The highlight of the last weekend in the Dutch male league was a replay of the previous season’s final. Polar Bears, the 2nd-placed team in the 2022 Championships, hosted reigning champion Het Ravijn. Polar Bears recorded a narrow 11:10 win.
Five games were played last weekend. Due to the participation of the Dutch clubs in the LEN cups, the schedule had to be changed, and some games were postponed.
2022/23 Dutch Men’s League, rounds 2 and 3
Polar Bears – Het Ravijn 11:10 (1:4, 4:1, 4:2, 2:3)
Polar Bears: Ten Broek 2, Van der Horst 2, Cavalje 2, Kunz 2, Scherrenburg 1, Meijer 1, Roels 1.
Het Ravijn: Ter Brake 2, Muller 2, Wouters 1, Hageman 1, Dijkink 1, Aanstoot 1, Gottemaker 1, Hetink 1.
ZPB H&L– AZC 8:8 (4:0, 2:3, 2:5, 0:0)
ZPB: Van de Velden 2, Van den Burg 1, Willemsen 1, De Waal 1, Kuller 1, De Ruijter 1, Onbekend 1.
AZC: Van den Heuvel 3, Van Gulik 2, Reuten 1, Nispeling 1, Filipovic 1.
ZVL 1886 – ZPC Amersfoort 14:7 (3:3, 4:2, 5:0, 2:2)
ZVL 1886: Brancatello 4, Simac 2, Van Ruiten 2, Haasnoot 2, Kinces 2, Jovanovic 1, Van Wijnhoven 1.
ZPC Amersfoort: J.Van der Werve 2, M.Van der Werve 1, Slaghuis 1, Van de Bunt 1, Van Mil 1, Borcsok 1.
De Ham – GZC Donk 9:20 (2:1, 1:4, 3:7, 3:8)
De Ham: Vant Veer 4, Sap 2, Van t Veer 1, Bons 1,Groenendijk 1.
GZC Donk: Winkelhorst 4, Westerwoudt 3, Schouwerwou 3, Veenhuis 2, M. Van der Weijden 2, J. van der Weijden 2, Van den Heuvel 1, Sjardijn 1, Terlouw 1, Van Ijperen 1.
UZSC – PSV 10:9
Het Ravijn took off to an excellent start in the derby and took a 4:1 lead before the first break. However, Polar Bears regrouped after the first break. They caught up with the champion by halftime (5:5), and built a 9:7 advantage before the final eight minutes. The hosts streched the margin to three in the middle of the fourth quarter (11:8). In the remaining time, Het Ravijn narrowed the distance (10:11), but couldn’t equalize.
ZPB H&L Productions and AZC shared the points in a game with big ups and downs. ZPB H&L earned a 6:0 lead, and it seemed that it would achieve an easy win. Still, AZC was able to come back and level at 8:8 at the end of the third quarter. But, none found the net in the final eight minutes and the match ended in an 8:8 draw.
ZVL-1886 Center beat ZPC Amersfoort convincingly (14:7). The middle two periods, in which ZVL scored nine and conceded only two goals, made the difference.
GZC Donk did a clean job in an away match against De Ham – 20:9. Jorn Winkelhorst, a member of the Dutch national team who arrived at Donk this summer, scored four goals in a big victory.
1 Polar Bears 2 – 6
2 UZSC 2 – 6
3 AZC 2 – 4
4 GZC Donk 1 – 3
5 ZVL – 1886 Center 1 – 3
6 ZV de Zaan 1 – 3
7 Het Ravijn 2 – 3
8 PSV 3 – 3
9 ZPB H&L Productions 1 – 1
10 De Linge/PCG 1 – 0
11 De Ham 3 – 0
12 ZPC Amersfoort 3 – 0
