2016–17 Odense Bulldogs season explained

Season:	2016–17
Year:	2016
Team:	Odense Bulldogs
League:	Metal Ligaen
Record:	31–10–4
Homerecord:	15–6–0
Roadrecord:	16–4–4
Goalsfor:	143
Goalsagainst:	96
Coach:	Peter Johansson
Assistantcoach:	Mads True
Altcaptain:	Simon Grønvaldt Dale Mitchell
Goalsleader:	Tony Romano (28)
Assistsleader:	Dale Mitchell (40)
Pointsleader:	Dale Mitchell (67)
Pimleader:	Dale Mitchell (124)
Gaaleader:	Tadeas Galansky (2.07)
Next Season:	2017–18

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.^[1]

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					0–1–0
2	19 August		2–4	Odense				1–1–0
3	26 August		6–3	Odense				1–2–0
4	27 August		2–4	Odense				1–3–0
5	28 August		5–3	Odense				2–3–0
6	2 September	Odense	1–3					2–4–0
7	9 September		3–2	Odense				2–5–0
8	13 September		1–4	Odense				3–5–0
9	15 September	Odense	1–5					3–6–0

Regular season

See main article: 2016–17 Metal Ligaen season.

Schedule and results

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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			Galansky	1,282	0–1–0	0	Report
2	27 September		3–2	Odense	OT	Galansky	929	0–1–1	1	Report
3	30 September		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			Galansky	768	1–2–1	3	Report
5	7 October	Odense	2–0			Galansky	1,409	2–2–1	6	Report
6	11 October	Odense	3–2		SO	Galansky	493	3–2–1	8	Report
7	14 October	Odense	5–4		SO	Galansky	1,092	4–2–1	10	Report
8	16 October		1–3	Odense		Galansky	327	5–2–1	13	Report
9	18 October	Odense	3–4			Galansky	897	5–3–1	13	Report
10	21 October		4–7	Odense		Galansky	617	6–3–1	16	Report
11	22 October	Odense	5–1			Galansky	955	7–3–1	19	Report
12	28 October		2–4	Odense		Galansky	1,256	8–3–1	22	Report
13	29 October		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		3–2	Odense		Galansky	1,084	8–4–2	23	Report
15	11 November		5–4	Odense		Galansky	1,325	8–5–2	23	Report
16	12 November	Odense	3–1			Galansky	1,205	9–5–2	26	Report
17	25 November		4–1	Odense		Galansky	1,812	9–6–2	26	Report
18	26 November	Odense	4–2			Galansky	872	10–6–2	29	Report
19	29 November	Odense	0–2			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		0–2	Odense		Galansky	1,214	11–7–2	32	Report
21	6 December		1–2	Odense	OT	Galansky	1,099	12–7–2	34	Report
22	9 December	Odense	4–3		OT	Galansky	1,014	13–7–2	36	Report
23	10 December		0–4	Odense		Galansky	157	14–7–2	39	Report
24	13 December		2–3	Odense		Galansky	2,124	15–7–2	42	Report
25	16 December	Odense	4–2			Galansky	1,113	16–7–2	45	Report
26	20 December		3–4	Odense		Galansky	1,041	17–7–2	48	Report
27	22 December	Odense	6–1			Galansky	1,127	18–7–2	51	Report
28	29 December	Odense	2–1		OT	Galansky	1,736	19–7–2	53	Report
29	30 December		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		2–1	Odense	SO	Galansky	784	20–7–3	57	Report
31	4 January		1–4	Odense		Galansky	1,303	21–7–3	60	Report
32	6 January	Odense	5–1			Galansky	1,254	22–7–3	63	Report
33	10 January	Odense	3–2		OT	Galansky	1,211	23–7–3	65	Report
34	20 January		3–2	Odense	SO	Galansky	1,268	23–7–4	66	Report
35	21 January	Odense	0–2			Galansky	1,321	23–8–4	66	Report
36	24 January	Odense	1–4			Galansky	955	23–9–4	66	Report
37	27 January	Odense	3–2			Galansky	1,642	24–9–4	69	Report
38	31 January		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		OT	Galansky	1,323	26–9–4	74	Report
40	14 February		2–4	Odense		Galansky	2,535	27–9–4	77	Report
41	17 February		4–5	Odense	OT	Galansky	1,914	28–9–4	79	Report
42	18 February	Odense	1–3			Galansky	1,875	28–10–4	79	Report
43	21 February		2–3	Odense		Galansky	571	29–10–4	82	Report
44	24 February	Odense	11–1			Galansky	2,290	30–10–4	85	Report
45	28 February		2–4	Odense		Galansky	655	31–10–4	88	Report

Legend:

Playoffs

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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^[2]
Player					data-sort-type="number"
Dale Mitchell	44	27	40	67	+33	124
	42	28	26	54	+36	47
	40	13	32	45	+22	16
Rasmus Bjerrum	45	13	13	26	+15	12
Simon Grønvaldt	44	7	16	23	+20	20
	43	7	13	20	+8	56
Martin Larsen	40	9	10	19	+23	45
Mathias Thinnesen	44	6	12	18	+8	14
	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					data-sort-type="number"
Dale Mitchell	9	4	4	8	+3	14
	4	4	2	6	+7	12
	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
	9	0	2	2	+2	8
Oliver Larsen	9	1	1	2	+3	2
Andreas Pedersen	9	0	2	2	+3	6
	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

Continental Cup

See main article: 2016–17 IIHF 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

Notes and References

Web site: Peter Johansson bliver ny cheftræner . www.bulldogs.dk . Danish . 2016-05-25.
Web site: 2016–2017 – Odense Bulldogs – Players – eliteprospects.com – Stats. Elite Prospects.