HYC Herentals

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HYC Herentals
City	Herentals
League	Eredivisie (Netherlands)
Founded	1971
Home arena	Bloso Centrum Netepark
Colours	Red, white
Head coach	Bill Morgan
Website http://www.hyc.be/
Franchise history
1971-present	HYC Herentals

HYC Herentals is an ice hockey team in Herentals, Belgium. It is the only Belgian team playing in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level league in the Netherlands. It also participates in the national cup tournament of the Belgian Hockey League, the elite level of ice hockey in Belgium.

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 Dutch-Belgian elite league. When the North Sea Cup disbanded in 2012, it became the only Belgian team to join the Dutch 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)

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 plays 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

^[2]

Belgian champion: (9) 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009.
Belgian Division II champion: (1) 2005.
Belgian Cup (9): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013.

References

↑ History on hyc.be
↑ Team profile on eurohockey.com

External links

(Dutch) Official Website
Team profile on hockeyarenas.net

v t e Eredivisie

Governing Body	Nederlandse IJshockey Bond

Current Teams	Amsterdam Capitals Eindhoven Kemphanen Friesland Flyers Geleen Eaters HYC Herentals HYS The Hague Tilburg Trappers

Former Eredivisie/North Sea Cup Teams	Amstel Tijgers Groningen Grizzlies Leuven Chiefs Nijmegen Devils Nijmegen Tigers Rotterdam Panda's Utrecht Dragons White Caps Turnhout Zoetermeer Panthers

Related tournaments	Dutch Cup Belgian Cup

Eredivisie/North Sea Cup seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1949–50 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011-12 2012–13

v t e Ice hockey in Belgium

Governing body:	Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation

National teams:	Belgium men's national ice hockey team Belgium women's national ice hockey team

Belgian Eredivisie Teams:	HYC Herentals

Belgian Hockey League:	Antwerp Phantoms Charleroi Red Roosters Eeklo Yeti Bears HYC Herentals 2 Gullegem Jets Haskey Hasselt Olympia Heist op den Berg IHC Leuven Liege Bulldogs White Caps Turnhout

Other articles:	Belgian National League Belgian Cup

Related articles: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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