Nijmegen Devils
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| Year Founded | 2007 | ||||
| Home Ice | Triavium (1,450 seats) | ||||
| City | Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||||
| Team Colors | Black, Red | ||||
| Head Coach | Chris Eimers | ||||
| Championships | One (2009-10) (8 as Nijmegen Tigers and Nijmegen Emperors) | ||||
Nijmegen Devils is an ice hockey club in Nijmegen, Netherlands. They formerly played in the semi-professional Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands, where they were the national champions most recently in 2009-2010. They currently operate a team in the Eerste Divisie, the top amateur league in the Netherlands. Home games are played at the Triavium.
History
Ice hockey in Nijmegen began in 1968, with the Nijmegen Tigers winning its first national championship in 1984. At the end of the 1980s, several players moved to Rotterdam to join the short-lived Rotterdam Panda's. Beginning in the early 1990s, financial difficulties hurt the Nijmegen Tigers, forcing the team to dissolve and reform in 1994. In 2003, the Tigers went bankrupt. The Nijmegen Emperors joined the Eredivisie in 2004, winning the national championship in 2006. However, the Emperors also went bankrupt in 2006. In 2007, the Devils joined the league with a title sponsor. In the 2009-10 season, the Devils won the Cup (In Dutch, "Beker"), an annual tournament of Eredivisie teams played before the beginning of the regular season, finished the regular season in first place, and won the national championship.
Season results
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
| Season | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2010–11 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 133 | 115 | 51 | 4th, North Sea Cup | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-1) |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 128 | 80 | 63 | 1st, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (3-0) |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 92 | 83 | 39 | 4th, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-2), Won Beker Cup |
| 2007–08 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 45 | 107 | 14 | 6th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
Championships
- Eredivisie National Championships
Once (2009-10). (Seven times as Nijmegen Tigers: 1983-4, 1987-8, 1992-3, 1996-7, 1997-8, 1998-9, 1999-2000. Once as Nijmegen Emperors: 2005-06.)
- Bekers (Cups)
Once (2009)
External links
- Nijmegen Devils official website
- Netherlands Ice Hockey Federation
- Ijshockey.com information on the Eredivisie teams
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