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
Teams licensed to play in the Metal Ligaen 2016–17 Team Arena Capacity Aalborg Pirates Gigantium Isarena5,000 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
Play-offs
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 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
References
External links Metal Ligaen official website