The 2016–17 Odense Bulldogs season was the 26th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990.

There has been a lot of redeployments during the summer. Bulldogs did not extend the contract with coach Brad Gratton, and signed Frederikshavn coach Peter Johansson on a two-year contract.

Furthermore, a number of players have left the club, including stars such as Ryan McDonough, Sean Wiles and John Armstrong. However, Bulldogs has signed a lot of new players, such as the former Bulldogs-player Michael Eskesen.

Bulldogs finished as second in the regular season, for the first time since the 2011–12 season. They knocked out Rungsted 4–0 in the quarter-finals. They could not handle Gentofte in the semi-finals and lost 1–4. Then they were forced into a bronze medal-game against Frederikshavn, where they lost both games, 2–6 and 0–3.

Preseason

Schedule and results 2016–17 Game Log: 3–6–0 (home: 0–3–0; road: 3–4–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record 1 16 August Odense 1–3 Esbjerg 0–1–0 2 19 August Gentofte 2–4 Odense 1–1–0 3 26 August Bayreuth 6–3 Odense 1–2–0 4 27 August Most 2–4 Odense 1–3–0 5 28 August Crimmitschau 5–3 Odense 2–3–0 6 2 September Odense 1–3 Rungsted 2–4–0 7 9 September Aalborg 3–2 Odense 2–5–0 8 13 September Frederikshavn 1–4 Odense 3–5–0 9 15 September Odense 1–5 Gentofte 3–6–0

Regular season

League table

Schedule and results

2016–17 Game Log: 31–10–4, 88 Points (home: 15–6–0; road: 16–4–4) September: 1–1–1, 3 Points (home: 0–1–0; road: 1–0–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 23 September Odense 1–2 Aalborg Galansky 1,282 0–1–0 0 Report 2 27 September Frederikshavn 3–2 Odense OT Galansky 929 0–1–1 1 Report 3 30 September Esbjerg 1–2 Odense SO Galansky 1,151 1–1–1 3 Report October: 7–2–1, 20 Points (home: 4–1–0; road: 3–1–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 4 4 October Odense 0–1 Gentofte Galansky 768 1–2–1 3 Report 5 7 October Odense 2–0 SønderjyskE Galansky 1,409 2–2–1 6 Report 6 11 October Odense 3–2 Herning SO Galansky 493 3–2–1 8 Report 7 14 October Odense 5–4 Rungsted SO Galansky 1,092 4–2–1 10 Report 8 16 October Gentofte 1–3 Odense Galansky 327 5–2–1 13 Report 9 18 October Odense 3–4 Rødovre Galansky 897 5–3–1 13 Report 10 21 October Herlev 4–7 Odense Galansky 617 6–3–1 16 Report 11 22 October Odense 5–1 Herlev Galansky 955 7–3–1 19 Report 12 28 October Rødovre 2–4 Odense Galansky 1,256 8–3–1 22 Report 13 29 October SønderjyskE 4–3 Odense OT Galansky 2,102 8–3–2 23 Report November: 2–4–0, 6 Points (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 9 November Rungsted 3–2 Odense Galansky 1,084 8–4–2 23 Report 15 11 November Herning 5–4 Odense Galansky 1,325 8–5–2 23 Report 16 12 November Odense 3–1 Esbjerg Galansky 1,205 9–5–2 26 Report 17 25 November Aalborg 4–1 Odense Galansky 1,812 9–6–2 26 Report 18 26 November Odense 4–2 Frederikshavn Galansky 872 10–6–2 29 Report 19 29 November Odense 0–2 Aalborg Galansky 891 10–7–2 29 Report December: 10–0–0, 27 Points (home: 4–0–0; road: 6–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 20 2 December Frederikshavn 0–2 Odense Galansky 1,214 11–7–2 32 Report 21 6 December Esbjerg 1–2 Odense OT Galansky 1,099 12–7–2 34 Report 22 9 December Odense 4–3 Gentofte OT Galansky 1,014 13–7–2 36 Report 23 10 December Gentofte 0–4 Odense Galansky 157 14–7–2 39 Report 24 13 December SønderjyskE 2–3 Odense Galansky 2,124 15–7–2 42 Report 25 16 December Odense 4–2 Herning Galansky 1,113 16–7–2 45 Report 26 20 December Rungsted 3–4 Odense Galansky 1,041 17–7–2 48 Report 27 22 December Odense 6–1 Rødovre Galansky 1,127 18–7–2 51 Report 28 29 December Odense 2–1 Herlev OT Galansky 1,736 19–7–2 53 Report 29 30 December Herlev 2–5 Odense Galansky 432 20–7–2 56 Report January: 5–2–2, 16 Points (home: 3–1–1; road: 2–1–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 3 January Rødovre 2–1 Odense SO Galansky 784 20–7–3 57 Report 31 4 January Aalborg 1–4 Odense Galansky 1,303 21–7–3 60 Report 32 6 January Odense 5–1 Rungsted Galansky 1,254 22–7–3 63 Report 33 10 January Odense 3–2 SønderjyskE OT Galansky 1,211 23–7–3 65 Report 34 20 January Esbjerg 3–2 Odense SO Galansky 1,268 23–7–4 66 Report 35 21 January Odense 0–2 Esbjerg Galansky 1,321 23–8–4 66 Report 36 24 January Odense 1–4 Frederikshavn Galansky 955 23–9–4 66 Report 37 27 January Odense 3–2 Aalborg Galansky 1,642 24–9–4 69 Report 38 31 January Frederikshavn 2–3 Odense Galansky 1,392 25–9–4 72 Report February: 6–1–0, 16 Points (home: 2–1–0; road: 4–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 5 February Odense 3–2 Gentofte OT Galansky 1,323 26–9–4 74 Report 40 14 February SønderjyskE 2–4 Odense Galansky 2,535 27–9–4 77 Report 41 17 February Herning 4–5 Odense OT Galansky 1,914 28–9–4 79 Report 42 18 February Odense 1–3 Herning Galansky 1,875 28–10–4 79 Report 43 21 February Rungsted 2–3 Odense Galansky 571 29–10–4 82 Report 44 24 February Odense 11–1 Rødovre Galansky 2,290 30–10–4 85 Report 45 28 February Herlev 2–4 Odense Galansky 655 31–10–4 88 Report Legend:

Playoffs 2016 Metal Ligaen Play-offs Quarter-final vs. Rungsted Seier Capital (8): Odense won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 3 Odense 2–1 Rungsted Galansky 1,577 1–0 Report 2 March 5 Rungsted 2–4 Odense Galansky 1,288 2–0 Report 3 March 7 Odense 3–2 Rungsted Galansky 1,484 3–0 Report 4 March 10 Rungsted 1–5 Odense Galansky 1,822 4–0 Report Semi-final vs. Gentofte Stars (6): Gentofte won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 21 Odense 1–2 Gentofte OT Galansky 1,507 0–1 Report 2 March 24 Gentofte 2–0 Odense Galansky 1,069 0–2 Report 3 March 26 Odense 1–2 Gentofte Galansky 1,675 0–3 Report 4 March 28 Gentofte 1–2 Odense Galansky 1,070 1–3 Report 5 March 31 Odense 0–2 Gentofte Galansky 2,237 1–4 Report Legend:

Bronze medal-game

Player statistics Updated 31 March 2017

Skaters

Regular season Player Dale Mitchell 44 27 40 67 +33 124 Tony Romano 42 28 26 54 +36 47 Sebastian Strandberg 40 13 32 45 +22 16 Rasmus Bjerrum 45 13 13 26 +15 12 Simon Grønvaldt 44 7 16 23 +20 20 Robin Sterner 43 7 13 20 +8 56 Martin Larsen 40 9 10 19 +23 45 Mathias Thinnesen 44 6 12 18 +8 14 Michael Eskesen 46 5 10 15 +33 22 Rasmus Lyø 40 4 10 14 +13 14 Mikkel Ankjær Nielsen 39 5 5 10 −2 52 Henrik Nielsen 43 3 7 10 +6 32 Jonas René Hansen 43 4 5 9 0 8 Frederik Høeg 37 3 4 7 −3 2 Oliver Larsen 31 1 6 7 +11 64 Asger Petersen 41 3 3 6 +5 22 Andreas Pedersen 45 2 4 6 +5 28 Mads Schaarup 39 1 4 6 +1 37 Frederik Sørensen 31 1 1 2 −4 18 Søren Pedersen 11 1 0 1 −2 2 Daniel Lundvald Nielsen 2 0 1 1 0 2 Matej Polata 19 0 0 0 −2 0 Christian Larsen 33 0 0 0 +3 0

Play-offs Player Dale Mitchell 9 4 4 8 +3 14 Tony Romano 4 4 2 6 +7 12 Robin Sterner 9 3 3 6 +2 16 Henrik Nielsen 9 3 2 5 +3 6 Rasmus Bjerrum 9 2 2 4 +7 4 Mathias Thinnesen 9 0 3 3 +1 6 Rasmus Lyø 9 0 3 3 +3 0 Simon Grønvaldt 9 1 1 2 +2 2 Martin Larsen 9 0 2 2 +6 10 Michael Eskesen 9 0 2 2 +2 8 Oliver Larsen 9 1 1 2 +3 2 Andreas Pedersen 9 0 2 2 +3 6 Sebastian Strandberg 5 0 0 0 –4 14 Mikkel Ankjær Nielsen 9 0 0 0 –1 4 Jonas René Hansen 9 0 0 0 0 0 Frederik Høeg 9 0 0 0 –1 4 Asger Petersen 9 0 0 0 –1 2 Mads Schaarup 9 0 0 0 +1 2 Frederik Sørensen 9 0 0 0 0 2 Søren Pedersen 8 0 0 0 –2 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player Tadeas Galansky 45 2.07 .924 Play-offs Player Tadeas Galansky 9 1.46 .938

Continental Cup

Group stage The Group D tournament was played in Odense, Denmark from 18 to 20 November 2016.

Matches

Final Continental Cup Final tournament will be played from 13 to 15 January 2017. The host will be determined later.

Matches

References