Friesland Flyers
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| City | Heerenveen, Netherlands |
| League |
Eredivisie 1971-present Dutch Cup |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Home arena |
Thialf (capacity: 3,500) |
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| General manager |
 Rob van Aalderen |
| Head coach |
 Mike Nason
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| Asst. head coach |
Dennis Schreur
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| Website | www |
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The Friesland Flyers is a ice hockey club located in Heerenveen, Netherlands. The highest playing team, who competes in the Eredivisie, the highest-level hockey division in the Netherlands, is a professional team. This team also competes for the Dutch Cup prior to the Eredivisie season. Home games are played in the icehockey arena of Thialf.
The Friesland 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 Eredivisie (although the Belgian city of Herentals is smaller).
The highest played team has competed, for sponsorship reasons, under several names in the eredivisie. Since 2011 the club is named "Friesland Flyers" (a non-sponsorship name) to show they are not alone the club for the town Heerenveen, but also for whole Friesland.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime Wins, OTL = Overtime Losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points
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