Friesland Flyers



The UNIS Flyers are an ice hockey club located in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The team competes in the BeNe League and also takes part in the Dutch Cup. Home games are played in the ice hockey arena  which forms part of the Thialf complex.

History
The UNIS Flyers were founded in 1967 and played their first season in the Eredivisie in 1971-72. The Flyers set the Eredivisie record for the most consecutive championships with 7 between 1976 and 1983.

Heerenveen is the smallest Dutch city currently represented in the BeNe League (although the Belgian city of Herentals is smaller).

Over the years, the Flyers have competed under a variety of different names, since 2013 they have been known as the UNIS Flyers, due to a sponsorship deal with industrial electronics company UNIS Group.


 * Names marked with * are sponsorship names.

Championships

 * National Championship
 * 9 times Champion: 1976-77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 2015-16, 2016-17


 * Dutch Cup
 * 12 times winner: 1976-77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1987–88, 1997–98, 2001-02, 2015-16, 2016-2017

Season results
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
 * Recent seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13.

Roster
Updated February 25, 2019.

Staff

 * Mike Nason – Head Coach
 * Jacco Landman – Assistant Coach
 * Rob van Aalderen – Team manager
 * Theo van der Duin - Equipment manager
 * Erik Veen – Physiotherapist
 * Piety Elsinga - Physiotherapist

Former coaches

 * Alex Andjelic
 * 🇨🇦 Dave Hyrsky
 * 🇺🇸 Chuck Norris

Notable players

 * Alwin Assenberg
 * Jolke Balt
 * Jeroen Beeksma
 * 🇨🇦 Cole Byers