2014–15 Odense Bulldogs season

2014–15 Odense Bulldogs
2014–15 record	23–12–1
Home record	13–4–0
Road record	10–8–1
Goals for	118
Goals against	87
Team information
General Manager	Thomas Nielsen
Coach	Brad Gratton
Captain	Morten Andreasen
Alternate captains	Mads Schaarup Michael Daugulis
Arena	Bryggeriet Vestfyens Arena
Average attendance	3,280
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan McDonough (24)
Assists	Dale Mitchell (25)
Points	Ryan McDonough (46)
Penalties in minutes	Dale Mitchell (160)
Goals against average	Chet Pickard (2.65)
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The 2014–15 Odense Bulldogs season was the 24th season in the Danish Hockey League since the team was promoted in 1990. The team has completed 26 transfers, 13 in and 13 out. They have furthermore got a new General Manager, Brad Gratton, who switched from the league rivals from Rødovre Mighty Bulls.

Bulldogs finished as number 4 in the general classification, after a long period sitting in first place. They got knockout out in the quarter-finals by Esbjerg Energy.

Regular season

League table

As of 24 February 2015.

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Herning	36	24	0	6	6	145	95	78
2.	SønderjyskE	36	21	2	5	8	133	90	72
3.	Frederikshavn	36	21	2	3	10	124	87	70
4.	Odense	36	17	6	1	12	118	97	64
5.	Esbjerg	36	15	6	2	13	146	125	59
6.	Rødovre	36	15	3	2	16	103	106	53
7.	Rungsted	36	14	2	1	19	110	130	47
8.	Aalborg	36	11	5	2	18	105	112	45
9.	Herlev	36	6	4	3	23	66	124	29
10.	Gentofte	36	5	1	6	24	83	167	23

2014–15 Game Log: 23–12–1, 64 Points (Home: 13–4–0; Road: 10–8–1)
September: 1–2–0, 3 Points (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 19 September SønderjyskE 5–2 Odense Pickard 2,256 0–1–0 0 Recap 2 26 September Odense 3–2 Rødovre Pickard 1,526 1–1–0 3 Recap 3 30 September Gentofte 4–2 Odense Pickard 316 1–2–0 3 Recap
October: 6–1–0, 12 Points (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 4 3 October Odense 3–2 Herlev Pickard 1,404 2–2–0 6 Recap 5 10 October Odense 1–5 Aalborg Pickard 1,777 2–3–0 6 Recap 6 17 October Rungsted 1–3 Odense Pickard 1,028 3–3–0 9 Recap 7 18 October Odense 5–4 Esbjerg SO Pickard 1,247 4–3–0 11 Recap 8 24 October Herning 2–3 Odense OT Pickard 1,676 5–3–0 13 Recap 9 26 October Odense 3–2 SønderjyskE OT Pickard 1,517 6–3–0 15 Recap 10 31 October Odense 6–4 Frederikshavn Pickard 2,017 7–3–0 18 Recap
November: 6–0–0, 17 Points (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 11 November Rødovre 2–3 Odense OT Pickard 2,892 8–3–0 20 Recap 12 14 November Odense 6–2 Gentofte Pickard 1,921 9–3–0 23 Recap 13 18 November Herlev 2–4 Odense Pickard 412 10–3–0 26 Recap 14 21 November Odense 4–3 Aalborg Pickard 2,218 11–3–0 29 Recap 15 26 November Esbjerg 1–4 Odense Pickard 888 12–3–0 32 Recap 16 28 November Odense 3–2 Herning Pickard 2,150 13–3–0 35 Recap
December: 5–2–0, 15 Points (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 3–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 17 5 December Frederikshavn 4–2 Odense Pickard 3,180 13–4–0 35 Recap 18 12 December SønderjyskE 1–4 Odense Pickard 3,011 14–4–0 38 Recap 19 14 December Odense 6–1 Rødovre Pickard 1,783 15–4–0 41 Recap 20 19 December Gentofte 4–3 Odense Pickard 266 15–5–0 41 Recap 21 27 December Aalborg 1–2 Odense Pickard 3,496 16–5–0 44 Recap 22 28 December Odense 3–0 Herlev Pickard 2,633 17–5–0 47 Recap 23 30 December Rungsted 0–6 Odense Pickard 1,560 18–5–0 50 Recap
January: 4–3–1, 12 Points (Home: 4–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 6 January Odense 3–2 Esbjerg Pickard 1,504 19–5–0 53 Recap 25 9 January Odense 3–1 Rungsted Pickard 2,153 20–5–0 56 Recap 26 13 January Herning 3–2 Odense Pickard 1,407 20–6–0 56 Recap 27 16 January Odense 2–0 Frederikshavn Pickard 2,327 21–6–0 59 Recap 28 23 January Rødovre 2–1 Odense OT Pickard 1,964 21–6–1 60 Recap 29 27 January Odense 5–4 Gentofte SO Pickard 1,537 22–6–1 62 Recap 30 30 January Herlev 4–3 Odense Pickard 347 22–7–1 62 Recap 31 31 January Odense 1–4 SønderjyskE Pickard 2,831 22–8–1 62 Recap
February: 1–4–0, 2 Points (Home: 0–2–0 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Home Score Visitor OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 32 10 February Aalborg 5–6 Odense SO Pickard 998 23–8–1 64 Recap 33 13 February Odense 2–4 Rungsted Pickard 1,954 23–9–1 64 Recap 34 15 February Esbjerg 5–4 Odense Pickard 1,073 23–10–1 64 Recap 35 20 February Odense 2–5 Herning Pickard 2,793 23–11–1 64 Recap 36 24 February Frederikshavn 6–4 Odense Pickard 1,644 23–12–1 64 Recap Legend:   Win (3 points)   Overtime/Shootout win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/Shootout loss (1 point)