Heylen Vastgoed HYC is a professional ice hockey team based in Herentals, Belgium. They play in the Central European Hockey League.
History The club was founded in 1971. They won their first of nine Belgian Hockey League titles in 1981.History on hyc.be 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
Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs2012-13 36 12 0 4 20 155 190 40 5th, Eredivisie Did not qualify 2011–12 14 5 2 0 7 58 71 19 4th, North Sea Cup Won Belgian Championship (3-0) 2010–11 28 4 0 2 22 89 188 14 8th, North Sea Cup Lost Belgian championship to White Caps Turnhout (2-4)
Roster Updated February 26, 2019. GoaltendersNumberPlayerCatchesAcquiredPlace of Birth 32Kevin van LooverenL 2006Herentals, Belgium90Arne WaumansL 2017Belgium
DefencemenNumberPlayerShootsAcquiredPlace of Birth 20Emiel Goris L 2011Herentals, Belgium13Nils Vroemans L 2009Ekeren, Belgium23Thijs van Laere L 2009Herentals, Belgium9Peter Bartek R 2018Slovakia42Lowie CuylaertsL 2016Herentals, Belgium46Brent BogaertsR 2016Herentals, Belgium65Arne van EspenL 2017Belgium2Chad PiccartL 2016Lille, Belgium
ForwardsNumberPlayerShootsPositionAcquiredPlace of Birth 67Mitch Morgan (C)LLW/RW 2015Herentals, Belgium7Vincent Morgan LF 2005Herentals, Belgium10Ben Vercammen (A)LLW 2003Herentals, Belgium11Jordy van Dyck LF 2008Herentals, Belgium17Yente Franssen LF 2010Lier, Belgium52Jacques de CeusterLLW 2016Herentals, Belgium3Ben Coolen RF 2016Turnhout, Belgium12Jul van Mele LF 2012Belgium64Preston Shupe (A)LC 2018Weyburn, Canada95Kyle BrothersLF 2018Watford, Canada4Jef van den BoschLF 2017Belgium76Arne VervoortLF 2017Belgium
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 played 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
Season GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs2012-13 18 6 0 0 12 61 112 18 7th, Belgian Elite League Lost 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.Team profile on eurohockey.com
Former logos
References
External links Official Website Team profile on hockeyarenas.net