2017–18 Odense Bulldogs |
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2017–18 record | 22–2–7–19 |
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Home record | 12–2–4–7 |
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Road record | 10–0–3–12 |
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Goals for | 141 |
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Goals against | 149 |
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Team information |
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Coach | Mikael Gath |
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Assistant coach | Mads True |
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Captain | Jacob Johnston |
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Alternate captains | Dale Mitchell, Martin Larsen |
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Arena | Ret&Råd Fyn Arena |
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Average attendance | 1,240 |
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Team leaders |
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Goals | Dale Mitchell (21) |
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Assists | Dale Mitchell (34) |
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Points | Dale Mitchell (55) |
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Penalty minutes | Anthony Camara (114) |
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Plus/minus | Martin Larsen (12) |
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Goals against average | Robin Rahm (2.45) |
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The 2017–18 Odense Bulldogs season is the 27th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990.
Following a semifinal exit the year before, head coach Peter Johansson left the club along with other star players, such as 16/17 league leading goalie Tadeas Galansky. Two time topscorer Dale Mitchell, was the only foreign player to extend his contract, making it his fourth year in a row as a Bulldog.[1] Bulldogs signed 55-year old Finnish Kari Rauhanen as head coach.[2] But after only ten regular season games, he decided to stop due to "personal matters". The board immediately hired Mikael Gath as new head coach.[3]
Midway through the season, Bulldogs fired star-player Anthony Camara due to unacceptable behaviour.[4]
Significant events
- September 23: The board presents a financial deficit on 1.5 million DKK.[5]
- October 11: Head coach Kari Rauhanen quits his job for personal reasons, and Mikael Gath was hired as new head coach.[3]
- January 3: Anthony Camara gets fired due to unacceptable behaviour.[4]
- February 12: Goaltender Robin Rahm leaves the club due to illness in near family. Hannu Toivonen signs as new goalie.[6][7]
- February 27: The board presents that club desperately need one million DKK in one day to avoid bankruptcy.
- March 1: The board successfully reached 1.052.000 DKK before deadline.
Preseason
The preseason was scheduled for five games, from August 18 to September 1.[8] It should have been six games, but was shortened to five because of a cancel from Gamyo d'Épinal. Odense were supposed to host a four team-tournament between themselves, Rungsted Seier Capital, Eispiraten Crimmitschau and of course Épinal. But the French team did not want to participate anyway, so the tournament was rescheduled to a three team-tournament.[9]
Bulldogs won four out of their five pre-season games. The only loss was against Rødovre Mighty Bulls, were they lost 3–0 on away ice.[10]
Schedule and results
2017–18 Game Log: 3–1–0–1 (home: 2–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–1) |
# | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record |
1 | 18 August | Rungsted | 3–5 | Odense | | | | 1–0–0–0 |
2 | 22 August | Odense | 3–1 | Hvidovre | | | | 2–0–0–0 |
3 | 29 August | Rødovre | 3–0 | Odense | | | | 2–0–0–1 |
4 | 31 October | Odense | 2–1 | Rungsted | OT | | | 3–0–0–1 |
5 | 1 September | Odense | 5–2 | Crimmitschau | | | | 4–0–0–1 |
Regular season
League table
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2018. Source: Metal Ligaen
Schedule and results
The 2017–18 regular season schedule were published on July 5, 2017.[11]
2017–18 Game Log: 22–2–7–19, 77 Points (home: 12–2–4–7 ; road: 10–0–3–12) |
September: 4–0–2–2, 14 Points (home: 3–0–1–0 ; road: 1–0–1–2) | # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts | Report | 1 | 8 September | Odense | 5–1 | Aalborg | | Rahm | 1,625 | 1–0–0–0 | 3 | Report | 2 | 12 September | Gentofte | 5–2 | Odense | | Rahm | 257 | 1–0–0–1 | 3 | Report | 3 | 17 September | Odense | 2–3 | Hvidovre | OT | Rahm | 904 | 1–0–1–1 | 4 | Report | 4 | 19 September | Rødovre | 2–0 | Odense | | Rahm | 658 | 1–0–1–2 | 4 | Report | 5 | 22 September | Odense | 5–2 | Frederikshavn | | Rahm | 1,282 | 2–0–1–2 | 7 | Report | 6 | 24 September | Frederikshavn | 2–3 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,034 | 3–0–1–2 | 10 | Report | 7 | 26 September | Herlev | 5–4 | Odense | OT | Lauridsen | 515 | 3–0–2–2 | 11 | Report | 8 | 29 September | Odense | 7–3 | Esbjerg | | Rahm | 1,504 | 4–0–2–2 | 14 | Report | |
October: 3–1–0–2, 14 Points (home: 3–1–0–1 ; road: 2–0–0–1) | # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts | Report | 9 | 1 October | Herning | 2–4 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,736 | 5–0–2–2 | 17 | Report | 10 | 13 October | Aalborg | 4–1 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,819 | 5–0–2–3 | 17 | Report | 11 | 17 October | Odense | 3–2 | Gentofte | SO | Rahm | 1,140 | 5–1–2–3 | 19 | Report | 12 | 24 October | Odense | 1–5 | Rødovre | | Rahm | 837 | 5–1–2–4 | 19 | Report | 13 | 27 October | Odense | 2–0 | Rungsted | | Rahm | 1,402 | 6–1–2–4 | 22 | Report | 14 | 28 October | Rungsted | 3–4 | Odense | | Rahm | 702 | 7–1–2–4 | 25 | Report | 15 | 31 October | Odense | 5–1 | Herlev | | Rahm | 789 | 8–1–2–4 | 28 | Report | |
November: 4–1–0–2, 14 Points (home: 1–1–0–1 ; road: 3–0–0–1) | # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts | Report | 16 | 3 November | SønderjyskE | 1–7 | Odense | | Rahm | 3,142 | 9–1–2–4 | 31 | Report | 17 | 5 November | Odense | 2–1 | Herning | OT | Rahm | 1,205 | 9–2–2–4 | 33 | Report | 18 | 14 November | Hvidovre | 2–4 | Odense | | Rahm | 425 | 10–2–2–4 | 36 | Report | 19 | 17 November | Odense | 4–0 | SønderjyskE | | Rahm | 2,567 | 11–2–2–4 | 39 | Report | 20 | 21 November | Esbjerg | 4–1 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,312 | 11–2–2–5 | 39 | Report | 21 | 24 November | Odense | 2–3 | Aalborg | | Rahm | 1,399 | 11–2–2–6 | 39 | Report | 22 | 26 November | Gentofte | 2–4 | Odense | | Rahm | 176 | 12–2–2–6 | 42 | Report | |
December: 5–0–2–3, 17 Points (home: 3–0–1–1 ; road: 2–0–1–2) | # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts | Report | 23 | 1 December | Rødovre | 3–7 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,053 | 13–2–2–6 | 45 | Report | 24 | 3 December | Frederikshavn | 1–2 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,077 | 14–2–2–6 | 48 | Report | 25 | 5 December | Odense | 4–2 | Rungsted | | Rahm | 937 | 15–2–2–6 | 51 | Report | 26 | 8 December | Herlev | 3–2 | Odense | OT | Rahm | 412 | 15–2–3–6 | 52 | Report | 27 | 12 December | Odense | 3–0 | SønderjyskE | | Rahm | 1,001 | 16–2–3–6 | 55 | Report | 28 | 15 December | Herning | 7–3 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,626 | 16–2–3–7 | 55 | Report | 29 | 16 December | Odense | 0–1 | Hvidovre | OT | Rahm | 876 | 16–2–4–7 | 56 | Report | 30 | 19 December | Odense | 4–2 | Esbjerg | | Rahm | 996 | 17–2–4–7 | 59 | Report | 31 | 22 December | Aalborg | 6–2 | Odense | | Rahm | 2,003 | 17–2–4–8 | 59 | Report | 32 | 30 December | Odense | 2–3 | Rødovre | | Rahm | 1,825 | 17–2–4–9 | 59 | Report | |
January: 3–0–2–5, 11 Points (home: 2–0–1–2 ; road: 1–0–1–3) | # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts | Report | 33 | 2 January | Odense | 4–5 | Frederikshavn | SO | Rahm | 777 | 17–2–5–9 | 60 | Report | 34 | 5 January | Rungsted | 5–0 | Odense | | Rahm | 852 | 17–2–5–10 | 60 | Report | 35 | 7 January | Odense | 3–2 | Herlev | | Rahm | 812 | 18–2–5–10 | 63 | Report | 36 | 9 January | SønderjyskE | 4–3 | Odense | SO | Rahm | 2,372 | 18–2–6–10 | 64 | Report | 37 | 12 January | Odense | 3–1 | Gentofte | | Rahm | 1,725 | 19–2–6–10 | 67 | Report | 38 | 14 January | Odense | 2–3 | Herning | | Rahm | 1,088 | 19–2–6–11 | 67 | Report | 39 | 16 January | Hvidovre | 1–4 | Odense | | Rahm | 432 | 20–2–6–11 | 70 | Report | 40 | 23 January | Esbjerg | 3–1 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,134 | 20–2–6–12 | 70 | Report | 41 | 26 January | Odense | 1–4 | Aalborg | | Rahm | 1,416 | 20–2–6–13 | 70 | Report | 42 | 28 January | Gentofte | 2–1 | Odense | | Rahm | 382 | 20–2–6–14 | 70 | Report | |
February: 2–0–1–5, 7 Points (home: 1–0–1–2 ; road: 1–0–0–3) | # | Date | Home | Score | Visitor | OT | Decision | Attendance | Record | Pts | Report | 43 | 1 February | Rødovre | 6–0 | Odense | | Rahm | 2,645 | 20–2–6–15 | 70 | Report | 44 | 6 February | Frederikshavn | 3–7 | Odense | | Rahm | 1,243 | 21–2–6–15 | 73 | Report | 45 | 9 February | Odense | 2–3 | Rungsted | OT | Rahm | 1,622 | 21–2–7–15 | 74 | Report | 46 | 11 February | Herlev | 6–2 | Odense | | Rahm | 420 | 21–2–7–16 | 74 | Report | 47 | 20 February | Odense | 2–5 | SønderjyskE | | Toivonen | 1,494 | 21–2–7–17 | 74 | Report | 48 | 23 February | Herning | 8–2 | Odense | | Toivonen | 1,815 | 21–2–7–18 | 74 | Report | 49 | 25 February | Odense | 2–1 | Hvidovre | | Toivonen | 998 | 22–2–7–18 | 77 | Report | 50 | 27 February | Odense | 1–6 | Esbjerg | | Toivonen | 777 | 22–2–7–19 | 77 | Report | Legend: Win (3 points) Overtime/Shootout win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point) |
Player statistics
Updated 25 January
Skaters
Regular Season[12] Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | Dale Mitchell | 47 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 0 | 73 | Søren Nielsen | 45 | 18 | 20 | 38 | +6 | 36 | Anthony Camara | 27 | 15 | 22 | 37 | +3 | 114 | Rasmus Bjerrum | 46 | 10 | 19 | 29 | –7 | 28 | Sebastian Ehlers | 44 | 5 | 21 | 26 | –1 | 16 | Jacob Johnston | 48 | 10 | 15 | 25 | –9 | 36 | Yannick Vedel | 48 | 13 | 9 | 22 | +2 | 12 | Martin Larsen | 48 | 8 | 12 | 20 | +11 | 92 | Nick Walters | 48 | 5 | 14 | 19 | +12 | 24 | Henrik Nielsen | 39 | 7 | 10 | 17 | +9 | 30 | Dylan Walchuk | 48 | 3 | 13 | 16 | –6 | 20 | Jonas Hansen | 48 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +2 | 12 | Andreas Pedersen | 48 | 1 | 10 | 11 | –6 | 30 | Asger Petersen | 40 | 4 | 4 | 8 | +2 | 6 | Ned Lukacevic | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | +6 | –5 | Jamie Lewis | 30 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –1 | 24 | Mads Schaarup | 48 | 1 | 6 | 7 | –6 | 45 | Nicolai Eriksen | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –2 | 9 | Frederik Sørensen | 40 | 2 | 2 | 4 | –8 | 32 | Rasmus Knudsen | 23 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 10 | Jakob Wittendorf | 42 | 3 | 0 | 3 | –2 | 2 | Lucas Bjerre Rasmussen | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | Christian Larsen | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 10 | | |
Goaltenders
Player of the Month
- September: Søren Nielsen
- October: Robin Rahm
- November: Dale Mitchell
- December: Yannick Vedel
- January: Robin Rahm
- February: Ned Lukacevic
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