Herning Blue Fox is a Danish professional ice hockey team based in Herning , Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen , the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 1947 and play their home games in the KVIK Hockey Arena which has a capacity of 4,105 spectators.
6-507: KVIK Hockey Arena is a hockey arena in Herning, Denmark. It is used by Herning Blue Fox . The complex consists of two rinks, KVIK Hockey Arena that has a capacity of 4120, where 420 of them are seats, and the new training arena that has a capacity of 200. It was decided in June 2016 that the 30 year old arena wasn't good enough as a training facility for the 2018 IIHF World Championship which
12-553: A spot in the league final. In the finals, Herning Blue Fox was set to clash with the Esbjerg Energy . In game one, Esbjerg came out victorious in a 3–2 home win. Though Herning won three straight games to take a 3–1 series lead, Esbjerg won three straight games to win the finals—their first since 2004. After his first season with Herning, Simioni left the club to join the coaching staff of the Hamburg Freezers of
18-530: Is set in Herning and Copenhagen, Denmark. The arena will be fully rebuilt and renovated for 61 million DKK for the championship. 56°09′27″N 8°58′00″E / 56.1576°N 8.9668°E / 56.1576; 8.9668 Herning Blue Fox The club has won the Danish championship 16 times with the last title coming in 2012. 2015–2016 season After the departure of long-time head coach Todd Bjorkstrand, Herning signed Mario Simioni to take
24-463: The White Hawks. In game two Herning came out victorious in a blowout 7–1 win. The White Hawks regained the series lead with a 5–2 win in game three. In game four Herning evened up the series with a 5–2 win. The White Hawks won game five 5–3 as they took back the series lead, though game six saw Herning shutout the White Hawks in a 2–0 win. Herning defeated the White Hawks 3–1 in game seven to clinch
30-406: The helm of the club. Simioni led the team to the playoffs where they faced the fifth-ranked Odense Bulldogs in the quarterfinals. Herning started the series strong with a 2–1 victory at home, though Odense then evened it up in game two, with a 3–0 shutout victory. Herning came back strong in game three as they dominated Odense in a 6–1 road win. Game four was a 2–1 victory to Odense, again evening up
36-473: The series. Odense took their first lead of the series as they won game five in overtime 2–1. Herning evened up the series in game six with a 2–1 victory on the road. Herning won the series, with a series-clinching 2–1 overtime win in game seven to move on to the semis. The semifinals saw the Herning Blue Fox facing the second-ranked Frederikshavn White Hawks . Game one resulted in a 3–1 home win for
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