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2024–25 Metal Ligaen season

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2024–25 Metal Ligaen
LeagueMetal Ligaen
SportIce hockey
Duration1 September 2024 – 9 March 2025
Number of teams9
Regular season
Playoffs
Finals
Metal Ligaen seasons

The 2024–25 Metal Ligaen season is the 68th season of the Metal Ligaen, the top level of ice hockey in Denmark.[1]

Teams

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The league consists of 9 teams.

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

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Each team plays 48 games, playing each of the other eight teams six times: thrice on home ice, and thrice away from home. Points are awarded for each game, where three points are awarded for winning in regulation time, two points for winning in overtime or shootout, one point for losing in overtime or shootout, and zero points for losing in regulation time. At the end of the regular season, the team that finishes with the most points is crowned the league champion.

The top team in the regular season qualifies for the 2025–26 Champions Hockey League.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Herning Blue Fox 41 26 4 4 7 174 91 +83 90 Qualification to play-offs
2 Odense Bulldogs 42 20 6 4 12 147 119 +28 76
3 Rungsted Seier Capital 41 21 2 4 14 131 131 0 71
4 Aalborg Pirates 42 20 3 2 17 144 117 +27 68
5 Esbjerg Energy 42 14 10 4 14 136 120 +16 66
6 SønderjyskE 42 14 4 10 14 141 139 +2 60
7 Frederikshavn White Hawks 41 15 4 4 18 104 123 −19 57
8 Herlev Eagles 41 13 5 4 19 112 123 −11 53
9 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 42 4 2 4 32 87 213 −126 20
Updated to match(es) played on 18 February 2025. Source: Metal Ligaen

Statistics

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Scoring leaders

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The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 18 February 2025.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Canada Darien Craighead Aalborg Pirates 38 24 38 62 +13 42
Denmark Mathias Bau Hansen Herning Blue Fox 38 28 31 59 +26 24
Canada Troy Lajeunesse Aalborg Pirates 41 25 30 55 +0 26
Denmark Morten Poulsen Herning Blue Fox 40 28 25 53 +36 12
United States Eric Gotz Aalborg Pirates 42 10 42 52 +13 12
Canada Maxime Trepanier Herlev Eagles 38 24 23 47 +10 20
United States Brandon Estes Odense Bulldogs 41 11 34 45 -4 37
Sweden Joakim Thelin Odense Bulldogs 41 18 26 44 +10 43
Canada Brett Thompson Herning Blue Fox 40 13 29 42 +21 16
Sweden Theo Keilin Rungsted Seier Capital 38 14 26 40 +24 10

Leading goaltenders

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The following shows the top goaltenders who led the league in goals against average, provided that they have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, at the conclusion of matches played on 21 January 2025.[3]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
Denmark Mathias Seldrup Herning Blue Fox 29 1750:12 60 90.49 2.06
Denmark Nicolaj Henriksen Esbjerg Energy 22 1342:00 49 92.08 2.19
Sweden Niklas Lundström Odense Bulldogs 17 1020:26 38 91.63 2.23
Sweden Emil Zetterquist Herlev Eagles 35 2098:13 89 91.45 2.55
Czech Republic Tadeas Galansky Frederikshavn White Hawks 33 1946:00 83 91.18 2.56
Denmark David Grubak Rungsted Seier Capital 31 1778:14 81 91.12 2.73
Denmark Georg Sørensen Aalborg Pirates 40 2337:10 107 88.92 2.75
Sweden Mattias Pettersson SønderjyskE 40 2360:00 120 88.48 3.05

References

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  1. ^ "Om Metal Ligaen 2024/25". metalligaen.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Spillerstatistik 2024/2025". Metal Ligaen.
  3. ^ "Maalmandstatistik 2024/2025". Metal Ligaen.
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