Marcel Kars
 Marcel Kars 
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| Date of birth | April 20, 1977 |
| place of birth | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
| size | 195 cm |
| Weight | 98 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1996-1997 | Barrie Colts |
| 1997-2001 | University of Guelph |
| 2002-2003 | Tigers Amsterdam |
| 2003-2005 | Amsterdam Bulldogs |
| 2005-2006 | Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam |
| 2006 | Newcastle North Stars |
| 2006-2007 | HC Bozen II |
| 2007-2008 | Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam |
| 2008 | Deggendorf Fire |
| 2008-2009 | Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam |
| 2009-2010 | Tilburg Trappers |
| 2010 | Zoetermeer Panthers |
| 2010-2011 | HYS The Hague |
| 2011–2012 | Eindhoven Kemphanen |
| 2012-2013 | Amsterdam G's |
| 2014-2015 | Friesland Flyers |
| 2015-2016 | Hijs Hokij The Hague |
| since 2016 | Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam |
Marcel Kars (born April 20, 1977 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian - Dutch ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam again since 2016 and plays with the club in the newly founded Belgian-Dutch BeNe League .
Career
Marcel Kars, who was born and raised in Toronto as the son of Dutch emigrants, began his career as an ice hockey player with the Barrie Colts , for which he was active in the Canadian junior league Ontario Hockey League in the 1996/97 season . He then attended the University of Guelph for four years , for whose ice hockey team he was active in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport .
From 2002 to 2006 the center played for the Amsterdam Bulldogs (renamed Amstel Tijgers in 2005) in the Eredivisie . With Amsterdam he won the double of the Dutch championship title and cup victory in 2003, 2004 and 2005 . During the summer break of 2006 he played for the Newcastle North Stars in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL) and won the Goodall Cup , the Australian championship title , with his team . He contributed to this success as the top scorer and best template provider of the regular season. He then moved to the 2006/07 season for the second team of HC Bozen in the Italian A2 series . After only one season there, Kars went back to Amsterdam and played there in the Eredivisie for his ex-club Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam. In January 2008 he moved to Deggendorf Fire in the German league .
In the 2008/2009 season he returned to the Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam. For this he played until his move to league rivals Tilburg Trappers in November 2009. The 2010/11 season he began with the Zoetermeer Panters , where he was team captain. For this he scored 21 scorer points in 14 games, including five goals, before moving to HYS The Hague within the Eredivisie . With this he was again Dutch champion at the end of the season. In the 2011/12 season he played for their league rivals Eindhoven Kemphanen . After he was on the ice at the Amsterdam G’s , he played for the Heerenveen Flyers in 2014/15 . In 2015 he returned to The Hague and played one season with the club, which is now called Hijs Hokij Den Haag , in the newly founded Belgian-Dutch BeNe League . Since 2016 he has been under contract with Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam, with whom he also plays in the BeNe League.
International
For the Netherlands , Kars took part in the Division I World Championships in 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 and 2012 . He also competed for the Netherlands in the qualifying tournaments for the Winter Olympics in Turin in 2006 , in Vancouver in 2010 , in Sochi in 2014 and in Pyeongchang in 2018 .
Achievements and Awards
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Web links
- Marcel Kars at hockeydb.com (English)
- Marcel Kars at eurohockey.com
- Marcel Kars at eliteprospects.com (English)
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| SURNAME | Kars, Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-Dutch ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |