1996–97 Eliteserien (Denmark) season

The 1996–97 Eliteserien season was the 40th season of ice hockey in Denmark. Ten teams participated in the league, and Herning IK won the championship.

First round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Herning IK	27	18	3	6	144	74	39
2.	Esbjerg IK	27	17	1	9	134	103	35
3.	Rungsted IK	27	16	2	9	135	98	34
4.	Vojens IK	27	16	2	9	131	107	34
5.	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	27	11	7	9	100	99	29
6.	Hvidovre Ishockey	27	13	2	12	94	96	28
7.	IC Gentofte	27	11	2	14	121	137	24
8.	AaB Ishockey	27	10	1	16	82	128	21
9.	Frederikshavn White Hawks	27	8	2	17	92	121	18
10.	Odense Bulldogs	27	4	0	23	75	145	8

Final round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Herning IK	15	12	1	2	94	36	25
2.	Vojens IK	15	8	3	4	67	72	19
3.	Esbjerg IK	15	8	2	5	82	57	18
4.	Rungsted IK	15	6	1	8	86	70	13
5.	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	15	4	0	11	60	91	8
6.	Hvidovre Ishockey	15	3	1	11	46	91	7

Relegation round

	Club	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts (Bonus)
1.	IC Gentofte	14	12	0	2	97	37	27(3)
2.	Frederikshavn White Hawks	14	11	1	2	90	34	24(1)
3.	Odense Bulldogs	14	11	1	2	85	42	23(0)
4.	AaB Ishockey	14	10	0	4	84	41	22(2)
5.	KSF Copenhagen	14	4	1	9	41	71	12(3)
6.	IK Århus	14	3	2	9	55	117	8(0)
7.	Gladsaxe SF	14	2	0	12	37	83	6(2)
8.	Herlev Hornets	14	1	1	12	36	99	4(1)

Playoffs

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Herning IK	3

Frederikshavn White Hawks	0
		Herning IK	3

		IC Gentofte	0
Vojens IK	1

IC Gentofte	3
				Herning IK	4

				Esbjerg IK	0
Esbjerg IK	3

Hvidovre Ishockey	0
		Esbjerg IK	3

		Rungsted IK	1	Third place
Rungsted IK	3

Rødovre Mighty Bulls	1
				Rungsted IK	2

				IC Gentofte	0

External links

Season on hockeyarchives.info

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Teams	Aalborg Esbjerg Frederikshavn Gentofte Herlev Herning Hvidovre Odense Rungsted Rødovre SønderjyskE
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