IHC Leuven (French: IHC Louvain) is a professional ice hockey team in Leuven, Belgium. Leuven plays in the BeNe League (Belgian Elite League), where it competes as the Leuven Chiefs. The team are the current Belgian national ice hockey champions, having won the league playoffs in 2013. It also competes annually for the Belgian Cup.
| IHC Leuven Chiefs | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Leuven |
| League | BeNe League |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Home arena | IJsbaan Leuven |
| Colours | Black, white, red |
| Head coach | Gilbert Paelinck |
| Website | IHC Leuven |
| Franchise history | |
| 1993–present | IHC Leuven |
The club also organizes affiliated recreational junior and senior hockey teams.
History edit
IHC Leuven was founded in 1993, and won their first Belgian Championship in 2005. In 1998 and 1999, they participated in the IIHF Continental Cup. In 1998, they were paired with Frisk Tigers, Esbjerg IK, and Lyon Hockey Club, they lost to Frisk 26–1, and their best results was a 15–1 loss to Lyon. They fared marginally better in 1999, in a group with Sokil Kyiv, Ducs d'Angers, and CHH Txuri Urdin. They were hammered by Angers 26–0, but only lost 4–3 to Txuri Urdin.
In 1999–2000, they won their first and only Belgian Cup. In 2005 and 2010, Leuven won their first and second Belgian Championship. In 2011, it joined the higher level North Sea Cup, a mixed Dutch-Belgian league, although it struggled against the bigger-budget Dutch teams and lost the Belgian championship to HYC Herentals. For 2012–2013, it withdrew from the Dutch league and returned to the Belgian Elite League, winning the Belgian national championship against White Caps Turnhout.
Roster edit
Updated February 25, 2019.[1]
| Goaltenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 28 | 
|
Karl Luypaert | L | 2004 | Vilvoorde, Belgium |
| 30 |
|
Keanu Evers | L | 2011 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 33 | 
|
Ryan Malinowski | L | 2018 | East Amherst, New York, United States |
| Defencemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
| 3 |
|
Ben Boute | L | 2015 | Ghent, Belgium | |
| 8 |
|
Quinten Franckx | R | 2014 | Leuven, Belgium | |
| 9 | 
|
Adam Logozzo | L | 2018 | Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada | |
| 18 |
|
Pieter-Jan Wouters | R | 2010 | Leuven, Belgium | |
| 23 |
|
Seppe Vanwelssenaers | L | 2014 | Leuven, Belgium | |
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 4 |
|
Reyn Vanwelssenaers | R | L | 2018 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 5 |
|
Rino Dhondt | L | F | 2016 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 5 |
|
Basim Laeremans | L | F | 2017 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 7 |
|
Alec James | L | C | 2016 | Simi Valley, California, United States |
| 10 |
|
Dean Thurura | L | F | 2010 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 11 |
|
Jeffie Versin | R | F | 2016 | Belgium |
| 14 |
|
Dries Blockx | L | F | 2015 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 15 |
|
Lukas Tambeur | L | F | 2017 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 15 |
|
Iniaz Steyaert | L | F | 2018 | Humbeek, Belgium |
| 36 | 
|
Gregor James | R | C | 2014 | Viersen, Germany |
| 77 |
|
Mickey Evers | R | C | 2011 | Leuven, Belgium |
| 88 |
|
Michael van Egdom | L | F | 2018 | Belgium |
| 89 | 
|
Boris Kolyasnikov | L | LW | 2006 | Nizhny Tagil, Russia |
Achievements edit
- Belgian champion (3): 2005, 2010, 2013
- Belgian Cup champion (1): 2006
Season Results edit
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 |
| 2012–13 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 199 | 35 | 52 | 1st, Belgian Elite League | Won Belgian championship (2W-1L vs. Turnhout) |
| 2011–12 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 85 | 6 | 7th, North Sea Cup | Lost Belgian championship to Herentals (0W-3L) |
References edit
- ^ "Antwerp Phantoms Roster". chiefsleuven.be (in Dutch). Retrieved February 25, 2019.
External links edit
- Official Site
- Club profile on hockeyarenas.net
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