Netherlands men's national under-18 ice hockey team

Netherlands

Nickname(s)	Oranje (Orange)
Association	Netherlands Ice Hockey Association
General Manager	Louis Maas
Head coach	Robb Serviss
Assistants	Bohuslav Subr
Captain	Tony Ras
Most games	Levi Houkes
Top scorer	Peter van Biezen
Most points	Bert van den Braak
Home stadium	Thialf
IIHF code	NED
Team colors
IIHF World U18 Championship
Appearances	10 (first in 2001)
Best result	22nd (2008)

The Netherlands men's national under-18 ice hockey team is controlled by the Netherlands Ice Hockey Association and represents the Netherlands in international under-18 ice hockey competitions. The Netherlands plays in Division II of the IIHF World U18 Championships, and will host the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II Group A in Heerenveen.^[1]

2012 IIHF World U18 Championships

The Netherlands hosted the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships Division II Group A in Heerenveen. All games were played at Thialf.^[2]

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts
South Korea	5	3	1	1	0	17	14	12
Romania	5	4	0	0	1	25	15	9
Lithuania	5	3	1	0	1	22	11	11
Great Britain	5	1	1	0	3	18	17	5
Croatia	5	1	0	1	3	8	23	4
Netherlands	5	0	0	1	4	16	26	1

Roster

From the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond^[3]

Current squad

The following players were named as part of the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships roster.^[4]

Name	Pos	Club
Jan-Willem Groenheyde	G	Zoetermeer Panthers
Daniel Oordt	G	Langley Rivermen
Boet van Gestel	D	Tilburg Trappers
Willem Gloudemans	D	Eindhoven High Techs
Rick van Haren	D	DEG Metro Stars
Mark Hoekstra	D	Friesland Flyers
Thijs Voorn	D	Eindhoven High Techs
Koen Bakker	D	Dells Ducks
Luke Zwartbol	D	Eindhoven High Techs
Rocco van Hoorn	D	Amsterdam Capitals
Thomas Borgman	F	Zoetermeer Panthers
Danny Donders	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Jesse Hendriks	F	Krefeld Pinguine
Reno de Hondt	F	Malmö J18
Jordy Knoren	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Tom Marx	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Davey Menting	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Tony Ras	F	Friesland Flyers
Raymond van der Schuit	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Sebastiaan Sneijder	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Cas Staps	F	Malmö J18
Danny Stempher	F	Eindhoven High Techs
Joey Verreijen	F	South Muskoka Shield

Results

Recent results within last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.

Date	Competition	Venue	Home Team	Result	Away Team
March 27, 2011	2011WM18	Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk	China U18	1-2	Netherlands U18
March 28, 2011	2011WM18	Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk	Lithuania U18	3-4	Netherlands U18
March 30, 2011	2011WM18	Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk	Spain U18	1-2	Netherlands U18
March 31, 2011	2011WM18	Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk	Netherlands U18	2-4	Ukraine U18
April 2, 2011	2011WM18	Druzhba Palace of Sports, Donetsk	Netherlands U18	9-2	Belgium U18
November 9, 2011	Exhibition	Arena Chomutov, Chomutov	Piráti Chomutov U18	6-1	Netherlands U18
November 10, 2011	Exhibition	Arena Chomutov, Chomutov	Piráti Chomutov U18	6-3	Netherlands U18
November 11, 2011	Exhibition	Ostrov Arena, Ostrov	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U18	3-1	Netherlands U18
November 12, 2011	Exhibition	KV Arena, Karlovy Vary	HC Energie Karlovy Vary U18	14-3	Netherlands U18
November 21, 2011	Exhibition	Ijssportcentrum Eindhoven, Eindhoven	Netherlands U18	1-4	Netherlands U20
December 27, 2011	Tournament	Coliséum, Amiens	Netherlands U18	5-4	Brûleurs de Loups U18
December 27, 2011	Tournament	Coliséum, Amiens	France U16	7-5	Netherlands U18
December 28, 2011	Tournament	Coliséum, Amiens	Dragons de Rouen U18	6-2	Netherlands U18
December 28, 2011	Tournament	Coliséum, Amiens	Reims Champagne U18	2-15	Netherlands U18
December 29, 2011	Tournament	Coliséum, Amiens	Sportovní klub Kadaň U18	2-3	Netherlands U18
December 30, 2011	Tournament	Coliséum, Amiens	Gothiques d'Amiens U18	3-1	Netherlands U18

References

1. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships.html
2. Schedule and Statistics
3. "Team Roster". Nederlandse IJshockey Bond. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
4. http://nijb.nl/cms.php?Page=u18

External links

• Nederlandse IJshockey Bond (Dutch)
• Netherlands at the IIHF
• National Teams of Ice Hockey