HYC Herentals

HYC Herentals is an ice hockey team in Herentals, Belgium. They play in the BeNe League and are known, for sponsorship reasons, as ERA Renomar HYC Herentals.

ERA Renomar HYC Herentals
CityHerentals, Belgium
LeagueBeNe League
2015-present
Eredivisie
2012-2015
North Sea Cup
2010-2012
Belgian Hockey League
1971-2012
BelgianCup
Founded1971
Home arenaSport Vlaanderen Netepark
(capacity: 1600)
Colours   
Head coach Jeffrey van Iersel
Asst. head coach Dries Leirs
CaptainMitch Morgan
WebsiteHYC Herentals
Franchise history
1971 - PresentHYC Herentals

History

The club was founded in 1971. They won their first of nine Belgian Hockey League titles in 1981.[1] In 1986, Herentals won the inaugural Belgian Cup. They have won the cup eight more times since. In 2010, it switched from the Belgian Hockey League to the North Sea Cup, a combined Belgian-Dutch elite league. When the North Sea Cup disbanded only two years later in 2012, it joined the Eredivisie.

North Sea Cup/Eredivisie Results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2012-1336120420155190405th, EredivisieDid not qualify
2011–121452075871194th, North Sea CupWon Belgian Championship (3-0)
2010–11284022289188148th, North Sea CupLost Belgian championship to White Caps Turnhout (2-4)

Roster

Updated February 26, 2019.[2]

Goaltenders
Number Player Catches Acquired Place of Birth
32 Kevin van Looveren L 2006 Herentals, Belgium
90 Arne Waumans L 2017 Belgium
Defencemen
Number Player Shoots Acquired Place of Birth
20 Emiel Goris L 2011 Herentals, Belgium
13 Nils Vroemans L 2009 Ekeren, Belgium
23 Thijs van Laere L 2009 Herentals, Belgium
9 Peter Bartek R 2018 Slovakia
42 Lowie Cuylaerts L 2016 Herentals, Belgium
46 Brent Bogaerts R 2016 Herentals, Belgium
65 Arne van Espen L 2017 Belgium
2 Chad Piccart L 2016 Lille, Belgium
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Acquired Place of Birth
67 Mitch Morgan (C) L LW/RW 2015 Herentals, Belgium
7 Vincent Morgan L F 2005 Herentals, Belgium
10 Ben Vercammen (A) L LW 2003 Herentals, Belgium
11 Jordy van Dyck L F 2008 Herentals, Belgium
17 Yente Franssen L F 2010 Lier, Belgium
52 Jacques de Ceuster L LW 2016 Herentals, Belgium
3 Ben Coolen R F 2016 Turnhout, Belgium
12 Jul van Mele L F 2012 Belgium
64 Preston Shupe (A) L C 2018 Weyburn, Canada
95 Kyle Brothers L F 2018 Watford, Canada
4 Jef van den Bosch L F 2017 Belgium
76 Arne Vervoort L F 2017 Belgium

HYC Herentals 2

As with many ice hockey clubs in the Benelux countries, HYC Herentals operates teams at several levels. The HYC Herentals second team plays in the Belgian Hockey League.

Belgian Hockey League Results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2012-13186001261112187th, Belgian Elite LeagueLost quarter-final to Turnhout White Caps (0W-2L)

Achievements
  • Belgian champion: (15) 1981, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020.
  • Belgian Division II champion: (1) 2005.
  • Belgian Cup (13): 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020.
  • BeNe League (2): 2016, 2019.[3]

References
  1. History Archived 2013-07-06 at the Wayback Machine on hyc.be
  2. "HYC Roster". hyc.be (in Dutch). Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. Team profile on eurohockey.com
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