Euro Hockey League Final: MHC Oranje Zwart 2-2 THC Harvestehuder. (1-3 after shootout.)

2014-04-21 16.35.58A stunning goalkeeping display from Tobias Walter made the difference as THC Harvestehuder, in their debut season in the Euro Hockey League held their nerve to overcome the home side MHC Oranje Zwart in a tense shootout.
The two sides had played out a keenly contested 2-2 draw during the 70 minutes, with Walter excelling to keep his side in the game before pulling off a wonderful save from Sander Baart in the shootout to allow Michael Korper to seal the win with a calmly taken finish.

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Mink van der Weerden: More than just penalty corners.

Oranje Zwart were crowned Dutch Champions for only the second time in their history just last weekend. They won their two playoff games against HC Rotterdam to reach the final stage where again, over two games, they saw off the challenge of HC Bloemendaal. A constant feature in the playoffs, and indeed the whole season was the importance of the goals scored by Mink van der Weerden. Continue reading

Richie Dawson-Smith: Flying the flag for England.

The Euro Hockey League KO16 competition may not have gone according to plan for the three English sides as Reading, Beeston and Surbiton all crashed out on the same day in their first game of the week. Despite this, there is still some English interest in the competition as we approach tomorrow’s final: Former England U21 star Richie Dawson-Smith will line up for THC Harvestehuder against MHC Oranje Zwart. Continue reading

Euro Hockey League Final Four: KHC Dragons 0-3 MHC Oranje Zwart.

MHC Oranje Zwart made their way into the final of the Euro Hockey League with an excellent display to overcome KHC Dragons in a cauldron of noise here in Eindhoven. With Dragons, the runners up in last year’s EHL standing in their way OZ must have expected a stern test but the newly-crowned Dutch champions were excellent, picking up a 3-0 win to set up a clash with Harvestehuder in the final.  Continue reading