Nils Vroemans

Nils Vroemans
Date of birth	January 29, 1988
place of birth	Antwerp , Belgium
size	183 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2003-2009	Phantoms Deurne
since 2009	HYC Herentals

Nils Vroemans (born January 29, 1988 in Antwerp ) is a Belgian ice hockey player who has been under contract with HYC Herentals since 2009 and has played with the club in the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League since 2015 .

Career

Nils Vroemans, who comes from the Antwerp district of Ekeren, played at the beginning of his career as an ice hockey player with the Phantoms Deurne , where he was initially used in the second team. As a 17-year-old, he made his debut in the first men's team in the Belgian first division in the 2005/06 season . In 2009 he moved to league competitor HYC Herentals and in 2012 he won the Belgian national championship with his team . In 2012, 2013 and 2016 he won the Belgian Ice Hockey Cup with HYC . From 2010 to 2012 he and his team also took part in the Dutch-Belgian North Sea Cup . When this series was dissolved, Vroemans moved with the first team of HYC Herentals in 2012 in the Dutch honor division . Since the foundation of the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League as the joint top division of both countries, he has played with the club there and won the first edition in 2016, which was also associated with the Belgian championship title. In 2017 and 2018 he also won the Belgian championship with HYC and in 2017 the cup competition again.

International

For Belgium, Vroemans took part in the U18 World Championships in 2004 and 2006 in Division II and in 2005 in Division III. In the U20 he played at the World Championships in 2005 and 2008 in Division II and in 2007 in Division III.

With the men's national team , Vroemans took part in the World Championships of Division II in 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2005 Promotion to Division II at the U18 World Championship Division III
• 2007 Promotion to Division II at the U20 World Cup Division III
• 2012 Belgian champion and Belgian cup winner with HYC Herentals
• 2012 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B
• 2013 Belgian cup winner with HYC Herentals
• 2016 win of the BeNe League , Belgian champion and cup winner with HYC Herentals
• 2017 Belgian champion and cup winner with HYC Herentals
• 2018 Belgian champion with HYC Herentals

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Belgian First Division - Regular Season 1	7th	50	3	15th	18th	51
Belgian First Division Playoffs 1	1	3	0	2	2	4th
North Sea Cup	2	50	3	3	6th	30th
Dutch First Division regular season	3	82	1	8th	9	206
Dutch first division playoffs	2	5	0	0	0	31
BeNe League Regular Season	3	53	8th	20th	28	189
BeNe League playoffs	3	13	1	1	2	98

(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

• Nils Vroemans at hockeydb.com (English)
• Nils Vroemans at eliteprospects.com (English)