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2016–17 Metal Ligaen Season
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 SourceEliteprospects.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 The Superisligaen, known as the Metal Ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Denmark. The league consists of 9 professional teams. Teams from the Superisligaen can participate in the IIHF's annual Champions Ho .... Regular season SourceMetal Ligaen/small> Player statistics Scoring leaders The following players led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Ligaen
The Superisligaen, known as the Metal Ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Denmark. The league consists of 9 professional teams. Teams from the Superisligaen can participate in the IIHF's annual Champions Hockey League (CHL), competing for the European Trophy. Participation is based on the strength of the various leagues in Europe (excluding the European/Asian Kontinental Hockey League). Going into the 2022–23 CHL season, the Superisligaen was ranked the No. 13 league in Europe, allowing them to send their top team to compete in the CHL. History The Danish ice hockey league has become a springboard for foreign players and a place to start their European careers, before traveling to other bigger leagues such as the Swedish Hockey League or DEL. The teams rely mostly on foreign talent, but there are still a lot of skilled professional Danish players. Mostly the older Danish players are full-time professional. Most younger players are semi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gigantium
The Gigantium (called ''Sparekassen Danmark Arena'' for sponsoring reasons), in Aalborg, Denmark, is a large, rentable faire building, which hosts a large variety of concerts, markets and exhibitions, among other things. It has a capacity of 5,500 people. For concerts, the capacity is 8,500 people. In addition, there is an ice rink/arena for training purposes, a swimming pool and an athletics hall within the sports complex. The main arena building was severely damaged by a fire on 5 July 2017. Tenants The main use of the arena is sport, and it is home to the Danish Handball League club Aalborg Håndbold and the elite Ice Hockey team Aalborg Pirates. The ice hockey club AaB Ishockey also play their matches in an ice arena connected to the original Gigantium arena. AaB Ishockey is the amateur club having the license for professional ice hockey being used by Aalborg Pirates. Events Among many other events, the arena hosted Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, the Danish National Selecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Connolly
Brendan Connolly (born 15 September 1985) is a retired Canadian-born British ice hockey player who last played for Sheffield Steelers and the British national team. He represented Great Britain at the 2021 IIHF World Championship The 2021 IIHF World Championship () took place from 21 May to 6 June 2021. It was originally to be co-hosted by Minsk, Belarus and Riga, Latvia, as the IIHF announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany. Their joint bid won by a very tight margin .... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Brendan 1985 births Living people Abbotsford Heat players Adirondack Phantoms players Alaska Aces (ECHL) players Belfast Giants players Brooks Bandits players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in England Canadian ice hockey centres Canmore Eagles players Elmira Jackals (ECHL) players English ice hockey centres Fehérvár AV19 players Ferris State Bulldogs men's ice hockey players Glasgow Clan players Greenville Road Warriors pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Quenneville
Peter Quenneville (born March 9, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Kiekko-Espoo in the Liiga. Playing career Quenneville played junior hockey initially with the Sherwood Park Crusaders in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) before moving to the United States Hockey League to play with the Dubuque Fighting Saints. Quenneville was drafted by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the seventh round, 195th overall, in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. After two seasons playing primarily in the ECHL with the Rapid City Rush, on June 19, 2021, Quenneville again embarked on a career abroad, agreeing to a one-year contract with German second-tier club, Lausitzer Füchse, of the DEL2. In the 2021–22 season, he was top scorer of the DEL2. He then signed a two-year contract with the Norwegian first-tier team Storhamar Ishockey. Following two seasons in Norway with Storhamar, Quenneville opted to return to the Finnish Liiga in signing a one-year contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Reed (ice Hockey)
Harrison Reed (born January 18, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who is currently playing for Hamburg Crocodiles in the Oberliga (Ger.3). In his career, he played 208 games in the AHL and 50 games in Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Playing career Reed was drafted 93rd overall in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes. Reed played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the London Knights, Sarnia Sting and Guelph Storm. After his final year of eligibility with the Storm in 2007–08, Harrison signed with the Hurricanes to a three-year entry-level contract on May 22, 2008. Reed was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Albany River Rats for his first professional season in 2008–09. He played in 70 games scoring 9 points with the Rats and also played a solitary game with ECHL affiliate, the Florida Everblades. Harrison started the 2009–10 season with the River Rats, along with a brief stint with the Everblades, before he was traded by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Romano (ice Hockey)
Tony Romano (born January 5, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey player from Smithtown, New York. He is last played for Stavanger Oilers of the Norwegian GET-ligaen. Playing career Romano was drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the sixth round (178th overall pick) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Prior to the draft, Romano graduated from St. Anthony's High School on Long Island, and played for the New York Bobcats of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League, scoring 50 goals in the 2005–06 season. After being drafted, he spent the following year playing for Cornell University, where he led the team's rookies with a total of nine goals and ten assists. Romano then went on to play for the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League during the 2007–08 season, citing the switch in leagues due to his limited number of games played in Cornell. Romano didn't play well during this season, partially due to off-season shoulder surgery. Romano played for the Peterborough Petes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rødovre Skøjte Arena
Rødovre Skøjte Arena (as a result of a name sponsorship also known as Rødovre Centrum Arena), is an ice hockey arena in Rødovre, Greater Copenhagen. The arena, inaugurated on 6 February 1995, is home to both the Rødovre Mighty Bulls and the parent club RSIK and is used for both figure skating and ice hockey. The arena replaced the old Rødovre Ice Skating Hall (''Rødovre Skøjtehal'') with the nickname ''Kostalden'' (cow shed), which was in the northeastern part of Rødovre at Rødovrevej. Rødovre Skøjte Arena is located on Rødovre Parkvej and is built together with the sporting arena Rødovrehallen via an entrance foyer. From this foyer there is access to both the spectator seats and the basement where the changing rooms are located. On the western end, the arena is connected to a secondary practice rink. The Rødovre Ice Skating Arena was built after a Norwegian model, in particular the ice hockey arena that were built for the Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxo Bank Arena
Saxo may refer to: * Citroën Saxo, automobile model * Annalista Saxo, anonymous author of an imperial chronicle * Poeta Saxo, anonymous Saxon poet * Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1150–1220), Danish historian * Saxo Bank, a Danish investment bank ** Team Saxo Bank Tinkoff () was a Russian-registered professional cycling team from Russia and previously Denmark. It competed in the UCI World Tour. The team was owned by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis from 2000 until 2013 and Russian banker Oleg Tink ..., a cycling team sponsored by Saxo Bank See also * Conrad of Saxony, also called Conradus Saxo {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena
Odense Isstadion ('Odense Ice Stadium'), also known as Spar Nord Arena for sponsorship reasons, is an ice hockey arena in Bolbro, Odense, Denmark. It has previously been known as VinMedKant Arena, Bryggeriet Vestfyen Arena, and Albani Arena for sponsorship reasons. The arena is used for ice hockey as well as figure skating and serves as the home ice of the Odense Bulldogs and Odense Ishockey Klub (OIK). Odense Isstadion has a 3,280 spectator capacity, of which 1,024 are seated. The venue also features a secondary hall, commonly noted as , which is used for ice hockey, figure skating, and curling Curling is a sport in which players slide #Curling stone, stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take t .... The secondary rink has a total capacity of 1,250 spectators, of which 350 are seated. References {{coord, 55.3998, N, 10.3496, E, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KVIK Hockey Arena
KVIK Hockey Arena is a hockey arena in Herning, Denmark. It is used by Herning Blue Fox. The complex consists of two rinks, KVIK Hockey Arena that has a capacity of 4120, where 420 of them are seats, and the new training arena that has a capacity of 200. Renovation It was decided in June 2016 that the 30 year old arena wasn't good enough as a training facility for the 2018 IIHF World Championship which is set in Herning and Copenhagen, Denmark. The arena will be fully rebuilt and renovated for 61 million DKK for the championship. See also * List of indoor arenas in Denmark *List of indoor arenas in Nordic countries The following is an incomplete list of indoor arenas in Nordic countries with a capacity of at least 5,000. Current arenas {{row counter, {, class{{="wikitable sortable" , - !# !Stadium !Capacity !City !Opened !Image , - , style{{="text-align:ce ... {{coord, 56.1576, N, 8.9668, E, source:wikidata, display=title Ice hockey venues in Denmark Sport in Herni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DFDS Seaways Arena
DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally ''The United Steamship Company''). DFDS was founded in 1866, when C.F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of that day. Although DFDS has generally concentrated on freight and passenger traffic on the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea, it has also operated freight services to the US, South America, and the Mediterranean in the past. Since the 1980s, DFDS's focus for shipping has been on northern Europe. Today, DFDS operates a network of 25 routes with 50 freight and passenger ships in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and the English Channel under the name DFDS Seaways. The rail and land-based haulage and container activities are operated by DFDS Logistics. Overall, DFDS employed around 14,000 people as of 2024. History The Beginnings Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab was formed on 11 December 1866, as a merger of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herlev Eagles
The Herlev Eagles are a Danish ice hockey team based in Herlev, part of the Urban area of Copenhagen, that plays in the Metal Ligaen the top tier of the sport in Denmark. The team is based in Herlev and play their home games at the Herlev Skøjtehal, known as PM Montage Arena for sponsorship reasons. History Herlev Ice Hockey club (), of which the Herlev Eagles are a part, was founded in 1968 by Poul Andersen, Jørgen Raae and Torben With after With returned to Denmark having lived in Canada where he developed a love of hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Upon his return in 1964, With was initially involved with a team based in nearby Rødovre, until he decided to found a team in Herlev along with Andersen and his brother-in-law Raae. The team initially played in Rødovre, until 1977 when the Herlev Skøjtehal was built. During the early 1980s Herlev IK played in the 2nd Division, and were often at the head of the table. During the 1981–82 season Herlev signed Canadian duo Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
