2016–17 Metal Ligaen season

The 2016-17 Metal Ligaen season was the 60th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league. Esbjerg Energy defended their 2016 Danish championship title by defeating Gentofte Stars four games to one in the finals. The regular season begun on 23 September 2016 and ended on 28 February 2017. The last final was played on 16 April 2017.
== Teams ==
Teams licensed to play in the Metal Ligaen 2016–17
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==
===League table===
==Play-offs==
:g.The score for third place is goals, not games.
==TV coverage==
TV 2 Sport got the rights of covering the 2016–17 season of Metal Ligaen.
===Regular season===
No.	Date 	Match 	Result
1 	23/09	Esbjerg–Frederikshavn 	1–3
2 	30/09	Rungsted–Rødovre 	7–1
3 	04/10	Frederikshavn–SønderjyskE	2–1
4 	07/10	Rødovre–Herlev 	5–1
5 	11/10	Odense–Herning 	3–2 (SO)
6 	14/10	Herlev–Aalborg 	4–5
7 	18/10	SønderjyskE–Herning 	3–4
8 	25/10	Frederikshavn–Aalborg 	2–5
9 	08/11	SønderjyskE–Esbjerg 	4–3
10 	11/11	Herning–Odense 	5–4
11 	15/11	Aalborg–Rungsted 	4–2
12 	18/11	Herning–Aalborg 	3–6
13 	22/11	Esbjerg–Rungsted 	4–3 (OT)
14 	29/11	Gentofte–Herlev 	5–2
15 	06/01	Odense–Rungsted 	5–1
16 	31/01	Rungsted–Esbjerg 	4–5 (OT)
17 	03/02	SønderjyskE–Aalborg 	4–1
18 	14/02	SønderjyskE–Odense 	2–4
19 	17/02	Frederikshavn–Rungsted 	4–3 (SO)
20 	21/02	Herning–Gentofte 	1–0
21 	24/02	Aalborg–Esbjerg 	2–5
22 	28/02	Aalborg–Frederikshavn 	1–0
Source: Metal Ligaen
==Player statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
The following players led the league in regular season points at the conclusion of games played on February 28, 2017.
Player 	Team 	 	 	 	 	 	
Dale Mitchell 	Odense Bulldogs 	44	27	40	67	+33	124
Tony Romano 	Odense Bulldogs 	42	28	26	54	+36	47
Harrison Reed 	SønderjyskE 	45	27	24	51	+15	30
Peter Quenneville 	Aalborg Pirates 	45	30	19	49	+8 	26
Brendan Connolly 	Rungsted Seier Capital	42	20	28	48	+4 	186
Brock Nixon 	Esbjerg Energy 	45	20	27	47	+28	24
Jamie Johnson 	Herning Blue Fox 	45	14	33	47	+20	50
Derek Damon 	SønderjyskE 	44	16	29	45	+21	77
Ryan Martindale 	Esbjerg Energy 	45	20	25	45	+18	28
Sebastian Strandberg	Odense Bulldogs 	40	13	32	45	+22	16
==References==
==External links==
* Metal Ligaen official website
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