HYS The Hague

De Uithof

De Uithof

The team was founded on April 16, 1933 as part of a three-team league (together with Tilburg and Amsterdam) called the Nederlandse IJshockey Bond. This league began play in 1934. In 1937-38 The Hague won the championship for the first time, repeating in 1938-39 and winning the Western Europe Cup. The team played all of its 1940 season in Tilburg and Amsterdam because of a lack of home arena.

Dutch hockey was interrupted during the German occupation from 1941-1944, but resumed in 1945 when an arena was rebuilt in The Hague. Nederlandse IJshockey Bond set up the Eeredivisie, the top Dutch ice hockey division, in 1946. HHIJC was once again competitive, winning the Eredivise championship in 1946 and 1948. In 1947, HHIJC merged with the Penguins, another Hague team.

The team was most dominant during the relaunch of the Eeredivie in the 1960s, repeating five times as champions from 1964 to 1969. The team then entered into a period of almost 40 years of decline, winning no championships and only intermittently playing in the Eredivisie from the 1980s to the early 2000s. In 1996, HHIJS merged with another Hague team, HOKY, to become the HHIJS HOKY Wolves.

In 2004, the team permanently re-entered the Eredivisie, finishing in last place (1-0-3-16 in 2005-06; 3-1-0-16 in 2006-2007). In 2007-08, it dropped the "Wolves" nickname and played as "HYS The Hague", a name reminiscent of successful teams of the past. That year, it had its first winning season in the Eredivisie since 1979, with a record of 14 wins, 2 overtime wins, 2 overtime losses and 6 regular season losses, good enough for third place.

In 2008-09, the team improved to second place overall with a record of 14-3-2-5, and won its first National Championship in 40 years by defeating Tilburg in the playoff finals. This would have qualified the team to participate in the 2009-2010 Champions Hockey League, but the tournament was cancelled for financial reasons. Instead, the team participated in the 2010 Continental Cup, making it to the third stage

• from 1945 to 1964: H.H.IJ.C Den Haag
• from 1964 to 1991: H.IJ.S. Hoky Den Haag
• from 1991 to 1993: Groenwegen Meubelen Den Haag
• from 1993 to 1995: HIJS Den Haag
• from 1995 to 1999: HIJS Hoky Wolves Den Haag
• from 1999 to 2001: Knijnenburg Wolves Den Haag
• from 2001 to 2002: HIJS Hokij Wolves Den Haag
• from 2002 to 2004: Kalisvaart Wolves Den Haag
• from 2004 to 2006: Skoda Duindam Wolves Den Haag
• from 2006 to 2008: Hijs Den Haag
• from 2008 to 2014: HYS The Hague
• from 2014 to 2018: HIJS HOKIJ Den Haag
• from 2018 to 2021: CAIROX Hijs Hokij Den Haag
• from 2021 to present: UltimAir Hijs Hokij Den Haag

Eredivisie National Championship: 1945-46; 1947-48; 1964-65; 1965-66; 1966-67; 1967-68; 1968-69; 2008-09.

Dutch National Champions (before Eredivisie or when did not operate): 1937-38; 1938-39; 1952-53; 1953-54; 1954-55

Western Europe Cup/International Cup: 1938; 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1963

Barbanson Cup: 1949

• 2023-2024: Dutch Cup
• 2022-2023: Dutch Cup
• 2021-2022: Dutch Cup
• 2017-2018: Be-Ne Liga
• 2017-2018: Dutch Cup
• 2014-2015: Eerste Divisie
• 2012-2013: Eredivise
• 2011-2012: Dutch Cup
• 2010-2011: Eredivise
• 2008-2009: Eredivise
• 2003-2004: Eerste Divisie
• 1997-1998: HTG-Bokaal
• 1996-1997: Eerste Divisie
• 1994-1995: Eerste Divisie
• 1992-1993: Eerste Divisie
• 1991-1992: HTG-Bokaal
• 1968-1969: Eredivise
• 1967-1968: Eredivise
• 1966-1967: Eredivise
• 1965-1966: Eredivise
• 1964-1965: Eredivise
• 1947-1948: Eredivise
• 1945-1946: Eredivise

• HIJS Hokij (official)