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. 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.
Membership changes Löwen Frankfurt was promoted to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga and replaced by the Krefeld Pinguine.
Tölzer Löwen were relegated to the Oberliga and replaced by Eisbären Regensburg.
Teams
2022–23 DEL2 teamsTeam 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
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.Player stats
Player Team POS GP G A PTS PIM Krefeld Pinguine C/LW 50 24 46 70 26 Lausitzer Füchse C 52 28 35 63 24 EHC Freiburg LW/RW 47 26 35 61 32 Heilbronner Falken C/LW 52 19 40 59 16 ESV Kaufbeuren C/RW 46 17 38 55 31 Bayreuth Tigers RW 49 23 31 54 14 EC Bad Nauheim C/RW 52 22 31 53 18 Krefeld Pinguine C/RW 50 26 26 52 33 Eisbären Regensburg C 47 25 26 51 2 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.Goaltender stats
Player Team GP TOI W L GA SA SO GAA SV% EC Kassel Huskies 23 1400 22 1 46 579 1 1.97 .926 EC Kassel Huskies 29 1732 22 7 61 714 2 2.11 .921 ESV Kaufbeuren 40 2369 24 16 85 944 0 2.15 .917 Dresdner Eislöwen 41 2432 26 15 88 937 5 2.17 .914 Lausitzer Füchse 25 1527 12 13 62 780 0 2.44 .926
Playoffs Championship
Relegation
References
External links
Official website Elite Prospects Hockey DB General reference