Odense Bulldogs
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City | Odense |
League | Metal Ligaen |
Founded | 1978 |
Home arena |
Odense Isstadion (Capacity: 3,500) |
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Website | www.bulldogs.dk |
The Odense Bulldogs are a professional ice hockey team based in Odense, Denmark. They currently play in Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena in the Bolbro area, as a part of the best Danish league Metal Ligaen, and they are furthermore the only hockey team from Funen. The team was founded in 1978 as a member of the best Danish hockey league, which consisted of 8 teams in 1978. Odense Bulldogs has never won Metal Ligaen, but achieved a silver medal in the 2011–12 season, where they faced Herning Blue Fox. In that final series, they got the leads 2–0 and 3–1, but ended up losing the last three and lost it 3–4 on aggregate.
Club history
Season: 2014 - 2015
Regular Season
After firing their old coach, Bulldogs acquired headcoach Brad Gratton from Rødovre Mighty Bulls. Among their 8 foreigners was 1st round pick by the Nashville Predators, Chet Pickard. Keyplayers such as canadian winger Dale Mitchell and Center Ryan McDonough was also acquired. Odense dominated a huge part of the regular season with a 12 game winning streak, making them league leaders. They lost many of their last games of the season, resulting in a 4th place.
After winning firstQuarterfinal game 8-2 in the Metal Cup tournament against Herning Blue Fox, Odense ended up with losing second game 8-1, resulting in an early exit in the 2014-15 Metal Cup Tournament
2014-15 Playoffs
After ending on 4th place, Bulldogs picked 5th Esbjerg Energy. after losing the first four games, Bulldogs playoff run ended in the quarterfinals
Season: 2015 - 2016
Regular season
After a 4-0 blowout to Esbjerg Energy in the quarter finals in the 2014-15 season, the Bulldogs extended contract with keyplayers such as Dale Mitchell, Ryan McDonough and Joakim Nettelbladt. After sending last years netminder Chet Pickard to Iserlohn Roosters, the Bulldogs signed Czech goaltender Tadeas Galansky and two big forwards, American winger Sean Wiles and Canadien centerJohn Armstrong.
After issues with former captain Morten Andreassen resulting in him being send down to 2.division, Joakim Nettelbladt became the 7th Bulldogs captain in 9 years. with Ryan McDonough, Dale Mitchell, Mike Daugulis and Søren B. Pedersen Serving as alternates. After a long struggle, the club and the former captain Morten Andreasen, finally agreed to terms and released him from his contract. Andreasen then signed with his old club, Rødovre Mighty Bulls. Odense Bulldogs was the most scoring team, with 191 goals for in 45 games. Odense was the 4th worst defensive team, letting up 154 Goals against. An overall goal, by the administration and coaches, was to stay among the top four best teams in the league, giving them home advantage in the playoff. That goal was not achieved, when the Bulldogs settled for a 5th place and no home advantage.
Bulldogs won their first game of the tournament against Gentofte Stars 4-2. In the quarterfinals they won both games against Herlev Eagles 6-3 and 5-3. Odense won both games in the Semifinals against Aalborg Pirates, advancing to the 2015-16 Cup finals. The bulldogs won against league leading Frederikshavn White Hawks 4-0, taking home 4th Cup. Goaltender Tadeas Galansky was named Cup Final MVP.
2015-16 Playoffs
Bulldogs were picked by 4th place Herning Blue Fox for the 2015-16 Metal Ligaen quarterfinals. Game one resulted in a 2-1 home win to Herning. Game two was a Shootout victory by Odense, evening out the score 1-1 after two games. in Game three Bulldogs lost 6-1, a game with 2 Match Penalties, 2 game misconducts and a total of 161 penalty minutes. Game four was a 2-1 victory to the bulldogs, again making the overall score 2-2. Game five was won in overtime on a goal by Dale Mitchell, giving Odense a 3-2 lead. Odense loss 2-1 at home making the series 3-3 resulting in a game 7. In game 7 Odense Bulldogs lost in overtime, after tying the game with less than 2 minutes left. The game 7 quarterfinal loss, ended the 2015-16 season for the bulldogs, resulting in the 3rd quarterfinal exit in three years.
Season by season record
Season | Rank | GP | W | L | OTW | OTL | Pts | Postseason |
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2007–08 | 2nd | 36 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 67 | Quarterfinal loss |
2008–09 | 3rd | 36 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 65 | Bronze medal game loss |
2009–10 | 9th | 36 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 33 | Did not make the playoffs |
2010–11 | 8th | 39 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 33 | Did not make the playoffs |
2011–12 | 2nd | 40 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 78 | Final loss |
2012–13 | 5th | 40 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 61 | Bronze medal game loss |
2013–14 | 6th | 40 | 14 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 47 | Quarter final loss |
2014–15 | 4th | 36 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 64 | Quarter final loss |
2015–16 | 5th | 45 | 22 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 73 | Quarter final loss |
Players
Current roster
Updated March, 2016.[2]
# | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
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Armstrong, JohnJohn Armstrong | C | R | 28 | 2015 | Unionville, Ontario |
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Bjerrum, FrederikFrederik Bjerrum | RW | L | 21 | 2014 | Esbjerg, Denmark |
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Bjerrum, RasmusRasmus Bjerrum | LW | L | 23 | 2013 | Esbjerg, Denmark |
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Daugulis, MichaelMichael Daugulis (A) | C | R | 30 | 2014 | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Galansky, TadeasTadeas Galansky | G | L | 20 | 2015 | Brno, Czech Republic |
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Grønvaldt, SimonSimon Grønvaldt | D | R | 25 | 2014 | Odense, Denmark |
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Hardarson, HenryHenry Hardarson | LW | L | 22 | 2015 | Malmö, Sweden |
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Høeg, FrederikFrederik Høeg | C | R | 18 | 2014 | Odense, Denmark |
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Larsen, MartinMartin Larsen | D | R | 21 | 2010 | Odense, Denmark |
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Larsen, OliverOliver Larsen | D | R | 17 | 2015 | Odense, Denmark |
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Lauridsen, AndreasAndreas Lauridsen | G | L | 18 | 2015 | Odense, Denmark |
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Lyø, RasmusRasmus Lyø | D | L | 21 | 2011 | Odense, Denmark |
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Lærke, NicolaiNicolai Lærke ![]() |
G | L | 20 | 2014 | Odense, Denmark |
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McDonough, RyanRyan McDonough | C | L | 28 | 2014 | Etobicoke, Ontario |
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Mitchell, DaleDale Mitchell (A) | RW | R | 26 | 2014 | Mississauga, Ontario |
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Nettelbladt, JoakimJoakim Nettelbladt (C) | D | L | 29 | 2014 | Stockholm, Sweden |
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Pedersen, AndreasAndreas Pedersen | D | L | 21 | 2015 | Esbjerg, Denmark |
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Pedersen, SørenSøren Pedersen (A) | C | L | 24 | 2011 | Esbjerg, Denmark |
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Petersen, AsgerAsger Petersen | LW | R | 16 | 2015 | Odense, Denmark |
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Schaarup, MadsMads Schaarup (A) | D | R | 29 | 2011 | Herning, Denmark |
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Sørensen, FrederikFrederik Sørensen | RW | L | 20 | 2014 | Odense, Denmark |
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Thinnesen, MathiasMathias Thinnesen | RW | L | 25 | 2011 | Esbjerg, Denmark |
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Wiles, SeanSean Wiles | RW | R | 28 | 2015 | Beloit, Wisconsin |
Honored members
- 7 Lars Oxholm, D, 1994–2006
- 12 Mads True, C, 1990–95, 2002–12
Captains
- This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- Scott Matzka, 2006–08
- Mads True, 2008–11
- Michael Eskesen, 2011–12
- Zach Tarkir, 2012–13
- Søren Pedersen, 2013–14
- Morten Andreasen, 2014–2015
- Joakim Nettelbladt, 2015–present
References
- ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=139
- ↑ "Spillertruppen 2015-16" (in Danish). www.bulldogs.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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