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2021–22 Metal Ligaen
LeagueMetal Ligaen
SportIce hockey
Duration31 August 2021 – 30 April 2022
Number of teams9
Regular season
Best recordAalborg Pirates
Playoffs
Finals
ChampionsAalborg Pirates (4th title)
  Runners-upRungsted Seier Capital
Metal Ligaen seasons
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The 2021–22 Metal Ligaen season was the 65th season of the Metal Ligaen, the top level of ice hockey in Denmark. Nine teams participated in the league.

Teams

2021–22 Metal Ligaen season is located in DenmarkHerlevHerlevEsbjerg EnergyEsbjerg EnergyFrederikshavn White HawksFrederikshavn White HawksHerning Blue FoxHerning Blue FoxOdense BulldogsOdense BulldogsRødovreRødovreSønderjyskESønderjyskEAalborg PiratesAalborg PiratesRungstedRungstedclass=notpageimage| Teams of the 2021–22 Metal Ligaen season

Teams licensed to play in the Metal Ligaen 2021–22

Team Arena Capacity
Aalborg Pirates Gigantium Isarena 5,000
Esbjerg Energy Granly Hockey Arena 4,200
Frederikshavn White Hawks Scanel Hockey Arena 4,000
Herlev Eagles DFDS Seaways Arena 1,740
Herning Blue Fox KVIK Hockey Arena 4,105
Odense Bulldogs Odense Isstadion 3,280
Rungsted Seier Capital Saxo Bank Arena 2,460
Rødovre Mighty Bulls Rødovre Skøjte Arena 3,600
SønderjyskE Ishockey SE Arena 5,000

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Aalborg Pirates 45 25 6 3 11 165 104 +61 90 Qualification to play-offs
2 SønderjyskE 43 24 3 4 12 139 102 +37 82
3 Herning Blue Fox 45 21 8 5 11 152 119 +33 84
4 Frederikshavn White Hawks 46 21 6 6 13 125 103 +22 81
5 Esbjerg Energy 44 16 6 7 15 152 150 +2 67
6 Rungsted Seier Capital 45 14 8 7 16 135 141 −6 65
7 Odense Bulldogs 42 14 4 5 19 128 138 −10 55
8 Herlev Eagles 43 11 0 7 25 122 169 −47 40
9 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 47 7 6 3 31 90 182 −92 36
Source: Metal Ligaen

Results

Home Away
Esbjerg Fr.havn Herlev Herning Odense Rungsted Rødovre Sønderj. Aalborg
Esbjerg Energy – 4–5 OT
1–2 OT
6–2 		6–4
Cancelled
3–2 		4–3 OT
1–3
2–5 		7–1
5–6
6–3 		7–6 GWS
4–1
3–2 OT 		3–2
2–3
5–3 		1–4
Cancelled
2–6 		0–6
5–4
5–0
Frederikshavn White Hawks 4–3 OT
4–0
1–2 GWS 		– 5–4
5–4
4–0 		1–4
3–1
4–1 		1–2
2–3
2–5 		3–1
2–3 GWS
Cancelled 		3–1
6–2
3–2 		4–0
1–3
4–1 		2–1
4–5 GWS
0–4
Herlev Eagles 3–5
3–2
3–5 		1–5
2–0
2–3 GWS 		– 4–5 OT
2–5
4–1 		4–1
3–4 GWS
1–4 		5–6 OT
4–6
2–4 		3–1
3–0
8–3 		2–4
4–6
Cancelled 		2–0
2–5
Cancelled
Herning Blue Fox 5–4 OT
4–3
7–4 		2–1 GWS
Cancelled
1–6 		5–1
7–6 GWS
7–5 		– 1–0
Cancelled
3–2 		3–2 OT
3–4 OT
1–0 		3–1
3–0
3–4 		7–0
3–1
3–2 		2–3
5–4
1–2 GWS
Odense Bulldogs 6–3
3–5
3–4 OT 		1–6
1–4
3–4 OT 		5–1
5–2
3–2 		3–4
Cancelled
1–8 		– 2–1 GWS
1–2 OT
Cancelled 		6–0
7–2
8–1 		0–1
Cancelled
4–3 OT 		5–8
3–6
2–4
Rungsted Seier Capital 4–3 OT
3–6
2–6 		2–3
4–1
4–1 		1–4
5–4 OT
Cancelled 		0–2
2–3 GWS
6–5 OT 		3–2
4–1
0–5 		– 5–3
3–1
5–2 		3–6
5–4 GWS
6–3 		2–3 OT
1–2
5–2
Rødovre Mighty Bulls 1–2
3–1
3–1 		1–2
3–0
3–2 OT 		3–5
Cancelled
3–2 OT 		4–3
1–2 GWS
1–4 		3–4 OT
4–3 GWS
3–2 OT 		4–3 GWS
0–4
3–6 		– 2–1
2–7
1–5 		1–9
4–5
3–2 OT
SønderjyskE Ishockey 4–3 GWS
Cancelled
5–2 		1–2 GWS
2–1 GWS
1–2 		3–1
4–1
5–1 		5–3
3–2 GWS
3–2 		3–1
Cancelled
2–4 		4–0
5–2
4–1 		6–0
5–0
3–0 		– 2–6
2–3
3–2
Aalborg Pirates 5–4 GWS
Cancelled
1–2 OT 		2–1
1–3
3–1 		1–2
8–1
6–3 		2–3 GWS
5–3
3–1 		5–2
Cancelled
5–0 		3–4
3–1
3–1 		5–2
2–1 OT
7–0 		4–2
2–3
3–2 GWS 		–
OT - Overtime. GWS - Shootout.

Play-offs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (best-of-7) Semifinals (best-of-7) Finals (best-of-7)
         
1 Aalborg Pirates 4
8 Herlev Eagles 0
1 Aalborg Pirates 4
7 Odense Bulldogs 0
2 SønderjyskE 3
7 Odense Bulldogs 4
1 Aalborg Pirates 4
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
6 Rungsted Seier Capital 1
3 Herning Blue Fox 1
6 Rungsted Seier Capital 4
5 Esbjerg Energy 3 Bronze medal (best-of-3)
6 Rungsted Seier Capital 4
4 Frederikshavn White Hawks 1 5 Esbjerg Energy 0
5 Esbjerg Energy 4 7 Odense Bulldogs 2

Quarterfinals

Aalborg Pirates – Herlev Eagles 4-0
11.03.2022 Aalborg Pirates Herlev Eagles 4-1
13.03.2022 Herlev Eagles Aalborg Pirates 1-5
16.03.2022 Aalborg Pirates Herlev Eagles 3-1
18.03.2022 Herlev Eagles Aalborg Pirates 0-1
Aalborg Pirates won the series 4–0.


SønderjyskE – Odense Bulldogs 3-4
11.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 4-3
13.03.2022 Odense Bulldogs SønderjyskE 3-0
15.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 3-1
18.03.2022 Odense Bulldogs SønderjyskE 4-3
20.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 4-1
22.03.2022 Odense Bulldogs SønderjyskE 3-1
24.03.2022 SønderjyskE Odense Bulldogs 0-1 OT
Odense Bulldogs won the series 4–3.
Herning Blue Fox – Rungsted Seier Capital 1-4
11.03.2022 Herning Blue Fox Rungsted Seier Capital 4-2
14.03.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Herning Blue Fox 5-1
16.03.2022 Herning Blue Fox Rungsted Seier Capital 1-2
18.03.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Herning Blue Fox 3-2 OT
20.03.2022 Herning Blue Fox Rungsted Seier Capital 1-2
Rungsted Seier Capital won the series 4–1.


Frederikshavn White Hawks – Esbjerg Energy 1-4
11.03.2022 Frederikshavn White Hawks Esbjerg Energy 4-2
13.03.2022 Esbjerg Energy Frederikshavn White Hawks 3-0
16.03.2022 Frederikshavn White Hawks Esbjerg Energy 1-4
18.03.2022 Esbjerg Energy Frederikshavn White Hawks 3-1
20.03.2022 Frederikshavn White Hawks Esbjerg Energy 2-3
Esbjerg Energy won the series 4–1.

Semifinals

Aalborg Pirates – Odense Bulldogs 4-0
29.03.2022 Aalborg Pirates Odense Bulldogs 3-2 OT
01.04.2022 Odense Bulldogs Aalborg Pirates 1-2 OT
03.04.2022 Aalborg Pirates Odense Bulldogs 6-0
04.04.2022 Odense Bulldogs Aalborg Pirates 1-5
Aalborg Pirates won the series 4–0.
Esbjerg Energy – Rungsted Seier Capital 3-4
29.03.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 4-3
01.04.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Esbjerg Energy 2-5
02.04.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 1-2 OT
04.04.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Esbjerg Energy 2-5
06.04.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 3-4 OT
08.04.2022 Rungsted Seier Capital Esbjerg Energy 4-3 OT
10.04.2022 Esbjerg Energy Rungsted Seier Capital 4-5 OT
Rungsted Seier Capital won the series 4–3.

Third place

15 April 2022
19:00 UTC+2		Odense Bulldogs6–5
(0–2, 3–0, 3–3)		Esbjerg EnergyOdense Isstadion, Odense
Attendance: 1,357
Game reference
Samu PerhonenGoaliesEamon McAdamReferees:
Kenneth A. Nielsen
Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen:
Brian Kallesen
Frederik Sønderberg
0–102:49 - Puffer (Grønvaldt)
0–206:44 - Downing (Maegaard Scheel, Schulze)
Piipponen (Ehlers, Larsen) - 22:261–2
Piipponen (Larsen, Schou) - 33:012–2
Bach Nielsen (Topholt, Rafnsson) - 35:293–2
3–341:49 - Ahlberg (Schultz)
3–449:52 - King (Bjerrum)
3–550:15 - Puffer (Maegaard Scheel, Grønvaldt)
Skvorcovs (Hardarson) - 50:244–5
Bach Nielsen (Topholt) - 52:425–5
Virtanen (Larsen, Sova) - 59:046–5
4 minPenalties2 min
33Shots24
16 April 2022
15:00 UTC+2		Esbjerg Energy4–5
(1–1, 1–2, 2–2)		Odense BulldogsGranly Hockey Arena, Esbjerg
Attendance: 1,433
Game reference
Thomas LillieGoaliesSamu PerhonenReferees:
Martin Theiltoft Christensen
Rasmus Toppel
Linesmen:
Brian Kallesen
Albert Ankerstjerne
0–104:29 - Auk (Hardarson, Skvorcovs)
Schultz (Nielsen) - 18:211–1
Kerbashian (Bjerrum) - 21:112–1
2–230:51 - Larsen (Ehlers, Sova)
2–338:13 - Tanus (Piipponen, Larsen)
Maegaard Scheel (Brown) - 40:173–3
3–441:18 - Larsen (Hansen, Číp)
Puffer (Kerbashian) (PP1) - 52:164–4
4–553:40 - Skvorcovs (Číp)
0 minPenalties4 min
31Shots37
Odense Bulldogs won 11–9 on aggregate

Finals

15 April 2022
20:30 UTC+2		Aalborg Pirates4–3
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0)
score in the series: 1–0		Rungsted Seier CapitalGigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 4,245
Game reference
Georg SørensenGoaliesVille KolppanenReferees:
Niclas B. Lundsgaard
Thomas Buchardt Andersen
Linesmen:
Niklas Knøsen
Emil Skov Dalsgaard
0–102:07 - Madsen (Gustafsson, Rosenthal)
Romig (Spelling, Nielsen) - 03:231–1
Knudsen (Edmondson, Jul Korsgaard) - 12:072–1
2–221:03 - Hardt (Persson, Andersson) (PP1)
2–322:44 - Hardt (Persson, Jensen) (PP1)
Korsgaard (Panelin-Borg, Jakobsen) - 36:443–3
Bjorkstrand (Spelling, Koch) - 44:074–3
8 minPenalties6 min
25Shots21
17 April 2022
20:00 UTC+2		Rungsted Seier Capital3−1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)
score in the series: 1–1		Aalborg PiratesBitcoin Arena, Rungsted
Attendance: 1,350
Game reference
Ville KolppanenGoaliesGeorg SørensenReferees:
Mads Frandsen
Kenneth A. Nielsen
Linesmen:
Henrik Gandrup Haurum
Albert Ankerstjerne
Gustafsson - 11:361–0
Gustafsson (Rosenthal) - 12:132–0
Persson (Olsson) - 17:383–0
3–118:08 - Korsgaard (Panelin-Borg)
0 minPenalties2 min
20Shots29
19 April 2022
18:00 UTC+2		Aalborg Pirates8–1
(2–1, 5–0, 1–0)
score in the series: 2–1		Rungsted Seier CapitalGigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 4,313
Game reference
Georg SørensenGoaliesVille KolppanenReferees:
Mads Frandsen
Martin Theiltoft Christensen
Linesmen:
Andreas Weise Krøyer
Fred Monnaie
0–101:46 - Gracel (Hetta)
Spelling (Jul Korsgaard) - 14:361–1
Morin (Skinnars) - 15:542–1
Højbjerg (Knudsen) - 23:033–1
Skinnars - 29:414–1
Ladehoff (Morin, Edmondson) (PP1) - 34:565–1
Bjorkstrand (PP1) - 35:526–1
Carstensen (Spelling) (PP1) - 38:027–1
Steman (Skinnars, Morin) - 45:178–1
14 minPenalties16 min
31Shots22
22 April 2022
19:30 UTC+2		Rungsted Seier Capital2–4
(0–1, 2–1, 0–2)
score in the series: 1–3		Aalborg PiratesBitcoin Arena, Rungsted
Attendance: 1,350
Game reference
Ville KolppanenGoaliesGeorg SørensenReferees:
Mads Frandsen
Thomas Buchardt Andersen
Linesmen:
Henrik Gandrup Haurum
Niklas Knøsen
0–106:34 - Kabanov (Carstensen, Jakobsen)
0–204:46 - Jakobsen (Knudsen, Edmondson)
Anderson (PP1) - 12:541–2
Hardt (Anderson, Persson) (PP1) - 15:092–2
2–356:52 - Edmondson (Korsgaard, Jakobsen)
2–459:51 - Steman (Morin) (EN)
24 April 2022
16:00 UTC+2		Aalborg Pirates5–1
(2–1, 0–0, 3–0)		Rungsted Seier CapitalGigantium, Aalborg
Attendance: 5,000
Game reference
Georg SørensenGoaliesVille KolppanenReferees:
Mads Frandsen
Thomas Buchardt Andersen
Linesmen:
Henrik Gandrup Haurum
Niklas Knøsen
Spelling (Jakobsen, Carstensen) (PP1) - 04:411–0
Spelling (PP1) - 07:332–0
2–110:13 - Persson (Hardt, Jensen)
Steman (Korsgaard) - 52:323–1
Knudsen (Jakobsen) (EN) - 56:144–1
Spelling (EN) - 59:035–1
4 minPenalties27 min
25Shots19

Final rankings

Aalborg Pirates
Rungsted Seier Capital
Odense Bulldogs
4 Esbjerg Energy
5 SønderjyskE
6 Herning Blue Fox
7 Frederikshavn White Hawks
8 Herlev Eagles
9 Rødovre Mighty Bulls

References

  1. "Metal Ligaen". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

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