Don Geerts

Don Geerts
Date of birth	December 10, 1986
place of birth	Geel , Belgium
size	185 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2003-2007	Phantoms Deurne
2007-2010	Olympia Heist op den Berg
2010–2012	White Caps Turnhout
2012-2013	HYC Herentals
2013-2014	Eindhoven Kemphanen
2014-2015	White Caps Turnhout
since 2015	Eaters Geleen

Don Geerts (born December 10, 1986 in Geel ) is a Belgian ice hockey player who has been playing for Eaters Geleen in the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League since 2015 .

Career

Don Geerts comes from the youth division of Phantoms Deurne , for which he made his debut in the Belgian honorary division in 2003 . In 2005 he won the Belgian ice hockey cup with the team . In 2007 he was drawn to the league competitor Olympia Heist op den Berg , with whom he again won the Belgian Cup in 2010. When the Belgian-Dutch North Sea Cup was founded in 2010 , he moved to White Caps Turnhout , one of the two Belgian clubs there. With the White Caps, he won the double from the Belgian championship and cup competition in 2011. When the North Sea Cup was discontinued after two years, it went to HYC Herentals , which is the only Belgian club to compete in the Dutch honor division . In 2013 he won the Belgian Cup with Herentals, his fourth cup victory with the fourth club. He then moved within the league to the Eindhoven Kemphanen , with whom he finished last. After spending the 2014/15 season in Turnhout again, he joined the Eaters Geleen when he founded the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League .

International

For Belgium, Geerts took part in the junior division of the 2004 U-18 World Championship and the 2004 and 2005 U-20 World Championship in Division II.

For the men's national team , Geerts took part in the World Championships in Division II in 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2012 , 2013 and 2014 , with promotion from B to A group in Division II in 2012.

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Belgian cup winner with the Phantoms Deurne
• 2010 Belgian cup winner with Olympia Heist op den Berg
• 2011 Belgian champion with the White Caps Turnhout
• 2011 Belgian cup winner with the White Caps Turnhout
• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2013 Belgian cup winner with HYC Herentals

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Belgian First Division - Regular Season 1	10	68	29	33	62	42
Belgian First Division Playoffs 1	2	6th	2	0	2	8th
North Sea Cup	2	38	9	7th	16	20th
Dutch First Division regular season	2	62	9	5	14th	50
BeNe League Regular Season	1	21st	13	4th	17th	26th
Dutch First Division regular season	1	4th	2	0	2	0

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

¹ The game data are not known for all seasons of the Belgian first division, so the actual values ​​for games, goals, assists, points and penalty minutes will be higher.

Web links

• Don Geerts at hockeydb.com (English)
• Don Geerts at eliteprospects.com (English)