2015–16 DEL2 season

Fourteen teams played a regular season where each team played the other twice home and away. The teams placed first to sixth directly qualified for the play-offs while the teams placed seventh to tenth played a pre-play-off in the best-of-three format. The remained of the play-offs were staged in a best-of-seven format. The teams placed eleventh to fourteenth qualified for the play-downs, also played in the best-of-seven format with the losers of the first round advancing to the second. The loser of the second round was nominally relegated,{{cite web |url=http://www.del-2.org/spielmodus/|title=Spielmodus|website=del-2.org |publisher=DEL2 website |access-date= 13 March 2016|language=de|trans-title=Modus }} but Heilbronn retained its league place once more after the Fischtown Penguins were elevated to the DEL for the following season.

The league champion does not have the right for direct promotion to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga but, in September 2015, the DEL and DEL2 agreed to reintroduce promotion and relegation between the two leagues from the 2017–18 season onwards. The DEL2 champion would then have the opportunity to be promoted, provided it fulfilled the licensing requirements of the DEL, while the last-placed DEL club would be relegated.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/del_rueckkehr-zu-auf--und-abstieg-fahrplan-steht-634670/artikel|title=DEL: Rückkehr zu Auf- und Abstieg? Fahrplan steht!|date=8 September 2015 |website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker (sports magazine) |access-date= 13 March 2016|language=de|trans-title=DEL: Return of relegation and promotion? Schedule decided! }}

After DEL club Hamburg Freezers returned their licence in May 2016 the Fischtown Pinguins announced that they had applied for a DEL licence and were interested in taking up Hamburg's place in the league, with the DEL intending to keep the number of clubs in the league at 14.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/hamburg-weint---bremerhaven-hofft-652657/artikel|title=Hamburg weint - Bremerhaven hofft|date=25 May 2015 |website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker (sports magazine) |access-date= 26 May 2016|language=de|trans-title=Hamburg in tears - Bremerhaven hopes}} On 1 July 2016 it was announced that the Pinguins had been granted a DEL licence for 2016–17.{{cite web |url=https://www.kicker.de/bremerhaven-wird-del-standort-654892/artikel|title=Bremerhaven wird DEL-Standort|date=1 July 2015 |website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker (sports magazine) |access-date= 2 July 2016|language=de|trans-title=Bremerhaven joins the DEL}}

The regular season saw one new club in the league, EHC Freiburg while the Heilbronner Falken, originally relegated at the end of the 2014–15 season, remained in the league after EV Landshut was relegated for financial reasons.{{cite web |url=http://www.del-2.org/nachrichten/del2/2032-heilbronner_falken_komplettieren_die_del2.html|title=Heilbronner Falken komplettieren die DEL2|date= 24 July 2015|website=del-2.org |publisher=DEL2 website |access-date= 13 March 2016|language=de|trans-title=Modus Heilbronner Falken remain in DEL2}}

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|team1=BIE |team2=FIS |team3=RAV |team4=KAS |team5=LÖW |team6=BAD |team7=DRE

|team8=STA |team9=RIE |team10=EIS |team11=LAU |team12=KAU |team13=FRE |team14=HEI

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|win_FIS=31|OTwin_FIS=7 |OTloss_FIS=4 |loss_FIS=10|gf_FIS=203|ga_FIS=135

|win_RAV=24|OTwin_RAV=10|OTloss_RAV=0 |loss_RAV=18|gf_RAV=202|ga_RAV=136

|win_KAS=23|OTwin_KAS=8 |OTloss_KAS=7 |loss_KAS=14|gf_KAS=201|ga_KAS=164

|win_LÖW=26|OTwin_LÖW=3 |OTloss_LÖW=5 |loss_LÖW=18|gf_LÖW=181|ga_LÖW=146

|win_BAD=24|OTwin_BAD=4 |OTloss_BAD=8 |loss_BAD=16|gf_BAD=158|ga_BAD=158

|win_DRE=23|OTwin_DRE=6 |OTloss_DRE=5 |loss_DRE=18|gf_DRE=193|ga_DRE=164

|win_STA=21|OTwin_STA=6 |OTloss_STA=5 |loss_STA=20|gf_STA=176|ga_STA=124

|win_RIE=18|OTwin_RIE=5 |OTloss_RIE=6 |loss_RIE=23|gf_RIE=165|ga_RIE=176

|win_EIS=20|OTwin_EIS=1 |OTloss_EIS=4 |loss_EIS=27|gf_EIS=158|ga_EIS=188

|win_LAU=15|OTwin_LAU=5 |OTloss_LAU=5 |loss_LAU=27|gf_LAU=121|ga_LAU=166

|win_KAU=15|OTwin_KAU=1 |OTloss_KAU=9 |loss_KAU=27|gf_KAU=153|ga_KAU=199

|win_FRE=14|OTwin_FRE=4 |OTloss_FRE=5 |loss_FRE=29|gf_FRE=128|ga_FRE=179

|win_HEI=7 |OTwin_HEI=6 |OTloss_HEI=3 |loss_HEI=36|gf_HEI=131|ga_HEI=225

|name_BIE=Bietigheim Steelers

|name_FIS=Fischtown Pinguins

|name_RAV=Ravensburg Towerstars

|name_KAS=EC Kassel Huskies

|name_LÖW=Löwen Frankfurt

|name_BAD=EC Bad Nauheim

|name_DRE=Dresdner Eislöwen

|name_STA=Starbulls Rosenheim

|name_RIE=SC Riessersee

|name_EIS=Eispiraten Crimmitschau

|name_LAU=Lausitzer Füchse

|name_KAU=ESV Kaufbeuren

|name_FRE=EHC Freiburg

|name_HEI=Heilbronner Falken

|status_KAS=C

|status_FIS=P

|class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored.

|result1=A |result2=A |result3=A |result4=A |result5=A |result6=A |result7=a |result8=a |result9=a |result10=a |result11=b |result12=b |result13=b |result14=b

|res_col_header=Q

|col_A=green1 |text_A=Advanced to playoffs

|col_a=blue1 |text_a=Advanced to pre-playoffs

|col_b=yellow1 |text_b=Advanced to play-downs

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The championship play-offs:{{cite web |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/esbg-play-offs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211727/http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/esbg-play-offs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016|title=DEL 2 Play-offs - 2016|website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker (sports magazine) |access-date= 13 March 2016|language=de}}

{{10TeamBracket

| RD1-RD2-path=0

| RD2-RD3-path=0

| RD3-group1={{small|(Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)}}

| RD1-seed1=7

| RD1-team1=Dresdner Eislöwen

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=10

| RD1-team2=Crimmitschau

| RD1-score2=1

| RD1-seed3=8

| RD1-team3=SB Rosenheim

| RD1-score3=2

| RD1-seed4=9

| RD1-team4=SC Riessersee

| RD1-score4=1

| RD2-seed1=1

| RD2-team1=Bietigheim Steelers

| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=8

| RD2-team2=SB Rosenheim

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=3

| RD2-team3=Ravensburg

| RD2-score3=4

| RD2-seed4=6

| RD2-team4=EC Bad Nauheim

| RD2-score4=1

| RD2-seed5=2

| RD2-team5=Fischtown Pinguins

| RD2-score5=3

| RD2-seed6=7

| RD2-team6=Dresdner Eislöwen

| RD2-score6=4

| RD2-seed7=4

| RD2-team7=EC Kassel Huskies

| RD2-score7=4

| RD2-seed8=5

| RD2-team8=Löwen Frankfurt

| RD2-score8=0

| RD3-seed1=1

| RD3-team1=Bietigheim Steelers

| RD3-score1=4

| RD3-seed2=7

| RD3-team2=Dresdner Eislöwen

| RD3-score2=1

| RD3-seed3=3

| RD3-team3=Ravensburg

| RD3-score3=2

| RD3-seed4=4

| RD3-team4=EC Kassel Huskies

| RD3-score4=4

| RD4-seed1=1

| RD4-team1=Bietigheim Steelers

| RD4-score1=0

| RD4-seed2=4

| RD4-team2=EC Kassel Huskies

| RD4-score2=4

}}

The relegation play-offs:{{cite web |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga-play-downs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313111625/http://www.kicker.de/news/eishockey/2liga/asstel-bundesliga-play-downs/2016/0/-1/spieltag.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 13, 2016|title=DEL 2 Play-downs - 2016|website=Kicker |publisher=Kicker (sports magazine) |access-date= 13 March 2016|language=de}}

{{4TeamBracket

| RD1 =

| RD2 =

| RD1-seed1 =9

| RD1-team1 =Lausitzer Füchse

| RD1-score1 =4

| RD1-seed2 =12

| RD1-team2 =Heilbronner Falken

| RD1-score2 =1

| RD1-seed3 =10

| RD1-team3 =ESV Kaufbeuren

| RD1-score3 =3

| RD1-seed4 =11

| RD1-team4 =EHC Freiburg

| RD1-score4 =4

| RD2-seed1 =12

| RD2-team1 =Heilbronner Falken

| RD2-score1 =3

| RD2-seed2 =10

| RD2-team2 =ESV Kaufbeuren

| RD2-score2 =4

}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.del-2.org/ Official website]

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