2008–09 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season

2008–09 Eredivisie
League	Eredivisie
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of teams	10
TV partner(s)	RTL
Regular season
Champions	Tilburg Trappers
Runners-up	HYS The Hague
Playoffs
Finals
Champions	HYS The Hague
Runners-up	Tilburg Trappers

The 2008–09 Eredivisie was the 49th season of the Eredivisie, the highest level of ice hockey competition in the Netherlands. The season started in November, following the completion of the league cup, won by the Tilburg Trappers.

With the addition of the Utrecht Dragons and the Groningen Grizzlies, ten teams participated (a record for the Eredivisie). The season consisted of 24 games. The Utrecht Dragons fared poorly in their first and only season, folding its professional team at the end of the season.

The top eight teams qualified for the playoffs. In the best-of-three quarterfinals, Tilburg beat Eindhoven 2-0, The Hague beat Amsterdam 2-0, Geleen beat Groningen 2-0, and Nijmegen beat Heerenveen 2-1. In the best-of-five semifinals, Tilburg beat Nijmegen 3-2 and The Hague beat Geleen 3-0. HYS The Hague won its first national championship since 1969 by beating Tilburg in the best-of-five finals 3 games to 2.

Regular season

	Club	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Tilburg Trappers	24	18	1	0	5	142	78	56
2.	HYS The Hague	24	14	3	2	5	107	72	50
3.	Eaters Geleen	24	11	3	2	8	96	89	41
4.	Nijmegen Devils	24	12	2	1	9	92	83	39*
5.	Heerenveen Flyers	24	11	1	2	10	87	79	37
6.	Groningen Pecoma Grizzlies	24	10	2	0	12	77	90	34
7.	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam	24	8	1	5	10	85	82	31
8.	Eindhoven Kemphanen	24	8	1	2	13	82	100	28
9.	Utrecht Dragons	24	2	0	0	22	69	164	6

(* The Nijmegen Devils had two points deducted)

Playoffs

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Tilburg Trappers	2

Eindhoven Kemphanen	0
		Tilburg Trappers	3

		Nijmegen Devils	2
Nijmegen Devils	2

Heerenveen Flyers	1
				Tilburg Trappers	2

				HYS The Hague	3
HYS The Hague	2

Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam	0
		HYS The Hague	3

		Eaters Geleen	0
Geleen Eaters	2

Groningen Pecoma Grizzlies	0

References

External links

Season on hockeyarchives.info
Results at official website

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

Eredivisie 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

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