Ben Tijnagel

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NetherlandsNetherlands  Ben Tijnagel Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 12, 1964
place of birth Nijmegen , the Netherlands
date of death December 5, 2005
Place of death Meerbusch , Germany
position striker
Career stations
1979-1986 Nijmegen Devils
1986-1992 Rotterdam pandas
1992-2002 Nijmegen Devils

Ben Tijnagel (born June 12, 1964 in Nijmegen , † December 5, 2005 in Meerbusch , Germany ) was a Dutch ice hockey player . He was voted the most valuable player in the Dutch Eredivisie in the 1989/90 season and was considered one of the best Dutch ice hockey players of all time. Tijnagel was killed on December 5, 2005 in a traffic accident on the A57 between Nijmegen and Cologne .

Career

Ben Tijnagel began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Nijmegen Devils , for whom he was active in the Dutch Eredivisie from 1979 to 1986 . With his team he became Dutch champions for the first time in the 1983/84 season . The attacker then played for six years for league rivals Rotterdam Pandas , with whom he also won the Dutch championship title in 1987, 1989 and 1990 and the Dutch cup competition in 1987, 1990 and 1991. In the 1989/90 season he was also named the best Dutch player in the Eredivisie. From 1992 to 1995 he ran again for Nijmegen and became champions again with his team in the 1992/93 season. In the meantime, he retired from professional hockey, but ran again for Nijmegen in the Eredivisie in the 1997/98 and 2001/02 seasons and was Dutch champions for the sixth time in his career in 1998.

International

For the Dutch national team , he completed a total of 56 international matches, in which he scored 20 goals and 21 assists. He represented his home country at various ice hockey world championships .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1984 Dutch champion with the Nijmegen Devils
  • 1987 Dutch champion with the Rotterdam Pandas
  • 1987 Dutch cup winner with the Rotterdam Pandas
  • 1989 Dutch champion with the Rotterdam Pandas
  • 1990 Dutch champion with the Rotterdam Pandas
  • 1990 Dutch cup winner with the Rotterdam Pandas
  • 1990 Best Dutch player in the Eredivisie
  • 1991 Dutch cup winner with the Rotterdam Pandas
  • 1993 Dutch champion with the Nijmegen Devils
  • 1998 Dutch champion with the Nijmegen Devils

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Tijnagel, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Nijmegen , the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 2005
Place of death Meerbusch , Germany