2012–13 Eredivisie (ice hockey) season

The 2012-2013 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==
 Standings
Club 	GP	W 	OTW	OTL	L 	GF 	GA 	P
HYS The Hague 	36	26	4 	1 	5 	207	91 	87
Tilburg Trappers 	36	25	2 	3 	6 	198	93 	82
Friesland Flyers 	36	21	2 	3 	10	138	97 	70
Geleen Eaters 	36	16	5 	0 	15	136	126	58
HYC Herentals 	36	12	0 	4 	20	155	190	40
Eindhoven Kemphanen	36	10	1 	3 	22	122	161	35
Amsterdam G's 	36	2 	0 	0 	34	72 	270	6
== National Championship Playoffs ==
=== Semi-finals ===
* HYS The Hague defeats Geleen Eaters, 3 games to none
* Tillburg Trappers defeat Friesland Flyers, 3 games to none
=== Finals ===
HYS The Hague defeats Tillburg Trappers, 3 games to none
==References==
==External links==
* Results at official website
Category:2012–13 ice hockey leagues
Category:Ice hockey in the Netherlands
Category:Ice hockey in Belgium