Odense Bulldogs

Odense Bulldogs
2015–16 Odense Bulldogs season
City Odense
League Metal Ligaen
Founded 1978
Home arena Odense Isstadion
(Capacity: 3,000)
Colors               
General manager Canada Brad Gratton
Head coach Denmark Mads True
Captain Sweden Joakim Nettelbladt
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

Seasons of Odense Bulldogs[1]
Season Rank GP W L OTW OTL Pts Postseason
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

Players

Current roster

Updated December, 2015.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
9 Canada Armstrong, JohnJohn Armstrong  C R 27 2015 Unionville, Ontario
17 Denmark Bjerrum, FrederikFrederik Bjerrum RW L 20 2014 Esbjerg, Denmark
16 Denmark Bjerrum, RasmusRasmus Bjerrum LW L 23 2013 Esbjerg, Denmark
39 Canada Daugulis, MichaelMichael Daugulis (A) C R 30 2014 Vancouver, British Columbia
29 Czech Republic Galansky, TadeasTadeas Galansky G L 20 2015 Brno, Czech Republic
3 Denmark Grønvaldt, SimonSimon Grønvaldt D R 24 2014 Odense, Denmark
21 Denmark Hardarson, HenryHenry Hardarson LW L 21 2015 Malmö, Sweden
22 Denmark Høeg, FrederikFrederik Høeg C R 18 2014 Odense, Denmark
28 Denmark Larsen, MartinMartin Larsen D R 21 2010 Odense, Denmark
2 Denmark Larsen, OliverOliver Larsen D R 17 2015 Odense, Denmark
30 Denmark Lauridsen, AndreasAndreas Lauridsen G L 18 2015 Odense, Denmark
10 Denmark Lundvald Nielsen, LukasLukas Lundvald Nielsen LW L 20 2014 Odense, Denmark
4 Denmark Lyø, RasmusRasmus Lyø D L 21 2011 Odense, Denmark
35 Denmark Lærke, NicolaiNicolai Lærke  G L 20 2014 Odense, Denmark
41 Canada McDonough, RyanRyan McDonough C L 27 2014 Etobicoke, Ontario
13 Canada Mitchell, DaleDale Mitchell (A) RW R 26 2014 Mississauga, Ontario
26 Sweden Nettelbladt, JoakimJoakim Nettelbladt (C) D L 29 2014 Stockholm, Sweden
6 Denmark Pedersen, AndreasAndreas Pedersen D L 21 2015 Esbjerg, Denmark
23 Denmark Pedersen, SørenSøren Pedersen (A) C L 24 2011 Esbjerg, Denmark
14 Denmark Petersen, AsgerAsger Petersen LW R 16 2015 Odense, Denmark
25 Denmark Schaarup, MadsMads Schaarup (A) D R 28 2011 Herning, Denmark
5 Denmark Sørensen, FrederikFrederik Sørensen RW L 20 2014 Odense, Denmark
38 Denmark Thinnesen, MathiasMathias Thinnesen RW L 25 2011 Esbjerg, Denmark
15 United States 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

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=139
  2. ↑ "Spillertruppen 2015-16" (in Danish). www.bulldogs.dk. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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