Geleen Eaters

Ruijters Eaters Geleen

Year Founded

1968

Home Ice

Glanerbrook Ijshal (capacity 1,200)

City

Geleen, Netherlands

Team Colors

Red, White, Blue

Head Coach

Mike Pellegrims

Championships

1 (2011–12)

National Cups

2 (1992–93), (2009–10)

Geleen Eaters (or Geleen Smoke Eaters) is the professional ice hockey team of Geleen, The Netherlands. It plays in the Eredivisie), the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands and Belgium. Home games are played at the Glanerbrook.

History

The Geleen Smoke Eaters, named after the Trail Smoke Eaters, played their first game against Amsterdam on November 2, 1968. They first competed in the Eredivisie in 1971 and have participated in most of its seasons since.

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	16	5	0	15	136	126	58	4th, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to The Hague (0W-3L)
2011–12	14	12	0	0	2	72	36	36	2nd, North Sea Cup	Won National Championship (3W-2L)
2010–11	28	10	2	2	14	105	127	36	6th, North Sea Cup	Lost semi-finals to The Hague (0-3)
2009–10	28	13	6	1	8	100	77	52	4th, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Nijmegen (1-3)
2008–09	24	11	3	2	8	96	89	41	3rd, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to The Hague (0-3)
2007-08	24	11	1	1	11	102	69	36	4th, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (2-4)
2006-07	20	14	0	1	5	101	60	43	1st, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Heerenveen (0-3)
2005-06	20	8	5	2	5	84	71	36	3rd, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Heerenveen (1-2)

Squad 2013-14

Goalies
#		Name
35		patrick martin
80		edward noortman

Defenders
#		Name
3		Pippo Limnell
11		Sander van Leeuwen
19		Erik Tummers
28		Joery van Rooijen
12		Mark Simonsma
26		Jeffrey van Iersel
49		Glenn Bakx

Forwards
#		Name
9		Lars van Sloun
13		Dave van Mol
22		Luca Huetmekers
39		Kay Gielen
58		Lars Engwegen
71		Mikko Palotie
77		Bryan Kolodziejczyk
91		Akim Ramoul
08		Hendrik Giesbers
93		Dean Moors

Staff

Andy tenbult Head Coach

Willy Zwarthoed Assistant coach

Vaclav Socher Goalie Coach

Maurice Nelissen Team Manager

Mike Ninaber Equipment

Bert Simons Equipment

Mia Simons Equipment

Sandra Carli Off Ice Trainer

Peter Vroomen Medical staff

Bert Kruisen Medical staff

Jan van Mulken Medical staff

Dr. Sanders Medical staff

Dr. M. Dirckx Medical staff

Jan van Mulken Physiotherapist

Rian Dekkers Physiotherapist

Championships

Eredivisie National Championships

One (2011–2012)

Netherlands Cup Winners

Twice. (1992–1993);(2009–2010)

Former players

Nathan Daly
Benjamin Finkenrath
David Coderre

External links

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

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