Aalborg Pirates

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Aalborg Pirates
Aalborg Pirates logo.svg
City Aalborg, Denmark
League Metal Ligaen
Founded2012 (2012) (1967)
Home arena Bentax Isarena, Capacity: 5,000
ColoursRed, white, black
   
General manager Flag of Denmark.svg Ronny Larsen
Head coach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Garth Murray
Captain Flag of Denmark.svg Julian Jakobsen
Website www.aalborgpirates.dk

Aalborg Pirates is a professional ice hockey team (previously known as Aalborg Ishockey and AaB Ice Hockey) playing in the Danish ice hockey league, Metal Ligaen. [1] The ice hockey team first appeared in 1967 as AaB Ice Hockey organized under Aalborg Boldspilklub. They play in the Danish national league and won the Danish league championship in 1981.

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In 1997 AaB Ishockey merged with a smaller club, IK Aalborg. The merged team was known as Aalborg Ishockey Klub (AIK) in the period 1997–2003, but following financial instability in the club, the professional license was transferred to Aalborg Boldspilklub ('AaB’). The team is located in Aalborg in the northern part of Jutland and ceased operations at the end of the 2011/12 season, where it was put up for sale. [2] In 2012 the team was bought by investors with the majority of the shares owned by entrepreneur and investor Magnus Kjøller. [3] The team was replaced by a whole new team and organisation launched a "Masterplan 2018” [4]

Players

Current roster

Updated 8 September 2024.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G AgeAcquiredBirthplace
11 Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Vilstrup Andersen RW R30 2023 Herning, Denmark
26 Flag of Denmark.svg Patrick Bjorkstrand RW L32 2021 Herning, Denmark
31 Flag of Denmark.svg Marcus Bøhme Bjørn G L21 2024 Rødovre, Denmark
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Brinkman C L27 2024 Aalborg, Denmark
29 Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Brøndberg D L23 2023 Aalborg, Denmark
24 Flag of Denmark.svg Nikolaj Carstensen D L28 2017 Vojens, Denmark
97 Flag of Denmark.svg Oliver Anker Christensen C L27 2022 Aalborg, Denmark
77 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Darien Craighead RW R27 2024 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
27 Flag of Denmark.svg Sebastian Ehlers C L31 2024 Aalborg, Denmark
2 Flag of the United States.svg Darian Gotz D R24 2024 Hermantown, Minnesota, United States
6 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Gotz D R26 2024 Hermantown, Minnesota, United States
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Jonas Jakobsen RW L24 2024 Aalborg, Denmark
61 Flag of Denmark.svg Julian Jakobsen  ( C ) C L37 2016 Aalborg, Denmark
7 Flag of Russia.svg Kirill Kabanov RW R32 2019 Moscow, Russia
32 Flag of Denmark.svg Lasse Bo Knudsen  ( C ) D L28 2015 Aalborg, Denmark
87 Flag of Denmark.svg Tobias Ladehoff RW L27 2014 Aalborg, Denmark
91 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Troy Lajeunesse C L27 2024 Dokis, Ontario, Canada
18 Flag of Denmark.svg William Lund D L23 2024 Herning, Denmark
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Nikolai Nielsen D L23 2020 Aalborg, Denmark
14 Flag of Finland.svg Joonas Niemelä C L27 2024 Espoo, Finland
88 Flag of Denmark.svg Tor Ulrik Bolther Rasmussen RW L20 2023 Aalborg, Denmark
39 Flag of Denmark.svg George Sørensen G L29 2019 Herning, Denmark
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolai Weichel D L27 2024 Hørsholm, Denmark

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References

  1. ↑ "Aalborg Pirates, eliteprospects" . Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "AaB Ishockey lukker".
  3. ↑ "Enhedsvisning".
  4. ↑ "" Masterplan 2018 Aalborg Pirates et flagskib i Dansk Ishockey - "Ingen over klubben"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Aalborg Pirates". Elite Prospects.

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