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Górnośląski Klub Sportowy (GKS) Tychy is a Polish
ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...
team from Tychy which current plays in the
Polska Hokej Liga The Polska Hokej Liga is the premier ice hockey league in Poland. Previously, it was known as the I Liga or Ekstraklasa from 1926 to 1999, and the Polska Liga Hokejowa from 1999 to 2013. In 2013, it was reorganized as a limited liability company ...
, the highest professional ice hockey league in the country. The club was founded April 20, 1971. GKS Tychy is a four-time Polish champion -
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. The club has also won eight Polish Cup titles, in 2001, 2006-2009, 2014, 2016 and 2017, making them the first Polish team to win the Cup three years in a row and to have nerver lost a Polish Cup final. Furthermore, GKS Tychy is the first Polish club who won a medal of European Cup with a third place in 2016 Continental Cup. Stadion Zimowy, the home arena of GKS Tychy, has a capacity of 2,753 seats.


Players

* John Murray * Jakub Zawalski *
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* Bartosz Ciura *
Alexander Yeronov Alexander Yeronov (born May 5, 1989) is a Belarusian ice hockey player.Profile
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* Mike Cichy *
Gleb Klimenko Gleb Viktorovich Klimenko (russian: Глеб Викторович Клименко; born July 28, 1983) is a Russian former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger. He played in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) from 2008 to 2017. C ...
* Christian Mroczkowski *
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Major achievements

* Polish Championships ** Winners (4):
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** Runners-up (9): 1988, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017 ** Third place (6): 1981, 1983, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2013 * Polish Cup ** Winners (8): 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2017 * Polish SuperCup ** Winners (2): 2015, 2018 ** Finalist (1): 2017 * IIHF Continental Cup ** Third place (1):
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Famous players

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Henryk Gruth Henryk Jerzy Gruth (born 2 September 1957) is a former Polish professional ice hockey defenceman. One of the best Polish players, Gruth played for GKS Katowice and GKS Tychy in Poland. He spent one season in Switzerland with the Zürcher SC, whe ...
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Krzysztof Oliwa Krzysztof Artur Oliwa (pronounced ; born April 12, 1973) is a Polish former professional ice hockey player. He played as a left winger in the National Hockey League. To date, he is the only player from Poland to have won a Stanley Cup. Playing c ...
* Mariusz Czerkawski * Michał Garbocz


External links

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Polska Hokej Liga: PHL Tabela
1971 establishments in Poland Ice hockey clubs established in 1971 Ice hockey teams in Poland Sport in Tychy {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub