The Herlev Hornets were a

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professional ice hockey team playing in the top Danish

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

league AL-Bank Ligaen. The team is located in the

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Herlev Herlev is a suburb about 9 km northwest of Copenhagen city centre. It is the site of the municipal council of Herlev Municipality, Denmark. Sports Herlev is the hometown of former Vancouver Canuck Jannik Hansen. Herlev is known for its ...

. In 2011, the team returned to the top Danish league following a two-year hiatus due to financial problems. The team's new moniker is Eagles, having previously been known as Hornets. The team is coached by Finn

Juha Riihijärvi Juha Riihijärvi (born 15 December 1969 in Keminmaa, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey left winger who played his last season for Bolzano-Bozen Foxes in Italian Serie A. Playing career Career in Finland Juha Riihijärvi played 4 sea ...

. Following the team's return to the top flight in Danish hockey, former Herlev players and Danish national team players

Kim Staal Kim Staal (born March 10, 1978) is a Danish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Eagles. Despite his surname, he is not related to the Staal family of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, which consists of hockey playing br ...

Thor Dresler Thor Dresler (born 10 March 1979 in Herlev) is a Danish former professional ice hockey player and current ice hockey coach who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Champion ...

and

Frederik Storm Frederik Storm (born 20 February 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He participated at the 2011 IIHF World Championship as a member of the Denmark men's natio ...

returned to play for the team.

Former players

Mika Alatalo Mika Antero Alatalo (born June 11, 1971 in Oulu, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey forward. Playing career He played 152 games in the National Hockey League for the Phoenix Coyotes. He has most recently played for Herlev Hornets a ...

Nichlas Hardt Nichlas Hardt (born 6 July 1988) is a Danish professional ice hockey Forward who currently plays for the Linköpings HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Hardt was selected Rookie of the Year in the Danish ice hockey league in ...

Daniel Patrick Höhl Daniel Patrick Höhl (born 25 December 1985) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Hvidovre Ligahockey. Career This Danish player came to Skellefteå Skellefteå (, locally ) is a city in Västerbotten County, S ...

* Mikko Niemi *

Kai Nurminen Kai Ilmari Nurminen (born March 29, 1969) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward, who last played with Herlev Hornets in the Danish Oddset Ligaen. Career Nurminen started and played most of his ice hockey career with TPS in SM-lii ...

Martin Thelander Martin Thelander (born 15 May 1981, in Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the BIK Karlskoga in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan. His former teams are Färjestad, Bofors, Södertälje, Storhamar Dragons ...

Matthew Yeats Matthew Yeats (born April 6, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played five games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 2003–04 season. The rest of his career, which lasted fr ...

External links

Official Site
Ice hockey teams in Denmark Herlev Municipality {{Denmark-sport-stub