2011–12 DEL season
The 2011–12 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 18th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Eisbären Berlin won the league championship after posting the top record during the regular season.Teams
Regular season
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime win, SOW = Shootout win, OTL = Overtime loss, SOL = Shootout loss, L = Loss
Color code: = Direct Playoff qualification, = Playoff qualification round, = No playoffPlayoffs
Playoff qualifications
The playoff qualifications were played between March 14, and 16, 2012 in a Best-of-three mode.
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| DEG Metro Stars | 2–0 | Iserlohn Roosters | 4–1 | 7–4 | – |
| Augsburger Panther | 0–2 | Kölner Haie | 1–5 | 1–3 | – |
Playoff bracket
Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals will be played in a Best-of-seven mode starting March 21 until April 3, 2012.
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 4–0 | Kölner Haie | 5–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | – | – | – |
| 4–1 | | 4–0 | 8–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | – | – |
| EHC Wolfsburg | 0–4 | Straubing Tigers | 1–2 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 3–7 | – | – | – |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 4–1 | DEG Metro Stars | 5–3 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 6–1 | 4–3 | – | – |
Semifinals
The semifinals were played in a Best-of-five mode starting April 5 to 11, 2012.
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 3–1 | Straubing Tigers | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 1–3 | Adler Mannheim | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–6 | |
Finals
The finals will be played in a Best-of-five mode starting April 15 to 24, 2012.
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 3–2 | Adler Mannheim | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 6–5 | 3–1 |
