The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) has published the fixtures for the Oberliga North and South and the mode.
“That suits us.
The mode is fine.
It has a simple structure, everyone is familiar with it, ”says ECP team manager Gordon Borberg.
Peiting - As announced, the German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) announced the game plans for the Oberliga North and South as well as the mode for the 2021/22 season at the end of July. Both leagues will each complete a double round until March 6, 2022, before the pre-play-offs will take place on March 11. “That suits us. The mode is fine. It has a simple structure, everyone knows what to do, ”said EC Peiting team manager Gordon Borberg after the announcement. “With an even number of teams, there are no gaps.” Borberg also sees the elimination of the championship intermediate round as positive.
With the new game plan, which provides for a double round (all teams meet four times), you are also returning to the familiar rhythm.
Games are usually on Fridays and Sundays, with training in between.
Last season it was all a little different, when nine games came together for a team in what felt like 14 days, before then, to the displeasure of many coaches, there was a two-week break.
The season start for the EC Peiting is on October 8th
It starts in the north and south with an official opening game that takes place one day before the regular start. The Oberliga Süd begins on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 with the meeting of the traditional clubs SC Riessersee and Starbulls Rosenheim (8 p.m.). For the EC Peiting the season starts one day later with the home game against the Blue Devils Weiden. The crowded time around the Christmas holidays and the turn of the year brings the Peitingen home games against Eisbären Regensburg (December 26th), EV Füssen (December 30th) and ECDC Memmingen (January 2nd, 2022) - there are really less attractive opponents.
During the “Deutschland Cup 2022” in November, the Oberliga Süd will take a break. After the pre-play-offs, which are played in "best of three" mode (two wins are necessary to advance), the play-offs will start on March 11, 2022. in which an interlocking of the two major leagues begins immediately. All series are in the "Best of Five" mode (three wins are necessary to advance. The champions of the 2021/22 league season will be determined after game five of the final series on May 1, 2022 at the latest.
The relegation round starts at the same time as the playoffs. In the Oberliga Nord, the teams from 11th to 14th place in the “everyone against everyone” system play off the relegated team in the responsible regional association. In the Oberliga Süd there is a play-down series (Best of Seven) between the teams in positions eleven and twelve. The loser of this duel is relegated. For the promotion to the Oberliga Süd, it was determined that the champions of the Regionalliga Südwest and the Bayernliga will play off the promoted team in a return match (April 1 and 3, 2022).
