The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (for sponsorship reasons called PENNY Deutsche Eishockey Liga ) (German enunciation: [ˌdɔʏtʃə ˈʔaɪshɔkiː ˌliːɡaː]; English: German Ice Hockey League) or DEL, is a German expert ice hockey league. Started in 1994, it was created as a replacement for the Eishockey-Bundesliga as well as ended up being the brand-new top-tier organization in Germany as a result. Unlike the old Bundesliga, the DEL is not under the administration of the German Ice Hockey Federation. In the 2016-- 17 season, the league was the second-best sustained in Europe, behind the Swiss National Organization A, with a standard attendance of 6,198 spectators per game. Kölner Haie, Düsseldorfer EG and Eisbären Berlin all routinely draw in over 15,000 fans for home games. In the DEL Winter months Video game, comparable to the NHL Winter Standard, Cologne and Düsseldorf have played in front of crowds in excess of 40,000, significantly in 2019 as Düsseldorf won in the RheinEnergieStadion. The DEL i...