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HYC Herentals

ERA Renomar HYC Herentals
CityHerentals, Belgium
LeagueBeNe League
2015-present
Eredivisie
2012-2015
North Sea Cup
2010-2012
Belgian Hockey League
1971-2012
BelgianCup
Founded1971
Home arenaSport Vlaanderen Netepark
(capacity: 1600)
ColoursRed, white
   
Head coachSami Lipsonen
Asst. coachesVincent Morgan
Nils Vroemans
CaptainMitch Morgan
WebsiteHYC Herentals
Franchise history
1971 - PresentHYC Herentals

HYC Herentals is a professional ice hockey team based in Herentals, Belgium. They play in the BeNe League and are known, for sponsorship reasons, as ERA Renomar HYC Herentals.

History

The club was founded in 1971. They won their first of nine 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 Belgian-Dutch elite league. When the North Sea Cup disbanded only two years later in 2012, it joined the 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)

Roster

Updated February 26, 2019.[2]

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
32 Belgium Kevin van Looveren L 2006 Herentals, Belgium
90 Belgium Arne Waumans L 2017 Belgium
Defencemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
20 Belgium Emiel Goris L 2011 Herentals, Belgium
13 Belgium Nils Vroemans L 2009 Ekeren, Belgium
23 Belgium Thijs van Laere L 2009 Herentals, Belgium
9 Slovakia Peter Bartek R 2018 Slovakia
42 Belgium Lowie Cuylaerts L 2016 Herentals, Belgium
46 Belgium Brent Bogaerts R 2016 Herentals, Belgium
65 Belgium Arne van Espen L 2017 Belgium
2 Belgium Chad Piccart L 2016 Lille, Belgium
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
67 Belgium Mitch Morgan (C) L LW/RW 2015 Herentals, Belgium
7 Belgium Vincent Morgan L F 2005 Herentals, Belgium
10 Belgium Ben Vercammen (A) L LW 2003 Herentals, Belgium
11 Belgium Jordy van Dyck L F 2008 Herentals, Belgium
17 Belgium Yente Franssen L F 2010 Lier, Belgium
52 Belgium Jacques de Ceuster L LW 2016 Herentals, Belgium
3 Belgium Ben Coolen R F 2016 Turnhout, Belgium
12 Belgium Jul van Mele L F 2012 Belgium
64 Canada Preston Shupe (A) L C 2018 Weyburn, Canada
95 Canada Kyle Brothers L F 2018 Watford, Canada
4 Belgium Jef van den Bosch L F 2017 Belgium
76 Belgium Arne Vervoort L F 2017 Belgium

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 played 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 Turnhout White Caps (0W-2L)

Achievements

  • Belgian champion: (15) 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
  • Belgian Division II champion: (1) 2005.
  • Belgian Cup (13): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020.
  • BeNe League (2): 2016, 2019.[3]

References

  1. ^ History Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine on hyc.be
  2. ^ "HYC Roster". hyc.be (in Dutch). Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Team profile on eurohockey.com