2011–12 North Sea Cup season

The 2011–12 North Sea Cup was the second and final season of the North Sea Cup, the highest level of ice hockey in the Netherlands and Belgium, before the league reverted to its traditional name, the Eredivisie, and its traditional format.

2011–12 North Sea Cup
LeagueNorth Sea Cup
SportIce hockey
Duration2 December 2011 - 25 March 2012
Number of teams8
Regular season
North Sea Cup ChampionsHYS The Hague
  Runners-upGeleen Eaters
Top scorerTJ Caig (The Hague)
National Champions
ChampionsDutch: Geleen Eaters ; Belgian: HYC Herentals
  Runners-upDutch: HYS The Hague ; Belgian: Leuven Chiefs

Teams

Teams participating in the league changed before and during the season. Prior to the start of the season, Nijmegen Devils announced a one-year hiatus from the North Sea Cup for 2011-2012. The Belgian team Leuven Chiefs moved from the Belgian National League up to the North Sea Cup for 2011-2012. An expansion team known as the "Amsterdam Capitals" joined the league, with many of the same people as the defunct Amstel Tijgers of the Dutch Eredivisie. White Caps Turnhout dropped out of the league midway through the season[1] after it lost most of its players to injury and defections; games played against Turnhout will not be counted in the season standings.

At the end of the season, the Leuven Chiefs announced that they, too, were leaving the North Sea Cup tournament. The North Sea Cup was therefore disbanded and the last remaining Belgian team, HYC Herentals, was admitted as a full member of the "Eredivisie" Dutch league for the 2012-2013 season.

Format

The format of the North Sea Cup was changed for the 2011-2012 season. The number of regular season games was reduced from 28 to 16, to allow for longer Belgian Cup and Dutch Cup tournaments which are played before the North Sea Cup. With the loss of Turnhout from the league, the season consisted of 14 games, as each of the eight teams played each other twice. HYS The Hague edged out Geleen Eaters on goal differential to win the North Sea Cup tournament, as both teams attained 36 points.

The standings of the Dutch teams in the North Sea Cup regular season determined the playoff pools for the quarter-final round of the Dutch National Championship playoffs. Pool A consisted of the Dutch team ranked first (The Hague), third (Tilburg) and fifth (Friesland), while Pool B consisted of the Dutch teams ranked second (Geleen), fourth (Eindhoven) and sixth (Amsterdam).

The Belgian national championships was determined among the two Belgian teams competing in the North Sea Cup, namely Herentals and Leuven, plus the team that dropped out, Turnhout. Herentals won all of the games of the round-robin and the finals against Leuven, winning the National Championship.

Regular season
Standings
ClubGPWOTWOTLLGFGAP
HYS The Hague 1412002974136
Geleen Eaters 1412002723636
Tilburg Trappers 1411003803633
HYC Herentals 145207587119
Eindhoven Kemphanen 145117614718
Friesland Flyers 145018526316
Leuven Chiefs 141111126856
Amsterdam Capitals 1410112341064

Playoffs
ClubGPWOTWOTLLGFGAP
Dutch Quarter-final Pool A Standings
HYS The Hague 85201452125
Tilburg Trappers 85012372520
Friesland Flyers 8001715513
ClubGPWOTWOTLLGFGAP
Dutch Quarter-final Pool B Standings
Geleen Eaters 86101542725
Tilburg Trappers 84013472716
Amsterdam Capitals 8100728754

Dutch Championship Semi-Finals

  • Geleen beats Tilburg 3 wins to none
  • The Hague beats Eindhoven 3 wins to none

Dutch Championship Finals

  • Geleen beats The Hague 3 wins to 2
ClubGPWOTWOTLLGFGAP
Belgian Championship round-robin
HYC Herentals 88000611227
Leuven Chiefs 73004253810
Turnhout White Caps 7000711471

Belgian Championship Finals

  • HYC Herentals beats Leuven 3 wins to none

References
  1. "Ijshockey.com (Jan. 13, 2011)". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
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