# 2015–16 Metal Ligaen season

The 2015–16 Metal Ligaen season was the 59th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league. Esbjerg Energy won championship by defeating Herning Blue Fox four games to two in the finals. The regular season begun on 18 September 2015 and ended on 29 February 2016.

## Teams

It was attended by teams of the previous year.
| Team | Arena | Capacity |
| Aalborg Pirates | Gigantium Isarena | 5.000 |
| Esbjerg Energy | Granly Hockey Arena | 4.200 |
| Frederikshavn White Hawks | Scanel Hockey Arena | 4.000 |
| Gentofte Stars | Gentofte Skøjtehal | 1.160 |
| Herlev Eagles | DFDS Seaways Arena | 1.740 |
| Herning Blue Fox | KVIK Hockey Arena | 4.105 |
| Odense Bulldogs | Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena | 3.280 |
| Rungsted Seier Capital | Saxo Bank Arena | 2.460 |
| Rødovre Mighty Bulls | Rødovre Skøjte Arena | 3.600 |
| SønderjyskE Ishockey | SE Arena | 5.000 |
Source: Eliteprospects.com

## Regular season

| | Club | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1. | SønderjyskE Ishockey | 45 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 147 | 89 | 93 |
| 2. | Frederikshavn White Hawks | 45 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 186 | 119 | 92 |
| 3. | Esbjerg Energy | 45 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 148 | 104 | 82 |
| 4. | Herning Blue Fox | 45 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 127 | 100 | 76 |
| 5. | Odense Bulldogs | 45 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 191 | 154 | 73 |
| 6. | Rungsted Seier Capital | 45 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 121 | 133 | 68 |
| 7. | Rødovre Mighty Bulls | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 132 | 125 | 64 |
| 8. | Aalborg Pirates | 45 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 129 | 174 | 52 |
| 9. | Gentofte Stars | 45 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 103 | 166 | 47 |
| 10. | Herlev Eagles | 45 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 85 | 206 | 28 |
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen

### Results

| Home team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team | Away team |
| Home team | Esbjerg | Fr.havn | Gentofte | Herlev | Herning | Odense | Rungsted | Rødovre | Sønderj. | Aalborg |
| Esbjerg Energy | – | 2-1 (SO) 4-3 (OT) 2-3 | 4-1 4-3 | 8-0 3-1 | 3-2 (SO) 3-4 (SO) 2-0 | 7-4 9-0 0-1 | 4-1 2-5 | 6-3 3-1 | 2-1 (SO) 0-2 1-4 | 7-5 4-5 |
| Frederikshavn White Hawks | 4-2 4-3 (OT) | – | 1-2 4-1 | 11-2 5-4 (SO) | 4-2 1-4 | 4-6 6-2 | 5-2 5-2 3-4 | 3-2 (OT) 6-3 5-3 | 3-4 3-0 1-3 | 3-1 10-2 3-2 (SO) |
| Gentofte Stars | 4-5 (SO) 2-3 1-2 | 3-2 (OT) 0-5 3-8 | – | 6-0 5-1 2-1 | 1-3 2-6 | 3-5 2-1 6-3 | 4-5 (OT) 1-3 | 0-4 3-1 | 1-2 (SO) 0-3 | 3-2 1-2 3-4 (SO) |
| Herlev Eagles | 0-1 1-6 0-3 | 1-6 6-2 2-6 | 3-5 2-5 | – | 4-2 3-4 | 3-5 6-5 1-11 | 0-5 4-1 1-7 | 4-5 1-10 | 1-5 0-3 | 3-2 5-1 2-6 |
| Herning Blue Fox | 2-4 1-2 | 0-3 2-1 (SO) 1-4 | 1-2 5-2 7-2 | 3-2 5-2 6-0 | – | 4-1 2-3 (SO) 1-5 | 3-2 3-1 | 5-2 3-0 | 2-3 (SO) 2-3 (SO) | 2-1 (SO) 1-0 |
| Odense Bulldogs | 3-4 (OT) 9-3 | 3-6 2-4 2-6 | 7-2 4-1 | 9-1 2-4 | 2-5 4-9 | – | 7-2 5-4 (SO) 6-1 | 4-5 (SO) 3-2 | 2-4 2-3 (OT) 3-6 | 5-2 9-2 13-0 |
| Rungsted Seier Capital | 2-1 1-0 2-5 | 3-5 2-4 | 0-3 3-2 5-6 (OT) | 4-2 5-0 | 5-2 2-0 3-1 | 2-1 2-5 | – | 2-3 (SO) 2-1 4-2 | 1-6 2-1 (SO) 4-2 | 2-3 (OT) 3-4 |
| Rødovre Mighty Bulls | 5-3 1-4 0-6 | 5-4 (SO) 5-2 | 5-3 4-1 3-1 | 4-2 2-1 (OT) 3-0 | 2-0 1-2 (SO) 0-2 | 2-6 2-3 2-4 | 4-1 5-2 | – | 2-3 2-1 (SO) | 4-1 4-2 |
| SønderjyskE Ishockey | 3-2 3-1 | 4-3 (OT) 4-2 | 7-4 3-1 9-1 | 1-0 2-3 6-1 | 5-4 (OT) 1-2 2-0 | 5-3 2-4 | 0-3 2-3 | 2-3 (OT) 1-0 3-2 (OT) | – | 9-1 1-2 |
| Aalborg Pirates | 6-1 1-3 1-2 (OT) | 4-6 3-6 | 2-4 5-2 | 6-2 2-3 (SO) | 1-4 4-2 3-4 | 4-5 3-2 | 4-2 0-1 6-3 | 2-6 4-3 5-4 (SO) | 3-5 4-2 3-6 | – |
Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine

## Playoffs

    As of 19 April 2016.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | SønderjyskE Ishockey | 4 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Aalborg Pirates | 0 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Aalborg Pirates | 0 | 1 | SønderjyskE Ishockey | 3 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Esbjerg Energy | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Esbjerg Energy | 4 | 3 | Esbjerg Energy | 4 | | | |
| 7 | Rødovre Mighty Bulls | 2 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Rødovre Mighty Bulls | 2 | | | | 3 | Esbjerg Energy | 4 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Herning Blue Fox | 2 |
| 2 | Frederikshavn White Hawks | 4 | | | | | | | 4 | Herning Blue Fox | 2 |
| 6 | Rungsted Seier Capital | 0 | | | |
| 6 | Rungsted Seier Capital | 0 | 2 | Frederikshavn White Hawks | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | 4 | Herning Blue Fox | 4 |
| 4 | Herning Blue Fox | 4 | 4 | Herning Blue Fox | 4 | 1 | SønderjyskE Ishockey | 4 |
| 5 | Odense Bulldogs | 3 | | | | 2 | Frederikshavn White Hawks | 5 |
    g.^ ^ The score for third place is goals, not games.

### Quarterfinals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| SønderjyskE Ishockey | – | Aalborg Pirates | 4-0 | 3-0 | 2-1 | 9-3 | 0-2 | | | |
| Frederikshavn White Hawks | – | Rungsted Seier Capital | 4-0 | 2-1 | 5-1 | 4-2 | 5-1 | | | |
| Esbjerg Energy | – | Rødovre Mighty Bulls | 4-2 | 2-0 | 3-2 (OT) | 0-1 | 3-5 | 4-3 (OT) | 1-0 (OT) | |
| Herning Blue Fox | – | Odense Bulldogs | 4-3 | 2-1 | 0-3 | 6-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 (OT) | 2-1 | 2-1 (OT) |

### Semifinals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| SønderjyskE Ishockey | – | Esbjerg Energy | 3-4 | 4-6 | 5-4 (OT) | 4-1 | 3-4 (OT) | 2-1 | 1-0 (OT) | 1-4 |
| Frederikshavn White Hawks | – | Herning Blue Fox | 3-4 | 3-1 | 1-7 | 5-2 | 2-5 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 1-3 |

### Third Place

| | | | Overall | 1 | 2 |
| SønderjyskE Ishockey | – | Frederikshavn White Hawks | 4-5 | 3-2 | 1-3 |

### Finals

| | | | Series | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Esbjerg Energy | – | Herning Blue Fox | 4-2 | 3-2 | 1-2 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 2-0 | 3-2 (OT) | |
Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine