# 2024–25 DEL season

The 2024–25 Deutsche Eishockey Liga season is the 31st season since the founding of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. It started on 19 September 2024.
Eisbären Berlin are the defending champions. The Augsburger Panther were originally relegated last year, but kept their place since the winning team from the second division did not apply for a license.

## Format

The teams will play a double round-robin for 52 games each. After the regular season, places 1 to 6 are qualified for the playoffs while place 7 to 10 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

| 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 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | Düsseldorf | PSD Bank Dome | 13,400 |
| 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 | Arena Nürnberger Versicherung | 7,810 |
| Schwenninger Wild Wings | Villingen-Schwenningen | Helios Arena | 5,300 |
| 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 | 52 | 33 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 191 | 128 | +63 | 113 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 52 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 203 | 150 | +53 | 107 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Fischtown Pinguins | 52 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 162 | 112 | +50 | 94 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Adler Mannheim | 52 | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 160 | 138 | +22 | 91 | Playoffs |
| 5 | EHC Red Bull München | 52 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 157 | 145 | +12 | 88 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Kölner Haie | 52 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 156 | 148 | +8 | 87 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Straubing Tigers | 52 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 159 | 158 | +1 | 76 | Pre-playoffs |
| 8 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 52 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 144 | 162 | −18 | 73 | Pre-playoffs |
| 9 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 52 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 21 | 160 | 155 | +5 | 71 | Pre-playoffs |
| 10 | Löwen Frankfurt | 52 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 149 | 170 | −21 | 69 | Pre-playoffs |
| 11 | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 52 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 142 | 165 | −23 | 68 | |
| 12 | Iserlohn Roosters | 52 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 27 | 140 | 180 | −40 | 53 | |
| 13 | Augsburger Panther | 52 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 135 | 185 | −50 | 51 | |
| 14 | Düsseldorfer EG (R) | 52 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 136 | 198 | −62 | 51 | Relegated to DEL2 |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AUG | BER | BRE | DÜS | FRA | ING | ISE | KÖL | MAN | MUN | NÜR | SCH | STR | WOL | AUG | BER | BRE | DÜS | FRA | ING | ISE | KÖL | MAN | MUN | NÜR | SCH | STR | WOL |
| Augsburger Panther | — | 2–3 | 2–5 | 6–1 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 7–6 | 1–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 3–4 | — | 2–4 | 2–6 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 1–3 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 6–2 |
| Eisbären Berlin | 6–2 | — | 4–3 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 6–3 | 2–3 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 5–0 | — | 3–4 | 10–2 | 2–3 | 1–6 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 7–3 | 4–2 | 6–3 |
| Fischtown Pinguins | 4–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 5–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–5 | 6–7 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–4 | — | 5–1 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 5–2 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–5 | 5–1 |
| Düsseldorfer EG | 4–3 | 3–5 | 1–3 | — | 0–3 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 0–8 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | — | 4–3 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 4–7 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 3–0 |
| Löwen Frankfurt | 4–3 | 2–5 | 1–7 | 2–7 | — | 5–3 | 6–2 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 4–8 | — | 3–2 | 5–4 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 3–5 |
| ERC Ingolstadt | 4–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–0 | — | 5–1 | 5–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 7–5 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 7–1 | 2–3 | — | 5–1 | 1–4 | 6–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 5–1 |
| Iserlohn Roosters | 4–3 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 3–5 | — | 2–1 | 3–4 | 5–7 | 6–2 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 5–6 | 2–3 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 4–5 | — | 3–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 4–2 |
| Kölner Haie | 3–1 | 2–6 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 0–4 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 5–6 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 4–1 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 3–2 | — | 4–7 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–2 |
| Adler Mannheim | 6–1 | 3–9 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 4–1 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 3–4 | 6–2 | 4–5 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 1–4 | — | 4–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| EHC Red Bull München | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–4 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–6 | 5–4 | — | 4–0 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 7–4 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 |
| Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–9 | 6–3 | 3–2 | 6–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | — | 4–1 | 3–4 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 5–4 | 0–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 3–7 | 2–5 | 2–1 |
| Schwenninger Wild Wings | 1–2 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 7–3 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 4–1 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 6–0 | 0–2 | — | 3–4 | 3–2 |
| Straubing Tigers | 9–1 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 2–6 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 2–0 | — | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 6–3 | 2–4 | 4–1 | — | 3–2 |
| Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 6–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 5–3 | — | 2–0 | 1–3 | 6–5 | 2–1 | 1–7 | 3–4 | 3–2 | 2–6 | 4–6 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 4–1 | 5–2 | — |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Overtime
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Shootout

## Playoffs

The playoffs will be held between 9 March and 29 April 2025. The first round will be played in a best-of-three mode, afterwards it will be best-of-seven.

### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | 1 | ERC Ingolstadt | 2 | | | |
| 7 | Straubing Tigers | 2 | 8 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 0 | | | |
| 10 | Löwen Frankfurt | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Eisbären Berlin | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| | | | 7 | Straubing Tigers | 0 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| | | | 3 | Fischtown Pinguins | 0 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| 8 | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 2 | 6 | Kölner Haie | 1 | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) | (Pairings are re-seeded after the first and second round) |
| 9 | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Adler Mannheim | 1 | | | |
| | | | 5 | EHC Red Bull München | 0 | | | |

### Pre-playoffs

The pre-playoffs were played between 9 and 13 March 2025 in a best-of-three mode.

#### Straubing Tigers vs Löwen Frankfurt

* Straubing won series 2–0

#### Nürnberg Ice Tigers vs Schwenninger Wild Wings

* Nuremberg won series 2–1

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals will be played between 16 and 30 March 2025 in a best-of-seven mode.

#### ERC Ingolstadt vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers

* Ingolstadt leads series 2–0

#### Eisbären Berlin vs Straubing Tigers

* Berlin leads series 1–0

#### Fischtown Pinguins vs Kölner Haie

* Cologne leads series 1–0

#### Adler Mannheim vs EHC Red Bull München

* Mannheim leads series 1–0

### Semifinals

The quarterfinals will be played between 1 and 14 April 2025 in a best-of-seven mode.

#### QF2 winner vs QF3 winner
### Final

The final will be played between 17 and 29 April 2025 in a best-of-seven mode.

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Ty Ronning | Eisbären Berlin | 47 | 37 | 36 | 73 | +32 | 19 | F |
| Leonhard Pföderl | Eisbären Berlin | 51 | 26 | 45 | 71 | +24 | 18 | F |
| Evan Barratt | Nürnberg Ice Tigers | 50 | 19 | 43 | 62 | 0 | 45 | F |
| Chris DeSousa | EHC Red Bull München | 50 | 27 | 25 | 52 | +16 | 74 | F |
| Matt White | Grizzlys Wolfsburg | 52 | 18 | 31 | 49 | −9 | 6 | F |
| Maksim Matushkin | Löwen Frankfurt | 50 | 13 | 36 | 49 | +2 | 52 | D |
| Tyson Spink | Schwenninger Wild Wings | 52 | 23 | 25 | 48 | +15 | 43 | F |
| Brendan O'Donnell | Düsseldorfer EG | 52 | 20 | 28 | 48 | −36 | 38 | F |
| Alex Breton | ERC Ingolstadt | 52 | 20 | 28 | 48 | +25 | 22 | D |
| Justin Schütz | Kölner Haie | 48 | 26 | 20 | 46 | +20 | 32 | F |

### Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage.
| Player | Team | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Kristers Gudļevskis | Fischtown Pinguins | 1693 | 54 | 1.91 | 713 | 92.96 | 5 |
| Evan Fitzpatrick | EHC Red Bull München | 234 | 8 | 2.05 | 99 | 92.52 | 1 |
| Maximilian Franzreb | Fischtown Pinguins | 1401 | 53 | 2.27 | 634 | 92.29 | 2 |
| Erik Eder | ERC Ingolstadt | 49 | 1 | 2.21 | 11 | 91.67 | 0 |
| Cody Brenner | Löwen Frankfurt | 1098 | 45 | 2.46 | 486 | 91.53 | 1 |

## Awards

The awards were announced on 10 March 2024.
| Award | Player |
| Player of the year | Leonhard Pföderl |
| Goaltender of the year | Kristers Gudļevskis |
| Defenceman of the year | Alex Breton |
| Forward of the year | Leonhard Pföderl |
| Youth player of the year | Kevin Bicker |
| Coach of the year | Mark French |
| Finals MVP | |