Netherlands men's national ice hockey team

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Nickname(s) Oranje (Orange) Head coach Chris Eimers Most games Ron Berteling (213) Captain Kevin Bruijsten		General Manager Jeroen Zwaanswijk Assistants Michael Nason Most points Jack de Heer (210) Location Netherlands

Association Netherlands Ice Hockey Association

The Dutch men's national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey of the Netherlands.

The Netherlands are currently ranked 24th in the IIHF World Ranking and currently compete in IIHF World Championship Division II.

The Netherlands competed in the 1980 Olympic ice hockey competition. They then competed in Pool A of the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.

In the 1980 Winter Olympics, The Netherlands, competed in the Red division group, and had a record of 1–3–1. They lost to Canada (10–1), they lost to the Soviet Union (17–4), they tied Japan (3–3), they beat Poland (5–3), and they lost to Finland (10–3).

One year later, the team returned to the top division in the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships. In the first round, the team lost all of their games, followed by another 3 losses in the final round.

Olympic Games

1980 – 9th place

World Championship

1935 – 14th place

1939 – 11th place

1950 – 8th place

1951 – 10th place (3rd in Pool B)

1952 – 13th place (4th in Pool B)

1953 – 7th place (4th in Pool B)

1955 – 12th place (3rd in Pool B)

1961 – 18th place (4th in Pool C)

1963 – 20th place (5th in Pool C)

1967 – 21st place (5th in Pool C)

1969 – 18th place (4th in Pool C)

1970 – 20th place (6th in Pool C)

1971 – 21st place (7th in Pool C)

1972 – 20th place (7th in Pool C)

1973 – 16th place (2nd in Pool C)

1974 – 11th place (5th in Pool B)

1975 – 14th place (8th in Pool B)

1976 – 14th place (6th in Pool B)

1977 – 16th place (8th in Pool B)

1978 – 17th place (1st in Pool C)

1979 – 9th place (1st in Pool B)

1981 – 8th place

1982 – 16th place (8th in Pool B)

1983 – 17th place (1st in Pool C)

1985 – 14th place (6th in Pool B)

1986 – 13th place (5th in Pool B)

1987 – 15th place (7th in Pool B)

1989 – 17th place (1st in Pool C)

1990 – 16th place (8th in Pool B)

1991 – 15th place (7th in Pool B)

1992 – 13th place (2nd in Pool B)

1993 – 15th place (3rd in Pool B)

1994 – 18th place (6th in Pool B)

1995 – 16th place (4th in Pool B)

1996 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)

1997 – 19th place (7th in Pool B)

1998 – 24th place (8th in Pool B)

1999 – 25th place (1st in Pool C)

2000 – 24th place (8th in Pool B)

2001 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)

2002 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2003 – 23rd place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2004 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group A)

2005 – 22nd place (3rd in Division I, Group B)

2006 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)

2007 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group A)

2008 – 26th place (5th in Division I, Group A)

2009 – 25th place (5th in Division I, Group B)

2010 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2011 – 24th place (4th in Division I, Group A)

2012 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)

2013 – 25th place (3rd in Division I, Group B)

2014 – 27th place (5th in Division I, Group B)

2015 – 28th place (6th in Division I, Group B)

2016 – 29th place (1st in Division II, Group A)

2016 Roster

Roster for the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Roster for the 1980 Olympics

1 G Ted Lenssen

30 G John de Bruyn

6 D Patrick Kolijn

9 D George Peternousek

11 D Allan Pluimers

12 D Rick van Gog

14 D Henk Hille

17 D Frank van Soldt

2 F Harrie van Heumen

3 F Larry van Wieren (C)

4 F Ron Berteling

5 F Dick Decloe

8 F Jack de Heer

10 F Jan Janssen

15 F Klaas van den Broek (A)

16 F Leo Koopmans

18 F Brian de Bruyn

19 F Chuck Huizinga

20 F Corky de Graauw

25 F William Klooster

References

Netherlands men's national ice hockey team Wikipedia

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Contents

Olympic Games

World Championship

2016 Roster

Roster for the 1980 Olympics

References