2021–22 DEL season

2021–22 DEL season
2021–22 DEL season
League	Deutsche Eishockey Liga
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	9 September 2021 – 4 May 2022
Number of teams	15
Regular season
Season champions	Eisbären Berlin
Season MVP	Riley Sheen
Top scorer	Jason Akeson; (68 points)
Finals
Champions	Eisbären Berlin
Runners-up	EHC Red Bull München
Finals MVP	Frank Hördler

The 2021–22 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 28th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 9 September 2021 and ended on 4 May 2022.^[1]

The season was contested by 15 teams, as the 2020–21 DEL2 champion SC Bietigheim Steelers received a license.^[2]^[3]^[4] In February 2022, the DEL announced that only one team would be relegated, after only the Löwen Frankfurt applied for a license.^[5]

Teams

2021–22 DEL season is located in Germany

Teams of the 2021–22 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	ISS Dome	13,400
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena	4,815
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	Eissporthalle Iserlohn	5,000
Kölner Haie	Cologne	Lanxess Arena	18,500
Krefeld Pinguine	Krefeld	König Palast	9,000
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	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Eisbären Berlin	55	34	1	8	12	194	139	+55	.679	Playoffs
2	EHC Red Bull München	56	28	6	10	12	196	140	+56	.631
3	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	56	27	9	5	15	166	139	+27	.619
4	Straubing Tigers	54	29	1	7	17	188	158	+30	.593
5	Adler Mannheim	54	24	10	1	19	165	129	+36	.574
6	Fischtown Pinguins	55	23	7	4	21	162	148	+14	.527
7	ERC Ingolstadt	55	21	5	10	19	176	158	+18	.503	Pre-playoffs
8	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	54	22	4	7	21	163	177	−14	.500
9	Düsseldorfer EG	56	19	7	5	25	153	165	−12	.452
10	Kölner Haie	56	15	11	7	23	155	175	−20	.440
11	Augsburger Panther	52	16	4	11	21	137	169	−32	.429
12	Iserlohn Roosters	54	15	7	8	24	159	177	−18	.414
13	Bietigheim Steelers	56	16	8	4	28	155	207	−52	.405
14	Schwenninger Wild Wings	55	15	6	6	28	135	164	−29	.382
15	Krefeld Pinguine (R)	56	10	12	5	29	144	203	−59	.351	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	ING	ISE	KÖL	KRE	MAN	MUN	NÜR	SCH	STR	WOL	AUG	BER	BIE	BRE	DÜS	ING	ISE	KÖL	KRE	MAN	MUN	NÜR	SCH	STR	WOL
Augsburger Panther	—	2–4	3–1	4–3	1–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–4	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–2	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–1	4–2	6–4	0–5	—	3–2	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–5	3–0	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–2	1–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	7–4	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	1–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	9–4	4–2	4–2	0–1
Eisbären Berlin	3–1	—	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5–2	1–3	6–3	4–1	5–3	2–5	0–3	1–4	1–3	1–3	5–4	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5–1	—	5–1	5–1	6–7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–2	3–1	6–2	3–1	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–4	4–3	3–6	3–1
Bietigheim Steelers	2–4	2–4	—	3–10	5–2	5–4	3–2	4–3	1–4	2–4	6–3	1–2	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–6	0–4	4–0	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—	0–2	4–3	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–4	1–9	1–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5–4	1–9	5–4	5–2	1–3	0–4
Fischtown Pinguins	5–0	0–4	8–2	—	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–3	1–3	3–7	4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5–4	4–3	6–5	2–4	1–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—	3–2	2–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–2	2–4	4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–0	6–4	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3–1	2–3	2–5
Düsseldorfer EG	5–3	4–7	4–1	5–2	—	3–2	2–4	1–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–5	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–4	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0–3	6–1	—	3–0	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–1	4–1	1–4	0–6	5–4	2–3	4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–3
ERC Ingolstadt	5–2	5–2	5–3	4–2	5–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	4–1	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–1	4–0	3–6	7–2	2–1	8–1	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3–4	4–2	0–3	3–1	—	3–0	2–5	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–4	10–1	7–0	3–4	3–5
Iserlohn Roosters	5–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–7	2–5	2–1^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–1	3–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	5–6^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–4	2–0	2–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–1	3–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5–2	2–3	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5–6	3–4	2–5	—	7–3	5–2	6–3	3–6	4–5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	5–1
Kölner Haie	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–2	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2–0	1–6	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–1	—	1–0	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–3	4–2	5–1	2–5	2–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–7	7–3	1–4	0–3	1–0^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	4–2	1–5	2–5	2–1	4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–3	3–1
Krefeld Pinguine	3–1	1–3	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–4	4–6	4–5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–3	0–6	—	2–3	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2–3	3–5	1–5	2–5	5–4	1–5	2–5	6–4	6–3	1–6	1–7	3–1	—	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–5	1–5
Adler Mannheim	7–1	3–2	6–2	1–0	2–4	4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	6–1	2–0	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2	4–3	4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–7	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–4	4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	0–2	4–1	4–3	2–4	1–3	6–1	—	5–1	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–0	3–1	4–1
EHC Red Bull München	4–3	1–3	2–0	3–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5–3	4–0	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	6–4	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2–5	—	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	4–2	6–3	2–3	2–1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–2	7–3	1–0	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	9–1	5–0	4–5	5–1	5–2	—	4–1	4–3	0–2	2–4
Nürnberg Ice Tigers	5–1	2–6	3–0	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	1–4	5–2	4–3	6–1	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2	2–4	—	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	6–3	4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–2	1–5	4–3	1–2	3–0	6–2	7–4	6–2	1–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–1	—	3–6	4–3	3–2
Schwenninger Wild Wings	3–0	0–4	4–1	3–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–1	2–4	2–4	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–3	1–4	1–2	8–3	—	3–5	1–0	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2–3	3–5	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5–2	2–5	4–3	5–2	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–0	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	—	5–2	1–2
Straubing Tigers	4–7	6–3	3–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0–4	4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–1	6–2	4–2	4–3	4–2	1–5	3–5	1–2	—	5–2	3–1	0–4	4–1	2–1	4–2	4–3	5–0	8–4	3–4^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2–1	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	—^{[lower-alpha 3]}	2–4	—	5–1
Grizzlys Wolfsburg	6–5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3–2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	3–2	0–4	2–0	2–4	4–3	3–2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	6–3	2–6	4–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	2–3^{[lower-alpha 2]}	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	5–4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5–3	1–4	4–2	4–1	2–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	4–3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	5–2	2–1	4–3	5–1	3–0	0–4	—

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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 Overtime
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Shootout
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The games could not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Playoffs

Bracket

First round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Finals

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

Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs were played between 5 and 8 April 2022 in a best-of-three mode.

ERC Ingolstadt vs Kölner Haie

5 April 2022	Kölner Haie		4–3	ERC Ingolstadt	Lanxess Arena	Recap
Maximilian Kammerer – 02:19		First period		05:25 – Tim McGauley
Moritz Müller (PP) – 27:53 Alexander Oblinger – 31:59		Second period		34:09 – Mirko Höfflin
Landon Ferraro – 51:11		Third period		55:00 – Jerome Flaake
Justin Pogge (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Kevin Reich (27 saves / 33 shots)

7 April 2022	ERC Ingolstadt		2–3	OT	Kölner Haie	Saturn Arena	Recap
Mirko Höfflin – 07:50 Brandon DeFazio (PP) – 10:05		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			20:51 – Andreas Thuresson (PP) 21:27 – Jonas Holøs
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
No scoring		First overtime period			69:41 – Maury Edwards (PP2)
Daniel Taylor (24 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Justin Pogge (54 saves / 56 shots)

Köln won series 2–0

Nürnberg Ice Tigers vs Düsseldorfer EG

5 April 2022	Nürnberg Ice Tigers		2–3	Düsseldorfer EG	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	Recap
No scoring		First period		02:12 – Kyle Cumiskey 11:12 – Stephen MacAulay
Daniel Schmölz – 23:57 Marko Friedrich – 28:54		Second period		24:51 – Daniel Fischbuch (PP)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Niklas Treutle (27 saves / 30 shots)		Goalie stats		Mirko Pantkowski (35 saves / 37 shots)

7 April 2022	Düsseldorfer EG		5–6	OT	Nürnberg Ice Tigers	ISS Dome	Recap
Bernhard Ebner – 01:19 Daniel Fischbuch (PP) – 16:57 Jerry D'Amigo – 17:35		First period			No scoring
Tobias Eder – 31:45		Second period			29:39 – Dane Fox 39:57 – Dane Fox
Alexander Barta – 51:28		Third period			47:21 – Daniel Schmölz (PP) 53:59 – Dane Fox (PP) 55:14 – Patrick Reimer
No scoring		First overtime period			67:35 – Gregor MacLeod
Mirko Pantkowski (30 saves / 36 shots)		Goalie stats			Niklas Treutle (17 saves / 22 shots)

8 April 2022	Nürnberg Ice Tigers		1–3	Düsseldorfer EG	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	Recap
Marko Friedrich – 06:55		First period		05:29 – Alexander Barta (PP) 11:01 – Daniel Fischbuch
No scoring		Second period		31:53 – Brendan O'Donnell (PP)
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Niklas Treutle (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Mirko Pantkowski (34 saves / 35 shots)

Düsseldorf won series 2–1

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were played between 10 and 18 April 2022 in a best-of-five mode.

Eisbären Berlin vs Kölner Haie

10 April 2022	Eisbären Berlin		2–1	Kölner Haie	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Marcel Noebels – 20:27 Leonhard Pföderl – 30:07		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		53:50 – David McIntyre
Mathias Niederberger (32 saves / 33 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Pogge (30 saves / 32 shots)

12 April 2022	Kölner Haie		1–5	Eisbären Berlin	Lanxess Arena	Recap
David McIntyre – 09:13		First period		00:33 – Leonhard Pföderl (PP) 18:56 – Jonas Müller
No scoring		Second period		25:10 – Dominik Bokk 39:31 – Matt White
No scoring		Third period		43:03 – Jonas Müller
Justin Pogge (27 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (28 saves / 29 shots)

14 April 2022	Eisbären Berlin		4–0	Kölner Haie	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Manuel Wiederer – 02:35		First period		No scoring
Zach Boychuk (PP) – 27:57		Second period		No scoring
Zach Boychuk – 44:59 Giovanni Fiore (EN) – 54:27		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (24 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Justin Pogge (26 saves / 30 shots)

Berlin won series 3–0

EHC Red Bull München vs Düsseldorfer EG

10 April 2022	EHC Red Bull München		4–2	Düsseldorfer EG	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Andrew O'Brien – 07:25		First period		17:24 – Jerry D'Amigo (SH)
Ben Smith – 27:55		Second period		27:15 – Luca Zitterbart
Zach Redmond – 51:23 Andrew O'Brien (EN) – 58:63		Third period		No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (25 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats		Mirko Pantkowski (35 saves / 39 shots)

12 April 2022	Düsseldorfer EG		3–2	EHC Red Bull München	ISS Dome	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Alexander Barta – 22:57 Stephen MacAulay – 33:58 Alexander Barta (PP) – 38:55		Second period		28:19 – Philip Gogulla
No scoring		Third period		53:09 – Zach Redmond
Mirko Pantkowski (32 saves / 34 shots)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (21 saves / 24 shots)

14 April 2022	EHC Red Bull München		3–1	Düsseldorfer EG	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Patrick Hager – 17:40		First period		04:56 – Bernhard Ebner
Yasin Ehliz – 23:43		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (19 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Mirko Pantkowski (34 saves / 37 shots)

16 April 2022	Düsseldorfer EG		2–4	EHC Red Bull München	ISS Dome	Recap
Alexander Ehl – 09:15		First period		03:49 – Yasin Ehliz 17:57 – Zach Redmond
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Alexander Ehl – 43:04		Third period		43:30 – Philip Gogulla 59:48 – Ben Smith
Mirko Pantkowski (20 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (33 saves / 35 shots)

Munich won series 3–1

Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs Fischtown Pinguins

10 April 2022	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		5–0	Fischtown Pinguins	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Chris DeSousa – 09:00 Björn Krupp – 10:27		First period		No scoring
Trevor Mingoia – 26:08		Second period		No scoring
Trevor Mingoia – 46:37 Darren Archibald (PP) – 51:28		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Strahlmeier (32 saves / 32 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (20 saves / 25 shots)

12 April 2022	Fischtown Pinguins		2–6	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
Ross Mauermann – 11:19		First period		09:51 – Anthony Rech
No scoring		Second period		33:12 – Chris DeSousa (PP) 36:10 – Julian Melchiori (PP3) 38:53 – Darren Archibald
Alex Friesen – 51:54		Third period		40:55 – Tyler Gaudet 44:23 – Dominik Bittner
Brandon Maxwell (38 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (22 saves / 24 shots)

14 April 2022	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		1–3	Fischtown Pinguins	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Darren Archibald – 11:41		First period		03:13 – Niklas Andersen (PP)
No scoring		Second period		21:05 – Alex Friesen
No scoring		Third period		45:43 – Jan Urbas
Dustin Strahlmeier (18 saves / 21 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (34 saves / 35 shots)

16 April 2022	Fischtown Pinguins		3–2	2OT	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Eisarena Bremerhaven	Recap
Dominik Uher – 00:18 Miha Verlič – 03:44		First period			06:45 – Darren Archibald
No scoring		Second period			36:11 – Gerrit Fauser
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Phillip Bruggisser – 91:31		Second overtime period			No scoring
Maximilian Franzreb (42 saves / 44 shots)		Goalie stats			Dustin Strahlmeier (29 saves / 32 shots)

18 April 2022	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		2–0	Fischtown Pinguins	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Tyler Gaudet – 05:12		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
Spencer Machacek (EN) – 58:08		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Strahlmeier (28 saves / 28 shots)		Goalie stats		Maximilian Franzreb (25 saves / 27 shots)

Wolfsburg won series 3–2

Straubing Tigers vs Adler Mannheim

10 April 2022	Straubing Tigers		2–3	Adler Mannheim	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
Kael Mouillierat – 08:49		First period		11:07 – Jordan Szwarz (PP)
No scoring		Second period		20:33 – Andrew Desjardins
Travis St. Denis (EA) – 59:19		Third period		58:44 – Jordan Szwarz (EN)
Tyler Parks (21 saves / 24 shots)		Goalie stats		Felix Brückmann (25 saves / 27 shots)

12 April 2022	Adler Mannheim		2–1	OT	Straubing Tigers	SAP Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
Jordan Szwarz – 33:51		Second period			24:36 – Taylor Leier (PP)
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Nico Krämmer – 67:30		First overtime period			No scoring
Felix Brückmann (26 saves / 27 shots)		Goalie stats			Tyler Parks (25 saves / 27 shots)

14 April 2022	Straubing Tigers		4–1	Adler Mannheim	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Taylor Leier (PP) – 20:45 Kael Mouillierat – 21:30 Jason Akeson (PP) – 22:46		Second period		26:31 – Borna Rendulić
Mike Connolly (EN) – 58:38		Third period		No scoring
Tyler Parks (30 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Felix Brückmann (19 saves / 23 shots)

16 April 2022	Adler Mannheim		8–3	Straubing Tigers	SAP Arena	Recap
Tim Wohlgemuth – 11:46 Nico Krämmer (PP) – 16:06		First period		No scoring
Matthias Plachta – 24:30 Andrew Desjardins – 27:30 Matthias Plachta – 27:53		Second period		28:36 – David Elsner
David Wolf (PP, EA) – 42:23 Jason Bast – 47:10 Tim Wohlgemuth – 51:05		Third period		53:20 – Mario Zimmermann 55:50 – Travis St. Denis
Felix Brückmann (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats		Tyler Parks (17 saves / 25 shots)

Mannheim won series 3–1

Semifinals

The semifinals were played between 20 and 28 April 2022 in a best-of-five mode.

Eisbären Berlin vs Adler Mannheim

20 April 2022	Eisbären Berlin		4–3	OT	Adler Mannheim	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Giovanni Fiore – 07:16 Jonas Müller – 11:15		First period			17:27 – Andrew Desjardins (PP2)
Yannick Veilleux – 33:17		Second period			22:49 – Jason Bast
No scoring		Third period			46:54 – Tim Wohlgemuth
Manuel Wiederer – 71:36		First overtime period			No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (28 saves / 31 shots)		Goalie stats			Felix Brückmann (42 saves / 46 shots)

22 April 2022	Adler Mannheim		3–6	Eisbären Berlin	SAP Arena	Recap
Jordan Szwarz – 13:47		First period		No scoring
Florian Elias – 36:14		Second period		27:45 – Manuel Wiederer
Tim Wohlgemuth – 57:05		Third period		47:45 – Blaine Byron (PP) 54:17 – Leonhard Pföderl 54:34 – Zach Boychuk 56:26 – Blaine Byron (EN) 58:37 – Zach Boychuk (EN)
Felix Brückmann (17 saves / 20 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (23 saves / 29 shots)

24 April 2022	Eisbären Berlin		3–5	Adler Mannheim	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Frans Nielsen (PP) – 06:40		First period		03:19 – Markus Hännikäinen
No scoring		Second period		30:47 – Nigel Dawes
Blaine Byron (PP, EA) – 57:19 Johan Södergran – 59:38		Third period		46:23 – Nico Krämmer 50:09 – Nigel Dawes (PP) 59:10 – Nigel Dawes (EN)
Mathias Niederberger (24 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Felix Brückmann (28 saves / 31 shots)

26 April 2022	Adler Mannheim		4–3	Eisbären Berlin	SAP Arena	Recap
Matthias Plachta – 05:29		First period		18:41 – Zach Boychuk
Borna Rendulić (PS, EA) – 36:32 Nigel Dawes – 38:51		Second period		34:48 – Kevin Clark (PP) 39:46 – Kai Wissmann
Markus Eisenschmid – 52:45		Third period		No scoring
Felix Brückmann (32 saves / 35 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (23 saves / 27 shots)

28 April 2022	Eisbären Berlin		3–0	Adler Mannheim	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
No scoring		First period		No scoring
Manuel Wiederer – 20:43		Second period		No scoring
Blaine Byron – 45:15 Blaine Byron (EN) – 59:14		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (26 saves / 26 shots)		Goalie stats		Felix Brückmann (23 saves / 26 shots)

Berlin won series 3–2

EHC Red Bull München vs Grizzlys Wolfsburg

20 April 2022	EHC Red Bull München		5–1	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Patrick Hager – 12:05 Ben Street – 16:46		First period		No scoring
Patrick Hager (PP) – 22:53 Konrad Abeltshauser – 35:17		Second period		No scoring
Ben Smith (PP) – 41:21		Third period		52:31 – Jordan Murray (PP2)
Henrik Haukeland (21 saves / 22 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (28 saves / 33 shots)

22 April 2022	Grizzlys Wolfsburg		2–3	EHC Red Bull München	Eis Arena Wolfsburg	Recap
Anthony Rech – 06:31 Phil Hungerecker – 07:46		First period		15:08 – Austin Ortega
No scoring		Second period		24:59 – Ben Smith 35:09 – Maximilian Kastner
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Dustin Strahlmeier (26 saves / 29 shots)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (30 saves / 32 shots)

24 April 2022	EHC Red Bull München		2–0	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Yasin Ehliz – 05:16 Austin Ortega – 05:30		First period		No scoring
No scoring		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Henrik Haukeland (17 saves / 17 shots)		Goalie stats		Dustin Strahlmeier (18 saves / 20 shots)

Munich won series 3–0

Final

The final was played between 30 April and 4 May 2022 in a best-of-five mode.

29 April 2022	Eisbären Berlin		3–4	EHC Red Bull München	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Kevin Clark – 11:29 Zach Boychuk (PP) – 14:34		First period		No scoring
Leonhard Pföderl – 20:43		Second period		29:02 – Patrick Hager (PP) 31:48 – Patrick Hager 34:01 – Ben Smith
No scoring		Third period		54:38 – Zach Redmond
Mathias Niederberger (34 saves / 38 shots)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (27 saves / 30 shots)

1 May 2022	EHC Red Bull München		2–3	2OT	Eisbären Berlin	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
Trevor Parkes – 12:02		First period			12:37 – Leonhard Pföderl
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Trevor Parkes (EA) – 57:47		Third period			40:53 – Frans Nielsen
No scoring		Second overtime period			83:37 – Frans Nielsen
Henrik Haukeland (46 saves / 49 shots)		Goalie stats			Mathias Niederberger (27 saves / 29 shots)

2 May 2022	Eisbären Berlin		2–1	EHC Red Bull München	Mercedes-Benz Arena	Recap
Zach Boychuk (PP) – 04:08		First period		06:33 – Zach Redmond
Dominik Bokk – 38:27		Second period		No scoring
No scoring		Third period		No scoring
Mathias Niederberger (39 saves / 40 shots)		Goalie stats		Henrik Haukeland (28 saves / 30 shots)

4 May 2022	EHC Red Bull München		0–5	Eisbären Berlin	Olympia Eishalle	Recap
No scoring		First period		08:41 – Matt White
No scoring		Second period		24:52 – Frans Nielsen 25:43 – Marcel Noebels 36:34 – Matt White (PP)
No scoring		Third period		59:50 – Matt White (EN)
Henrik Haukeland (18 saves / 23 shots)		Goalie stats		Mathias Niederberger (32 saves / 32 shots)

Berlin won series 3–1

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.^[7]

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Jason Akeson	Straubing Tigers	52	22	44	68	+10	10	F
Riley Sheen	Bietigheim Steelers	55	40	24	64	−4	8	F
Matt White	Eisbären Berlin	54	28	31	59	+25	10	F
Žiga Jeglič	Fischtown Pinguins	55	15	42	57	+14	40	F
Marcel Noebels	Eisbären Berlin	50	20	36	56	+20	14	F
Jan Urbas	Fischtown Pinguins	55	25	30	55	+15	37	F
Jeremy Bracco	Krefeld Pinguine	54	14	40	54	−14	6	F
Chris DeSousa	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	50	26	27	53	+11	43	F
Brendan O'Donnell	Düsseldorfer EG	56	22	31	53	−7	10	F
Mike Connolly	Straubing Tigers	53	19	34	53	+5	38	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
Henrik Haukeland	EHC Red Bull München	1109	26	1.41	471	94.5	2
Maximilian Franzreb	Fischtown Pinguins	1137	34	1.79	576	94.1	4
Mathias Niederberger	Eisbären Berlin	2228	73	1.97	1064	93.1	2
Dustin Strahlmeier	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	2431	84	2.07	1198	93.0	6
Tyler Parks	Straubing Tigers	732	25	2.05	351	92.9	2

Awards

The awards were announced on 11 April 2022.^[8]

Award	Player
Player of the year	Riley Sheen
Goaltender of the year	Dustin Strahlmeier
Defenceman of the year	Zach Redmond
Forward of the year	Riley Sheen
Rookie of the year	Philipp Dietl
Coach of the year	Serge Aubin
Finals MVP^[9]	Frank Hördler

References

↑ "Spielpläne für 14 oder 15 Teams erarbeitet: Saison 2021/22 in der PENNY DEL soll am 9. September beginnen". eishockeynews.de. 15 February 2021.
↑ "Profi-Eishockey führt Auf- und Abstieg wieder ein". del.org. 27 July 2018.
↑ "Alle 14 Clubs reichen Lizenzanträge für PENNY DEL Saison 2021/22 ein". del.org. 16 February 2021.
↑ "PENNY DEL startet mit 15 Clubs in neue Saison". del.org. 2 July 2021.
↑ "PENNY DEL und DEL2 nehmen Anpassungen bei Auf- und Abstieg vor". del.org. 18 February 2022.
↑ "Die Spieltermine der Playoffs 2022". penny-del.org. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
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↑ "PENNY DEL kürt beste Akteure: Riley Sheen wird Spieler des Jahres". del.org. 11 April 2022.
↑ "Eisbären Berlin verteidigen den Titel in der PENNY DEL". del.org. 4 May 2022.

External links

Official website

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[COV-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The games could not be played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

[1] "Spielpläne für 14 oder 15 Teams erarbeitet: Saison 2021/22 in der PENNY DEL soll am 9. September beginnen". eishockeynews.de. 15 February 2021.

[2] "Profi-Eishockey führt Auf- und Abstieg wieder ein". del.org. 27 July 2018.

[3] "Alle 14 Clubs reichen Lizenzanträge für PENNY DEL Saison 2021/22 ein". del.org. 16 February 2021.

[4] "PENNY DEL startet mit 15 Clubs in neue Saison". del.org. 2 July 2021.

[5] "PENNY DEL und DEL2 nehmen Anpassungen bei Auf- und Abstieg vor". del.org. 18 February 2022.

[8] "Die Spieltermine der Playoffs 2022". penny-del.org. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

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[11] "PENNY DEL kürt beste Akteure: Riley Sheen wird Spieler des Jahres". del.org. 11 April 2022.

[12] "Eisbären Berlin verteidigen den Titel in der PENNY DEL". del.org. 4 May 2022.

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