2008–09 DEL season

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| Germany

| label=Eisbären Berlin

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| lon_deg=13 | lon_min=34 |lon_sec=05

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| Germany

| label=Metro Stars

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| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=13 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=6 | lon_min=48 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Frankfurt Lions

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| lat_deg=50 | lat_min=7 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=8 | lon_min=41 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Hamburg Freezers

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| lat_deg=53 | lat_min=33 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=9 | lon_min=59 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Hannover Scorpions

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| lat_deg=52 | lat_min=22 |lat_sec=28

| lon_deg=9 | lon_min=44 |lon_sec=19

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| Germany

| label=ERC Ingolstadt

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| lat_deg=48 | lat_min=46 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=11 | lon_min=26 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Iserlohn Roosters

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| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=23 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=7 | lon_min=40 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Kassel Huskies

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| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=13 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=9 | lon_min=30 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Kölner Haie

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| lat_deg=50 | lat_min=57 |lat_sec=26

| lon_deg=6 | lon_min=57 |lon_sec=5

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| Germany

| label=Krefeld Pinguine

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| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=19 |lat_sec=40

| lon_deg=6 | lon_min=33 |lon_sec=55

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| Germany

| label=Adler Mannheim

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| lat_deg=49 | lat_min=29 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=8 | lon_min=28 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Sinupret Ice Tigers

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| lat_deg=49 | lat_min=27 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=11 | lon_min=05 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Straubing Tigers

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| lat_deg=48 | lat_min=53 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=12 | lon_min=34 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg

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| lat_deg=52 | lat_min=25 |lat_sec=37

| lon_deg=10 | lon_min=47 |lon_sec=47

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| Germany

| label=Füchse Duisburg

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| lat_deg=51 | lat_min=25 |lat_sec=49

| lon_deg=6 | lon_min=45 |lon_sec=5

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width="180"|Team !width="180"|City !Arena !Budget Million € !Attendance Regular Season !Attendance Playoffs
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Augsburger Panther |Augsburg |Curt Frenzel Stadium |align=right| 3.1 |align=right| 3,678 |align=right| 5,052
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Eisbären Berlin |Berlin |O2 World |align=right| 7.7 |align=right| 13,746 |align=right| 14,083
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |DEG Metro Stars |Düsseldorf |ISS Dome |align=right| 7.2 |align=right| 6,084 |align=right| 9,943
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Frankfurt Lions |Frankfurt |Eissporthalle Frankfurt |align=right| 4.8 |align=right| 6,208 |align=right| 5,650
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" | Füchse Duisburg | Duisburg | Scania Arena |align=right| 4.0 |align=right| 1,792
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Hamburg Freezers |Hamburg |Color Line Arena |align=right| 7.1 |align=right| 7,949 |align=right| 6,660
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Hannover Scorpions |Hanover |TUI Arena |align=right| 7.1 |align=right| 7,949 |align=right| 6,660
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |ERC Ingolstadt |Ingolstadt |Saturn Arena |align=right| 6.2 |align=right| 3,346
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Iserlohn Roosters |Iserlohn |Eissporthalle Iserlohn |align=right| 4.5 |align=right| 3,864
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Kassel Huskies |Kassel |Eissporthalle Kassel |align=right| 3.1 |align=right| 4,071
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Kölner Haie |Cologne |Lanxess Arena |align=right| 6.5 |align=right| 10,342
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Krefeld Pinguine |Krefeld |König Palast |align=right| 4.1 |align=right| 4,491 |align=right| 7,819
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Adler Mannheim |Mannheim |SAP Arena |align=right| 8.0 |align=right| 11,756 |align=right| 12,237
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Sinupret Ice Tigers |Nuremberg |Nuremberg Arena |align=right| 4.8 |align=right| 4,322 |align=right| 7,976
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Straubing Tigers |Straubing |Eisstadion am Pulverturm |align=right| 3.7 |align=right| 4,226
style="background-color:#DDDDFF" |Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams |Wolfsburg |Eisarena Wolfsburg |align=right| 4.5 |align=right| 2,328 |align=right| 2,560

In accordance to the cooperation contract between the DEL and the German Ice Hockey Federation, and after concluding that necessary reforms where not done in the 2. Bundesliga, a decision was made not to have playdowns and no teams were relegated. However, after ensuring compliance with the DEL regulations, the 2. Bundesliga Champions, the Kassel Huskies, were allowed to enter the league on July 4, 2008,[https://www.kicker.de/gruenes-licht-fuer-die-huskies-380451/artikel Grünes Licht für die Huskies], kicker.de (de) expanding the league to 16 teams. This is also the first season where the Eisbären Berlin played in the brand new O2 World arena.

The number of regular seasons rounds was reduced to 52 from 56 in the previous season. The 6-best placed teams qualified for the playoffs, the teams in 7-10th position where to play a qualification round.

The average team budget was estimate at Euro € 5.24 million, raising the league total to Euro € 84.3 million from Euro € 78.7, mainly due to the addition of 1 team.

class="wikitable" ! width="30" | ! width="200" | Team ! width="30" | GP ! width="30" | W ! width="30" | OTW ! width="30" | SOW ! width="30" | OTL ! width="30" | SOL ! width="30" | L ! width="70" | Goals ! width="70" | Points
bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center" | 1.	align="left"| Eisbären Berlin	52	31	1	4	0	2	14	214:143	105
bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center" | 2.	align="left"| Hannover Scorpions	52	30	2	1	3	2	14	173:151	101
bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center" | 3.	align="left"| DEG Metro Stars	52	24	2	3	3	3	17	159:134	88
bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center" | 4.	align="left"| Adler Mannheim	52	22	3	4	3	2	18	144:131	85
bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center" | 5.	align="left"| Sinupret Ice Tigers	52	23	6	1	1	1	20	153:142	85
bgcolor="#BCD2EE" align="center" | 6.	align="left"| Krefeld Pinguine	52	24	3	1	3	1	20	167:140	84
bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center" | 7.	align="left"| Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	52	25	0	1	5	1	20	180:141	83
bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center" | 8.	align="left"| Hamburg Freezers	52	22	1	4	2	4	19	158:147	82
bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center" | 9.	align="left"| Frankfurt Lions	52	21	3	3	1	4	20	152:152	80
bgcolor="#CAE1FF" align="center" | 10.	align="left"| Augsburger Panther	52	24	1	1	2	2	22	156:178	80
bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center" | 11.	align="left"| Iserlohn Roosters	52	15	4	3	5	7	18	171:187	71
bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center" | 12.	align="left"| ERC Ingolstadt	52	18	3	1	4	2	24	144:155	68
bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center" | 13.	align="left"| Straubing Tigers	52	17	3	4	1	2	25	144:164	68
bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center" | 14.	align="left"| Kassel Huskies	52	15	2	6	2	2	25	147:171	65
bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center" | 15.	align="left"| Kölner Haie	52	15	4	0	5	5	23	147:166	63
bgcolor="#EECFA1" align="center" | 16.	align="left"| Füchse Duisburg	52	9	3	3	1	0	36	118:225	40

{{refbegin}}GP = Games Played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime win, SOW = Shootout win, OTL = Overtime loss, SOL = Shootout loss, L = Loss

Color code: {{legend2|#BCD2EE}} = Direct Playoff qualification, {{legend2|#CAE1FF}} = Playoff qualification round, {{legend2|#EECFA1}} = No playoff{{refend}}

The playoff qualifications were played between March 5 and 11, 2009 in the Best-of-five mode.

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align="center" | Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	–	Augsburger Panther	3:1	1:2	4:1	1:0	4:3 OT	–	[2:2]
align="center" | Hamburg Freezers	–	Frankfurt Lions	3:2	3:4	1:2	2:1	2:1 OT	4:2	[1:3]

{{refbegin}}RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime{{refend}}

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| RD1 = Quarterfinals

| RD2 = Semifinals

| RD3 = Finals

| RD1-seed1=1.

| RD1-team1= Eisbären Berlin

| RD1-score1=4

| RD1-seed2=8.

| RD1-team2= Hamburg Freezers

| RD1-score2=0

| RD1-seed5=2.

| RD1-team5= Hannover Scorpions

| RD1-score5=4

| RD1-seed6=7.

| RD1-team6= Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams

| RD1-score6=2

| RD1-seed3=4.

| RD1-team3= Adler Mannheim

| RD1-score3=4

| RD1-seed4=5.

| RD1-team4= Sinupret Ice Tigers

| RD1-score4=1

| RD1-seed7=3.

| RD1-team7= DEG Metro Stars

| RD1-score7=4

| RD1-seed8=6.

| RD1-team8= Krefeld Pinguine

| RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1=1.

| RD2-team1= Eisbären Berlin

| RD2-score1=3

| RD2-seed2=4.

| RD2-team2= Adler Mannheim

| RD2-score2=1

| RD2-seed3=2.

| RD2-team3= Hannover Scorpions

| RD2-score3=2

| RD2-seed4=3.

| RD2-team4= DEG Metro Stars

| RD2-score4=3

| RD3-seed1=1.

| RD3-team1= Eisbären Berlin

| RD3-score1=3

| RD3-seed2=3.

| RD3-team2= DEG Metro Stars

| RD3-score2=1

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The quarterfinals were played in the Best-of-seven mode starting March 13 until March 26.

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style="background-color:#e0e0e0;" ! style="width:15%;" | !! style="width:2.5%;" | !! style="width:15%;" | !! style="width:7%;" | Series !! style="width:7.5%;" | 1 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 2 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 3 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 4 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 5 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 6 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 7 !! style="width:5%;" | RS
align="center" | Eisbären Berlin	–	Hamburg Freezers	align="center" | 4:0	5:3	3:2 OT	7:2	4:1	−	−	−	[3:1]
align="center" | Hannover Scorpions	–	Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	align="center" | 4:2	2:1	2:3 OT	2:3	4:3 OT	4:3	2:0	−	[1:1]
align="center" | DEG Metro Stars	–	Krefeld Pinguine	align="center" | 4:3	2:3	4:3 OT	1:2	5:4 OT	2:1	3:4	5:0	[3:1]
align="center" | Adler Mannheim	–	Sinupret Ice Tigers	align="center" | 4:1	5:0	3:5	3:2	2:1	5:2	−	−	[0:4]

{{refbegin}}RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime{{refend}}

The semifinals were played in the Best-of-five mode, from March 29 to April 7, 2010.

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align="center" | Eisbären Berlin	–	Adler Mannheim	3:1	4:0	1:6	4:0	6:4	–	[2:2]
align="center" | Hannover Scorpions	–	DEG Metro Stars	2:3	5:2	2:4	6:3	3:4 OT	1:3	[1:1]

{{refbegin}}RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime{{refend}}

The finals were played in the Best-of-five mode, from April 9, 2010.

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style="background-color:#e0e0e0;" ! style="width:22,5%;" | !! style="width:2.5%;" | !! style="width:22,5%;" | !! style="width:10%;" | Series !! style="width:7.5%;" | 1 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 2 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 3 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 4 !! style="width:7.5%;" | 5 !! style="width:7.5%;" | RS
align="center" | Eisbären Berlin	–	DEG Metro Stars	3:1	3:2	1:3	5:1	4:2	–	[3:1]

{{refbegin}}RS = Regular season; OT = Overtime{{refend}}

The Eisbären Berlin won the title for the 4th time.

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