The Eisbären Berlin have made a furious and emotional start to the new German Ice Hockey League (DEL) season. On Tuesday evening, the German champions won 6:2 (1:0, 2:1, 3:1) against the newly promoted Dresdner Eislöwen. Ty Ronning, Korbinian Geibel, Andreas Eder, Marcel Noebels, Liam Kirk and Blaine Byron scored to give the defending champions and renewed championship favorites a commanding home win.
The emotional highlight of the game was Andreas Eder's first DEL goal in a Eisbären jersey in the 34th minute. The 29-year-old had joined the Eisbären in the summer from EHC Red Bull Munich, for whom his brother Tobias Eder had played until his death from cancer in January of this year.
