Frank Neven

Frank Neven
Date of birth	May 26, 1995
size	183 cm
Weight	67 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2011-2013	IHC Leuven
since 2013	Bulldogs de Liège

Frank Neven (born May 26, 1995 ) is a Belgian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Bulldogs de Liège since 2013 and has played with them in the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League since 2015 .

Career

Frank Neven started his career as an ice hockey player at IHC Leuven , for whom he made his debut in the Belgian first division in 2012 after playing for the club's second team in the second division in the preseason. In 2013 he and his team won the Belgian national championship . He then moved to the Bulldogs de Liège . With the club from the cultural metropolis of Wallonia , he not only won the national championship title again in 2014, but also the cup competition . Since 2015 he has been playing with the Bulldogs in the newly founded BeNe League . In 2018 he was able to win the Belgian cup competition with the club again.

International

For Belgium, Neven took part in the U18 World Championships in 2012 in Division III and in 2013 in Division II. In the U20 he played at the World Championships in 2013 and 2015 in Division II and after relegation in 2014 , when he was second best scorer after fellow countryman Michael van Egdom and second best scorer of the tournament after New Zealander Aaron Henderson and was voted best defender in Division III.

With the men's national team , Neven took part in the Division II World Championships in 2014 , 2015 , 2017 and 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U18 World Championship, Division III, Group A.
• 2013 Belgian champion with the IHC Leuven
• 2014 Belgian champion and cup winner with the Bulldogs de Liège
• 2014 Promotion to Division II, Group B, at the U20 World Cup, Division III
• 2014 Best defender at the U20 World Cup, Division II
• 2018 Belgian cup winner with the Bulldogs de Liège

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Honorary Division Regular Season	3	41	8th	21st	29	58
Honor Division Playoffs 1	1	4th	2	0	2	12
BeNe League regular season	3	41	7th	31	38	48
BeNe League playoffs	2	8th	1	3	4th	18th

(As of the end of the 2017/18 season)

¹ The play-offs 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

• Frank Neven at eliteprospects.com (English)