Rødovre Mighty Bulls
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| Rødovre Mighty Bulls | |
|---|---|
| File:Rødovre Mighty Bulls logo.png | |
| City | Rødovre |
| League | Metal Ligaen |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Home arena | Rødovre Skøjte Arena (Capacity: 3,600) |
| Colors | |
| Head coach | Olaf Eller |
| Captain | Mads Eller |
| Website | mightybulls.dk |
| File:Hockey current event.svg Current season | |
The Rødovre Mighty Bulls is a Danish professional ice hockey team based in Rødovre, Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 1961 and play their home games in the Rødovre Skøjte Arena which has a capacity of 3,600 spectators.[1][2] The club has won the Danish championship 6 times in 1978, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990 and 1999.[3] From 1977 to 1979, the team was coached by Boris Kulagin, the former coach of the Soviet national ice hockey team. Kulagin joined the Danish team after getting fired as head coach of the Soviet national team following a disappointing 3rd-place finish at the 1977 World Ice Hockey Championships. Rødovre had used contacts at the Soviet Embassy in Copenhagen, asking them to find a suitable coach for the team. Much to their surprise, they received the famous World Championship winning coach. The fact that such a high level coach was sent to coach in the then lowly Danish league was seen by many as an additional form of punishment for the poor result at the 1977 World Championships. Under Kulagin's guidance, the team won their first Danish title in 1978.
Players
Current roster
Updated 6 October 2024.
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Retired numbers
| No. | Player | Position | Career |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Tommy Pedersen | D | 1970–1990 |
| 29 | Jannik Stæhr | F | 1991–1994 |
Notable former players
- Denmark Kim Andersen
- Denmark Karsten Arvidsen
- Russia Valeri Bragin
- Denmark Mads Bødker
- Denmark Mikkel Bødker
- Russia Anatoli Chistyakov
- Denmark Sebastian Dahm
- Denmark Jesper Duus
- Denmark Lars Eller
- Denmark Olaf Eller
- Denmark Bent Hansen
- Denmark Jannik Hansen
- Canada Christian Larrivée
- Italy Patrice Lefebvre
- Denmark Morten Madsen
- Denmark Tommy Pedersen
- Finland Juha Riihijärvi
- Denmark Michael Smidt
- Canada Jeremy Stevenson
Players in bold are NHL alumni.
Championships
References
- ↑ "Rødovre Mighty Bulls". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "Rødovre Skøjte Arena". Eurohockey.com. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ "History". mightybulls.dk. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
