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The Rungsted Seier Capital are a Danish ice hockey team based in Rungsted that plays in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of the sport in Denmark. Rungsted Seier Capital play their home games at the Hørsholm Skøjtehal, known as Bitcoin Arena for sponsorship reasons. Since the teams inception, they have won the Danish Championship 4 times.

History
Rungsted Ice Hockey club (Rungsted Ishockey Klub), of which Rungsted Seier Capital are a part, was founded on Jaunary 1, 1941. In the late 1930's and early 1940's locals had been playing Ice hockey in winter when the village pond in Vallerød froze over, after watching the sport be played by KSF on the Peblingesøen lake in Copenhagen. In establishing the club, Rungsted IK became Denmark's second ever Ice hockey club, after KSF which was founded in 1869, and the first team to solely focus on hockey; KSF was initially established as an ice skating club, before subsequently developing bandy, and hockey teams. Once established, the team played home games on the same frozen pond in Vallerød; the club would ultimately play outside for 30 years, before moving to an indoor rink. In addition to their outdoor rink, Rungsted played with wooden pucks and homemade sticks. In their formative years, Rungsted typically faced-off against KSF, however, hockey was growing in popularity across Denmark, and as such new teams were occasionally established. This was the case in January 1946, when Rungsted travelled to Odense in order to play a team that had just been established in Munke Mose park.

Tragedy struck the team a year later in January 1947 when 18 year old Palle Nielsen fell through the ice and subsequently drowned. As a result, seeking a safer place to play, Rungsted recieved a 5000 kr. loan from the Danish Ice Hockey Union to establish a new rink. The new rink was established in Bolbroengen where the club irrigated existing tennis courts, causing them to freeze over in the winter. The players themselves carried out the work to maintain the rink. Aside from the safety aspect of the new rink, another positive was that it required less time to ice over, meaning that it provided the team greater opportunity to play hockey.

In 1954 the inaugural Danish Championship took place; Rungsted arranged pre-tournament warm up games against teams from Sweden, as well as KSF. The competition was made up of three teams; KSF, Rungsted and Silkeborg SF who had qualified via a regional Jutland tournament. The Jutlanders qualified after beating Horsens SF 2-1 in overtime, and due to the weather, were forced to play both of their Danish Championship games the following day. Playing 3 games in 2 days had a detrimental effect on the team from Silkeborg as they lost first to Rungsted 14-6 in a morning game, and then KSF 18-0 later that afternoon. As a result of their victories over Silkeborg, Rungsted would go on to meet KSF in the final to be held the same evening. Rungsted trailed 2-1 at the end of the first period, however, they went on to win the game 5-2, beating the team from Copenhagen and, in doing so, sealed their name in the history books as the first Danish Champion. The following year, Rungsted would again face KSF in the final, after Silkeborg were unable to travel due to the Great Belt being frozen over. Due to the conditions of the rink, which was described as "more gravel than ice", KSF suggested that a friendly game be held in lieu of the Championship. The reigning champions rejected the idea, however, and would pay the price: losing 4-1 to the team from Copenhagen. It wasn't until 1960 that the Danish Championship was held again, due to poor weather conditions in the intervening years. During this down time, the team changed their name from Rungsted IK to Rungsted. The 1960 competition was again made up of Rungsted, KSF and Jutland qualifiers Silkeborg SF. As reigning champions, KSF had a bye until the final and as such Rungsted played Silkeborg in the sole semi-final. Rungsted steam-rolled the Jutlanders 17-1 and subsequently faced KSF in the final. The Jutlanders defending their title, beating Rungsted 6-5 in the final.

The structure of Danish hockey changed the following season with the advent of a Danish league, known as the Danish 1st Division. The first edition of the tournament was played between 4 teams, Rungsted, KSF, Silkeborg and Esbjerg SK. Silkeborg placed last and were relegated, whilst KSF would go on to win their 3rd consectutive Danish Championship, with Rungsted having to settle for the Silver medal once again. By this time, KSF had their own indoor rink whilst Rungsted were still playing outside at the mercy of the weather. The 1961–62 season saw Furesø join the previous years top three teams. History repeated itself with KSF once again winning the championship, with Rungsted picking up the silver medal.

The 1962–63 season saw the competition expand to 5 teams and an 8 game schedule. Despite only being able to train for one hour per week, and facing teams who had their own indoor rinks, Rungsted finished top of the table, after having won 6 of their 8 games, including an 8-2 victory over reigning champions KSF. <ref name=" After claiming their second Danish championships, locals debated the need for better facilities for the team, as they were facing opposition like Esbjerg SK, Gladsaxe SF and KSF who had indoor rinks and, despite being one of the wealthiest areas in the country, Rungsted were still subjected to abject outdoor facilities, though they occasionally rented ice time in Gladsaxe. During this time, Rungsted focused on fundraising in an effort to save enough money to build a rink. The following season saw Rungsted unsuccessfuly defend their Championship, finishing 2nd with KSF once again claiming the top spot. During this period of uncertainty surrounding their rink, the standard of hockey increased in Denmark and more teams joined the league. This, coupled with the disadvantages Rungsted faced regarding their rink and training caused the team's performance in the league to slip somewhat. Instead of battling for the title, Rungsted often found themselves mid-table during the late 1960's, and it wasn't until 1968 that they won another medal, finishing in 3rd place. 1968 was a successful year for Rungsted all round, because it was this year that also saw Hørsholm council agreed to fund an indoor ice rink costing 5,400,000 kr. Two further seasons in the bottom half of the league, which at this point was up to 8 teams, followed until the 1970–71 season. A Rungsted team strengthened by a Canadian duo Phil McPhee and Pierre St. Onge lead the league in scoring, however, they were unable to overcome the defensive strength of Gladsaxe SF as subsequently picked up another silver medal at the end of the season. During the off-season work on the 'state of the art' indoor rink, the Hørsholm Skøjtehal, was completed, exactly 30 years after the team was founded.

The new rink opened to the public on 6 November, 1971 and the occasion was marked with a free skating session for members of the public. Now that the team had a new rink, they decided to focus on developing their youth teams with a view to generating future first team players. This plan however meant that the team was near the bottom end of the league, which had, by this time, increased to 10 teams. Rungsted finished the 1971–72 season in 8th place, whilst the following season saw them improve slightly by finishing in 7th. The 1973–74 season saw a shake up in the structure of the league, introducing post-season play for the first time. Under the new rules, the top 6 teams would qualify for a final group stage, the winner of which was crowned Danish Champion. In addition, the team that finished the season in last place would be relegated to the 2nd Division. Rungsted's fortunes improved with the introduction of the post-season format, finishing in 4th position and thus qualifying for the final group stage. The same result occurred during the 1974–75 season with Rungsted again finishing in 4th place and qualifying for post-season play. Both times they were unable to bring home any silverware however. The 1975–76 season saw the team improve, finishing in 2nd place during the regular season, two points shy of old rivals KSF. However, once again were unable to bring home the Championship via the final group. The 1976–77 season saw Rungsted struggle; it was a bad season in which to struggle as the league was due to contract from 10 teams down to 8, meaning that their were more relegation slots available compared to previous seasons. The team finished 9th out of 10 teams and had to play in the play-out. Runsted beat Frederikshavn IK in the final game to secure their spot in the top tier and despite the teams struggles, Rungsted defenceman Per Holten Møller was subsequently named Danish Player of the year.

In the more streamlined 1st Division Rungsted found more success, finishing 4th in the regular season during both the 1977–78 and the 1978–79 seasons. It was during the latter that Rungsted's Finnish forward Heikki Kojola lead the league in scoring, becoming the first Rungsted player to achieve the feat. At this point in the leagues history, there was no post-season play, so the Championship was decided based on regular season play. to this end... 2nd place in 1980.

No more play-offs moving forward.

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In August 2015 it was announced that financier, multimillionaire and co-founder of Saxo Bank Lars Seier Christensen had purchased a 43% stake in the club. The team subsequently changed their name to Rungsted Seier Capital in order to reflect their new ownership.

Conti cup in 2017-18 after winning Cup. and Champs league in 2019-20.

Roster
Updated March 12, 2021.

Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Honours
Danish Championships:
 * 1955, 1963, 2002, 2019

Danish Cup:
 * 2000, 2004, 2005, 2017, 2019

Career
These are the top five scorers in Rungsted history.

''Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points

Penalty minutes: Nicolai Clausen, 1636

Regular season

 * Most goals in a season: Leonid Trukhno, 67 (1996-97)
 * Most assists in a season: Leonid Trukhno, 57 (1994-95)
 * Most points in a season: Leonid Trukhno, 104 (1998-98)
 * Most penalty minutes in a season: Nicolai Clausen, 224 (1995–96)

Playoffs

 * Most goals in a playoff season: Nicolas Monberg, 14 (2002–03)
 * Most assists in a playoff season: Charlie Sarault, 15 (2018–19)
 * Most points in a playoff season: Nicolas Monberg, 23 (2002–03)
 * Most penalty minutes in a playoff season: Brendon Nash, 55 (2017–18)

Notable players

 * Fabian Brunnström
 * Nicholas Jensen
 * Aleksi Laakso
 * Cristopher Nihlstorp
 * Jonas Røndbjerg
 * Vyacheslav Trukhno
 * Alexander True