The Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB) publishes the schedule for the championship and qualifying rounds of the Oberliga Nord. After the Wedemark Scorpions won against ECC Preussen this early evening Berlin have secured the last free place for the championship round, the complete field of participants has now been determined.
In addition to the Wedemark Scorpions, there are also the Hamburg Crocodiles, the Icefighters Leipzip, the MEC Hall 04, the ESC Wohnbau Moskitos Essen, the Füchse Duisburg, the Tilburg Trappers and the Herner EV for the championship round of the Oberliga Nord qualified. These eight teams will compete against each other in a single round from January 13.01.2017, XNUMX, taking their points from the preliminary round with them. The top six teams will be in the playoffs after the championship round ends. The seventh and eighth placed teams will meet the top two in the qualifying round in the pre-playoffs (best-of-three).
In the qualifying round of the Oberliga Nord EHC Timmendorfer Strand 06, Hannover Indians, Hannover Scorpions, Black Dragons Erfurt and FASS meet Berlin, the Harzer Falken, the ECC Preussen Berlin and the Rostock Piranhas each other. While places one and two in the relegation still have a chance of making the playoffs and places three to six are automatically qualified for the coming Oberliga season, places seven and eight in the relegation play with the regional league teams for the remaining places in the Oberliga -North season 2017/2018.