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.
Competed name 	Seasons 	Notes
Thialf Heerenveen 	1971/72 - 1973/74	
Peters & Jagers Heerenveen* 	1974/75 	
Feenstra Verwarming Heerenveen*	1975/76 - 1977/78	
Feenstra Flyers* 	1978/79 - 1983/84	
Freriks Flyers* 	1984/85 	
BP Flyers* 	1985/86 - 1989/90	
Forbo Flyers* 	1990/91 - 1991/92	
Flyers 	1992/93 - 1994/95	(until January 1995)
Pelgrim Flyers* 	1994/95 - 1999/00	(from January 1995)
Formido Flyers* 	2000/01 - 2003/04	
Vadeko Flyers* 	2004/05 - 2007/08	
Hajé Flyers* 	2008/09 - 2009/10	
A6.nl Flyers* 	2010/11 	
Friesland Flyers 	2011/12 - 2012/13	(until January 2013 still sponsored by A6.nl)
UNIS Flyers* 	2013–present 	
==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==
; Recent seasons from 2005-06 to 2012-13.
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
2012–13	36	21	2 	3 	10	138	97 	70 	3rd, Eredivisie 	Lost semi-finals to Tilburg (0W-3L)
2011–12	14	5 	0 	1 	8 	52 	63 	16 	6th, North Sea Cup	Lost qtr.final round-robin to The Hague and Tilburg(0W-1OTL-7L)
2010–11	28	15	4 	0 	9 	118	105	53 	3rd, North Sea Cup	Lost quarter-finals to Geleen (0-2)
2009–10	28	15	2 	2 	9 	125	88 	51 	5th, Eredivisie 	Lost quarter-finals to Geleen (0-2)
2008–09	24	11	1 	2 	10	87 	79 	37 	5th, Eredivisie 	Lost quarter-finals to Nijmegen (0-3)
2007-08	24	18	1 	1 	4 	119	53 	57 	2nd, Eredivisie 	Lost finals to Tilburg (1-4)
2006-07	20	8 	3 	0 	9 	80 	78 	30 	4th, Eredivisie 	Lost semi-finals to Geleen (0-3)
2005-06	20	12	1 	3 	4 	92 	56 	41 	2nd, Eredivisie 	Lost finals to Nijmegen (2-3)
==Roster==
Updated February 25, 2019.
Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders 	Goaltenders	Goaltenders	Goaltenders
Number 	 	Player 	Catches 	Acquired 	Place of Birth
31 	 	Sjoerd Idzenga	L 	2006 	Heerenveen, Netherlands
46 	 	Jeff Honebeeke	L 	2017 	Delfzijl, Netherlands
Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen	Defencemen	Defencemen 	Defencemen
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Acquired 	Place of Birth 	
3 	 	Pippo Limnell Finocchiaro	R 	2015 	Catania, Italy 	
14 	 	Niels van der Vossen 	L 	2011 	Netherlands 	
18 	 	Kenny Welles 	L 	2010 	Oudeschoot, Netherlands	
24 	 	Trevor Hunt 	L 	2018 	Maple Ridge, Canada 	
52 	 	Mark Hoekstra 	R 	2010 	Heerenveen, Netherlands	
76 	 	Viktor Nordemann 	L 	2018 	Amsterdam, Netherlands 	
91 	 	Ernesto Klem 	R 	2016 	The Hague, Netherlands 	
91 	 	Todd Ratchford 	R 	2018 	Howell, United States 	
Forwards	Forwards	Forwards 	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards	Forwards
Number 	 	Player 	Shoots 	Position	Acquired	Place of Birth
7 	 	Jasper Nordemann 	R 	F 	2018 	Amsterdam, Netherlands
10 	 	Brent Janssen 	R 	F 	2013 	Heerenveen, Netherlands
11 	 	Aldo van Aalderen	L 	F 	2013 	Joure, Netherlands
16 	 	Ronald Wurm 	R 	RW 	2014 	The Hague, Netherlands
19 	 	Marco Postma 	L 	C 	2014 	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
21 	 	Tony Demelinne 	L 	LW 	2012 	The Hague, Netherlands
22 	 	Adam Bezak 	L 	RW 	2016 	Bratislava, Slovakia
27 	 	Rick Neef 	L 	F 	2017 	Heerenveen, Netherlands
28 	 	Lars den Edel 	R 	F 	2016 	Leeuwarden, Netherlands
84 	 	Kevin Nijland 	L 	F 	2008 	Heerenveen, Netherlands
92 	 	Dennis Sikma 	L 	F 	2014 	Heerenveen, Netherlands
97 	 	Marc Nijland 	L 	F 	2015 	Netherlands
===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
==References==
==External links==
* UNIS Flyers 
* Netherlands Ice Hockey Union 
* website TYSC Tilburg 
Category:Ice hockey teams in the Netherlands
Category:Established in 1967