Tilburg Trappers

Tilburg Trappers
Greatest successes
Fifteen times Dutch champion. Fifteen times Dutch cup winners. Three times champion German Oberliga Nord. Three times German Oberliga champion
Club information
history	Tilburg Trappers (since 1938)
Location	Tilburg , Netherlands
Club colors	blue yellow
league	Ice hockey league BeNe League
Venue	IJssportcentrum Tilburg
capacity	2,500 seats
Head coach	Bo Subr
captain	Ivy van den Heuvel
Season 2019/20	Master orienteering north

The Tilburg Trappers are a Dutch ice hockey club from Tilburg , which was founded in 1938 as the Tilburgsche IJs Sport Club . The Trappers are one of the most successful ice hockey clubs in the Netherlands. The club colors are yellow and blue. As usual in Dutch ice hockey, the Trappers came up with the name of the main sponsor. This was DESTIL , which is why the DESTIL Trappers lettering could be seen on the jerseys .

history

The Trappers belonged to the Ehrendivision , the highest Dutch league, from the time it was founded. The club's second team played for a long time in the Eerste Divisie , the country's second-highest division.

The Tilburg Trappers were particularly successful in the 1970s. In total, they have been Dutch champions 15 times (1947, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015) and also 15 times cup winners (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015). The team secured the championship title between 1971 and 1976.

The Trappers have been taking part in the German Oberliga Nord since the 2015/16 season . There the Trappers took second place behind the Füchsen Duisburg in their first season . With play-off victories against the Hannover Scorpions , the EV Landshut and the EC Peiting , they reached the final of the Oberliga championship, which was won by a 3-0 final series against EHC Bayreuth . The Trappers are the first foreign team to win a national German ice hockey title; however, they were denied ascent.

The Trappers finished the 2016/17 season in fourth place, behind the Herner EV , the Füchsen Duisburg and the Mosquitos Essen . In the play-offs the Tilburg team defeated the Crocodiles Hamburg , the VER Selb and the Mosquitos Essen with 3-1 each. The Trappers also won 3-1 in the final against EC Bad Tölz (champions of the Oberliga Süd); like a year earlier, however, they were not allowed to advance.

The club's second team has been taking part in the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League since 2015 . Two other teams from the club play in the Dutch Eerste divisie .

team

Squad of the 2017/18 season

Goalkeepers
No.		Surname		Date of birth	place of birth	size	L / R	Trapper since season	Last team
33		Ruud Leeuwesteijn		January 3, 1997	Dordrecht , the Netherlands	187 cm	L.	2015-2016	Eindhoven Kemphanen / NIJA
39		Ian Meierdres		December 24, 1988	Breda , the Netherlands	178 cm	L.	2003-2004
Defender
No.		Surname		Date of birth	place of birth	size	L / R	Trapper since season	Last team
4th		Ryan Collier		August 9, 1991	Amsterdam , Netherlands	175 cm	L.	2015-2016	Bowdoin College , Brunswick , Maine , USA
5		Giovanni Vogelaar		August 6, 1996	The Hague , Netherlands	188 cm	R.	2015-2016	Heerenveen Flyers
7th		Alexei Loginov		January 8, 1993	Saratov , Russia	178 cm	L.	2016-2017	Zauralie Kurgan , Kurgan Oblast , Russia
13		Jordy Verkiel		December 23, 1996	Dordrecht, the Netherlands	183 cm	R.	2010-2011
16		Kilian van Gorp		February 17, 1995	Udenhout , Netherlands	191 cm	L.	2014-2015	Eindhoven Kemphanen
22nd		Boet van Gestel		September 21, 1995	Goirle , Netherlands	178 cm	L.	2015-2016	Eindhoven Kemphanen
44		Jordy van Oorschot "A"		August 7, 1987	Rotterdam , Netherlands	182 cm	L.	2014-2015	Hijs Hokij The Hague
Attacking player
No.		Surname		Date of birth	place of birth	size	L / R	Trapper since season	Last team
6th		Ivy van den Heuvel "C"		August 24, 1988	's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands	187 cm	L.	2010-2011	Eindhoven Kemphanen
11		Wouter Sars		September 6, 2000	Tilburg, Netherlands	176 cm	L.	2017-2018	Tilburg Trappers Toekomstteam
12		Kevin Bruijsten		January 29, 1987	Nijmegen , the Netherlands	185 cm	L.	2017-2018	Dundee Stars , EIHL
14th		Mickey Basting's "A"		February 14, 1992	Tilburg, Netherlands	193 cm	L.	2010-2011	Banff Academy Bears , Banff , Alberta , Canada
20th		Mitch Bruijsten		March 24, 1989	Nijmegen, the Netherlands	193 cm	L.	2015-2016	Heerenveen Flyers
24		Jim Gudden		July 10, 1992	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	182 cm	L.	2014-2015	Red Eagles' s-Hertogenbosch
26th		Jonne de Bonth		April 23, 1998	Tilburg, Netherlands	185 cm	L.	2015-2016	Tilburg Trappers Toekomstteam
29		Brock Montgomery		July 18, 1992	Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan , Canada	188 cm	R.	2017-2018	Adirondack Thunder , Glenn Falls , New York State , USA ( ECHL )
70		Parker Bowles		January 25, 1995	Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada	185 cm	L.	2017-2018	Calgary Dinos (CIS)
71		Nardo Nagtzaam		May 9, 1990	Nijmegen, the Netherlands	185 cm	L.	2017-2018	Mosquitoes eat
77		Reno de Hondt		October 6, 1995	Tilburg, Netherlands	168 cm	R.	2014-2015	Flint Jr. Generals , Flint , Michigan , USA
81		Max Hermens		October 31, 1997	Zoetermeer , the Netherlands	180 cm	L.	2017-2018	Nacka HK , Nacka , Sweden
91		Nick de Ruijter		December 15, 1991	Tilburg, Netherlands	178 cm	L.	2007-2008
95		Danny Stempher		5th August 1995	Zoetermeer, the Netherlands	178 cm	L.	2015-2016	Eindhoven Kemphanen

Coaching staff

activity	Nat.	Surname	Date of birth	In the team since	place of birth
Trainer		Bohuslav Subr	May 25, 1980	2015	Tabor , Czech Republic
Assistant coach		Josh Mizerek	October 6, 1976	2017	Duluth , Minnesota , USA
Team manager		Peter-Paul van Rooij	3rd October 1963		Netherlands

Stadion

With an average of 2,181 spectators (2008) per game, the IJssportcentrum Tilburg is one of the best- attended ice hockey stadiums in the kingdom. The hall, built in 1996, has a capacity of 2,500 and is one of the most modern in the Netherlands.

successes

• Champion of the Eredivisie : 1946/47, 1970/71 to 1975/76, 1993/94, 1994/95, 1995/96, 2000/01, 2006/07, 2007/08, 2013/14, 2014/15
• Winning the Dutch Cup competition (Dutch Beker Cup): 1973-1976, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015
• German Oberliga Champion 2016 , 2017 , 2018
• German Oberliga runner-up 2019
• Champion of the German Oberliga Nord 2018 , 2019 , 2020

Web links

• Official website of the Tilburg Trappers
• Entry at hockeyarenas.net

Individual evidence

1. ^ Oberliga: DEB confirms field of participants for Oberliga Nord - "Tilburg Trappers as an asset to the entire league". In: eishockey.info. June 5, 2015, accessed April 20, 2016 . 
2. ^ Christian Diepold: Tilburg Trappers are league champions 2015/2016. In: eishockey-online.com. April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 20, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Why Tilburg is not allowed to rise. In: shorthandednews.de. August 11, 2018, accessed June 2, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Oberliga Nord championship round overall table. In: eishockey.info. Retrieved February 13, 2018 .