2016–17 Metal Ligaen season

2016–17 Metal Liagen season
League	Metal Ligaen
Sport	Ice Hockey
Duration	23 September 2016 – 16 April 2017
Number of games	225 (45 per team)
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	TV 2 Sport
Regular season
Season champions	Aalborg Pirates
Season MVP	Dale Mitchell (Odense Bulldogs)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Esbjerg Energy
Runners-up	Gentofte Stars

The 2016-17 Metal Ligaen season was the 60th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league. Esbjerg Energy defended their 2016 Danish championship title by defeating Gentofte Stars four games to one in the finals. The regular season begun on 23 September 2016 and ended on 28 February 2017. The last final was played on 16 April 2017.

Teams

SønderjyskE Ishockey

Herning Blue Fox

Frederikshavn White Hawks

Odense Bulldogs

Esbjerg Energy

Rungsted Seier Capital

Aalborg Pirates

Herlev Eagles

Gentofte Stars

Rødovre Mighty Bulls

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Teams of the 2016–17 Metal Liagean season

Teams licensed to play in the Metal Ligaen 2016–17

Team	Arena	Capacity
Aalborg Pirates	Gigantium Isarena	5,000
Esbjerg Energy	Granly Hockey Arena	4,200
Frederikshavn White Hawks	Scanel Hockey Arena	4,000
Gentofte Stars	Gentofte Skøjtehal	1,160
Herlev Eagles	DFDS Seaways Arena	1,740
Herning Blue Fox	KVIK Hockey Arena	4,105
Odense Bulldogs	Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena	3,280
Rungsted Seier Capital	Saxo Bank Arena	2,460
Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Rødovre Skøjte Arena	3,600
SønderjyskE Ishockey	SE Arena	5,000

Source: Eliteprospects.com

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	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
6	Gentofte Stars	45	19	6	4	16	100	95	+5	73
7	Herning Blue Fox	45	19	2	10	14	130	107	+23	71
8	Rungsted Seier Capital	45	19	2	6	18	141	131	+10	67
9	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	45	7	4	6	28	100	186	−86	35
10	Herlev Eagles	45	1	5	3	36	102	228	−126	16

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

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
	3	Frederikshavn	4
	7	Herning	2
						3	Frederikshavn	3
						4	Esbjerg	4
	4	Esbjerg	4
	5	SønderjyskE	2
											4	Esbjerg	4
											6	Gentofte	1
	2	Odense	4
	8	Rungsted	0
						2	Odense	1			Third place
						6	Gentofte	4
	1	Aalborg	3								2	Odense	2g
	6	Gentofte	4								3	Frederikshavn	9g

g.^ ^ The score for third place is goals, not games.

TV coverage

TV 2 Sport got the rights of covering the 2016–17 season of Metal Ligaen.

Regular season

No.	Date	Match	Result
1	23/09	Esbjerg–Frederikshavn	1–3
2	30/09	Rungsted–Rødovre	7–1
3	04/10	Frederikshavn–SønderjyskE	2–1
4	07/10	Rødovre–Herlev	5–1
5	11/10	Odense–Herning	3–2 (SO)
6	14/10	Herlev–Aalborg	4–5
7	18/10	SønderjyskE–Herning	3–4
8	25/10	Frederikshavn–Aalborg	2–5
9	08/11	SønderjyskE–Esbjerg	4–3
10	11/11	Herning–Odense	5–4
11	15/11	Aalborg–Rungsted	4–2
12	18/11	Herning–Aalborg	3–6
13	22/11	Esbjerg–Rungsted	4–3 (OT)
14	29/11	Gentofte–Herlev	5–2
15	06/01	Odense–Rungsted	5–1
16	31/01	Rungsted–Esbjerg	4–5 (OT)
17	03/02	SønderjyskE–Aalborg	4–1
18	14/02	SønderjyskE–Odense	2–4
19	17/02	Frederikshavn–Rungsted	4–3 (SO)
20	21/02	Herning–Gentofte	1–0
21	24/02	Aalborg–Esbjerg	2–5
22	28/02	Aalborg–Frederikshavn	1–0

Source: Metal Ligaen

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on February 28, 2017.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Dale Mitchell	Odense Bulldogs	44	27	40	67	+33	124
Tony Romano	Odense Bulldogs	42	28	26	54	+36	47
Harrison Reed	SønderjyskE	45	27	24	51	+15	30
Peter Quenneville	Aalborg Pirates	45	30	19	49	+8	26
Brendan Connolly	Rungsted Seier Capital	42	20	28	48	+4	186
Brock Nixon	Esbjerg Energy	45	20	27	47	+28	24
Jamie Johnson	Herning Blue Fox	45	14	33	47	+20	50
Derek Damon	SønderjyskE	44	16	29	45	+21	77
Ryan Martindale	Esbjerg Energy	45	20	25	45	+18	28
Sebastian Strandberg	Odense Bulldogs	40	13	32	45	+22	16

External links

• Metal Ligaen official website