Overview
- The defending DEL champions lost 5–2 to the Grizzlys Wolfsburg, with recurring puck losses again proving costly.
- The defeat denied Berlin a move into sixth place, the cutoff that secures direct qualification for the playoff quarterfinals.
- Captain Kai Wissmann marked his season debut with a goal after a summer Achilles injury and said he felt “super” on his return.
- With three league games left before the Olympic pause, head coach Serge Aubin said the conceded goals came from simple errors that must be fixed as players stressed concentration and effort.
- BILD reported Wissmann’s nomination to Germany’s Olympic team and argued that summer departures have had an outsized impact on the roster.