	← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 29th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 15 September 2022.^[1]

EHC Red Bull München won their fourth title after a finals win over ERC Ingolstadt.^[2]

The season was contested by 15 teams, as the 2021–22 DEL2 champion, Löwen Frankfurt, received a license, replacing the Krefeld Pinguine, who were relegated to the DEL2^[3]^[4]

Teams

Locations of the Teams of the 2022–23 DEL season

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Augsburger Panther	Augsburg	Curt Frenzel Stadium	6,218
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin	Mercedes-Benz Arena	14,200
Bietigheim Steelers	Bietigheim-Bissingen	EgeTrans Arena	4,500
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	EHC Red Bull München	56	36	6	2	12	205	132	+73	122	Playoffs
2	ERC Ingolstadt	56	29	5	6	16	182	142	+40	103
3	Adler Mannheim	56	24	10	7	15	162	136	+26	99
4	Straubing Tigers	56	25	9	5	17	190	166	+24	98
5	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	56	24	6	9	17	172	150	+22	93
6	Kölner Haie	56	25	7	3	21	197	153	+44	92
7	Düsseldorfer EG	56	22	10	5	19	150	137	+13	91	Pre-playoffs
8	Fischtown Pinguins	56	22	6	9	19	153	144	+9	87
9	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	56	22	5	5	24	162	186	−24	81
10	Löwen Frankfurt	56	19	6	10	21	163	174	−11	79
11	Eisbären Berlin	56	18	6	10	22	160	171	−11	76
12	Schwenninger Wild Wings	56	19	5	8	24	144	151	−7	75
13	Iserlohn Roosters	56	19	5	6	26	149	192	−43	73
14	Augsburger Panther	56	11	5	8	32	138	193	−55	51
15	Bietigheim Steelers (R)	56	8	6	4	38	125	225	−100	40	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.
(R) Relegated

Results

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

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

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Playoffs

The playoffs were held between 7 March and 23 April 2023.^[5]

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

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

Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs were played between 7 and 10 March 2023 in a best-of-three mode.

Düsseldorfer EG vs Löwen Frankfurt

7 March 2023	Düsseldorfer EG		5–0	Löwen Frankfurt	PSD Bank Dome	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Alexander Blank – 31:28 Cedric Schiemenz – 33:58 Stephen MacAulay – 36:18		Second period		No scoring
Alexander Barta – 43:05 Daniel Fischbuch (PP) – 56:37		Third period		No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (18 saves / 18 shots)		Goalie stats		Jake Hildebrand (24 saves / 29 shots)

10 March 2023	Löwen Frankfurt		1–5	Düsseldorfer EG	Eissporthalle Frankfurt	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:43 – Victor Svensson (PP) 15:01 – Alec McCrea
Dylan Wruck (PP) – 39:43		Second period		21:44 – Alexander Barta
No scoring		Third period		43:12 – Alexander Blank 49:09 – Alexander Barta
Jake Hildebrand (28 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (19 saves / 20 shots)

Düsseldorf won series 2–0

Fischtown Pinguins vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers

7 March 2023	Fischtown Pinguins		3–1	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
Jan Urbas – 00:58		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		20:14 – Daniel Schmölz (PP)
Jan Urbas (PP) – 48:05 Jan Urbas (EN) – 58:43		Third period		No scoring
Maximilian Franzreb (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Niklas Treutle (16 saves / 19 shots)

10 March 2023	Nürnberg Ice Tigers		2–4	Fischtown Pinguins	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	Recap
No scoring		First period		05:07 – Miha Verlič (PP) 05:37 – Markus Vikingstad
Tim Fleischer (PP) – 28:42 Jakob Ustorf – 30:06		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		49:59 – Alex Friesen 58:44 – Jan Urbas (EN)
Niklas Treutle (22 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (28 saves / 30 shots)

Bremerhaven won series 2–0

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played between 14 and 29 March 2023 in a best-of-seven mode.

EHC Red Bull München vs Fischtown Pinguins

15 March 2023	EHC Red Bull München		1–3	Fischtown Pinguins	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		28:09 – Ross Mauermann 41:26 – Markus Vikingstad
Austin Ortega – 57:50		Third period		59:36 – Markus Vikingstad (EN)
Mathias Niederberger (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (50 saves / 51 shots)

17 March 2023	Fischtown Pinguins		3–2	EHC Red Bull München	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Jacob Virtanen – 25:15		Second period		36:22 – Filip Varejcka 39:45 – Austin Ortega (PP)
Antti Tyrväinen – 44:46 Phillip Bruggisser (PP) – 48:39		Third period		No scoring
Maximilian Franzreb (31 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (23 saves / 26 shots)

19 March 2023	EHC Red Bull München		7–1	Fischtown Pinguins	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Filip Varejcka – 09:42 Trevor Parkes – 12:40 Yasin Ehliz (PP) – 19:45		First period		No scoring
Ben Street – 24:51 Chris DeSousa (PP) – 38:58		Second period		No scoring
Filip Varejcka – 44:49 Justin Schütz – 50:03		Third period		53:16 – Phillip Bruggisser (PP2)
Mathias Niederberger (16 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (24 saves / 31 shots)

22 March 2023	Fischtown Pinguins		1–3	EHC Red Bull München	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
Christian Wejse – 04:54		First period		13:35 – Trevor Parkes (PP)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		46:41 – Patrick Hager 47:56 – Austin Ortega (PS, EA)
Maximilian Franzreb (22 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (15 saves / 16 shots)

24 March 2023	EHC Red Bull München		4–0	Fischtown Pinguins	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Yasin Ehliz (PP) – 17:29		First period		No scoring
Patrick Hager – 28:59 Ben Street – 38:32 Ben Smith – 39:55		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (15 saves / 15 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (27 saves / 31 shots)

26 March 2023	Fischtown Pinguins		1–2	EHC Red Bull München	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Phillip Bruggisser (PP2) – 23:44		Second period		29:29 – Yasin Ehliz
No scoring		Third period		51:18 – Austin Ortega (PP)
Maximilian Franzreb (33 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (21 saves / 22 shots)

Munich won series 4–2

ERC Ingolstadt vs Düsseldorfer EG

15 March 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		5–4	2OT	Düsseldorfer EG	Saturn Arena	Recap
Mirko Höfflin (PP2) – 10:43		First period			No scoring
Charles Bertrand – 25:18		Second period			20:24 – Philip Gogulla 34:26 – Mikko Kousa
Ty Ronning – 52:15 Tye McGinn – 57:10		Third period			36:57 – Stephen Harper (PP) 54:01 – Philip Gogulla
Austin Ortega (EA) – 81:42		Second overtime period			No scoring
Michael Garteig (24 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (45 saves / 50 shots)

17 March 2023	Düsseldorfer EG		1–3	ERC Ingolstadt	PSD Bank Dome	Recap
No scoring		First period		11:33 – Leon Hüttl
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Alexander Ehl – 56:18		Third period		52:17 – Daniel Pietta 59:26 – Justin Feser (EN)
Henrik Haukeland (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Garteig (31 saves / 32 shots)

19 March 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		1–2	OT	Düsseldorfer EG	Saturn Arena	Recap
Fabio Wagner – 05:50		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			55:56 – Stephen MacAulay (PP2)
No scoring		First overtime period			76:38 – Alexander Ehl
Michael Garteig (26 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (37 saves / 38 shots)

21 March 2023	Düsseldorfer EG		1–2	ERC Ingolstadt	PSD Bank Dome	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Daniel Fischbuch (PP) – 27:14		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		53:05 – Maurice Edwards 53:40 – Justin Feser
Henrik Haukeland (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Michael Garteig (12 saves / 13 shots)

24 March 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		7–6	OT	Düsseldorfer EG	Saturn Arena	Recap
Ty Ronning (PP) – 11:23		First period			05:53 – Josef Eham 17:24 – Stephen MacAulay
Wayne Simpson (PP) – 26:16 Frederik Storm (PP) – 35:38		Second period			23:28 – Daniel Fischbuch (PP) 26:31 – Philip Gogulla 30:15 – Alexander Barta 35:57 – Tobias Eder
Mirko Höfflin – 49:57 Wayne Simpson (EA) – 57:14 Ty Ronning (EA) – 59:51		Third period			No scoring
Stefan Matteau – 62:24		First overtime period			No scoring
Michael Garteig (29 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats			Henrik Haukeland (36 saves / 43 shots)

Ingolstadt won series 4–1

Adler Mannheim vs Kölner Haie

14 March 2023	Adler Mannheim		0–4	Kölner Haie	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoling		First period		05:30 – David McIntyre (PP)
No scoring		Second period		22:37 – Andreas Thuresson 23:15 – Carter Proft 35:59 – David McIntyre
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Felix Brückmann (18 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Mirko Pantkowski (28 saves / 28 shots)

17 March 2023	Kölner Haie		1–2	Adler Mannheim	Lanxess Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		14:06 – Taro Jentzsch (PP)
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Nicholas Baptiste (EA) – 58:30		Third period		41:50 – Ryan MacInnis
Mirko Pantkowski (29 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (13 saves / 14 shots)

19 March 2023	Adler Mannheim		2–3	2OT	Kölner Haie	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Tyler Gaudet (PP) – 21:17		Second period			31:41 – Mark Olver (PP) 35:27 – Nicholas Bailen
Matthias Plachta (PP, EA) – 58:43		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		Second overtime period			86:03 – David McIntyre
Arno Tiefensee (26 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats			Mirko Pantkowski (37 saves / 39 shots)

21 March 2023	Kölner Haie		3–7	Adler Mannheim	Lanxess Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		00:16 – Matthias Plachta 05:21 – Mark Katic 15:53 – Taro Jentzsch (PP)
Moritz Müller – 25:11		Second period		28:09 – David Wolf
Nicholas Baptiste – 41:54 Mark Olver – 45:05		Third period		43:42 – Stefan Loibl (PP) 50:27 – Stefan Loibl 54:47 – Tim Wohlgemuth
Mirko Pantkowski (15 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (32 saves / 35 shots)

24 March 2023	Adler Mannheim		4–3	Kölner Haie	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
David Wolf – 37:05		Second period		25:00 – Nicholas Baptiste 28:31 – Jan Luca Sennhenn 32:08 – Brady Austin
Matthias Plachta – 52:26 David Wolf (EA) – 59:28 Nico Krämmer – 59:41		Third period		No scoring
Arno Tiefensee (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Mirko Pantkowski (29 saves / 33 shots)

26 March 2023	Kölner Haie		2–3	Adler Mannheim	Lanxess Arena	Recap
Maximilian Kammerer – 19:54		First period		No scoring
Andreas Thuresson (PP) – 34:47		Second period		23:38 – David Wolf 29:12 – Matthias Plachta 30:03 – Borna Rendulić
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mirko Pantkowski (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (27 saves / 29 shots)

Mannheim won series 4–2

Straubing Tigers vs Grizzlys Wolfsburg

14 March 2023	Straubing Tigers		5–3	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Mike Connolly (SH) – 09:27		First period		No scoring
Jason Akeson – 29:09 JC Lipon – 37:24		Second period		20:47 – Jordan Murray 26:59 – Fabio Pfohl 38:28 – Björn Krupp
Brandon Manning – 41:27 Marcel Brandt – 52:20		Third period		No scoring
Hunter Miska (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (18 saves / 23 shots)

17 March 2023	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		3–1	Straubing Tigers	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Gerrit Fauser – 39:35		Second period		No scoring
Trevor Mingoia (PP) – 56:55 Spencer Machacek (EN) – 59:45		Third period		53:02 – Travis Turnbull (PP)
Dustin Strahlmeier (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Miska (21 saves / 24 shots)

19 March 2023	Straubing Tigers		1–2	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Jason Akeson (PP) – 09:39		First period		03:08 – Matt Lorito
No scoring		Second period		39:36 – J.C. Beaudin (PP)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Hunter Miska (20 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (23 saves / 24 shots)

22 March 2023	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		1–3	Straubing Tigers	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
No scoring		First period		06:44 – Marcel Brandt 09:28 – Marcel Brandt
J.C. Beaudin (PP) – 23:31		Second period		28:48 – Parker Tuomie
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Strahlmeier (38 saves / 41 shots)		Goalie stats		Hunter Miska (25 saves / 27 shots)

24 March 2023	Straubing Tigers		5–0	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Travis St. Denis – 21:41 Mike Connolly – 29:54 Travis St. Denis (PP) – 35:19		Second period		No scoring
Mark Alt – 42:53 Michael Connolly (SH, EN) – 59:07		Third period		No scoring
Hunter Miska (28 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (36 saves / 41 shots)

26 March 2023	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		4–3	OT	Straubing Tigers	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Darren Archibald – 00:22		First period			02:21 – Travis St. Denis
No scoring		Second period			27:23 – Joshua Samanski
J.C. Beaudin – 44:12 J.C. Beaudin (PP) – 56:58		Third period			45:45 – Luke Adam
Spencer Machacek – 61:34		First overtime period			No scoring
Dustin Strahlmeier (30 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats			Hunter Miska (25 saves / 29 shots)

29 March 2023	Straubing Tigers		1–3	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Travis St. Denis – 11:47		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		28:22 – Laurin Braun 34:46 – Darren Archibald
No scoring		Third period		49:28 – Luis Schinko
Hunter Miska (13 saves / 16 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (27 saves / 28 shots)

Wolfsburg won series 4–3

Semifinals

The semifinals were played between 31 March and 12 April 2023 in a best-of-seven mode.

EHC Red Bull München vs Grizzlys Wolfsburg

31 March 2023	EHC Red Bull München		5–2	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Trevor Parkes – 01:25 Emil Johansson – 06:44		First period		No scoring
Maximilian Kastner – 27:18 Andreas Eder (PP) – 28:59		Second period		22:42 – Matt Lorito 39:48 – Gerrit Fauser
Yasin Ehliz – 53:23		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (38 saves / 43 shots)

2 April 2023	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		3–2	EHC Red Bull München	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Tyler Morley – 15:12 Darren Archibald – 15:31		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		27:41 – Filip Varejcka
Spencer Machacek (PP) – 47:34		Third period		53:04 – Patrick Hager
Dustin Strahlmeier (44 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (14 saves / 17 shots)

4 April 2023	EHC Red Bull München		3–5	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Yasin Ehliz (PP) – 37:49 Chris DeSousa (SH) – 39:51		Second period		22:33 – Spencer Machacek 28:12 – Trevor Mingoia 33:48 – Dustin Jeffrey 38:38 – Tyler Morley (SH)
Zach Redmond (PP) – 44:25		Third period		49:41 – Spencer Machacek
Mathias Niederberger (20 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (46 saves / 49 shots)

6 April 2023	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		1–3	EHC Red Bull München	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Darren Archibald – 19:27		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		40:30 – Ben Smith 44:25 – Konrad Abeltshauser 59:43 – Yasin Ehliz (EN)
Dustin Strahlmeier (23 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (15 saves / 16 shots)

8 April 2023	EHC Red Bull München		3–2	OT	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Chris DeSousa – 00:54 Austin Ortega – 04:06		First period			06:00 – Laurin Braun
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			49:11 – Spencer Machacek (PP)
Patrick Hager – 63:17		First overtime period			No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (23 saves / 25 shots)		Goalie stats			Dustin Strahlmeier (34 saves / 37 shots)

10 April 2023	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		3–2	EHC Red Bull München	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Trevor Mingoia – 17:45		First period		No scoring
Tyler Morley – 21:08 Fabio Pfohl – 34:42		Second period		33:20 – Andreas Eder (PP)
No scoring		Third period		40:47 – Chris DeSousa
Dustin Strahlmeier (44 saves / 46 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (11 saves / 14 shots)

12 April 2023	EHC Red Bull München		7–2	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Justin Schütz – 02:46 Yasin Ehliz – 10:56		First period		No scoring
Chris DeSousa (PP) – 26:28 Trevor Parkes (PP) – 28:44 Patrick Hager (PP) – 31:05		Second period		35:05 – Laurin Braun (PP) 37:20 – Darren Archibald
Filip Varejcka (EN) – 56:42		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (12 saves / 14 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (39 saves / 46 shots)

Munich won series 4–3

ERC Ingolstadt vs Adler Mannheim

31 March 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		1–3	Adler Mannheim	Saturn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Tye McGinn – 20:47		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		51:59 – Ryan MacInnis 57:05 – Lean Bergmann 58:39 – Stefan Loibl (EN)
Kevin Reich (16 saves / 19 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (25 saves / 26 shots)

2 April 2023	Adler Mannheim		3–6	ERC Ingolstadt	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		17:07 – Justin Feser (PP)
Markus Eisenschmid – 26:32 Matthias Plachta (PP) – 29:20		Second period		25:28 – Colton Jobke
Thomas Larkin – 52:23		Third period		42:13 – Ty Ronning 43:44 – Daniel Pietta (PP) 44:00 – Frederik Storm 58:40 – Leon Hüttl (PP)
Arno Tiefensee (23 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Reich (17 saves / 20 shots)

4 April 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		1–2	Adler Mannheim	Saturn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Stefan Matteau – 26:19		Second period		26:37 – Matthias Plachta 34:56 – Jordan Szwarz (PP)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Kevin Reich (22 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (28 saves / 29 shots)

6 April 2023	Adler Mannheim		0–1	ERC Ingolstadt	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		20:48 – Leon Hüttl
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Arno Tiefensee (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Reich (26 saves / 26 shots)

8 April 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		4–1	Adler Mannheim	Saturn Arena	Recap
Ty Ronning – 00:08		First period		No scoring
Tye McGinn – 39:22		Second period		38:17 – Taro Jentzsch
Stefan Matteau – 58:54 Enrico Henriquez-Morales (EN) – 59:43		Third period		No scoring
Kevin Reich (25 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Arno Tiefensee (24 saves / 28 shots)

10 April 2023	Adler Mannheim		0–2	ERC Ingolstadt	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		03:25 – Wayne Simpson
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		59:59 – Stefan Matteau
Arno Tiefensee (9 saves / 11 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Reich (27 saves / 27 shots)

Ingolstadt won series 4–2

Final

The final was played between 14 and 23 April 2023 in a best-of-seven mode.

14 April 2023	EHC Red Bull München		2–1	ERC Ingolstadt	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Trevor Parkes – 01:33		First period		No scoring
Frederik Tiffels – 27:34		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		42:01 – Wojciech Stachowiak
Mathias Niederberger (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Reich (17 saves / 19 shots)

16 April 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		1–7	EHC Red Bull München	Saturn Arena	Recap
Maury Edwards – 00:35		First period		00:49 – Konrad Abeltshauser 01:30 – Filip Varejcka 02:21 – Maximilian Kastner 09:34 – Konrad Abeltshauser
No scoring		Second period		28:58 – Austin Ortega (PP) 36:10 – Yasin Ehliz (PP)
No scoring		Third period		52:27 – Justin Schütz (SH)
Kevin Reich (26 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (15 saves / 16 shots)

18 April 2023	EHC Red Bull München		3–4	ERC Ingolstadt	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Ben Smith – 09:06 Justin Schütz – 19:31		First period		05:04 – Wojciech Stachowiak 15:05 – Frederik Storm (PP)
Patrick Hager – 37:09		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		54:21 – Wojciech Stachowiak 55:03 – Tye McGinn
Mathias Niederberger (23 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Stettmer (22 saves / 25 shots)

21 April 2023	ERC Ingolstadt		0–3	EHC Red Bull München	Saturn Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		Ben Smith – 47:18 Ryan McKiernan (EN) – 59:05 Maximilian Kastner (EN) – 59:34
Jonas Stettmer (29 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (15 saves / 15 shots)

23 April 2023	EHC Red Bull München		3–1	ERC Ingolstadt	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Maximilian Kastner – 12:42		First period		06:12 – Ty Ronning
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Andreas Eder (PP) – 51:53 Filip Varejcka (EN) – 58:25		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (28 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Jonas Stettmer (24 saves / 27 shots)

Munich won series 4–1

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Andreas Thuresson	Kölner Haie	51	22	38	60	+28	26	F
Yasin Ehliz	EHC Red Bull München	56	21	39	60	+33	18	F
Carter Rowney	Löwen Frankfurt	55	21	37	58	+20	14	F
Louis-Marc Aubry	Kölner Haie	53	19	37	56	+26	45	F
Marcel Noebels	Eisbären Berlin	55	16	40	56	−4	12	F
Austin Ortega	EHC Red Bull München	56	27	28	55	+21	8	F
Spencer Machacek	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	55	27	28	55	0	21	F
Maximilian Kammerer	Kölner Haie	55	24	31	55	+27	10	F
Taylor Leier	Straubing Tigers	55	21	34	55	+22	23	F
Dustin Jeffrey	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	54	12	41	53	0	22	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.^[7]

Player	Team	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Joacim Eriksson	Schwenninger Wild Wings	2710	110	2.44	1457	92.5	4
Maximilian Franzreb	Fischtown Pinguins	1938	72	2.23	947	92.4	2
Dustin Strahlmeier	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	2352	91	2.32	1161	92.2	5
Henrik Haukeland	Düsseldorfer EG	3095	112	2.17	1397	92.0	3
Felix Brückmann	Adler Mannheim	2012	73	2.18	854	91.5	2

Awards

The awards were announced on 11 March and the Finals MVP on 23 April 2023.^[8]^[2]

Award	Player
Player of the year	Yasin Ehliz
Goaltender of the year	Henrik Haukeland
Defenceman of the year	Nick Bailen
Rookie of the year	Bennt Roßmy
Coach of the year	Mark French
Finals MVP	Maximilian Kastner

References

^ "Rahmentermine der PENNY DEL Saison 22/23". penny-del.org. 31 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Red Bull München ist Champion der PENNY DEL 2023". penny-del.org. 23 April 2023.
^ "Clubs reichen Unterlagen für die PENNY DEL-Saison 2022/23 ein". penny-del.org. 25 May 2022.
^ "Alle 15 Clubs erhalten die Lizenz für die kommende Saison". penny-del.org. 28 June 2022.
^ "PENNY DEL veröffentlicht Playoff-Termine 2023". penny-del.org. 5 March 2023.
^ Player stats
^ Goaltender stats
^ "Yasin Ehliz ist Spieler des Jahres der PENNY DEL". del.org. 11 March 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Rahmentermine der PENNY DEL Saison 22/23". penny-del.org. 31 May 2022.

[MVP-2] "Red Bull München ist Champion der PENNY DEL 2023". penny-del.org. 23 April 2023.

[3] "Clubs reichen Unterlagen für die PENNY DEL-Saison 2022/23 ein". penny-del.org. 25 May 2022.

[4] "Alle 15 Clubs erhalten die Lizenz für die kommende Saison". penny-del.org. 28 June 2022.

[7] "PENNY DEL veröffentlicht Playoff-Termine 2023". penny-del.org. 5 March 2023.

[8] Player stats

[9] Goaltender stats

[10] "Yasin Ehliz ist Spieler des Jahres der PENNY DEL". del.org. 11 March 2023.

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