Esbjerg Energy

Esbjerg Energy
2016–17 Esbjerg Energy season

City	Esbjerg
League	Metal Ligaen
Founded	2005
Home arena	Granly Hockey Arena (Capacity: 4,200)
Colors
Owner(s)	Christian Rølmer Christensen
General manager	Peder Krogsgaard
Head coach	Mark Pederson
Captain	Brock Nixon
Website	www.esbjergenergy.dk

The Esbjerg Energy is a Danish professional ice hockey team based in Esbjerg, Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 2005 and play their home games in the Granly Hockey Arena which has a capacity of 4,200 spectators.^[1]

Until 2004 the team played under the name of E.I.K. (Esbjerg Ishockey Klub), but due to financial instability at the club, the professional license was transferred to Esbjerg fB. In early 2013 after spending eight seasons under the umbrella Esbjerg fB; the football club sold EfB Ishockey to businessman Christian Rølmer Christensen.

Club History

2013–present: Mark Pederson era

Season: 2013–2014

In the clubs first season under new ownership, the club appointed Mark Pederson as the new head coach. The Canadian, a former NHL player and successful head coach in numerous ice hockey leagues, took over as the clubs new coach. Out of the clubs eight foreigners of the previous season, only one returned to the club, with the rest leaving to join new clubs. Among the foreigners who left to join new clubs, 3 out of the 8 were top 5 on the team, in points the previous season.

In Pederson's first season as the clubs head coach, he led the team to the playoffs, though it was spoiled by a match fixing scandal. Three of the clubs players including, Kirill Starkov, Tyler Mosienko and Dennis Jensen were suspended and fined after admitting to betting on their own team and match-fixing. After losing two key first liners due to suspension; Esbjerg was eliminated in the quarterfinal by local rivals SønderjyskE Ishockey.^[2]^[3]

Season: 2014–2015

In his second season as head coach, Pedersen added key players Andrew Clark, Mark Derlago and Scott Howe to the club, who together combined for 189 points over 101 games (76 goals and 113 assists). Pedersen managed to lead the club to the finals as they sweeped Odense, in the quarterfinals, and defeated Herning 4–2 in the semifinals on their way to the finals. Though the club was once again eliminated by SønderjyskE who defended their title for the third straight year.^[4]

Season: 2015–2016

For the 2015–16 season, Pedersen managed to keep several dominant core players. At the conclusion of the regular season, Esbjerg finished at a strong third place and were put up against seventh place Rødovre in the quarterfinals. Esbjerg defeated Rødovre in six games, three of which ended in overtime and advance to the semifinals.

In the semifinals, Esbjerg faced local rivals SønderjyskE, the three time defending champions who had eliminated Esbjerg, in the previous two seasons. Esbjerg managed to win the series in seven games, the first time they had defeated SønderjyskE in a seven game-series since 2006. Esbjerg than went on to defeat Herning, 4–2 in a high scoring final, to win their first title since 2004.^[5]^[6]

Season by season record

Seasons of Esbjerg Energy^[7]
Season	Rank	GP	W	L	OTW	OTL	Pts	Postseason
2005–06	8th	36	9	19	5	3	40	Quarterfinal loss
2006–07	3rd	36	12	14	4	6	50	Bronze medal game loss
2007–08	9th	45	14	22	3	6	54	Did not make the playoffs
2008–09	7th	36	13	18	2	3	46	Quarterfinal loss
2009–10	4th	36	12	11	4	9	53	Quarterfinal loss
2010–11	7th	39	10	23	3	3	39	Did not make playoffs
2011–12	8th	40	12	22	3	3	45	Quarter final loss
2012–13	6th	40	14	17	5	4	56	Quarter final loss
2013–14	5th	40	17	18	1	4	57	Quarter final loss
2014–15	5th	36	15	13	6	2	59	Final loss
2015–16	3rd	45	22	14	7	2	82	Champion

Current Roster

Updated November 1, 2016^[8]^[9]^[10]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Birthplace
95	Denmark !	Henriksen, NicolajNicolaj Henriksen	1.0 !G	L	21	Esbjerg, Denmark
43	Denmark !	Seldrup, MathiasMathias Seldrup	1.0 !G	L	20	Herning, Denmark
31	Denmark !	Søgaard, MadsMads Søgaard	1.0 !G	L	15	Aalborg, Denmark
12	Denmark !	Benjaminsen, FrederikFrederik Benjaminsen	2.0 !D		16	Esbjerg, Denmark
7	Denmark !	Bruggisser, PhillipPhillip Bruggisser	2.0 !D	R	25	Rødovre, Denmark
3	Denmark !	Christensen, JannikJannik Christensen (A)	2.0 !D	L	24	Esbjerg, Denmark
4	Canada !	Curran, KodieKodie Curran	2.0 !D	L	26	Alberta, Canada
40	Denmark !	Koch, AndersAnders Koch	2.0 !D	L	19	Esbjerg, Denmark
2	Denmark !	Krogsgaard, AndersAnders Krogsgaard	2.0 !D	R	20	Esbjerg, Denmark
51	Sweden !	Lidström, DavidDavid Lidström	2.0 !D	L	28	Västerås, Sweden
69	Denmark !	Vinther, JeppeJeppe Vinther	2.0 !D	L	20	Frederikshavn, Denmark
48	Denmark !	Andersen, NiklasNiklas Andersen	4.3 !C/RW	L	19	Esbjerg, Denmark
17	Denmark !	Bang, LasseLasse Bang	4.0 !C	R	24	Esbjerg, Denmark
90	Canada !	Fiddler, TylerTyler Fiddler	6.0 !LW	L	26	Prince Albert, Canada
65	Sweden !	Hardarson, HenryHenry Hardarson	3.0 !F	L	22	Malmö, Sweden
20	Denmark !	Hjulmand, SuneSune Hjulmand	4.0 !C	R	27	Esbjerg, Denmark
23	Denmark !	Holmberg, JeppeJeppe Holmberg	4.1 !C/D	L	20	Aalborg, Denmark
68	Denmark !	Jepsen, NicolajNicolaj Jepsen	3.0 !F	L	23	Esbjerg, Denmark
10	United States !	Knight, JaredJared Knight	4.3 !C/RW	R	24	Battle Creek, United States
77	Canada !	Martindale, RyanRyan Martindale	4.0 !C	L	25	Brooklin, Canada
27	Canada !	McMillan, CarsonCarson McMillan	7.2 !RW/C	R	28	Brandon, Canada
76	Denmark !	Mærsk, HenrikHenrik Mærsk	3.0 !F	L	20	Esbjerg, Denmark
24	Denmark !	Nielsen, SørenSøren Nielsen	4.0 !C	L	20	Esbjerg, Denmark
41	Denmark !	Nielsen, EsbenEsben Nielsen	6.0 !LW	L	30	Esbjerg, Denmark
19	Canada !	Nixon, BrockBrock Nixon (C)	6.2 !LW/C	L	29	Russell, Canada
73	Denmark !	Hansen, MikkelMikkel Hansen	4.0 !C	L	17	Esbjerg, Denmark

Retired Numbers

14 Oleg Starkov, F, 1991–2000
15 Soren Jensen, D, 1984–2006
16 Andreas Andreasen, D, 1994–2012

Team captains

Olivier Coqueux, 2008–2009
Andreas Andreasen, 2009–2010
Kirill Starkov, 2010–2011
Sune Hjulmand, 2011–2015
Aaron Lee, 2015–2016
Brock Nixon, 2016–

References

↑ "Esbjerg Elite Ishockey". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
↑ Ritzau (2014-01-24). "Esbjerg: Tre spillere er fyret for matchfixing" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ Ritzau (2014-01-24). "Esbjerg Energy: Tre spillere er fyret for matchfixing" (in Danish). dr. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ Michael Søvsø (2016-03-04). "SønderjyskE dream of a Danish title hat-trick, Esbjerg stand in their way". Champions Hockey League. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ Markus Nisius (2016-04-21). "Esbjerg Energy powers through to Danish Championship". Eurohockey. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ Joeri Loonen (2016-04-27). "Esbjerg fights off giants, wins Danish title". IIHF. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=135
↑ "Esbjerg Energy Truppen". www.esbjergenergy.dk. Retrieved 2016-11-02.
↑ "Eliteprospects.com - Esbjerg Energy". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
↑ "Esbjerg Energy Profile". Champions Hockey League. Retrieved 2016-11-02.

External links

Official site (Danish)

Metal Ligaen

Teams	Aalborg Esbjerg Frederikshavn White Hawks Gentofte Stars Herlev Eagles Herning Blue Fox Odense Bulldogs Rungsted Rødovre Mighty Bulls SønderjyskE

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