Rungsted Ishockey Klub is a

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ice hockey club from

Rungsted Rungsted, also known as ''Rungsted Kyst'' is an affluent suburban neighborhood in Hørsholm Municipality on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The center of Hørsholm is located two kilometers west of Rungsted. At the Øresund coast is ...

. The elite team is called ''Rungsted Seier Capital''.

History

The club was founded in 1941.

Nordsjælland Cobras

The Nordsjælland Cobras was the elite team for Rungsted Ishockey Klub and played in the top Danish

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league

AL-Bank Ligaen Metal Ligaen is the premier league in Danish ice hockey. The league consists of 9 professional teams. The name of the league has changed many times, but is being sponsored by Dansk Metal and therefore got the name Metalligaen. History It is a ...

. After filing for bankruptcy at the end of the 2009-2010 season, the team was excluded from the following season. They changed name from the Rungsted Cobras to the Nordsjælland Cobras in 2004, but they are still based in

. The team won the Danish national championship in 2003. According to the club, the shortfall is due to sponsorship money that has not been paid due and the current economic crisis has left club owners unable to cover the shortfall. In an effort to help, Cobras' arch-rival

Rødovre Mighty Bulls The Rødovre Mighty Bulls is a Danish professional ice hockey team based in Rødovre, Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 1961 and play their home games in the Rødovre Skøjte Arena w ...

has announced it will play an exhibition game during the national team break (now through February 10) against the Cobras, with all proceeds going to the Cobras. On 7 April 2011 they announced that they will delay their comeback to AL-Bank Ligaen by a year.

Squad 2018-19

''Goaltenders'' ''Defenders'' *4 Joachim Holten *13 Casper Brandis *47 Thomas Johnsen ''Forwards'' *10 Nick Samsøe *12 Lasse Degn *18 Kasper Weis *22

Andreas Sabroe Andreas Sabroe (born 22 December 1982) is a Danish ice hockey player currently playing for the Nordsjælland Cobras in the Oddset Ligaen. Sabroe began his career with the Gladsaxe Bears in 1999. He moved to Rungsted IK Rungsted Ishockey Klub is ...

Staff

* ''Head Coach:'' Gunnar Leidborg

Former players

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* Peter Becher Nielsen * Fraser Clair *

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* Kasper Degn * Lasse Degn * Kerry Ellis-Toddington * Magnus Eriksson * Milan Gajic * Emil Jensen * Anders Joensen * Niklas Karmhag * Tobias Kisum * Grady Moore * Peter Nielsen * Mikko Niinikoski * Johan Olsson * Nicklas Plambeck * Christoffer Rasmussen * Mattias Remstam * Jonathan Sjölund * Daniel Wallin * John Wikström

References

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External links

official website, Rungsted Ishockey Klubofficial website, Rungsted Seier Capital
Ice hockey teams in Denmark Ice hockey teams in the Øresund Region