Utrecht Dragons

IJCU Dragons Utrecht

Year Founded

2008

Home Ice

De Vechtsebanen

City

Utrecht, Netherlands

Team Colors

Red, White

Head Coach

Frank Versteeg

Championships

None

IJCU Dragons Utrecht was an amateur ice hockey team in Utrecht, Netherlands. The team played one season as "Hoek Dragons Utrecht" in the Dutch Eredivisie, the professional hockey division in the Netherlands, in 2008-2009, while maintaining an amateur team in the Eerste divisie. In 2013, it ceased operations in the Eerste divisie. Home games were played at De Vechtsebanen.

History

Utrecht has had an ice hockey club for many years, including teams named "Dragons". For 2008-2009, the team created a professional squad to compete in the Eredivisie, finishing with a record of 2 wins and 22 losses. They played in the Eerste divisie, the top amateur league in the Netherlands until January 2013, when a loss of players required them to forfeit the remainder of the season. They currently organize a team in the recreational Third Division.

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
2008–09	24	2	0	0	22	69	164	6	9th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify

Squad 2008-09

Goalies

20 Matthew Ezzy

31 Wouter Leenen

32 Shane Sturkenboom

Defence

22 Milan Hornik

25 Jozef Kotleba

23 Mike Overweg

18 Kees Slagmolen

24 Peter Sneijders

10 Roy Vermeulen

Forwards

15 Jimmy Smit

21 John Versteeg

12 Juraj Fodrek

5 Bart van Roosmalen

19 Viktor Kovac

29 Josef Kubricky

9 Martijn Leenen

28 Boris Varga

30 Andrew Scampoli

5 Bart van Roosmalen

Staff

Frank Versteeg, coach

Chad Kambeitz, ass. coach/goalie trainer

Gerard Franken, teammanager

Joop Aquooy, equipment

Peter Sneijders, equipment

Gijs Jekel, physiotherapist

Championships

None.

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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