Overview
- The club announced it ended its partnership with head coach Todd Woodcroft with immediate effect and promoted longtime assistant Petteri Väkiparta to lead the team.
- The move comes after Kassel lost the DEL2 final to Krefeld, which meant another missed chance to move up to the DEL, Germany's top division.
- Woodcroft said his two-year contract had expired and noted the team earned more than 200 regular-season points across his two seasons.
- Goalie and video coach Sinisa Martinovic is also departing, with the club citing his move to Switzerland for family reasons.
- Sports director Daniel Kreutzer thanked Woodcroft, described the talks as respectful, and said new assistant coaches will be named at a later date.