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Tilburg Trappers Year Founded 1938 Home Ice Stadium Stappegoor IJssportcentrum Tilburg (capacity 2,500) City Tilburg, Netherlands Team Colors Blue, yellow Head Coach Theo van Gerwen Championships 13 Bekers (cups) 13 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 (formerly the Dutch Eredivisie). Founded on 21 October 1938, they were officially recognised by the National Federation on 18 January 1939. The Trappers were crowned Eredivisie champions for the first time in the 1946-1947 season, adding another 12 Championships and 13 National Cups over the years. The Trappers have won more national championships than any other team, and have qualified for the last five national finals, winning two of them.
The club has an amateur branch, which is a separate legal entity.
The Trappers play their home games in the Stappegoor IJssportcentrum Tilburg.
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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 19 0 1 8 120 70 58 2nd, North Sea Cup Lost finals to HYS The Hague(1-4) 2009–10 28 17 1 2 8 135 86 55 3rd, Eredivisie Lost finals to Nijmegen(0-3) 2008–09 24 18 1 0 5 142 78 56 1st, Eredivisie Lost finals to The Hague (2-3) 2007-08 24 20 1 0 3 132 58 62 1st, Eredivisie Won National Championship (3-1) 2006-07 20 12 1 2 5 88 55 40 2nd, Eredivisie Won National Championship (3-0) 2005-06 20 7 1 2 10 70 64 25 6th, Eredivisie Did not qualify Squad
Goalie
- 39 Ian Meierdres 24.12.1988
Defence
- 8 Stanislav Nazarov 22.03.1980
- 18 Rody Jacobs 29.06.1976
- 21 Niko Suoraniemi 04.03.1984
- 25 Bjorn Willemse 11.12.1983
- 44 Don Nichols 12.12.1978
Offence
- 6 Ritchie van Hulten 26.02.1989
- 11 Robbert Marcelis 18.02.1989
- 12 Doug Stienstra 18.06.1976
- 19 Peter van Biezen 01.03.1983
- 20 Onur Mete 24.08.1986
- 23 Mark Donders 11.01.1985
- 29 Daryl Bat 03.09.1980
- 55 Jeroen van den Broek 12.03.1988
- 80 Casey Vanschagen 18.02.1980
- 81 Lance Monych 25.06.1984
- 94 Matt Smith 04.01.1983
- 95 Dennis ten Bokkel 18.03.1979
Staff
Coaching/Team Staff
- Piet de Kort 12.06.1979 Head Coach
- Ron van Doorn 12.05.1962 Assistant Coach
- Pieter Schrover 27.07.1960 Team Chef
- Alex Andjelic 16.10.1940 Youth Coach
Medical Staf
- Hans Galle 08.09.1946 Physiotherapeut
- Cees van Poppel 22.01.1953 Physiotherapeut
- Jan de Jong 26.09.1965 Advisor
- Jan Willem Kok 14.05.1968 Kit Manager
Sport Management
- Barry Robeerst 22.07.1977 Teammanager
Transfers
In:
- Taggart Desmet - Idaho Steelheads
- Lance Monych - Stockton Thunder
- Matt Smith - RIT Tigers
- Doug Stienstra - was inactive
- Niko Suoraniemi - Gustavus Adolphus College
- Billy Thompson - Victoria Salmon Kings
- Ritchie van Hulten - Amstel Tijgers
Out:
- Tony Bergin - unknown
- Brendan Bernakevitch - Hockey Club Pustertal-Val Pusteria
- Paulo Colaiacovo -
- Taggart Desmet - Hockey Club Pustertal-Val Pusteria
- Dennis Donders - Eindhoven Kemphanen
- Mike Lalonde - Stockton Thunder
- Bob Teunissen - Eindhoven Kemphanen
- Billy Thompson - unknown
- Dennis Unk - Eindhoven Kemphanen
- Jeffrey van Iersel - Geleen Eaters
- Max van Lieshout - Nijmegen Devils
- Bjorn Willemse - HC Neuilly-sur-Marne
Former coaches
- Larry Suarez 16.02.1964 USA
Championships and Cup Wins
- Dutch national championship (1948, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2007, 2008)
- Cup Nationale Nederlanden (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008)
- Cup International (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
- Cup Brabant (1969)
- Cup Swegerijnen (1974)
- Cup Lage Landen (1966, 1968)
- Cup Luxembourg (1969)
- Cup National (1970)
- Cup Chamonix
- Cup Villard de Lans
Famous players
- Klaas van den Broek
- Huub van Dun
- Leo Van den Thillart
- Paulo Colaiacovo
- Jerry Göbel
- Frank Jacobs
- John MacDonald
- Jiri Petrnousek
- Joe Simons
- Billy Thompson
- Martin Trommelen
External links
North Sea Cup Governing Body Current Teams Amsterdam Capitals · Eindhoven Kemphanen · Friesland Flyers · Geleen Eaters · HYC Herentals · HYS The Hague · Leuven Chiefs · Tilburg Trappers · White Caps TurnhoutFormer Eredivisie/North Sea Cup Teams Amstel Tijgers · Groningen Grizzlies · Nijmegen Devils · Nijmegen Tigers · Rotterdam Panda's · Utrecht Dragons · Zoetermeer PanthersSeasons 2010-2011 · 2011-2012Related tournaments Dutch Cup · Belgian CupCategories:- Ice hockey teams in the Netherlands
- Sport in North Brabant
- Sports clubs established in 1938
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