2024–25 Metal Ligaen season

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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Teams of the 2024–25 Metal Ligaen season

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

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

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Herning Blue Fox 30 19 4 2 5 127 66 +61 67 Qualification to play-offs
2 Odense Bulldogs 32 15 5 3 9 113 93 +20 58
3 Aalborg Pirates 32 15 3 1 13 110 91 +19 52
4 Herlev Eagles 31 13 5 2 11 99 82 +17 51
5 Rungsted Seier Capital 31 14 1 4 12 102 111 −9 48
6 Esbjerg Energy 32 9 8 4 11 99 96 +3 47
7 SønderjyskE 32 11 2 10 9 106 105 +1 47
8 Frederikshavn White Hawks 33 11 4 4 14 82 100 −18 45
9 Rødovre Mighty Bulls 33 2 2 4 25 68 162 −94 14
Updated to match(es) played on 7 January 2025. Source: Metal Ligaen

Statistics

Scoring leaders

The following shows the top players who led the league in points, at the conclusion of matches played on 7 January 2025.[2]

Player Team GP G A Pts +/– PIM
Canada Darien Craighead Aalborg Pirates 30 18 29 47 +9 40
Canada Troy Lajeunesse Aalborg Pirates 31 21 25 46 -2 20
United States Eric Gotz Aalborg Pirates 32 9 36 45 +11 12
Denmark Mathias Bau Hansen Herning Blue Fox 29 22 22 44 +19 18
Canada Maxime Trepanier Herlev Eagles 29 20 22 42 +17 16
Denmark Morten Poulsen Herning Blue Fox 30 17 17 34 +24 10
Sweden Theo Keilin Rungsted Seier Capital 28 14 20 34 +17 6
Canada Derian Plouffe Herning Blue Fox 27 11 22 33 +24 6
Canada Brett Thompson Herning Blue Fox 30 10 22 33 +13 12
Canada Brandon Magee Rødovre Mighty Bulls 27 9 22 31 -16 14

Leading goaltenders

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 7 January 2025.[3]

Player Team GP TOI GA Sv% GAA
Denmark Mathias Seldrup Herning Blue Fox 23 1388:00 46 90.73 1.99
Denmark Nicolaj Henriksen Esbjerg Energy 17 1037:13 35 91.76 2.02
Sweden Emil Zetterquist Herlev Eagles 31 1862:27 76 91.67 2.45
Czech Republic Tadeas Galansky Frederikshavn White Hawks 27 1590:00 68 91.28 2.57
Sweden Fredrik Bergvik Odense Bulldogs 15 882:09 40 89.19 2.72
Denmark Georg Sørensen Aalborg Pirates 31 1794:19 84 88.33 2.81
Sweden Mattias Pettersson SønderjyskE 30 1836:00 92 88.31 3.01
Denmark David Grubak Rungsted Seier Capital 24 1359:27 71 89.74 3.13

References

  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.