Eindhoven Kemphanen

Eindhoven Kemphanen
Eindhoven Kemphanen
City	Eindhoven
League	BeNe League
Founded	1970
Home arena	Ijssportcentrum Eindhoven; (capacity 1,700)
Colours	Orange, blue;
Website	kemphanen.nl

Eindhoven Kemphanen is a professional ice hockey club in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. They played in the Dutch Cup and the Eredivisie) until season 2017-2018, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands. Home games are played at the IJssportcentrum Eindhoven.

History

Eindhoven ice hockey began in the 1970s with the construction of a hockey arena. Eindhoven Kemphanen (Kemphanen, "fighting roosters" in English, is a play on words using the name of the "Kempen" region) first played in the Eredivisie in 1981-82 and played intermittently in the Eredivisie in the 1980s and 1990s. The highlight of this period was winning the Netherlands cup competition in 1986. The team returned to the Eredivisie in 2008-09 for the first time since 1996-97.

Season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Season	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
2012-13	36	10	1	3	22	122	161	35	6th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify
2011–12	14	5	1	1	7	66	47	18	5th, North Sea Cup	Lost semi-finals to The Hague (0-3)
2010–11	28	11	2	2	13	109	106	39	5th, North Sea Cup	Lost quarter-finals to Nijmegen (0-2)
2009–10	28	13	2	1	12	114	90	44	6th, Eredivisie	Lost quarter-finals to Tilburg (0-2)
2008–09	28	8	1	2	13	82	100	28	8th, Eredivisie	Lost quarter-finals to Tilburg (0-3)

Championships

Eredivisie National Championships

None.

Netherlands Cup Winners

Once: 1986

External links

Official website (in Dutch)
Netherlands Ice Hockey Union (in Dutch)
Ijshockey.com information on the Eredivisie teams (in Dutch)

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v t e BeNe League
Governing body	Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation Netherlands Ice Hockey Association
Current teams	Antwerp Phantoms IHC Leuven UNIS Flyers Hijs Hokij HYC Herentals Bulldogs Liège Eaters Limburg Mechelen Golden Sharks Nijmegen Devils Tilburg Trappers II Zoetermeer Panthers
Former teams	Amsterdam Tigers Dordrecht Lions Eindhoven Kemphanen GIJS Groningen IJCU Dragons Utrecht Olympia Heist op den Berg Red Eagles 's-Hertogenbosch Turnhout Tigers
Related competitions	Belgian National League Belgian Cup Belgian Hockey League Eredivisie North Sea Cup
Related articles: IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

v t e Eredivisie
Governing Body	Nederlandse IJshockey Bond
Current Teams	Dordrecht Lions Eindhoven Kemphanen Friesland Flyers Geleen Eaters HYC Herentals HYS The Hague Tilburg Trappers
Former Teams	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam G's Groningen Grizzlies Leuven Chiefs Nijmegen Devils Nijmegen Tigers Rotterdam Panda's Utrecht Dragons White Caps Turnhout Zoetermeer Panthers
Related tournaments	Dutch Cup IIHF Continental Cup
Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1949–50 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011-12 2012–13 2013–14