Nijmegen Devils

• Nine-way Dutch master
• Quadruple Dutch Cup winner

The Nijmegen Devils are a Dutch hockey club from Nijmegen, the 1968 S.IJ. Nijmegen founded. The first team of the club plays since 2011 in the second highest class in the country, the Eerste Divisie.

• 2.1 Dutch master
• 2.2 Dutch Cup

• 3.1 Locked jersey numbers
• 3.2 Known former players
• 3.3 Club Records

History

The Ice Hockey Club was founded in 1968 under the name S.IJ. Nijmegen founded after the city of Nijmegen had built the IJsstadium Heyendaal. In 1971 the club took part in the top division.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Nijmegen Tigers took part in the sweeps of the IIHF Continental Cup in seasons 1997, 1998, 2000/ 01 and 2001/ 02. The team was eliminated in the second qualifying round for all four participants.

In the 2009/10 season the team for a total of nine times won the Dutch league title.

Club name

Due to changing main sponsors and more restructuring in the club for financial reasons this was changed regularly:

• Since 2013 Nijmegen Devils
• 2009-2013 Romijnders Devils
• 2008-2009 Romijnders Dar Devils
• 2007-2008 Dar Devils
• 2006-2007 Hatulek Emperors
• Emperors 2004-2006
• 2003-2004 Rovinij junior Tigers
• 2001-2003 Max Tigers
• 1998-2000 Agio Huys Tigers

Achievements

Dutch Champion

Dutch Cup

Player

Locked jersey numbers

• # 11 Ben Tijnagel

Well-known former players

• Robert Herckenrath
• Frank Janssen
• Ron Kennedy
• Theo Kruger
• Mark Visscher
• Bob Teunissen

Club Records

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, G = Goals, V = Assists, Pts = Points

Season Stats

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, W = Wins, OTS = Wins after Overtime, D = Draw, OTN = Losses after Overtime, L = Loss, GT = Goals against