Esbjerg IK is an ice hockey club in
Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...
, Denmark, with several youth and amateurs' teams. They have played their home games at
Esbjerg Skøjtehal since 1976.
History
Esbjerg IK was founded on November 4, 1964, however, there was already an ice hockey team in Esbjerg before they were founded. With seven Danish championships, and ten runners-up, they are one of the most successful Danish clubs.
They took part in the
IIHF European Champions Cup
The IIHF European Champions Cup (ECC) was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by t ...
several times. In the 1969-70 season, the club was defeated by
EV Füssen 6-1, and 9-2. In the 1988-89 European Cup, they participated in a group with
HC Dosza Ujpest,
Dynamo Berlin, and
CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
. They lost 4-2 to Ujpest, 8-3 to Berlin, and 21-1 to Moscow. Esbjerg also participated in the
IIHF Continental Cup
The Continental Cup is a second-level ice hockey tournament for European clubs (behind Champions Hockey League), begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in the ...
in 1998 and 2005.
After the 2004-05 season, the professional license of the club was taken over from the football club, Esbjerg fB.r. The new team competes in the
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 ...
as
Esbjerg Energy, while Esbjerg IK only consists of a youth department and amateurs' department.
Achievements
* Danish champion (7): 1969, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2004, 2016, 2017
* Danish runner-up (9): 1965, 1968, 1972, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2015
* Danish Cup winner (3): 1989, 1992, 1993
Notable players
*
Oleg Starkov
*
Ismo Kuoppala
*
Philip Larsen
*
Evan Marble
*
Jukka Vilander
References
{{Reflist
External links
Official site
Ice hockey teams in Denmark
1964 establishments in Denmark
Sport in Esbjerg
Ice hockey clubs established in 1964