Ice Hockey Domestic Leagues 2023 - 2024 Discussion Thread

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 DEL

 

Regular Season Final Standings

 

1.Pinguins Bremerhaven, 107 Pts

2.Eisbären Berlin, 102 Pts

3.Straubing Tigers, 94 Pts

 

Full Ranking

https://www.penny-del.org/tabelle

 

 

Individual Stats

 

RS Best Scorer:  Jan Urbas (Pinguins Bremerhaven), 51 Pts
RS Best Goal Scorer:  Justin Schütz (Kölner Haie), 27 Goals

RS Best Goaltender by GAA:  Hannibal Weitzmann (Grizzlys Wolfsburg), 2.00 GAA (11 games played)
RS Best Goaltender by SVS%:  Hannibal Weitzmann (Grizzlys Wolfsburg), 93.79% (11 games played)

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 DEL Playoffs

 

1st Round Pairings (Best-of-3 Series)

 

Adler Mannheim (7) vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers (10)

 

Kölner Haie (8) vs ERC Ingolstadt (9)

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 DEL League Stats

 

Köln Set New Audience European Record

 

Die Kölner Haie welcomed an average of 16,993 spectators to the home games in the PENNY DEL

 

16,993! That's how many spectators attended the Kölner Haie's home games in the main round of the 2023/2024 PENNY DEL season. 

 

A new record. Not just for the KEC, but also for European ice hockey.

The Haie only set the previous record, which meant a new German record, in the last 2022/2023 season. 

 

At that time, an average of 14,286 spectators (including playoffs) flocked to the KEC. In the current season, the Haie were able to clearly break their own record with over 2,700 more fans per game and thus 16,993 spectators per home game.

 

A total of over 423,000 spectators have already attended the Haie's home games this season.

 

The LANXESS Arena was sold out a total of six times this season; this had never happened before in almost 25 years of KEC in the Deutzer Arena.

 

With these audience numbers, the Haie are the European ice hockey club crowd for the first time in 22 years. 

 

With an average of 16,993 spectators, the KEC replaces the Swiss top club SC Bern and is the crowd again in Europe for the first time since 2002. 

 

The Swiss, who held the attendance record for 22 years in a row, welcomed an average of 15,490 spectators per home game this season.

With the strong attendance figures, the Haie also broke a European record. 

 

Not only did the Haie replace SCB as the spectator crowd, with 16,993 spectators per home game they also improved the Bernese European record of 16,399 visitors from the 2016/2017 season.

 

If you compare the Sharks' spectator numbers with those of the North American NHL, the ice hockey league with the largest number of spectators in the world, it is noticeable that the KEC leaves some teams behind here too. 

 

More specifically, six NHL teams (Columbus, Buffalo, Anaheim, San Jose, Winnipeg and Arizona) have fewer visitors per game than the Sharks this season.

 

PENNY DEL climbs to number 1 in Europe in terms of audience popularity

 

An average of 7,160 fans come to the main round - more than ever before.

 

This puts the league well above the previous record of 6,647 from the 2015/16 season - and at the same time has taken over the top position of all ice hockey leagues in Europe: it is the highest average attendance in the main round of all European leagues. 

 

The PENNY DEL has pushed the previous leader, the Swiss National League (average audience: 7,131), out of first place and is only behind the National Hockey League (NHL) among the ice hockey leagues worldwide.

 

A total of almost 2.6 million spectators have come to the arenas of the 14 clubs this year.

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People tends to think as basketball as the second major team sport in Europe (and there are many arguments for that), but when it comes to people actally attending games, ice hockey is likely ahead (liga acb is around 6,000 spectators per match, other leagues like Germany, Italy or France around 4,000 or a bit less) 

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1 minute ago, De_Gambassi said:

People tends to think as basketball as the second major team sport in Europe

Who a bit sane can thinks that ?

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 Metal Ligaen

 

Regular Season Final Standings

 

Rank	Team	GP	W	W (OT)	L (OT)	GF : GA	Points
1	Aalborg Pirates	48	31	1	7	181 : 119	102
2	Herning IK	48	23	9	5	187 : 129	92
3	SønderjyskE	48	26	5	4	181 : 125	92
4	Esbjerg Energy	48	23	3	3	176 : 152	78
5	Odense Bulldogs	48	22	3	6	158 : 149	78
6	Rungsted Seier Capitals	48	20	2	4	155 : 151	68
7	Herlev IC Eagles	48	15	6	3	123 : 174	60
8	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	48	9	6	1	115 : 206	40
9	Fredrikshavn IK	48	9	3	5	128 : 199	38

 

 

 

Individual Stats

 

RS Best Scorer:  Jesper Thörnberg (Herning IK) and  Mathias From (Herning IK), 62 Pts
RS Best Goal Scorer:  Mathias From (Herning IK), 28 Goals

 

RS Best Goaltender by GAA:  Mattias Pettersson (SønderjyskE), 1.51 GAA (10 games played)
RS Best Goaltender by SVS%:  Mattias Pettersson (SønderjyskE), 93.30% (10 games played)

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 Metal Ligaen Playoffs

 

Quarterfinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series)

 

Aalborg Pirates (1) vs Rødovre Mighty Bulls (8)

 

Herning IK (2) vs Herlev IC Eagles (7)

 

SønderjyskE (3) vs Rungsted Seier Capitals (6)

 

Esbjerg Energy (4) vs Odense Bulldogs (5)

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 Elite Hockey League

 

Regular Season Final Standings

 

1.Storhamar Elite, 117 Pts

2.Stavanger Oilers, 100 Pts

3.Vålerenga Elite, 99 Pts

 

Full Ranking

https://www.hockey.no/live/Standings?date=10.03.2024

 

 

Individual Stats

 

RS Best Scorer:  Peter Quenneville (Storhamar Elite), 72 Pts
RS Best Goal Scorer:  Peter Quenneville (Storhamar Elite), 33 Goals

RS Best Goaltender by GAA:  Marcus Rønebæk Stensrud (Storhamar Elite), 1.62 GAA (20 games played)
RS Best Goaltender by SVS%:  Marcus Rønebæk Stensrud (Storhamar Elite), 92.0% (20 games played)

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 Elite Hockey League Playoffs

 

Quarterfinals Pairings (Best-of-7 Series)

 

Storhamar (1) vs Lørenskog (8)

 

Stavanger Oilers (2) vs Lillehammer (7)

 

Vålerenga (3) vs Stjernen (6)

 

Sparta (4) vs Frisk Asker (5)

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 NLA Playoffs

 

1st Pre-Playoffs Round Recap

 

HC Lugano (7) b. HC Ambrì-Piotta (8)  1-0 (4-4; 3-1)

 

EHC Biel-Bienne (9) b. Genève-Servette HC (10)  1-0 (3-2; 2-2)

 

2nd Pre-Playoffs Round Pairings

 

EHC Biel-Bienne (9) vs HC Ambrì-Piotta (8)

 

Pre-Playoffs Format:

 

- Home & Away Series, No Goal Difference (if both teams win 1 match each or if both games are tied, then the 2nd and decisive match goes to OT, until the winning goal is scored)

 

- the winner of the 2nd Pre-Playoffs series advances to the actual playoffs (Quarterfinals)

Edited March 14 by phelps