Rotterdam Panda's
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, 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...
Rotterdam Panda's was a professional ice hockey
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 Rotterdam
Rotterdam
Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
, The Netherlands. They played in 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...
, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands. Home games were played at the Weena-ijshal, a (now-closed) arena near Rotterdam Central train station.
History
Ice hockey had been played in Rotterdam since the 1950s. The Rotterdam Panda's team played six seasons in the Eredivisie, winning its first national championship during its first season. It attracted several players from other teams in the Eredivisie, especially Nijmegen.The team sported a green and white jersey with the logo of the World Wildlife Fund panda as a crest.
Securing a home arena was a major problem for the Panda's. The Weena-ijshal shut its doors in 1993. Since then, there has been no commitment to build a new ice hockey arena in Rotterdam, despite discussions as lately as 2007.
Season results
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, T = Ties, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points| Season | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1991-92 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 155 | 123 | 36 | 3rd, Eredivisie | Lost semi-final to Utrecht (0-3) |
| 1990-91 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 33 | 19 | 2nd, Eredivisie | Lost semi-final to Utrecht (0-2) |
| 1989-90 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 31 | 25 | 1st, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (3-0 vs Nijmegen Nijmegen Tigers Nijmegen Tigers was a Dutch ice hockey club based in Nijmegen until 2003, when it was forced into bankruptcy. It has been succeeded by the Nijmegen Devils.-Source:*... ) |
| 1988-89 | 28 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 212 | 93 | 41 | 2nd, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (3-2 vs Geleen) |
| 1987-88 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 51 | 13 | 4th, Eredivisie | Lost semi-final to Nijmegen Nijmegen Tigers Nijmegen Tigers was a Dutch ice hockey club based in Nijmegen until 2003, when it was forced into bankruptcy. It has been succeeded by the Nijmegen Devils.-Source:*... (0-2) |
| 1986-87 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 69 | 33 | 24 | 1st, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (2-0 vs Geleen) |
Notable players
- Harrie van HeumenHarrie van HeumenHarrie van Heumen is a former ice hockey forward from the Netherlands. He participated in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.-External links:*...
- Henk HilleHenk HilleHenk Hille is a Dutch former professional ice hockey player. A defenceman, he played three seasons in the Allsvenskan in the mid-1980s and 48 times for the Netherlands national ice hockey team including all their contests at the 1980 Winter Olympics.From Amsterdam, Hille began his senior team...
- Mari SarisMari SarisMari Saris in a former Dutch professional ice hockey player. He played 25 seasons for Nederlandse IJshockey Bond clubs and for the Nederlands at the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships. He was born in 's-Hertogenbosch....
- Alexander SchaafsmaAlexander SchaafsmaAlexander Schaafsma is a Dutch ice hockey player.-Career:A forward/defenceman, Schaafsma began his senior club career in 1990-91 with hometown GIJS Groningen. He played 1991-2 with the Rotterdam Panda's, then 1992-3 and 1993-4 with Nijmegen Tigers...
- Sean SimpsonSean SimpsonSean Simpson is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach for Swiss national ice hockey team. He was the head coach for Team Canada at the 2007 Spengler Cup...
- Ben TijnagelBen TijnagelBen Tijnagel was a Dutch professional ice hockey player. He played a total of 18 seasons in either the Eredivisie. He also competed for the Netherlands in the 1987 World Ice Hockey Championships....
- Bill WensinkBill WensinkBill Wensink is a Canadian former ice hockey player. A Dutch Canadian, he spent 14 years playing in the Eredivisie and in two IIHF World Championships for the Netherlands national ice hockey team....
External links
- 1986 Team photo with player and staff names (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...
) - Netherlands Ice Hockey Federation history (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...
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