Ben Tijnagel
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 |
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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
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Individual evidence
- ↑ ijshockey.com, Ben Tijnagel verongelukt ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. /
Web links
- Ben Tijnagel at hockeydb.com (English)
- Ben Tijnagel at eurohockey.com
- Ben Tijnagel at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Description of his career
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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 |