The 2025–26 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season was the 32nd season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 9 September 2025 and ended on 3 May 2026.
Eisbären Berlin were the two-time defending champions and defeated Adler Mannheim in the final to win their third straight and 12th overall title.
Format The teams played a double round-robin for 52 games each. After the regular season, places one to six were qualified for the playoffs while place seven to ten played in the pre-playoffs. The playoffs were played in a best of seven mode. The last team from the regular season was relegated to DEL2.
Teams
TeamCityArenaCapacityAugsburger PantherAugsburgCurt Frenzel Stadium6,218Eisbären BerlinBerlinUber Arena14,200Fischtown PinguinsBremerhavenEisarena Bremerhaven4,674Dresdner EislöwenDresdenJoynext Arena4,412Löwen FrankfurtFrankfurtEissporthalle Frankfurt6,000ERC IngolstadtIngolstadtSaturn Arena4,815Iserlohn RoostersIserlohnEissporthalle Iserlohn5,000Kölner HaieCologneLanxess Arena18,500Adler MannheimMannheimSAP Arena13,600EHC Red Bull MünchenMunichSAP Garden11,000Nürnberg Ice TigersNurembergPSD Bank Nürnberg Arena7,810Schwenninger Wild WingsVillingen-SchwenningenHelios Arena6,215Straubing TigersStraubingEisstadion am Pulverturm6,000Grizzlys WolfsburgWolfsburgEis Arena Wolfsburg4,660
Regular season Standings
Results
Playoffs The playoffs will be held between 17 March and 7 May 2026. The first round will be played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.
Bracket
Pre-playoffs The pre-playoffs were played between 17 and 22 March 2026 in a best-of-three mode.
Fischtown Pinguins vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers
Grizzlys Wolfsburg vs Schwenninger Wild Wings
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals were played between 24 March and 4 April 2025 in a best-of-seven mode.
Kölner Haie vs Schwenninger Wild Wings
Adler Mannheim vs Fischtown Pinguins
Straubing Tigers vs Eisbären Berlin
EHC Red Bull München vs ERC Ingolstadt
Semifinals The quarterfinals were played between 8 and 20 April 2026 in a best-of-seven mode.
Kölner Haie vs Eisbären Berlin
Adler Mannheim vs EHC Red Bull München
Final The final was played between 24 April and 7 May 2026 in a best-of-seven mode.
Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerTeamGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS Evan Barratt Nürnberg Ice Tigers 51 16 49 65 −4 43 F Riley Barber ERC Ingolstadt 52 32 31 63 +22 29 F Patrick Russell Kölner Haie 52 27 33 60 +19 27 F Nicholas Halloran Straubing Tigers 51 22 36 58 +18 18 F Liam Kirk Eisbären Berlin 52 32 23 55 +11 14 F Taro Hirose EHC Red Bull München 50 9 45 54 +34 6 F Gregor MacLeod Kölner Haie 41 18 35 53 +14 10 F Nicolas Mattinen Adler Mannheim 52 20 30 50 +25 50 D Alex Breton ERC Ingolstadt 52 15 35 50 +15 18 D Alexander Blank Augsburger Panther 52 19 28 47 +1 16 F
Leading goaltenders Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.
PlayerTeamTOIGAGAASASv%SO Janne Juvonen Kölner Haie 1937 66 2.04 963 93.15 5 Antoine Bibeau EHC Red Bull München 1715 55 1.92 720 92.36 4 Kristers Gudļevskis Fischtown Pinguins 904 34 2.26 431 92.11 1 Maximilian Franzreb Adler Mannheim 2003 70 2.10 885 92.09 4 Dustin Strahlmeier Grizzlys Wolfsburg 2502 105 2.52 1255 91.63 3
Awards The awards were announced on 16 March 2026.
Award Player Player of the year Janne Juvonen Goaltender of the year Janne Juvonen Defenceman of the year Nicolas Mattinen Forward of the year Riley Barber Youth player of the year Fabio Kose Coach of the year Kari Jalonen Finals MVP Jonas Stettmer
References
External links Official website