Do or die at Tilburg Trappers – in conversation with supporters Maarten van Asten and Gilbert Coolen: “During the play-offs it really happens!”

The lights dim, the crowd roars, the puck drops. It's play-off time at Tilburg Trappers – the moment that fans, players and staff have been working towards all season. For fanatical supporters like Gilbert Coolen and alderman Maarten van Asten, this is the best part of the year. They live and breathe ice hockey. "During the play-offs, it really happens," says Maarten. "Everyone is tense. It has to happen now." From student to season ticket holde…