SønderjyskE Ishockey

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SønderjyskE Ishockey
City	Vojens, Denmark
League	Metal Ligaen
Founded	January 1, 2004
Home arena	Frøs Arena cap. 5,000 (2,000 seats)
Colours	Light blue, dark blue, white
General manager	Kim Lykkeskov
Head coach	Anders Førster
Captain	David Madsen
Website	www.soenderjyske.dk
Home colours Away colours
Franchise history
1963–1997	Vojens Ishockey Klub
1997–2003	Vojens Lions
2003–2004	IK Sønderjylland
2004–present	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.

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.

Danish Championship
Gold (10 titles): 1978-79, 1979-80, 1981-82, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2023–24
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 (5 titles): 2009-10, 2010–11, 2012-13, 2020-21, 2023–24
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

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
91		Valdemar Ahlberg	C	L	26	2022	Copenhagen, Denmark
61		Anders Biel	C	L	23	2018	Fredericia, Denmark
17		Jonas Borring	F	L	21	2021	Vojens, Denmark
27		Mathias Borring	F	L	23	2018	Vojens, Denmark
25		William Boysen	RW	R	27	2020	Rungsted, Denmark
14		Gabriel Desjardins (A)	LW	L	32	2022	Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
92		Søren Dietz-Larsen	D	R	25	2024	Vojens, Denmark
42		Oskar Drugge	D	R	32	2023	Luleå, Sweden
66		Joseph Jonsson	C	L	27	2024	Landsbro, Sweden
3		Mathias Kløve	C	L	19	2022	Haderslev, Denmark
11		Nikolaj Krag	F	L	26	2022	Rødovre, Denmark
18		Daniel Kønig	D	L	29	2011	Vojens, Denmark
7		Rasmus Lyø (A)	D	L	30	2018	Odense, Denmark
82		David Madsen (C)	C	R	25	2023	Vojens, Denmark
48		Gustav Nielsen	D	L	25	2023	Hudiksvall, Sweden
86		Oliver Nielsen	D	L	18	2024	Haderslev, Denmark
15		Jacob Panetta	D	L	28	2024	Belleville, Ontario, Canada
75		William Pelletier	C	R	32	2023	Lévis, Quebec, Canada
33		Mattias Pettersson	G	L	33	2023	Halmstad, Sweden
39		Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup	RW	R	26	2023	Charlottenlund, Denmark
88		Oscar Schulze	D	L	24	2023	Rungsted, Denmark
1		Tobias Vilykke	G	L	19	2023	Kastrup, Denmark
29		Alexander Wiklund	LW	L	33	2024	Piteå, Sweden

• 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.