PSV caused a big surprise in the Dutch League last weekend.
The Eindhoven-based team, which had only six points before the 12th round, defeated UZSC, one of the contenders for a spot among the top four teams.
Three teams share 1st place at this moment. GZC Donk, AZC and Polar Bears won 29 points each, but GZC played one match fewer.
2022/23 Dutch Men’s League, Day 12
PSV – UZSC 9:8 (1:1, 5:1, 2:3, 1:3)
PSV: Ritman 4, Kort 2, Pijnenburg 2, Ugur 1.
UZSC: De Jong 3, Kastrop 2, Willemsen 1, Cvanciger 1, Taylor 1.
AZC – ZPB H&L Productions 10:6 (3:2, 2:1, 1:0, 4:3).
AZC: Filipovic 4, Reuten 2, Nispeling 2, Van Gulik 1, Van den Heuvel 1.
ZPB: De Waal 3, Van der Veen 1, Van der Velden 1, Kuller 1.
Het Ravijn – Polar Bears 5:10 (2:4, 1:4, 0:2, 2:0)
Het Ravijn: Loos 3, Muller 1, Wouters 1.
Polar Bears: Szoke 3, Ten Broek 3,Kunz 2, Snel 1, Wolswinkel 1.
GZC Donk – De Ham 15:8 (4:1, 2:2, 4:1, 5:4)
GZC Donk: M.van der Weijden 4, Van IJperen 3, Westerwoudt 2, Brugue 2, Van den Heuvel 2, J.van der Weijden 1, Schouwerwou 1.
De Ham: Vant Veer 4, Sap 2, Groenendijk 1, Bons 1.
ZPC Amersfoort – ZVL-1886 Center 16:20 (3:5, 5:4, 4:3, 4:8).
ZPC Amersfoort: M. van der Werve 4, Slaghuis 2, Palotas 2, Van Mil 2, Borcsok 2, Hanselaar 1, Muller 1, J. van der Werve 1, Van de Bunt 1.
ZVL: Jovanovic 5, Voorvelt 5, Reijchard 2, Haasnoot 2, Brancatello 2, Van Zijp 2, Spijker 1, Van Ruiten 1.
De Linge/PCG – ZV De Zaan 8:18 (1:2, 2:5, 4:6, 1:5).
De Linge/PCG: V. Visser 4, Van den Heuvel 1, Gerdes 1, O. Visser 1, Van Heuven 1.
ZV De Zaan: Mandolini 3, Rempt 3, Bakker 3, Van der Struijk 2, Brantjes 2, Meijn 2, Lucas 2, Rempt 1.
RESCHEDULED MATCHES
Polar Bears – De Linge/PCG 17:8 (5:1, 2:3, 4:3, 6:1).
Polar Bears: Ten Broek 6, Wijgers 3, Van der Horst 3, Van der Schaaf 2, Slings 1, Kunz 1, Berkenbosch 1.
De Linge/PCG: O. Visser 5, V. Visser 2, Van Heuven 1.
AZC – ZVL-1886 Center 13:11 (3:3, 3:4, 5:1, 1:2)
AZC: Van den Heuvel 4, Reuten 3, Rouwenhorst 2, Lindhout 1, Nispeling 1, Gemalmazoglu 1, Filipovic 1.
ZVL-1886: Spijker 4, Haasnoot 2, Reijchard 1, Jovanovic 1, Brancatello 1, Van Ruiten 1, Van Vierzen 1.
UZSC started well in the match against PSV, and earned an early 1:0. However, PSV dominated the second quarter and entered the second half leading 6:2. The hosts added two goals in the third period for a huge 8:2 lead. UZSC started climbing back, but it was too late. The visitors couldn’t catch up with PSV, which took points with a 9:8 victory.
GZC Donk continued its winning streak by trashing De Ham (15:8).
AZC and Polar Bears won two matches each last week.
AZC started the week with a home game against ZVL-1886 Center. The visitors led 7:6 at halftime. Still, AZC was excellent in the third period and built a 12:9 advantage. ZVL reduced the gap to two in the final eight minutes (11:13).
After beating ZVL, the team from Alphen welcomed ZPB H&L Productions. AZC built an advantage step-by-step and collected the points with a 10:6 win.
Polar Bears collected six points with two convincing wins – over Het Ravijn (10:5) and De Linge/PCG (17:8).
The encounter between ZPC Amersfoort and ZVL-1886 Center was a festival of goals. After the first three periods, the teams were tied – 12:12. Both defenses weakened additionally in the fourth quarter, but ZVL’s attack worked better. The visitors scored eight, conceding four goals for a 20:16 victory.
1 .GZC Donk 12-31
2. AZC 13-31
3. Polar Bears 13-31
4. ZV De Zaan 11-24
5. ZPB H&L Productions 13-23
6. UZSC 12-22
7. ZVL-1886 Center 13-19
8. Het Ravijn 12-15
9. ZPC Amersfoort 12-10
10. PSV 11-9
11. De Ham 13-3
12. De Linge/PCG 13-0
