Eisbären Berlin

The Eisbären Berlin (pronunciation^ⓘ; English: Berlin Polar Bears) is a professional ice hockey team based in Berlin, Germany. The team plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga, the top league for ice hockey in Germany, and is one of the league's founding members. Eisbären Berlin has won the DEL championship more often than any other team, with eleven titles as of the 2024-25 season. They also won the German ice hockey cup in 2008 and the European Trophy in 2010. Before reunification, the team won the East German ice hockey championship 15 times as SC Dynamo Berlin.

The club started in 1954 as part of SC Dynamo Berlin. After reunification in 1990, it joined the West German 1. Bundesliga and became an independent club called EHC Dynamo Berlin. In 1992, the team changed its name to EHC Eisbären Berlin. Home games are held at the Uber Arena.

Eisbären Berlin is owned by the Anschutz Entertainment Group. The team's logo shows a polar bear, which is inspired by the bear on Berlin's coat of arms.

History

The sports club SC Dynamo Berlin was part of a big sports group called SV Dynamo. They started an ice hockey team in 1954. The team played in a small league with just two teams and won many championships in East Germany.

After Germany reunited in 1990, the team joined the top league in Germany. They faced tough times but kept working hard. In 1994, a new league called the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) started, and the Eisbären became one of its founding teams. Over the years, they have become very popular and have won many championships, more than any other team in the DEL.

They won their first DEL championship in 2005 and went on to win many more, becoming the team with the most DEL titles. The Eisbären Berlin are now one of the most successful and popular ice hockey teams in Germany.

Home arena

The Eisbären Berlin team started playing in a place called Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Prenzlauer Berg. Later, they moved to a bigger sports area in Hohenschönhausen in 1964. This place was called "The Corrugated Palace" because of its roof shape, and it could hold about 4,700 fans.

In the 2008–09 season, the team moved to a new arena called Uber Arena in Friedrichshain. This arena can hold up to 14,200 fans and is close to the Spree river. The team still uses the old arena for practice and for its youth teams.

Team anthem

The Eisbären Berlin have a special song called "Hey, we want to see the Polar Bears". It was made by a group called the Puhdys in 1997 and became popular at parties in the mountains.

When they score a goal, they play a fun mix of tunes. It starts with a line from a song by Rainald Grebe, then includes a dance piece by Jacques Offenbach, a line from a puppet character named Pittiplatsch, and ends with a rhyme from a children's TV show called Rappelkiste.

Honors

The Berlin Polar Bears have won many important trophies over the years.

They have won the Deutsche Eishockey Liga Championship many times: in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, and 2026.

They also won the East German Ice Hockey Championship several times between 1966 and 1988.

Other big wins include the European Trophy in 2010 and the Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal in 2008.

They took second place in the IIHF Continental Cup in 1998 and 2000, and third place in the European Hockey League (EHL) in 1999.

Players

See also: Category:Eisbären Berlin players and Category:SC Dynamo Berlin (ice hockey) players

Current roster

Updated 9 August 2025.

Honored members

• 07 Frank Hördler
• 11 Sven Felski
• 14 Stefan Ustorf
• 19 Mark Beaufait
• 20 Denis Pederson
• 24 André Rankel
• 26 Florian Busch
• 27 Steve Walker
• 72 Rob Zepp

Season-by-season record

Note: GP= Games, W = Win, L = Loss, T = Tie, OTL = Overtime Loss, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Point System: Win = 2 points, T = 1 point, OTL = 1 point

Note: W = Win, SOW – Shoot-out Win; L = Losses, SOL' – Shoot-out Losses

Point System: As of the 1998/99 season a new point scoring system was introduced: Win = 3 points; OT/SO Win = 2 points, OTL/SOL = 1point

Note: GP = Games, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, SOW = Shoot-out Wins, L = Losses, OTL – Overtime Losses, SOL = Shoot-out Losses, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

Point System: Win = 3 points; OT/SO Win = 2 points, OTL/SOL = 1point

Club statistics

Note: this section includes only statistics accumulated between 1990 and the end of the 2011/12 season.

Sponsors

The Eisbären Berlin have several sponsors that help support the team. Some of these sponsors include Berliner Rundfunk, Berliner Volksbank, Bito AG, Galeria Kaufhof, Gasag, Hasseröder, Hornbach, and Ramada. These companies work together to help make the team successful.