2013–14 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season

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2013-14 Eredivisie Season
League Eredivisie (ice hockey)
Sport Ice hockey
Duration30 September 2013 -
Number of teams7
Regular season
First placeDESTIL Trappers Tilburg
National Championships
ChampionsDESTIL Trappers Tilburg
Eredivisie seasons
2014–15 

The 2013–14 Eredivisie season is the 54th season of the Eredivisie ice hockey league. Six Dutch teams and one Belgian team are taking part in the season.

Eredivisie (ice hockey) highest professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands

The Eredivisie was, during its existence, the only professional ice hockey league in the Netherlands and the highest level of competition organized by the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond. Formed in 1945 and playing continuously since 1964, the league mainly featured Dutch teams, although in some seasons certain Belgian teams competed. The league featured a mix of Dutch, European and overseas players. The winner of the Eredivisie was crowned the Dutch National Champion and represented the Netherlands in the IIHF Continental Cup. In 2015, with most of its teams facing financial problems and its top team, Tilburg Trappers, joining the German Oberliga, the Eredivise was suspended with the remaining teams joining the BeNe League.

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In the months following the 2012-2013 season, the Amsterdam G's dropped out of the league after a troubled year financially and a last-place record. The Dordrecht Lions, perennial competitors in the Dutch amateur level "First Division" (Eerste Divisie) joined the league to bring the total number of teams back to seven.

Amsterdam G's is a semi-professional ice hockey team in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 2011 by the group that formerly operated the Amstel Tijgers before it ceased operations in 2010. The team plays at the Jaap Edenhal. It participates in the Dutch Cup and the Eredivise league. They were known in their first year of operations as the "Amsterdam Capitals", but changed names after finding a corporate sponsor in 2012.

The Eerste Divisie was the second level ice hockey league in the Netherlands underneath the professional Eredivisie league. In the 2015 League was founded by Dutch and Belgium teams and the Eredivisie was suspended therefore Eerste Divisie became the highest national ice hockey league in the Netherlands.

The traditional first game (known as the "Ron Berteling Bowl"), was played on 30 September between the winner of the Dutch Cup and the winner of the Dutch championship from the previous year. The 7-team, 36-game regular season will be followed by a playoff of the top 4 teams (a best-of five semi-final and a best-of-five final).

Regular season

ClubGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPts
1. Flag of the Netherlands.svg DESTIL Trappers Tilburg 36302042166464
2. Flag of the Netherlands.svg HYS The Hague 362515521510657
3. Flag of the Netherlands.svg UNIS Flyers Heerenveen 36233191688153
4. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg HYC Herentals 3614231715918155
5. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dordrecht Lions 3615102015319232
6. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Noptra Eaters Geleen 36602288625612*
7. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eindhoven Kemphanen 3622032912088

(*) The Noptra Eaters Geleen had two points deducted.

Playoffs

Semifinals Final
      
1 DESTIL Trappers Tilburg 4
4 HYC Herentals 1
1 DESTIL Trappers Tilburg4
2 HYS The Hague 2
2 HYS The Hague 4
3 UNIS Flyers Heerenveen 3

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