Leo Donald Koopmans (born November 28, 1953) is a former Dutch international

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forward. Koopmans played 15 seasons in the

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, becoming the league's top scorer for 1977-8. He was born in

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and since his retirement has continued to reside in the Barrie area where he owns a successful swimming pool construction business. A 196 cm, 97 kg forward, Koopmans first played in the Dutch top division with HYS Veronica 538 in 1972. The next season, he left The Hague to join the Heerenveen Flyers. In 1975 he played for Tigers Amsterdam and for 1976-7

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. Koopmans rejoined Heerenveen for 1977-8 and won the league's scoring title with 39 goals and 40 assists in 30 games. He remained with the Flyers until 1984, when he joined

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. He retired from top-level play in 1987. He played 20 times for the

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at an international level, including at the

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. Koopmans went scoreless in all 5 of the Netherlands games in Lake Placid as the team finished 8th. He played in two world championships. In

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, the only time the country has competed in the contest's top tier, Koopmans scored 4 goals and an assist in 8 games. In Pool B in 1987, he scored 5 goals and collected 5 assists in 7 games.

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* 1953 births Living people Amstel Tijgers players Canadian ice hockey forwards Canadian people of Dutch descent Dutch ice hockey forwards GIJS Groningen players Heerenveen Flyers players HYS The Hague players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Nijmegen Tigers players Olympic ice hockey players for the Netherlands Ice hockey people from Barrie {{Netherlands-icehockey-bio-stub