Eisbären Berlin
Eisbären Berlin (ⓘ; English: Berlin Polar Bears) is a professional ice hockey team based in Berlin, Germany. The team competes in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), the highest level of play in professional German ice hockey, and is also one of the league's founding members. The Eisbären have won the DEL championship more often than any other team, with eight DEL championships as of the 2020–21 season. They won the German ice hockey cup in 2008 as well as the European Trophy in 2010. Before reunification the team won the East German ice hockey championship 15 times as SC Dynamo Berlin.
| Eisbären Berlin | |
|---|---|
| City | Berlin, Germany |
| League | Deutsche Eishockey Liga |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Home arena | Uber Arena (capacity: 14,200) |
| Colours | |
| Owner(s) | Anschutz Entertainment Group (Philip Anschutz, chairman) |
| General manager | Peter-John Lee |
| Head coach | Serge Aubin |
| Captain | Kai Wissmann |
| Website | eisbaeren.de |
| Franchise history | |
| 1954–1990 | SC Dynamo Berlin |
| 1990–1992 | EHC Dynamo Berlin |
| Current season | |
The club's origins go back to 1954. It was the ice hockey department of sports club SC Dynamo Berlin. Following incorporation into the West German 1. Bundesliga in 1990, the ice hockey department became the independent ice hockey club EHC Dynamo Berlin, and then in 1992 renamed EHC Eisbären Berlin. The home games are played at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.
The Eisbären Berlin are owned by the Anschutz Entertainment Group. The official logo of the team is the polar bear, a reference to the bear appearing on Berlin's coat of arms.