Denmark men's national ice hockey team

Denmark

Nickname(s)	Danish Lions
Association	Danmarks Ishockey Union
General Manager	Kim Pedersen
Head coach	Janne Karlsson
Assistants	Tomas Jonsson Theis Møller-Hansen
Captain	Morten Green
Most games	Morten Green (260)
Most points	Jens Nielsen (241)
IIHF code	DEN
IIHF ranking	15 2
Highest IIHF ranking	12 (first time in 2007)
Lowest IIHF ranking	15 (May 2015)
Team colors
First international
Canada 47–0 Denmark  (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 February 1949)
Biggest win
Denmark 27–4 Belgium  (Copenhagen, Denmark; 18 March 1977)
Biggest defeat
Canada 47–0 Denmark  (Stockholm, Sweden; 12 February 1949)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	46
Best result	8th (2010)
International record (W–L–T)
259–355–57

The Danish national men's ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team for Denmark. The team is controlled by Danmarks Ishockey Union. As of 2007 the Danish team was ranked 12th in the IIHF World Rankings. After not qualifying for a world championship since 1949, Denmark surprised many in 2003 by finishing in 11th place, including a tie game against that year's champions Canada.^[1] Denmark currently has 4,255 players (0.07% of its population). Their coach is Swedish Janne Karlsson who replaced Per Bäckman. Denmark once held the record for the largest loss when they were defeated by Canada in 1949, 47–0, only being surpassed by New Zealand who were defeated by Australia 58–0 in 1987.

In 2003, Denmark was back in the elite pool of the IIHF World Championships after 54 years. The Danish national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets in Tampere, Finland, defeating the United States 5–2 on 26 April 2003 and tied Canada 2–2 six days later on 2 May 2003. Denmark has remained in the top division ever since. At the 2010 World Championships Denmark finished 8th place, which is their best ever placing to date.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

• 1920–2014 – Did not qualify

World Championship

• 1949 – Finished in 10th place
• 1962 – Finished in 14th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1963 – Finished in 18th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1966 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1967 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1969 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Pool C)
• 1970 – Finished in 19th place (5th in Pool C)
• 1971 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Pool C)
• 1972 – Finished in 20th place (7th in Pool C)
• 1973 – Finished in 21st place (7th in Pool C)
• 1975 – Finished in 20th place (6th in Pool C)
• 1976 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1977 – Finished in 19th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1978 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1979 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B)
• 1981 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1982 – Finished in 19th place (3rd in Pool C)
• 1983 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Pool C)
• 1985 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Pool C)
• 1986 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Pool C)
• 1987 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1989 – Finished in 16th place (8th in Pool B)
• 1990 – Finished in 18th place (2nd in Pool C)
• 1991 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool C)
• 1992 – Finished in 16th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1993 – Finished in 16th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1994 – Finished in 17th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1995 – Finished in 17th place (5th in Pool B)
• 1996 – Finished in 18th place (6th in Pool B)
• 1997 – Finished in 20th place (8th in Pool B)
• 1998 – Finished in 20th place (4th in Pool B)
• 1999 – Finished in 17th place (won Pool B)
• 2000 – Finished in 21st place (5th in Pool B)
• 2001 – Finished in 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)
• 2002 – Finished in 18th place (won Division I, Group B)
• 2003 – Finished in 11th place
• 2004 – Finished in 12th place
• 2005 – Finished in 14th place
• 2006 – Finished in 13th place
• 2007 – Finished in 10th place
• 2008 – Finished in 12th place
• 2009 – Finished in 13th place
• 2010 – Finished in 8th place
• 2011 – Finished in 11th place
• 2012 – Finished in 13th place
• 2013 – Finished in 12th place
• 2014 – Finished in 13th place
• 2015 –

Team

2014 World Championship team

#	Name	Pos	Club
1	Galbraith, PatrickPatrick Galbraith	G	Karlskrona HK
3	Larsen, PhilipPhilip Larsen	D	HC Ugra
5	Kristensen, EmilEmil Kristensen	D	IK Oskarshamn
6	Lassen, StefanStefan Lassen	D	Graz 99ers
8	Storm, FrederikFrederik Storm	F	Malmö Redhawks
11	Bjorkstrand, PatrickPatrick Bjorkstrand	F	KHL Medveščak Zagreb
13	Green, MortenMorten Green	F	Schwenninger Wild Wings
38	Poulsen, MortenMorten Poulsen	F	IK Oskarshamn
15	Bruggisser, PhillipPhillip Bruggisser	D	Kristianstads IK
17	Jensen, NicklasNicklas Jensen	F	Vancouver Canucks
19	Staal, KimKim Staal	F	Starbulls Rosenheim
36	Hansen, JannikJannik Hansen	F	Vancouver Canucks
22	Lauridsen, MarkusMarkus Lauridsen	D	Lake Erie Monsters
25	Lauridsen, OliverOliver Lauridsen	D	Philadelphia Flyers
29	Madsen, MortenMorten Madsen	F	Hamburg Freezers
31	Nielsen, SimonSimon Nielsen	G	Lukko
32	Dahm, SebastianSebastian Dahm	G	Rødovre Mighty Bulls
33	Jakobsen, JulianJulian Jakobsen	F	Hamburg Freezers
38	Poulsen, MortenMorten Poulsen	F	IK Oskarshamn
40	Jensen, JesperJesper Jensen	F	Karlskrona HK
41	Jensen, Jesper B.Jesper B. Jensen	D	Rögle
53	Spelling, ThomasThomas Spelling	F	SønderjyskE Ishockey
60	Christensen, MadsMads Christensen	F	Eisbären Berlin
89	Bodker, MikkelMikkel Bødker	F	Phoenix Coyotes

• Head coach: Janne Karlsson^[2]

Current top players

Former and current players in NHL

Players from Denmark who have played in the NHL

NHL Drafts

Players from Denmark to be drafted in the NHL

All-time record against other nations

Updated 23 May 2010.

Team	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA
Netherlands	55	31	6	18	244	181
Hungary	58	23	4	31	207	263
Bulgaria	31	18	2	11	133	87
France	53	16	5	32	144	207
Norway	48	15	6	27	118	199
Belgium	13	12	0	1	177	31
Great Britain	24	11	4	9	110	86
Italy	25	10	3	12	81	110
Romania	20	10	1	9	77	79
Japan	30	10	1	19	95	143
Slovenia	17	9	3	5	65	48
Yugoslavia	19	8	4	7	71	73
Poland	27	8	3	16	82	117
China	16	8	2	6	86	52
North Korea	7	7	0	0	50	12
Spain	6	6	0	0	42	8
Estonia	9	5	3	1	34	25
South Korea	4	4	0	0	50	4
Germany	12	4	0	9	29	44
Belarus	9	3	2	5	16	32
Austria	22	3	1	18	46	121
Croatia	3	3	0	0	24	4
Kazakhstan	5	3	0	2	16	15
Ukraine	9	2	2	5	19	27
South Africa	2	2	0	0	15	2
Latvia	14	2	0	12	33	66
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	8	1
Australia	2	1	0	1	10	7
United States	5	3	0	3	11	16
Canada	4	0	1	3	6	56
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	2	10
Russia	4	0	0	5	6	31
Slovakia	7	2	0	6	18	41
Sweden	7	0	0	9	11	46
Finland	8	2	0	7	11	44
East Germany	10	0	0	10	21	76
Switzerland	17	0	0	17	26	89

References

External links

• Official website
• IIHF profile