HYC Herentals

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ERA Renomar HYC Herentals
HYC Herentals logo.png
City Herentals, Belgium
League BeNe 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 coach Sami Lipsonen
Asst. coaches Vincent Morgan
Nils Vroemans
CaptainMitch Morgan
Website HYC 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.

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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

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2012-13 36120420155190405th, EredivisieDid not qualify
2011–12 1452075871194th, North Sea CupWon Belgian Championship (3-0)
2010–11 284022289188148th, North Sea CupLost Belgian championship to White Caps Turnhout (2-4)

Roster

Updated February 26, 2019. [2]

Goaltenders
NumberPlayerCatchesAcquiredPlace of Birth
32 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin van Looveren L2006 Herentals, Belgium
90 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arne Waumans L2017 Belgium
Defencemen
NumberPlayerShootsAcquiredPlace of Birth
20 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Emiel Goris L2011 Herentals, Belgium
13 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nils Vroemans L2009 Ekeren, Belgium
23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thijs van Laere L2009 Herentals, Belgium
9 Flag of Slovakia.svg Peter Bartek R2018 Slovakia
42 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lowie Cuylaerts L2016 Herentals, Belgium
46 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Brent Bogaerts R2016 Herentals, Belgium
65 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arne van Espen L2017 Belgium
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Chad Piccart L2016 Lille, Belgium
Forwards
NumberPlayerShootsPositionAcquiredPlace of Birth
67 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mitch Morgan (C) LLW/RW2015 Herentals, Belgium
7 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Vincent Morgan LF2005 Herentals, Belgium
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ben Vercammen (A) LLW2003 Herentals, Belgium
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jordy van Dyck LF2008 Herentals, Belgium
17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yente Franssen LF2010 Lier, Belgium
52 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacques de Ceuster LLW2016 Herentals, Belgium
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ben Coolen RF2016 Turnhout, Belgium
12 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jul van Mele LF2012 Belgium
64 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Preston Shupe (A) LC2018 Weyburn, Canada
95 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kyle Brothers LF2018 Watford, Canada
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jef van den Bosch LF2017 Belgium
76 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arne Vervoort LF2017 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

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2012-13186001261112187th, Belgian Elite LeagueLost quarter-final to Turnhout White Caps (0W-2L)

Achievements

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