| 2023–24 DEL season | |
| League: | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Sport: | Ice hockey |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Fischtown Pinguins |
| Mvp: | Nicolas Mattinen |
| Top Scorer: | Jan Urbas (51 points) |
| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | Eisbären Berlin |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Fischtown Pinguins |
| Finals Mvp: | Leonhard Pföderl |
| Seasonslist: | Deutsche Eishockey Liga#DEL seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | DEL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2022–23 DEL season |
| Prevseason Year: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2024–25 DEL season |
| Nextseason Year: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 30th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[1] It started on 14 September 2023 and ended on 26 April 2024.[2] [3]
EHC Red Bull München were the defending champions.[4] Eisbären Berlin won their tenth title after a finals win in five games over the Fischtown Pinguins.[5]
The teams played a quadruple round-robin for 52 games each, playing every other team four times. After the regular season, places one to six were qualified for the playoffs, while place seven to ten played in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs were played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season was relegated to DEL2.
The playoffs started on 10 March and ended in 26 April 2024. The first round was played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.[6]
The pre-playoffs were played between 10 and 14 March 2024 in a best-of-three mode.
The quarterfinals were played between 16 and 30 March 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
The quarterfinals were played between 1 and 10 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
The finals were played between 17 and 26 April 2024 in a best-of-seven mode.
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.[7]
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 21 | 31 | 52 | +20 | 16 | F | |||
| Kölner Haie | 47 | 10 | 40 | 50 | +14 | 20 | F | ||
| Fischtown Pinguins | 52 | 14 | 36 | 50 | +15 | 16 | F | ||
| 48 | 14 | 34 | 48 | −2 | 26 | F | |||
| 50 | 13 | 34 | 47 | +18 | 8 | F | |||
| Kölner Haie | 52 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 0 | 26 | F | ||
| 52 | 16 | 30 | 46 | +14 | 36 | D | |||
| 52 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 0 | 47 | F | |||
| 36 | 21 | 24 | 45 | +13 | 20 | F | |||
| 50 | 16 | 29 | 45 | −8 | 10 | F |
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.[8]
| Player | Team | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 661 | 22 | 2.00 | 332 | 93.79 | 1 | |||
| 339 | 12 | 2.12 | 180 | 93.86 | 1 | |||
| Fischtown Pinguins | 134 | 4 | 1.79 | 48 | 92.31 | 0 | ||
| 1364 | 46 | 2.02 | 531 | 92.03 | 0 | |||
| 2429 | 95 | 2.35 | 1066 | 91.82 | 3 |
The awards were announced on 11 March 2024.[9]
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Player of the year |  Nicolas Mattinen | |
| Goaltender of the year | Kristers Gudļevskis | |
| Defenceman of the year | Nicolas Mattinen | |
| Forward of the year | Justin Schütz | |
| Youth player of the year | Veit Oswald | |
| Coach of the year | Steve Walker | |
| Leonhard Pföderl |