Coach who helped Denmark beat the Canadian hockey team will leave at the end of the season

[p]"It has been an incredible journey to lead the Danish national team. Together with the players and staff, we have experienced some fantastic moments and created results that I will always be proud to have been a part of", says Mikael Gath in the press release, where he also focuses on the upcoming World Cup Championship finals in May.[/p][p][b]"The World Championships in Switzerland will be a big and important task for us, and my full focus is on gathering the team and preparing ourselves as best as possible for the tournament",[/b] he says.[/p][p]The Danish Ice Hockey Union has not yet found a replacement, but that work starts now, says the federation.[/p][p][b]The highlight under Gath's leadership came at the World Championships on home soil in 2025, where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/2mX8FleU/"]Denmark[/a], by beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/canada/dSsR389c/"]Canada[/a] in the quarter-finals, played its way into a World Championship semi-final, and Gath also managed to qualify Denmark for the Winter Olympics in Milan.[/b][/p][p]"Mikael has had a great impact on the national team during a period when we have taken important sporting steps. The World Championship semi-final in 2025 and participation in the Olympics in 2026 are results that we are very proud of", says elite manager of the Danish Ice Hockey Federation, Morten Green.[/p]