The 2025/26 ice hockey season starts: All games at a glance!

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The PENNY DEL publishes the 2025/26 schedule. Kick-off: Eisbären Berlin against Dresden Eislöwen on September 9th.

Die PENNY DEL veröffentlicht den Spielplan 2025/26. Auftakt: Eisbären Berlin gegen Dresdner Eislöwen am 9. September.
The PENNY DEL publishes the 2025/26 schedule. Kick-off: Eisbären Berlin against Dresden Eislöwen on September 9th.

The 2025/26 ice hockey season starts: All games at a glance!

The anticipation among ice hockey fans in Dresden is great: The PENNY DEL has published the schedule for the coming 2025/2026 season and there are some exciting highlights. The start of the season is scheduled for Tuesday, September 9, 2025, when the opening game will take place between the Eisbären Berlin and the Dresdner Eislöwen. The Eislöwen are starting the new season as promoted teams and want to make a strong impression right from the start. The Kölner Haie, who start their first home game against EHC Red Bull Munich on Friday, September 12, 2025, are also looking forward to an exciting season haie.de.

The first weekend of the season is tough: there will be six more exciting duels on September 12, 2025. The games include the clash between the Nürnberg Ice Tigers and the Augsburger Panthern as well as the encounter between the Löwen Frankfurt and the Grizzlys Wolfsburg. The Adler Mannheim are also competing against the Straubing Tigers and the Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven are competing against the Schwenninger Wild Wings. The match day is completed by the match between ERC Ingolstadt and the Iserlohn Roosters eishockey.net.

Important dates and interruptions

A notable point in the schedule is the league break in November due to the Germany Cup, which takes place from November 3rd to 12th, 2025. The athletes also have to take a creative break for the Winter Olympics in Milan, which is scheduled from January 28th to February 24th, 2026. The main round finally ends on March 15, 2026 with an away game between the Dresdner Eislöwen and the Straubing Tigers before the playoffs begin on March 17. The new champion of the DEL will be determined by May 7, 2026 at the latest straubing-tigers.de.

Another highlight will be the DEL WINTER GAME on January 10, 2026, where the Eisbären Berlin will meet the Dresden Eislöwen again. This spectacle takes place in the Rudolf Harbig Stadium and offers space for up to 32,000 spectators who can look forward to an unforgettable ice hockey experience in the open air. Pre-sales for this event begin immediately, so be quick! The entire 364 games of the main round and the playoffs will be broadcast live on MagentaSport, and DF1 will also show a game on free TV every Sunday, starting with the game between Kölner Haien and Eisbären Berlin on September 14, 2025. The broadcasts begin with a new face-off time at 4:30 p.m haie.de.

The 2025/2026 season promises to be an exciting sporting year for ice hockey lovers in Dresden and all of Germany. With a mix of exciting games, special events and the exciting return of the Dresden Ice Lions to the DEL, the motto is now: Get on your skates, get set, go!