| 2016–17 Metal Liagen season | |
| League: | Metal Ligaen |
| Sport: | Ice Hockey |
| Duration: | 23 September 2016 – 16 April 2017 |
| No Of Teams: | 10 |
| No Of Games: | 225 (45 per team) |
| Tv: | TV 2 Sport |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champs: | Aalborg Pirates |
| Mvp: | Dale Mitchell (Odense Bulldogs) |
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| Playoffs: | Playoffs |
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| Finals: | Finals |
| Finals Champ: | Esbjerg Energy |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Gentofte Stars |
| Seasonslist: | Metal Ligaen |
| Seasonslistnames: | Metal Ligaen |
| Prevseason Year: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2017–18 |
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 licensed to play in the Metal Ligaen 2016–17
| Team | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Aalborg Pirates | Gigantium Isarena | 5,000 |
| Esbjerg Energy | 4,200 | |
| 4,000 | ||
| Gentofte Stars | 1,160 | |
| Herlev Eagles | 1,740 | |
| 4,105 | ||
| Odense Bulldogs | 3,280 | |
| Saxo Bank Arena | 2,460 | |
| 3,600 | ||
| SE Arena | 5,000 | |
Source: Eliteprospects.com
g.The score for third place is goals, not games.
TV 2 Sport got the rights of covering the 2016–17 season of Metal Ligaen.
| No. | Date | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23/09 | Esbjerg–Frederikshavn | 1–3 |
| 2 | 30/09 | Rungsted–Rødovre | 7–1 |
| 3 | 04/10 | Frederikshavn–SønderjyskE | 2–1 |
| 4 | 07/10 | Rødovre–Herlev | 5–1 |
| 5 | 11/10 | Odense–Herning | 3–2 (SO) |
| 6 | 14/10 | Herlev–Aalborg | 4–5 |
| 7 | 18/10 | SønderjyskE–Herning | 3–4 |
| 8 | 25/10 | Frederikshavn–Aalborg | 2–5 |
| 9 | 08/11 | SønderjyskE–Esbjerg | 4–3 |
| 10 | 11/11 | Herning–Odense | 5–4 |
| 11 | 15/11 | Aalborg–Rungsted | 4–2 |
| 12 | 18/11 | Herning–Aalborg | 3–6 |
| 13 | 22/11 | Esbjerg–Rungsted | 4–3 (OT) |
| 14 | 29/11 | Gentofte–Herlev | 5–2 |
| 15 | 06/01 | Odense–Rungsted | 5–1 |
| 16 | 31/01 | Rungsted–Esbjerg | 4–5 (OT) |
| 17 | 03/02 | SønderjyskE–Aalborg | 4–1 |
| 18 | 14/02 | SønderjyskE–Odense | 2–4 |
| 19 | 17/02 | Frederikshavn–Rungsted | 4–3 (SO) |
| 20 | 21/02 | Herning–Gentofte | 1–0 |
| 21 | 24/02 | Aalborg–Esbjerg | 2–5 |
| 22 | 28/02 | Aalborg–Frederikshavn | 1–0 |
Source: Metal Ligaen
The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on February 28, 2017.
| Player | Team | data-sort-type="number" style="width: 4em;" | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dale Mitchell | 44 | 27 | 40 | 67 | +33 | 124 | ||
| 42 | 28 | 26 | 54 | +36 | 47 | |||
| 45 | 27 | 24 | 51 | +15 | 30 | |||
| 45 | 30 | 19 | 49 | +8 | 26 | |||
| 42 | 20 | 28 | 48 | +4 | 186 | |||
| Brock Nixon | 45 | 20 | 27 | 47 | +28 | 24 | ||
| 45 | 14 | 33 | 47 | +20 | 50 | |||
 Derek Damon | 44 | 16 | 29 | 45 | +21 | 77 | ||
| 45 | 20 | 25 | 45 | +18 | 28 | |||
| 40 | 13 | 32 | 45 | +22 | 16 |