2021–22 Metal Ligaen season

The 2021-22 Metal Ligaen season was the 65th season of ice hockey in Denmark. 9 teams competed in the league, and the Aalborg Pirates won the championship.

Regular season

Pl.	Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	Goals	Diff	Pts
1	Aalborg	48	25	6	3	11	165–104	61	94,5
2	SønderjyskE	48	24	3	4	12	139–102	37	90,5
3	Herning	48	21	8	5	11	152–119	33	88,5
4	Frederikshavn	48	21	6	6	13	125–103	22	84
5	Esbjerg	48	16	6	7	15	152–150	2	73
6	Rungsted	48	14	8	7	16	135–141	−6	69,5
7	Odense	48	14	4	5	19	128–138	−10	64
8	Herlev	48	11	0	7	25	122–169	−47	47,5
9	Rødovre	48	7	6	3	31	90–182	−92	37,5

Note: Teams received 1.5 points for games annulled due to COVID-19 protocols.

Results

Home	Away
	Esbjerg	Fr.havn	Herlev	Herning	Odense	Rungsted	Rødovre	Sønderj.	Aalborg
Esbjerg Energy	–	4–5 OT 1–2 OT 6–2	6–4 Cancelled 3–2	4–3 OT 1–3 2–5	7–1 5–6 6–3	7–6 GWS 4–1 3–2 OT	3–2 2–3 5–3	1–4 Cancelled 2–6	0–6 5–4 5–0
Frederikshavn White Hawks	4–3 OT 4–0 1–2 GWS	–	5–4 5–4 4–0	1–4 3–1 4–1	1–2 2–3 2–5	3–1 2–3 GWS Cancelled	3–1 6–2 3–2	4–0 1–3 4–1	2–1 4–5 GWS 0–4
Herlev Eagles	3–5 3–2 3–5	1–5 2–0 2–3 GWS	–	4–5 OT 2–5 4–1	4–1 3–4 GWS 1–4	5–6 OT 4–6 2–4	3–1 3–0 8–3	2–4 4–6 Cancelled	2–0 2–5 Cancelled
Herning Blue Fox	5–4 OT 4–3 7–4	2–1 GWS Cancelled 1–6	5–1 7–6 GWS 7–5	–	1–0 Cancelled 3–2	3–2 OT 3–4 OT 1–0	3–1 3–0 3–4	7–0 3–1 3–2	2–3 5–4 1–2 GWS
Odense Bulldogs	6–3 3–5 3–4 OT	1–6 1–4 3–4 OT	5–1 5–2 3–2	3–4 Cancelled 1–8	–	2–1 GWS 1–2 OT Cancelled	6–0 7–2 8–1	0–1 Cancelled 4–3 OT	5–8 3–6 2–4
Rungsted Seier Capital	4–3 OT 3–6 2–6	2–3 4–1 4–1	1–4 5–4 OT Cancelled	0–2 2–3 GWS 6–5 OT	3–2 4–1 0–5	–	5–3 3–1 5–2	3–6 5–4 GWS 6–3	2–3 OT 1–2 5–2
Rødovre Mighty Bulls	1–2 3–1 3–1	1–2 3–0 3–2 OT	3–5 Cancelled 3–2 OT	4–3 1–2 GWS 1–4	3–4 OT 4–3 GWS 3–2 OT	4–3 GWS 0–4 3–6	–	2–1 2–7 1–5	1–9 4–5 3–2 OT
SønderjyskE Ishockey	4–3 GWS Cancelled 5–2	1–2 GWS 2–1 GWS 1–2	3–1 4–1 5–1	5–3 3–2 GWS 3–2	3–1 Cancelled 2–4	4–0 5–2 4–1	6–0 5–0 3–0	–	2–6 2–3 3–2
Aalborg Pirates	5–4 GWS Cancelled 1–2 OT	2–1 1–3 3–1	1–2 8–1 6–3	2–3 GWS 5–3 3–1	5–2 Cancelled 5–0	3–4 3–1 3–1	5–2 2–1 OT 7–0	4–2 2–3 3–2 GWS	–
OT - Overtime. GWS - Shootout.

Play-offs

Quarterfinals

Aalborg Pirates – Herlev Eagles 4-0 11.03.2022 Aalborg Pirates Herlev Eagles 4-1 13.03.2022 Herlev Eagles Aalborg Pirates 1-5 16.03.2022 Aalborg Pirates Herlev Eagles 3-1 18.03.2022 Herlev Eagles Aalborg Pirates 0-1 Aalborg Pirates won the series 4–0. SønderjyskE – Odense Bulldogs 3-4 11.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 4-3 13.03.2022 Odense Bulldogs SønderjyskE 3-0 15.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 3-1 18.03.2022 Odense Bulldogs SønderjyskE 4-3 20.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 4-1 22.03.2022 Odense Bulldogs SønderjyskE 3-1 24.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 0-1 OT Odense Bulldogs won the series 4–3.

Herning Blue Fox – Rungsted Seier Capital 1-4 11.03.2022 Herning Blue Fox Rungsted Seier Capital 4-2 14.03.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Herning Blue Fox 5-1 16.03.2022 Herning Blue Fox Rungsted Seier Capital 1-2 18.03.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Herning Blue Fox 3-2 OT 20.03.2022 Herning Blue Fox Rungsted Seier Capital 1-2 Rungsted Seier Capital won the series 4–1. Frederikshavn White Hawks – Esbjerg Energy 1-4 11.03.2022 Frederikshavn White Hawks Esbjerg Energy 4-2 13.03.2022 Esbjerg Energy Frederikshavn White Hawks 3-0 16.03.2022 Frederikshavn White Hawks Esbjerg Energy 1-4 18.03.2022 Esbjerg Energy Frederikshavn White Hawks 3-1 20.03.2022 Frederikshavn White Hawks Esbjerg Energy 2-3 Esbjerg Energy won the series 4–1.

Semifinals

Aalborg Pirates – Odense Bulldogs 4-0 29.03.2022 Aalborg Pirates Odense Bulldogs 3-2 OT 01.04.2022 Odense Bulldogs Aalborg Pirates 1-2 OT 03.04.2022 Aalborg Pirates Odense Bulldogs 6-0 04.04.2022 Odense Bulldogs Aalborg Pirates 1-5 Aalborg Pirates won the series 4–0.

Esbjerg Energy – Rungsted Seier Capital 3-4 29.03.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 4-3 01.04.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Esbjerg Energy 2-5 02.04.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 1-2 OT 04.04.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Esbjerg Energy 2-5 06.04.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 3-4 OT 08.04.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Esbjerg Energy 4-3 OT 10.04.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 4-5 OT Rungsted Seier Capital won the series 4–3.

Third place

15 April 2022 19:00 UTC+2

Odense Bulldogs

6–5 (0–2, 3–0, 3–3)

Esbjerg Energy

Odense Isstadion, Odense Attendance: 1,357

Game reference
	Samu Perhonen	Goalies	Eamon McAdam	Referees: Kenneth A. Nielsen Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Brian Kallesen Frederik Sønderberg
	Piipponen (Ehlers, Larsen) - 22:26 / Piipponen (Larsen, Schou) - 33:01 / Bach Nielsen (Topholt, Rafnsson) - 35:29 / Skvorcovs (Hardarson) - 50:24 / Bach Nielsen (Topholt) - 52:42 / Virtanen (Larsen, Sova) - 59:04	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 3–5 / 4–5 / 5–5 / 6–5	02:49 - Puffer (Grønvaldt) / 06:44 - Downing (Maegaard Scheel, Schulze) / 41:49 - Ahlberg (Schultz) / 49:52 - King (Bjerrum) / 50:15 - Puffer (Maegaard Scheel, Grønvaldt)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	24

16 April 2022 15:00 UTC+2

Esbjerg Energy

4–5 (1–1, 1–2, 2–2)

Odense Bulldogs

Granly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg Attendance: 1,433

Game reference
	Thomas Lillie	Goalies	Samu Perhonen	Referees: Martin Theiltoft Christensen Rasmus Toppel Linesmen: Brian Kallesen Albert Ankerstjerne
	Schultz (Nielsen) - 18:21 / Kerbashian (Bjerrum) - 21:11 / Maegaard Scheel (Brown) - 40:17 / Puffer (Kerbashian) (PP1) - 52:16	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 3–4 / 4–4 / 4–5	04:29 - Auk (Hardarson, Skvorcovs) / 30:51 - Larsen (Ehlers, Sova) / 38:13 - Tanus (Piipponen, Larsen) / 41:18 - Larsen (Hansen, Číp) / 53:40 - Skvorcovs (Číp)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	37

Finals

15 April 2022 20:30 UTC+2

Aalborg Pirates

4–3 (2–1, 1–2, 1–0) score in the series: 1–0

Rungsted Seier Capital

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 4,245

Game reference
	Georg Sørensen	Goalies	Ville Kolppanen	Referees: Niclas B. Lundsgaard Thomas Buchardt Andersen Linesmen: Niklas Knøsen Emil Skov Dalsgaard
	Romig (Spelling, Nielsen) - 03:23 / Knudsen (Edmondson, Jul Korsgaard) - 12:07 / Korsgaard (Panelin-Borg, Jakobsen) - 36:44 / Bjorkstrand (Spelling, Koch) - 44:07	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 3–3 / 4–3	02:07 - Madsen (Gustafsson, Rosenthal) / 21:03 - Hardt (Persson, Andersson) (PP1) / 22:44 - Hardt (Persson, Jensen) (PP1)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	21

17 April 2022 20:00 UTC+2

Rungsted Seier Capital

3−1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1) score in the series: 1–1

Aalborg Pirates

Bitcoin Arena, Rungsted Attendance: 1,350

Game reference
	Ville Kolppanen	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Mads Frandsen Kenneth A. Nielsen Linesmen: Henrik Gandrup Haurum Albert Ankerstjerne
	Gustafsson - 11:36 / Gustafsson (Rosenthal) - 12:13 / Persson (Olsson) - 17:38	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1	18:08 - Korsgaard (Panelin-Borg)
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	29

19 April 2022 18:00 UTC+2

Aalborg Pirates

8–1 (2–1, 5–0, 1–0) score in the series: 2–1

Rungsted Seier Capital

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 4,313

Game reference
	Georg Sørensen	Goalies	Ville Kolppanen	Referees: Mads Frandsen Martin Theiltoft Christensen Linesmen: Andreas Weise Krøyer Fred Monnaie
	Spelling (Jul Korsgaard) - 14:36 / Morin (Skinnars) - 15:54 / Højbjerg (Knudsen) - 23:03 / Skinnars - 29:41 / Ladehoff (Morin, Edmondson) (PP1) - 34:56 / Bjorkstrand (PP1) - 35:52 / Carstensen (Spelling) (PP1) - 38:02 / Steman (Skinnars, Morin) - 45:17	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1	01:46 - Gracel (Hetta)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	22

22 April 2022 19:30 UTC+2

Rungsted Seier Capital

2–4 (0–1, 2–1, 0–2) score in the series: 1–3

Aalborg Pirates

Bitcoin Arena, Rungsted Attendance: 1,350

Game reference
	Ville Kolppanen	Goalies	Georg Sørensen	Referees: Mads Frandsen Thomas Buchardt Andersen Linesmen: Henrik Gandrup Haurum Niklas Knøsen
	Anderson (PP1) - 12:54 / Hardt (Anderson, Persson) (PP1) - 15:09	0–1 / 0–2 / 1–2 / 2–2 / 2–3 / 2–4	06:34 - Kabanov (Carstensen, Jakobsen) / 04:46 - Jakobsen (Knudsen, Edmondson) / 56:52 - Edmondson (Korsgaard, Jakobsen) / 59:51 - Steman (Morin) (EN)

24 April 2022 16:00 UTC+2

Aalborg Pirates

5–1 (2–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Rungsted Seier Capital

Gigantium, Aalborg Attendance: 5,000

Game reference
	Georg Sørensen	Goalies	Ville Kolppanen	Referees: Mads Frandsen Thomas Buchardt Andersen Linesmen: Henrik Gandrup Haurum Niklas Knøsen
	Spelling (Jakobsen, Carstensen) (PP1) - 04:41 / Spelling (PP1) - 07:33 / Steman (Korsgaard) - 52:32 / Knudsen (Jakobsen) (EN) - 56:14 / Spelling (EN) - 59:03	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1	10:13 - Persson (Hardt, Jensen)
	4 min	Penalties	27 min
	25	Shots	19

Final rankings

	Aalborg Pirates
	Rungsted Seier Capital
	Odense Bulldogs
4	Esbjerg Energy
5	SønderjyskE
6	Herning Blue Fox
7	Frederikshavn White Hawks
8	Herlev Eagles
9	Rødovre Mighty Bulls

External links

• Metal Ligaen official website
• Results - Metal Ligaen 2021-2022
• Metal Ligaen on eurohockey.com
• Metal Ligaen on eliteprospects.com
• Season on hockeyarchives.info

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