Esbjerg IK is an ice hockey team in Esbjerg

Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party...

, Denmark

Denmark

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. They play in the AL-Bank Ligaen, the top level of ice hockey in Denmark. They have played their home games at Esbjerg Skøjtehal since 1976.

History

Esbjerg IK was founded on November 4, 1964, however, there was already an ice hockey team in Esbjerg

Esbjerg

Esbjerg Municipality is a municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. Its mayor is Johnny Søtrup, from the Venstre political party...

 before they were founded. With five Danish championships, and ten runner-ups, they are one of the most successful Danish clubs.

They took part in the IIHF European Champions Cup

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 several times. In the 1969-70 season, the club was defeated by EV Fussen

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 6-1, and 9-2. In the 1988-89 European Cup, they participated in a group with HC Dosza Ujpest

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, Dynamo Berlin

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, and CSKA Moscow

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. They lost 4-2 to Ujpest, 8-3 to Berlin, and 21-1 to Moscow. Esbjerg also participated in the IIHF Continental Cup in 1998 and 2005.

After the 2004-05 season, the professional license of the club was taken over from the football club, Esbjerg fB.r. The new team competes in the AL-Bank Ligaen as EfB Ishockey, while Esbjerg IK only consists of a youth department and amateur's department.

Achievements

• Danish champion (5): 1969, 1988, 1993, 1996, 2004
• Danish runner-up (10): 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997
• Danish Cup winner (1): 1993

Notable Players

• Ismo Kuoppala
• Philip Larsen
• Evan Marble
• Timothy Regan
• Jukka Vilander