Cracovia (ice hockey)
Cracovia, commonly erroneously referred to as Cracovia Kraków and currently playing as Comarch Cracovia for sponsorship reasons, is a professional ice hockey team based in Kraków, Poland. With 12 Polish Championships (as of 2022), it is one of the most accomplished Polish ice hockey teams. They play in the Polska Hokej Liga, the country's top division.
| Cracovia | |
|---|---|
| City | Kraków, Poland |
| League | Polska Hokej Liga |
| Founded | 1906 (club) 1923 (ice hockey section) |
| Home arena | Lodowisko im. Adama "Rocha" Kowalskiego |
| Colours | Red, white |
| General manager | Janusz Filipiak |
| Head coach | Rudolf Roháček |
| Website | cracovia-hokej |
| Franchise history | |
| 1923–1997 | KS Cracovia |
| 1997-present | MKS Cracovia SSA |
History edit
Founded in 1906, Cracovia is the oldest existing sports club in Poland. Ice hockey in the form of bandy had been first played around 1909, and the first North American style ice hockey game was played in 1912. The ice hockey section of the sports club was created in 1923. Currently, the men's ice hockey section functions independently, and is legally called MKS Cracovia SSA. The women's section continues to function under the sports society of KS Cracovia.
The men's professional team won five league titles in the 1930s and 1940s. It took them 57 years to win another league title after winning in 1949. They finally won the PLH again in 2006, and have since added six more titles, in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016 and 2017.
They are also the first Polish team to compete in the Champions Hockey League. They made their debut in the 2016–17 edition, where they were put into a group with Färjestad BK from the Swedish Hockey League and HC Sparta Praha from the Czech Extraliga. They would lose all four group stage matches.[1]
Achievements edit
- Polish champions (12 times): 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017.
- Polish Cup winners (3 times): 2013, 2015, 2021.
- Polish SuperCup winners (3 times): 2014, 2016, 2017.
- IIHF Continental Cup: 2022.
- Polish 1. Liga champion (4 times): 1965, 1967, 1977, 2004.
Players edit
Current roster edit
Source: cracovia-hokej.pl[2]Source: eliteprospects.com[3]As of November 8, 2021.
| No. | Nat | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Denis Perevozchikov | G | L | 31 | 2020 | Perm, Russia | |
| 90 | Aleš Ježek | D | L | 33 | 2018 | Tábor, Czechoslovakia | |
| 15 | Collin Shirley | LW | L | 28 | 2021 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
| – | Lukasz Hebda | G | L | 23 | 2019 | Krynica-Zdrój, Poland | |
| 16 | Saku Kinnunen | D | L | 29 | 2021 | Kuhmo, Finland | |
| 95 | Damian Kapica | RW | L | 31 | 2015 | Nowy Targ, Poland | |
| 89 | Jiří Gula | D | R | 34 | 2019 | Most, Czechoslovakia | |
| 94 | Štěpán Csamangó | RW | R | 30 | 2020 | Czech Republic | |
| 3 | Patryk Gosztyla | D | L | 24 | 2019 | Krynica-Zdrój, Poland | |
| – | Jere Karlsson | D | L | 28 | 2021 | Turku, Finland | |
| 88 | Artyom Voroshilo | RW | L | 35 | 2021 | Suoyarvi, Russia | |
| 11 | Antoni Dziurdzia | F | L | 23 | 2017 | Kraków, Poland | |
| 2 | Martin Dudáš | D | L | 37 | 2020 | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | |
| 72 | David Zabolotny | G | L | 30 | 2021 | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
| 49 | Jakub Müller | D | R | 24 | 2021 | Slaný, Czech Republic | |
| 32 | Grigori Mishchenko | LW | R | 32 | 2021 | Kanibadam, Tajikistan | |
| 33 | Jakub Šaur | D | L | 32 | 2020 | Brno, Czechoslovakia | |
| 10 | Yevgeni Bodrov | C | L | 36 | 2021 | Tolyatti, Russia | |
| 81 | Mateusz Bezwinski | D | L | 22 | 2019 | Kraków, Poland | |
| 14 | Erik Němec | LW | L | 30 | 2020 | Metylovice, Czech Republic | |
| 12 | Michal Jaracz | D | L | 21 | 2018 | Skawina, Poland | |
| 43 | Maxim Ignatovich | D | R | 33 | 2020 | Novosibirsk, Russia | |
| 71 | Sebastian Brynkus | F | L | 23 | 2018 | Nowy Targ, Poland | |
| 24 | Dmitri Ismagilov | F | L | 30 | 2021 | Chelyabinsk, Russia | |
| 13 | Yevgeni Popitich | F | L | 29 | 2021 | Perm, Russia | |
| 8 | Łukasz Kamiński | F | L | 25 | 2018 | Nowy Targ, Poland | |
| 50 | Ivan Yatsenko | C | L | 31 | 2021 | Yekaterinburg, Russia | |
| 7 | Igor Augustyniak | F | R | 22 | 2019 | Tychy, Poland |
References edit
External links edit
- Official site