2016–17 Odense Bulldogs season

2016–17 Odense Bulldogs
2016–17 Odense Bulldogs
2016–17 record	11–7–2
Home record	6–3–0
Road record	5–4–2
Goals for	56
Goals against	46
Team information
Coach	Peter Johansson
Assistant coach	Mads True
Captain	Michael Eskesen
Alternate captains	Simon Grønvaldt; Dale Mitchell
Arena	Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena
Team leaders
Goals	Tony Romano (19)
Assists	Dale Mitchell (18)
Points	Dale Mitchell (25)
Penalty minutes	Dale Mitchell (64)
Goals against average	Tadeas Galansky (2.40)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 Odense Bulldogs season is the 26th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990.

There has been a lot of redeployments during the summer. Bulldogs did not extend the contract with coach Brad Gratton, and signed Frederikshavn coach Peter Johansson on a two-year contract.^[1]

Furthermore, a big amount of players have left the club, including stars as Ryan McDonough, Sean Wiles and John Armstrong. However, Bulldogs has signed a lot of new players, such as the former Bulldogs-player Michael Eskesen.

Pre-season

Schedule and results

2016–17 Game Log: 3–6–0 (Home: 0–3–0; Road: 3–4–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	16 August	Odense	1–3	Esbjerg				0–1–0
2	19 August	Gentofte	2–4	Odense				1–1–0
3	26 August	Bayreuth	6–3	Odense				1–2–0
4	27 August	Most	2–4	Odense				1–3–0
5	28 August	Crimmitschau	5–3	Odense				2–3–0
6	2 September	Odense	1–3	Rungsted				2–4–0
7	9 September	Aalborg	3–2	Odense				2–5–0
8	13 September	Frederikshavn	1–4	Odense				3–5–0
9	15 September	Odense	1–5	Gentofte				3–6–0

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Aalborg Pirates	45	27	4	2	12	133	94	+39	91	Qualification to Metal Ligaen Play-offs
2	Odense Bulldogs	45	22	9	4	10	143	96	+47	88
3	Frederikshavn White Hawks	45	23	7	1	14	133	92	+41	84
4	Esbjerg Energy	45	18	6	9	12	140	106	+34	75
5	SønderjyskE	45	20	5	5	15	130	117	+13	75

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2017. Source: Metal Ligaen

Schedule and results

2016–17 Game Log: 11–7–2, 32 Points (Home: 6–3–0 ; Road: 5–4–2)

September: 1–1–1, 3 Points (Home: 0–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–1)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts
1	23 September	Odense	1–2	Aalborg		Galansky	1,282	0–1–0	0	Report
2	27 September	Frederikshavn	3–2	Odense	OT	Galansky	929	0–1–1	1	Report
3	30 September	Esbjerg	1–2	Odense	SO	Galansky	1,151	1–1–1	3	Report

October: 7–2–1, 16 Points (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 3–1–1)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
4	4 October	Odense	0–1	Gentofte		Galansky	768	1–2–1	3	Report
5	7 October	Odense	2–0	SønderjyskE		Galansky	1,409	2–2–1	6	Report
6	11 October	Odense	3–2	Herning	SO	Galansky	493	3–2–1	8	Report
7	14 October	Odense	5–4	Rungsted	SO	Galansky	1,092	4–2–1	10	Report
8	16 October	Gentofte	1–3	Odense		Galansky	327	5–2–1	13	Report
9	18 October	Odense	3–4	Rødovre		Galansky	897	5–3–1	13	Report
10	21 October	Herlev	4–7	Odense		Galansky	617	6–3–1	16	Report
11	22 October	Odense	5–1	Herlev		Galansky	955	7–3–1	19	Report
12	28 October	Rødovre	2–4	Odense		Galansky	1,256	8–3–1	22	Report
13	29 October	SønderjyskE	4–3	Odense	OT	Galansky	2,102	8–3–2	23	Report

November: 2–4–0, 6 Points (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
14	9 November	Rungsted	3–2	Odense		Galansky	1,084	8–4–2	23	Report
15	11 November	Herning	5–4	Odense		Galansky	1,325	8–5–2	23	Report
16	12 November	Odense	3–1	Esbjerg		Galansky	1,205	9–5–2	26	Report
17	25 November	Aalborg	4–1	Odense		Galansky	1,812	9–6–2	26	Report
18	26 November	Odense	4–2	Frederikshavn		Galansky	872	10–6–2	29	Report
19	29 November	Odense	0–2	Aalborg		Galansky	891	10–7–2	29	Report

December: 1–0–0, 3 Points (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 1–0–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
20	2 December	Frederikshavn	0–2	Odense		Galansky	1,214	11–7–2	32	Report
21	6 December	Esbjerg		Odense
22	9 December	Odense		Gentofte
23	13 December	SønderjyskE		Odense
24	16 December	Odense		Herning
25	20 December	Rungsted		Odense
26	22 December	Odense		Rødovre
27	29 December	Odense		Herlev
28	30 December	Herlev		Odense

January: 0–0–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
29	3 January	Frederikshavn		Odense
30	6 January	Odense		Rungsted
31	10 January	Odense		SønderjyskE
32	13 January	Gentofte		Odense
33	15 January	Aalborg		Odense
34	20 January	Esbjerg		Odense
35	21 January	Odense		Esbjerg
36	24 January	Odense		Frederikshavn
37	27 January	Odense		Aalborg
38	31 January	Frederikshavn		Odense

February: 0–0–0, 0 Points (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Home	Score	Visitor	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	5 February	Odense		Gentofte
40	15 February	SønderjyskE		Odense
41	17 February	Herning		Odense
42	18 February	Odense		Herning
43	21 February	Rungsted		Odense
44	24 February	Odense		Rødovre
45	28 February	Herlev		Odense

Legend: Win (3 points) Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Updated 26 November 2016

Skaters

Regular Season^[2]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tony Romano	18	19	6	25	+11	10
Dale Mitchell	18	7	15	25	+9	62
Sebastian Strandberg	15	4	15	19	+6	10
Rasmus Bjerrum	18	7	4	11	+5	4
Robin Sterner	18	3	4	7	−1	28
Rasmus Lyø	18	1	6	7	+2	6
Mathias Thinnesen	17	2	4	6	−1	8
Michael Eskesen	18	0	6	6	+9	10
Simon Grønvaldt	17	1	4	5	+2	8
Jonas René Hansen	18	2	2	4	0	4
Mikkel Ankjær Nielsen	18	2	2	4	−1	22
Martin Larsen	15	2	1	3	+2	33
Henrik Nielsen	18	1	2	3	+3	8
Oliver Larsen	16	0	3	3	+5	31
Frederik Sørensen	15	1	1	2	−4	14
Frederik Høeg	18	1	1	2	−3	0
Andreas Pedersen	18	1	1	2	+2	12
Mads Schaarup	18	0	2	2	+1	29

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	GAA	SV%
Tadeas Galansky	18	2.41	.910

Continental Cup

Group stage

The Group D tournament was played in Odense, Denmark from 18–20 November 2016.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NOT	ODE	ANG	DON
1	Nottingham Panthers	3	2	1	10	10	0	6	Qualification to Super Final	—	5–4	4–3	1–3
2	Odense Bulldogs	3	2	1	9	8	+1	6	Qualification to Super Final	4–5	—	3–2	2–1
3	Ducs d'Angers	3	1	2	8	9	−1	3		3–4	2–3	—	3–2
4	HC Donbass	3	1	2	6	6	0	3		3–1	1–2	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source: IIHF.com

Matches

18 November 2016
20:00

Odense

4–5
(1–2, 1–2, 2–1)

Nottingham

Odense Isstadion, Denmark

Game reference

Tadeas Galansky

Goalies

Miika Wiikman

Referees:

Robin Berg

Brett Sheva
Linesmen:

Claus Hansen

Simon Mølgaard

	0–1	12:52 – O. Betteridge (R. Lachowicz, P. Kalus)
R. Sterner (S. Grønvaldt, R. Bjerrum) – 13:29	1–1
	1–2	16:58 – B. Moran (L. MacMillan, P. Kalus)
	1–3	25:15 – M. Carter (A. Nikiforuk, R. Lachowicz)
	1–4	29:43 – P. Kalus (A. Nikiforuk)
R. Sterner (R. Bjerrum, H. Nielsen) – 33:17	2–4
	2–5	46:23 – B. McGrattan (R. Farmer)
R. Lyø (F. Høeg) – 49:43	3–5
D. Mitchell (M. Thinnesen, O. Larsen) – 59:09	4–5

6 min

Penalties

6 min

33

Shots

34

19 November 2016
19:00

Odense

2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Donbass

Odense Isstadion, Denmark

Game reference

Tadeas Galansky

Goalies

Yevgeni Tsaregorodtsev

Referees:

Denis Naumov

Brett Sheva
Linesmen:

Lasse Dahlerup

Simon Mølgaard

	0–1	11:44 – R. Blagoy
T. Romano (O. Larsen, D. Mitchell – 15:53	1–1
T. Romano (S. Strandberg, M. Larsen) (PP) – 45:57	2–1

10 min

Penalties

14 min

23

Shots

31

20 November 2016
16:00

Angers

2–3
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)

Odense

Odense Isstadion, Denmark

Game reference

Léo Bertein

Goalies

Tadeas Galansky

Referees:

Robin Berg

Denis Naumov
Linesmen:

Oliver Blach

Claus Hansen

	0–1	00:55 – R. Bjerrum (T. Romano)
M. Gagnon (G. Leveque) (PP) – 28:13	1–1
	1–2	29:15 – O. Larsen (T. Romano, D. Mitchell)
R. Gaborit (M. Gagnon) – 29:41	2–2
	2–3	57:59 – M. Eskesen (D. Mitchell, T. Romano) (PP)

12 min

Penalties

10 min

27

Shots

38

References

^ "Peter Johansson bliver ny cheftræner" (in Danish). www.bulldogs.dk. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
^ "2016–2017 – Odense Bulldogs – Players – eliteprospects.com – Stats". Elite Prospects. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[1] "Peter Johansson bliver ny cheftræner" (in Danish). www.bulldogs.dk. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

[Stats-2] "2016–2017 – Odense Bulldogs – Players – eliteprospects.com – Stats". Elite Prospects. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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