| Nijmegen Devils | |
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| City | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| League | Eredivisie 2021-Present BeNe League 2015-2020 Eerste Divisie 2012-2015 Eredivisie 1989-2011 Dutch Cup |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Home arena | Triavium (capacity: 1,450) |
| Colours | |
| Head coach | Chris Eimers |
| Asst. coach |
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| Website | Nijmegen Devils |
The Nijmegen Devils are an ice hockey club in Nijmegen, Netherlands. They play in the Eredivisie, the top league of IJshockey Nederland (IJNL), the official governing body of ice hockey in the Netherlands. For five seasons, the Devils played in the BeNe League, a joint Belgian and Dutch league. Previously, the team played in the semi-professional Dutch Eredivisie where they were the 7 time national champions.
Since joining the newly formed Eredivisie in 2021, the Devils have become champions twice. With the re-establishment of the Eredivisie as the top Dutch competition in the 2025-26 season, the Devils were able to claim their eighth national championship.
Home games are played at the Triavium. As of 2025, the team’s main sponsor is Dakkapel Direct.
History
Ice hockey in Nijmegen began in 1968, with the Nijmegen Tigers winning its first national championship in 1984. At the end of the 1980s, several players moved to Rotterdam to join the short-lived Rotterdam Panda's. Beginning in the early 1990s, financial difficulties hurt the Nijmegen Tigers, forcing the team to dissolve and reform in 1994. In 2003, the Tigers went bankrupt. The Nijmegen Emperors joined the Eredivisie in 2004, winning the national championship in 2006. However, the Emperors also went bankrupt in 2006. In 2007, the Devils joined the league with a title sponsor. In the 2009–10 season, the Devils won the Cup (In Dutch, "Beker"), an annual tournament of Eredivisie teams played before the beginning of the regular season, finished the regular season in first place, and won the national championship.
Season results
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 |
| 2025-26 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 190 | 47 | 63 | 1st, Eredivisie | National Champion (3-0) |
| 2024-25 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 41 | 66 | 1st, Eredivisie | Eredivisie Champion (3-0) |
| 2023-24 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 137 | 58 | 55 | 2nd, Eredivisie | Final loss |
| 2022-23 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 65 | 156 | 7 | 12th, Eredivisie | Did not make playoffs |
| 2021-22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 16 | 2nd, Eerste Divisie | Eerste Divisie Champion |
| 2021–22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 28 | 9 | 5th, Eredivisie South | Eerste Divisie Qualification |
| 2020–21 | Season Cancelled | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 124 | 63 | 32 | 5th, BeNe League | Playoffs Interrupted |
| 2018-19 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 131 | 74 | 41 | 6th, BeNe League | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2017–18 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 113 | 95 | 46 | 5th, BeNe League | Semifinal loss |
| 2016-17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 42 | 106 | 7 | 7th, BeNe League | Did not make playoffs |
| 2015-16 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 63 | 83 | 30 | 4th, BeNe League | Quarterfinal loss |
| 2014-15 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 56 | 50 | 19 | 5th, Eerste Divisie | Final loss |
| 2013-14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 68 | 48 | 20 | 3rd, Eerste Divisie | Final loss |
| 2012-13 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 67 | 25 | 5th, Eerste Divisie | Did not make playoffs |
| 2011–12 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 23 | 51 | 1st, Eerste Divisie | |
| 2010–11 | 28 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 133 | 115 | 51 | 4th, North Sea Cup | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-1) |
| 2009–10 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 128 | 80 | 63 | 1st, Eredivisie | Won National Championship (3-0) |
| 2008–09 | 24 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 92 | 83 | 39 | 4th, Eredivisie | Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (3-2), Won Beker Cup |
| 2007–08 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 45 | 107 | 14 | 6th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify |
Roster
Updated May 7, 2026.1
| Goaltenders | |||||
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| Number | Player | Catches | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 31 | 
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Midas Zaitsoff | L | 2024 | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 33 |
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Juliën van Nes | L | 2024 | Den Haag, Netherlands |
| Defencemen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Acquired | Place of Birth | ||
| 2 | 
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Derek Knetter (C) | L | 2023 | Wausau, Wisconsin | |
| 8 |
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Guus Jansen | L | 2021 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
| 13 | 
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Edgar Protcenko | R | 2024 | Vilnius, Lithuania | |
| 17 |
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Chay Schults | L | 2025 | Tilburg, Netherlands | |
| 21 |
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Floris van Elten | R | 2025 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | |
| 26 | 
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Will Dow-Kenny | R | 2025 | Abbotsford, British Columbia | |
| 27 |
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Boris van Bergen | R | 2014 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
| 74 |
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Zino Vallen | R | 2019 | Nijmegen, Netherlands | |
| Forwards | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Player | Shoots | Position | Acquired | Place of Birth | |
| 9 |
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Kevin Bruijsten (A) | L | F | 2024 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 10 | 
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Antons Trastasenkovs | L | F | 2025 | Riga, Latvia |
| 12 |
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Floris Vooren | L | F | 2023 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 15 |
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Yan Kokke | L | F | 2025 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 16 |
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Eruan Hendriks | L | F | 2024 | Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| 20 |
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Mitch Bruijsten | L | F | 2023 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 22 |
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Renzo van Brink | R | F | 2023 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 41 |
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Levi Houkes (A) | L | F | 2023 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 46 |
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Mike Vedder | R | F | 2022 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| 80 |
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Martynas Grinius | L | F | 2025 | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| 97 |
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Makar Korotchenko | L | F | 2024 | Nijmegen, Netherlands |
Championships
- Eredivisie National Championships
Once (2009–10). (Seven times as Nijmegen Tigers: 1983–4, 1987–8, 1992–3, 1996–7, 1997–8, 1998–9, 1999–2000. Once as Nijmegen Emperors: 2005–06.)
- Bekers (Cups)
Once (2009)
Former players
- TJ Sakaluk
- Brad Smulders
Akim Ramoul- Phil Aucoin
External links
External links
- Select4u Devils Nijmegen official website (in Dutch)
- Netherlands Ice Hockey Federation (in Dutch)
- Ijshockey.com information on the Eredivisie teams (in Dutch)