2012–13 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season explained

2012–13 Eredivisie Season
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League:North Sea Cup
Sport:Ice hockey
Duration:30 Sept. 2012 - 19 March 2013
No Of Teams:7
Season:Regular season
Season Champs:HYS The Hague
Season Champ Name:First place
Second Place:Tilburg Trappers
Top Scorer:Matt Crowell, Herentals
Finals:National Championships
Finals Champ:HYS The Hague
Finals Runner-Up:Tilburg Trappers
Seasonslist:List of Eredivisie (ice hockey) seasons
Seasonslistnames:Eredivisie
Prevseason Link:2011–12 North Sea Cup season
Prevseason Year:2011-12
Nextseason Link:2013–14 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season
Nextseason Year:2013–14

The 2012–13 Eredivisie season was the 53rd season of the Eredivisie ice hockey league, and the first since the disbanding of the North Sea Cup and the reversion to the league's original name. Six Dutch teams and one Belgian team took part in the season.

When the Leuven Chiefs withdrew from the North Sea Cup at the end of the 2011–2012 season, only one Belgian team, HYC Herentals, remained in the mixed Dutch/Belgian tournament. It was decided to dispense with the North Sea Cup, reinstate the Dutch Eredivisie regular season, and admit HYC Herentals to the Eredivisie. Thus in 2012–2013, Herentals was the sole Belgian team to compete for the Dutch national championship (although Herentals still competed for the Belgian Cup).

Also new for the 2012–2013 season was the change of name of the Amsterdam team from "Amsterdam Capitals" the "Amsterdam G's" after finding a title sponsor.

The traditional first game (known as the "Ron Berteling Bowl"), was played on September 30 between the winner of the Dutch Cup and the winner of the Dutch championship from the previous year. The 7-team, 36-game regular season was followed by a playoff of the top 4 teams (a best-of five semi-final and a best-of-five final). HYS The Hague was both the top team in the regular season and the Dutch national champions after sweeping both rounds of the playoffs.

Regular season

Club
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align=left HYS The Hague36 26 4 1 5 207 91 87
align=left Tilburg Trappers36 25 2 3 6 198 93 82
align=left Friesland Flyers36 21 2 3 10 138 97 70
align=left Geleen Eaters36 16 5 0 15 136 126 58
align=left HYC Herentals36 12 0 4 20 155 190 40
align=left Eindhoven Kemphanen36 10 1 3 22 122 161 35
align=left Amsterdam G's36 2 0 0 34 72 270 6

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