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{{Short description|Ice hockey team}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox hockey team
| team = Aalborg Pirates
| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#A24C47 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid;
| colour_text = #000000
| logo = Aalborg Pirates logo.svg
| logosize = 230px
| city = [[Aalborg]], Denmark
| league = [[Metal Ligaen]]
| founded = {{Start date|2012}} (1967)
| folded = 
| operated=
| arena= [[Gigantium|Bentax Isarena]], Capacity: 5,000
| colours= Red, white, black<br>{{Color box|#A24C47}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}} {{Color box|#000000}}
| GM = {{Flagicon|DNK}} [[Ronny Larsen]]
| coach= {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Garth Murray]] 
| captain ={{Flagicon|DNK}} [[Julian Jakobsen]] 
| website        = [http://aalborgpirates.dk/ www.aalborgpirates.dk]
}} 
The '''Aalborg Pirates''' are a professional [[ice hockey]] team (previously known as '''Aalborg Ishockey''' and '''AaB Ice Hockey''') playing in the Danish ice hockey league, [[Metal Ligaen]].<ref name="es">{{cite web |url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=134 |title=Aalborg Pirates, eliteprospects|access-date=22 February 2016 }}</ref> The ice hockey team first appeared in 1967 as '''AaB Ice Hockey''' organized under [[Aalborg Boldspilklub]]. They play in the Danish national league and won the Danish league championship in 1981.

In 1997 AaB Ishockey merged with a smaller club, IK Aalborg. The merged team was known as Aalborg Ishockey Klub (AIK) in the period 1997–2003, but following financial instability in the club, the professional [[license]] was transferred to [[Aalborg Boldspilklub]] ('''AaB’''). The team is located in [[Aalborg]] in the northern part of [[Jutland]] and ceased operations at the end of the 2011/12 season, where it was put up for sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv2nord.dk/nyheder/01-02-2012/1930/aab-ishockey-lukker|title=AaB Ishockey lukker}}</ref> In 2012 the team was bought by investors with the majority of the shares owned by entrepreneur and investor [[Magnus Kjøller]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://datacvr.virk.dk/data/visenhed?enhedstype=virksomhed&id=34464294&soeg=34464294|title=Enhedsvisning}}</ref> The team was replaced by a whole new team and organisation launched a "Masterplan 2018”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.aalborgpirates.dk/upload/File/Masterplan_hjemmeside.pdf|title=“ Masterplan 2018 Aalborg Pirates et flagskib i Dansk Ishockey - “Ingen over klubben"|access-date=2017-06-01|archive-date=2015-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319060314/http://static.aalborgpirates.dk/upload/File/Masterplan_hjemmeside.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Players==

===Current roster===
<small>Updated 8 September 2024.</small>
{{Ice hockey team roster}}
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{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Thomas Vilstrup | last = Andersen | dab = | num = 11 | pos = RW | nat = DEN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1994 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2023-24 Metal Ligaen season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Herning, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Patrick | last = Bjorkstrand | dab = | num = 26 | pos = RW | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 1 | acq = [[2021-22 Metal Ligaen season|2021]] | birthplace = [[Herning, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Marcus Bøhme | last = Bjørn | dab = | num = 31 | pos = G | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 12 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Rødovre, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Sebastian | last = Brinkman | dab = | num = 2 | pos = C | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 3 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jonas | last = Brøndberg | dab = | num = 29 | pos = D | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 25 | acq = [[2023-24 Metal Ligaen season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Nikolaj | last = Carstensen | dab = | num = 24 | pos = D | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2017-18 Metal Ligaen season|2017]] | birthplace = [[Vojens|Vojens, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Oliver Anker | last = Christensen | dab = | num = 97 | pos = C | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 16 | acq = [[2022-23 Metal Ligaen season|2022]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Darien | last = Craighead | dab = | num = 77 | pos = RW | nat = CAN | s/g = R | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 7 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Surrey, British Columbia]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Sebastian | last = Ehlers | dab = | num = 27 | pos = C | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Darian | last = Gotz | dab = | num = 2 | pos = D | nat = USA | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 19 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Hermantown, Minnesota]], [[United States]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Eric | last = Gotz | dab = | num = 6 | pos = D | nat = USA | s/g = R | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 23 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Hermantown, Minnesota]], [[United States]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Jonas | last = Jakobsen | dab = | num = 9 | pos = RW | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 9 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Julian | last = Jakobsen | dab = | num = 61 | pos = C | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1987 | birthmonth = 4 | birthday = 11 | acq = [[2016-17 Metal Ligaen season|2016]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Kirill | last = Kabanov | dab = | num = 7 | pos = RW | nat = RUS | s/g = R | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 16 | acq = [[2019-20 Metal Ligaen season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Moscow, Russia]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Lasse Bo | last = Knudsen | dab = | num = 32 | pos = D | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 21 | acq = [[2015-16 Metal Ligaen season|2015]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Tobias | last = Ladehoff | dab = | num = 87 | pos = RW | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 30 | acq = [[2014-15 Metal Ligaen season|2014]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Troy | last = Lajeunesse | dab = | num = 91 | pos = C | nat = CAN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 20 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Dokis First Nation|Dokis, Ontario]], [[Canada]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = William | last = Lund | dab = | num = 18 | pos = D | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 8 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Herning, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Nikolai | last = Nielsen | dab = | num = 4 | pos = D | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 6 | acq = [[2020-21 Metal Ligaen season|2020]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Joonas | last = Niemelä | dab = | num = 14 | pos = C | nat = FIN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 14 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Espoo, Finland]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Tor Ulrik Bolther | last = Rasmussen | dab = | num = 88 | pos = RW | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 2 | acq = [[2023-24 Metal Ligaen season|2023]] | birthplace = [[Aalborg, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = George | last = Sørensen | dab = | num = 39 | pos = G | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1995 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 15 | acq = [[2019-20 Metal Ligaen season|2019]] | birthplace = [[Herning, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player
| first = Nicolai | last = Weichel | dab = | num = 8 | pos = D | nat = DEN | s/g = L | birthyear = 1997 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 6 | acq = [[2024-25 Metal Ligaen season|2024]] | birthplace = [[Hørsholm|Hørsholm, Denmark]] | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

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==Historic results==
* Season 1990/91: Ranked number 2.<ref name="eliteprospects.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=134|title=Aalborg Pirates|website=Elite Prospects}}</ref>
* Season 1991/92: Ranked number 2.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1992/93: Ranked number 6.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1993/94: Ranked number 3.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1994/95: Ranked number 4.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1995/96: Ranked number 10.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1996/97: Ranked number 8.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1997/98: Ranked number 10.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1998/99: Ranked number 9.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 1999/00: Ranked number 7.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2000/01: Ranked number 8.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2001/02: Ranked number 10.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2002/03: Ranked number 6.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2003/04: AaB won silvermedals losing to [[EfB (Ice hockey)|Esbjerg]]<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2004/05: AaB won silvermedals losing to [[Herning Blue Fox]]<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2005/06: AaB won the silvermedals in the 2005–06 season, losing to [[SønderjyskE (Ice Hockey)|SønderjyskE]] in the final by 4 games to 2.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2006/07: AaB was eliminated in the quarterfinal losing to [[Odense Bulldogs]]<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2008/09: AaB finished the regular season in 9th (only behind Frederikshavn by a goal difference of 1). But due to the bankruptcy of TOTEMPO HvIK were promoted up to 8th and qualified for the finals, they were eliminated in the quarterfinal by top seed and eventual silver medalists [[Herning Blue Fox]]<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2009/10: AaB won the silver medals, losing the best of 7 final in 4 games to [[SønderjyskE (Ice Hockey)|SønderjyskE]]<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2010/11: Ranked number 4.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2011/12: Ranked number 5.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2012/13: Ranked number 3.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2013/14: Ranked number 3.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2014/15: Ranked number 8.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2015/16: Ranked number 8.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>
* Season 2016/17: Ranked number 1.<ref name="eliteprospects.com"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{AaB}}
{{AL-Bank Ligaen}}
{{Aalborg}}
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