The 2007–08 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 14th season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League). 15 Teams played after the Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg received the license and were admitted to play in the DEL. Each club played the other four times, resulting in 56 regular season games per club. The top six clubs at the end of the regular season are qualified for the first round of the play-offs. The clubs seven to ten play a preliminary round to determined the last two places for the first round. For the teams placed eleven to fifteen, the season has ended. No club will be relegated from the DEL this season.

The Eisbären Berlin

Eisbären Berlin

' are a professional ice hockey team based in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga , the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey and is also one of the league's founding members...

 (Polar Bears Berlin) won its 3rd Championship in 4 years.

Regular season

The final table operates under the following points system: Three points for a win, two for a win after overtime or penalties, one for a loss after overtime or penalties and no points for an outright loss.

	Team	GP	W	OTW	SOW	OTL	SOL	L	Goals	Points
1.	Sinupret Ice Tigers	56	33	1	3	3	5	11	206:144	115
2.	Eisbären Berlin Eisbären Berlin ' are a professional ice hockey team based in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga , the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey and is also one of the league's founding members...	56	33	2	3	3	1	14	231:165	113
3.	Kölner Haie Kölner Haie The Kölner Haie are an ice hockey club based in Cologne, Germany that plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team was one of the founding members of the DEL.The team colours are red and white....	56	28	6	3	4	3	12	192:146	109
4.	Frankfurt Lions Frankfurt Lions The Frankfurt Lions were a professional men's ice hockey club from Frankfurt, Germany that played in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The club ceased operations in 2010 due to financial difficulty.-History:...	56	24	5	3	4	5	15	188:172	97
5.	Iserlohn Roosters Iserlohn Roosters The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia. They are members of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga since 2000 and play their home games at the Eissporthalle Iserlohn which is also known as Eissporthalle am Seilersee. Playing nine years in the DEL the...	56	25	4	4	4	1	18	208:196	96
6.	Adler Mannheim Adler Mannheim Adler Mannheim are an ice hockey team of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the highest ice hockey league in Germany. The team is from Mannheim, a city in the north of Baden-Wurttemberg...	56	24	3	5	2	2	20	180:174	92
7.	Hamburg Freezers Hamburg Freezers The Hamburg Freezers are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga that play their games in Hamburg, Germany. Originally known as the Munich Barons from 1999 until 2002, team owner Philip Anschutz relocated the franchise to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002, and renamed the team the...	56	23	1	4	1	7	20	194:171	87
8.	Hannover Scorpions Hannover Scorpions The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark. The team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. Their games are played at TUI Arena of the Expo Plaza...	56	20	4	3	3	9	17	171:171	86
9.	DEG Metro Stars DEG Metro Stars The DEG Metro Stars is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players...	56	23	2	3	3	3	22	169:173	85
10.	ERC Ingolstadt ERC Ingolstadt The ERC Ingolstadt are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Commonly known as the Panthers, they play their games in Ingolstadt, Germany at the Saturn Arena. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Ingolstadt signed NHLers Marco Sturm, Andy McDonald, Jamie Langenbrunner and Aaron Ward...	56	19	7	4	3	1	22	180:190	83
11.	Krefeld Pinguine Krefeld Pinguine The Krefeld Pinguine are an ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. They play in Krefeld, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the KönigPALAST. Founded first in 1936, the pro team became a limited liability company in 1994 and joined the top tier Deutsche Eishockey Liga...	56	22	2	1	3	5	23	191:193	80
12.	Augsburger Panther Augsburger Panther The Augsburger Panther are a professional ice hockey team in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. The team is based in Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany. They play their home games at the Curt Frenzel Stadion....	56	16	3	4	3	2	28	158:187	67
13.	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	56	14	2	3	2	1	34	152:202	55
14.	Straubing Tigers Straubing Tigers The Straubing Tigers are a professional men's ice hockey team in the German Ice Hockey League . They play out of Straubing, Germany, and they play their home games at Eisstadion am Pulverturm, which can hold 5,800 spectators....	56	12	0	4	4	2	34	132:197	50
15.	EV Duisburg	56	10	3	2	3	2	36	142:213	45

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 playoff

Player	Club	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Robert Hock	Iserlohn Roosters	56	24	63	87
Steve Walker	Eisbären Berlin	53	27	58	85
Peter Sarno Peter Sarno Peter Sarno is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Alleghe Hockey in the Italian Serie A. He was selected in the sixth round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, 141st overall, by the Edmonton Oilers....	Hamburg Freezers	56	26	48	74
Michael Wolf	Iserlohn Roosters	56	44	27	71
Ivan Čiernik	Kölner Haie	56	38	28	66

Playoffs

The four rounds of the 2007-08 play-offs were played under the following system:

• Preliminary round: Best-of-three
• First round: Best-of-seven
• Semi finals: Best-of-five
• Finals: Best-of-five

Unlike the regular season, in the play-offs games will not be decided by penalty shoot-outs but in overtime (OT) sudden-death. In all play-off rounds the higher placed team from the regular season has home advantage in the uneven numbered games (Game 1, 3, 5, 7) and the other team in the even numbered games (Game 2, 4, 6).

Qualifing round

Qualifications

	|	|	| Series	| 1	| 2	| 3	| RS
Hamburg Freezers Hamburg Freezers The Hamburg Freezers are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga that play their games in Hamburg, Germany. Originally known as the Munich Barons from 1999 until 2002, team owner Philip Anschutz relocated the franchise to Hamburg for financial reasons on 3 June 2002, and renamed the team the...	–	ERC Ingolstadt ERC Ingolstadt The ERC Ingolstadt are a member of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Commonly known as the Panthers, they play their games in Ingolstadt, Germany at the Saturn Arena. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Ingolstadt signed NHLers Marco Sturm, Andy McDonald, Jamie Langenbrunner and Aaron Ward...	2:1	3:5	5:4 OT	4:3	[1:3]
Hannover Scorpions Hannover Scorpions The Hannover Scorpions are a professional ice hockey team founded in 1975 as ESC Wedemark. The team was renamed Wedemark Scorpions in 1996 after the rock band Scorpions, who also call Hanover, Lower Saxony their home. Their games are played at TUI Arena of the Expo Plaza...	–	DEG Metro Stars DEG Metro Stars The DEG Metro Stars is a German professional ice hockey team in Düsseldorf. It was Germany's most successful hockey club for a long time and had many international players...	1:2	4:3	2:4	1:2 OT	[2:2]

RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime

Quarterfinals

Team	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7
Sinupret Ice Tigers	DEG Metro Stars	3-2	1-3	1-2	3-6	2-3	—	—
Eisbären Berlin	Hamburg Freezers	2-4	7-4	6-1	6-1	4-3 OT	—	—
Kölner Haie	Adler Mannheim	4-3	1-2	5-4 OT	4-3 OT	4-1	—	—
Frankfurt Lions	Iserlohn Roosters	4-3 OT	2-3 OT	3-4 OT	1-5	4-2	4-0	4-3

Semi finals

Team	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Eisbären Berlin	DEG Metro Stars	4-1	3-4	4-3 OT	1-5	3-1
Kölner Haie	Frankfurt Lions	7-1	4-5 OT	2-1 OT	3-4	3-2

Finals

Team	Team	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
Eisbären Berlin	Kölner Haie	3-2 OT	1-2	4-3	2-1 OT	—

Top scorers

Player	Club	Games	Goals	Assists	Points
Nathan Robinson Nathan Robinson Nathan Robinson is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with Espoo Blues of the SM-liiga in Finland.-Playing career:...	Eisbären Berlin	13	4	11	15
Ivan Ciernik	Kölner Haie	14	11	2	13
Chris Taylor	Frankfurt Lions	12	5	8	13
Peter Sarno	Hamburg Freezers	8	4	9	13
Sven Felski	Eisbären Berlin	13	3	10	13
Jason Young	Frankfurt Lions	12	3	10	13