Larry van Wieren
Encyclopedia
Larry Titus van Wieren (born May 3, 1951 in Bolsward
, Netherlands
and raised near Edmonton
, Alberta
) is a former professional ice hockey
player in the Netherlands. He competed for the Dutch national team for the 1980 Winter Olympics
and the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.
A forward and shooting right-handed, van Wieren joined the Den Haag Wolves
in 1971 and played three seasons. After a year away from Holland, he played 1975-6 with IJshockey Club Utrecht
. Growing up near Edmonton
van Wieren then spent the next 9 seasons with Heerenveen Flyers. He best season offensively was his first with the Flyers, 1976-7, when he scored 42 goals and 106 points in 37 games. His second best was his second last, 1983-4, when he netted 40 and collected 57 assists for 97 points in 47 games.
At the Lake Placid Olympics, van Wieren, who led the team as Captain, played all 5 games, scoring a goal and four assists. The next year saw Holland compete in Pool A at the IIHF World Championships. van Wieren collected a goal and 3 assists in 8 games.
Bolsward
Bolsward is a city in Súdwest Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward is just short of a population of 10,000.- History :The town is founded on three artificial dwelling hills, of which the first was built some time before Christ....
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
and raised near Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
) is a former professional ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player in the Netherlands. He competed for the Dutch national team for the 1980 Winter Olympics
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIII Olympic Winter Games, was a multi-sport event which was celebrated from 13 February through 24 February 1980 in Lake Placid, New York, United States of America. This was the second time the Upstate New York village hosted the Games, after 1932...
and the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships.
A forward and shooting right-handed, van Wieren joined the Den Haag Wolves
HYS The Hague
HYS The Hague is the professional ice hockey team in The Hague, Netherlands. Founded in 1933, the team plays in the North Sea Cup as well as competing annually in the Dutch Cup tournament. The most successful hockey team in the Netherlands during the 1960s, it broke a 40-year championship drought...
in 1971 and played three seasons. After a year away from Holland, he played 1975-6 with IJshockey Club Utrecht
Utrecht Dragons
IJCU Dragons Utrecht is an amateur ice hockey team in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The team played one season as "Hoek Dragons Utrecht" in the Dutch Eredivisie, the professional hockey division in the Netherlands, in 2008-2009, while maintaining an amateur team in the Eerste divisie...
. Growing up near Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
van Wieren then spent the next 9 seasons with Heerenveen Flyers. He best season offensively was his first with the Flyers, 1976-7, when he scored 42 goals and 106 points in 37 games. His second best was his second last, 1983-4, when he netted 40 and collected 57 assists for 97 points in 47 games.
At the Lake Placid Olympics, van Wieren, who led the team as Captain, played all 5 games, scoring a goal and four assists. The next year saw Holland compete in Pool A at the IIHF World Championships. van Wieren collected a goal and 3 assists in 8 games.