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The competition puck is made of vulcanized rubber. The ice hockey club Kemphanen was founded on April 28, 1970. The first year Kemphanen plays 1 in the Coupe National and the 3rd division of the NIJB South division with the following team: goalies… Toon Hopmans, Frank vd Mast and Alex vd Burg. forwards and defenses… Hans v Pool, Jan v Gompel, Ad v Oosterhout, Nico Toemen, Bert Reuser (A), Mike Shaheen (Canada), Theo Habraken, Fred Kevenaar, Nout v Berkel, David Schillemans (C), Bobby Burês ( Czecho-Slovak), Theo Douwes, Ad v Buren and Gerry Ilbrink. In the first year, this team finished second behind champion GIJS from Groningen and was therefore promoted to the 2nd division. In the competition for the Coupe National, Kemphanen was last with only 2 points from 10 games. Theo Habraken, who had never played ice hockey before (he was a roller hockey player before) became the top scorer in the 3rd division and also the first "Ruff of the Year". In the 1974-1975 season they won the Play Offs for the championship of the 2nd division, opponent was IJ.H.C. Triantha Assen. A year later, in 1976, the Ruff won the 2nd Division Play Offs 2-0, the other finalist was again IJ.H.C. Triantha Assen. In 1985-1986 the club won the Dutch Cup. Between 1998 and 2008 the Kemphanen were inactive. A new ice hockey club, the Eindhoven IJsbrekers, founded by Ex-Kemphanen, was active at the youth and amateur level at the time. In 2008, the Kemphanen were re-established and the Eindhoven Icebreakers were merged into the new Kemphanen. From the 2008-2009 season to the 2017-2018 season, the Kemphanen were active in the Eredivisie, and later in the BeNe-League. In the 2018-2019 season they won the title in the 1st division by beating GIJS Groningen in the final round with resp. 9-0 and 6-2.
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