AaB Ishockey

AaB Ishockey
City Aalborg, Denmark
League AL-Bank Ligaen
Founded 1967 (1967)
Home arena Gigantium Isarena, Capacity: 5,000
Colors Red, White
Owner(s) AaB A/S
General manager Frederik Åkesson
Head coach Martin Karlsson (Manager)
Captain Bjarke Møller

AaB Ice hockey (Danish: AaB Ishockey) is the name of the professional ice hockey team currently playing in the best Danish ice hockey league, AL-Bank Ligaen. An ice hockey team organized under the sports club of that name first appeared in 1967, played several years in the Danish league and won the Danish league championship in 1981. in 1997 AaB Ishockey merged with a smaller club, IK Aalborg. The merged team was known as Aalborg Ishockey Klub (AIK) in the period 1997-2003, but following financial instability at the club, the professional license was transferred to Aalborg Boldspilklub or AaB. The team is located in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutland.

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Roster

As of 19 June 2011

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
1 Nørbak, NikolajNikolaj Nørbak G L 21 2007/2008 Frederikshavn, Denmark
-- Pitkämäki, JuriJuri Pitkämäki G L 32 2011 Tampere, Finland
3 Espersen, ReneRene Espersen D L 23
77 Madsen, DanielDaniel Madsen D L 25 Herning, Denmark
29 Mads, MøllerMøller Mads D R 30
32 Nadasdi, TomasTomas Nadasdi D L 31 Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
13 Boll, ThomasThomas Boll F L 24
19 Degn, KasperKasper Degn LW L 30 Herning, Denmark
54 Dickenson, LouLou Dickenson LW L 29 Orleans, Ontario, Canada
-- Frederiksen, ChristopherChristopher Frederiksen C/LW L 17 Frederikshavn, Denmark
17 Kisum, TobiasTobias Kisum RW R 25
-- Linnet, JoachimJoachim Linnet RW L 18
14 Møller, BjarkeBjarke Møller (C) C L 26
10 Tranholm, Bo NordbyBo Nordby Tranholm F L 32
41 Olsen, RasmusRasmus Olsen F L 31

Management

Historic results

The 1998-05 season

AaB won silvermedals losing to Esbjerg

The 2004-05 season

AaB won silvermedals losing to Herning Blue Fox

The 2005-06 season

AaB won the silvermedals in the 2005-06 season, losing to SønderjyskE in the final by 4 games to 2.

The 2007-08 season

AaB was eliminated in the quarterfinal losing to Odense Bulldogs

The 2008-09 season

AaB finished the regular season in 9th (only behind Frederikshavn by a goal difference of 1). But due to the bankruptcy of TOTEMPO HvIK were promoted up to 8th and qualified for the finals, they were eliminated in the quarterfinal by top seed and eventual silver medalists Herning Blue Fox

The 2009-10 season

AaB won the silver medals, losing the best of 7 final in 4 games to SønderjyskE