2015–16 Metal Ligaen season

2015–16 Metal Liagen season
League	Metal Ligaen
Sport	Ice Hockey
Duration	18 September 2015 – April 2016
Number of games	225 (45 per team)
Number of teams	10
Regular season
Top scorer	Dale Mitchell (77 points)
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	Esbjerg Energy
Finals MVP	Frederikshavn IK

The 2015-16 Metal Ligaen season is the 59th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participate in the league. The regular season begun on 18 September 2015 and will end on 29 February 2016.

Teams

SønderjyskE Ishockey

Herning Blue Fox

Frederikshavn White Hawks

Odense Bulldogs

Esbjerg Energy

Rungsted Seier Capital

Teams of the 2015–16 Metal Liagean season

It is attended by teams of the previous year.

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 Vestfyen 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

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SønderjyskE Ishockey	45	25	7	4	9	147	89	93
2.	Frederikshavn White Hawks	45	26	4	6	9	186	119	92
3.	Esbjerg Energy	45	22	7	2	14	148	104	82
4.	Herning Blue Fox	45	21	4	5	15	127	100	76
5.	Odense Bulldogs	45	22	2	3	18	191	154	73
6.	Rungsted Seier Capital	45	20	2	4	19	121	133	68
7.	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	45	16	6	4	19	132	125	64
8.	Aalborg Pirates	45	14	3	4	24	129	174	52
9.	Gentofte Stars	45	13	2	4	26	103	166	47
10.	Herlev Eagles	45	8	1	2	34	85	206	28

Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen

Results

Home team	Away team
Home team	Esbjerg	Fr.havn	Gentofte	Herlev	Herning	Odense	Rungsted	Rødovre	Sønderj.	Aalborg
Esbjerg Energy	–	2-1 (SO) 4-3 (OT) 2-3	4-1 4-3	8-0 3-1	3-2 (SO) 3-4 (SO) 2-0	7-4 9-0 0-1	4-1 2-5	6-3 3-1	2-1 (SO) 0-2 1-4	7-5 4-5
Frederikshavn White Hawks	4-2 4-3 (OT)	–	1-2 4-1	11-2 5-4 (SO)	4-2 1-4	4-6 6-2	5-2 5-2 3-4	3-2 (OT) 6-3 5-3	3-4 3-0 1-3	3-1 10-2 3-2 (SO)
Gentofte Stars	4-5 (SO) 2-3^[1] 1-2	3-2 (OT) 0-5 3-8	–	6-0 5-1 2-1	1-3^[1] 2-6	3-5 2-1 6-3	4-5 (OT) 1-3	0-4 3-1	1-2 (SO) 0-3	3-2 1-2^[1] 3-4 (SO)
Herlev Eagles	0-1 1-6 0-3	1-6 6-2 2-6	3-5 2-5	–	4-2 3-4	3-5 6-5 1-11	0-5 4-1 1-7	4-5 1-10	1-5 0-3	3-2 5-1 2-6
Herning Blue Fox	2-4 1-2	0-3 2-1 (SO) 1-4	1-2 5-2^[1] 7-2	3-2 5-2 6-0	–	4-1 2-3 (SO) 1-5	3-2 3-1	5-2 3-0	2-3 (SO) 2-3 (SO)	2-1 (SO) 1-0
Odense Bulldogs	3-4 (OT) 9-3	3-6 2-4 2-6	7-2 4-1	9-1 2-4	2-5 4-9	–	7-2 5-4 (SO) 6-1	4-5 (SO) 3-2	2-4 2-3 (OT) 3-6	5-2 9-2 13-0
Rungsted Seier Capital	2-1 1-0 2-5	3-5 2-4	0-3 3-2 5-6 (OT)	4-2 5-0	5-2 2-0 3-1	2-1 2-5	–	2-3 (SO) 2-1 4-2	1-6 2-1 (SO) 4-2	2-3 (OT) 3-4
Rødovre Mighty Bulls	5-3 1-4 0-6	5-4 (SO) 5-2	5-3 4-1 3-1	4-2 2-1 (OT) 3-0	2-0 1-2 (SO) 0-2	2-6 2-3 2-4	4-1 5-2	–	2-3 2-1 (SO)	4-1 4-2
SønderjyskE Ishockey	3-2 3-1	4-3 (OT) 4-2	7-4 3-1 9-1	1-0 2-3 6-1	5-4 (OT) 1-2 2-0	5-3 2-4	0-3 2-3	2-3 (OT) 1-0 3-2 (OT)	–	9-1 1-2
Aalborg Pirates	6-1 1-3 1-2 (OT)	4-6 3-6	2-4 5-2	6-2 2-3 (SO)	1-4 4-2 3-4	4-5 3-2	4-2 0-1 6-3	2-6 4-3 5-4 (SO)	3-5 4-2 3-6	–

Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen

Playoffs

As of 19 April 2016.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Finals

1	SønderjyskE Ishockey	4
8	Aalborg Pirates	0
			1	SønderjyskE Ishockey	3

			3	Esbjerg Energy	4
3	Esbjerg Energy	4

7	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	2
							3	Esbjerg Energy	4
							4	Herning Blue Fox	2
2	Frederikshavn White Hawks	4
6	Rungsted Seier Capital	0
			2	Frederikshavn White Hawks	3	Third place

			4	Herning Blue Fox	4
4	Herning Blue Fox	4					1	SønderjyskE Ishockey	4

5	Odense Bulldogs	3					2	Frederikshavn White Hawks	5

Quarterfinals

			Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
SønderjyskE Ishockey	–	Aalborg Pirates	4-0	3-0	2-1	9-3	0-2
Frederikshavn White Hawks	–	Rungsted Seier Capital	4-0	2-1	5-1	4-2	5-1
Esbjerg Energy	–	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	4-2	2-0	3-2 (OT)	0-1	3-5	4-3 (OT)	1-0 (OT)
Herning Blue Fox	–	Odense Bulldogs	4-3	2-1	0-3	6-1	1-2	1-2 (OT)	2-1	2-1 (OT)

Semifinals

			Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
SønderjyskE Ishockey	–	Esbjerg Energy	3-4	4-6	5-4 (OT)	4-1	3-4 (OT)	2-1	1-0 (OT)	1-4
Frederikshavn White Hawks	–	Herning Blue Fox	3-4	3-1	1-7	5-2	2-5	5-3	0-2	1-3

Third Place

			Overall	1	2
SønderjyskE Ishockey	–	Frederikshavn White Hawks	4-5	3-2	1-3

Finals

			Series	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Esbjerg Energy	–	Herning Blue Fox	4-2	3-2	1-2	0-5	4-5	2-0	3-2 (OT)

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen

References

1 2 3 4 Gentofte Stars Game evaluation 0-5 (Use of unauthorized players through Gentofte).

External links

Metal Ligaen official website

Metal Ligaen

Teams	Aalborg Esbjerg Frederikshavn White Hawks Gentofte Stars Herlev Eagles Herning Blue Fox Odense Bulldogs Rungsted Rødovre Mighty Bulls SønderjyskE

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See also IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

2015–16 in men's ice hockey

International

World Championships
- Championship
  - Rosters
  - Group A
  - Group B
  - Playoff round
  - Final
- Division I
- Division II
- Division III
Under-20
Under-18
- Division I
- Division II
- Division III

Leagues

International	National Hockey League AHL ECHL Kontinental Hockey League Champions Hockey League Continental Cup Austria League Asia League MOL Liga

Domestic	Australia '15 '16 Belarus Czech Republic 2nd tier Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany 2nd tier Norway 2nd tier Poland Slovakia Sweden 2nd tier Switzerland 2nd tier Ukraine United Kingdom

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