The 2007–08 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 14th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL; ). Fifteen teams played after the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg received the license and were admitted to play in the DEL. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 56 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 fifteen, the season ended. No club was relegated from the DEL in this season.
The Eisbären Berlin () won their third championship in four years.
Regular season The final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.
Team GP W OTW SOW OTL SOL L Goals Points 1. Sinupret Ice Tigers 56 33 1 3 3 5 11 206:144 115 2. Eisbären Berlin 56 33 2 3 3 1 14 231:165 113 3. Kölner Haie 56 28 6 3 4 3 12 192:146 109 4. Frankfurt Lions 56 24 5 3 4 5 15 188:172 97 5. Iserlohn Roosters 56 25 4 4 4 1 18 208:196 96 6. Adler Mannheim 56 24 3 5 2 2 20 180:174 92 7. Hamburg Freezers 56 23 1 4 1 7 20 194:171 87 8. Hannover Scorpions 56 20 4 3 3 9 17 171:171 86 9. DEG Metro Stars 56 23 2 3 3 3 22 169:173 85 10. ERC Ingolstadt 56 19 7 4 3 1 22 180:190 83 11. Krefeld Pinguine 56 22 2 1 3 5 23 191:193 80 12. Augsburger Panther 56 16 3 4 3 2 28 158:187 67 13. Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg 56 14 2 3 2 1 34 152:202 55 14. Straubing Tigers 56 12 0 4 4 2 34 132:197 50 15. EV Duisburg 56 10 3 2 3 2 36 142:213 45 GP = Games Played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime win, SOW = Shootout win, OTL = Overtime loss, SOL = Shootout loss, L = Loss Color code: = Direct Playoff qualification, = Playoff qualification round, = No playoff
PlayerClubGamesGoalsAssistsPoints Robert HockIserlohn Roosters56246387 Steve WalkerEisbären Berlin53275885 Peter SarnoHamburg Freezers56264874 Michael WolfIserlohn Roosters56442771 Ivan ČiernikKölner Haie56382866
Playoffs The four rounds of the 2007-08 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 Unlike the regular season, in the play-offs games will not be decided by penalty shoot-outs but in 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).
Qualifying round Qualifications Series 1 2 3 RS Hamburg Freezers – ERC Ingolstadt 2:1 3:5 5:4 OT 4:3 [1:3] Hannover Scorpions – DEG Metro Stars 1:2 4:3 2:4 1:2 OT [2:2] RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime
Quarterfinals TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Sinupret Ice TigersDEG Metro Stars3-21-31-23-62-3 — —Eisbären BerlinHamburg Freezers2-47-46-16-14-3 OT — —Kölner HaieAdler Mannheim4-31-25-4 OT4-3 OT4-1 — —Frankfurt LionsIserlohn Roosters4-3 OT2-3 OT3-4 OT1-54-24-04-3
Semi finals TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Eisbären BerlinDEG Metro Stars4-13-44-3 OT1-53-1Kölner HaieFrankfurt Lions7-14-5 OT2-1 OT3-43-2
Finals TeamTeamGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Eisbären BerlinKölner Haie3-2 OT1-24-32-1 OT—
Top scorers PlayerClubGamesGoalsAssistsPoints Nathan RobinsonEisbären Berlin1341115 Ivan CiernikKölner Haie1411213 Chris TaylorFrankfurt Lions125813 Peter SarnoHamburg Freezers84913 Sven FelskiEisbären Berlin1331013 Jason YoungFrankfurt Lions1231013
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