Groningen Grizzlies

**GIJSBears Groningen**
Year Founded	1969
Home Ice	Sportcentrum Kardinge (capacity 800)
City	Groningen, Netherlands
Team Colors	Red, White, Black
Head Coach	Sergey Yashin
Championships	1 (1985–86)

Pecoma Grizzlies Groningen were a professional ice hockey team in Groningen, Netherlands. They played in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands. Home games were played at the Sportcentrum Kardinge.

History

Founded on December 23, 1969, as Groninger IJshockey Stichting (GIJS), the team played in the lower divisions until 1976, when it began competing in the Eredivisie. It won its first and only Eredivisie championship in the 1985-86 season, with 7 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs.

Failure to attract a major sponsor forced the team out of the Eredivisie from 1988 until 2007. In 2007-2008, after winning two straight championships in the eerste divisie (the top amateur division), the team re-entered the Eredivisie for three seasons. However, after three losing seasons and weak ticket sales, the team dropped out of the Eredivisie in the summer of 2010.

Season results

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

Season	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
2009–10	28	1	0	-	1	26	87	223	4	8th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify
2008–09	24	10	2	-	0	12	77	90	34	6th, Eredivisie	Lost quarter-finals to Geleen
2007–08	24	1	1	-	1	21	61	207	6	7th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify
1988–2006	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not compete in Eredivisie
1986–87	10	4	-	2	-	4	52	54	12	4th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify
1985–86	16	10	-	2	-	4	87	60	22	1st, Eredivisie	Won National Championship
1984–85	36	27	-	1	-	8	289	136	55	4th, Eredivisie	3rd in playoff round (3-0-3)
1983–84	10	3	-	0	-	7	39	65	6	5th, Eredivisie	Lost semi-final to Nijmegen (0-2)
1981–83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Did not compete in Eredivisie
1980–81	32	13	-	5	-	14	171	136	31	6th, Eredivisie	Did not qualify
1979–80	18	10	-	3	-	5	102	76	23	4th, Eredivisie	3rd in playoff round (1-2-3)
1978–79	18	11	-	1	-	6	91	76	23	4th, Eredivisie	2nd in playoff round (3-0-3)
1977–78	20	15	-	0	-	5	114	86	30	1st, Eredivisie	2nd in playoff round (4-0-2)
1976–77	24	9	-	1	-	14	127	154	30	6th, Eredivisie	None (regular season determined champion)
1975–76	14	9	-	2	-	7	62	77	12	5th, Eredivisie	None (regular season determined champion)

Squad 2008-09

Goalies

31 Mathieu Blanchard
35 Tom Korte

Defence

13 Jeroen Oosterwijk
14 Noel Coultice
19 Ronald Trip
4 Preston Cicchine
44 Blair Tassone
98 Ricardo Dijkema

Forwards

9 Derek Bachynski
11 Danny Kerstholt
14 Blair Lefebvre
15 Ram Sidhu
19 Jolke Balt
20 Zahir Hup
21 Alwin Assendorf
22 Reinier Holthof
24 Klaver Jan Middelweerd
29 Nick Pomponio
69 Arjan Peters

Coaches

Coach: Sergey Yashin
Teammanager: Kees Lok

Championships

Eredivisie National Championship

once: 1985-86

Eerste divisie championship

twice: 2005-06; 2006–07

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Eredivisie
Governing Body	Nederlandse IJshockey Bond
Current Teams	Dordrecht Lions Eindhoven Kemphanen Friesland Flyers Geleen Eaters HYC Herentals HYS The Hague Tilburg Trappers
Former Teams	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam G's Groningen Grizzlies Leuven Chiefs Nijmegen Devils Nijmegen Tigers Rotterdam Panda's Utrecht Dragons White Caps Turnhout Zoetermeer Panthers
Related tournaments	Dutch Cup IIHF Continental Cup
Seasons	1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1949–50 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011-12 2012–13 2013–14