Release from 17.12.2021

Postseason game schedule set

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The race for the playoff spots in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League enters the intensive Christmas phase. From today until January 9, 60 games are scheduled, and the first preliminary decisions in the battle for the top 6 may already be made. The schedule for the pre-playoffs and playoffs 2022 in the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League has now been set. The teams ranked seventh to tenth will start the postseason on March 2. The champion of the 2021/22 season will be crowned on Easter Monday, April 18 at the latest.

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Pre-playoffs for the first time

The first pre-playoffs of the bet-at-home ICE Hockey League will start on March 2. After 52 match days in the regular season, the teams in seventh to tenth place will open the postseason with the "best-of-three" pre-playoffs. The seventh-place team can choose to play the ninth- or tenth-place team immediately after the conclusion of the regular season. The winners of the two series that complete the field of participants for the quarterfinals will be determined no later than March 6.

Quarterfinal pairings will continue to be determined by a playoff pick. The playoff pick will take place once all quarterfinal participants have been determined. In this process, the top three teams select their opponent. The fourth-place team is not available for selection and will face the team that was not selected in the pick.

Quarterfinals to finals in "best-of-seven" series

The quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will all be played in "best-of-seven" series. The quarterfinals will start in a 2-day rhythm (one day of play, one day of rest), which will be maintained for most of the playoffs.

If all quarterfinal-or/and semifinal series have already been decided after five games, the respective next phase will be brought forward to the date of the scheduled seventh game of the phase before.

The quarter-final and the semi-final series will be played with a change of home ice after each game. If neither of these phases is completed after five games, a switch to a back-to-back rhythm will be made for the final.

The champion of the 2021/22 season will be decided on Easter Monday, April 18, at the latest.

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