HYS The Hague
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HYS The Hague is the professional ice hockey
team in The Hague
, Netherlands
. Founded in 1933, the team plays in the North Sea Cup
(formerly the Dutch Eredivisie
) as well as competing annually in the Dutch Cup
tournament. The most successful hockey team in the Netherlands during the 1960s, it broke a 40-year championship drought by winning the National championship in 2009. It has since repeated as champion in 2011.
Home games are held at de Uithof, a winter sports recreational facility in the west of the city. It has 2,050 regular seats, 160 VIP-box seats and 400 standing room spaces.
Year Founded
1933
Home Ice Stadium
De Uithof (capacity 2,610)
City
The Hague
, Netherlands
Team Colors
Blue, light red, dark red
Head Coach
Gary Prior
Championships
9
Previous variations of the name have included "H.H.IJ.C. Den Haag" (Hague Hockey and Ice hockey Club) and "H.IJ.S. Hoky Den Haag". Since 2007-2008, its name has been the anglicized "HYS The Hague".
The team has occasionally had the nickname "Wolves". For the 2006-2007 season, the team was known as the "Calco Wolves".
. This league began play in 1934. In 1937-38 The Hague won the championship for the first time, repeating in 1938-39 and winning the Western Europe Cup. The team played all of its 1940 season in Tilburg and Amsterdam because of a lack of home arena.
Dutch hockey was interrupted during the German occupation from 1941-1944, but resumed in 1945 when an arena was rebuilt in The Hague. Nederlandse IJshockey Bond set up the Eeredivisie, the top Dutch ice hockey division, in 1946. HHIJC was once again competitive, winning the Eredivise championship in 1946 and 1948. In 1947, HHIJC merged with the Penguins, another Hague team.
The team was most dominant during the relaunch of the Eeredivie in the 1960s, repeating five times as champions from 1964 to 1969. The team then entered into a period of almost 40 years of decline, winning no championships and only intermittently playing in the Eredivisie from the 1980s to the early 2000s. In 1996, HHIJS merged with another Hague team, HOKY, to become the HHIJS HOKY Wolves.
In 2004, the team permanently re-entered the Eredivisie, finishing in last place (1-0-3-16 in 2005-06; 3-1-0-16 in 2006-2007). In 2007-08, it dropped the "Wolves" nickname and played as "HYS The Hague", a name reminiscent of successful teams of the past. That year, it had its first winning season in the Eredivisie since 1979, with a record of 14 wins, 2 overtime wins, 2 overtime losses and 6 regular season losses, good enough for third place.
In 2008-09, the team improved to second place overall with a record of 14-3-2-5, and won its first National Championship in 40 years by defeating Tilburg in the playoff finals. This would have qualified the team to participate in the 2009-2010 Champions Hockey League
, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons. Instead, the team participated in the 2010 Continental Cup
, making it to the third stage.
)
49. Tim Knudsen (starter) (CAN
)
4. John Gordon (CAN)
14. Jordy van Oorschot (NED)
22. Mike Burgoyne (Assistant Captain) (CAN)
23. Thomas Roosendaal (NED)
24. Josh Mizerek (Captain) (USA)
51. Jan Safar (CZE
)
10. Andri Salomonson (NED)
16. Ronald Wurm (NED)
17. James Easter (NED)
19. Willy Schut (NED)
20. Matt Korthuis (Assistant Captain) (NED/CAN)
21. Tony Demelinne (NED)
29. Daryl Bat (CAN)
39. Phil Aucoin (USA)
61. T.J. Caig
(CAN)
91. Levi Houkes (NED)
, Heerenveen Flyers, Nijmegen Devils
, Zoetermeer Panthers
, Eindhoven Kemphanen
, Turnhout White Caps, Herentals HYC and Geleen Eaters
.
Turnhout and Herentals are the two teams from Belgium. These teams were too strong for the Belgian competition, so they joined the Dutch league.
In the 2009-2010 season, HYS came in second place in the regular season; Nijmegen was first. HYS was released into the quarter finals, but lost in the semi finals of Tilburg in 5 games (2-3). In the finals, Tilburg lost in 3 games of Nijmegen (3-0 to Nijmegen).
In the 2009-2010 season, HYS lost the national Cup (an annual pre-season tournament) to Nijmegen.
9 times: 1945-46; 1947-48; 1964-65; 1965-66; 1966-67; 1967-68; 1968-69; 2008-09, 2010-2011.
5 times: 1937-38; 1938-39; 1952-53; 1953-54; 1954-55
5 times: 1938; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1963
once: 1949
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team in The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. Founded in 1933, the team plays in the North Sea Cup
North Sea Cup
The North Sea Cup is the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and Belgium and the highest level of competition organized by the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond and sanctioned by the Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation...
(formerly the Dutch Eredivisie
Eredivisie (hockey)
The Eredivisie is the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and the highest level of competition sanctioned by the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond...
) as well as competing annually in the Dutch Cup
Dutch Cup (ice hockey)
The Dutch Cup, better known in Dutch as the "Beker" or "Bekercompetitie", is the national ice hockey cup in the Netherlands. It was held from 1938-1939, and 1971-present...
tournament. The most successful hockey team in the Netherlands during the 1960s, it broke a 40-year championship drought by winning the National championship in 2009. It has since repeated as champion in 2011.
Home games are held at de Uithof, a winter sports recreational facility in the west of the city. It has 2,050 regular seats, 160 VIP-box seats and 400 standing room spaces.
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The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Name
"HYS" is pronounced "hice" and stands for "Haagsche Ijshockey Stichting" ("Ice Hockey Club of the Hague"; when using capital letters, "Y" sometimes replaces the Dutch letter "ij").Previous variations of the name have included "H.H.IJ.C. Den Haag" (Hague Hockey and Ice hockey Club) and "H.IJ.S. Hoky Den Haag". Since 2007-2008, its name has been the anglicized "HYS The Hague".
The team has occasionally had the nickname "Wolves". For the 2006-2007 season, the team was known as the "Calco Wolves".
History
The team was founded on April 16, 1933 as part of a three-team league (together with Tilburg and Amsterdam) called the Nederlandse IJshockey BondNederlandse IJshockey Bond
The Nederlandse IJshockey Bond is the official governing body of ice hockey in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1933 as a three team league with The Hague, Amsterdam and Tilburg. It joined the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1935...
. This league began play in 1934. In 1937-38 The Hague won the championship for the first time, repeating in 1938-39 and winning the Western Europe Cup. The team played all of its 1940 season in Tilburg and Amsterdam because of a lack of home arena.
Dutch hockey was interrupted during the German occupation from 1941-1944, but resumed in 1945 when an arena was rebuilt in The Hague. Nederlandse IJshockey Bond set up the Eeredivisie, the top Dutch ice hockey division, in 1946. HHIJC was once again competitive, winning the Eredivise championship in 1946 and 1948. In 1947, HHIJC merged with the Penguins, another Hague team.
The team was most dominant during the relaunch of the Eeredivie in the 1960s, repeating five times as champions from 1964 to 1969. The team then entered into a period of almost 40 years of decline, winning no championships and only intermittently playing in the Eredivisie from the 1980s to the early 2000s. In 1996, HHIJS merged with another Hague team, HOKY, to become the HHIJS HOKY Wolves.
In 2004, the team permanently re-entered the Eredivisie, finishing in last place (1-0-3-16 in 2005-06; 3-1-0-16 in 2006-2007). In 2007-08, it dropped the "Wolves" nickname and played as "HYS The Hague", a name reminiscent of successful teams of the past. That year, it had its first winning season in the Eredivisie since 1979, with a record of 14 wins, 2 overtime wins, 2 overtime losses and 6 regular season losses, good enough for third place.
In 2008-09, the team improved to second place overall with a record of 14-3-2-5, and won its first National Championship in 40 years by defeating Tilburg in the playoff finals. This would have qualified the team to participate in the 2009-2010 Champions Hockey League
Champions Hockey League
The Champions Hockey League was a short-lived ice hockey league which was launched in 2008 by the International Ice Hockey Federation and only played in the 2008–09 season. Its creation coincided with the IIHF's 100th anniversary and replaced the IIHF European Champions Cup, the former competition...
, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons. Instead, the team participated in the 2010 Continental Cup
IIHF Continental Cup 2010
The Continental Cup 2009–2010 was the 13th edition of the IIHF Continental Cup. The season started on September 25, 2009, and finished on January 15, 2010.The tournament was won by Red Bull Salzburg, who led the final group....
, making it to the third stage.
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 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 194 | 79 | 69 | 1st, North Sea Cup | Won National Championship (4-1) |
| 2009–10 2009–10 Eredivisie (ice hockey) The 2009–10 Eredivisie was the 50th season of the Eredivisie, the highest level of ice hockey competition in the Netherlands. The season started on November 13, following the completion of the quarterfinals of the league cup. Eight teams participated and the teams played four times against... |
28 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 134 | 72 | 56 | 2nd, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (2-3) |
| 2008-09 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 107 | 72 | 50 | 2nd, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (3-2) |
| 2007-08 2007–08 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season -Regular season:-Playoffs:-External Links:* on hockeyarchives.info... |
24 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 122 | 76 | 48 | 3rd, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Heerenveen Friesland Flyers Friesland Flyers is the professional ice hockey team of Heerenveen, in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It plays in the North Sea Cup , the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands and Belgium... (1-4) |
| 2006-07 2006–07 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season -Regular season:#Geleen Smoke Eaters 14-0-1-5-43 101-60#Tilburg Trappers 12-1-2-5-40 88-55#Amsterdam Tigers 8-2-4-6-32 70-77#Heerenveen Flyers 8-3-0-9-30 80-78#Nijmegen Devils 6-2-2-10-24 66-76#HYS The Hague 3-1-0-16-11 54-113... |
20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 54 | 113 | 11 | 6th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
| 2005-06 2005–06 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season -Regular season:#Amsterdam Tigers 14-1-0-5-44 85-60#Heerenveen Flyers 12-1-3-4-41 92-56#Geleen Smoke Eaters 8-5-3-5-36 84-71#Nijmegen Devils 6-4-2-8-28 79-83#Tilburg Trappers 7-1-2-10-25 70-64#HYS The Hague 2-0-3-16-6 54-130... |
20 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 54 | 130 | 6 | 6th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
Goalies
31. William den Ridder (backup)(NEDNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
)
49. Tim Knudsen (starter) (CAN
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
)
Defence
3. Brian Mullally (USA)14. Jordy van Oorschot (NED)
22. Mike Burgoyne (Assistant Captain) (CAN)
23. Thomas Roosendaal (NED)
24. Josh Mizerek (Captain) (USA)
51. Jan Safar (CZE
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
)
Forwards
7. Alan van Bentem (NED)10. Andri Salomonson (NED)
16. Ronald Wurm (NED)
17. James Easter (NED)
19. Willy Schut (NED)
20. Matt Korthuis (Assistant Captain) (NED/CAN)
21. Tony Demelinne (NED)
29. Daryl Bat (CAN)
39. Phil Aucoin (USA)
61. T.J. Caig
T.J. Caig
T. J. Caig is a Canadian ice hockey centre currently playing for HYS The Hague of the Dutch Eredivisie.-Playing career:...
(CAN)
91. Levi Houkes (NED)
Staff
- Gary Prior, Head coach
- Dave Schreurs, Off-ice coach
- Maurice van Veldhoven, Physiotherapist
- Hans Hermsen, Team doctor
- Jan van Klink, Equipment
- Peter van der Ham, Equipment
- John Wagner, Equipment
Rivals
The Eredivise currently has nine teams. Apart from HYS, there are the Tilburg TrappersDestil Trappers
The Destil Trappers are a professional ice hockey club based in Tilburg, The Netherlands, playing in the highest level league in the country, the North Sea Cup . Founded on 21 October 1938, they were officially recognised by the National Federation on 18 January 1939...
, Heerenveen Flyers, Nijmegen Devils
Nijmegen Devils
Romijnders Dar Devils Nijmegen is the professional ice hockey team of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands, where they were the national champions most recently in 2009-2010...
, Zoetermeer Panthers
Zoetermeer Panthers
Zoetermeer Panthers is a former semi-professional ice hockey team in the Eredivisie, the Dutch professional, top-level hockey league. They played in the Silverdome, an ice sports facility in Zoetermeer, Netherlands. They began play for the 2010-2011 season in the Dutch Bekercompetitie, the league...
, Eindhoven Kemphanen
Eindhoven Kemphanen
Eindhoven Kemphanen is the professional ice hockey team of Eindhoven, The Netherlands. They play in the North Sea Cup , the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands and Belgium. Home games are played at the Ijssportcentrum Eindhoven.-History:Eindhoven ice hockey began in earnest in the...
, Turnhout White Caps, Herentals HYC and Geleen Eaters
Geleen Eaters
Ruijters Eaters Geleen is the professional ice hockey team of Geleen, The Netherlands. It plays in the North Sea Cup , the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands and Belgium...
.
Turnhout and Herentals are the two teams from Belgium. These teams were too strong for the Belgian competition, so they joined the Dutch league.
In the 2009-2010 season, HYS came in second place in the regular season; Nijmegen was first. HYS was released into the quarter finals, but lost in the semi finals of Tilburg in 5 games (2-3). In the finals, Tilburg lost in 3 games of Nijmegen (3-0 to Nijmegen).
In the 2009-2010 season, HYS lost the national Cup (an annual pre-season tournament) to Nijmegen.
Championships
- Eredivisie National Championship
9 times: 1945-46; 1947-48; 1964-65; 1965-66; 1966-67; 1967-68; 1968-69; 2008-09, 2010-2011.
- Dutch National Champions (during years Eredivisie did not operate)
5 times: 1937-38; 1938-39; 1952-53; 1953-54; 1954-55
- Western Europe Cup/International Cup
5 times: 1938; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1963
- Barbanson Cup
once: 1949
External links
- HYS The Hague (in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - De Uithof (in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - Dutch Ice hockey Federation (in DutchDutch languageDutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
) - HYS description on IJshockey.com ([Dutch language|in Dutch])