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Eindhoven Kemphanen

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Eindhoven Kemphanen
CityEindhoven
LeagueBeNe League
Founded1970
Home arenaIjssportcentrum Eindhoven
(capacity 1,700)
ColoursOrange, blue
   
Websitekemphanen.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

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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

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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

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Eredivisie National Championships

None.

Netherlands Cup Winners

Once: 1986

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