Nijmegen Devils
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| Year Founded | 2007 | ||||
| Home Ice | Triavium (1,450 seats) | ||||
| City | Nijmegen, Netherlands | ||||
| Team Colors | Black, Red | ||||
| Head Coach | Chris Eimers | ||||
| Championships | One (2009-10) (8 as Nijmegen Tigers and Nijmegen Emperors) | ||||
Nijmegen Devils is an ice hockey club in Nijmegen, Netherlands. They formerly played in the semi-professional Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands, where they were the national champions most recently in 2009-2010. They currently operate a team in the Eerste Divisie, the top amateur league in the Netherlands. Home games are played at the Triavium.
History
Ice hockey in Nijmegen began in 1968, with the Nijmegen Tigers winning its first national championship in 1984. At the end of the 1980s, several players moved to Rotterdam to join the short-lived Rotterdam Panda's. Beginning in the early 1990s, financial difficulties hurt the Nijmegen Tigers, forcing the team to dissolve and reform in 1994. In 2003, the Tigers went bankrupt. The Nijmegen Emperors joined the Eredivisie in 2004, winning the national championship in 2006. However, the Emperors also went bankrupt in 2006. In 2007, the Devils joined the league with a title sponsor. In the 2009-10 season, the Devils won the Cup (In Dutch, "Beker"), an annual tournament of Eredivisie teams played before the beginning of the regular season, finished the regular season in first place, and won the national championship.
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 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 133 | 115 | 51 | 4th, North Sea Cup | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-1) |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 128 | 80 | 63 | 1st, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (3-0) |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 92 | 83 | 39 | 4th, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-2), Won Beker Cup |
| 2007–08 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 45 | 107 | 14 | 6th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
Squad 2008-09
Goalies
41 Corey Wogtech
31 William den Ridder
Defence
74 Dave Stappershoef
27 Rick Wijnen
12 Jeff Smith
21 Lorenz Schneider
14 Jacky Schoonderwoerd
5 Jesse Baraniuk
4 Stefan Kreuzmann
15 Adam Gebara
16 Max van Lieshout
Forwards
16 Matt Armstrong
24 Phil Aucoin
3 Remo Speijers
20 Timothy Gerritsen
19 Marco Postma
7 Jason Baclig
23 Mike McCarthy
91 Levi Houkes
22 Jurryt Smid
10 Kevin Bruijsten
29 Nick Deschenes
24 Doug Orr
Staff
Frank Gentges Head Coach
H.Looman Team manager
H.Domburg Doctor
I.Janssen Doctor
V.Scipio Doctor
E.Damen Equipment
H. van Gennep Equipment
E.Vrolijks Equipment
A.Arghidi Physiotherapist
Squad 2009-10
Goalies
53 Christian Boucher
29 Tomislav Hrelja
33 Julien Hernandez
Defence
71 Yordie Mater
27 Rick Wijnen
16 Max van Lieshout
23 Dan McGoff
12 Jeff Smith
7 Nick de Jong
5 Travis Wight
14 Jacky Schoonderwoerd
Forwards
9 Kevin Bruijsten
8 Dylan Kost
20 Timothy Gerritsen
19 Marco Postma
23 Jason Baclig
18 Bradley Smulders
22 Nick Deschenes
3 Remo Speijers
24 Doug Orr
39 Phil Aucoin
91 Levi Houkes
Staff
Chris Eimers Head Coach
Ray Gallagher Coach
Jorma Mantere Coach
H.Looman Team manager
H.Domburg Doctor
I.Janssen Doctor
V.Scipio Doctor
E.Damen Equipment
I.Thomas Equipment
E.Vrolijks Equipment
S.Ottenheim Physiotherapist
Championships
- Eredivisie National Championships
Once (2009-10). (Seven times as Nijmegen Tigers: 1983-4, 1987-8, 1992-3, 1996-7, 1997-8, 1998-9, 1999-2000. Once as Nijmegen Emperors: 2005-06.)
- Bekers (Cups)
Once (2009)
Former players
TJ Sakaluk - Brad Smulders
Boris Ackers 
Akim Ramoul
External links
- Nijmegen Devils official website (Dutch)
- Netherlands Ice Hockey Federation (Dutch)
- Ijshockey.com information on the Eredivisie teams (Dutch)
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