2015–16 Odense Bulldogs season

2015–16 Odense Bulldogs
2015–16 record	24–18–3
Team information
Coach	Brad Gratton
Assistant coach	Mads True
Captain	Joakim Nettelbladtt
Alternate captains	Dale Mitchell Michael Daugulis Ryan McDonough Søren B. Pedersen
Arena	Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena
Average attendance	3,280
Team leaders
Goals	Dale Mitchell (34)
Assists	Dale Mitchell (43)
Points	Dale Mitchell (77)
Penalty minutes	Dale Mitchell (236)
Goals against average	Tadeas Galansky (3.35)

The 2015–16 Odense Bulldogs season is the 25th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990.

They finished in 5th place in the league with the record 24–18–3 and were picked by 4th-placed Herning Blue Fox for the quarter-finals.

Regular season

Main article: 2015–16 Metal Ligaen season

League table

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	SønderjyskE Ishockey	45	25	7	4	9	147	89	93
2.	Frederikshavn White Hawks	45	26	4	6	9	186	119	92
3.	Esbjerg Energy	45	22	7	2	14	148	104	82
4.	Herning Blue Fox	45	21	4	5	15	127	100	76
5.	Odense Bulldogs	45	22	2	3	18	191	154	73
6.	Rungsted Seier Capital	45	20	2	4	19	121	133	68
7.	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	45	16	6	4	19	132	125	64
8.	Aalborg Pirates	45	14	3	4	24	129	174	52
9.	Gentofte Stars	45	13	2	4	26	103	166	47
10.	Herlev Eagles	45	8	1	2	34	85	206	28

Updated to match(es) played on 29 February 2016. Source: Metal Ligaen

Schedule and results

Regular season

2015–16 Game Log: 24–18–3, 73 Points (home: 11–7–3; road: 11–10–0)
September: 3–1–0, 9 Points (home: 2–0–0 ; road: 1–1–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts 1 18 September Odense 7–2 Rungsted Galansky 1,448 1–0–0 3 Recap 2 21 September Gentofte 3–5 Odense Galansky 225 2–0–0 6 Recap 3 25 September Odense 5–2 Aalborg Galansky 1,378 3–0–0 9 Recap 4 29 September Herning 4–1 Odense Galansky 1,106 3–1–0 9 Recap
October: 3–4–2, 11 Points (home: 1–2–2 ; road: 2–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 5 1 October Odense 3–6 Frederikshavn Galansky 806 3–2–0 9 Recap 6 5 October Rødovre 2–6 Odense Galansky 1,368 4–2–0 12 Recap 7 9 October Esbjerg 7–4 Odense Galansky 1,258 4–3–0 12 Recap 8 12 October Odense 2–4 SønderjyskE Galansky 1,519 4–4–0 12 Recap 9 16 October Herlev 3–5 Odense Galansky 547 5–4–0 15 Recap 10 20 October Odense 9–1 Herlev Galansky 786 6–4–0 18 Recap 11 23 October SønderjyskE 5–3 Odense Galansky 3,012 6–5–0 18 Recap 12 26 October Odense 3–4 Esbjerg OT Galansky 704 6–5–1 19 Recap 13 30 October Odense 4–5 Rødovre OT Galansky 1,513 6–5–2 20 Recap
November: 5–3–0, 14 Points (home: 4–1–0 ; road: 1–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 14 1 November Herlev 6–5 Odense Galansky 428 6–6–2 20 Recap 15 13 November Odense 2–5 Herning Galansky 1,752 6–7–2 20 Recap 16 16 November Aalborg 4–5 Odense Galansky 982 7–7–2 23 Recap 17 20 November Odense 7–2 Gentofte Galansky 1,104 8–7–2 26 Recap 18 23 November Odense 5–4 Rungsted SO Galansky 678 9–7–2 28 Recap 19 27 November Rungsted 2–1 Odense Galansky 679 9–8–2 28 Recap 20 29 November Odense 4–1 Gentofte Galansky 824 10–8–2 31 Recap 21 30 November Odense 9–2 Gentofte Galansky 702 11–8–2 34 Recap
December: 4–3–1, 12 Points (home: 0–2–1 ; road: 4–1–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 4 December Herning 2–3 Odense SO Galansky 1,134 12–8–2 36 Recap 23 11 December Rødovre 2–3 Odense Galansky 1,211 13–8–2 39 Recap 24 13 December Odense 2–4 Herlev Galansky 924 13–9–2 39 Recap 25 15 December Esbjerg 9–0 Odense Galansky 1,207 13–10–2 39 Recap 26 18 December Odense 2–3 SønderjyskE OT Galansky 1,374 13–10–3 40 Recap 27 22 December SønderjyskE 2–4 Odense Galansky 2,812 14–10–3 43 Recap 28 29 December Frederikshavn 4–6 Odense Galansky 1,807 15–10–3 46 Recap 29 30 December Odense 2–4 Frederikshavn Galansky 1,586 15–11–3 46 Recap
January: 4–3–0, 12 Points (home: 3–1–0 ; road: 1–3–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 30 5 January Odense 9–3 Esbjerg Galansky 803 16–10–3 49 Recap 31 12 January Odense 3–2 Rødovre Galansky 1,088 17–10–3 52 Recap 32 15 January Frederikshavn 6–2 Odense Lauridsen 1,533 17–11–3 52 Recap 33 19 January Odense 4–9 Herning Galansky 1,045 17–12–3 52 Recap 34 22 January Aalborg 3–2 Odense Galansky 3,820 17–14–3 52 Recap 35 26 January Gentofte 2–1 Odense Galansky 108 17–15–3 52 Recap 36 29 January Rungsted 2–5 Odense Galansky 707 17–16–3 55 Recap 37 31 January Odense 6–1 Rungsted Galansky 990 18–16–3 58 Recap
February: 5–3–0, 15 Points (home: 1–2–0 ; road: 4–1–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 2 February Gentofte 6–3 Odense Galansky 250 19–16–3 58 Recap 39 5 February Odense 13–0 Aalborg Galansky 1,710 20–16–3 61 Recap 40 16 February Herning 1–5 Odense Galansky 1,354 21–16–3 64 Recap 41 19 February Odense 2–6 Frederikshavn Galansky 1,946 21–17–3 64 Recap 42 21 February Rødovre 2–4 Odense Galansky 905 22–17–3 67 Recap 43 23 February Esbjerg 0–1 Odense Galansky 1,402 23–17–3 70 Recap 44 26 February Odense 3–6 SønderjyskE Galansky 2,873 23–18–3 70 Recap 45 29 February Herlev 1–11 Odense Galansky 188 24–18–3 73 Recap Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2016 Metal Ligaen Play-offs

Quarter-final vs. Herning Blue Fox (4): Herning won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 March 4 Herning 2–1 Odense Galansky 3,139 0–1 Recap 2 March 6 Odense 3–0 Herning Galansky 1,131 1–1 Recap 3 March 8 Herning 6–1 Odense Galansky 1,503 1–2 Recap 4 March 11 Odense 2–1 Herning Galansky 1,949 2–2 Recap 5 March 13 Herning 1–2 Odense OT Galansky 1,489 3–2 Recap 6 March 15 Odense 1–2 Herning Galansky 1,853 3–3 Recap 7 March 18 Herning 2–1 Odense OT Galansky 3,259 3–4 Recap Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Dale Mitchell	45	34	43	77	21	236
Ryan McDonough	45	27	33	60	11	34
Sean Wiles	42	31	22	53	1	32
Joakim Nettelbladt	45	10	43	53	19	59
John Armstrong	31	15	35	50	19	20
Rasmus Bjerrum	45	15	23	38	18	66
Simon Grønvaldt	38	4	30	34	25	22
Mathias Thinnesen	45	10	16	26	1	28
Mike Daugulis	45	14	10	24	3	54
Henry Hardarson	44	9	13	22	6	83
Martin Larsen	44	5	14	19	13	59
Søren Pedersen	45	8	8	16	−3	14
Rasmus Lyø	45	0	13	13	1	28
Andreas Pedersen	45	2	9	11	3	69
Mads Schaarup	45	0	8	8	4	14
Frederik Sørensen	42	4	3	7	4	70
Oliver Larsen	35	1	3	4	−5	45
Jonas Renè Hansen	27	1	1	2	2	2
Frederik Høeg	40	1	1	2	2	20
Asger Petersen	26	0	1	1	4	0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GAA	SV%
Tadeas Galansky	44	3.35	.989
Andreas Lauridsen	2	3.11	.844