Eisbären Berlin's home arena, O2 World, is a key to the polar bear's success in the German hockey league. Since 20 January 2009, the team has won 17 games straight outscoring its opponents 82:27.

Last night, this amazing winning streak finally came to an end as Eisbären Berlin was defeated by Frankfurt Lions 6-2 in front of a capacity crowd of 14,200. Berlin still leads the table but Adler Mannheim, which many believe will be the polar bear's fiercest rival for the title this season, closed the gap to one point with a 4-3 shootout win over Straubing Tigers.

Summaries from Round 11, 8-9 October 2009

Iserlohn Roosters - Kassel Huskies 8-1 (2-0, 3-1, 3-0)
1-0 14:44 Michal Wolf (Hock)
2-0 19:45 Jimmy Roy (Ready, Insana) PP2
3-0 20:21 Robert Hockey (Wolf, Christensen) PP1
3-1 20:50 Alex Leavitt (Sleigher, Schmidt)
4-1 22:02 Marty Wilford (Taube)
5-1 39:56 Quinn Hancock (Langwieder)
6-1 41:29 Jinny Roy (Ready, Swanson)
7-1 48:01 Michael Wolf (Hock, Hancock)
8-1 48:34 Jimmy Roy (Ready, Swanson)
IEC 13x2, KAS 15x2 + 1x5+20 (Sleigher), SOG 36:34, Att: 2,883
3 stars: Roy, Wolf, Hock (all IEC)

Krefeld Pinguine - Hannover Scorpions 5-1 (1-0, 3-0, 1-1)
1-0 15:31 Richard Pavlikovsky (Loyns, Fahey) PP2
2-0 20:16 Boris Blank (Vasiljevs, Pavlikovsky)
3-0 22:32 Boris Blank (Pavlikovsky, Vasiljevs)
4-0 32:17 Lynn Loyns (Hager, Pavlikovsky) PP2
4-1 46:54 Garrett Festerling (Vikingstad, Reiss)
5-1 54:16 Andreas Driendl (Pavlikovsky, Akdag)
KEV 5x2, HAN 5x2, SOG 30:20, Att: 2,616
3 stars: Pavlikovsky, Blank, Vasiljevs (All KEV)

Kölner Haie - Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg 4-2 (2-1, 1-1, 1-0)
1-0 11:55 Martin Bartek (Frosch, Steinhauer)
2-0 14:33 Daniel Rudslätt (Müller, Lüdemann) PP1
2-1 19:43 Mike Green (Alavaara, Ulmer) PP1
3-1 20:48 Christoph Ullmann (Jaspers, Ciernik)
4-1 22:58 Ken Magowan (Furchner, Sloan)
5-1 59:50 Christoph Ulmmann EN
KEC 4x2, WOB 6x2, SOG 19:36, Att: 8,086
3 stars: Weibel (KEC), Ullmann (KEC), Morcznietz (WOB)

Nürnberg Ice Tigers - Augsburger Panther 5-6 SO (2-1, 3-2, 0-2, 0-0, 0-1)
1-0 10:00 Greg Leeb (B. Leeb, Barta) PP1
2-0 10:12 Petr Fical (Grygiel, Mosienko)
2-1 10:46 Colin Murphy (Olver)
3-1 20:51 Brad Leeb (G. Leeb, Barta)
3-2 26:56 Chris Collins (Heid, James)
3-3 48:02 Thomas Jörg (Kreitl, Chartier)
4-3 35:40 Andre Savage (Leask, Leeb)
5-3 39:22 Shane Peacock (Ancicka, B. Leeb) PP1
5-4 52:15 Thomas Jörg (Kreitl, Chartier)
5-5 59:41 Connor James (Olver, Kemp)
5-6 65:00 SO Colin Murphy
NÜR 7x2, AUG 6x2 + 2x10 + 1x5+20 (Engelhardt), SOG 34:32, Att: 4,273
3 stars: Peacock (NUR), Murphy (AUG), B. Leeb (NUR)

Hamburg Freezers - ERC Ingolstadt 3-5 (1-0, 1-3, 1-2)
1-0 00:52 Jason King (Tripp)
1-1 21:11 Bob Wren (Greilinger, Ryan)
1-2 33:11 Bruno St. Jacques (Ryan, Greilinger)
2-2 33:59 Jason King SO
2-3 35:12 Stephan Daschner (Hussey, Motzko)
2-4 52:23 Bob Wren (Greiliner, Bouck)
3-4 58.45 Kimmo Kuhta (Loppi, Walter)
3-5 59:31 Joe Motzko EN
HAM 6x2, ING  6x2 + 1x10, SOG 21:34, Att: 7,248
3 stars: St. Jacques, Wren, Greilinger (all ING)

Eisbären Berlin - Frankfurt Lions 2-6 (2-3, 0-1, 0-2)
1-0 05:20 Tyson Mulock (Felski, Rankel)
1-1 09:35 Jason Young (Schnider, Angell) PP1
1-2 33:25 Aleksandr Polaczek (Schneider, Gawlik)
1-3 16:26 Christoph Gawlik (Slaney, Ulmer)
2-3 27:26 Ritchie Regehr (Ustorf, Roach) PP1
2-4 38:51 Jeff Ulmer (Oppenheimer, Slaney)
2-5 43:34 Derek Hahn (Tenute, Blanchard)
2-6 48:09 Derek Hahn (Periard, Ulmer) PP1
EIB 4x2, FRA 7x2, SOG 47:39, Att: 14,200
3 stars: Hahn, Tenute, Schneider (all FRA)

Adler Mannheim - Straubing Tigers 4-3 SO (1-2, 0-0, 2-1, 0-0, 1-0)
0-1 09:27 Dustin Whitecotton (Bassen, Canzanello)
1-1 13:36 Yannic Seidenberg (Pollock, Szalzo) PP1
1-2 16.22 Eric Meloche (Röthke) SH1
2-2 41:41 Yannic Seidenberg (Methot, Trepanier)
3-2 45:33 Nathan Robinson (Pollock, Methot) PP1
3-3 46:03 Andy Canzanello (Elfring, Whitecotton)
4-3 65:00 SO Colin Forbes
ADL 6x2, STR 11x2, SOG 50:30, Att: 10,975
3 stars: Seidenberg (MAN), Bales (STR),  Brathwaite (MAN)

Games played 6 Oct.

Hannover Scorpions - Adler Mannheim 3-4 (0-0, 2-4, 1-0)
0-1 21:00 Jame Pollock (Robinson, Methot) PP1
1-1 24:45 Klaus Kathan (Goc, Vikingstad)
1-2 25:11 Mario Scalzo (Robinson, Pollock)
2- 2 30:56 Thomas Polak (Goc, Vikingstad)
2-3 34:59 Frank Mauer (Kink, Petermann)
2-4 38.23 Scott King (Forbes, Kink)
3-4 46:15 Tino Boos (Mondt, Goc)
HAN 1x2, MAN 4x2, SOG 36:28, Att: 2,996
3 stars: Brathwaite (MAN), Goc (HAN), King (MAN)

Nürnberg Ice Tigers - Kölner Haie 4-5 (1-3, 3-1, 0-1)
0-1 05:26 Mirko Lüdemann (Bartek, Frosch) SH1
1-1 11:49 Greg Leeb (Ancicka) SH1
1-2 16:53 Ivan Ciernek (Rüdslätt, Müller)
1-3 18:06 Martin Bartek (Fauser, Frosch)
2-3 23:40 Dan Spang (Barta, Leeb)
2-4 31:21 Daniel Rüdslätt (Ullmann, Ciernik)
3-4 35:11 Petr Fical (Peacock, Savage)
4-4 35:53 Florian Keller (Grygiel, Ask)
4-5 41:11 Daniel Rüdslätt (Ciernek, Lüdemann)
NÜR 5x2, KEC 6x2, SOG 45:26, Att: 3,188
3 stars: Rüdslätt (KEC), G. Leeb (NUR), Ciernek (KEC)

Note: Eisbären Berlin's home winning streak

20.01 vs Duisburg Fürche 2-4
30.01. vs Kassel Huskies 5-2
24.02 vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers 7-2
25.02. vs Adler Mannheim 7-2
27.02 vs Frankfurt Lions 5-3
13.03 vs Hamburg Freezers 5-3
17.03 vs Hamburg Freezers 7-2
29.03 vs Adler Mannheim 4-0
03.04 vs Adler Mannheim 4-0
09.04 vs DEG Metro Stars 3-2
13.04 vs DEG Metro Stars 5-1
06.09 vs ERC Ingolstadt 3-0
13.09 vs Nürnberg Ice Tigers 3-1
20.09 vs Kassel Huskies 9-4
25.09 vs Straubing Tigers 4-3
27.09 vs Hamburg Freezers 6-2
04.10 vs Augsburger Panther 5-2
09.10 vs Frankfurt Lions 2-6