Geleen Eaters

**Ruijters Eaters Geleen**
Year Founded	1968
Home Ice	Glanerbrook Ijshal
City	Geleen, Netherlands
Team Colors	Yellow, White, Blue
Head Coach	Uli Egen
Championships	None

Ruijters Eaters Geleen (aka. Geleen Eaters or Geleen Smoke Eaters) is the professional ice hockey team of Geleen, The Netherlands. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands. Home games are played at the Glanerbrook.

History[]

The Geleen Smoke Eaters, named after the Trail Smoke Eaters, played their first game against Amsterdam on November 2, 1968. They first competed in the Eredivisie in 1971 and have participated in most of its seasons since.

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
2008–09	24	11	3	2	8	96	89	41	3rd, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to The Hague (0-3)
2007-08	24	11	1	1	11	102	69	36	4th, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (2-4)
2006-07	20	14	0	1	5	101	60	43	1st, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Heerenveen (0-3)
2005-06	20	8	5	2	5	84	71	36	3rd, Eredivisie	Lost semi-finals to Heerenveen (1-2)

Championships[]

Eredivisie National Championships

None.

Netherlands Cup Winners

Once.

Former Players[]

Nathan Daly
Benjamin Finkenrath
Brian McGary

External links[]

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