Tilburg Trappers

For the former minor-league baseball teams, see Edmonton Trappers and Salt Lake City Trappers.

Destil Trappers is the Ice Hockey team of Tilburg, The Netherlands. They consist of an amateur and a pro-section, which are separate legal entities. They are playing their home games in the IJssportcentrum Tilburg. The team was founded on 21 October 1938 and officially seen as a team on 18 January 1939.

Squad:

Goalie Goal Assist Penalty

• 39 Ian Meierdres 24.12.1988 (19) - - -
• 41 Billy Thompson 24.09.1982 (26) - - -

Defence Goal Assist Penalty

• 8 Stanislav Nazarov 22.03.1980 (28) - - -
• 11 Tony Bergin 24.04.1974 (34) - - -
• 16 Max van Lieshout 16.09.1988 (20) - - -
• 18 Rody Jacobs 29.06.1976 (32) - - -
• 21 Niko Suoraniemi 04.03.1984 (24) - - -
• 26 Jeffrey van Iersel 18.08.1979 (29) - - -
• 44 Don Nichols 12.12.1978 (29)

- - - Offence Goal Assist Penalty

• 6 Ritchie van Hulten 26.02.1989 (19) - - -
• 19 Peter van Biezen 01.03.1983 (25) - - -
• 20 Onur Mete 24.08.1986 (22) - - -
• 23 Mark Donders 11.01.1985 (23) - - -
• 29 Daryl Bat 03.09.1980 (28) - - -
• 47 Bob Teunissen 07.10.1981 (26) - - -
• 55 Jeroen van den Broek 12.03.1988 (20) - - -
• 73 Taggart Desmet 29.05.1982 (26) - - -
• 80 Casey Vanschagen 18.02.1980 (28) - - -
• 81 Lance Monych 25.06.1984 (24) - - -
• 94 Matt Smith 04.01.1983 (25) - - -
• 95 Dennis ten Bokkel 18.03.1979 (29) - - -

Staff:

Coaching/Team Staf Functie

• Larry Suarez 16.02.1964 (44) Head Coach
• Ron van Doorn 12.05.1962 (46) Assistant Coach
• Pieter Schrover 27.07.1960 (48) Team Chef
• Hans Galle 08.09.1946 (62) Physiotherapeut
• Cees van Poppel 22.01.1953 (55) Physiotherapeut
• Alex Andjelic 16.10.1940 (67) Youth Coach

Sport Managment

• Barry Robeerst 22.07.1977 (31) Teammanager
• Joris Braam 12.06.1979 (29) Advisor
• Jan de Jong 26.09.1965 (43) Advisor

Honours

• Dutch national championship (1948, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2007)
• Cup Nationale Nederlanden (1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008)
• Cup International (1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
• Cup Brabant (1969)
• Cup Swegerijnen (1974)
• Cup Lage Landen (1966, 1968)
• Cup Luxembourg (1969)
• Cup National (1970)
• Cup Chamonix
• Cup Villard de Lans

Famous players

• Klaas van den Broek
• Huub van Dun
• Leo Van den Thillart
• Paulo Colaiacovo
• Jerry Göbel
• Frank Jacobs
• John MacDonald
• Jiri Petrnousek
• Joe Simons
• Billy Thompson

External links

• Official website
• TYSC Tilburg Trappers History Site