IHC Leuven

IHC Leuven (French: IHC Louvain), is an ice hockey team in Leuven, Belgium. Leuven plays in the BeNe League (a.k.a. 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
CityLeuven
LeagueBeNe League
Founded1993
Home arenaIJsbaan Leuven
ColoursRed, white, black
Head coach Gilbert Paelinck
WebsiteIHC Leuven
Franchise history
1993–presentIHC Leuven

The Club also organizes affiliated recreational junior and senior hockey teams.

History

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 Sokol Kiev, 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

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, 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, 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 van Welssenaers 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, 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
  • Belgian champion (3): 2005, 2010, 2013
  • Belgian Cup champion (1): 2006

Season Results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

SeasonGPWOTWOTLLGFGAPtsFinishPlayoffs
2012–13181701019935521st, Belgian Elite LeagueWon Belgian championship (2W-1L vs. Turnhout)
2011–121411111268567th, North Sea CupLost Belgian championship to Herentals (0W-3L)

References
  1. "Antwerp Phantoms Roster". chiefsleuven.be (in Dutch). Retrieved February 25, 2019.
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