The Oberliga Nord There have already been some surprises in the first few weeks. The current league leaders are the Hannover Indians, but also the Füchse Duisburg delivered a strong start to the season. The Tilburg Trappers, on the other hand, are still searching for the form needed to defend their main round championship title in the North.
The Hannover Indians currently enjoy a unique position in German professional ice hockey, as they are the only team in the top three leagues not to have lost a single game. Their weakest result was against the Tilburg Trappers, where they only managed to win in overtime. They won all other matches, including the derby against the Hannover Scorpions, in regulation.
Surprising foxes
Also among the group of positive surprises are the Füchse Duisburg, which really gained momentum by the fourth game week at the latest. Back then, they faced two of the favorites, the Trappers and the Scorpions, and the Füchse defeated both. In Tilburg, they turned a 2-4 deficit into a 4-4 draw with two and a half minutes left in the game and were rewarded in overtime. Against the Scorpions, the score was already 2-2 after one period, and that remained the same for the next 40 minutes. Overtime was therefore necessary here, too, in which the team from the Ruhr region once again came out on top.
Halle and Leipzig at the forefront
The Saale Bulls Hall and the KSW IceFighters Leipzig They had a solid start to the new season and currently find themselves in fourth and fifth place in the standings. Halle has thus made light of the difficult preseason, when the Bulls finished ninth in the regular season and secured their place in the playoffs via the pre-playoffs. The situation is different for the IceFighers, who, with their strong start to the 2025/2026 season, can confirm their performance from last year, in which they impressed by finishing third in the regular season.
In search of the form
The Tilburg Trappers have had a somewhat bumpy start to their summer break; the Dutch team has three wins and four losses after seven games. They are ranked seventh, tied on points with Leipzig and Herforder EV. However, they showed that they are far from being written off with a triumph against the Scorpions, forcing the previously dominant Indians into overtime. The Hammer EisbärenThe Rostock Piranhas, the Herne EV Miners, and the TecArt Black Dragons Erfurt, ranked eighth to eleventh, are still searching for their form. However, these teams have also demonstrated their capabilities on occasion: Hamm defeated Tilburg 6-1, Rostock won against the Scorpions, Herne triumphed in Leipzig, and Erfurt also left the ice as a shining victor against the IceFighters.