Overview

• Andreas Eder signed a two-year contract with Eisbären Berlin and announced the move on July 12, the date his brother Tobias would have married.
• He says the switch feels like a homecoming after he and teammates shared his brother’s favorite stories and received support throughout the past year.
• Club officials offered him Tobias’s cabin seat, which he will occupy as a daily reminder of his late brother.
• Eder has joined voluntary on-ice sessions with the team and will begin full training later this week ahead of the new DEL season.
• He carries a personal homage under his jersey with Tobias’s name and number 22 on his chest protector and the club continues to embed his memory in ceremonies and matchday rituals.