EV Landshut secures last place in group red / EV Füssen qualifies for group blue
In the German Young Talent League (DNL), the final decisions about the composition of the main round groups were made at the weekend. Four teams still had the chance to qualify for the red or blue group, in which the play-off participants for the DNL championship will now be played.
While Landshut and Regensburg fought in the long-distance duel for the last place in group red, ES Weißwasser and EV Füssen faced each other directly in the duel for entry into the main round group blue. In this group, further participants will be identified for the future DNL U20 Division I.
The EV Landshut received the Schwenninger ERC in two games on home ice, while EV Regensburg only had one game left and had to score against the Starbulls in Rosenheim in order to maintain their chance of moving into the red group. But the EVL left no doubt that they wanted to make the qualification perfect for themselves and clearly defeated the SERC in the first game with 9:1, while the EV Regensburg won 4:3 in Rosenheim after a penalty shootout. But these two points weren't enough for Regensburg in the end and so the group constellation of the main round group red was already determined on Saturday evening.
The qualification for the group red has been achieved from the preliminary group A by the Jungadler Mannheim, the Eisbären Berlin Juniors, the Augsburger EV and the Düsseldorfer EG as well as from the preliminary round group B of the Cologne EC “Die Haie”, the EC Bad Tölz, the Krefelder EV 81 and the EV Landshut done. After the end of the main round on March 04.03.2018th, 20, the four best-placed teams are qualified for the U2018 Division I 19/2017 and will play the German DNL champions of the 18/XNUMX season in playoff mode (semi-finals and finals).
ES Weißwasser and EV Füssen played the last qualifiers for the main round group Blue in two relegation games in the Eisarena Weißwasser at the weekend. Despite the long journey in the legs, the Allgäu team were able to clearly prevail against the hosts in both games. On Saturday it was 60:5 after 3 minutes, on Sunday it was 7:3 for EV Füssen.
The main round group blue is made up of the placed 5 to 7 in the preliminary round group A, 5 to 8 in the preliminary round group B and EV Füssen. These are the teams from preliminary round group A ESV Kaufbeurentransported by the ERC Ingolstadt, and from the Iserlohner EC. EV Regensburg qualified from preliminary group B Starbulls Rosenheim, the ESC Dresden and the Schwenninger ERC.
After the main rounds have been completed, the 5th to 8th placers in the red group and the 1st to 4th placers in the blue group, divided into two groups of four, will play the other four participants for the U20 Division I of the 2018/2019 season in a single round. The two best teams at the end of this round will play in the U20 Division I in the coming season, the third and fourth placed teams in Division II.
The fifth and sixth placed team in the Blue group qualifies for the U2018 Division II for the 2019/20 season. The seventh and eighth placed team will play the other two in a single round with the main round winners of the DNL2 North and DNL2 South between March 10.03th and 25.03.2018th, 1 Division II participants. Places 2 and 2018 in this round qualified for Division II for the 2019/3 season, places 4 and 2018 will compete in the U19 Division III North in the 2/20 season with the other teams from the DNLXNUMX North and South as well as promoted teams from the regional associations or south.
Below you will find next weekend's games. You will find all other games shortly www.deb-online.de
DNL Group Red
| Date | Time of day | encounter | |
| 28.10.17 | 16.00 pm. | Eisbären Juniors Berlin | Cologne EC The Sharks |
| 28.10.17 | 16.15 pm. | Augsburg EV | EV Landshut |
| 28.10.17 | 16.45 pm. | Young Eagle Mannheim | EC Bad Tölz |
| 28.10.17 | 20.00 pm. | Krefelder EV 81 | Düsseldorfer EG |
| Date | Time of day | encounter | |
| 29.10.17 | 10.00 pm. | Eisbären Juniors Berlin | Köner EC The Sharks |
| 29.10.17 | 11.00 pm. | EV Landshut | Augsbruger EV |
| 29.10.17 | 11.00 pm. | Young Eagle Mannheim | EC Bad Tölz |
| 29.10.17 | 17.00 pm. | Krefelder EV 81 | Düsseldorfer EG |
DNL Group Blue
| Date | Time of day | encounter | |
| 28.10.17 | 16.00 pm. | EV Regensburg | EV Füssen |
| 28.10.17 | 17.00 pm. | ESC Dresden | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 28.10.17 | 17.15 pm. | ESV Kaufbeuren | Starbulls Rosenheim |
| 28.10.17 | 19.00 pm. | Schwenninger ERC | Iserlohn EC |
| Date | Time of day | encounter | |
| 29.10.17 | 10.00 pm. | Schwenninger ERC | Iserlohn EC |
| 29.10.17 | 10.30 pm. | Starbulls Rosenheim | ESV Kaufbeuren |
| 29.10.17 | 12.00 pm. | ESC Dresden | ERC Ingolstadt |
| 29.10.17 | 15.30 pm. | EV Füssenm | EV Regensburg |