Dries Steijnen

Dries Steijnen
Date of birth	July 25, 1983
place of birth	Herentals , Belgium
size	190 cm
Weight	87 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2000-2004	HYC Herentals
2004-2006	Olympia Heist op den Berg
2006-2013	IHC Leuven

Dries Steijnen (born July 25, 1983 in Herentals ) is a former Belgian ice hockey player who was Belgian champion with HYC Herentals and IHC Leuven .

Career

Dries Steijnen started his career with HYC Herentals in his hometown. As a 17-year-old he made his debut in the Belgian first division in the 2000/01 season and won the Belgian national championship with the team in 2002 and the Belgian ice hockey cup a year later . In 2004 he left his hometown and joined Olympia Heist op den Berg for two years . From 2006 to the end of his career in 2013 he played for IHC Leuven , with which he also played in the Belgian-Dutch North Sea Cup in the 2011/12 season, in addition to his appearances in the honor division . With the team from the traditional university town, he was again Belgian champion in 2010 and 2013.

International

For Belgium, Steijnen only took part in the 2001 U18 World Cup in the junior division.

With the men's national team , Steijnen took part in the World Championships in Division II in 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 and 2013 . At the 2004 World Cup he played with the Belgians in Division I.

Achievements and Awards

• 2002 Belgian champion and Belgian cup winner with HYC Herentals
• 2003 Belgian cup winner with HYC Herentals
• 2003 Promotion to Division I at the World Championship Division II, Group B
• 2010 Belgian champion with the IHC Leuven
• 2013 Belgian champion with the IHC Leuven

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Belgian First Division - Regular Season 1	13	107	48	56	104	56
Belgian First Division Playoffs 1	7th	30th	8th	14th	22nd	40
North Sea Cup	1	26th	4th	3	7th	14th

(Status: end of the 2012/13 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

• Dries Steijnen at hockeydb.com (English)
• Dries Steijnen at eliteprospects.com (English)