2025–26 DEL season

2025–26 DEL season
LeagueDeutsche Eishockey Liga
SportIce hockey
Duration9 September 2025 – 7 May 2026
Regular season
Top scorerGregor MacLeod
(38 points)
Finals

The 2025–26 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season is the 32nd season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.[1] It started on 9 September 2025 and end at the latest on 7 May 2026.[2]

Eisbären Berlin are the two-time defending champions.[3]

Format

The teams will play a double round-robin for 52 games each. After the regular season, places one to six are qualified for the playoffs while place seven to ten will play in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs will be played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season is relegated to DEL2.

Teams

Locations of the Teams of the 2025–26 DEL season
Team City Arena Capacity
Augsburger Panther Augsburg Curt Frenzel Stadium 6,218
Eisbären Berlin Berlin Uber Arena 14,200
Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven Eisarena Bremerhaven 4,674
Dresdner Eislöwen Dresden Joynext Arena 4,412
Löwen Frankfurt Frankfurt Eissporthalle Frankfurt 6,000
ERC Ingolstadt Ingolstadt Saturn Arena 4,815
Iserlohn Roosters Iserlohn Eissporthalle Iserlohn 5,000
Kölner Haie Cologne Lanxess Arena 18,500
Adler Mannheim Mannheim SAP Arena 13,600
EHC Red Bull München Munich SAP Garden 11,000
Nürnberg Ice Tigers Nuremberg PSD Bank Nürnberg Arena 7,810
Schwenninger Wild Wings Villingen-Schwenningen Helios Arena 6,215
Straubing Tigers Straubing Eisstadion am Pulverturm 6,000
Grizzlys Wolfsburg Wolfsburg Eis Arena Wolfsburg 4,660

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 ERC Ingolstadt 29 19 3 0 7 128 81 +47 63 Advance to Playoffs and Champions Hockey League
2 Kölner Haie 29 18 2 2 7 103 77 +26 60
3 Adler Mannheim 28 18 1 3 6 100 55 +45 59 Playoffs
4 EHC Red Bull München 29 18 1 2 8 95 72 +23 58
5 Straubing Tigers 28 17 1 1 9 100 76 +24 54
6 Eisbären Berlin 29 12 5 3 9 95 89 +6 49
7 Fischtown Pinguins 28 14 2 1 11 93 86 +7 47 Pre-playoffs
8 Nürnberg Ice Tigers 28 12 0 3 13 94 98 −4 39
9 Schwenninger Wild Wings 30 11 2 2 15 77 86 −9 39
10 Grizzlys Wolfsburg 29 12 0 2 15 88 86 +2 38
11 Augsburger Panther 28 8 4 2 14 81 104 −23 34
12 Löwen Frankfurt 28 6 2 2 18 61 113 −52 24
13 Iserlohn Roosters 28 5 3 2 18 62 89 −27 23
14 Dresdner Eislöwen 29 2 2 3 22 57 122 −65 13 Relegated to DEL2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2025. Source: DEL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away AUG BER BRE DRE FRA ING ISE KÖL MAN MUN NÜR SCH STR WOL AUG BER BRE DRE FRA ING ISE KÖL MAN MUN NÜR SCH STR WOL
Augsburger Panther — 3–4[a] 2–5 2–4 5–3 4–2 4–1 4–2 3–6 3–8 1–5 5–1 4–9 2–1[a] — 3–4
Eisbären Berlin 3–4[a] — 1–4 6–2 4–2 3–0 5–3 3–4[b] 4–3[a] 1–3 3–2 1–2 2–3[a] 3–2 — 5–1 2–0
Fischtown Pinguins 3–4[b] 5–1 — 4–2 5–2 5–2 2–1 2–5 3–6 4–1 4–5 2–1 2–5 0–4 2–1[a] —
Dresdner Eislöwen 1–4 4–5[a] — 4–3[b] 2–4 1–6 2–5 0–3 2–4 1–5 0–2 2–4 0–4 — 4–3[a] 1–4
Löwen Frankfurt 4–2 2–3[b] 7–3 3–6 — 0–8 3–0 3–2 2–1[a] 0–3 3–6 1–3 1–9 — 0–5 3–7
ERC Ingolstadt 5–1 8–5 5–2 3–2[a] 5–2 — 2–3 10–3 5–2 6–3 7–4 5–2 6–5[a] 3–2 — 4–2
Iserlohn Roosters 1–4 3–4 1–5 4–3[a] 3–4 5–6[a] — 1–3 0–4 3–1 6–5[b] 2–3[b] 4–0 3–2[a] 5–4 —
Kölner Haie 3–4[b] 3–7 5–0 5–0 4–3 3–1 — 3–2[b] 2–4 7–4 4–1 7–4 4–2 — 5–4 0–2 4–1 4–1
Adler Mannheim 7–0 7–1 4–0 3–1 2–3[a] 2–1 4–1 5–2 — 4–3[b] 2–4 0–3 3–0 3–1 —
EHC Red Bull München 6–3 3–2 3–4 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1[a] 4–0 — 4–1 5–4 5–3 5–7 — 3–1 3–1
Nürnberg Ice Tigers 3–1 4–5[b] 4–3 8–2 5–2 3–5 2–1 2–4 1–5 2–3 — 4–5[b] 3–5 4–2 4–3 —
Schwenninger Wild Wings 3–5 3–4[a] 2–6 4–1 6–1 2–4 3–0 1–4 2–4 4–2 5–2 — 4–1 3–2 0–5 —
Straubing Tigers 5–3 2–4 3–1 6–1 2–1 4–6 2–0 0–2 0–4 6–2 4–1 1–0 — 6–0 5–3 —
Grizzlys Wolfsburg 3–0 1–6 2–4 6–3 4–1 2–4 3–1 3–4 2–4 4–3 5–3 4–1 2–5 — 4–5 —
Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 2025. Source: DEL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Overtime
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Shootout

Playoffs

Bracket

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1  
7    
10    
 
2   (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round)
 
 
 
3  
8   6  
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References

  1. ^ "PENNY DEL blickt auf weitere Rekorde in der Saison 2024/25 zurück". penny-del.org. 29 April 2025.
  2. ^ "PENNY DEL veröffentlicht den Spielplan für die Saison 2025/26 – Freiluftspiel in Dresden". penny-del.org. 30 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Eisbären krönen sich zum Meister der PENNY DEL 2025". penny-del.de. 25 April 2025.
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