Odense Bulldogs

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

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 March, 2016.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
9		John Armstrong	C	R	36	2015	Unionville, Ontario
17		Frederik Bjerrum	RW	L	29	2014	Esbjerg, Denmark
16		Rasmus Bjerrum	LW	L	32	2013	Esbjerg, Denmark
39		Michael Daugulis (A)	C	R	38	2014	Vancouver, British Columbia
29		Tadeas Galansky	G	L	28	2015	Brno, Czech Republic
3		Simon Grønvaldt	D	R	33	2014	Odense, Denmark
21		Henry Hardarson	LW	L	30	2015	Malmö, Sweden
22		Frederik Høeg	C	R	26	2014	Odense, Denmark
28		Martin Larsen	D	R	29	2010	Odense, Denmark
2		Oliver Larsen	D	R	25	2015	Odense, Denmark
30		Andreas Lauridsen	G	L	26	2015	Odense, Denmark
4		Rasmus Lyø	D	L	30	2011	Odense, Denmark
35		Nicolai Lærke Injured Reserve	G	L	28	2014	Odense, Denmark
41		Ryan McDonough	C	L	36	2014	Etobicoke, Ontario
13		Dale Mitchell (A)	RW	R	35	2014	Mississauga, Ontario
26		Joakim Nettelbladt (C)	D	L	37	2014	Stockholm, Sweden
6		Andreas Pedersen	D	L	29	2015	Esbjerg, Denmark
23		Søren Pedersen (A)	C	L	33	2011	Esbjerg, Denmark
14		Asger Petersen	LW	R	24	2015	Odense, Denmark
25		Mads Schaarup (A)	D	R	37	2011	Herning, Denmark
5		Frederik Sørensen	RW	L	29	2014	Odense, Denmark
38		Mathias Thinnesen	RW	L	33	2011	Esbjerg, Denmark
15		Sean Wiles	RW	R	36	2015	Beloit, Wisconsin

Honored members

• 7 Lars Oxholm, D, 1994–2006
• 12 Mads True, C, 1990–95, 2002–12

Captains

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• Scott Matzka, 2006–08
• Mads True, 2008–11
• Michael Eskesen, 2011–12
• Zach Tarkir, 2012–13
• Søren Pedersen, 2013–14
• Morten Andreasen, 2014–2015
• Joakim Nettelbladt, 2015–present