Utrecht Dragons
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Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, 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...
IJCU Dragons Utrecht is an amateur 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 Utrecht
Utrecht (city)
Utrecht city and municipality is the capital and most populous city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, and is the fourth largest city of the Netherlands with a population of 312,634 on 1 Jan 2011.Utrecht's ancient city centre features...
, The Netherlands. The team played one season as "Hoek Dragons Utrecht" 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 professional hockey division in the Netherlands, in 2008-2009, while maintaining an amateur team in the Eerste divisie. Home games are played at the De Vechtsebanen.
History
Utrecht has had an ice hockey club for many years, including teams named "Dragons". For 2008-2009, the team created a professional squad to compete in the Eredivisie, finishing with a record of 2 wins and 22 losses. They currently play in the Eerste divisieEerste Divisie (ice hockey)
The Eerste Divisie is the second level ice hockey league in The Netherlands. It is the top level amateur league, underneath the professional North Sea Cup league.- Group A :* Destil Tilburg Trappers Toekomstteam* Dordrecht Lions* Eindhoven High Techs...
, the top amateur league in the Netherlands. They also currently organize a team in the recreational Third Division.
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 |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 69 | 164 | 6 | 9th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
Defence
22 Milan Hornik25 Jozef Kotleba
23 Mike Overweg
18 Kees Slagmolen
24 Peter Sneijders
10 Roy Vermeulen
Forwards
15 Jimmy Smit21 John Versteeg
12 Juraj Fodrek
5 Bart van Roosmalen
19 Viktor Kovac
29 Josef Kubricky
9 Martijn Leenen
28 Boris Varga
30 Andrew Scampoli
5 Bart van Roosmalen
Staff
Frank Versteeg, coachChad Kambeitz, ass. coach/goalie trainer
Gerard Franken, teammanager
Joop Aquooy, equipment
Peter Sneijders, equipment
Gijs Jekel, physiotherapist
External links
- Utrecht Dragons official website (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 Union (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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