Team: | GIJS Groningen |
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City: | Groningen, Netherlands |
League: | Eredivisie |
Founded: | 1969 |
Arena: | Sportcentrum Kardinge |
Colours: | Red, white, black |
Coach: | Henk Keijzer |
GIJS Groningen (Groninger IJshockey Stichting), currently known as GIJS Marne Groningen for sponsorship reasons, are a ice hockey club in Groningen, Netherlands. They currently play in the second tier Eredivisie and play their home games at the Sportcentrum Kardinge. They won the Dutch championship in 1986, and played in the Eredivisie when it was the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands until 2010, and spent one more season in the top flight when they played in the BeNe League in 2016/17.
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.
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 | |
28 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 26 | 87 | 223 | 4 | 8th, Eredivisie | Did not qualify | ||
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 | 9rd 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) |