De Waard had a top year at SCHC. Not a game went by when the central midfielder went unnoticed. A box-to-box player, you would say in football terms. One who, as a vacuum cleaner, does the dirty work for its own defense, but also distributes and enables others to excel. Moreover, De Waard regularly steals the show through her own technical skills, with which she dances through the defense of the opponent. The ball on a string, a textbook example of 3D hockey. It earned her three goals and eight assists.
The captain of SCHC and Orange was surprised with the honorary title on Monday prior to the Pro League match against Germany. De Waard was fished out of the warm-up by the speaker and was awarded her prize by record international Teun de Nooijer.
Golden Stick election came about thanks to weekly input from our site visitors. Every weekend they passed on their highlights of the week. After the season, the editors of hockey.nl asked the captains and coaches of all teams about their top 5 best players. This resulted in a list, which we will publish in its entirety on our channels later this week.
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