GKS Katowice is a professional ice hockey team in
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
, Poland.
The team was founded in 1964. GKS Katowice won six
Polska Liga Hokejowa
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 ...
titles between 1958 and 1970. From 2017 to 2019 the name of the club was changed to Tauron KH GKS Katowice, due to sponsorship by
Tauron Group
Tauron Polska Energia S.A. is an energy holding company in Poland. It is headquartered in Katowice. The company owns power and heat generation and distribution, and coal mining assets through a number of companies, particularly in south-western Pol ...
. The club finished the regular season 2021-2022 in 1st place and won the playoffs by defeating
Zagłębie Sosnowiec,
GKS Tychy
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and
Unia Oświęcim
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.
Notable members
The original coaches for GKS Katowice were
Aggie Kukulowicz
Adolph Frank "Aggie" Kukulowicz (April 2, 1933 – September 26, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and Russian-language interpreter. He played four games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, then played 12 ...
, and
Stanislav Konopásek.
Achievements
Polish championship:
* 1st place (7): 1958, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 2022
* 2nd place (10): 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1967, 1969, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2018
* 3rd place (10): 1955, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2019, 2020
IIHF Continental Cup:
* 3rd place (1): 2019
Polish cup:
* Winner (1): 1970
* Finalist (1): 2001
2nd ligue:
* 1st place (1): 2012
Autosan cup:
* 1st place (3): 1973, 1975, 1976
Champions Hockey League
GKS Katowice will make its
Champions Hockey League debut in the
2022-23 season. The team will face
Rögle BK,
ZSC Lions and
Fehérvár AV19.
Players in the season 2021/2022
References
External links
Official site
Ice hockey teams in Poland
Sport in Katowice
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