Andy Tenbult
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Andy Tenbult (born June 23, 1960 in Onaping, Ontario) is a former ice hockey player of Dutch ancestry, who was born in Canada. On the icerink of Levack, nearby his home town, he learned to play hockey.
As a 19 year-old rookie he arrived in The Netherlands in 1979. Danny Cuomo, who played with Tenbult's elder brother in Levack, brought him to Nijmegen in 1987, after playing in Geleen for five years. In his active playing career he played for Assen, Valkenburg, Geleen and Nijmegen. His skills were his strong passing-game and his ability to make his team mates play better. Furthermore he became a solid part of Nijmegen's Youth Program, that produced some talented youngsters.
When Tenbult went to Geleen he formed a couple with Canadian winger Jamie Conway. During his career he acted as a player-coach (1990/1991) season at Nijmegen, but after this first year he decided that year he would rather play again. He helped Nijmegen to clinch the title in 1993. After the dramatic season 1993/1994, when Nijmegen went bankrupt, he was one of the players that decided to stay at the club to help rebuild it to its former glory. He succeeded and slowly Nijmegen became a force to be reckoned with again in Dutch ice hockey. In 1996 Nijmegen won the Dutch Cup, followed by the championship the next year (1997).
Tenbult is currently coaching the Smoke Eaters from Geleen after having coached Utrecht and Heerenveen for a couple of years. He even returned on the ice as a troubleshooter for Heerenveen after having done the same for Utrecht.
