SønderjyskE Ishockey

SønderjyskE Ishockey is a professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish ice hockey league Metal Ligaen. The team is part of SønderjyskE which is a sports umbrella with football, handball and ice hockey teams. The team plays home games in Vojens, a small town in the southernmost part of Jutland. SønderjyskE is the only team in Denmark which home arena has a narrow sized rink (common in North America and the NHL), whereas all other rinks in the country are standard IIHF sized rinks. Most of the club's foreign players are also originating from North America.

History

Vojens Ishockey Klub (VIK) was founded January 5, 1963 by Jens Peder Hansen on Fuglesøen, at that time an icy lake in Vojens. In 25 years Jens Peder Hansen ran the club as chairman. In the early years he was goalie and later coach for the elite team.

In 1965 the club was promoted to the top league in Denmark - 1. Division. In 1973 the club started to play indoor in the new Vojens Skøjtehal. After winning 3 championships with key players as Egon Kahl, Steen Schou, and George Galbraith, the club began to struggle in the 1980s and was relegated in 1987. Promotion in 1989 was followed by relegation the next year, but since 1992 the club has played in the top league in Denmark. Since 2004 as part of the SønderjyskE organisation.

SønderjyskE as an organisation was formed in 2004. In the 2003-04 season the hockey club was named IK Sønderjylland, from 1997 to 2003 Vojens Lions and prior to this Vojens Ishockey Klub (founded 1963). VIK still is the owner of the league license and runs the amateur teams in the club. In January 2011 the team moved to the new Syd Energi Arena (5,000 spectators, in 2018 named Frøs Arena) that is built in connection to their secondary arena Vojens Skøjtehal (2,300).^[1]

The top goalscorer and point leader in the club is Egon Kahl (373 goals and 309 assist (682 points) in 470 games). Kim Lykkeskov is the record holder for most games played (811 games). Former goalie Alfie Michaud has picked up several club records and in 2010 a Danish league record for time played without goals against. From 28/09/10-02/11/10 Alfie Michaud managed to play 360 minutes and 58 seconds without any goals against.

Achievements

Danish Championship
Gold (9 titles): 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15
Silver: (1 placing) 2018-19
Bronze: (7 placings) 1968-69, 1970-71, 1977-78, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2010-11, 2011-12

Danish Cup
Winners (4 titles): 2009-10, 2010–11, 2012-13, 2020-21
Runner-up (2 placings): 1998-99, 2013-14, 2014–15

Continental Cup
Gold (1 title): 2019-20
Bronze (1 placing): 2010-11

Champions Hockey League
Group Phase (2 placings): 2014-15, 2015-16

Players

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No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
31		Patrick Galbraith	G	L	37	2018	Vojens, Denmark
95		Nicolaj Henriksen	G	L	28	2019	Esbjerg, Denmark
5		Mike Little (C)	D	R	36	2019	Enfield, Connecticut
7		Rasmus Lyø	D	L	29	2018	Odense, Denmark
18		Daniel Hansen	D	L	29	2011	Vojens, Denmark
22		Daniel Galbraith	D	L	32	2011	Vojens, Denmark
56		Oliver Gatz	D	L	25	2019	Aalborg, Denmark
67		Kasper Diedrichsen	D	L	22	2019	Vojens, Denmark
68		Andreas Holzmann	D	L	22	2018	Vojens, Denmark
77		Matt Prapavessis	D	R	32	2020	Oakville, Ontario
4		Yannick Vedel	W	L	29	2020	Gentofte, Denmark
9		Cam Brown	C	L	30	2020	Natick, Massachusetts
10		Victor Rollin Carlsson (A)	C	L	34	2020	Uppsala, Sweden
11		Daniel Nielsen	LW	L	25	2019	Vojens, Denmark
12		Emil Bejmo	C/LW	L	34	2020	Karlstad, Sweden
19		Martin Eskildsen	LW	L	28	2015	Vojens, Denmark
20		Mads Eller		L	28	2020	Rødovre, Denmark
21		Anders Førster	C/LW	L	35	2015	Gentofte, Denmark
25		William Boysen	RW	R	26	2020	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
60		Steffen Frank (A)	W	L	34	2017	Haderslev, Denmark
61		Anders Biel	C/RW	L	22	2018	Vojens, Denmark
62		Mathias Hansen	W	L	22	2018	Vojens, Denmark
69		Mikkel Jensen	W	L	22	2020	Vojens, Denmark
81		Brendan Harms	C/RW	R	29	2020	Steinbach, Manitoba
		Alex Rauter	LW	L	29	2021	Chatham, New Jersey, United States

Updated February 1, 2021.^[2]

Coaches

Nationality	Name	Role	Place of birth
	Mario Simioni	Head Coach	Canada

Updated February 1, 2021.^[3]

Notable players

• Egon Kahl
• George Galbraith
• Børge Gerber
• Ole Eriksen
• Bent Madsen
• Hans Lundgaard
• Torben Uldall
• Karsten Mikkelsen
• Steen Schou
• Frank Møller
• Bo Dietz-Larsen
• Søren Gerber
• Kim Foder
• Jan Jensen
• Søren "Tiffi" Nielsen
• Patrick Galbraith
• Kim Lykkeskov
• Pierre St. Onge
• Dusan Gregor
• Libor Herold
• James Richmond
• Mario Simioni
• Aleksandrs Semjonovs
• Todd Sparks
• Ian Hebert
• Dean Fedorchuk
• Brian Greer
• Chris Bartolone
• Magnus Lindqvist
• Stefan Nyman
• Jonas Vesterlund
• Brad Rooney
• Todd Reirden
• Eric Bertrand
• Dan Ceman
• Daryl Andrews
• Alfie Michaud

Notable coaches

• Harald Baklund
• Mario Simioni

References

• Søvsø, Michael og Per Jessen: Vojens på isen - en krønike om et ishockeyhold (2008). ISBN 978-87-992827-0-8.
• Søvsø, Michael og Per Jessen: Vojens på isen - Den nye æra (2017). ISBN 978-87-97024-60-7.