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
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
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2017. Source:
Metal Ligaen
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 :
Win (3 points)
Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)
Loss (0 points)
Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)
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 :
Win
Overtime/Shootout win
Loss
Overtime/Shootout loss
Bronze medal-game
Player statistics
Updated 31 March 2017
Skaters
Regular Season[2]
Player
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
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
GP
G
A
Pts
+/−
PIM
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
GP
GAA
SV%
Tadeas Galansky
45
2.07
.924
Play-offs
Player
GP
GAA
SV%
Tadeas Galansky
9
1.46
.938
Continental Cup
Group stage
The Group D tournament was played in Odense , Denmark from 18–20 November 2016.
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2016. Source:
IIHF.com
Matches
Game reference Tadeas Galansky Goalies Miika Wiikman Referees: Robin Berg Brett ShevaLinesmen: Claus Hansen Simon Mølgaard0–1 12:52 – O. Betteridge (R. Lachowicz , P. Kalus) R. Sterner (S. Grønvaldt, R. Bjerrum) – 13:291–1 1–2 16:58 – B. Moran (L. MacMillan , P. Kalus) 1–3 25:15 – M. Carter (A. Nikiforuk, R. Lachowicz) 1–4 29:43 – P. Kalus (A. Nikiforuk) R. Sterner (R. Bjerrum, H. Nielsen) – 33:17 2–4 2–5 46:23 – B. McGrattan (R. Farmer ) R. Lyø (F. Høeg) – 49:43 3–5 D. Mitchell (M. Thinnesen, O. Larsen) – 59:09 4–5
6 min Penalties 6 min 33 Shots 34
19 November 2016 19:00 Odense Bulldogs 2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0) HC Donbass Odense Isstadion, Denmark
Game reference Tadeas Galansky Goalies Yevgeni Tsaregorodtsev Referees: Denis Naumov Brett ShevaLinesmen: Lasse Dahlerup Simon Mølgaard0–1 11:44 – R. Blagoy T. Romano (O. Larsen, D. Mitchell – 15:531–1 T. Romano (S. Strandberg , M. Larsen) (PP) – 45:57 2–1
10 min Penalties 14 min 23 Shots 31
Game reference Léo Bertein Goalies Tadeas Galansky Referees: Robin Berg Denis NaumovLinesmen: Oliver Blach Claus Hansen0–1 00:55 – R. Bjerrum (T. Romano ) M. Gagnon (G. Leveque) (PP) – 28:13 1–1 1–2 29:15 – O. Larsen (T. Romano, D. Mitchell) R. Gaborit (M. Gagnon) – 29:41 2–2 2–3 57:59 – M. Eskesen (D. Mitchell, T. Romano) (PP)
12 min Penalties 10 min 27 Shots 38
Final
Continental Cup Final tournament will be played from 13–15 January 2017. The host will be determined later.
First match(es) will be played on 15 January 2017. Source:
[citation needed ]
Matches
Game reference Miika Wiikman Goalies Tadeas Galansky Referees: Oliver Gouin Ladislav SmetanaLinesmen: Ulrich Pardatscher Tobias Schwenk4 min Penalties 6 min 32 Shots 29
14 January 2017 19:00 Ritten Sport 1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2) Odense BulldogsArena Ritten, Italy Attendance: 1,735
Game reference Patrick Killeen Goalies Tadeas Galansky Referees: Oliver Gouin Jari-Pekka PajulaLinesmen: Yann Furet Tobias Schwenk30 min Penalties 12 min 37 Shots 27
15 January 2017 15:00 Odense Bulldogs 2–3 (1–0, 1–1, 0–1, 0–1) Beibarys Atyrau Arena Ritten, Italy Attendance: 550
Game reference Tadeas Galansky Goalies Artyom Mikushin Referees: Vladimir Baluska Mikhail ButurlinLinesmen: Yann Furet Ulrich PardatscherR. Sterner (R. Bjerrum, F. Høeg) – 00:481–0 H. Nielsen (T. Romano , S. Strandberg ) – 34:36 2–0 2–1 39:05 – A. Ryzhikh (A. Zubkov) 2–2 59:46 – M. Korobov 2–3 64:35 – A. Vishnyakov (E. Sherbatov)
4 min Penalties 4 min 25 Shots 45
References