The 2006–07 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 13th season since the founding of the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; en, German Ice Hockey League). The league was played with 14 clubs in the 2006–07 season, the same number as the previous season. However, in place of the
Kassel Huskies
The EC Kassel Huskies are a professional ice hockey club based in Kassel, Hessen, Germany. The club currently competes in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. The Huskies were founded in 1977 and have competed in the top five levels ...
, who were relegated the previous season, the
Straubing Tigers took part in the competition, having won the ''2nd Bundesliga'' in 2005–06. The format had slightly changed from the previous season. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 52 regular-season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten played a preliminary round to determine the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fourteen, the season ended.
No club was relegated from the DEL this season and the
Adler Mannheim ( en, Eagles Mannheim) won its 5th DEL Championship.
Regular season
* Abbreviations: P = Games played, OTW = Overtime win, PW = Win after penalty shootout, OTL = Overtime loss, PL = Loss after penalty shoutout, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, (C) = Defending champion, (N) = New club
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Play-offs
The four rounds of the 2006-07 play-offs were played under the following system:
* Preliminary round: ''Best-of-three''
* First round: ''Best-of-seven''
* Semi finals: ''Best-of-five''
* Finals: ''Best-of-five''
Like the regular season, in the play-offs games will be decided by penalty shoot-outs (P) after a five-minute overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).
Preliminary round
First round
Semi finals
Finals
* The ''Adler Mannheim'' are the 2006-07 champions of the ''DEL''.
Play-off tree
Top scorers
The five highest placed scores in the regular season and play-offs are:
Regular season
Play-offs
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