What league does Capitals Leeuwarden play in?

Capitals Leeuwarden play in the Netherlands.

Where is Capitals Leeuwarden based?

Capitals Leeuwarden is based in Leeuwarden, NED.

Who is the head coach of Capitals Leeuwarden?

The head coach of Capitals Leeuwarden is Joni Hannuksela.

What arena does Capitals Leeuwarden play in?

Capitals Leeuwarden play their home games at De Elfstedenhal in Leeuwarden, NED.

Capitals Leeuwarden

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2025-2026

2025-2026 Season

Capitals Leeuwarden were 15-5-2 in the 2025-26 Netherlands2 season with 47 points, 4th overall.

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2025-2026 Capitals Leeuwarden Player Stats

All Positions

Capitals Leeuwarden — 2025-2026 Skater Stats
#	N	Skater	Regular Season						Postseason
#	N	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Netherlands2
1.		Patrik Janac (F)	22	36	48	84	24	-	1	1	1	2	2
2.		Rastislav Veres (C/RW)	22	26	49	75	14	-	3	1	2	3	2
3.		Erkki Laiho (C/W)	21	26	26	52	10	-	3	1	3	4	4
4.		Niko Ervasti (D)	22	8	18	26	14	-	3	4	1	5	2
5.		Pim van der Meulen (F)	20	9	14	23	2	-	3	0	0	0	0
6.		Tycho Houben (F)	22	10	12	22	14	-	3	0	1	1	2
7.		Zahir Hup (F)	19	14	7	21	6	-	3	0	1	1	4
8.		Steijn Werkhoven (F)	22	8	4	12	20	-	3	1	0	1	8
9.		Jildert Okkema (F)	15	3	8	11	2	-	3	0	1	1	7
10.		Tristan Houben (F)	21	3	6	9	8	-	3	0	0	0	0
11.		Brend de Jong (D)	22	2	7	9	4	-	3	0	0	0	0
12.		Niek van der Meulen (D)	22	0	8	8	4	-	3	0	0	0	4
13.		Tobias Meijer (D)	16	0	6	6	37	-	1	0	1	1	0
14.		Noël Houkes (F)	20	3	1	4	12	-	3	0	0	0	2
15.		Brend de Jong (D)	18	2	2	4	78	-	2	0	0	0	31
16.		Jasper Poelsma (F)	19	0	3	3	8	-	3	0	1	1	4
17.		Niek Strating (D)	20	0	3	3	0	-	3	0	1	1	4
18.		Rodion Podolyanyuk (F)	20	0	3	3	2	-	3	0	0	0	0
19.		David Bartos (F)	12	1	1	2	2	-	3	1	0	1	0
20.		Joonas Huovinen (C/RW)	2	1	0	1	0	-
21.		Hessel de Jong (F)	20	0	1	1	2	-	2	0	0	0	0
22.		Marnix Pieters (F)	4	0	0	0	0	-
23.		Ilyass Dihni (D)	16	0	0	0	0	-	1	0	0	0	0

Capitals Leeuwarden — 2025-2026 Goalie Stats
#	N	Goalie	Regular Season									Postseason
#	N	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
Netherlands2
1.		Mathijs Schreur (G)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
2.		Hugo Pieters (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
3.		Misa Pietilä (G)	20	3.18	-	-	-	-	1	1132:16	-	3	3.68
4.		Arwen ten Cate (G)	4	2.00	-	-	-	-	0	150:06	-	0

2025-2026 Capitals Leeuwarden Staff

Head CoachJoni Hannuksela
Asst. CoachArjan Peters

Team Staff History

2025-2026 Capitals Leeuwarden Demographics

Capitals Leeuwarden Facts

Plays in: Eredivisie
Team Colors: -
Town: Leeuwarden, NED Map
Founded: -

2025-2026 Capitals Leeuwarden Roster Facts

Nationalities

19 players
4 players
2 players
1 player
1 player

Experience

Capitals Leeuwarden: 1 882 GP
Liiga: 53 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Arena Information

Arena Name: De Elfstedenhal
Location: Leeuwarden
Capacity: -
Construction Year: 2005

Capitals Leeuwarden Games

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Latest Transactions

Capitals Leeuwarden — Latest Transactions
Date	Status		Player	Team	Source
06/29/2026	Extension		Erkki Laiho (F)		Details
06/18/2026	Extension		Niko Ervasti (D)		Details
05/22/2026	Extension		Misa Pietilä (G)		Details
08/26/2025	Extension		Misa Pietilä (G)		Details
08/26/2025	Confirmed	joining	Niko Ervasti (D)	Technika Hockey Brno	Details
08/26/2025	Confirmed	joining	Erkki Laiho (F)	Technika Hockey Brno	Details
08/26/2025	Confirmed	leaving	Leevi Juntunen (D)	Zoetermeer Panters	Details
09/19/2023	Confirmed	leaving	Perttu Ahola (F)	Näädät	Details

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Capitals Leeuwarden History and Standings

Capitals Leeuwarden — Season History
season	league	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	TP	GF	GA	P/GP	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Netherlands	8	2	1	-	0	5	8	21	31	1	9	-
2025-2026	Netherlands2	22	15	0	-	2	5	47	152	73	2.14	4	Quarterfinal loss
2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	17	1	-	1	3	54	154	70	2.45	2	Semifinal loss
2023-2024	Netherlands2	22	17	0	-	1	4	52	158	66	2.36	3	Semifinal loss
2022-2023	Netherlands2	24	16	0	-	3	5	51	148	74	2.13	5	Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022	Netherlands2	7	4	0	-	0	3	12	33	28	1.71	4	Quarterfinal loss
	Netherlands2	5	3	1	-	0	1	11	30	12	2.2	2	-
2020-2021	Netherlands2	1	0	1	-	0	0	2	5	4	2	5	Season Cancelled
2019-2020	Netherlands2	19	7	2	-	1	9	26	78	73	1.37	9	Quarterfinal loss
2018-2019	Netherlands2	22	9	1	-	0	12	29	77	115	1.32	8	Quarterfinal loss
2017-2018	Netherlands2	18	3	0	-	0	15	9	42	89	0.5	10	Did not make playoffs
2016-2017	Netherlands2	24	9	1	-	3	11	32	81	85	1.33	6	Did not make playoffs
1995-1996	Netherlands2	10	1	-	0	-	9	255	36	80	25.5	6	Did not make playoffs

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Capitals Leeuwarden — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Perttu Ahola (F)	2026-2027	Näädät	III-divisioona	11	7	9	16	2
2.	Leevi Juntunen (D)	2026-2027	Zoetermeer Panters	Eredivisie	8	5	7	12	6
3.	Moby Kruizinga (F)	2026-2027	Capitals Leeuwarden/Groningen U23	Netherlands U23	6	7	3	10	8
4.	Toni Nurminen (F)	2026-2027	KeKi	II-divisioona	8	4	4	8	27
5.	Otso Riipi (D)	2026-2027	Goons	III-divisioona	6	3	3	6	0
6.	Jari Hiemstra (F)	2026-2027	Heerenveen Flyers	Eredivisie	8	2	4	6	0
7.	Tony Demelinne (F)	2026-2027	Ugly Guns Heerenveen	Tweede Divisie	2	3	2	5	0
8.	Marnix Pieters (F)	2026-2027	Hiti Academy Bled Hawks U20	Slovenia U20	7	3	1	4	-
9.	Sietse van den Brink (F)	2026-2027	Frisian Bombers Heerenveen	Tweede Divisie	3	2	2	4	0
10.	Tobias Meijer (D)	2026-2027	Frisian Bombers Heerenveen	Tweede Divisie	3	3	0	3	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Capitals Leeuwarden — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'11"	174 lbs	26.00
2025-2026	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	27.83
2024-2025	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	25.83
2023-2024	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	24.61
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	176 lbs	24.00

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Veres (F)	74	100	155	255
2.	Patrik Janac (F)	52	70	115	185
3.	Pim van der Meulen (F)	115	76	104	180
4.	Tycho Houben (F)	174	75	64	139
5.	Jildert Okkema (F)	115	38	72	110

Franchise All-Time Goals

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Veres (F)	74	100	155	255
2.	Pim van der Meulen (F)	115	76	104	180
3.	Tycho Houben (F)	174	75	64	139
4.	Patrik Janac (F)	52	70	115	185
5.	Joonas Huovinen (F)	41	55	52	107

Franchise All-Time Assists

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Rastislav Veres (F)	74	100	155	255
2.	Patrik Janac (F)	52	70	115	185
3.	Pim van der Meulen (F)	115	76	104	180
4.	Jildert Okkema (F)	115	38	72	110
5.	Tycho Houben (F)	174	75	64	139

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Brend de Jong (D)	107	7	18	374
2.	Tobias Meijer (D)	99	12	45	244
3.	Rouel Hollander (D)	137	5	11	185
4.	Emiel Rispens (F)	59	7	12	177
5.	Gill Göbel (F)	32	10	35	167

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tycho Houben (F)	174	75	64	139
2.	Hessel de Jong (F)	171	29	24	53
3.	Rouel Hollander (D)	137	5	6	11
4.	Niek Strating (D)	133	4	18	22
5.	Tristan Houben (F)	132	37	37	74

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	P/GP
1.	Matthew Giannini (F)	2	6	9	4.50
2.	Patrik Janac (F)	52	70	185	3.56
3.	Rastislav Veres (F)	74	100	255	3.45
4.	Joonas Huovinen (F)	41	55	107	2.61
5.	Daniel Spratek (F)	19	25	46	2.42

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2023-2024	Netherlands2	22	35	52	87	3.95	18
2.	Patrik Janac (F)	2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	30	57	87	3.95	4
3.	Patrik Janac (F)	2025-2026	Netherlands2	22	36	48	84	3.82	24
4.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	33	46	79	3.59	14
5.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2025-2026	Netherlands2	22	26	49	75	3.41	14

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Patrik Janac (F)	2025-2026	Netherlands2	22	36	48	84	3.82	24
2.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2023-2024	Netherlands2	22	35	52	87	3.95	18
3.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	33	46	79	3.59	14
4.	Joonas Huovinen (F)	2022-2023	Netherlands2	22	31	21	52	2.36	18
5.	Patrik Janac (F)	2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	30	57	87	3.95	4

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Patrik Janac (F)	2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	30	57	87	3.95	4
2.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2023-2024	Netherlands2	22	35	52	87	3.95	18
3.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2025-2026	Netherlands2	22	26	49	75	3.41	14
4.	Patrik Janac (F)	2025-2026	Netherlands2	22	36	48	84	3.82	24
5.	Rastislav Veres (F)	2024-2025	Netherlands2	22	33	46	79	3.59	14

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Capitals Leeuwarden — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	P/GP	PIM
1.	Rouel Hollander (D)	2022-2023	Netherlands2	20	0	0	0	0.00	94
2.	Sietse van den Brink (F)	2016-2017	Netherlands2	23	8	7	15	0.65	89
3.	Jente Sijtsema (D)	2018-2019	Netherlands2	20	0	5	5	0.25	88
4.	Gill Göbel (F)	2018-2019	Netherlands2	20	8	12	20	1.00	86
5.	Niek van der Meulen (D)	2022-2023	Netherlands2	24	3	18	21	0.88	83