Danish national ice hockey team
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The Danish men's national hockey team is the national ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team for Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. The team is controlled by Danmarks Ishockey Union
Danmarks Ishockey Union
Danmarks Ishockey Union, or DIU is the name of the Danish ice hockey federation.-External links:* Meltzer, Bill. . Retrieved 05-02-07.* at IIHF.com...

. As of 2007 the Danish team was ranked 12th in the IIHF World Ranking
IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the national teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation.The system was approved by the IIHF congress in September 2003...

s. After not qualifying for a world championship since 1949, Denmark surprised many in 2003 by finishing in 11th place, including a tie game against that year's champions Canada
Canadian national men's hockey team
The Canadian national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Canada. The team is overseen by Hockey Canada, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and participates in international competitions. From 1920 until 1963, Canada's international representation was by senior...

. Denmark currently has 4,255 players (0.07% of its population). Their coach is Swede Per Bäckman
Per Bäckman
Per Ole Bäckman is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player, now coach. He is currently the head coach of the Danish national team. He was the coach for Färjestads BK when they won the Swedish Championship in 1997...

, who replaced Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 Mike Sirant who was fired after the team finished in 12th place at the 2008 World Championships
2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition...

. Denmark once held the record for the largest loss when they were defeated by Canada in 1949, 47 - 0, only being surpassed by New Zealand who were defeated by Australia 58 - 0 in 1987.

In 2003, Denmark was back in the elite pool of the IIHF World Championships after 54 years. The Danish national hockey team scored two historic, unexpected upsets in Tampere, Finland, defeating the United States 5-2 on April 26, 2003 and tied Canada 2-2 six days later on May 2, 2003. Denmark has remained in the top division ever since. At the 2010 World Championships
2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...

 Denmark finished 8th place, which is their best ever placing to date.

2010 World Championship team

# Name Pos Club
1 Patrick Galbraith
Patrick Galbraith (ice hockey)
Patrick Galbraith is a Danish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for HC Slovan Bratislava in the Slovak Extraliga. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's national ice hockey team.Patrick's father, George Galbraith, was also an ice...

 
G   Björklöven
3 Philip Larsen  D   Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars
The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The...

4 Mads Bodker  D   Rögle BK
Rögle BK
Rögle Bandyklubb is a Swedish professional ice hockey club. They currently play in HockeyAllsvenskan, the second highest league in Sweden. The team has previously played four seasons in Elitserien between 1992–93 and 1995–96 and between 2008–09 and 2009–10....

5 Daniel Nielsen
Daniel Nielsen
Daniel Nielsen is a Danish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . He joined the Freezers after spending the majority of his professional career with Herning Blue Fox in Denmark's top league, AL-Bank Ligaen...

 
D   Herning Blue Fox
Herning Blue Fox
Herning Blue Fox is a Danish professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish ice hockey league Oddset Ligaen. The team has won the Danish championship 15 times with the last title coming in 2011.Team-Goaltenders:# Lubos Pisar# Martin Jørgensen...

6 Stefan Lassen
Stefan Lassen
Stefan Lassen is a professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for Malmö Redhawks in the HockeyAllsvenskan. Lassen began his career in Danish side Herning Blue Fox where he won the Danish Championship in 2007 and 2008. He also participated in two IIHF World Championships before joining...

 
D   Leksands IF
Leksands IF
Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Leksand has played 53 seasons in the top Swedish league – between 1951 to 2001, 2002 to 2004, and 2005–06...

7 Jesper Damgaard  D   Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...

9 Kasper Degn
Kasper Degn
Kasper Degn is a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark National men's ice hockey team.-References:...

 
F   Bietigheim-Bissingen
Bietigheim-Bissingen
Bietigheim-Bissingen is the second-largest town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany with 42,515 inhabitants in 2007. It is situated on the river Enz, close to its confluence with the Neckar, about 19 km north of Stuttgart, and 20 km south of Heilbronn.- Buildings...

12 Alexander Sundberg  F   Hvidovre
Hvidovre
Hvidovre Kommune is a municipality in Region Hovedstaden near Copenhagen on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 22 km², and has a total population of 49,380...

19 Kim Staal
Kim Staal
Kim Staal is a Danish professional ice hockey forward, currently with Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish second tier league HockeyAllsvenskan....

 
F   Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...

21 Thor Dresler
Thor Dresler
Thor Dresler is a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark National men's ice hockey team.-External links:...

 
F   Herning Blue Fox
Herning Blue Fox
Herning Blue Fox is a Danish professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish ice hockey league Oddset Ligaen. The team has won the Danish championship 15 times with the last title coming in 2011.Team-Goaltenders:# Lubos Pisar# Martin Jørgensen...

23 Kim Lykkeskov
Kim Lykkeskov
Kim Lykkeskov is a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark National men's ice hockey team.-External links:...

 
F   SønderjyskE
SønderjyskE
SønderjyskE is a Danish sport club. They have two football teams , two handball teams and an ice hockey team based in Vojens. All the teams play in South Jutland...

27 Mads Christensen
Mads Christensen (ice hockey b. 1984)
Mads Bech Christensen is a Danish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing in Denmark with the Frederikshavn White Hawks. He participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's national ice hockey team.-External links:...

 
D   Frederikshavn White Hawks
29 Morten Madsen
Morten Madsen
Morten Madsen is a Danish professional ice hockey player who has played more than 100 games in the AHL. He is currently playing with Modo Hockey in the Swedish elite league Elitserien.-Playing career:...

 
F   MODO
Modo
Modo may refer to:* Modo, Inc., a design and manufacturing firm in Hillsboro, Oregon* MoDo, Mo och Domsjö AB, a Swedish industrial corporation * Modo Hockey, a Swedish ice hockey club...

30 Frederik Andersen
Frederik Andersen
Frederik Andersen is a Danish ice hockey goaltender, who currently plays for Frölunda HC. Andersen was a member of Denmark's national men's ice hockey team that competed at the 2010 IIHF World Championship...

 
G   Frederikshavn White Hawks
33 Julian Jakobsen
Julian Jakobsen
Julian Jakobsen is a Danish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Södertälje SK of the Elitserien.-External links:...

 
F   Södertälje
Södertälje
Södertälje is a city and the seat of Södertälje Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 86,069 inhabitants in 2010.The industrial city, about south of Stockholm, is the home to truck maker Scania AB and a top 10 pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca....

40 Jesper Duus
Jesper Duus
Jesper Duus is a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark National men's ice hockey team.-References:...

 
D   Rødovre Mighty Bulls
Rødovre Mighty Bulls
Rødovre Mighty Bulls is the professional ice hockey team of the Rødovre Skating and Ice hockey Club...

44 Nichlas Hardt
Nichlas Hardt
Nichlas Hardt is a Danish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga.- Career :...

 
F   Malmö Redhawks
Malmö Redhawks
The Malmö Redhawks is an ice hockey club from Malmö, Sweden. The team is currently playing in the second highest league in Sweden, HockeyAllsvenskan. Malmö has played 16 seasons in the top Swedish league Elitserien .-History:...

51 Frans Nielsen
Frans Nielsen
Frans Nielsen is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League . He is the first Danish citizen to play in the NHL.-Playing career:...

 
F   NY Islanders
60 Mads Christensen
Mads Christensen (ice hockey b. 1987)
Mads Christensen is a Danish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Eisbären Berlin of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga . He joined Berlin from fellow DEL team, the Iserlohn Roosters on June 1, 2010....

 
D   Iserlohn Roosters
Iserlohn Roosters
The Iserlohn Roosters are a professional ice hockey team based in Iserlohn, North-Rhine-Westphalia. They are members of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga since 2000 and play their home games at the Eissporthalle Iserlohn which is also known as Eissporthalle am Seilersee. Playing nine years in the DEL the...

61 Lars Eller
Lars Eller
Lars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens organization of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft,...

 
F   Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...

84 Peter Hirsch
Peter Hirsch (ice hockey)
For the UK materials scientist, see Peter Hirsch.Peter Hirsch is a Danish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Coventry Blaze of the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Playing career:...

 
G   Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze
Coventry Blaze are an ice hockey team based in Coventry, England. They currently compete in the British Elite Ice Hockey League .-Club history:...

93 Peter Regin
Peter Regin
Peter Regin Jensen is a Danish professional ice hockey player with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by Ottawa in the third round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft...

 
F   Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators
The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...


  • Head coach:   Per Bäckman
    Per Bäckman
    Per Ole Bäckman is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player, now coach. He is currently the head coach of the Danish national team. He was the coach for Färjestads BK when they won the Swedish Championship in 1997...


Current top players

  • Mikkel Bødker
    Mikkel Bødker
    Mikkel Bødker is a Danish ice hockey right winger. He is currently playing for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. He was selected 8th overall by the Coyotes in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, making him the highest-ever drafted Danish player...

  • Lars Eller
    Lars Eller
    Lars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Montreal Canadiens organization of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft,...

  • Jannik Hansen
    Jannik Hansen
    Jannik Hansen is a Danish professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League . Hansen began playing professionally at the age of 16 with both the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the Danish league and the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish J20...

  • Philip Larsen
  • Frederik Andersen
    Frederik Andersen
    Frederik Andersen is a Danish ice hockey goaltender, who currently plays for Frölunda HC. Andersen was a member of Denmark's national men's ice hockey team that competed at the 2010 IIHF World Championship...

  • Mads Christensen
  • Nichlas Hardt
    Nichlas Hardt
    Nichlas Hardt is a Danish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga.- Career :...

  • Frans Nielsen
    Frans Nielsen
    Frans Nielsen is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League . He is the first Danish citizen to play in the NHL.-Playing career:...

  • Peter Regin
    Peter Regin
    Peter Regin Jensen is a Danish professional ice hockey player with the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by Ottawa in the third round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft...

  • Nicklas Jensen
    Nicklas Jensen
    Nicklas Jensen is a Danish junior ice hockey winger currently playing for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League...


Olympic record

  • 1920
    Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics
    Ice hockey was introduced to the Olympic Games at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The matches were played between April 23 and April 29, 1920. All matches took place in the Palais de Glace d'Anvers . The rink measured 56 to 18 meters . All games were played with seven players on each side,...

     - 2010
    Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics
    Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Hockey Place, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds. Twelve teams competed in the men's event and eight teams competed in the...

     - Did not qualify

World Championship record

  • 1930-1948: Did not participate
  • 1949- Finished in 10th place
  • 1950-1961: Did not participate
  • 1962- Finished in 14th place (6th in "Pool B")
  • 1963- Finished in 18th place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1965- Did not participate
  • 1966- Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
  • 1967- Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1969- Finished in 20th place (6th in "Pool C")
  • 1970- Finished in 19th place (5th in "Pool C")
  • 1971- Finished in 20th place (6th in "Pool C")
  • 1972- Finished in 20th place (7th in "Pool C")
  • 1973- Finished in 21st place (7th in "Pool C")
  • 1974- Did not participate
  • 1975- Finished in 20th place (6th in "Pool C")
  • 1976- Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
  • 1977- Finished in 19th place (2nd in "Pool C")
  • 1978- Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1979- Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
  • 1981- Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
  • 1982- Finished in 19th place (3rd in "Pool C")
  • 1983- Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool C")
  • 1985- Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool C")

  • 1986- Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool C")
  • 1987- Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
  • 1989- Finished in 16th place (8th in "Pool B")
  • 1990- Finished in 18th place (2nd in "Pool C")
  • 1991- Finished in 17th place (Won "Pool C")
  • 1992- Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
  • 1993- Finished in 16th place (4th in "Pool B")
  • 1994- Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
  • 1995- Finished in 17th place (5th in "Pool B")
  • 1996- Finished in 18th place (6th in "Pool B")
  • 1997- Finished in 20th place (8th in "Pool B")
  • 1998
    1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    -World Championship Group C :Played March 22-28 in Budapest, Székesfehérvár and Dunaújváros.- Group 1 :- Group 2 :- Final Round 25-28 Place :Hungary was promoted to Group B.- Consolation Round 29-32 Place :...

    - Finished in 20th place (4th in "Pool B")
  • 1999
    1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    -World Championship Group C:Played at Eindhoven and Tilburg, Netherlands April 5–11. Yugoslavia was supposed to particpate in this tournament, but was prevented by the host Dutch government.-Group 1:-Group 2:-Final Round 25-28 Place:...

    - Finished in 17th place (Won "Pool B")
  • 2000
    2000 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    -World Championship Group A :Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2001# -World Championship Group B :...

    - Finished in 21st place (5th in "Pool B")
  • 2001
    2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    -Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2002# — relegated to Division I for 2002# - Group A :Group A was played in Grenoble, France between April 16 and April 22, 2001...

    - Finished in 22nd place (3rd in "Division I, Group A")
  • 2002
    2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2002 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held between April 26 and May 11, 2002 in Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping, Sweden.It was the 66th annual event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .- Championship :...

    - Finished in 18th place (Won "Division I, Group B")
  • 2003
    2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    -Relegation round: avoids relegation by defeating 4-1 in the 2004 IIHF World Championship Far East Qualification game. and are demoted to Division I at the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.-Scoring leaders:-Goaltending leaders:-Group A:...

    - Finished in 11th place
  • 2004
    2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2004 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held April 24-May 9, 2004, in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic. Games for this Ice Hockey World Championships tournament were played at Sazka Arena and ČEZ Aréna...

    - Finished in 12th place
  • 2005
    2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2005 Men's Ice Hockey Championships were held March 7 - May 15, 2005, in 7 cities in 6 countries: Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria ; Debrecen, Hungary ; Eindhoven, the Netherlands ; Zagreb, Croatia ; Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro ; Mexico City, Mexico...

    - Finished in 14th place
  • 2006
    2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 70th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 45 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2007 competition...

    - Finished in 13th place
  • 2007
    2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    -Championship:Final standings# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # — relegated to Division I for 2008# — relegated to Division I for 2008- Group A :Final standings# — promoted to Championship for 2008# # # #...

    - Finished in 10th place
  • 2008
    2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition...

    - Finished in 12th place
  • 2009
    2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...

    - Finished in 13th place
  • 2010
    2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
    The 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...

    - Finished in 8th place
  • 2011- Finished in 11th place


All-time Record against other nations

As of May 23, 2010
Team GP W T L GF GA
55 31 6 18 244 181
58 23 4 31 207 263
31 18 2 11 133 87
53 16 5 32 144 207
48 15 6 27 118 199
13 12 0 1 177 31
24 11 4 9 110 86
25 10 3 12 81 110
20 10 1 9 77 79
30 10 1 19 95 143
17 9 3 5 65 48
19 8 4 7 71 73
27 8 3 16 82 117
16 8 2 6 86 52
7 7 0 0 50 12
6 6 0 0 42 8
9 5 3 1 34 25
4 4 0 0 50 4
12 4 0 9 29 44
9 3 2 5 16 32
22 3 1 18 46 121
3 3 0 0 24 4
5 3 0 2 16 15
9 2 2 5 19 27
2 2 0 0 15 2
14 2 0 12 33 66
1 1 0 0 8 1
2 1 0 1 10 7
5 3 0 3 11 16
4 0 1 3 6 56
2 0 0 2 2 10
4 0 0 5 6 31
7 2 0 6 18 41
7 0 0 9 11 46
8 2 0 7 11 44
10 0 0 10 21 76
17 0 0 17 26 89

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