height_ft shoots weight_lb birth_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date article_title draft ntl_team career_start
5 right 181 bolsward , netherlands 225px 1985 centre 11 3 may 1951 larry van wieren
 undrafted ned 1971
larry van wieren

larry titus van wieren -lrb- born may 3 , 1951 -rrb- is a former professional ice hockey player in the netherlands .
he competed for the dutch national team for the 1980 winter olympics and the 1981 world ice hockey championships .
he was born in bolsward , netherlands , but raised near edmonton , alberta .
a forward and shooting right-handed , van wieren joined the den haag wolves in 1971 and played three seasons .
after a year away from the netherlands , he played 1975-6 with ijshockey club utrecht .
van wieren then spent the next 9 seasons with heerenveen flyers .
he best season offensively was his first with the flyers , 1976-7 , when he scored 42 goals and 106 points in 37 games .
his second best was his second last , 1983-4 , when he netted 40 and collected 57 assists for 97 points in 47 games .
at the lake placid olympics , van wieren , who led the team as captain , played all 5 games , scoring a goal and four assists .
the next year saw the netherlands compete in pool a at the iihf world championships .
van wieren collected a goal and 3 assists in 8 games .
