HYC Herentals

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HYC Herentals
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City: Herentals
League: Eredivisie (Netherlands)
Founded: 1971
Home Arena: Bloso Centrum Netepark
Colors: Red, white
Franchise history
1971-present: HYC Herentals

HYC Herentals is an ice hockey team in Herentals, Belgium. It is the only Belgian team playing in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level league in the Netherlands.

History

The club was founded in 1971. They won their first of 10 Belgian Hockey League titles in 1981.[1] In 1986, Herentals won the inaugural Belgian Cup. They have won the cup eight more times since. In 2010, it switched from the Belgian Hockey League to the North Sea Cup, a combined Dutch-Belgian elite league. When the North Sea Cup disbanded in 2012, HYC became the only Belgian team to join the Dutch Eredivisie.

North Sea Cup/Eredivisie 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
2012-13 36 12 0 4 20 155 190 40 5th, Eredivisie Did not qualify
2011–12 14 5 2 0 7 58 71 19 4th, North Sea Cup Won Belgian Championship (3-0)
2010–11 28 4 0 2 22 89 188 14 8th, North Sea Cup Lost Belgian championship to White Caps Turnhout (2-4)

HYC Herentals 2

As with many ice hockey clubs in the Benelux countries, HYC Herentals operates teams at several levels. The HYC Herentals second team plays in the Belgian Hockey League.

Belgian Hockey League 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
2012-13 18 6 0 0 12 61 112 18 7th, Belgian Elite League Lost quarter-final to White Caps Turnhout (0W-2L)

Achievements

[2]

  • Belgian champion: (10) 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2012.
  • Belgian Division II champion: (1) 2005.
  • Belgian Cup (9): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013.

References

  1. History on hyc.be
  2. Team profile on eurohockey.com

External links