Groningen Grizzlies

Pecoma Grizzlies Groningen were a professional ice hockey team in Groningen, Netherlands. They played in the Dutch Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands. Home games were played at the Sportcentrum Kardinge.

History
Founded on December 23, 1969, as Groninger IJshockey Stichting (GIJS), the team played in the lower divisions until 1976, when it began competing in the Eredivisie. It won its first and only Eredivisie championship in the 1985-86 season, with 7 wins and 1 loss in the playoffs.

Failure to attract a major sponsor forced the team out of the Eredivisie from 1988 until 2007. In 2007-2008, after winning two straight championships in the eerste divisie (the top amateur division), the team re-entered the Eredivisie for three seasons. However, after three losing seasons and weak ticket sales, the team dropped out of the Eredivisie in the summer of 2010.

Season results
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Goalies

 * 31 Mathieu Blanchard
 * 35 Tom Korte

Defence

 * 13 Jeroen Oosterwijk
 * 14 Noel Coultice
 * 19 Ronald Trip
 * 4 Preston Cicchine
 * 44 Blair Tassone
 * 98 Ricardo Dijkema

Forwards

 * 9 Derek Bachynski
 * 11 Danny Kerstholt
 * 14 Blair Lefebvre
 * 15 Ram Sidhu
 * 19 Jolke Balt
 * 20 Zahir Hup
 * 21 Alwin Assenberg
 * 22 Reinier Holthof
 * 24 Klaver Jan Middelweerd
 * 29 Nick Pomponio
 * 69 Arjan Peters

Coaches

 * Coach: Sergey Yashin
 * Team manager: Kees Lok

Championships
once: 1985-86
 * Eredivisie National Championship

twice: 2005-06; 2006–07
 * Eerste divisie championship