The Superisligaen, known as the Metal Ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Denmark.

Teams from the Superisligaen can participate in the IIHF's annual Champions Hockey League (CHL), competing for the European Trophy.

The teams rely mostly on foreign talent, but there are still a lot of skilled professional Danish players.

Despite the introduction of a salary cap as well as a limit to the number of import players allowed, several teams have struggled financially in recent years.

As a result, the Herlev Hornets and the Rungsted Cobras have withdrawn from the league, reducing the number of active teams from 10 to 8.

On 18 June 2016, it was made clear that the foreign player limit of 8 was against EU law and was therefore removed.

The 2016–17 season was the first time, since 2009, that a Danish ice hockey team could have an unlimited number of foreign players.

[1] The salary cap was created in order to regulate the league, and was 6 million DKK for the 2016–17 season .

Hvidovre Fighters, who had previously left the league in 2013 because of bankruptcy, got their submitted papers approved, making them the 11th team of the 2017/18 season.

The Danish hockey league is structured so that the teams meet 5 times, making the seasons after 2014 45 games long.