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
Finals champions	Esbjerg Energy
Runners-up	Gentofte Stars
Metal Ligaen seasons
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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 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

Nr   Hold   GP    W   OTW   OTL   L   GF     GA   +/-   Pts 1 Aalborg Pirates 45 27 4 2 12 133 – 94 +i39 91 2 Odense Bulldogs 45 22 9 4 10 143 – 96 +i47 88 3 Frederikshavn White Hawks 45 23 7 1 14 133 – 92 +i41 84 4 Esbjerg Energy (M) 45 18 6 9 12 140 – 106 +i34 75 5 SønderjyskE Ishockey 45 20 5 5 15 130 – 117 +i13 75 6 Gentofte Stars 45 19 6 4 16 100 – 95 +i5 73 7 Herning Blue Fox 45 19 2 10 14 130 – 107 +i23 71 8 Rungsted Seier Capital 45 19 2 6 18 141 – 131 +i10 67 9 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 45 7 4 6 28 100 – 186 −i86 35 10 Herlev Eagles 45 1 5 3 36 102 – 228 −i126 16

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	2
	6	Gentofte	4								3	Frederikshavn	9

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

External links

• Metal Ligaen official website

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