Górnośląski Klub Sportowy (GKS) Tychy is a Polish

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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 *

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* Mike Cichy *

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* Christian Mroczkowski *

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Major achievements

* Polish Championships ** Winners (4):

** 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

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 ...

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

*
Polska Hokej Liga: PHL Tabela
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