Zoetermeer Panthers is a former semi-professional

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team in the

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, the Dutch professional, top-level hockey league. They played in the Silverdome, an ice sports facility in

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. They began play for the 2010-2011 season in the Dutch Bekercompetitie, the league leading up to the National Cup championship game. On November 26 the club announced that they would withdraw from the Eredivisie, effective immediately, due to lack of sponsors and poor attendance figures. They currently maintain two teams in the amateur

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league.

Season results

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

Squad 2018-2019

Goalies

* #1 Simon Schneider * #35 Fabian Schotel * #37 Casper Swart

Defence

* #41 Adam Blanchette * #9 Johnny Ebregt * #7 Adam Gebara * #10 Wesley Hendriks * #2 Travis Martell * #26 Michael van Rijswijk * #20 Dax van de Velden * #24 Jeff Winchester * #14 Nick van Zon

Forwards

* #23 Scott van den Elskamp * #11 Terry Harrison * #21 Marcel Kars * #22 Marc LeFebvre * #3 Joey Oosterveld * #94 Andrew Schembri * #71 Mike Smietana * #61 Danny Stempher * #19 Joy Turpijn * #27 Pascal van de Velde

Championships

* Eredivisie National Championship None. *Beker (National Cup) None.

References

External links

Official website
( in Dutch)
Panthers videos

Dutch Ice hockey Federation
( in Dutch)
Panthers description on IJshockey.com
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