Affiliated Player Update: 3 Games Max

In oder to prevent misuse of the aforementioned Affiliated Player rules, the following update has been inserted into our rule book “§2.3 Melderegularien:”

Der Föderlizenz Spieler darf maximal 3 Spiele in der höheren Division spielen.  Ab der 4. Spiel in der höheren Division wird der Spieler als regulären Spieler in der Mannschaft der höheren Division gesetzt und somit aus der Mannschaft in der unteren Division gestrichen.

Essentially this means that once you play your 4th game as an affiliated player in the higher division club, you are considered a regular player in that team. You will no longer be allowed to continue playing in the lower division club.

The updated rule book is available as always via the Downloads link in our Website. Hockey Rule Book 2023-2024 (in German only)

2020/21 Season is cancelled

As most of you are aware, the current lockdown rules, coupled with the announced closing of rinks where DPL league games are scheduled, has forced your DPL Managment Team to cancel all remaining games of the 2020/21 hockey season. We will now concentrate on the planing for the upcoming 2021/22 hockey season.

We will inform you whether or not an 2021 Inliner Season will take place as and when we have more relevant information. No decision has been made at this time.

Your DPL has a responsibility to all referees, players, coaches and fans to ensure the safe operation of the DPL.

We ask for your understanding. This was a decision which we did not take lightly. In view of the current pandemic situation, we felt it was the best course of action to take.

#Staysafe

Your DPL Management Team

Team Roster: Deadline extended to 15.01.2021

The following e-Mail was sent to the Team Captains on 29.11.2020. Essentially, it says that given the current (Corona) situation – we’re not playing at the moment – we’ve moved the team roster deadline to the 15.01.2021.

“Dear Team Captains
aus aktuellem Anlass, verschieben wir den Meldeschluss für eure Kader auf den 15.01.2021. 
#StaySafe
Euer DPL Management Team”

Extended: Games on-hold in Dec

As most of you are well aware, the German government has taken further steps to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in Germany. As a result, the postponement of DPL games has been extended through December, 2020. We will revisit the situation again in December to determine whether or not we can re-start in Jan, 2021.

You can find an overview of the latest Corona-Rules here (in German).

#StaySafe
Your DPL Management Team

Team Roster: Deadline extended to 15.12.2020

The following e-Mail was sent to the Team Captains on 19.11.2020. Essentially, it says that given the current (Corona) situation – we’re not playing at the moment – we’ve moved the team roster deadline to the 15.12.2020.

Dear Team Captains
aus aktuellem Anlass, verschieben wir den Meldeschluss für eure Kader auf den 15.12.2020. 
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Euer DPL Management Team”

Inliner Finals 2020

It was a busy day at Friedrichspark.
Two final playoff games – one to decide third place and one for the championship.
The match to decide third place was between Mike‘s Monsters and Ludwigshafen Scorpions, starting at 13:00 Nov 1 in Friedrichspark.
Ludwigshafen jumped out to a quick 5:2 lead after 15 mins and never looked back. Although Mike‘s Monsters outshot Ludwigshafen in the third period, the Scorpions were able to cruise through to a 9:4 win and third place overall this Inliner Season 2020.
Congrats to both teams for a well fought match.
The championship game followed at 15:00 between undefeated K-Town and challenger Snipers 2020. As was the case in the game for third place, one team, in this case K-Town, jumped out to an early lead. Marcel Pohl, scoring Champ for this Inliner season, struck early for K-Town at 0:09 of the first period. K-Town posted a 4:0 lead after 15 min, adding 2 more in the second for a comfortable 6:0 lead after 30 min of play. The teams traded goals in the third frame, with a final score of 7:1 in favor of K-Town.
Ice Hockey Division 4 Manager Brett Castell Morley, who doubled as Announcer and Head Timekeeper for these contests, handed out the hardware along with DPL President Phil Morley and DPL Inliner Manager Peter Götz.
A big thank you to our two referees for these games – Tina Kirschner and Stefan Schmidt.
Inliner Champions 2020 – K-Town
Second place – Snipers 2020
Third place – Ludwigshafen Scorpions
Fourth place – Mike‘s Monsters
Best goalie (DIV2) – Pascal Riedel, Ludwigshafen Scorpions
MVP (DIV2) – Roy Labbé, Mike‘s Monsters
Top Scorer – Marcel Pohl, K-Town
Best Goalie (DIV1), Marcel Kappes, Snipers 2020
MVP (DIV1) – Fabian Fellhauer, Snipers 2020
Congratulations to all players!
See you next season.

#Staysafe

Your DPL Management Team

Inliner Champions 2020 – K-Town
Inliner Vice-Champs – Snipers 2020