2022–23 Metal Ligaen season

The 2022-23 Metal Ligaen season was the 66th season of ice hockey in Denmark. 9 teams competed in the league, and the Aalborg Pirates won the championship.

Regular season

Nr   Hold   GP    W   OTW   OTL   L   GF     GA   +/-   Pts 1 Aalborg Pirates 48 28 5 4 11 175 – 103 +i72 98 2 Herning Blue Fox 48 27 6 2 13 157 – 111 +i46 95 3 Odense Bulldogs 48 24 7 4 13 178 – 125 +i53 90 4 Esbjerg Energy 48 22 2 9 15 147 – 133 +i14 79 5 SønderjyskE Ishockey 48 20 6 3 19 158 – 157 +i1 75 6 Herlev Eagles 48 16 6 3 23 129 – 151 −i22 63 7 Frederikshavn White Hawks 48 15 5 3 25 106 – 146 −i40 58 8 Rungsted Seier Capital 48 14 1 9 24 133 – 165 −i32 53 9 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 48 10 2 3 33 117 – 206 −i89 37

Results

Home	Away
	Aalborg	Esbjerg	Fr.havn	Herlev	Herning	Odense	Rungsted	Rødovre	Sønderj.
Aalborg Pirates	–	6–3	4–2	4–2 7–2	1–3 1–0	1–2 OT 3–4 OT	5–1 4–2	5–1 2–3	7–0
Esbjerg Energy	2–3 OT 0–1	–	1–2 OT 4–1	2–3 GWS	4–0 4–0	2–1	3–4 2–4	3–2 6–1	4–5 GWS
Frederikshavn White Hawks	2–4	2–1 3–1	–	2–1 4–3 OT	0–2	0–3 3–5	3–1 1–0	4–3 5–2	0–4 1–3
Herlev Eagles	2–1 GWS	6–1 4–1	2–3	–	3–4 4–5 GWS	1–4	4–3 OT 0–2	2–3 4–3	6–3 1–7
Herning Blue Fox	2–0 4–2	4–1	2–0 6–2	6–2 0–1	–	3–1	4–0	7–4 5–0	4–1 3–4 OT
Odense Bulldogs	1–4	0–3 3–2 5–6	5–0	6–3 6–1 4–3 GWS	2–3 OT 3–5 1–4	–	5–4 GWSS	7–1	5–1 2–5
Rungsted Seier Capital	2–3 GWS	1–4	6–5 7–2	2–4	4–2	4–1 2–0	–	5–2 3–4 GWS 7–4	3–5 6–3
Rødovre Mighty Bulls	2–5 1–2 GWS	1–6 2–1 OT	1–2 GWS	3–5	2–3	2–9 3–6	6–3	–	2–5 4–0 4–3
SønderjyskE Ishockey	4–3 5–2	2–1	4–3 GWS 5–1	6–2	4–3 5–2	2–3 OT	4–2 3–1	5–2	–
OT - Overtime. GWS - Shootout.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

• Aalborg Pirates - Rungsted Seier Capital 4:3 (2:11, 4:0, 4:2, 3:0, 0:2, 2:4, 5:2)
• Herning Blue Fox - Frederikshavn White Hawks 4:2 (4:1, 3:4, 3:0, 1:4, 3:2, 0:5)
• Odense Bulldogs - Herlev Eagles 2:4 (4:2, 1:4, 3:4 OT, 3:6, 4:2, 3:4)
• Esbjerg - SønderjyskE 4:2 (2:1 OT, 3:6, 1:0, 3:2 OT, 1:2, 2:1)

Semifinals

• Aalborg Pirates - Herlev Eagles 4:0 (4:2, 3:1, 3:2 OT, 5:1)
• Herning Blue Fox - Esbjerg 4:3 (10:5, 5:4, 1:2, 3:0, 2:3, 1:2, 5:2)

3rd place

• Esbjerg - Herlev Eagles 0:2 (5:8, 2:3)

Final

• Aalborg Pirates - Herning Blue Fox 4:2 (6:0, 4:3 OT, 2:3 OT, 6:2, 1:2, 3:2)

Metal Ligaen seasons

1954–55 - 1955–56 - 1959–60 - 1960–61 - 1961–62 - 1962–63 - 1963–64 - 1964–65 - 1965–66 - 1966–67 - 1967–68 - 1968–69 - 1969–70 - 1970–71 - 1971–72 - 1972–73 - 1973–74 - 1974–75 - 1975–76 - 1976–77 - 1977–78 - 1978–79 - 1979–80 - 1980–81 - 1981–82 - 1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93 - 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23 - 2023–24