Amstel Tijgers
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| Year Founded | 1963 | ||||
| Home Ice | Jaap Eden baan (capacity 1,300) | ||||
| City | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||||
| Team Colors | Light Blue, Black | ||||
| Head Coach | Ron Berteling | ||||
| Championships | 5 (1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) | ||||
IJshockeyvereniging Amstel Tijgers is a semi-pro ice hockey team in Amsterdam, Netherlands, playing in the Dutch Eerste Divisie (first division) . It once consisted of an amateur and a pro-section, which were separate legal entities. The amateur team currently plays at the Jaap Eden baan. The amateur team plays in the Eerste divisie, while the professional team played in the Eredivisie, the Dutch professional hockey league. However, poor attendance, lack of sponsorship and poor performance on the ice (even forfeiting a game during the 2009-2010 season) led to the disbanding of the professional team in the summer of 2010.
Earlier Names
The Amstel Tijgers has returned to its original name in the 2005/2006 season. Unusually for a Dutch Ice Hockey team the team isn't linked to a sponsor. In previous years the names of the Team were: Amsterdam Bulldogs, Boretti Tigers and Al Capone Flames.
The Amstel is the river that flows through Amsterdam. Tijgers is the Dutch word for Tigers.
Eredivisie 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 |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 59 | 166 | 9* | 7th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 85 | 82 | 31 | 7th, Eredivisie | Lost quarter-finals to The Hague (0-3) |
| 2007-08 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 95 | 106 | 29 | 5th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
| 2006-07 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 70 | 77 | 32 | 3rd, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-4) |
| 2005-06 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 85 | 60 | 44 | 1st, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Nijmegen(1-2) |
*2 points deducted for forfeiting a game.
Championships
Dutch National Championship
1985, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Dutch Cup
1939, 1980, 1985, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005
Cup of the Low Lands:
2004, 2005, 2006
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