2015–16 Odense Bulldogs season explained

Season:	2015–16
Year:	2015
Team:	Odense Bulldogs
League:	Metal Ligaen
Record:	24–18–3
Coach:	Brad Gratton
Assistantcoach:	Mads True
Captain:	Joakim Nettelbladtt
Altcaptain:	Dale Mitchell Michael Daugulis Ryan McDonough Søren B. Pedersen
Attendance:	3,280
Goalsleader:	Dale Mitchell (34)
Assistsleader:	Dale Mitchell (43)
Pointsleader:	Dale Mitchell (77)
Pimleader:	Dale Mitchell (236)
Gaaleader:	Tadeas Galansky (3.35)
Next Season:	2016–17

The 2015–16 Odense Bulldogs season is the 25th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990.

They finished in 5th place in the league with the record 24–18–3 and were picked by 4th-placed Herning Blue Fox for the quarter-finals.

Regular season

See main article: 2015–16 Metal Ligaen season.

League table

Schedule and results

Regular season

+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#A52A2A 5px solid; border-bottom:#2C6D34 5px solid;"	2015–16 Game Log: 24–18–3, 73 Points (home: 11–7–3; road: 11–10–0)
September: 3–1–0, 9 Points (home: 2–0–0 ; road: 1–1–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 18 September Odense 7–2 Galansky 1,448 1–0–0 3 Recap 2 21 September 3–5 Odense Galansky 225 2–0–0 6 Recap 3 25 September Odense 5–2 Galansky 1,378 3–0–0 9 Recap 4 29 September 4–1 Odense Galansky 1,106 3–1–0 9 Recap
October: 3–4–2, 11 Points (home: 1–2–2 ; road: 2–2–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 5 1 October Odense 3–6 Galansky 806 3–2–0 9 Recap 6 5 October 2–6 Odense Galansky 1,368 4–2–0 12 Recap 7 9 October 7–4 Odense Galansky 1,258 4–3–0 12 Recap 8 12 October Odense 2–4 Galansky 1,519 4–4–0 12 Recap 9 16 October 3–5 Odense Galansky 547 5–4–0 15 Recap 10 20 October Odense 9–1 Galansky 786 6–4–0 18 Recap 11 23 October 5–3 Odense Galansky 3,012 6–5–0 18 Recap 12 26 October Odense 3–4 OT Galansky 704 6–5–1 19 Recap 13 30 October Odense 4–5 OT Galansky 1,513 6–5–2 20 Recap
November: 5–3–0, 14 Points (home: 4–1–0 ; road: 1–2–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 1 November 6–5 Odense Galansky 428 6–6–2 20 Recap 15 13 November Odense 2–5 Galansky 1,752 6–7–2 20 Recap 16 16 November 4–5 Odense Galansky 982 7–7–2 23 Recap 17 20 November Odense 7–2 Galansky 1,104 8–7–2 26 Recap 18 23 November Odense 5–4 SO Galansky 678 9–7–2 28 Recap 19 27 November 2–1 Odense Galansky 679 9–8–2 28 Recap 20 29 November Odense 4–1 Galansky 824 10–8–2 31 Recap 21 30 November Odense 9–2 Galansky 702 11–8–2 34 Recap
December: 4–3–1, 12 Points (home: 0–2–1 ; road: 4–1–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 4 December 2–3 Odense SO Galansky 1,134 12–8–2 36 Recap 23 11 December 2–3 Odense Galansky 1,211 13–8–2 39 Recap 24 13 December Odense 2–4 Galansky 924 13–9–2 39 Recap 25 15 December 9–0 Odense Galansky 1,207 13–10–2 39 Recap 26 18 December Odense 2–3 OT Galansky 1,374 13–10–3 40 Recap 27 22 December 2–4 Odense Galansky 2,812 14–10–3 43 Recap 28 29 December 4–6 Odense Galansky 1,807 15–10–3 46 Recap 29 30 December Odense 2–4 Galansky 1,586 15–11–3 46 Recap
January: 4–3–0, 12 Points (home: 3–1–0 ; road: 1–3–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 5 January Odense 9–3 Galansky 803 16–10–3 49 Recap 31 12 January Odense 3–2 Galansky 1,088 17–10–3 52 Recap 32 15 January 6–2 Odense Lauridsen 1,533 17–11–3 52 Recap 33 19 January Odense 4–9 Galansky 1,045 17–12–3 52 Recap 34 22 January 3–2 Odense Galansky 3,820 17–14–3 52 Recap 35 26 January 2–1 Odense Galansky 108 17–15–3 52 Recap 36 29 January 2–5 Odense Galansky 707 17–16–3 55 Recap 37 31 January Odense 6–1 Galansky 990 18–16–3 58 Recap
February: 5–3–0, 15 Points (home: 1–2–0 ; road: 4–1–0) Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 2 February 6–3 Odense Galansky 250 19–16–3 58 Recap 39 5 February Odense 13–0 Galansky 1,710 20–16–3 61 Recap 40 16 February 1–5 Odense Galansky 1,354 21–16–3 64 Recap 41 19 February Odense 2–6 Galansky 1,946 21–17–3 64 Recap 42 21 February 2–4 Odense Galansky 905 22–17–3 67 Recap 43 23 February 0–1 Odense Galansky 1,402 23–17–3 70 Recap 44 26 February Odense 3–6 Galansky 2,873 23–18–3 70 Recap 45 29 February 1–11 Odense Galansky 188 24–18–3 73 Recap Legend:

Playoffs

+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#A52A2A 5px solid; border-bottom:#2C6D34 5px solid;"	2016 Metal Ligaen Play-offs
Quarter-final vs. Herning Blue Fox (4): Herning won 4–3 Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 4 Herning 2–1 Odense Galansky 3,139 0–1 Recap 2 March 6 Odense 3–0 Herning Galansky 1,131 1–1 Recap 3 March 8 Herning 6–1 Odense Galansky 1,503 1–2 Recap 4 March 11 Odense 2–1 Herning Galansky 1,949 2–2 Recap 5 March 13 Herning 1–2 Odense OT Galansky 1,489 3–2 Recap 6 March 15 Odense 1–2 Herning Galansky 1,853 3–3 Recap 7 March 18 Herning 2–1 Odense OT Galansky 3,259 3–4 Recap Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season^[1]

Player					data-sort-type="number"
Dale Mitchell	45	34	43	77	21	236
	45	27	33	60	11	34
	42	31	22	53	1	32
Joakim Nettelbladt	45	10	43	53	19	59
John Armstrong	31	15	35	50	19	20
Rasmus Bjerrum	45	15	23	38	18	66
Simon Grønvaldt	38	4	30	34	25	22
Mathias Thinnesen	45	10	16	26	1	28
Mike Daugulis	45	14	10	24	3	54
Henry Hardarson	44	9	13	22	6	83
Martin Larsen	44	5	14	19	13	59
Søren Pedersen	45	8	8	16	−3	14
Rasmus Lyø	45	0	13	13	1	28
Andreas Pedersen	45	2	9	11	3	69
Mads Schaarup	45	0	8	8	4	14
Frederik Sørensen	42	4	3	7	4	70
Oliver Larsen	35	1	3	4	−5	45
Jonas Renè Hansen	27	1	1	2	2	2
Frederik Høeg	40	1	1	2	2	20
Asger Petersen	26	0	1	1	4	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season^[2]

Player
style=white-space:nowrap	Tadeas Galansky	44	3.35	.989
style=white-space:nowrap	Andreas Lauridsen	2	3.11	.844

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015–2016 – Odense Bulldogs – Players – eliteprospects.com – Stats. Elite Prospects.
2. Web site: 2015–2016 – Odense Bulldogs – Goalies – eliteprospects.com – Stats. Elite Prospects.