IHC Leuven

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IHC Leuven Chiefs
IHC Leuven logo.png
City Leuven
League BeNe League
Founded1993
Home arenaIJsbaan Leuven
ColoursBlack, white, red
   
Head coach Gilbert Paelinck
Website IHC Leuven
Franchise history
1993–presentIHC Leuven

IHC Leuven (French: IHC Louvain) is a professional ice hockey team in Leuven, Belgium. Leuven plays in the BeNe League (Belgian Elite League), where it competes as the Leuven Chiefs. The team are the current Belgian national ice hockey champions, having won the league playoffs in 2013. It also competes annually for the Belgian Cup.

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The club also organizes affiliated recreational junior and senior hockey teams.

History

IHC Leuven was founded in 1993, and won their first Belgian Championship in 2005. In 1998 and 1999, they participated in the IIHF Continental Cup. In 1998, they were paired with Frisk Tigers, Esbjerg IK, and Lyon Hockey Club, they lost to Frisk 26–1, and their best results was a 15–1 loss to Lyon. They fared marginally better in 1999, in a group with Sokil Kyiv, Ducs d'Angers, and CHH Txuri Urdin. They were hammered by Angers 26–0, but only lost 4–3 to Txuri Urdin.

In 1999–2000, they won their first and only Belgian Cup. In 2005 and 2010, Leuven won their first and second Belgian Championship. In 2011, it joined the higher level North Sea Cup, a mixed Dutch-Belgian league, although it struggled against the bigger-budget Dutch teams and lost the Belgian championship to HYC Herentals. For 2012–2013, it withdrew from the Dutch league and returned to the Belgian Elite League, winning the Belgian national championship against White Caps Turnhout.

Roster

Updated February 25, 2019. [1]

Goaltenders
NumberPlayerCatchesAcquiredPlace of Birth
28 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Karl Luypaert L2004 Vilvoorde, Belgium
30 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Keanu Evers L2011 Leuven, Belgium
33 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Malinowski L2018 East Amherst, New York, United States
Defencemen
NumberPlayerShootsAcquiredPlace of Birth
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ben Boute L2015 Ghent, Belgium
8 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Quinten Franckx R2014 Leuven, Belgium
9 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adam Logozzo L2018 Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
18 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pieter-Jan Wouters R2010 Leuven, Belgium
23 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Seppe Vanwelssenaers L2014 Leuven, Belgium
Forwards
NumberPlayerShootsPositionAcquiredPlace of Birth
4 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Reyn Vanwelssenaers RL2018 Leuven, Belgium
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Rino Dhondt LF2016 Leuven, Belgium
5 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Basim Laeremans LF2017 Leuven, Belgium
7 Flag of the United States.svg Alec James LC2016 Simi Valley, California, United States
10 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dean Thurura LF2010 Leuven, Belgium
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeffie Versin RF2016 Belgium
14 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Dries Blockx LF2015 Leuven, Belgium
15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lukas Tambeur LF2017 Leuven, Belgium
15 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Iniaz Steyaert LF2018 Humbeek, Belgium
36 Flag of Germany.svg Gregor James RC2014 Viersen, Germany
77 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Mickey Evers RC2011 Leuven, Belgium
88 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michael van Egdom LF2018 Belgium
89 Flag of Russia.svg Boris Kolyasnikov LLW2006 Nizhny Tagil, Russia

Achievements

Season Results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2012–13181701019935521st, Belgian Elite LeagueWon Belgian championship (2W-1L vs. Turnhout)
2011–12 1411111268567th, North Sea CupLost Belgian championship to Herentals (0W-3L)

References

  1. ↑ "Antwerp Phantoms Roster". chiefsleuven.be (in Dutch). Retrieved February 25, 2019.


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