Nijmegen Devils

Select4-u Devils Nijmegen
City	Nijmegen, Netherlands
League	BeNe League 2015-present Eerste Divisie 2012-2015 Eredivisie 1989-2011 Dutch Cup
Founded	1968
Home arena	Triavium (capacity: 1,450)
Colours
Head coach	Alexander Jacobs
Asst. coach	Frank Janssen
Website	Select4-u Devils Nijmegen

The Select4-u Devils Nijmegen is a professional ice hockey club in Nijmegen, Netherlands, they play in the BeNe League, the top-tier league in the Netherlands and Belgium. Formerly the team played in the semi-professional Dutch Eredivisie where they were the 7 time national champions; the most recent championship was in 2009–2010. Home games are played at the Triavium. As of 2019, the team are sponsored by decorating firm AHOUD.

History

The 1993 champions outside the Nijmegen town hall

Ice hockey in Nijmegen began in 1968, with the Nijmegen Tigers winning its first national championship in 1984. At the end of the 1980s, several players moved to Rotterdam to join the short-lived Rotterdam Panda's. Beginning in the early 1990s, financial difficulties hurt the Nijmegen Tigers, forcing the team to dissolve and reform in 1994. In 2003, the Tigers went bankrupt. The Nijmegen Emperors joined the Eredivisie in 2004, winning the national championship in 2006. However, the Emperors also went bankrupt in 2006. In 2007, the Devils joined the league with a title sponsor. In the 2009–10 season, the Devils won the Cup (In Dutch, "Beker"), an annual tournament of Eredivisie teams played before the beginning of the regular season, finished the regular season in first place, and won the national championship.

Season results

The Triavium ice rink

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
2010–11	28	16	1	1	10	133	115	51	4th, North Sea Cup	Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-1)
2009–10	28	18	3	3	4	128	80	63	1st, Eredivisie	Won National Championship (3-0)
2008–09	24	12	2	1	9	92	83	39	4th, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-2), Won Beker Cup
2007–08	24	3	2	1	18	45	107	14	6th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify

Roster

Updated March 8, 2019.

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	Place of Birth
27		Jefrey Vermeulen	L	2010	Nijmegen, Netherlands
33		Deniz Mollen	L	2018	Eindhoven, Netherlands

Defencemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	Place of Birth
21		Luke Zwartbol	L	2018	Dordrecht, Netherlands
24		Rick Wijnen	L	2007	Nijmegen, Netherlands
63		Rick van Haren	L	2016	Venray, Netherlands
66		Nick de Jong	L	2015	Nijmegen, Netherlands
69		Boris van Bergen	R	2014	Nijmegen, Netherlands
81		Evo Suurhoff	L	2018	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Forwards
Number		Player	Shoots	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
6		Ritchie van Hulten	L	F	2018	Tilburg, Netherlands
9		Branden Eden	R	C	2018	Huntsville, Canada
10		R.J. Reed	L	LW	2018	Millet, Canada
14		Justin Evers	L	LW	2018	Utrecht, Netherlands
15		Wessel Copier	R	F	2013	De Meern, Netherlands
17		Kayo van Zoest	L	F	2018	Eindhoven, Netherlands
19		Jeffrey Melissant	L	C	2018	Tilburg, Netherlands
25		Marcel Kars	R	C	2018	Toronto, Canada
41		Levi Houkes (C)	L	F	2017	Nijmegen, Netherlands
44		Jay Plamont	L	LW	2013	Nijmegen, Netherlands
77		Harley Verkroost	L	F	2015	Netherlands
94		Jim Gudden	L	F	2018	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Championships

Eredivisie National Championships

Once (2009–10). (Seven times as Nijmegen Tigers: 1983–4, 1987–8, 1992–3, 1996–7, 1997–8, 1998–9, 1999–2000. Once as Nijmegen Emperors: 2005–06.)

Bekers (Cups)

Once (2009)

Former players

• TJ Sakaluk
• Brad Smulders
• Akim Ramoul
• Phil Aucoin

External links

• Select4u Devils Nijmegen official website (in Dutch)
• Netherlands Ice Hockey Federation (in Dutch)
• Ijshockey.com information on the Eredivisie teams (in Dutch)